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Western Pennsylvania football at the collegiate level began in the fall of 1889 at the University of Pittsburgh, then known as the Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP). The first official collegiate game in Western Pennsylvania was played on October 11, 1890, when the Allegheny Athletic Association 's defeated WUP 38–0. [24]
The Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit was a loose association of American football clubs that operated from 1890 to approximately 1940. Originally amateur, professionalism was introduced to the circuit in 1892; cost pressures pushed the circuit to semi-professional status from about 1920 through the rest of its existence.
The Alumni Athletic Advisory Board led by J.D. Scott, one of Pitt football's founding fathers, and the Athletic Association re-energized the Athletic Department at the Western University of Pennsylvania following the disarray of 1893 and 1894. Their first objective in the fall of 1895 was to place a football team on the field. W. A.
Washington & Jefferson. The football teams of the Western University of Pennsylvania and Washington & Jefferson College played five games from 1890 to 1895. The WUPs were winless in the series and were outscored 130-12. November 11, 1905 was the first time the game was played in Pittsburgh.
Referee: Harry Fry (P.A.C.) On October 1, Grove City College visited Exposition Park to play the 1904 Western University of Pennsylvania football team. More than 1500 spectators ventured to the stadium for the opening game of the season. The engineering and collegiate students were in school and attended in force.
After several attempts during the early and mid-century to establish a historical society, an organization called Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania was formed on January 10, 1859. Five years later the group changed its name to Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. In 1911, society members oversaw the planning and ...
The 1898 football team at the Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP) was led by Dr. Fred Robison. Dr. Robison was a graduate of State College and former player who lettered on their 1894 team. He also played for the Greensburg Athletic Association. He was registered in the Dental School so he was basically a graduate school player/coach.
& A.C.) football team easily defeated the eleven from the Western University 26–0 in front of one thousand spectators. The WUP starting lineup had three new members – Burtt, McConkey and Riley. Halfback Ed Brown of the D.C. & A.C. notched an eight yard touchdown run on the A.C.'s first offensive possession.