City Game#Football

style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" \| Men's History
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style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: LightSteelBlue;" \| The City Game Pitt Panthers–Duquesne Dukes
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First meeting	January 13, 1932
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Last Meeting	November 30, 2018
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Last Result	PITT: 74–53
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Next Meeting	TBA
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Number of Meetings	87
style="vertical-align: top;" \| All-Time Series	PITT: 55–32
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Largest victory	Duquesne, 100–66 (12/9/1967)
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Current Streak	PITT: Won 2
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Longest Streak	Pitt, 15 (12/22/2001–12/4/2015)
style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" \| Women's History
First meeting	December 6, 1974
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Last Meeting	December 4, 2025
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Last Result	Duquesne: 73-69 \| style="vertical-align: top;" \| Next Meeting	TBA
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Number of Meetings	40
style="vertical-align: top;" \| All-Time Series	PITT: 22–18
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Largest victory	Pitt, 91–32 (12/6/1974)
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Current Streak	Duquesne: Won 1
style="vertical-align: top;" \| Longest Win Streak	Pitt, 13 (12/6/1974–11/30/1994)

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The City Game is an annual college basketball game between the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Duquesne University Dukes. The term "City Game" is also used refer to women's basketball games played annually between the two universities and may also be used to refer to other athletic competitions between the two schools.

History

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The basketball series was first played in 1932. The cross-town rivalry between the two schools intensified quickly, and the development of bad blood between the two schools on the basketball court and in the boxing ring led to the cessation of series following the 1939 game until it was renewed in 1953.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bn_WIdKtD68C&pg=RA1-PT55&dq=pitt+panthers&lr=&ei=4wo3SfSYI474MNiIpYEP#PRA1-PT12,M1 Sam Sciullo Jr., 100 Years of Pitt Basketball], 2005, Sports Publishing L.L.C., Champaign, IL, pg. 22, {{ISBN|1-59670-081-5}}, Accessed December 3, 2008. The teams met various times in the Steel Bowl tournament, an in-season four-team tournament sponsored by U.S. Steel that was held from 1951 through 1976 in Pittsburgh.Sam Sciullo Jr., 100 Years of Pitt Basketball, 2005, Sports Publishing L.L.C., Champaign, IL, pp. 36, 43, {{ISBN|1-59670-081-5}}

The rivalry reached its peak when both schools again found themselves members of the same athletic conference, the Eastern 8 (originally named the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League in its first season of 1976–77, formally the Eastern Athletic Association, and renamed the Atlantic 10 Conference following the 1981–82 season), from 1976 to 1982. During this period, the head coaches of Pitt and Duquesne, Tim Grgurich and Mike Rice respectively, were alumni of their schools and had played against each other in the 1960s. There was genuine dislike between coaches and players, and during these contests fights frequently broke out between players, and sometimes among fans.Sam Sciullo Jr., 100 Years of Pitt Basketball, 2005, Sports Publishing L.L.C., Champaign, IL, pg. 68, {{ISBN|1-59670-081-5}}{{cite news | url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_655744.html | title=Pitt, Duquesne play final City Game at Mellon | first=John | last=Perrotto | author-link=John Perrotto | date=2009-12-02 | newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | access-date=2009-12-02 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The series of games between the schools during the years that both were members of the Eastern 8 was won by Pitt 9–7. Duquesne and Pitt have met once in post-season play, not including two Eastern 8 Tournament games, which resulted in a 65–63 Duquesne victory over the Panthers in the first round of the 1980 NIT at the Civic Arena.

However, the competitiveness of the series has waned since Pitt left for the Big East Conference beginning in the 1982–83 season as Pitt has now won 32 of the last 35 games.{{cite news | url=http://postgazette.com/pg/08338/932285-175.stm | first=Ray | last=Fittipaldo | title=The City Game ... not what it used to be for Pitt or Duquesne basketball | newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=2008-12-03 | access-date=2008-12-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928015814/http://postgazette.com/pg/08338/932285-175.stm | archive-date=2011-09-28 | url-status=dead }} The men's basketball series is currently on hiatus, having last been played in 2018. It is unknown when the series will resume, as there have been disputes about the scheduling terms, including the venue.{{cite news | url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2021/05/25/pitt-panthers-duquesne-dukes-basketball-city-game-keith-dambrot-jeff-capel-rivalry/stories/202105250131 | first=Craig | last=Meyer | title=Pitt and Duquesne unlikely to play a City Game in 2021 — and perhaps beyond that | newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=2021-05-03 | access-date=2021-08-24 }}

