Pittsburgh vs. Washington & Jefferson

Pittsburgh and Washington & Jefferson first met in 1905 and have played 28 times; Pittsburgh leads the series 18–⁠8–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 7–⁠1, and Pittsburgh has won the last 5.

Pittsburgh wins
18
Washington & Jefferson wins
8
Ties
2
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
6 Pittsburgh
Current streak
5 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 7–⁠1
Most recent
1935

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠3
1910s7–⁠3
1920s6–⁠2–⁠2
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
13 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pittsburgh
17–⁠8–⁠2 Pittsburgh’s record at home
At Washington & Jefferson
0–⁠1 Washington & Jefferson’s record at home
Shutouts
18

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1916: Pittsburgh 37, Washington & Jefferson 0by 37 points
  2. Washington & Jefferson’s biggest win1908: Washington & Jefferson 14, Pittsburgh 0by 14 points
  3. Upset1906: Washington & Jefferson 4, Pittsburgh 0Washington & Jefferson had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsPittsburghSeriesWashington & Jefferson
1908–⁠1911Joseph Thompson3–⁠1D.C. Morrow
1926–⁠1928Jock Sutherland1–⁠0–⁠2Andrew Kerr

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Pittsburgh’s side (Thompson 3–⁠1 against Morrow). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pittsburgh and Washington & Jefferson, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1910 game: PITTSBURG LINE LEFT UNCROSSED Universigy's Victory Over Washington and Jefferson a New Record.

    1910 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 14, 1910

  • The The sun's story of the 1914 game: W. AND J. NIPS PITT AFTER LATTER LEADS. Winning Touchdown Is Made on Play Following tumble Of Kickoff. FINAL SCORE Is IL TO 10

    1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 8, 1914

  • The The daily Gate City's story of the 1915 game: THREE CORNEREO AFFAIR IN EAST Cornell Pitt and Colgate, Three Teams Of Major League Pro- portions That Are TWO ARE ELIMINATED Washington and jefferson, and Prince ton Lose Out on Saturday Big Games Coming. Two ARE ELIMINATED by George r. Holmes, United Press staff Correspondent

    1915 · The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Nov 8, 1915

  • The Evening star's story of the 1916 game: RoMP FOR PITTSBURGH. Defeats Washington and Jefferson by Score of 81 to 0.

    1916 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 12, 1916

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1917 game: Pitt Wins Close Football Game From w. andJ.

    1917 · New-York tribune, Nov 11, 1917

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).

Every game

Oct 5, 1935Pittsburgh 35, Washington & Jefferson 0at Washington & Jefferson
Sep 29, 1934Pittsburgh 26, Washington & Jefferson 6at Pittsburgh
Sep 30, 1933Pittsburgh 9, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 9, 1929Pittsburgh 21, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 10, 1928Pittsburgh 25, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 5, 1927Pittsburgh 0, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 13, 1926Pittsburgh 0, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 7, 1925Pittsburgh 6, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 15, 1924Washington & Jefferson 10, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 17, 1923Pittsburgh 13, Washington & Jefferson 6at Pittsburgh
Nov 18, 1922Pittsburgh 19, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 12, 1921Washington & Jefferson 7, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 13, 1920Pittsburgh 7, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 8, 1919Pittsburgh 7, Washington & Jefferson 6at Pittsburgh
Nov 9, 1918Pittsburgh 34, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 10, 1917Pittsburgh 13, Washington & Jefferson 10at Pittsburgh
Nov 11, 1916Pittsburgh 37, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 6, 1915Pittsburgh 19, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 7, 1914Washington & Jefferson 13, Pittsburgh 10at Pittsburgh
Nov 15, 1913Washington & Jefferson 18, Pittsburgh 6at Pittsburgh
Nov 16, 1912Washington & Jefferson 13, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 18, 1911Pittsburgh 12, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 12, 1910Pittsburgh 14, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 13, 1909Pittsburgh 17, Washington & Jefferson 3at Pittsburgh
Dec 5, 1908Washington & Jefferson 14, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 16, 1907Washington & Jefferson 9, Pittsburgh 2at Pittsburgh
Nov 24, 1906Washington & Jefferson 4, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 11, 1905Pittsburgh 11, Washington & Jefferson 0at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.