Tulane at Alabama

Saturday, October 31, 1914

Alabama beat Tulane 58–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 6–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

AwayTulane3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1914
0
HomeAlabama5–⁠4 in 1914
58

FinalHigh 58°F, low 34°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: ALABAMA SWAMPS TULANE ELF VEN Crimson Squad Bushes LOuisianans Off Their Feet, Scoring Almost At Will-FOur Touch downs Scored In Fourth Quarter-Harsh and VandeGraaff Star

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 1, 1914, page 14

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    ALABAMA SWAMPS TULANE ELF VEN Crimson Squad Bushes LOuisianans Off Their Feet, Scoring Almost At Will-FOur Touch downs Scored In Fourth Quarter-Harsh and VandeGraaff Star brought down the field to the five-yard line. The fourth touchdown in this quar- ter was made when Saul intercepted a pass and ran 20 yards Tulane fought hard in the final period, but were unable to stem the Crimson rush. In this quarter field goal from the 35-yard line by NandeGraan and runs by Bill Harsh and VandeGraaff scored T. points. Tulane used the forward pass to a great extent and were successful in only four short gains. VandeGraaff, Long and Bill Harsh put up a fine exhibition of broken field running, while Hicks and Vande- Graaff proved a stumbling block to the bucks of the Tulane backa. The Tulane ends were good and MereauX and George also played good ball for the visitors The lineup: Alabama–Cargile, right end; Burks, right tackle; Hicks, right guard; Miller, center; Roman, left guard; VandeGraaff left tackle; Love, left end; w. Harsh, quarterback; Bates, right halfbaek; John son, left halfback; Long, rullback. Tulane-Oakes, right end; Woodward right tackle; Johnson, right guard; ter wick center; Underwood, left guard; Maihlies left tackle; Gateley. left end; Gerrges, quarterback Mereaux, right halfback: Brown, left halfback; Rosen- thai, fullbaek. Summary: Touchdowns, B. Harsh ,, Long, Love, G. Harsh, Saul, VandeGraaff, Goals after touchdown, NandeGraaff T.. Goal from field. VandeGraaff, Referee, Streait (Auburn). Umpire, Counselman (Virginia). Linesman, Cheape (Sewanee). Timekeeper, Pratt (Alabama). Time of quarter 15 minutes.

  • The The times dispatch's story: Alabama swamp. Tulane.

    The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 1, 1914, page 13

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    Alabama swamp. Tulane. TUSCALOOSA, ALA, October 81 Alabama swamped Tulane here to-day, 5S to o. The visitors were outciassed throughout. Alabama scoring apparentity at will. Four touchdoWns were made In tho fourth quarter. Tulane never threatened to score.

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)

Alabama 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 26–⁠9–⁠3; as played, 27–⁠8–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 31 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

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