Bowling Green vs. Pittsburgh

Bowling Green and Pittsburgh have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1999; Pittsburgh leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 3–⁠1.

Bowling Green wins
1
Pittsburgh wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1999
Longest streak
2 Pittsburgh
Current streak
1 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 3–⁠1
Most recent
2013

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s0–⁠1
2000s1–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
12.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowling Green
0–⁠1 Bowling Green’s record at home
At Pittsburgh
1–⁠1 Pittsburgh’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Bowling Green first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowling Green and Pittsburgh, 1999 on130015001700200020052010201520202025

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

James Conner Pittsburgh26 carries, 229 yards, 1 TD2013 Rushing

Named most valuable

James Conner Pittsburgh2013
Aaron Donald Pittsburgh2013

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 26, 2013Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27Neutral siteLittle Caesars Bowl
Aug 30, 2008Bowling Green 27, 25Pittsburgh 17at Pittsburgh
Sep 9, 2000Pittsburgh 34, Bowling Green 16at Bowling Green
Sep 4, 1999Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 10at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.