Mississippi State at Tulane

Saturday, November 7, 1953

Mississippi State beat Tulane 21–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 19–⁠11–⁠1.

AwayMississippi State5–⁠2–⁠3 in 1953
21
HomeTulane1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1953
0

FinalHigh 61°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 8, 1953, page 69

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    NEW ORLEANS, Nov. T. Quarterback Jackie Parker scored one touchdown, passed for an other and engineered a brutal ground attack in leading flred-up Mississippi State to a 21–⁠0 foot ball victory over Tulane today. Parker showed ball handling genius and clever running in directing two scoring drives in the first half and one in the second. He made State the aggressor throughout the Southeastern Conference battle as his team monopolized the ball. Half a dozen backs showed bruising power in handing Tulanes line its worst beating of the year. Parker sent Fullbacks George Suda and Charles Evans and Halfback Don Morris crash

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)

Mississippi State 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Mississippi State leads 30–⁠25–⁠1 in 56 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2007Mississippi State 38, Tulane 17
2006Tulane 32, Mississippi State 29
2005Mississippi State 21, Tulane 14
2004Mississippi State 28, Tulane 7
2003Tulane 31, Mississippi State 28
1994Mississippi State 66, Tulane 22

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