Iowa vs. Pittsburgh
Iowa and Pittsburgh have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1931; Iowa leads the series 4–3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Iowa 4–3, and Iowa has won the last 3. Share
- Iowa wins
- 4
- Pittsburgh wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1931
- Longest streak
- 3 Iowa
- Current streak
- 3 Iowa
- Last 10 meetings
- Iowa 4–3
- Most recent
- 2015
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 3–0 |
- Average margin
- 8.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa
- 3–1 Iowa’s record at home
- At Pittsburgh
- 2–1 Pittsburgh’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Iowa’s biggest win1951: Iowa 34, Pittsburgh 17by 17 points
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win1931: Pittsburgh 20, Iowa 0by 20 points
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
1931 · The Bismarck tribune, Oct 5, 1931
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
| Sep 19, 2015 | Iowa 27, Pittsburgh 24 | at Iowa | ||
| Sep 20, 2014 | Iowa 24, Pittsburgh 20 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 17, 2011 | Iowa 31, Pittsburgh 27 | at Iowa | ||
| Sep 20, 2008 | Pittsburgh 21, Iowa 20 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 27, 1952 | Pittsburgh 26, Iowa 14 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 13, 1951 | Iowa 34, Pittsburgh 17 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 3, 1931 | Pittsburgh 20, Iowa 0 | at Iowa |
Every game is listed as played on the field.