Tulane at Alabama
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Alabama beat Tulane 13–6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 12–2–1 as played.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 38°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers
The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 15, 1940, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
Football Scores Stanford 20-Washington 10 Wisconsin 6-Columbia ‘ Boston College 21-Boston o Kansas State 13-South Caro- lima 20 Oklahoma 13-Kansas 0 Georgia Tech 7-Kentucky 26 Georgia 13-Florida Is SeWanee 0-Vanderbilt 20 University of Richmond IA North Carolina 13 Tulane 6@Alabama 13 Clemson Auburn 21 Iowa 6-Nebraska IA Georgetown 41-Maryland 0 Rice 14-Arkansas T Michigan State 0-Indiana 20 Illinois 14-Northwestern 32
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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tulane–Alabama gameOfficially, Alabama leads 26–9–3; as played, 27–8–3 in 38 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
| 2008 | Alabama 20, Tulane 6 | |
| 1994 | Alabama 20, Tulane 10 | |
| 1993 | Alabama 31, Tulane 17 | |
| 1992 | Alabama 37, Tulane 0 | |
| 1991 | Alabama 62, Tulane 0 | |
| 1965 | Alabama 27, Tulane 0 |
Around this game
Tulane
- Next gamevs. GeorgiaNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonTulane in 1940
- ProgramTulane history and records
Alabama
- Next gameat Georgia TechNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonAlabama in 1940
- ProgramAlabama history and records