Miami at Tulane

Saturday, September 29, 1951

Tulane beat Miami 21–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMiami8–⁠3 in 1951
7
HomeTulane4–⁠6 in 1951
21

FinalHigh 85°F, low 66°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tulane Beats Miami, n to 7 With Rally in Second Half

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1951, page 1

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    Tulane Beats Miami, n to 7 With Rally in Second Half Halfback Ray Weidenbacher on the IA to set it up. Clement dived across from two yards out. The running of Kent and Sophie more Max MCGEE and a 12-yarc pass from Clement to Halfback Wayne Kingery set up the Secont touchdown. Kent powered his way over from the two. Clement Sets Up Score. Clements passing spanked the second fourth quarter touchdown which Kent got on a two-yarC buck. Left Guard Tommy Comeau, got his third straight conversion after the touchdown. Miami’s Quarterback Bot Schneidenbach passed from tn, IS to Back Frank Smith for thu Miami score. Elmer fremont con. verted. The first half was a battle Of Tulane’s line against Miami! f1ashy backfield. Smith was the spark of the Miami attack, beat ing around end through the holes that hsi line could open for him Schneidenbach’s passing was dis. appointment to the 5000 fans.

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)

Tulane 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Miami leads 6–⁠5–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1978Tulane 20, Miami 16
1977Tulane 13, Miami 10
1972Miami 24, Tulane 21
1970Tulane 31, Miami 16
1967Miami 34, Tulane 14
1966Miami 10, Tulane 10

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