Fordham vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Fordham’s biggest win1939: Fordham 27, Pittsburgh 13by 14 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1941: Pittsburgh 13, Fordham 0by 13 points
3. Upset1941: Pittsburgh 13, Fordham 0Pittsburgh had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1936: Fordham 0, Pittsburgh 0 (tie)No. 5 Fordham at No. 2 Pittsburgh
5. Ranked showdown1938: Pittsburgh 24, Fordham 13No. 9 Fordham at No. 1 Pittsburgh

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Fordham’s side (Crowley 0–⁠1–⁠3 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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  1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 2, 1936

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  1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 16, 1937

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  1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 31, 1938

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  1939 · Evening star, Oct 29, 1939

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  1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 21, 1940

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.

• Fordham vs. Holy Cross38 meetings, Fordham 14–⁠23–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Georgetown34 meetings, Fordham 20–⁠12–⁠2
• Fordham vs. Lafayette28 meetings, Fordham 10–⁠17–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Bucknell27 meetings, Fordham 17–⁠10
• 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