Location

The location of the City Game has varied between both on-campus and off-campus venues for both schools and throughout their history, they have also shared venues to use as their home floor. Both Pittsburgh and Duquesne used the Pitt Pavilion, located inside of Pitt Stadium, for their home games until January 28, 1939 when Pitt's director of athletics Jimmy Hagan announced a cessation of basketball relations with Duquesne following the development of bad blood between the schools on the court. The series returned in 1953 at Pitt's home floor, Fitzgerald Field House, that had opened in 1951. This facility on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh would serve as the home floor of the Panthers through the opening of the Petersen Events Center in 2002, although Pitt played select home games at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in the 1980s and 1990s. Duquesne also used Fitzgerald Field House as its home floor following the demolition of its home court, Duquesne Gardens, in 1956. Duquesne began playing games in the Civic Arena as early as December 1961 and subsequently switched to using the Civic Arena as its primary home floor between 1964 and 1988. Duquesne moved into a new on-campus home at the A. J. Palumbo Center beginning in the 1988–89 season. From 1990 to 2001, the series was back to being played at the Civic Arena/Mellon Arena. The series then rotated on a yearly basis between the on-campus venues of the Petersen Events Center and the A. J. Palumbo Center.

In 2009, the game returned to Mellon Arena and was the last basketball game played at that venue (not counting a Harlem Globetrotters game on December 26, 2009). Pitt rallied from trailing by 16 to winning 67–58 in double overtime. It was the first multiple overtime game in the series' history.

Upon the opening of the PPG Paints Arena in 2010, the game will be held annually at that site. Each team has an exclusive locker room in the new facility.{{Cite web|url=http://pittnews.com/newsstory/pitt-has-own-locker-room-in-consol-energy-center/|title = Pitt has own locker room in Consol Energy Center|date = 25 August 2010}}

Men's game results

{{Sports rivalry series table

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| team1 = Duquesne

| team1style = {{NCAA secondary color cell|Duquesne Dukes}}

| team2 = Pittsburgh

| team2style = {{NCAA color cell|Pittsburgh Panthers}}

| February 24, 1937 | Pitt Pavilion | Duquesne | 32 | Pittsburgh | 31{{efn|group=mbask|This game is listed as a Duquesne victory with a score of 31–30 in the Pitt media guide.}}

| December 12, 1953 | Fitzgerald Field House | Duquesne | 79 | Pittsburgh | 43{{efn|group=mbask|This game is listed as a Duquesne victory with a score of 75–46 in the Pitt media guide.}}

| November 29, 1995 | Civic Arena | Pittsburgh | 84 | Duquesne | 73{{efn|group=mbask|This game is listed as a Pittsburgh victory with a score of 84–74 in the Duquesne media guide.}}

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Where there are discrepancies between game scores, the score provided in the table is the one provided by sources from the winning team.

Women's basketball

The women's basketball City Game series dates to 1974 when the University of Pittsburgh resurrected its women's varsity athletic program. The Pitt women's 91–32 win against Duquesne in the 1974 Pitt Tournament marked its first game and victory of the modern era since the program had been on hiatus at the close of the 1926–1927 season. Including the 1974 win, Pitt dominated the early series winning the first 13 games. The game has sometimes been played as a double header with the men's game and has been played three times at the Civic Arena in 1995, 1996, and 1998. Pitt leads the series 22–18.

