West Virginia at Pittsburgh
Saturday, November 9, 1957 Share
West Virginia beat Pittsburgh 7–6. It was their 50th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 35–7–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 39°F, low 29°FAttendance 48,475
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1957, page 1
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West Virginia |Upsets Pitt on |Mikanik’s Kick PITTSBURGH. Nov. 9 (P).- A supercharged gang of West Virginia Mountaineers wrote success” on their football season today, vpsetting favored Pitt. 7–6. The Mountaineers earned the victory very largely on q A
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Pittsburgh 56% to win. West Virginia won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every West Virginia–Pittsburgh gameOfficially, Pittsburgh leads 63–42–3; as played, 61–37–3 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
Around this game
West Virginia
- Next gameat Wake ForestNov. 16, 1957
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1957
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. Penn StateNov. 23, 1957
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1957
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

