Baylor at Pittsburgh

Saturday, September 30, 1961

Baylor beat Pittsburgh 16–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBaylor6–⁠5 in 1961
16
HomePittsburgh3–⁠7 in 1961
13

FinalHigh 81°F, low 47°FAttendance 41,194

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DUKE AZ VIRGINIA - o Baylor Whips Pitt, 1913, on Arm Of Stanley

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1961, page 87

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    DUKE AZ VIRGINIA – o Baylor Whips Pitt, 1913, on Arm Of Stanley PITT URGH. Sept. 80 CAP). - Quarterback Ronnie Stanley tossed two fourth-down touchdown passes. the second a 12-yarder to Sophomore Jim Ingram in the final period, as Baylor downed Pitt, 1918. today in their first football meet ing. Stanley’s second scoring aerial climaxed a 92-yard march and brought Baylor from behind with 8:46 remaining. He threw three yards to Bob Lane in the third period for Baylor’s first touchdown. All of Pitts scoring came in the second quarter following two Baylor miscues. Sophomore AL Grigaliunas intercepted a Stanley pass on the Baylor 40 and raced over the goal line untouched. Less than three minutes later. Fred Cox took a pitchout and went Is yards around left end for a touchdown. The Panthers’ second score followed Sophomore Glenn Lehner’s recovery of Bert Tate’s tumble. Baylor’s winning drive was started by Fullback Ronnie Bulls 39-yard dash from his 7. With third down and II to go on Pitts 81. Stanley hit Tate for Is yards and a first down. Four plays later Stanley, back to pass, found himself trapped. He managed TO get away and flip a pass into the end zone where Ingram made a lunging catch. Carl Choste, who kicked a 26-yard field goal IN the second quarter, booted the conversion. Baylor’s first touchdown drive covered 81 yards in nine plays. Ronnie Goodwin was the workhorse. carrying the ball five times. Lane made a one handed grab of Stanley’s pass en- fourth down for the score.

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 57% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1973Baylor 20, Pittsburgh 14
1970Pittsburgh 15, Baylor 10
1962Pittsburgh 24, Baylor 14
1961Baylor 16, Pittsburgh 13

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