Georgia vs. Tulane

Georgia and Tulane have 25 meetings on file, the first in 1919; Georgia leads the series 14–⁠10–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 7–⁠3.

Georgia wins
14
Tulane wins
10
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1919
Longest streak
4 Tulane
Current streak
1 Georgia
Last 10 meetings
Georgia 7–⁠3
Most recent
1985

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠0–⁠1
1920s2–⁠1
1930s4–⁠5
1940s1–⁠1
1950s4–⁠1
1960s1–⁠0
1970s1–⁠2
1980s1–⁠0
Average margin
13.7 points; 11 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia
8–⁠3 Georgia’s record at home
At Tulane
7–⁠6–⁠1 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia’s biggest win1985: Georgia 58, Tulane 3by 55 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1930: Tulane 25, Georgia 0by 25 points
  3. Upset1957: Georgia 13, Tulane 6Georgia had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1936: Georgia 12, Tulane 6Georgia had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1955: Tulane 14, Georgia 0Tulane had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgiaSeriesTulane
1928–⁠1931Harry Mehre1–⁠3Bernie Bierman
1932–⁠1935Harry Mehre2–⁠2Ted Cox
1954–⁠1957Wallace Butts2–⁠1Andy Pilney

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Mehre 1–⁠3 against Bierman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia and Tulane, 1919 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Washington herald's story of the 1919 game: GEORGIA-TULANE In DRAW BATTLE

    1919 · The Washington herald, Nov 16, 1919

  • The Evening star's story of the 1930 game: DRIVING TULANE ELEVEN ROUTS GEORGIA, rs TO O After ScoreIess First Quarter, Green Wave Sweeps Over Bulldogs and Puts Them Out of Rum ming for Southern Conference Laurels.

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 16, 1930

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: Harvard Trims Holy TO- Washington and Lee Orercoes P Foot Ball Results

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 15, 1931

  • The Evening star's story of the 1932 game: Foot Ball Results

    1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: d Title Aspi1unts Fear miami Bout nigues Garden Leading Gridiron Games Saturday (Home team named flrst.) East. 1898 Score

    1934 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1934

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 2, 198518Georgia 58, Tulane 3at Georgia
Sep 23, 1972Tulane 24, 16Georgia 13at Tulane
Sep 18, 197111Georgia 17, Tulane 7at Georgia
Sep 19, 1970Tulane 17, 19Georgia 14at Tulane
Sep 20, 19698Georgia 35, Tulane 0at Georgia
Oct 11, 1957Georgia 13, Tulane 6at Tulane
Oct 22, 1955Tulane 14, Georgia 0at Georgia
Oct 23, 1954Georgia 7, Tulane 0at Tulane
Sep 26, 1953Georgia 16, Tulane 14at Georgia
Sep 27, 1952Georgia 21, Tulane 16at Tulane
Oct 17, 19422Georgia 40, Tulane 0at Georgia
Nov 16, 1940Tulane 21, Georgia 13at Tulane
Nov 12, 1938Tulane 28, Georgia 6at Tulane
Nov 13, 1937Georgia 7, Tulane 6at Georgia
Nov 14, 1936Georgia 12, Tulane 6at Tulane
Nov 9, 1935Georgia 26, Tulane 13at Tulane
Oct 20, 1934Tulane 7, Georgia 6at Tulane
Oct 7, 1933Georgia 26, Tulane 13at Georgia
Oct 8, 1932Tulane 34, Georgia 25at Tulane
Nov 14, 1931Tulane 20, Georgia 7at Georgia
Nov 15, 1930Tulane 25, Georgia 0at Tulane
Nov 2, 1929Tulane 21, Georgia 15at Georgia
Oct 27, 1928Georgia 20, Tulane 14at Georgia
Oct 29, 1927Georgia 31, Tulane 0at Tulane
Nov 15, 1919Tulane 7, Georgia 7at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.