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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠2
1960s2–⁠0
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

YearsOregonSeriesPittsburgh
1956–⁠1965Len Casanova2–⁠2John 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon and Pittsburgh, 1956 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1956 game: OKLAHOMA NOTRE DAME Painters Beat Oregon, 14-7, On Late Drives

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1957 game: Two Pitt Books Doubtful Starters

    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, 1965Oregon 17, Pittsburgh 15at Pittsburgh
Sep 26, 1964Oregon 22, Pittsburgh 13at Oregon
Sep 28, 195716Pittsburgh 6, Oregon 3at Oregon
Oct 27, 195613Pittsburgh 14, Oregon 7at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.