Auburn at Tulane
Saturday, October 27, 1951 Share
Auburn beat Tulane 21–0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 15–11–6.
FinalHigh 87°F, low 72°F, 0.02 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Auburn–Tulane gameTulane leads 17–15–6 in 38 meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 2019 | Auburn 24, Tulane 6 | |
| 2006 | Auburn 38, Tulane 13 | |
| 1955 | Tulane 27, Auburn 13 | |
| 1954 | Auburn 27, Tulane 0 | |
| 1953 | Auburn 34, Tulane 7 | |
| 1952 | Tulane 21, Auburn 6 |
Around this game
Auburn
- Next gamevs. Louisiana ChristianNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonAuburn in 1951
- ProgramAuburn history and records
Tulane
- Next gamevs. Mississippi StateNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonTulane in 1951
- ProgramTulane history and records

