Pittsburgh vs. South Carolina

Pittsburgh and South Carolina have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1980; Pittsburgh leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 3–⁠1.

Pittsburgh wins
3
South Carolina wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1980
Longest streak
2 Pittsburgh
Current streak
1 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 3–⁠1
Most recent
1985

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s3–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Pittsburgh 1, South Carolina 0
Average margin
25.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pittsburgh
1–⁠0 Pittsburgh’s record at home
At South Carolina
1–⁠1 South Carolina’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Pittsburgh first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pittsburgh and South Carolina, 1980 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Rick Trocano Pittsburgh1980
George Rogers South Carolina1980

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

Every game

Oct 5, 1985Pittsburgh 42, South Carolina 7at Pittsburgh
Oct 13, 198417South Carolina 45, Pittsburgh 21at South Carolina
Oct 3, 19814Pittsburgh 42, South Carolina 28at South Carolina
Dec 29, 19803Pittsburgh 37, 18South Carolina 9Neutral siteGator Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.