Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Cincinnati’s biggest win2012: Cincinnati 34, Pittsburgh 10by 24 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1922: Pittsburgh 38, Cincinnati 0by 38 points
3. Upset2007: Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 17Pittsburgh had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown2009: Cincinnati 45, Pittsburgh 44No. 5 Cincinnati at No. 14 Pittsburgh
5. Ranked showdown2008: Cincinnati 28, Pittsburgh 21No. 20 Pittsburgh at No. 19 Cincinnati

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cincinnati’s side (Kelly 2–⁠1 against Wannstedt). 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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1921 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 16, 1921

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.

• Cincinnati vs. Miami (OH)71 meetings, Cincinnati 36–⁠34–⁠1
• Cincinnati vs. Louisville46 meetings, Cincinnati 22–⁠23–⁠1
• Cincinnati vs. Memphis37 meetings, Cincinnati 14–⁠23
• Cincinnati vs. Tulsa37 meetings, Cincinnati 18–⁠17–⁠2
• 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