Texas at Tulane
Friday, September 20, 1963 Share
No. 5 Texas beat Tulane 21–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 8–1–1.
FinalAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1963, page 38 (results column)
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Southern Cal Still No. | by Slim Margin An early season match that could have a key bearing on the National football title is set for this Saturday-Southern Cali fornia VS.. Oklahoma at Los Angeles. Soutern Calls defending Ma tional champions retained their hold on first place in The AS ISOLATED Press poll this week by a narrow margin and Okla homa moved up a spot to third. In between is Alabama, which entertains Tulane Saturday. Southern Cal, a struggling l4–0 winner over Colorado in Its opener Saturday. saw its ‘front.’ running margin cut drastically. The Trojans received % of the 81 first-place votes cast by the panel Of sports writer’s and broadcasters to Is for Alabama. On points it was a close, $751; 355, based on 10 for first, nine for second and so on. or Miss Out ‘Bama crushed Georgia 1877 and took over second from Mississippi, which was held to a ScoreleSs tie by Memphis State and fell from the Top Ten. Oklahoma whipped Clemson 3l-14, Texas climbed up a notch after a 21–0 victory over Tulane, and Navy shot from ninth to fifth on the strength of its SIT rout of West Virginia. Wisconsin changed places with fellow Big Ten power Northwestern. The Bad gers, now sixth, opened with a 4l-0 romp over Western Michigan and the Wildcats beat Missouri 1912. Arkansas winner against Oklahoma State by 21–0, remained eighth. New members in the ratings are Georgia Tech and Pitt. Washington Drops Washington, tied for 10tf with Ohio State in the pre-. season poll, was upended By the Air Force 1917 and fell out Of the rankings. Ohio State idle last week end, also wen out. Georgia Tech also had las Saturday off but impressed ex’ perts the week before in it, nationally-televised conquest O. Florida. Pitt downed UCLA 300 last Friday night. The top 10 with first-plact votes in parentheses, records and total points on a 10-9-8-7’ 6-5-4-3-2-1 basis:
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Texas 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Texas–Tulane gameTexas leads 12–1–1 in 14 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2003 | Texas 63, Tulane 18 | |
| 2002 | Texas 49, Tulane 0 | |
| 1965 | Texas 31, Tulane 0 | |
| 1964 | Texas 31, Tulane 0 | |
| 1963 | Texas 21, Tulane 0 | |
| 1962 | Texas 35, Tulane 8 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gamevs. Texas TechSept. 28, 1963
- SeasonTexas in 1963
- ProgramTexas history and records
Tulane
- Next gameat AlabamaSept. 28, 1963
- SeasonTulane in 1963
- ProgramTulane history and records

