Tulane at Alabama

Saturday, November 5, 1938

No. 15 Alabama beat Tulane 3–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 11–⁠1–⁠1 as played.

AwayTulane7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1938
0
Home15Alabama7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1938
3

FinalHigh 78°F, low 43°FAttendance 19,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 7, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores oI principal football games played on the Nations gridiron last Saturday afternoon: Idaho 6; Oregon l9. Southern California 13; Califor- mia ‘. Washington 10; Stanford ‘. , U.C.L.A. 21: Washington State O.. Denver G. New Mexico Univ. ‘. Utah 0: Colorado 0, tie. Texas A. & M. T; So. Methodist lO. Centenary 6; Arizona ‘. Miss. State T; Louisiana State 32. Notre Dame IS; Navy 0. Penn IS; Michigan 19. Princeton IS; Rutgers 2O Temple 0; Holy Cross B. Franklin Marshall 12; Army 20. Virginia 0; Columbia 39. Lafayette T; Penn State o. Tulane 0; Alabama 3. Wisconsin 20; Northwestern 13. Ohio 20; Miami 12. Kentucky IS; Georgia Tech 19. Sewanee 0; Vanderbilt IA. Wake Forest 6; Virginia Military Institute G. (Tie) Iowa O; Minnesota 28. Chicago 13 Harvard AT. Indiana 0; Boston College IA. Purdue 12; Ohio State o. Auburn 12; Villanova 25. Colgate O; Syracuse ‘. Brown IA; Yale 20 North Carolina State O; Man hattan g. St. Mary’s 0; Fordham 3. Lehigh 0; New York 45. Dickinson 6; Dartmouth A. Carnegie Tech 20; Pittsburgh TO- Drake O; Iowa State IA. Rice 3: Arkansas 0. Michigan State o; Mississippi 6. Nebraska 16; Kansas ‘. Texas College 21; Tulsa 0. Kansas State IA; Oklahoma 26. Baylor IA; Texas State 3. Washington and Lee 0; Centre

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)

Alabama 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 26–⁠9–⁠3; as played, 27–⁠8–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2008Alabama 20, Tulane 6
1994Alabama 20, Tulane 10
1993Alabama 31, Tulane 17
1992Alabama 37, Tulane 0
1991Alabama 62, Tulane 0
1965Alabama 27, Tulane 0

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