Ohio State vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Ohio State’s biggest win1996: Ohio State 72, Pittsburgh 0by 72 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1988: Pittsburgh 42, Ohio State 10by 32 points
3. Upset1952: Pittsburgh 21, Ohio State 14Pittsburgh had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1954: Ohio State 26, Pittsburgh 0No. 20 Pittsburgh at No. 2 Ohio State
5. Ranked showdown1983: Ohio State 28, Pittsburgh 23No. 15 Pittsburgh at No. 14 Ohio State

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Ohio State’s side (Willaman 1–⁠1–⁠1 against Sutherland). 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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1930 · New Britain herald, Nov 17, 1930

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  1940 · Minneapolis spokesman, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 4, 1940

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  1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 9, 1942

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  1944 · The Ypsilanti daily press, Ypsilanti, Mich., Nov 13, 1944

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  1945 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 11, 1945

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.

• Ohio State vs. Michigan121 meetings, Ohio State 53–⁠62–⁠6
• Ohio State vs. Illinois105 meetings, Ohio State 71–⁠30–⁠4
• Ohio State vs. Indiana100 meetings, Ohio State 82–⁠13–⁠5
• Ohio State vs. Wisconsin87 meetings, Ohio State 64–⁠18–⁠5
• 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