Clemson at Tulane
Saturday, September 24, 1938 Share
Clemson beat Tulane 13–10. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 67°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, September 26, 1938, page 5
Read the text
’37 TOPPING GRIDDERS IN EARLY PLEADS Pittsburgh, Alabama, Min nesota Win-Three Big Upsets on Saturday Three great powerhouses of 1887, Pittsburgh, Alabama and Minneso- ta, apparently appear headed for football heights again as results of last Saturdays contests in which they won. Tulane, Illinois and Maryland were the principal upset victims. Clemson doWned Tulane’s great team by 13 to 10. Illinois was spilled by Ohio to O. Richmond whipped Maryland 19 to 6.
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 61% to win. Clemson won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Clemson–Tulane gameTulane leads 6–4 in 10 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1981 | Clemson 13, Tulane 5 | |
| 1975 | Tulane 17, Clemson 13 | |
| 1961 | Clemson 21, Tulane 6 | |
| 1946 | Tulane 54, Clemson 13 | |
| 1945 | Clemson 47, Tulane 20 | |
| 1944 | Tulane 36, Clemson 20 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gameat TennesseeOct. 1, 1938
- SeasonClemson in 1938
- ProgramClemson history and records
Tulane
- Next gamevs. AuburnOct. 1, 1938
- SeasonTulane in 1938
- ProgramTulane history and records