West Virginia at Pittsburgh

Saturday, November 9, 1957

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.

AwayWest Virginia7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1957
7
HomePittsburgh4–⁠6 in 1957
6

FinalHigh 39°F, low 29°FAttendance 48,475

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: West Virginia |Upsets Pitt on |Mikanik's Kick

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2025West Virginia 31, Pittsburgh 24
2024Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 34
2023West Virginia 17, Pittsburgh 6
2022Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 31
2011West Virginia 21, Pittsburgh 20
2010West Virginia 35, Pittsburgh 10

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