Pittsburgh at Miami
Saturday, December 7, 1957 Share
Miami beat Pittsburgh 28–13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Miami led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 69°FAttendance 28,231
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 8, 1957, page 69
Read the text
Curci, l42, Leads Miami To 28–13 Upset Of Pitt MIAMI. Dec. Z R.-Aggressive little Fran Curci. the brains Of the Miami drive SERIES” closed out a great sophomore football year today by guiding the Hurricanes to a 1918 victory over favored Pitts burRh. Pitts massive linemen were laying for the l42-pound Curci. Twice the l9-year-old Miami field general had q little trou- BILE getting to his feet. but in the end the Panthers knew 1t was the tiny but tough Curci who beat them. Although he gets little prolection on his southpaw passes. Curci fought his way free from hordes Of tacklers to hurl two touchdown shots to Joe Plevel. One of his tricky pitchouts 70 Byron Blasko produced a third Miami score. Giving notice to some 20
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)
Miami 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Miami gameMiami leads 30–12–1 in 43 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
| 2025 | Miami 38, Pittsburgh 7 | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh 42, Miami 16 | |
| 2021 | Miami 38, Pittsburgh 34 | |
| 2020 | Miami 31, Pittsburgh 19 | |
| 2019 | Miami 16, Pittsburgh 12 | |
| 2018 | Miami 24, Pittsburgh 3 |
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat UCLASept. 20, 1958
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1957
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Miami
- Next gamevs. WisconsinSept. 26, 1958
- SeasonMiami in 1957
- ProgramMiami history and records

