Pittsburgh at Cornell

Saturday, October 25, 1913

Pittsburgh beat Cornell 20–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayPittsburgh6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1913
20
HomeCornell5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1913
7

FinalHigh 59°F, low 49°F, 0.09 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PITTSBURGH P|PP|NS Come Strong in Second Half and Beat Cornell, 20 to Z. TOUCHDOWNS ARE FEUKES Barrett Drops Punt and Wagner Makes 50-Yard Run for Victors. TOUCHDOWNS ARE FEUKES

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1913, page 59

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    PITTSBURGH P|PP|NS Come Strong in Second Half and Beat Cornell, 20 to Z. TOUCHDOWNS ARE FEUKES Barrett Drops Punt and Wagner Makes 50-Yard Run for Victors. TOUCHDOWNS ARE FEUKES ITHACA, n. Y, October 26.-Outplayed throughout the first half, with the score to against 1t, the University of Pittsburgh foot ball team turned the tables on Cornell with vengeance in the latter part of the game today winning by score OF 20 to Z. The field was muddy. and all of the Pennsylvania ans touchdowns were made on fiukes. There was no scoring in the first period. In the second, by a series of line smashes, Cornell brought the ball to Pittsburgh.s 1-yard line. where Bar re.t carried 1t over. Cornell had the ball on Pittsburghs 3-yard line in the third period. but was unable to score. When Barrett attempted to kick in mid field he punted into Wagner’s hands. and the latter ran SO yards for a touch down. A few minutes later Ammons recovered a Cornell punt and carried the bail over. Cornell tried hard to even the score, but failed. Barrett mar rowly missed a field goal from Pitts burgh’s 45-yard line. In the final period Barrett dropped punt. and Wagner picked the ball up and ran so yards for Pittsburgh’s third Lineup:

  • The The Washington herald's story: PITTSBURGH DEFEATS CORNELL OUTFIT Ithaeans Prove Easy for Visitors IN Second Hall, When They Score Twenty Points.

    The Washington herald, October 26, 1913, page 26

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    PITTSBURGH DEFEATS CORNELL OUTFIT Ithaeans Prove Easy for Visitors IN Second Hall, When They Score Twenty Points. Ithaca, N. Y, Oct. S.-The University of Pittsburgh defeated Cornell here this afternoon, 20 to Z. The visitors played the Cornell team of its feet in the sec ond half, when they made all of their score In the third period when Bar rett tried a quarterback kick, which he got Off too slow and Taber blocked, Wagner scooped up the ball, and with a fine burst of speed ran IS yards for a touchdown. Again in the fourth period, when Parrett fumbled punt on his 45yard line. Wagner picked up the ball in a flash and was down the field for another touchdown The Ithacans. who came through with a surprising attack considering that four of the varsity were out of the line up, scored in the second period. A 30-yard run by Barrett and a couple OF line plunges finally resulted In Barrett’s TAX ing the ball across. Pittsburgh earned her touchdown in the fourth period.

  • The Newark evening star and Newark advertiser's story: DARTMOUTH HANDS TIGERS FIRST DEFEAT OF SEASON FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., October 27, 1913, page 1 (results column)

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    DARTMOUTH HANDS TIGERS FIRST DEFEAT OF SEASON FOOTBALL RESULTS In the East. Dartmouth, 6; Princeton 0. Yale, 0; Washington and Jefferson. 0. Harvard, 2e Penn State, 0. Pennsylvania, Z; Carlisle IN dams, Z. Pittsburgh. 20; Cornell. 7. Army, 2: Tufts. 0. Navy. rs; Maryland A. C.. O. In the West. Michigan, 30; Vanderbilt, q Michigan Aggies, 70; WILSON, sin. z. Chicago, 6; Purdue. 0. Minnesota, 30; North Dakota, 0. Rochester, 6; Union, 0. Hamilton, 0: Hobart. o.

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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1914Pittsburgh 9, Cornell 3
1913Pittsburgh 20, Cornell 7
1911Cornell 9, Pittsburgh 3
1907Cornell 18, Pittsburgh 5
1906Cornell 23, Pittsburgh 0
1905Cornell 30, Pittsburgh 0

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