Army vs. Tulane

Army and Tulane have 26 meetings on file, the first in 1953; Tulane leads the series 14–⁠11–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tulane 6–⁠4.

Army wins
11
Tulane wins
14
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1953
Longest streak
4 Tulane
Current streak
1 Army
Last 10 meetings
Tulane 6–⁠4
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠2
1990s1–⁠3
2000s5–⁠4
2010s2–⁠3
2020s2–⁠2
Average margin
13.8 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
8–⁠6 Army’s record at home
At Tulane
8–⁠3–⁠1 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win2011: Army 45, Tulane 6by 39 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1997: Tulane 41, Army 0by 41 points
  3. Upset2002: Army 14, Tulane 10Army had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2008: Army 44, Tulane 13Army had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2019: Tulane 42, Army 33Tulane had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArmySeriesTulane
2000–⁠2003Todd Berry3–⁠1Chris Scelfo
2009–⁠2011Rich Ellerson2–⁠1Bob Toledo
2017–⁠2020Jeff Monken0–⁠3Willie Fritz

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Berry 3–⁠1 against Scelfo). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Tulane, 1953 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Lester Ricard Tulane33 of 43, 409 yards, 3 TD2006 Passing
Matt Forte Tulane34 carries, 216 yards, 3 TD2004 Rushing
Collin Mooney Army19 carries, 187 yards, 4 TD2008 Rushing
Cale Hellums Army38 carries, 223 yards, 2 TD2026 Rushing
Andon Thomas Army8 tackles, 1.5 for loss, 1 INT2024 Defense

Named most valuable

Bryson Daily Army2024

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Battered Tulane Holds Army co. Princeton Defeats Brown Syracuse Hands Holy Cross Its Third Consecutive Shutout

    1953 · Evening star, Nov 1, 1953

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

On television

2025ESPNU0.1 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 10, 2026Army 20, Tulane 17at Army
Oct 18, 2025Tulane 24, Army 17at Tulane
Dec 6, 202424Army 35, Tulane 14at ArmyAmerican Athletic Championship
Nov 14, 2020Tulane 38, Army 12at Tulane
Oct 5, 2019Tulane 42, Army 33at Army
Sep 23, 2017Tulane 21, Army 17at Tulane
Nov 14, 2015Tulane 34, Army 31at Army
Oct 1, 2011Army 45, Tulane 6at Army
Oct 9, 2010Army 41, Tulane 23at Tulane
Oct 3, 2009Tulane 17, Army 16at Army
Oct 4, 2008Army 44, Tulane 13at Tulane
Oct 6, 2007Army 20, Tulane 17at Army
Oct 28, 2006Tulane 42, Army 28at Tulane
Nov 13, 2004Tulane 45, Army 31at Tulane
Sep 20, 2003Tulane 50, Army 33at Army
Nov 16, 2002Army 14, Tulane 10at Tulane
Oct 27, 2001Army 42, Tulane 35at Army
Oct 21, 2000Army 21, Tulane 17at Army
Sep 18, 1999Tulane 48, Army 28at Tulane
Nov 14, 199814Tulane 49, Army 35at Army
Oct 4, 1997Tulane 41, Army 0at Tulane
Oct 19, 1996Army 34, Tulane 10at Army
Oct 16, 1976Tulane 23, Army 10at Tulane
Sep 21, 1974Tulane 31, Army 14at Army
Nov 16, 195710Army 20, Tulane 14at Army
Oct 31, 1953Tulane 0, 15Army 0at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.