Carlisle at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 16, 1915 Share
Pittsburgh beat Carlisle 45–0. It was their eighth meeting; the series is even at 4–4.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 54°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1915, page 57
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BLANKS FOR INDIANS. Warmers Pittsburgh. Team Smothers Former Charges. ROLL UP As POINTS TO O Carlisle Is Outplayed at Every Angle, Though Opposed by Second String Men. ROLL UP As POINTS TO O. PITTSBURGH. October 16-The Uni versity of, Pittsburgh completely out played the Carlisle Indians in their annual foot ball game here, winning by score of As to 0. With the first team playing through the first half Pitt scored twenty-eight points. Second and third string men played the second half, counting seventeen points more. Line I’m and surnrpory.

Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 17, 1915, page 37
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Carlisle 0utplayed By Pittsburgh Eleven PITTSBURGH. Pa. Oct. 1.-the Uni versity OF Pittsburgh completely OUT played the Carlisle Indians In their an nual foot ball game here today. winning by a scare OF 45 to 0. With the first team playing through the first half Pitt scored q points. Second and third string men played the second half. counting II more points. Carlisle never threatened to score.

New Britain herald, Connecticut, October 18, 1915, page 9 (results column)
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SATURDAYS FOOTBALL RESULTS. Trinity ‘, Amherst 6. Wesleyan 8. Bowdoin 0. Yale 19, Springfield 0. Harvard g, Virginia 0. Princeton 40, Lafayette 5. Dartmouth 60, Vermont O. Brown 33, Williams 0. Colgate 13. Army 0. Navy ‘, Pennsylvania ‘. Cornell Al, Bucknell o. Holy Cross z, Mass. A. c. ‘. Tufts 34, Middlebury o. New Hampshire 6, Bates 0. N. Y. U. 10, Union 0. Fordham 35, Conn. A. C. 0. Worcester Tech. 6, R. I. State 0. Stevens 2, Haverford 6. Maine IA, Boston College 0. Colby 27, Norwich 0. Rutgers 21, Muhlenburg 0. Georgetown 3s, No. Carolina 0. Syracuse 82, Rochester O. Lehigh 27, Albright 0. Penn. State 27, Gettysburg 12. Hamilton 26, Rensslaer 0. West Virginia 33, Geneva g. Villanova IA, Lebanon Valley o. Pittsburg 45 Carlisle 0. Franklin & Marshall 19, Dickin- son 0. Wash. & Jeff, 34, Westminster o. Johns Hopkins 35, West Mary land 12. Swarthmore IA, Ursinus 6. Buffalo 6. St. Bonaventure 0. Carnegie 40, Allegheny 2. St. Lawrence 31, St. Stephens 0. Michigan IA, Case 8. Chicago 13, Indiana z. Minnesota 19, So. Dakota 0. Wash. & Lee 13, Virginia P. I. O.. Sewanee 2, Florida 0. Susquehanna 13. Mt. St. Mary’s O.. w. Va. Wesleyan 10, Catholic Univ. 0. School Games. Springfield High 10, Hartford High o. Hotchkiss 14, Springfield End 12. Pomfret 20. Ridge 3. c. l.. I. 31, Monson 0. Exeter 13, Yale Freshmen 0. Harvard Freshmen ‘, Andover O.

Rogue River courier, Grants Pass, Or., October 17, 1915, page 2 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS Navy. Z; Pennsylvania, Z. Ohio Wesleyan. “a; Western Reserve. 12. Syracuse. 81; Rochester. o., Lehigh. 81; Albright, D. Harvard. 3; Virginia, 0. Holy Cross, z; Mass. Aggies, z. New Hampshire, 6; Bates, 0. Dartmouth, 60; Vermont 0. Army, 0; Colgate, 13. Yale. 12; Springfield, 0. Princeton, 40; Lafayette, 36, Pitt. 45; Carlisle, 0. Illinois, 3; Ohio State, 3. Michigan, IA; Case. 3. Okla. “a; Missouri. 0. Georgetown, 3S; North Carolina, 0 Cornell, Al; Bucknell, 0. Penna. State. 81; Gettysburg. IL Washington and Lee, 6; Virginia Polly, 0. Wisconsin. 2S; Purdue, 3. Chicago, 13; Indiana, z. St. Louis University. 20; Knox, 0 Iowa, 8; Northwestern. 6. Brown, 33; Williams, 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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Carlisle–Pittsburgh gameTied 4–4 in eight meetings.
| 1915 | Pittsburgh 45, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1914 | Pittsburgh 10, Carlisle 3 | |
| 1913 | Pittsburgh 12, Carlisle 6 | |
| 1912 | Carlisle 45, Pittsburgh 8 | |
| 1911 | Carlisle 17, Pittsburgh 0 | |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh 14, Carlisle 3 |
Around this game
Carlisle
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 23, 1915
- SeasonCarlisle in 1915
- ProgramCarlisle history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 23, 1915
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1915
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
