Miami vs. Tulane

Miami and Tulane have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1951; Miami leads the series 6–⁠5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Miami 5–⁠4, and Tulane has won the last 2.

Miami wins
6
Tulane wins
5
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1951
Longest streak
4 Miami
Current streak
2 Tulane
Last 10 meetings
Miami 5–⁠4
Most recent
1978

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠1
1960s4–⁠1–⁠1
1970s1–⁠3
Average margin
10.3 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
4–⁠1 Miami’s record at home
At Tulane
4–⁠2–⁠1 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Miami’s biggest win1964: Miami 21, Tulane 0by 21 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1970: Tulane 31, Miami 16by 15 points
  3. Upset1977: Tulane 13, Miami 10Tulane had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Miami and Tulane, 1951 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1951 game: Tulane Beats Miami, n to 7 With Rally in Second Half

    1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1951

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 4, 1978Tulane 20, Miami 16at Tulane
Nov 5, 1977Tulane 13, Miami 10at Miami
Oct 14, 1972Miami 24, Tulane 21at Miami
Nov 7, 1970Tulane 31, Miami 16at Tulane
Oct 6, 1967Miami 34, Tulane 14at Miami
Nov 5, 1966Tulane 10, Miami 10at Tulane
Oct 2, 1965Tulane 24, Miami 16at Tulane
Nov 6, 1964Miami 21, Tulane 0at Miami
Oct 4, 1963Miami 10, Tulane 0at Tulane
Nov 11, 1961Miami 6, Tulane 0at Tulane
Sep 25, 1959Miami 26, Tulane 7at Miami
Sep 29, 1951Tulane 21, Miami 7at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.