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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–1 |
- 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
- Cincinnati’s biggest win2014: Cincinnati 38, Tulane 14by 24 points
- Tulane’s biggest win1990: Tulane 49, Cincinnati 7by 42 points
- Upset1996: Tulane 34, Cincinnati 14Tulane had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2022: Tulane 27, Cincinnati 24Tulane had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1977: Tulane 16, Cincinnati 13Tulane had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2022: Tulane 27, Cincinnati 24No. 19 Tulane at No. 21 Cincinnati
Coach against coach
| Years | Cincinnati | Series | Tulane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–2002 | Rick Minter | 1–2 | Chris Scelfo |
| 2017–2022 | Luke Fickell | 3–1 | Willie 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
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

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, 2022 | 19Tulane 27, 21Cincinnati 24 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 30, 2021 | 2Cincinnati 31, Tulane 12 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 6, 2018 | Cincinnati 37, Tulane 21 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 4, 2017 | Cincinnati 17, Tulane 16 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 31, 2014 | Cincinnati 38, Tulane 14 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 12, 2002 | Tulane 35, Cincinnati 17 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 6, 2001 | Cincinnati 46, Tulane 33 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Sep 30, 2000 | Tulane 24, Cincinnati 19 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 5, 1998 | Tulane 52, Cincinnati 34 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Sep 6, 1997 | Tulane 31, Cincinnati 17 | at Tulane | ||
| Aug 30, 1996 | Tulane 34, Cincinnati 14 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 27, 1990 | Tulane 49, Cincinnati 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 31, 1981 | Cincinnati 17, Tulane 13 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 15, 1977 | Tulane 16, Cincinnati 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 11, 1976 | Cincinnati 21, Tulane 14 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 3, 1970 | Tulane 6, Cincinnati 3 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 15, 1966 | Tulane 28, Cincinnati 21 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 20, 1948 | 14Tulane 6, Cincinnati 0 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 6, 1909 | Tulane 6, Cincinnati 0 | at Tulane |
Every game is listed as played on the field.