Baseball

The baseball contest between the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University was often referred to as the baseball version of the City Game and was sometimes played at special venues including Major League Baseball's PNC Park. The first collegiate baseball game at PNC Park was played on May 6, 2003, between Pittsburgh and Duquesne.{{cite web|title= Pittsburgh Baseball Falls to Duquesne, 2–1, at PNC Park|publisher= PittsburghPanthers.com|date= 2003-05-06|url= http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050603aab.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130102070414/http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050603aab.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2013-01-02|access-date= 2008-04-15}} Duquesne won the game by a score of 2–1.{{cite news|first= Ray|last= Fittipaldo|title= Pitcher's big-league effort lifts Duquesne past Pitt, 2–1|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/duquesne/20030507pittduke0507p5.asp|work= Duquesne/Atlantic 10|publisher= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= 2003-05-07|access-date= 2008-05-13|archive-date= 2017-08-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045244/http://old.post-gazette.com/sports/duquesne/20030507pittduke0507p5.asp|url-status= dead}} Following the 2010 season, Duquesne discontinued its varsity baseball program, bringing the City Game baseball series to an end.{{cite news |title=Duquesne U. To Save $1M By Cutting 4 Varsity Sports |url=http://www.wpxi.com/news/22346032/detail.html |publisher=Associated Press |date=2010-01-26 |access-date=2010-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607002331/http://www.wpxi.com/news/22346032/detail.html |archive-date=2011-06-07 |url-status=dead }} The PNC Park City Game series ended in Pitt's favor, four games to two, with the 2007 game canceled because of poor field conditions.{{cite news|first= Phil|last= Axelrod|title= Baseball: Three freshmen step up as Panthers rout Dukes|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08108/874129-142.stm|newspaper= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= 2008-04-17|access-date= 2008-09-13|archive-date= 2017-08-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045442/http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2008/04/17/Baseball-Three-freshmen-step-up-as-Panthers-rout-Dukes/stories/200804170524|url-status= dead}}{{cite news|first= Phil|last= Axelrod|title= Baseball: Pitt, Duquesne to treat game like exhibition|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05103/487429-135.stm|newspaper= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= 2005-04-15|access-date= 2008-09-13|archive-date= 2017-08-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045039/http://www.post-gazette.com/duquesne/2005/04/13/Baseball-Pitt-Duquesne-to-treat-game-like-exhibition/stories/200504130279|url-status= dead}}{{cite web | title=Panthers Fall to Duquesne, 5–2 at PNC Park | publisher=PittsburghPanthers.com | url=http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/050609aaa.html | date=2009-05-06 | access-date=2009-05-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726022517/http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/050609aaa.html | archive-date=2011-07-26 | url-status=dead }} The final City Game baseball series was split with Pitt winning an April 14, 2010 game at Trees Field 21–9,{{cite web | url=http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/041410aaa.html | title=Joe Leonard Hits for the Cycle in 21–9 Pitt Win Over Duquesne | date=2010-04-14 | publisher=PittsburghPanthers.com | access-date=2010-05-20}} and Duquesne, oddly serving as the home team at Pitt's Trees Field, winning the final meeting, 10–9, on May 12, 2010. The all-time series between the schools ended in Pitt's favor, 58–22–1.{{cite web | url=http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/051210aaa.html | title=Panthers Drop Final City Game to Duquesne, 10–9 | publisher=PittsburghPanthers.com | date=2010-05-12 | access-date=2010-05-20}}

Men's soccer

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| September 12, 2001{{efn|group=msoc|This match was cancelled due to the September 11 attacks.}} | Rooney Field | win6 = none | Duquesne | | Pittsburgh |

| September 7, 2010{{efn|group=msoc|This match was suspended due to severe weather.}} | Rooney Field | win9 = none | Duquesne | | Pittsburgh |

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Football

{{sports rivalry series table

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| team1 = Duquesne / Pittsburgh College

| team1style = {{NCAA secondary color cell|Duquesne Dukes}}

| team2 = Pittsburgh / W.U.P.

| team2style = {{NCAA color cell|Pittsburgh Panthers}}

| October 26, 1901 | Schenley Park | Pittsburgh College | 0 | W.U.P. | 18

| October 20, 1903{{efn|group=fb|Pitt's (W.U.P.'s) opponent on October 20, 1903 played under the name of Manchester Athletic Club, but used players mainly from Pittsburgh College of the Holy Ghost (later to be known as Duquesne University).{{cite news|title=Bluffites Fooled WUP|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=October 21, 1903|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/46598696/|via=Newspapers.com}} The University of Pittsburgh lists its opponent that day as Manchester A.C. (and does not count the game toward its all-time record vs. Duquesne),{{cite web|title=Pitt Football Media Guide 2023|date=2023|publisher=Pitt Athletics Communications Office|pages=120, 130|url=https://pittsburghpanthers.com/documents/2023/7/25/_5_Record_Book_Section_2023_final.pdf|access-date=2024-06-04}} while Duquesne counts the game as its own.{{cite web|title=Duquesne Football Record Book|date=2023-07-20|publisher=Duquesne University Athletics|page=23|url=https://goduquesne.com/documents/2023/7/20/2023_DU_FB_Record_Book.pdf|access-date=2024-06-04}}}} | Colosseum | Pittsburgh College | 10 | W.U.P. | 6

| footnote = {{cite web |title=Duquesne vs Pittsburgh (PA) |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/d/duquesne/opponents_records.php?teamid=2581 |website=CFB Data Warehouse |access-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910051308/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/d/duquesne/opponents_records.php?teamid=2581 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |url-status=dead}}

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