Miami at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 8, 1960

Pittsburgh beat Miami 17–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3.

AwayMiami6–⁠4 in 1960
6
HomePittsburgh4–⁠3–⁠3 in 1960
17

FinalHigh 69°F, low 43°FAttendance 29,455

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 14, 1960, page 26

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    Now that the World Series is decided. college football gets full attention. Tonight South Carolina (0–⁠2) meets Miami (Fla). which has split two games. as a prelude to a Saturday card that promises to continue the almost zany happenings that so far have thrown form to the winds. South Carolina. which has scored only one touchdown in losing to Duke and Georgia, must face a team anxious to get back from last Saturdays final-period. -17-6 defeat at the hands of Pitt. The Hurricanes are l4-point favoriteS. There is a strong flavor Of conference battles tomorrow and these have the experts in tizSy. The Big Ten, known

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Miami leads 30–⁠12–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 37 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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