Auburn at Tulane

Saturday, November 5, 1921

Auburn beat Tulane 14–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 2–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayAuburn5–⁠3 in 1921
14
HomeTulane4–⁠6 in 1921
0

FinalHigh 80°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 6, 1921

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    AUBURN’s PLUNG|NG BACK WALK ALL OVER TULANE Plainsmen From Alabama Win Hard Battle With Id to O Score. NEW ORLEANS. LA, Nov. 5.-Auburns plunglng backs proved more than Tu!ane’s light line could with stand here this afternoon. and the ilalnSmen won Il MARLBOROUGH game II TO 0. Outweighed about fifteen hounds 10 tho man, Tulane put up u hard fight ana once held Auburn for downs on the twO-yard line. Auburn scored It’s first touchdown IN the second quarter, carrying the ball steadily down the field from tn ianes forty-yard line on line plunpcs ShirlinB finally took It over and Cation kicked goal. Tho second touchdown came In the final quarter and again Stirling wound up Il series Of ground gaining line plunges by again carry ing the ball over for a touchdown Again Cation kicked goal The line-up: Auburn Nb Position. Tulane COZ Momiton. left end ..... .Minsky Pierce. left tackle pnync Winnie. left guard :. Ellsworth eaton. ....... center Reed Lawrence. right guard ..winkllng Carter. right tackle Fits Sit@. ......... right end Talbot Gibson. quarter back .MoIoney Shirley. left half back .B. Brown Ollingcr.. right half back Ford Sh,rlihg: ..... full back ..Lcgendre score by periods: anburn ............o O I’ll uianc ....-.............0 o o O. o Auburn scoring: Touchdowns-- Shirling tD: goals-Caton 60. Of f,cials-Walker (Virglnin) referee: Morarity est. Nary. umpire: Thomas Perduc), head lincsman.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Auburn 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tulane leads 17–⁠15–⁠6 in 38 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Auburn 24, Tulane 6
2006Auburn 38, Tulane 13
1955Tulane 27, Auburn 13
1954Auburn 27, Tulane 0
1953Auburn 34, Tulane 7
1952Tulane 21, Auburn 6

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