Nebraska and Pittsburgh have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1921; Pittsburgh leads the series 15–6–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 6–4, and Nebraska has won the last 3. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Bible 0–6–2 against Sutherland). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Nebraska PittsburghTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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.
1928 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 19, 1928
1931 · Carolina watchman, Salisbury, N.C., Nov 27, 1931
1932 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 14, 1932
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.
