Tulane at Michigan
Saturday, October 3, 1953 Share
No. 4 Michigan beat Tulane 26–7. It was their second meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 89°F, low 56°FAttendance 51,960
In the newspapers

The Key West citizen, October 5, 1953, page 6 (results column)
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IUpsets Mark SEC Activity ALBANIA, .OCt. MI II iOOA’ like a long winter” The comment came from Coach Bobby Dodd after his highly ia vored Georgia Tech team wa! pushed all over the field by sur prisingly strong Southern Metho dist Saturday. Dodd might well have been talk ing for several other Of his fellow Southeastern Conference coache! as well as for himself. Tech managed to luck out a g. victory over the SMU Mustangs, sc that Dodd Jared better thar Coaches Harvey Robinson Of Ten nessee, Johnny vaught of Missis sippi and Bob Woodruff of Florida With Alabama, those were the teams ranked tops in the con ference. All five had successful season. last year, wound up in a New Years Day bowl game and all five were considered among the best in the conference this season But all five already have had their records marred, either by defeat or a tie. Mississippi State and Auburn never seriously rated as champion ship contenders, are the only teams which still boast perfect records Auburn alone has yet to let ar opponent score. The Maroons an6 the Plainsmen share the SEC 1eat with Georgia. Alabama rode the passing o. Bart Starr to its first victory o. the season, a 21–12 tanning of Van derbilt. The crimson Tide climbed to fourth In the standings. Tech, Louisiana State, Missis sippi and Kentucky are tied fol fifth with 500 marks. Next come Florida, then a three.way tie fol last among Tulane, vandy ant Tennessee, Kentucky used passing to upset Florida, which the week before ha6 held Tech to a scoreless tie. Two Iquarterbacks accustomed to the bench teamed their passing with Steve Meilinger’s running to beat the Gators 26–13. Bob Hardy and Herbie Hunt threw two touchdown passes each for the Wildcats. Auburn’s fast, spirited Plains men ripped Mississippi 1910, end ing the Rebels streak of 13 regu lar season victories. Duke had too much offense fol | the Vols Of Tennessee and wor 21–7. The Blue Devils collected three touchdowns within six min lutes in the second quarter ant from there on II was easy. In other games Saturday, Texa. A. & NJ. beat Georgia 14–12, the Aggies second victory over an SEC team via the conversion route (Kentucky was the first victim }; LSU pulverized Boston College 42–6, with reserves seeing a lot ol action; Mississippi State dropped North Texas State ZIG; and Mich igan toppled Tulane 26–7. Two top-notch intersectional bat. ties and pair of tough conference games headline the SEC program for next weekend. Auburn and Mississippi State tangle in Stark. vile and Tech goes to New Or leans to play Tulane. Georgia meets Maryland In College Park and Tulsa comes over for a battle with Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Other games are Stetson at Flor ida, Kentucky at LSU, Vanderbilt at Mississippi and Chattanooga at Tennessee.
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)
Michigan 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tulane–Michigan gameMichigan leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1972 | Michigan 41, Tulane 7 | |
| 1953 | Michigan 26, Tulane 7 | |
| 1920 | Michigan 21, Tulane 0 |
Around this game
Tulane
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonTulane in 1953
- ProgramTulane history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonMichigan in 1953
- ProgramMichigan history and records

