Pittsburgh vs. Washington
Pittsburgh and Washington have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1936; Pittsburgh leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 4–1, and Pittsburgh has won the last 2. Share
- Pittsburgh wins
- 4
- Washington wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1936
- Longest streak
- 2 Pittsburgh
- Current streak
- 2 Pittsburgh
- Last 10 meetings
- Pittsburgh 4–1
- Most recent
- 1979
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Pittsburgh 2, Washington 0; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 13.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Pittsburgh
- 1–0 Pittsburgh’s record at home
- At Washington
- 1–2 Washington’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 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 win1939: Pittsburgh 27, Washington 6by 21 points
- Washington’s biggest win1961: Washington 22, Pittsburgh 17by 5 points
- Ranked showdown1936: Pittsburgh 21, Washington 0No. 6 Washington at No. 4 Pittsburgh
- Ranked showdown1979: Pittsburgh 26, Washington 14No. 17 Pittsburgh at No. 12 Washington
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
| Bill Daddio Pittsburgh | 1936 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
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
| Oct 20, 1979 | 17Pittsburgh 26, 12Washington 14 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 28, 1963 | 10Pittsburgh 13, Washington 6 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 7, 1961 | Washington 22, Pittsburgh 17 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 30, 1939 | Pittsburgh 27, Washington 6 | at Washington | ||
| Jan 1, 1937 | 4Pittsburgh 21, 6Washington 0 | Neutral site | Rose Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

