Clemson at Tulane

Saturday, November 2, 1940

Tulane beat No. 10 Clemson 13–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 3–⁠1.

Away10Clemson6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1940
0
HomeTulane5–⁠5 in 1940
13

FinalHigh 73°F, low 59°FAttendance 31,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story: COLUMBIA OVER WISCONSIN; FORDHAM TO REPEL PURDUE

    The Waterbury Democrat, November 7, 1940, page 16 (results column)

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    COLUMBIA OVER WISCONSIN; FORDHAM TO REPEL PURDUE In intersectional parties. Colum- bia should get back on the right track against Wisconsin at Baker Field, Fordham has too much man. power for Purdue in New York, where Manhattan should finish with an edge on Marquette. Mississippi will have things it’s own way against Holy Cross in Wor- cester, and the same thing goes for Missouri in its joust with Colorado in Boulder, and South Carolina in its scrap with Kansas State in Co., lumbia, s. c. Duquesne may prove little too well balance for Saint Mary’s in Say Francisco on Sunday, Nov. 10. Alabama has fine chance to get even in Birmingham for last falls 13–⁠0 reverse at the hands of Tulane, and Clemson has sufficient class to get going again at Auburn. There is no good reason to sus- pect that Georgia Tech can’t re- peat its last seasons victory over Kentucky in Louisville. or that Mis- sissippi State can’t again repulse Louisiana State in Baton Rouge. That also appears to be true in the cases of Georgia against Flori- da fin Jacksonville, Virginia against Washington and Lee at University. Wake Forest against North Caro- lima State in Raleigh, and even more so as Duke keeps an appoint ment with Davidson in Durham. Southwestern will see a lot Of football as Tennessee visits Mem phis. In the Rocky Mountain area, Brigham Young Is figured 10 turn back Denver ln Provo. Utah State seems to have slight jump on Colorado State at Fort Collins. and Utah has a bulge on Wyoming in Laramie.

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)

Clemson 56% to win. Tulane pulled the upset.

Tulane leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1981Clemson 13, Tulane 5
1975Tulane 17, Clemson 13
1961Clemson 21, Tulane 6
1946Tulane 54, Clemson 13
1945Clemson 47, Tulane 20
1944Tulane 36, Clemson 20

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