Carlisle vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Carlisle’s biggest win1912: Carlisle 45, Pittsburgh 8by 37 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1915: Pittsburgh 45, Carlisle 0by 45 points
3. Upset1913: Pittsburgh 12, Carlisle 6Pittsburgh had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Carlisle’s side (Warner 3–⁠1 against Thompson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1908 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Nov 16, 1908

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  1909 · Bisbee daily review, Oct 24, 1909

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  1911 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1911

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  1912 · East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, Oregon, Oct 21, 1912

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  1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 18, 1914

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania21 meetings, Carlisle 6–⁠13–⁠2
• Carlisle vs. Lebanon Valley14 meetings, Carlisle 13–⁠0–⁠1
• Carlisle vs. Harvard14 meetings, Carlisle 2–⁠12
• Carlisle vs. Dickinson12 meetings, Carlisle 12–⁠0
• Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia101 meetings, Pittsburgh 61–⁠37–⁠3
• Pittsburgh vs. Penn State99 meetings, Pittsburgh 43–⁠52–⁠4
• Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse82 meetings, Pittsburgh 46–⁠33–⁠3
• Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame74 meetings, Pittsburgh 21–⁠52–⁠1