West Virginia at Pittsburgh

Saturday, October 11, 1913

Pittsburgh beat West Virginia 40–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 5–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayWest Virginia3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1913
0
HomePittsburgh6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1913
40

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The times dispatch's story: Football Scores

    The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 12, 1913, page 8 (results column)

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    Football Scores Virginia, 6s: Hampton Sidney. o. / Richmond College, 0: Gellaudet 9, | y. and NJ. IS; Medical College, Z. Washington and Lee. -: St Johns, O. | Carolina, z Davidson Q. Randolph Macon. So: Fredericksburg. 0. At Princeton-Princoton, rs; Buck | nell. 6. At Cambridge-Harvard. %; Will | liams. 3. At Now Haven-Yalc, 27: Lafayette. At Ithaca-Cornell, o: Carlisle I. At Philadelphia-U. OF p. 20; Swarthmore, o. At Annapons-Navy. ss; George | town, 0. At West Point-Army. 20; Ruthgers. At Frovidence-Brown.6 6; Ursinus, O. ! At State College. Pa--Pennsylvania State. 16; Gettysburg. o. | At NIiddletown-Tufts. Is; Wesleyan, At Washington. Pa.-Washington and Jefferson. 81; Westminster, 4 | At Hamilton-Colgate,4 6; Hobart. o. | At New York-University N. Y, 7. / Hamilton. O. At Hoboken-Haverford. 6, Stevens, At Dover. N. H,-Dartmouth, ss, YER mont z. At orono. n1e--Matne. a., Rhode At Brunswick. Me-Bowdoin. 0, ! Trinity, 0. At Pittsburgh, Pa.-University OF Pittsburgh, 40; West Virginia, 0. AT Cleveland-Case ~; Hiram, o. ! AT Colum bus-State. IA; Reserve, S. | At Neutrality-suspicious. 6: Wooster At New or1eans-Tulane, IL; Jefrerson College, 0. At Athens, Ga.-Georgta, 81: North Georgia Aggies. Q. / At Columbia, S. C.-Univcrsity of 8. c.. 81; Wake Forest TO- At Greenville. s. C.-Furman. IS; Coll lego of Charleston, O. At Amherst Maos.-Amherst, 6, Springfield. 10. at Hanover, n. H-Dartmouth. SO; At Ann Arbor. Mich--11iohigan. IA; Mount Union, O. At Lafayette, Ind-Purdue. 81, Northwestern, O. At Rochester, N. Y-Syracuse, 9; | Rochester. 0. At Nhddletown. conn-rutts. IS, AT Observation-Disclosures Asricultural College, 90; Union, q. | At Hoboken. n. J.-Haverford, 6: Stevens. o. At Observation-Disclosures OF Cinoinnatl. 20; Ohio University, 2. At observation-disclosures rs; Mary. ville College 0. AT Lafayette, La-Louisiana 28; Southwestern Industrial Institute. o. At Nashville-Vanderbnt, as; Cen trail OF Kentucky. 0. At Champaign. Ills.-1llinois, “a; ! Missouri. Z. AT neutrality-suspicious. High School. ~; Danvine School for Boys, | o. At Lawrence Kan.-Kansaa Is: Washington University, 7. AT Bristol. Tenn,-king College, “a, Washington. o.

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., October 12, 1913, page 23 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Tech, 81; Chattanooga, 6. Georgia, n; DahIonega, o. Tennessee, rs; MaryviIe, o. Vanderbilt, 4e; Central, 0. L. S. u, 20; Southwestern Indus trial, 0. A. and M. 10; Virginia Medical Col Iege, 7. Alabama. 20; Clemson, o. Chattanooga H. s., 24i Bridgeport Academy, 0. Sewanee, SO; Southwestern Presbyterrain, 0. Princeton, %; Ruekneii, 6. Harvard, %; Williams, 3. Yale, 27; Lafayette, o. Carlisle, 7; Cornell, 0. Pennsylvania, 2oj swarthmore, o. Navy, %; Georgetown, 0. Army, 20; Rutgers, 0. Brown, 6; Ursinus, 0. Pennsylvania State, t6i Gettysburg, 0. Tufts, t3; Wesleyan, 0. Colgate, 40; Hobart, 0. Washington and Jefferson, III Westminster, 7. N. Y. u, II Hamilton, 0. Haverford, 6; SteVns, 0. Dartmouth, SO; Vermont, z. Maine, a.; Rhode island, 0. Bowdoin, o. Trinity, 0. University of Pittsburg, 40; West Virginia, 0. Wesleyan, 81 Wooster, O. Michigan, IA; Mount Union, 0. Purdue, “a; Northwestern, 0, Ohio State, ~; Western Reserve, 8. Lawrence, 6si Oshkosh, 10. Case, IL; Hiram, 0. OberIin, 40; Miami, 7. Iowa, 76i Cornell, 0. Illinois, 20; Missouri, 7. Wisconsin, 49, Marquette, 0, Wabash, 6; Butler, 6. Nebraska, “a; Kansas Agges, g. BuchteI, o; Allegheny, 6. Depauw, o; Franklin, 0. BeIoit, So: Monmouth, 0. Rose Poly, IA; ST. Louis, 7. Kenyon, IA; Wittenbers, 6.

  • The The Washington herald's story: Athletics Win Worlds Championship by Beating Giants, to FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Washington herald, October 12, 1913, page 4 (results column)

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    Athletics Win Worlds Championship by Beating Giants, to FOOTBALL RESULTS. At AnnapOlis-Navy %; George town, o. At Alexandria-Tech. II. s.. o; Episcopal H. s., o. At Baltimore-Marylan Aggies. 26: Johns Hopkins. 0. At Brookland-ROck Hill, Is; Catholic u, 0. At Richmond – Gallaudet. 6: Richmond College, o. At Manassas-Eastern H. s., II: Manassas II. S. 0. AT Princeton-PrincetO 2s; Bucknell. 6. At Cambridge-Harvard. 23; Will liams. 3. At New Haven-Yale. 81; La fayette, o. At Ithaca-Cornen. 0: Carlisle, I. At Philadelphia-U. of Penn, 20; Swarthmore. o. At West Point-Army. 90; Rutgers, o. At g. Ursinus, 0. AT CAAAi’ 1Us Gettysburg. 0. At Middletown, COnn.-Tufts. 10; Wesleyan, 0. At Hamilton-COlgate. 46; Hobart. o. At Washington, Pa.-Wash. and jefferson. q: Westminster. Z. At New York-N. Y. University, I: Hamilton, 0. At Hoboken, n. J.-Haverford. s: Stevens, 0. At Dover. n. H.-Dartmouth, 80: Vermont. :. At Orono, Me.-Maine, a; Rhode Island. 0. At Brunswick. Me.-Bowdoin, o: Trinity, 0. At Pittsburgh-U. of Pittsburgh. 40; West Virginia, 0. At Columbus-State, II; Reserve, 5. At Wooster. Ohio-Wesleyan, 6; Wooster, 0.

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. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Pittsburgh leads 63–⁠42–⁠3; as played, 61–⁠37–⁠3 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025West Virginia 31, Pittsburgh 24
2024Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 34
2023West Virginia 17, Pittsburgh 6
2022Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 31
2011West Virginia 21, Pittsburgh 20
2010West Virginia 35, Pittsburgh 10

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