Pittsburgh at Notre Dame

Saturday, November 9, 1963

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.

Away8Pittsburgh9–⁠1 in 1963
27
HomeNotre Dame2–⁠7 in 1963
7

FinalHigh 63°F, low 36°FAttendance 41,306

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Navy, Painters Retain Top Spots In Lambert Poll

    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.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 51–⁠21–⁠1; as played, 52–⁠21–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Notre Dame 37, Pittsburgh 15
2023Notre Dame 58, Pittsburgh 7
2020Notre Dame 45, Pittsburgh 3
2018Notre Dame 19, Pittsburgh 14
2015Notre Dame 42, Pittsburgh 30
2013Pittsburgh 28, Notre Dame 21

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