Centre vs. Tulane

Centre and Tulane first met in 1907 and have played 5 times; Centre leads the series 3–⁠2. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Centre 3–⁠2, and Centre has won the last 3.

Centre wins
3
Tulane wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1907
Longest streak
3 Centre
Current streak
3 Centre
Last 10 meetings
Centre 3–⁠2
Most recent
1921

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠2
1910s1–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
Average margin
18.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Centre
1–⁠0 Centre’s record at home
At Tulane
2–⁠2 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Centre’s biggest win1910: Centre 35, Tulane 0by 35 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1907: Tulane 28, Centre 9by 19 points
  3. Upset1909: Centre 6, Tulane 0Centre had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Centre and Tulane, 1907 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1921 game: CENTRE Colonies WIN GREAT BATTLE FROM TULANE, 21-O Greenies Manage to Stop Nc MiIlln, But Are Beaten by Roberts and Covington

    1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 25, 1921

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.

Every game

Nov 24, 1921Centre 21, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 26, 1910Centre 35, Tulane 0at Centre
Oct 23, 1909Centre 6, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 24, 1908Tulane 10, Centre 0at Tulane
Nov 5, 1907Tulane 28, Centre 9at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.