Auburn at Tulane

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1945, page 22

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  Alert Auburn Holds Tulane Near Finish, Wins, 2O-14 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20.-An alert Auburn football team STAYED off a last-quarter attack to defeat an out-fought Tulane Green Wave, 20 to II, here today before $4,000. The Plainsmen from Alabama, spanked by Left Halfback Curt Kuykendall, Fullback Nolan Lang and Substitute Halfback Bill Abraham. scored in each of the first three quarters and led all the way. Abraham intercepted a pass on his own 1-foot line just before the final whistle blew to save the game Auburn made IA first downs to five for Tulane, and the Plainsmen racked up 230 yards rushing with Tulane only able to garner 48.

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.

Tulane leads 17–⁠15–⁠6 in 38 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.