Pittsburgh vs. Temple

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

1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1977: Pittsburgh 76, Temple 0by 76 points
2. Temple’s biggest win1990: Temple 28, Pittsburgh 18by 10 points
3. Upset1998: Temple 34, Pittsburgh 33Temple had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1990: Temple 28, Pittsburgh 18Temple had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1987: Temple 24, Pittsburgh 21Temple had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Pittsburgh’s side (Majors 3–⁠0 against Hardin). 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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  1938 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 4, 1938

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  1939 · The Nome nugget, Nov 6, 1939

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  1945 · Detroit evening times, Oct 28, 1945

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
• Temple vs. Penn State46 meetings, Temple 4–⁠41–⁠1
• Temple vs. Rutgers39 meetings, Temple 16–⁠23
• Temple vs. Boston College39 meetings, Temple 7–⁠30–⁠2
• Temple vs. Syracuse37 meetings, Temple 10–⁠26–⁠1