Auburn at Tulane

Saturday, October 27, 1951

Auburn beat Tulane 21–⁠0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 15–⁠11–⁠6.

AwayAuburn5–⁠5 in 1951
21
HomeTulane4–⁠6 in 1951
0

FinalHigh 87°F, low 72°F, 0.02 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Surprising Auburn Beats Tulane, 21.0

    Evening star, October 28, 1951, page 42

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    Surprising Auburn Beats Tulane, 21.0 NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 81 Auburn’s senior quarterback, Allan Parks, worked behind a fast moving line to defeat Tulane. I2l-0. here today. The rangy Parks was cheered by the small crowd of $4,000, but the unheralded heroes were the Auburn linesmen. Slashing on offense and almost immoyable on defense, Auburn’s tough forward wall combined with Parks generalship and pass ing proved the difference. | Auburn ripped to two quick jtouchdownS within rs seconds in the second quarter and added q third in the final quarter. | Tulane. favored by two touch. downs, made only two serious scoring threats.

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 80% to win. Auburn pulled the upset.

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

Recent meetings
2019Auburn 24, Tulane 6
2006Auburn 38, Tulane 13
1955Tulane 27, Auburn 13
1954Auburn 27, Tulane 0
1953Auburn 34, Tulane 7
1952Tulane 21, Auburn 6

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