Pittsburgh vs. Wisconsin

Pittsburgh and Wisconsin have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1937; Pittsburgh leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 3–⁠0, and Pittsburgh has won the last 3.

Scheduled 2027 neutral site. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Pittsburgh wins
3
Wisconsin wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1937
Longest streak
3 Pittsburgh
Current streak
3 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 3–⁠0
Most recent
1967

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Pittsburgh 1, Wisconsin 0
Average margin
14.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pittsburgh
1–⁠0 Pittsburgh’s record at home
At Wisconsin
0–⁠2 Wisconsin’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pittsburgh and Wisconsin, 1937 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1937 game: WISCONSIN SLATE SMEARED BY PITT Goldberg TalIies Twice in 21-0 Win With CasSiano Worthy Successor.

    1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1937

  • The Evening star's story of the 1938 game: GOLDBERG SPARKS !. PANTHER VICTORY Wisconsin Helpless Before Drive That Sweeps Pitt to 26-6 Triumph.

    1938 · Evening star, Oct 16, 1938

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 14, 1967Pittsburgh 13, Wisconsin 11at Wisconsin
Oct 15, 1938Pittsburgh 26, Wisconsin 6at Wisconsin
Oct 23, 19373Pittsburgh 21, 16Wisconsin 0at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.