Bethany (WV) vs. Pittsburgh

Bethany (WV) and Pittsburgh have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Pittsburgh leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 6–⁠0, and Pittsburgh has won the last 6.

Bethany (WV) wins
0
Pittsburgh wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1905
Longest streak
6 Pittsburgh
Current streak
6 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 6–⁠0
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
37.2 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pittsburgh
6–⁠0 Pittsburgh’s record at home
Shutouts
5

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1928: Pittsburgh 53, Bethany (WV) 0by 53 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bethany (WV) and Pittsburgh, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1944 game: Panthers Lose Star After Severe Injury

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 11, 1944

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 7, 1944Pittsburgh 50, Bethany (WV) 13at Pittsburgh
Oct 23, 1943Pittsburgh 18, Bethany (WV) 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 6, 1928Pittsburgh 53, Bethany (WV) 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 6, 1917Pittsburgh 40, Bethany (WV) 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 3, 1908Pittsburgh 27, Bethany (WV) 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 14, 1905Pittsburgh 48, Bethany (WV) 0at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.