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.
[1] 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.
* This game is listed as a Duquesne victory with a score of 31–30 in the Pitt media guide.
# This game is listed as a Duquesne victory with a score of 75–46 in the Pitt media guide.
^This game is listed as a Pittsburgh victory with a score of 84–74 in the Duquesne media guide.
Pitt leads the series 22–17 and was the winner of four straight prior to the Dukes winning four in a row since 2009.
[11][12][13] The final City Game baseball series was split with Pitt winning an April 14, 2010 game at Trees Field 21–9,[14] and Duquesne, oddly serving as the home team at Pitt's Trees Field, winning the final meeting, 10–9, on May 12, 2010.