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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- 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
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win2025: Pittsburgh 35, Stanford 20by 15 points
- Stanford’s biggest win2018: Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13by 1 points
Both programs through the years
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 Stanford | 2018 |
| Biff Hoffman Stanford | 1927 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

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

1927 · New Britain herald, Jan 3, 1928

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, 2025 | Pittsburgh 35, Stanford 20 | at Stanford | ||
| Dec 31, 2018 | Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13 | Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl | |
| Nov 26, 1932 | Pittsburgh 7, Stanford 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Jan 2, 1928 | Stanford 7, Pittsburgh 6 | Neutral site | Rose Bowl | |
| Dec 30, 1922 | Pittsburgh 16, Stanford 7 | at Stanford |
Every game is listed as played on the field.