Army at Tulane

Saturday, October 31, 1953

No. 15 Army and Tulane tied 0–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–⁠0–⁠1.

Away15Army7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1953
0
HomeTulane1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1953
0

FinalHigh 65°F, low 38°FAttendance 32,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Battered Tulane Holds Army co. Princeton Defeats Brown Syracuse Hands Holy Cross Its Third Consecutive Shutout

    Evening star, November 1, 1953, page 71

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    Battered Tulane Holds Army co. Princeton Defeats Brown Syracuse Hands Holy Cross Its Third Consecutive Shutout The last time Holy Cross team suffered SO many consecutive blankings was in 1914, when the team was held Scoreless in four consecutive games. Meanwhile, there were roper cussions here today from last nights club swinging by city police in breaking up football rallies by Holy Cross and WorceSter Tech students. Twenty five youths were arrested when police stopped a snake dance in front Of city hall. District Attorney Alfred Gene della asked State police to in veStigate the methods used by the police. Two members of City Council, George A. Wells and Paul E. sSoulliere, jr., said they will file orders for a full investigation” of alleged police brutality. Holy Cross ----- 0 o o O. o Syracuse scoring: Touchdowns-Stark, Yancey, Leberman. Conversions-George (2), Leberman.

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)

Army 60% to win.

Tulane leads 14–⁠11–⁠1 in 26 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

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2025Tulane 24, Army 17
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2019Tulane 42, Army 33
2017Tulane 21, Army 17

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