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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 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 17th meeting of the Backyard Brawl, a rivalry game between the two programs.
The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh won the game 21–13,[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 on radio station KDKA by Westinghouse engineer Harold Arlin, and was that station's first live radio play-by-play broadcast of a college football game.[3]
See also[]
- College football on radio
- 1921 college football season
- List of historically significant college football games
- 1922 Princeton vs. Chicago football game
References[]
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game by Game, Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner, 1921". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ "Panthers Scared by New York Times" (PDF). The New York Times. October 9, 1921. 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.
Categories:
- 1921 college football season
- College football games
- Pittsburgh Panthers football games
- West Virginia Mountaineers football games
- October 1921 sports events
- 1921 in sports in Pennsylvania