Indiana vs. Pittsburgh
Indiana and Pittsburgh have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1942; Indiana leads the series 7–2 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Indiana 7–2. Share
- Indiana wins
- 7
- Pittsburgh wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1942
- Longest streak
- 5 Indiana
- Current streak
- 1 Pittsburgh
- Last 10 meetings
- Indiana 7–2
- Most recent
- 1952
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 21.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Indiana
- 5–0 Indiana’s record at home
- At Pittsburgh
- 2–2 Pittsburgh’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Indiana’s biggest win1944: Indiana 47, Pittsburgh 0by 47 points
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win1952: Pittsburgh 28, Indiana 7by 21 points
- Upset1949: Indiana 48, Pittsburgh 14Indiana had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 4, 1946

1948 · Evening star, Oct 24, 1948

1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 23, 1949

1951 · Evening star, Oct 7, 1951
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 1, 1952 | Pittsburgh 28, Indiana 7 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 6, 1951 | Indiana 13, Pittsburgh 6 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 22, 1949 | Indiana 48, 16Pittsburgh 14 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 23, 1948 | Pittsburgh 21, Indiana 14 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 18, 1947 | Indiana 41, Pittsburgh 6 | at Indiana | ||
| Nov 2, 1946 | 20Indiana 20, Pittsburgh 6 | at Indiana | ||
| Nov 17, 1945 | 4Indiana 19, Pittsburgh 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Nov 18, 1944 | Indiana 47, Pittsburgh 0 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 17, 1942 | Indiana 19, Pittsburgh 7 | at Pittsburgh |
Every game is listed as played on the field.