Michigan vs. Tulane

Michigan and Tulane have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1920; Michigan leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Michigan 3–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 3.

Michigan wins
3
Tulane wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1920
Longest streak
3 Michigan
Current streak
3 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 3–⁠0
Most recent
1972

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
1970s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Michigan 1, Tulane 0
Average margin
24.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
3–⁠0 Michigan’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and Tulane, 1920 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 Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1920 game: Brief Accounts OfGrid Battles WOLVERINES ROMP ON TULANE TEAM, 2I TO 0

    1920 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 31, 1920

  • The The Key West citizen's story of the 1953 game: IUpsets Mark SEC Activity

    1953 · The Key West citizen, Oct 5, 1953

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 30, 19728Michigan 41, 18Tulane 7at Michigan
Oct 3, 19534Michigan 26, Tulane 7at Michigan
Oct 30, 1920Michigan 21, Tulane 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.