The undefeated Carlisle Indians coached by Glen Scobey Warner returned to Pittsburgh on October 21 to seek revenge for the 14-3 defeat they suffered in the 1909 season.
  Pitt had not given up a point in eleven straight games and outscored the opposition 327-0.
 Twelve thousand fans spent the afternoon at Forbes Field watching the action.
 The Pitt band and Cheerleaders George Kirk and his assistant Dick Johnson led the students, who were stationed in their newly constructed bleachers along the right field line, in their cheers throughout the game.
 Both teams wore numbers on their jerseys so the fans could spot their favorite players.


The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote: 
“The Carlisle Indians defeated the University of Pittsburgh in a spectacular football game yesterday...on the Forbes Field gridiron 17-0.
 They had one of the greatest individual performers in Thorpe that has appeared on a Pittsburgh football field in years.”

  
The Pittsburgh Press noted: 
“It was a case of a superior team winning – a team which was coached to the minute in all the tricky plays of up-to-date football and composed of eleven of the speediest and cleverest gridiron men appearing in this city for many years.”

 
The difference in the game was Jim Thorpe.
 After he missed a field goal in the first quarter, Carlisle regained possession early in the second.
 Thorpe executed a perfect onside kick that bounced away from Tillie Dewar into Hugh Wheelock's grasp on Pitt's five yard line.
  He scampered for the first touchdown against Pitt in twelve games.
 Thorpe was good on the point after.
 On Carlisle's next possession Thorpe raced fifty yards to the Pitt thirty-five yard line but the Pitt defense stiffened and the half came to a close with the score 6-0 in favor of Carlisle.

Near the end of the third quarter,  “Thorpe grabbed his own onside kick for a fifty yard gain and a touchdown.”
 Thorpe missed the point after and Carlisle led 11-0.
 The Pitt offense then advanced the ball to the Carlisle eight yard line but lost the ball on downs.
 After an exchange of punts Ralph Galvin was caught slugging Walsh and ejected.
 The penalty moved the ball to the Pitt twenty-seven yard line.
 Carlisle fullback Stancil “Possum” Powell plunged for the last touchdown and Thorpe kicked the goal after to make the final read 17-0.
 Carlisle gained 426 yards on offense- all on the ground.
 Pitt had 156 total yards of offense.
 

Coach Thompson opined: 
“We were fairly beaten by a better team, and give the Indians due credit for their victory.
 It was certainly a wonderful aggregation that we faced, and mark my word, they will be heard from before the season ends.”

 
Carlisle finished the season 11-1 and improved their record against Pitt to 3-1.

The Pitt lineup for the game against Carlisle was Chuck Soles and Perry Graves (left end), Henry Blair and William Leahy (left tackle), Ross Feightner (left guard), Ralph Galvin and John Cummins (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), James Stevenson, Henry Blair and George Gehlert (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Tillie Dewar and William Connolly (quarterback), Charles Quailey and S.V. Dillon (left halfback), George Brown (right halfback), and Hube Wagner (fullback).
 The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.
The undefeated Carlisle Indians coached by Glen Scobey Warner returned to Pittsburgh on October 21 to seek revenge for the 14-3 defeat they suffered in the 1909 season.   Pitt had not given up a point in eleven straight games and outscored the opposition 327-0.  Twelve thousand fans spent the afternoon at Forbes Field watching the action.  The Pitt band and Cheerleaders George Kirk and his assistant Dick Johnson led the students, who were stationed in their newly constructed bleachers along the right field line, in their cheers throughout the game.  Both teams wore numbers on their jerseys so the fans could spot their favorite players. 

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote: 
“The Carlisle Indians defeated the University of Pittsburgh in a spectacular football game yesterday...on the Forbes Field gridiron 17-0.  They had one of the greatest individual performers in Thorpe that has appeared on a Pittsburgh football field in years.”
  
The Pittsburgh Press noted: 
“It was a case of a superior team winning – a team which was coached to the minute in all the tricky plays of up-to-date football and composed of eleven of the speediest and cleverest gridiron men appearing in this city for many years.” 
 
The difference in the game was Jim Thorpe.  After he missed a field goal in the first quarter, Carlisle regained possession early in the second.  Thorpe executed a perfect onside kick that bounced away from Tillie Dewar into Hugh Wheelock's grasp on Pitt's five yard line.   He scampered for the first touchdown against Pitt in twelve games.  Thorpe was good on the point after.  On Carlisle's next possession Thorpe raced fifty yards to the Pitt thirty-five yard line but the Pitt defense stiffened and the half came to a close with the score 6-0 in favor of Carlisle. 
Near the end of the third quarter,  “Thorpe grabbed his own onside kick for a fifty yard gain and a touchdown.”  Thorpe missed the point after and Carlisle led 11-0.  The Pitt offense then advanced the ball to the Carlisle eight yard line but lost the ball on downs.  After an exchange of punts Ralph Galvin was caught slugging Walsh and ejected.  The penalty moved the ball to the Pitt twenty-seven yard line.  Carlisle fullback Stancil “Possum” Powell plunged for the last touchdown and Thorpe kicked the goal after to make the final read 17-0.  Carlisle gained 426 yards on offense- all on the ground.  Pitt had 156 total yards of offense.  

Coach Thompson opined: 
“We were fairly beaten by a better team, and give the Indians due credit for their victory.  It was certainly a wonderful aggregation that we faced, and mark my word, they will be heard from before the season ends.” 
 
Carlisle finished the season 11-1 and improved their record against Pitt to 3-1. 
The Pitt lineup for the game against Carlisle was Chuck Soles and Perry Graves (left end), Henry Blair and William Leahy (left tackle), Ross Feightner (left guard), Ralph Galvin and John Cummins (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), James Stevenson, Henry Blair and George Gehlert (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Tillie Dewar and William Connolly (quarterback), Charles Quailey and S.V. Dillon (left halfback), George Brown (right halfback), and Hube Wagner (fullback).  The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.
1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team