[16] Late in November the Red and Black changed their mind and begged for a post season football game with the University of Pittsburgh.

The University of Pittsburgh Athletic Committee agreed to mend relations with the Red and Black and the eleventh game was added to the schedule.

The main plus to come out of the pettiness and then total reversal shown by Washington & Jefferson's Athletic Department was a rivalry played for the next twenty-one straight years.

[17] In its second season under head coach John A. Moorhead, the team compiled an 8–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 36.

[20] On October 3 Pitt opened the 1908 football season at Exposition Park against the Mount Union College Purple of Alliance, Ohio.

The Pittsburg Press noted: "The system of numbering the local and visiting players will be adopted again this year and in this way the spectators will be able to follow the game well by referring to their programs.

Coach Moorhead made wholesale substitutions and the Pitt offense had the ball on Mount Union's three yard line as time expired.

[2] On October 17 the Pioneers of Marietta College gave the Pitt eleven another scare as they held the home team to a 7-0 score.

The Pitt lineup was missing center John Turner (ankle injury), Captain Quince Banbury (torn ligament in leg), and tackle Frank Van Doren (shoulder separation).

[28] On October 24 the University of Pittsburgh football team played their first "hard" opponent of the season in front of 3,000 fans at Exposition Park.

Pitt was healthier with Frank Van Doren at tackle, Fritz Barrett at quarterback and Quince Banbury at halfback.

An onside kick gained twenty-eight yards and then "Tex" Richards carried the pigskin into the end zone for the first touchdown.

After a missed field goal by Roe, Captain Banbury scampered thirty yards for a touchdown and Elliott made the point after for a 16-0 lead.

Pitt contingent of fifty plus boarded the Pennsylvania Railroad car on Thursday evening October 29 and arrived in St. Louis on Friday morning.

On first down Tex Richards broke free of the line of scrimmage and raced into the end zone for the game's first score.

Their style of play was splendid and in executing the forward pass they are the superior of any team I have seen yet, not even excepting the Indians and Penn.

[31] The third chapter of the city series with Carnegie Tech took place on election day, Tuesday November 3, at Exposition Park.

The Pittsburg Press noted: "Shortly after the game started the Pittsburgh authorities were tipped off to the fact that three spies from the Carlisle Indian School and one from the University of West Virginia were on the field, Coach Moorhead at once ordered his men to cut out all trick plays, and resort only to straight football.

"[7] Captain Banbury (halfback), Jack Turner (center) and John Shuman (tackle) were all out of the lineup due to injuries, but the Pitt offense scored sixteen points in the first half.

Tech played better defense in the second half but Richards was able to add another touchdown and Roe was good on the goal kick after to make the final score 22-0.

[34] On November 7 the tenth edition of the Backyard Brawl was staged at Exposition Park in front of four thousand noisy rooters.

Fritz Barrett missed two field goal attempts and Pitt advanced the ball to the West Virginia four yard line and could not score.

On second down Pitt end Homer Roe intercepted quarterback Pearcy's throw on the seven and raced one hundred and three yards for a touchdown.

The Pitt offense thought they had a chance to tie the score when Ent recovered Barrett's onside kick on the two yard line.

The Pittsburgh Daily Post"s headline read "Defeat of Pitt Team Charged to Referee" and Coach Moorhead's quote was "I am proud of our boys.

Joe Campbell's fifty yard scamper was the highlight of the drive, but Pitt could not capitalize and turned the ball over on downs.

Nine thousand fans took advantage and came to Exposition Park to witness the annual Pitt versus State College football game.

Pittsburgh's offering presented a pitiable spectacle, and at no stage of the contest did the local eleven show any of its previous skill.

A fake field goal gained eight yards to the Pitt seven and on second down Marshall plunged into the end zone from the four.

The Red and Black spent the second half in Pitt territory and Duffey was successful on two field goals to make the final tally 14-0.