Auburn at Tulane

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  The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, October 28, 1902, page 1

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  TIGERS BITE THE DUST AUBURN DEFEATED By UNI VERSITY OF LA. Alabamians Do Better Work Than in the Game With Tulane, But Cannot Win-Clean Con- test Throughout. Baton Rouge. La. Oct. N-tspeciaD-lne football team Of the Alabama Polytechnic In stitute was defeated by the eleven OF the state University today. the score being to o. IL was a fine game and the Alabama boys oid good work even though they did not win The contest was held on the campus OF the University. The field is located south OF the barracks with the new library and the new Garig assembly hall on the east, and on the west the Mississippi River. Between the field and the river is a row Of majestic shade trees under which sat the spectators. The trees cut the sun off the field and lessered the heat of play. The crowd gathered early. Almost every business house in the city closed at noon and everybody went to the game. The Auburn eleven was first on the field and was made welcome by round of applause. Then Louisiana came and received an ovaton While the boys warmed up the managers settled the details Of the game. 1t was decided that Louisiana begin the game, defending the south goal; the first half would last 70 min utes and the second half 20 minutes with a ten-minute rest between. H. r. Macleod, for merly with the Chicago Athletic Association was selected as umpire and Phil Connell. who went through Sewanee, was made referee Time keepers, Professor Kretz for Louisiana and o. H. Afford for Alabama. Lfnemen Eichelbereer for Alabama and Sanford fol Louisiana The eleyens lined up as follows:

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 26, 1902, page 1

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  AUBURN PLAYS TULANE 4 TIE Teams Failed to Score Against Each Other PLAYED STRAIGHT FOOTBALL AIabamians Used Tandem Formation and Made Big Gains On Louisiana ans, But Darkness Saved the Local Team From Defeat. New Orleans, October 25.-Tulane and Auburn in a fiereely contested and scrap py game at Athletic park, failed to score against one another in two halves of 25 minutes each. The game was played in midsummer heat in the presence of about 15OO spectators, Auburn ruling favorite be- fore the game with odds of to 1 and many takers. Both depended principally on straight football. Tulane using tackles back, while Auburn employed tandem formation. In the last half, Alabama gained considerably, but Tulane held out until darkness ended the struggle. The feature of the game was a brilliant forty five yard dash around Auburns end made by Captain Green of Tulane, the long bunting of westerfield of Tulant and the fine defensive work of Elmer of Auburn, vino repeatedly broke through and tackled from behind. The lineup: Tulane-Muller, right end; westerfeld, right tackle: Meyers. right end; Magne, center; Randolph, left guard; Wood, left tackle; Luce, left end; Ludlow, quarter back; Green (captain) right halfbaek; Smith, left halfback; Clarke, fullback. Auburn-Haynie, right end; Hill, right tackle; Moon, right guard; MerlSle, cen ter; Elmer, left guard; Lacy. left tackle; Patterson, left end; Smith (capt), quar- terback; Ward, right halfback; Mitchell, left halfback; Eichleberg fullback.

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Tulane leads 17–⁠15–⁠6 in 38 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.