Ohio Northern vs. Pittsburgh

Ohio Northern and Pittsburgh first met in 1907 and have played 7 times; Pittsburgh leads the series 7–⁠0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 7–⁠0, and Pittsburgh has won the last 7.

Ohio Northern wins
0
Pittsburgh wins
7
Ties
0
First meeting
1907
Longest streak
7 Pittsburgh
Current streak
7 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 7–⁠0
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1910s0–⁠4
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
32.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pittsburgh
7–⁠0 Pittsburgh’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1913: Pittsburgh 67, Ohio Northern 0by 67 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ohio Northern and Pittsburgh, 1907 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1913 game: NAVY PREPARES FOR ANOTHER VICTORY Will Endeavor to Make Its Fourth Straight Win From Army This Year.

    1913 · The Washington times, Sep 28, 1913

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 24, 1932Pittsburgh 47, Ohio Northern 0at Pittsburgh
Sep 27, 1913Pittsburgh 67, Ohio Northern 0at Pittsburgh
Sep 28, 1912Pittsburgh 22, Ohio Northern 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 14, 1911Pittsburgh 22, Ohio Northern 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 1, 1910Pittsburgh 36, Ohio Northern 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 2, 1909Pittsburgh 16, Ohio Northern 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 6, 1907Pittsburgh 16, Ohio Northern 0at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.