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Pittsburgh at Syracuse

Saturday, November 4, 1961

Syracuse beat Pittsburgh 28–⁠9. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 9–⁠6–⁠2 as played.

AwayPittsburgh3–⁠7 in 1961
9
HomeSyracuse8–⁠3 in 1961
28

FinalHigh 64°F, low 45°F, 0.29 in. of rainAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Orange Tops Pitt; Davis Sets Mark

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 5, 1961, page 84

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    Orange Tops Pitt; Davis Sets Mark SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 4. Ernie Davis smashed Jimmy Browns career record for scoring and rushing yardage today. gaining 119 yards and scoring two touchdowns in Syracuse’s 28–⁠9 come-from-behind victory over Pittsburgh. A rain-spattered crowd of 10000 saw Pitt run up a 80

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)

Syracuse 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Pittsburgh–Syracuse game

Officially, Pittsburgh leads 46–⁠32–⁠3; as played, 46–⁠33–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Pittsburgh 27, Syracuse 13
2025Pittsburgh 30, Syracuse 13
2024Pittsburgh 41, Syracuse 13
2023Syracuse 28, Pittsburgh 13
2022Pittsburgh 19, Syracuse 9
2021Pittsburgh 31, Syracuse 14

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