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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s6–⁠1
1950s1–⁠1
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

  1. Indiana’s biggest win1944: Indiana 47, Pittsburgh 0by 47 points
  2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1952: Pittsburgh 28, Indiana 7by 21 points
  3. Upset1949: Indiana 48, Pittsburgh 14Indiana had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Indiana and Pittsburgh, 1942 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1946 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 4, 1946

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game

    1948 · Evening star, Oct 24, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: |Hoosiers Roar Back AFTER II Defeats To Dump Panthers

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: Indiana Defeats Pitt, 1876, on Brilliant Runs BY Ha|fback Gedman

    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, 1952Pittsburgh 28, Indiana 7at Pittsburgh
Oct 6, 1951Indiana 13, Pittsburgh 6at Indiana
Oct 22, 1949Indiana 48, 16Pittsburgh 14at Indiana
Oct 23, 1948Pittsburgh 21, Indiana 14at Pittsburgh
Oct 18, 1947Indiana 41, Pittsburgh 6at Indiana
Nov 2, 194620Indiana 20, Pittsburgh 6at Indiana
Nov 17, 19454Indiana 19, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 18, 1944Indiana 47, Pittsburgh 0at Indiana
Oct 17, 1942Indiana 19, Pittsburgh 7at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.