Pittsburgh vs. Stanford

Pittsburgh and Stanford have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1922; Pittsburgh leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 3–⁠2.

Pittsburgh wins
3
Stanford wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1922
Longest streak
1 Pittsburgh
Current streak
1 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 3–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
2010s0–⁠1
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
6.6 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pittsburgh
1–⁠0 Pittsburgh’s record at home
At Stanford
0–⁠2 Stanford’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Pittsburgh first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win2025: Pittsburgh 35, Stanford 20by 15 points
  2. Stanford’s biggest win2018: Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13by 1 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pittsburgh and Stanford, 1922 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

Cameron Scarlett Stanford2018
Biff Hoffman Stanford1927

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

From the newspapers

  • The Belington progressive's story of the 1922 game: WEST VIRGINIA WON In FAR WEST GAME Unbeaten West Virginia Eleven Won Over Gonzaga 81 to 1S-Pitt Wins Over Stanford While Penn State Loses.

    1922 · Belington progressive, Belington, W. Va., Jan 4, 1923

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1927 game: WILTON STAR OF STANFORD VICTORY Western Team Noses Out East. trntE Before 10000 Spectators

    1927 · New Britain herald, Jan 3, 1928

  • The Evening star's story of the 1932 game

    1932 · Evening star, Nov 27, 1932

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

Nov 1, 2025Pittsburgh 35, Stanford 20at Stanford
Dec 31, 2018Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13Sun BowlSun Bowl
Nov 26, 1932Pittsburgh 7, Stanford 0at Pittsburgh
Jan 2, 1928Stanford 7, Pittsburgh 6Neutral siteRose Bowl
Dec 30, 1922Pittsburgh 16, Stanford 7at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.