Tulane vs. Colgate

Saturday, October 17, 1936

Tulane beat Colgate 28–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 3–⁠1.

Neutral siteTulane6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1936
28
Neutral siteColgate6–⁠3 in 1936
6

FinalAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Holy Cross Meets Skibos.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 19, 1936, page 12 (results column)

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    Holy Cross Meets Skibos. Holy Cross Meets Skibos. HOLY CROSS, 1877, conqueror OF Manhattan, meets Carnegie Techs Tartans, who ruined Temples perfect slate. 10. last week. Catholic, which stopped De Paul, 1877, finds Mssissippi’s unlucky forces next in line. while Georgetown must tackle New York University, nosed out 14-l3 by North Carolina. George Wash. ington’s foe will be Wake Forest. Duquesne, which sprang a tremendous upset in whipping Pitt, TO, on a 72-yard touchdown run by George Matsik. should handle West Virginia Wesleyan without undue trouble. Boston University surprised Washington University. 60, but looks overmatched against Villanova. 1870 winner over Western Maryland. Yale. which, as usual, took advantage Of all its opportunities to beat Navy, 1871, should be able to ease of against Rutgers. Armys cadets, who ran over Harvard almost at will. $40, look only for a good workout from Spring. field. Princeton and Navy will get together in battle of losers at Prince ton, while Pitt seeks to regain winning form against Notre Dame, whose third successive victim was Wisconsin. 40. Cornell’s sophomore array, victor over Syracuse, 1877, will meet Penn State upset, 7–⁠6, by Lehigh, while Harvard confronts Dartmouth, $40 conqueror Of Brown. Colgate, trCunced by Tulane. 28–⁠6. should stop Lafayette and Brown looks to be no match for Penn.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL Ass1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 19, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL Ass1REsULTs The following are results of lead ing football games played in var ious parts of the country last Sat- urday afternoon: UCLA IT; California 6. Gonzaga 0; Montana (. Washington State C; Southern California 0. Oregon 13; Idaho O. Oregon State T; Washington 19. Texas Christian 2; Texas A. & M. Is. Georgia Tech 6; Duke 19 Tulane 28; Colgate 6. Western Maryland 0; Villanova 13. Michigan 0; Minnesota 26. Indiana 9; Nebraska 13. Kansas State O; Marquette 13. Manhattan T; Holy Cross 13. Virginia Military Institute 0; Co., lumbia 38 Syracuse T; Cornell 20. Auburn 6; Detroit 0. Army 32; Harvard 0. WyneSburg 6; Fordham 20. Bucknell O. Georgetown 19. DePaul T; Catholic University 12 Princeton 0; Penn T. Purdue 35. Chicago T. Yale 12; Navy 2. Duquesne T; Pittsburgh 0. Vanderbilt 0; Southern Methodist Is. SUNDAY GAME St. Mary’s 0; University of San Francisco 0.

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)

Colgate 55% to win. Tulane won as Elo’s underdog.

Tulane leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1937Tulane 7, Colgate 6
1936Tulane 28, Colgate 6
1935Tulane 14, Colgate 6
1934Colgate 20, Tulane 6
1933Tulane 7, Colgate 0

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