Pittsburgh vs. Purdue

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

1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1986: Pittsburgh 41, Purdue 26by 15 points
2. Purdue’s biggest win1947: Purdue 28, Pittsburgh 0by 28 points
3. Upset1941: Purdue 6, Pittsburgh 0Purdue had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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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  1941 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Oct 5, 1941

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  1945 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 4, 1945

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  1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 27, 1946

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  1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 14, 1948

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.

• 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
• Purdue vs. Indiana125 meetings, Purdue 75–⁠44–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Illinois101 meetings, Purdue 48–⁠47–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Iowa94 meetings, Purdue 50–⁠41–⁠3
• Purdue vs. Wisconsin91 meetings, Purdue 29–⁠54–⁠8