Oregon vs. Pittsburgh
Oregon and Pittsburgh have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1956; the series is tied 2–2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–2, and Oregon has won the last 2. Share
- Oregon wins
- 2
- Pittsburgh wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1956
- Longest streak
- 2 Pittsburgh
- Current streak
- 2 Oregon
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 2–2
- Most recent
- 1965
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 5.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oregon
- 1–1 Oregon’s record at home
- At Pittsburgh
- 1–1 Pittsburgh’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Coach against coach
| Years | Oregon | Series | Pittsburgh |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–1965 | Len Casanova | 2–2 | John Michelosen |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oregon’s side (Casanova 2–2 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.
From the newspapers

1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 28, 1956

1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 2, 1957
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 18, 1965 | Oregon 17, Pittsburgh 15 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 26, 1964 | Oregon 22, Pittsburgh 13 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 28, 1957 | 16Pittsburgh 6, Oregon 3 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 27, 1956 | 13Pittsburgh 14, Oregon 7 | at Pittsburgh |
Every game is listed as played on the field.