Tulane at North Carolina

Saturday, October 26, 1940

Tulane beat North Carolina 14–⁠13. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 3–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayTulane5–⁠5 in 1940
14
HomeNorth Carolina6–⁠4 in 1940
13

FinalHigh 88°F, low 53°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: 3RD SQUAD PLAYER BLOlKS N, c. KICK. ,.1,,ey Grabs Ball On Caro- lima Is And Races To Touchdown

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 27, 1940, page 1

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    3RD SQUAD PLAYER BLOlKS N, c. KICK. ,.1,,ey Grabs Ball On Carolima Is And Races To Touchdown cuA.PEL HILL, Oct. 26.-R ti,ird string quarterback who “a arad the game in its closing en.. ,te – rushed through the line, tnacEed a North Carolina kick and epolned Tulane to a 14–⁠13 victory hsipN +ho Tar Heels this afternoon. “,’ home coming crowd of 20. 900 +be contest in clear, hot Weau’‘ Home Town Product Tho substitute quarterback was ,,,,, Glass. a Tulane home town I IDa from New Orleans. With lbo Green Wave trailing 1877, with t 4r ball in North Cardinals pos ysion IN Tulane’s 43. with less .s,r two minutes to play-he 4nrned defeat into victory. knitting through North Cardinals line Tom blocked a kick by Harry nInkle. Albert Bodney of Gary, Ind Tulane end. grabbed the ball ~, North Cardinals As and raced ,mtouched INTO the end zone. jim NV Thibaut, another New Orleans nroduct. cody booted the deciding extra point from placement. Before Glass turned the tables, looked as if All-America Paul SEVERN and Sweet Jim LaLanne, Carolina end and quarterback who last wear led the Tar Heels from behind in the final quarter to two touchdowns and a IA all tie with Tulane. had stopped the G e e Wave again. Lalane. a resident of LaFaycite. La. tossed a series of passes which set up Cardinals first touch down in the second quarter, and tEen heaved a seven yarder to SEVERN which was good in the end zone. Lalanne set up Cardinals sec end touchdown. in the third, when he covered a tumble by Lou Thorn as on Tulane’s q. Lalanne picked up u yards around right end, in Cardinals march TO the GREENE three. and scored over center. Dunkle missed the first extra point from placement, but connected with the second. Tulane made the first touchdown Of the game. midway in the secend period. after James Ely took a punt at Midfield and galloped to Cardinals IS. Fred Gloden picked up five through center. Then Bob Glass hit center for three yards and fumbled. The ball bounced in. 10 the end zone, where it was COW cred by Robert Crush. Boo Glass kicked the first extra point from placement.

  • The Evening star's story: Third d-String Tulane Quarter Blocks Kick That Downs North Carolina, 1913

    Evening star, October 27, 1940, page 30

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    Third d-String Tulane Quarter Blocks Kick That Downs North Carolina, 1913 erin and Sweet Jim Lalanne, Carolima end and quarterback who last year led the Tar Heels from behind in the final quarter to two touch downs and a 14-all tie with Tulane. had stopped the Green Wave again. Lahanne, resident of Lafayette, La, tossed series of passes which set up Cardinals first touchdown in the second quarter, and then heaved 7-yarder to Seyerin which was good in the end zone. Lalanne Sets up Score. Lalanne set up Carolina’s second touchdown, in the third, when he covered a tumble by Lou Thomas on Tulane’s 81. Lalanne picked up II yards around right end, in Carolina’s march to the GREENE 3. and scored over center. Dunkle missed the first extra point from place ment, but connected with the sec ond. Tulane made the first touchdown of the game, midway in the second period, after James Ely took punt at midfield and galloped to Carolina’s Is. Fred Gloden picked up five through center Then Bob Glass kicked the first extra point from placement.

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 66% to win. Tulane pulled the upset.

Tulane leads 9–⁠5–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 10 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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