Alabama at Tulane
Saturday, September 27, 1947 Share
Tulane beat Alabama 21–20. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 14–3–1 as played.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 70°FAttendance 60,000
On the newsreel
- TULANE TOPS ALABAMATulane's aggressive "Green Wave" grid team upsets the favored "Crimson Tide" of Alabama in a close-fought thriller, 21-20. Price's 103-yard kickoff return highlights the game
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Alabama 64% to win. Tulane won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Alabama–Tulane gameOfficially, Alabama leads 26–9–3; as played, 27–8–3 in 38 meetings, counting the 20 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
Alabama
- Next gameat VanderbiltOct. 4, 1947
- SeasonAlabama in 1947
- ProgramAlabama history and records
Tulane
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechOct. 4, 1947
- SeasonTulane in 1947
- ProgramTulane history and records