Auburn at Tulane

Saturday, October 7, 1939

Tulane beat Auburn 12–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 8–⁠7–⁠6.

AwayAuburn5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1939
0
HomeTulane8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1939
12

FinalHigh 86°F, low 72°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 9, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Stanford O: Oregon 10. Idaho 6; oregon State ‘. Washington State 0, Southern California 27 St. Mary’s ‘; California 3. University of Washington ‘; U. CHA. IA. Alabama T. Fordham 6. West Virginia 0; Pitt 20 Missouri 0; Ohio State 19. Bates 0; Harvard 20. Rochester o; Oberlin 12. Western Reserve 12; Ohio U. l4. DePauw 6; Ohio Wesleyan 33. Virginia Military Institute 2; Dav- idson O. Auburn 0; Tulane 12 Texas Christian 13; Arkansas 14. Iowa State 32; Indiana 29. Kentucky 21; Vanderbilt 13. Brown 20: Amherst Ia. Syracuse 6; Cornell l9. Rhode Island 0; Name 24. Franklin Marshall 2, Boston U. 13. New York U. 43; Penn Military 0. Michigan State 13, Michigan 26, LaFayette 0; Pennsylvania 6. Bucknell 3; Penn State l3. Worcester Tech 6; Coast Guard Academy 0. Williams 6; Princeton 26. Centre 6; Army 2. Columbia ‘; Yale 10. Louisiana State 26; Holy Cross T. Carnegie Tech 6; Temple 0. Colgate 0; Duke 37. Texas IT; Wisconsin T. Iowa State 0; Kansas IA. Minnesota 0: Nebraska 6. Georgia Tech IA; Notre Dame IT.. Oklahoma 23; Northwestern O

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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