Pitt at Fordham Football 1937 Polo Grounds (Part One)

The anticipated meeting between the two best teams in the East occurred at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 16, 1937, in what was the biggest game of the season. In each of the two prior seasons, the Pitt Panthers and the Fordham Rams had battled to 0-0 ties. Remarkably, this game ended in a third consecutive 0-0 tie. Pitt was unbeaten in 1937 and finished top ranked in the AP poll. Fordham was also unbeaten and finished No. 3. This is the coach's reel of the play-by-play sequence of the game.

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[azbaldy5]

i think vince lombardi played in the game. he had to block a guy from Pitt named Tony Matesi.

[pantherfitzgerald11]

HAIL TO PITT!

[avidal7]

3'35" thats the tackle!

[quietriotfan1976]

@sdgakatbk

Yes

[WWEFaNOFKANE1997]

EAT SHIT PITT lol JK im just a WVU fan, but this is pretty damn cool

[sdgakatbk]

Wasn't Vince Lombardi one of the blocks?

[jarom1r]

During their three year stretch of scoreless ties these two teams had a combined record of 42-4-9.

[rage10000111]

this is outstanding! 5 stars! its very rare to find footage of good ole' smashmouth football!

[kellylemon09]

Great footage of when the Fordham Pitt game ruled college football. Hale to the 7 blocks of granite.

[jarom1r]

The following (in two posts) is the writeup of this game as it was published in Pitt's 1938 yearbook. Credit goes to the Univ. of Pittsburgh Archive Service Center.

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Newsreel houses and photographic sections of newspapers had a great time following the Pitt-Fordham "doughnut-center" contest showing how Pitt scored but didn't make a touchdown against the Gotham Granite. With thirty seconds remaining in the first half,