Tulane at Auburn
Saturday, October 24, 1953 Share
Auburn beat Tulane 34–7. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 16–12–6.
FinalHigh 84°F, low 55°FAttendance 18,763
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Tulane–Auburn gameTulane leads 17–15–6 in 38 meetings, counting the four 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
Tulane
- Next gamevs. ArmyOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonTulane in 1953
- ProgramTulane history and records
Auburn
- Next gamevs. FloridaOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonAuburn in 1953
- ProgramAuburn history and records

