Lafayette vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Lafayette’s biggest win1925: Lafayette 20, Pittsburgh 9by 11 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1920: Pittsburgh 14, Lafayette 0by 14 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Lafayette’s side (Sutherland 2–⁠2 against Warner). 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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  1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 31, 1920

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  1921 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 2, 1921

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  1922 · The New York herald, Oct 8, 1922

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  1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 7, 1923

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  1924 · Evening star, Oct 5, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Lafayette vs. Lehigh88 meetings, Lafayette 46–⁠38–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Pennsylvania80 meetings, Lafayette 21–⁠55–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Rutgers52 meetings, Lafayette 16–⁠35–⁠1
• Lafayette vs. Colgate49 meetings, Lafayette 11–⁠35–⁠3
• 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