Tulane at Mississippi State
Monday, November 20, 1911 Share
Tulane beat Mississippi State 5–4. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 41°F
In the newspapers

East Mississippi times, Starkville, Miss., November 24, 1911, page 1
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Tulane Defeats A & M. The last game of foot ball that will be played on the A. M. Cam pus this season was the game between Tulane University, of New Orleans and the Mississippi A. & M. College which resulted in 4 to 5 in favor of Tulane. A large crowd went out from the city and it is estimated that over a thousand people witnessed the game. Aggressive playing enabled Tulane to win. The A. & M. score came as a result of two safeties and Tulane’s followed touchdown in the second quarter. Tulane worked the forward pass steadily the A. & M. eleven fail ing to work the same tactic, The Tulane team left Tuesday morning, in their special car, via l. G. railroad, for New Orleans.
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 77% to win. Tulane pulled the upset.
The series
Every Tulane–Mississippi State gameMississippi State leads 30–25–1 in 56 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.
Around this game
Tulane
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeNov. 30, 1911
- SeasonTulane in 1911
- ProgramTulane history and records
Mississippi State
- Next gamevs. Ole MissNov. 30, 1911
- SeasonMississippi State in 1911
- ProgramMississippi State history and records

