Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Saturday, November 9, 1963 Share
No. 8 Pittsburgh beat Notre Dame 27–7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 18–11–1 as played.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 36°FAttendance 41,306
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1963, page 1 (results column)
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Navy, Painters Retain Top Spots In Lambert Poll NEW YORK Nov. IL (AP.-Navy and Pittsburgh continued to run one-two in the u IN amin Gus votin g by coaches, sports writer’s and sportScasters for the Lambert Trophy, emblematic Of Eastern major college football Supremacy. It was the third straight week that Navy CID had received all the first place votes. Pittsburgh GID, an impress sive 27–7 winner over Notre Dame, widened its second-place edge over Army CID, which barely queaked past Utah, 81. Syracuse (6–2) remained fourth after downing West Virginia, 1918. Penn State (6–2) moved into fifth on its 10–7 victory over Ohio State. Boston College (5–2 was sixth, followed by Harvard 4-1-2) and Princeton GID tied for seventh, Massachusetts 7-0-D ninth and Yale (5–2) and Dartmouth (5–2) tied for 10th.
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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Notre Dame gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 51–21–1; as played, 52–21–1 in 74 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. ArmyNov. 16, 1963
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1963
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat Michigan StateNov. 16, 1963
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1963
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

