Tulane at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 17, 1951

Tulane beat Vanderbilt 14–⁠10. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 7–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayTulane4–⁠6 in 1951
14
HomeVanderbilt6–⁠5 in 1951
10

FinalHigh 34°F, low 28°FAttendance 17,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tulane Beats Vanderbilt 74-70, Coming From Behind Twice

    Evening star, November 18, 1951, page 59

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    Tulane Beats Vanderbilt 74–⁠70, Coming From Behind Twice Late in the game snow drlfted down on the 1900 fans. Fosters touchdown pass to End Ben Roderick set the Com modores ahead in the second period. Foster converted. Tulane tied the score 40 seconds before the half ended after Pitt man intercepted an aerial. The Wave scored in seven plays. Sais bulling the last two. Comeaux converted, Vanderbilt regained the lead in the third period when Foster doomed his second field goal of the season through the uprights from the 80. But the Wave was not to be de- MED. scoring in Is plays. Bailey went the last three around END and Comeaux’s conversion was good.

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)

Vanderbilt 65% to win. Tulane won as Elo’s underdog.

Tulane leads 28–⁠17–⁠3 in 48 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.

Recent meetings
1989Tulane 37, Vanderbilt 13
1987Tulane 27, Vanderbilt 17
1986Tulane 35, Vanderbilt 17
1985Vanderbilt 24, Tulane 17
1984Tulane 27, Vanderbilt 23
1983Vanderbilt 30, Tulane 17

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