1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game
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1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game
| First Live Radio Broadcast Football Game West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh |
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| Date | October 8, 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Forbes Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | KDKA Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Harold W. Arlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game was a college football game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Panthers played on October 8, 1921. It was the seventeenth meeting of the Backyard Brawl, an ongoing rivalry game between the two programs.
The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh won the game by a score of 21 to 13,[1] after West Virginia's George Hill returned a kick-off for a touchdown on the final play of the game.[2]
The game was broadcast live by KDKA Radio, the first college football game to do so.[3]
See also
- College football on radio
- 1921 college football season
- List of historically significant college football games
References
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game by Game, Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner, 1921". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2440&year=1921. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ "Panthers Scared by New York Times". New York Times. October 9, 1921. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0612F63F5D14738DDDA00894D8415B818EF1D3. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ Sciullo Jr, Sam, ed (1991). 1991 Pitt Football: University of Pittsburgh Football Media Guide. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Sports Information Office. p. 116
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