Tulane at California

Saturday, September 17, 1960

Tulane beat California 7–⁠3. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayTulane3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1960
7
HomeCalifornia2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1960
3

FinalHigh 67°F, low 52°FAttendance 37,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FOOTBA

    Evening star, September 23, 1960, page 35 (results column)

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    FOOTBA Continued From Page C-1 Saturday who pulled of some of the big upsets put their giant-killing regulations on the line as do some of the favoriteS for conference titles. Upsetters Tested Alabama, ranked fifth after upsetting Georgia. plays sur prising Tulane, a 7–⁠3 victor over California, also an upset. Seventh-ranked Kansas, after knocking of Texas Christian, is supposed to have an easier time with Kansas State, while UCLA, conqueror of strong Pitt, travels to the Big Ten area to meet Purdue. The Uclans are rated eighth after their 81 triumph in the final seconds. Oregon State mo. l0 which stunned Southern Cal 14–⁠0, also is in the Big Ten to play Iowa. whose coach. Forest Evashevski, begins his last season before taking over as athletic director. The two co-favoriteS for the Big Ten title, Michigan State and Illinois are going to have to prove their worth. Michigan State mo. s. opens its season at Pitt. This one will be televiSed, WMAL-7, at 12:45 pm. The Illini. opening Pete Elliott’s first season as head coach entertain Indiana. But the Hoo siers are barred from cham pionship competition in the conference. Clemson, ranked ninth and defending the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, has to conquer Wake Forests pass ing attack, led by Norm Snead, consider the best chucker in the ACC. Nebraska, upsetter of mighty Texas a week ago. gets another test tomorrow from Minnesota. Northwestern, led by Quarter back Dick Thornton, is at Okla homa trying to make it two victories in two years over the Sooners, who lost 45–⁠13 in the mud of Chicago a year ago. Irish Meet California In other intersectional activity, California is at Notre Dame, Georgia Tech at Rice, Texas at Maryland, Southern Methodist at Ohio State, Ore gon at Michigan, Wisconsin at Stanford and TCU at Southern Cal. Rutgers and Princeton meet again, commemorating the start of the 91st year of intercollegiate football. The two first met in 1869.

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)

California 56% to win. Tulane won as Elo’s underdog.

Tulane leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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