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Illinois vs Pittsburgh Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Illinois and Pittsburgh.

PROGRAM ONEIllinois6 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD6–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOPittsburgh2 recorded wins
8Recorded meetings
1943Earliest documented
1982Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

8 games
  1. 1943
    Illinois33 — 25Pittsburgh
    Oct 16, 1943Illinois won
  2. 1944
    Illinois39 — 5Pittsburgh
    Oct 21, 1944Illinois won
  3. 1945
    Illinois23 — 6Pittsburgh
    Sep 22, 1945Illinois won
  4. 1946
    Illinois33 — 7Pittsburgh
    Sep 21, 1946Illinois won
  5. 1947
    Illinois14 — 0Pittsburgh
    Sep 27, 1947Illinois won
  6. 1967
    Illinois34 — 6Pittsburgh
    Sep 30, 1967Illinois won
  7. 1981
    Illinois6 — 26Pittsburgh
    Sep 5, 1981Pittsburgh won
  8. 1982
    Illinois3 — 20Pittsburgh
    Sep 25, 1982Pittsburgh won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1982Illinois vs Pittsburgh3–20Pittsburgh won
1981Illinois vs Pittsburgh6–26Pittsburgh won
1967Illinois vs Pittsburgh34–6Illinois won
1947Illinois vs Pittsburgh14–0Illinois won
1946Illinois vs Pittsburgh33–7Illinois won
1945Illinois vs Pittsburgh23–6Illinois won
1944Illinois vs Pittsburgh39–5Illinois won
1943Illinois vs Pittsburgh33–25Illinois won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.