The Citadel at Tulane

Saturday, September 19, 1953

Tulane beat The Citadel 54–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayThe Citadel2–⁠7 in 1953
6
HomeTulane1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1953
54

FinalHigh 90°F, low 77°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tulane Easily Powers To Victory Over Citadel

    Evening star, September 20, 1953, page 68

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    Tulane Easily Powers To Victory Over Citadel NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 19.- Halfback Max MCGEE powered Tulane to an easy 54–⁠6 victory today over the Citadel’s out manned football team by scoring twice on dazzling pass receptions and once on a bruising line plunge. MCGEE caught two scoring passes from Quarterback Pete Clement. one a lateral for rs yards. His knitting slashes crumbled the Citadel’s game line early in the first period and Tulane rolled easily. Tulane kept the South Carolinians hopelessly bottled up until Tulane reserves took over in the second period. Sltadel ---------- y u i

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tulane leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1974Tulane 30, The Citadel 3
1953Tulane 54, The Citadel 6

Around this game

The Citadel

Tulane