Geneva vs. Pittsburgh

Geneva and Pittsburgh first met in 1905 and have played 6 times; Pittsburgh leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 6–⁠0, and Pittsburgh has won the last 6.

Geneva wins
0
Pittsburgh wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
6 Pittsburgh
Current streak
6 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 6–⁠0
Most recent
1924

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠4
Average margin
32.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Geneva
0–⁠4 Geneva’s record at home
At Pittsburgh
2–⁠0 Pittsburgh’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1922: Pittsburgh 62, Geneva 0by 62 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Geneva and Pittsburgh, 1905 on13001500170019101920193019401950

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The sun's story of the 1919 game: Smaller College Football Teams ShOw STRENGTH Most Major Elevens Hard Pressed in Seasons Opening Games-Interest in Sport Shown by Large Crowds Everywhere

    1919 · The sun, New York, Oct 6, 1919

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1922 game: Pittsburgh Eleven Overwhelnns Geneva BY Score of 62 to O

    1922 · New-York tribune, Nov 5, 1922

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1924 game: Today's Results Football Finals:

    1924 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 8, 1924

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

Nov 8, 1924Pittsburgh 13, Geneva 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 4, 1922Pittsburgh 62, Geneva 0at Pittsburgh
Sep 24, 1921Pittsburgh 28, Geneva 0at Geneva
Oct 2, 1920Pittsburgh 47, Geneva 0at Geneva
Oct 4, 1919Pittsburgh 33, Geneva 0at Geneva
Nov 25, 1905Pittsburgh 12, Geneva 0at Geneva

Every game is listed as played on the field.