Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Minnesota’s biggest win1942: Minnesota 50, Pittsburgh 7by 43 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1992: Pittsburgh 41, Minnesota 33by 8 points
3. Upset1934: Minnesota 13, Pittsburgh 7Minnesota had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1956: Minnesota 9, Pittsburgh 6No. 11 Pittsburgh at No. 8 Minnesota

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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  1933 · Imperial Valley press, California, Oct 23, 1933

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  1934 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1934

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  1941 · Evening star, Oct 19, 1941

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  1942 · The Ely miner, Minnesota, Oct 1, 1942

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  1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 2, 1947

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.

• Minnesota vs. Wisconsin133 meetings, Minnesota 62–⁠63–⁠8
• Minnesota vs. Iowa118 meetings, Minnesota 62–⁠54–⁠2
• Minnesota vs. Michigan107 meetings, Minnesota 26–⁠78–⁠3
• Minnesota vs. Northwestern99 meetings, Minnesota 56–⁠38–⁠5
• 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