Clemson vs. Tulane
Clemson and Tulane have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1937; Tulane leads the series 6–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tulane 6–4. Share
- Clemson wins
- 4
- Tulane wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1937
- Longest streak
- 3 Tulane
- Current streak
- 1 Clemson
- Last 10 meetings
- Tulane 6–4
- Most recent
- 1981
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 13.5 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Clemson
- 1–1 Clemson’s record at home
- At Tulane
- 5–3 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
- Clemson’s biggest win1945: Clemson 47, Tulane 20by 27 points
- Tulane’s biggest win1946: Tulane 54, Clemson 13by 41 points
- Upset1975: Tulane 17, Clemson 13Tulane had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Clemson | Series | Tulane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937–1939 | Jess Neely | 1–2 | Red Dawson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Clemson’s side (Neely 1–2 against Dawson). 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
1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 26, 1938
1939 · Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, Oct 6, 1939
1940 · The Waterbury Democrat, Nov 7, 1940
1944 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 19, 1944
1945 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 18, 1945
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
| Sep 12, 1981 | Clemson 13, Tulane 5 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 13, 1975 | Tulane 17, Clemson 13 | at Clemson | ||
| Nov 4, 1961 | Clemson 21, Tulane 6 | at Clemson | ||
| Nov 9, 1946 | Tulane 54, Clemson 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 17, 1945 | Clemson 47, Tulane 20 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 18, 1944 | Tulane 36, Clemson 20 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 2, 1940 | Tulane 13, 10Clemson 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 30, 1939 | Tulane 7, Clemson 6 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 24, 1938 | Clemson 13, Tulane 10 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 25, 1937 | Tulane 7, Clemson 0 | at Tulane |
Every game is listed as played on the field.