Tulane at Columbia
Saturday, November 18, 1939 Share
No. 6 Tulane beat Columbia 25–0. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 41°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 19, 1939, page 26
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Columbia 0utcIassed As Tulane Sweeps To $50 Victory Green Wave Collins Down After Thrice Scoring Over Lighter Lions NEW YORK, Nov. 18-The Tulane tidal wave swept over Baker Field for three touchdowns in two periods today. then settled back to a conservative ripple for the bal ance of ball game which wound up with the unbeaten Southerners on the very proper end of a 25-to-o score against Columbia. Red Dawsons giant linemen opened inviting holes in the out weighed Lions defenses. Through those holes hard-running backs like Bobby Kellogg, Harry Hays, Fred Golden, Fred Cassibry. Buddy Banker and Monette Butler, to name only half dozen, went pour ing along for almost as much yard age as they wanted. Mistake to Book Tulane. The Lions could offer only stub born but definitely outclassed resistance, which left the Is 900 spec tators in Baker Field convinced that Columbia, for this year at least, made grave mistake in scheduling the Southeastern Conference power house. With the “a” team in the game, Tulane went 40 yards in 10 plays for its first score and Is yards in three for its second in the OPEN ing quarter. Team “B” took over at the start of the second quarter and made 80 yards and a touchdown in three plays. With Kellogg, Banker and Cassibry accounting for the touchdowns in that order and Kellogg tacking the extra point onto his tally, that made it 10 to o. Len Will Pest to Tulane. Tulane moved to its final score In the last minute of play. With a makeshift lineup operating. the Southerners started from their “a and. seven plays later, sent Butler slicing through from the 7-yard line. In the Lions losing effort. Sophomore Fullback of Evansville, Ind. Len Will was a 179-pound ball of fire. He played so minutes and was a Commute pest to the Greenies, both on offense and defense. Herb Mack, sophomore tackle, and Hugh Barber, Junior end, also were iron men for Columbia,

The Daily Alaska empire, November 18, 1939, page 2 (results column)
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FOOTBALL ScoREs The. following are final scores ot football games played this afternoon as, received up to time of going tc press: ~ Georgetown IA; New York U 0. Indiana ‘; Michigan State T; tie Colgate 0; Syracuse 2. New Hampshire o; Harvard 46. Penn State IA; Army IA; tie. South. Dakota O. Cincinnati 13 Boston College 19; Boston U 0. Cornell 35; Dartmouth 6. Princeton 13; Yale 2. North Carolina 3: Duke 13. Carnegie Tech 0; Holy Cross 21 Nebraska IA; Pitt 13. Michigan IS; Penn IT. St Mary’s 0; Fordham 13. Illinois 0; Ohio State 21. Tulane 25; Columbia 0. Villanova 12; Temple 6. Washington and Jefferson O.; La fayette 13. Loyola 0; Catholic U 3. South Carolina 2; Georgia 33, Kansas State 0; Iowa State 10. Purdue T; Wisconsin ‘; tie. George Washington 13; Kansas T. Sewanee IA, Citadel ‘. Oklahoma A and M 0; Wichita 0. Oberlin O.; Chicago 25. Northwestern o; Notre Dame T. Oklahoma 6; Missouri ‘. Minnesota g; Iowa 13. Georgia Tech 6; Alabama 0. Vanderbilt 0: Tennessee 13. Texas Christian 19; Texas 25. Texas A and M 19; Rice 0.

The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 20, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Football Final November 18 Cornell 35-Dartmouth 6 Princeton 13-Yale 2 North Carolina 3-Duke 13 Carnegie Tech 0-Holycross 21 Nebraska 14-Pitt 13 Michigan 19-Penn IT St. Marys 0-Firdham IA Illinois 0-Ohio State 21 Tulane 25-Columbia 0 Northwestern 0-Norte Dame Oklahoma 6-Missouri ‘ Minnesota 9-IoWa 13 Georgia Tech 6-Alabama 0 Vanderbilt 0-Tennessee Is Texas Christian 19-Texas 25 Texas A and M 19-Rice 0 Oregon State 21-California 0 Washington State 7-Stanford Santa Clara 0-UcLA 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)
Tulane 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tulane–Columbia gameTulane leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Tulane
- Next gamevs. SewaneeNov. 25, 1939
- SeasonTulane in 1939
- ProgramTulane history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 25, 1939
- SeasonColumbia in 1939
- ProgramColumbia history and records

