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Tulane at Alabama

Saturday, November 5, 1955

Tulane beat Alabama 27–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 15–⁠6–⁠2 as played.

AwayTulane5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1955
27
HomeAlabama0–⁠10 in 1955
7

FinalHigh 67°F, low 30°FAttendance 17,301

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 6, 1955, page 67

    Read the text

    MOBILE, Ala, Nov. 5 tn. Lean Ronny QuilIian and speedy Al Cottrell. running In back ot q highly mobile Tulane line, paced the Green Wave to q 27–⁠7 Southeastern Conference victory over winless Alabama today. Cottrell, iso-pound sophomore playing before q hometown audi ence. returned an intercepted pass 80 yards for q touchdown in the fourth period and also scored in the first quarter on q wide sweep from the Alabama 10. Qui1lian scored from the In the third period and from the 5 in the fourth quarter. The second came after Ala bama Quarterback Bart STAIRS

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.

On the newsreel

  • THE FOOTBALL PARADE — TULANE-ALABAMAAt Mobile, the Green Wave of Tulane rolls over the Crimson Tide of Alabama 27-7, on scores by two stellar backfield stars, Al Cottrell and Ronny QuillianUniversal Newsreel, November 10, 1955. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Tulane 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Tulane–Alabama game

Officially, Alabama leads 26–⁠9–⁠3; as played, 27–⁠8–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
2008Alabama 20, Tulane 6
1994Alabama 20, Tulane 10
1993Alabama 31, Tulane 17
1992Alabama 37, Tulane 0
1991Alabama 62, Tulane 0
1965Alabama 27, Tulane 0

Around this game

Tulane

Alabama