Colgate vs. Tulane

Colgate and Tulane have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1933; Tulane leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Tulane 4–⁠1, and Tulane has won the last 3.

Colgate wins
1
Tulane wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1933
Longest streak
3 Tulane
Current streak
3 Tulane
Last 10 meetings
Tulane 4–⁠1
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠4
Average margin
10.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colgate
1–⁠1 Colgate’s record at home
At Tulane
1–⁠0 Tulane’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Colgate first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colgate’s biggest win1934: Colgate 20, Tulane 6by 14 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1936: Tulane 28, Colgate 6by 22 points
  3. Upset1933: Tulane 7, Colgate 0Tulane had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsColgateSeriesTulane
1933–⁠1935Andrew Kerr1–⁠2Ted Cox

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colgate’s side (Kerr 1–⁠2 against Cox). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate and Tulane, 1933 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1934 game: Dazzling Colgate R0u Tulane 200 Illinois Wal0ps Northwestern z43 Vols Wait Late For l4-tO.O Win

    1934 · Evening star, Nov 11, 1934

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: Holy Cross Meets Skibos.

    1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 19, 1936

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1937 game

    1937 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 19, 1937

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

Oct 16, 1937Tulane 7, Colgate 6Neutral site
Oct 17, 1936Tulane 28, Colgate 6Neutral site
Nov 2, 1935Tulane 14, Colgate 6at Tulane
Nov 10, 1934Colgate 20, Tulane 6at Colgate
Nov 4, 1933Tulane 7, Colgate 0at Colgate

Every game is listed as played on the field.