Pittsburgh at Miami

Saturday, December 7, 1957

Miami beat Pittsburgh 28–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Miami led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayPittsburgh4–⁠6 in 1957
13
HomeMiami5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1957
28

FinalHigh 78°F, low 69°FAttendance 28,231

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Curci, l42, Leads Miami To 28-13 Upset Of Pitt

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 8, 1957, page 69

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    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.

Miami leads 30–⁠12–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Miami 38, Pittsburgh 7
2022Pittsburgh 42, Miami 16
2021Miami 38, Pittsburgh 34
2020Miami 31, Pittsburgh 19
2019Miami 16, Pittsburgh 12
2018Miami 24, Pittsburgh 3

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