Duquesne vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Duquesne’s biggest win1939: Duquesne 21, Pittsburgh 13by 8 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win2025: Pittsburgh 61, Duquesne 9by 52 points
3. Upset1939: Duquesne 21, Pittsburgh 13Duquesne had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1936: Duquesne 7, Pittsburgh 0Duquesne had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Duquesne’s side (Smith 1–⁠2 against Sutherland). 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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  1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1932

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  1936 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 21, 1936

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  1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 9, 1937

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  1938 · Evening star, Oct 8, 1938

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  1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1939

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.

• Duquesne vs. Saint Francis20 meetings, Duquesne 15–⁠5
• Duquesne vs. Robert Morris19 meetings, Duquesne 14–⁠5
• Duquesne vs. Wagner18 meetings, Duquesne 14–⁠4
• Duquesne vs. Sacred Heart17 meetings, Duquesne 14–⁠3
• 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