Tulane at Auburn

Saturday, October 24, 1953

Auburn beat Tulane 34–⁠7. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 16–⁠12–⁠6.

AwayTulane1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1953
7
HomeAuburn7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
34

FinalHigh 84°F, low 55°FAttendance 18,763

In the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current's story: Auburn Stresses Ground Attack

    The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 30, 1953, page 6

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    Auburn Stresses Ground Attack AUBURN, Ala. R-Auburn will hurl its relentless ground attack against rebounding University Of Florida in a homecoming game before an expected $1,000 fans here tomorrow. Coach Ralph Jordan’s alternat. ing ‘elevens ran over Tulane 34–⁠7 last weekend, and he is afraid they won’t be right for the highly rated Gators. e Jordan disideS his top talent into two balanced teams that maintain steady pressure against Tiger op- |ponents. Quarterback Vince Dooley heads one combination and Bobby Freeman the other. Favored by a touchdown, the Tigers may not live up to their rating unless they can stop stocky Tommy Haddock. The l74-pound senior has averaged S.6 yards a carry this fall and caught six passes for 120 yards and two touch. downs. He has scored Il points. The Gators are a young, ball. hawking outfit. They have a record of 10 interruptions against opposing passers while losing four Of their own.

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)

Auburn 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tulane leads 17–⁠15–⁠6 in 38 meetings, counting the four 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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