Baylor at Tulane

Saturday, October 6, 1951

No. 19 Baylor beat Tulane 27–⁠14. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

Away19Baylor8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1951
27
HomeTulane4–⁠6 in 1951
14

FinalHigh 89°F, low 73°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Larry Isbe|I. Stars; Game Tied, 14-14, at Close OF First Half

    Evening star, October 7, 1951, page 43

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    Larry Isbe|I. Stars; Game Tied, 14–⁠14, at Close OF First Half NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6.-Baylor Quarterback Larry Isbell scored one touchdown and passed for another in master minding a brilliant 27–⁠14 victory over ,underrated Tulane today. Isbell gave a near perfect performance, punting Baylor out of holes. setting up most of the runs with his deceptive ball-handling and passing with deadly accuracy. He passed nine yards to End STAN ley Williams to set up the winning touchdown in the third quarter, Dick Parma scoring. Tulane’s sophomore quarter back, Pete Clement, turned in a sterling performance. After scoring the first touchdown late in the first period on beautiful 28-yard run after a fake pass, he passed to End Harold Riley for IL yards and a touchdown. The second score left the half time score a tie 14–⁠14. Robert Reid intercepted a Glenn ent pass and returned it 56 yards for the final Baylor touchdown in the fourth period. Reds score gave Baylor a touchdown in every period while Tulane was unable to muster a scoring punch after halftime. More than $4,000 summer dressed fans watched the game. fa{12, falan. ! ! 3 81 Baylor scoring Touchoowns, Isoeil. Ri ley Parma. Reid. Conversions B-ocato t,1t. Tulane scoring, TouchGoTns Kent. | Clement. Conversions. Comeaux (2I.

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 60% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1983Baylor 24, Tulane 18
1982Tulane 30, Baylor 15
1951Baylor 27, Tulane 14
1948Tulane 35, Baylor 13
1908Baylor 6, Tulane 0
1908Tulane 10, Baylor 2

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