Notre Dame at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 30, 1909

Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 6–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

AwayNotre Dame2–⁠0 in 1909
6
HomePittsburgh6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1909
0

FinalAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NOTRE DAME DEFEATS PITTSBURG VARSITY

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1909, page 61

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    NOTRE DAME DEFEATS PITTSBURG VARSITY PITTSBURG. October 30.-The Notre Dame University squad defeated the eleven from the University of Pittsburg today by score of to o. Notre Dame secured a touchdown in the first tixe minutes of play. they got the ball On a forward pass on their 4J-yard line Aid made a gain of – yards, the ball ‘behsg carried over within a few minutes. The visitors were slightly outplayed in the first hale of the game, but were much stronger than their opponents in the final session.. the ball being near the local eleven’s goal practically during the entire half. but Notre Dame was unable 10 push il across the line. The largest crowd of the local season witnessed the game.

  • The Arizona republican's story: THE CADETS BEATEN BY HARVARD ELEVEN LIFE ALMOST CRUSHED OUT OF SOLDIER. Results of Other Contests Among the School Teams.

    Arizona republican, October 31, 1909, page 1 (results column)

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    THE CADETS BEATEN BY HARVARD ELEVEN LIFE ALMOST CRUSHED OUT OF SOLDIER. Results of Other Contests Among the School Teams. WestpOint, Oct. 0.-For the first time since the fall of 1906 Harvard played the army here today. Harvard scored a touch down and goal after ten min utes play in the second half. Harvard scored in the first half when 0’FIahsr ty dropped back to the 25 yard line and sent the ball between the posts for a pretty field goal. There was no more scoring in the first half. Final score, Harfvard 9, Army 0. Byrne. tackle on the West Point team was severely injured in the sec first half He was carried unconscious from the field; and not being revived at the end of ten minutes the officials called the game. Byrne Paralyzed. West Point, Oct. 0.-Eugene E. Byrne of Buffalo, a member of the senior class of the United States Military Academy ad tackle on the Varsity football eleven is in the cadet hospital tonight. semi conscious and partly par alyzed because of the inquiries he re- ceived today in a game with liar yard. when he was subject to terrific pressure in a scrimmage. His condi- ton is critical. Other Games. New Haven-Vale Freshmen, 6; Phillips Andover 5. Princeton-Princeton freshmen 9; Harvard freshmen Q. Evanston-Wisconsin 21: North western II. Topeka Kansas IT; Washburn 0. Columbus-Ohio State, 23; Deni- son Omaha-Creighton S; Highland Park O. St Louis Indiana 0; St. Louis o. New Haven-Yale 34: Amherst O. Philadelphia-Penn %; Car lisle Indians 6. Carlisle Indians 6. Pittsburg- Pittsburg 0: Notre Dame6. Ithaca-Cornell Q; Williams 3. Ann Arbor- Michigan 43; Syracuse Champaign-Illinois 24: urdue 6. Iowa City-Missouri IS: Iowa F. Annapolis-Princeton 5, Navy 3. Minneapolis Minnesota 20, Chi cago. 6.

  • The The daily Gate City's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 31, 1909, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. At Philadelphia – Pennsylvania Freshmen, 6; Syracuse Freshmen, 0. At New Haven-Yale Freshmen, G; Phillips Andover Freshmen. &. AT West Point-Harvard, 9; ARM, y. At Princeton Princeton Freshmen, g; Harvard Freshmen, 0. At New Haven--Yale, “a; Amherst, At Philadelphia -Pennsylvania, 30; Carlisle Indians, 6. At Rochester-West High, 6; La Fayette, 5. At Rochester University of Rochester 6; Rensselaer,, 8. At Annapolis-Navy, 3; Princeton, s. At Ithaca-Cornell. O; Williams, 8. At Pittsburg-Notre Dame, 6; Uni. versity of Pittsburg, 0. At Ann Arbor- Syracuse, o; Mich igan, 40. At Columbus -ohio State, 49,; Den nison, o. At Pittsburg Carnegie Technical. IL; Lehigh, is. At Pittsburg -Pittsburg Lyceum, 10: Canton. 0. At Minneapolis-M Minnesota, 20. Chi. cago, 6. At Evanston-w Wisconsin, 81; North western, II. At acknowledgements, 70; Doane, O At Champaign-Illinois “a; Purdue 6. At st. Louis-Indiana, 80; st. Louis 10. At Iowa Missouri, 10; Iowa ~. At springfield-oh Western Re serve, 5; Wittenberg. 2. At Topeka, Kans.-Kansas, II; 1 Washburn, 0. At Cleveland-Case, 80; Kenyon, il / At Hanoyer-Dartmouth, IL; Holy Cross, 0 At Proyidence-Brown. 10; Am herst Agriculture, 3.

  • The Santa Fe new Mexican's story: COMPARATIVE SHOWING OF STRENGTH. Each Team is Out for Blood and Lively Scrapping is Ex-

    Santa Fe new Mexican, Santa Fe, N.M., October 30, 1909, page 1 (results column)

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    COMPARATIVE SHOWING OF STRENGTH. Each Team is Out for Blood and Lively Scrapping is Ex- New York, Oct. 30.-The foot ball games, scheduled for this afternoon are expected to give comparative line OF strength Of the principal teams. Harvard will attempt to run up big score on the Army which was beaten by Yale II to o. An ancient feud will make Pennsylvania-Ca Carlisle game strenuous one while Prince ton is expected to have a hard time to beat the Navy. Syracuse will play Michigan and as the latter is regarded as possibly the strongest western team, it will give the line of comparison with the east ern elevens. Foot Ball Scores. First half-Princeton 3; Navy 3 Pennsylvania IS: Carlisle g. Harvard s. Army 0. First Half. Minnesota II: Chicago 0. Michigan II; Syracuse 0. Cornell 0: Williams 0. Yale IS; Amherst 0. Pittsburg 0: Notre Dame 0. Wisconsin 6; Northwestern 5. Final Foot Ball Score. Harvard 8: Army 0. Princeton 5 Navy 8. Yale “a; Amherst 0. Pennsylvania 29 Carlisle G. Pittsburg O.; Notre Dame 6. Michigan “a; Syacurse 0. Cornell 0; Williams 3.

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Pittsburgh 67% to win. Notre Dame pulled the upset.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 51–⁠21–⁠1; as played, 52–⁠21–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 73 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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