Tulane at North Carolina

Saturday, October 23, 1937

North Carolina beat Tulane 13–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayTulane5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1937
0
HomeNorth Carolina7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1937
13

FinalHigh 60°F, low 41°FAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: More High Grade Attractions.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1937, page 28 (results column)

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    More High Grade Attractions. More High Grade Attractions. THE Southwest and South are full of high class offerings Baylor and Texas A. and M. lead the South western parade with Texas and Rice and Arkansas and S. M. u. paired In the same sector. L. S. us mighty forces face Wander bilt in one of the South’s best encounters while Alabama travels to Washington to battle George Wash ington. Manhattan invades the country of the Hatfields and the McCoys for a feud with Kentucky. Georgia Tech and Auburn. Tennessee and Sewanee and North Carolina and Tulane also figure prominently in the Southern sector. Preliminary firing opened last night on the Eastern front as Temple beat Carnegie Tech, to 0, an upset in view of Notre Danes defeat at the hands of the Skibos. In the South the Citadel trimmed Richmond, rs to 0, | and in the Midwest Grinnell defeated | Washburn, 13 to 0. st. Marys eked out a one-touchdown triumph over Idaho, 6 to 0, in the coasts big game.

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)

North Carolina 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tulane leads 9–⁠5–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1994North Carolina 49, Tulane 0
1993North Carolina 42, Tulane 10
1975North Carolina 17, Tulane 15
1973Tulane 16, North Carolina 0
1971Tulane 37, North Carolina 29
1970Tulane 24, North Carolina 17

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