Pennsylvania vs. Pittsburgh

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

1. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1923: Pennsylvania 6, Pittsburgh 0by 6 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1918: Pittsburgh 37, Pennsylvania 0by 37 points
3. Upset1949: Pittsburgh 22, Pennsylvania 21Pittsburgh had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Pennsylvania’s side (Heisman 0–⁠3 against Warner). 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.

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  1915 · Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], Oct 25, 1915

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  1916 · The sun, New York, Oct 29, 1916

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  1917 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1917

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  1918 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 19, 1918

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  1919 · Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], Nov 17, 1919

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.

• Pennsylvania vs. Cornell110 meetings, Pennsylvania 65–⁠40–⁠5
• Pennsylvania vs. Princeton95 meetings, Pennsylvania 31–⁠63–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Columbia84 meetings, Pennsylvania 61–⁠22–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette80 meetings, Pennsylvania 55–⁠21–⁠4
• 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