Auburn at Tulane

Saturday, October 5, 1935

Auburn beat Tulane 10–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 7–⁠7–⁠3.

AwayAuburn8–⁠2 in 1935
10
HomeTulane6–⁠4 in 1935
0

FinalHigh 83°F, low 62°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story

    The Washington times, October 7, 1935, page 21 (results column)

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    sideration of Marquette’s eleven which crushed Wisconsin on the home field at Madison. 1t was the first time since 1904 when the series between the teams started, that Marquette beat the Badgers. Michigan will have to substitute something for its punt, pass and prayer football. Michigan State trimmed the WOLVES for the Sec ond consecutive year. Colina ran so yards through the WOLVES and Agett trekked from midfield 10 register. Looks as If Michigan will have to look around for new victim for its early october test. Tulane, which slaughtered Virginia Military Institute, was beaten by Auburn by a score of 10 to 0. Plenty Of water has flowed under the nations bridges since University of Tennessee was beaten by Is points. But University of North Carolina beat the Vols by a score of 38 to 13, scoring 81 points in the last period. Burnette, Tennessee fullback, ran 81 yards for a touchdown from kickoff just before the end of the fourth period.

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)

Tulane 79% to win. Auburn pulled the upset.

Tulane leads 17–⁠15–⁠6 in 38 meetings, counting the 21 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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