Miami vs. Pittsburgh
Miami and Pittsburgh have 43 meetings on file, the first in 1950; Miami leads the series 30–12–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Miami 7–3. Share
- Miami wins
- 30
- Pittsburgh wins
- 12
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1950
- Longest streak
- 8 Miami
- Current streak
- 1 Miami
- Last 10 meetings
- Miami 7–3
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 7–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–1 |
- Both ranked
- 4 meetings: Miami 4, Pittsburgh 0
- Average margin
- 18.5 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Miami
- 13–6–1 Miami’s record at home
- At Pittsburgh
- 6–17 Pittsburgh’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Miami’s biggest win1967: Miami 58, Pittsburgh 0by 58 points
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win2022: Pittsburgh 42, Miami 16by 26 points
- Upset1951: Pittsburgh 21, Miami 7Pittsburgh had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2017: Pittsburgh 24, Miami 14Pittsburgh had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2021: Miami 38, Pittsburgh 34Miami had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2002: Miami 28, Pittsburgh 21No. 17 Pittsburgh at No. 1 Miami
- Ranked showdown1989: Miami 24, Pittsburgh 3No. 7 Miami at No. 14 Pittsburgh
- Ranked showdown2003: Miami 28, Pittsburgh 14No. 10 Miami at No. 20 Pittsburgh
Coach against coach
| Years | Miami | Series | Pittsburgh |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1963 | Andy Gustafson | 3–4 | John Michelosen |
| 1966–1968 | Charlie Tate | 3–0 | Dave Hart |
| 1997–2000 | Butch Davis | 3–1 | Walt Harris |
| 2001–2003 | Larry Coker | 3–0 | Walt Harris |
| 2016–2018 | Mark Richt | 2–1 | Pat Narduzzi |
| 2019–2021 | Manny Diaz | 3–0 | Pat Narduzzi |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Miami’s side (Gustafson 3–4 against Michelosen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Kenny Pickett Pittsburgh | 39 of 55, 519 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT | 2021 Passing | |
| Jared Wayne Pittsburgh | 11 catches, 199 yards, 3 TD | 2022 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1950
1951 · Evening star, Dec 8, 1951
1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Dec 9, 1956
1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Dec 8, 1957
1960 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 14, 1960
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.
On television
| 2025 | ABC | 2.2 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.