Cincinnati vs. Tulane

Cincinnati and Tulane have 19 meetings on file, the first in 1909; Tulane leads the series 12–⁠7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5.

Cincinnati wins
7
Tulane wins
12
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1909
Longest streak
5 Tulane
Current streak
1 Tulane
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
1960s0–⁠1
1970s1–⁠2
1980s1–⁠0
1990s0–⁠4
2000s1–⁠2
2010s3–⁠0
2020s1–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Cincinnati 0, Tulane 1
Average margin
12.1 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cincinnati
3–⁠5 Cincinnati’s record at home
At Tulane
7–⁠4 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cincinnati’s biggest win2014: Cincinnati 38, Tulane 14by 24 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1990: Tulane 49, Cincinnati 7by 42 points
  3. Upset1996: Tulane 34, Cincinnati 14Tulane had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2022: Tulane 27, Cincinnati 24Tulane had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1977: Tulane 16, Cincinnati 13Tulane had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2022: Tulane 27, Cincinnati 24No. 19 Tulane at No. 21 Cincinnati

Coach against coach

YearsCincinnatiSeriesTulane
2000–⁠2002Rick Minter1–⁠2Chris Scelfo
2017–⁠2022Luke Fickell3–⁠1Willie Fritz

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cincinnati’s side (Minter 1–⁠2 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 Cincinnati and Tulane, 1909 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 Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1909 game: AUBURN BLANKS TECH l INA GRUELLING CAME SENSATIONAL ALRUNFEATURE QUARTERBACK FARRELL DAsHEs THROUGH A BROKEN FIELD. Tulane Ana Cincinnati Universities Battle To e to Tie On Grfdiron at New Orleans.

    1909 · The Montgomery advertiser, Nov 7, 1909

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 25, 202219Tulane 27, 21Cincinnati 24at Cincinnati
Oct 30, 20212Cincinnati 31, Tulane 12at Tulane
Oct 6, 2018Cincinnati 37, Tulane 21at Cincinnati
Nov 4, 2017Cincinnati 17, Tulane 16at Tulane
Oct 31, 2014Cincinnati 38, Tulane 14at Tulane
Oct 12, 2002Tulane 35, Cincinnati 17at Tulane
Oct 6, 2001Cincinnati 46, Tulane 33at Cincinnati
Sep 30, 2000Tulane 24, Cincinnati 19at Tulane
Sep 5, 1998Tulane 52, Cincinnati 34at Cincinnati
Sep 6, 1997Tulane 31, Cincinnati 17at Tulane
Aug 30, 1996Tulane 34, Cincinnati 14at Cincinnati
Oct 27, 1990Tulane 49, Cincinnati 7at Tulane
Oct 31, 1981Cincinnati 17, Tulane 13at Cincinnati
Oct 15, 1977Tulane 16, Cincinnati 13at Tulane
Sep 11, 1976Cincinnati 21, Tulane 14at Tulane
Oct 3, 1970Tulane 6, Cincinnati 3at Cincinnati
Oct 15, 1966Tulane 28, Cincinnati 21at Tulane
Nov 20, 194814Tulane 6, Cincinnati 0at Cincinnati
Nov 6, 1909Tulane 6, Cincinnati 0at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.