Mississippi College vs. Tulane

Mississippi College and Tulane first met in 1911 and have played 12 times; Tulane leads the series 9–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tulane 7–⁠3, and Tulane has won the last 4.

Mississippi College wins
3
Tulane wins
9
Ties
0
First meeting
1911
Longest streak
4 Tulane
Current streak
4 Tulane
Last 10 meetings
Tulane 7–⁠3
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
1910s2–⁠4
1920s1–⁠4
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
26.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi College
0–⁠1 Mississippi College’s record at home
At Tulane
8–⁠3 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. Mississippi College’s biggest win1913: Mississippi College 32, Tulane 3by 29 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1937: Tulane 84, Mississippi College 0by 84 points
  3. Upset1915: Mississippi College 20, Tulane 6Mississippi College had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1921: Mississippi College 14, Tulane 0Mississippi College had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1913: Mississippi College 32, Tulane 3Mississippi College had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi College and Tulane, 1911 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Atlanta Georgian's story of the 1913 game: Mississippi College Beats Tulane, l3 to 8

    1913 · Atlanta Georgian, Georgia, Oct 19, 1913

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE DEFEATS TULANE

    1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 31, 1915

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1916 game: FIGHT AT FOOTBALL GAME

    1916 · New Britain herald, Oct 28, 1916

  • The The Mt. Sterling advocate's story of the 1922 game: SATURDAYS FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1922 · The Mt. Sterling advocate, Oct 10, 1922

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: CHOCTAWS WEAK FOR BAMA GAME Many Injuries Will Han- dicap Mississippi Eley- en Saturday

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 9, 1924

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 9, 1937Tulane 84, Mississippi College 0at Tulane
Oct 4, 1924Tulane 32, Mississippi College 7at Tulane
Oct 6, 1923Tulane 18, Mississippi College 3at Tulane
Oct 7, 1922Tulane 30, Mississippi College 0at Tulane
Oct 1, 1921Mississippi College 14, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 9, 1920Tulane 29, Mississippi College 0at Tulane
Nov 1, 1919Tulane 49, Mississippi College 0at Tulane
Oct 27, 1916Tulane 13, Mississippi College 3at Mississippi College
Oct 30, 1915Mississippi College 20, Tulane 6at Tulane
Oct 18, 1913Mississippi College 32, Tulane 3at Tulane
Oct 19, 1912Tulane 19, Mississippi College 6at Tulane
Oct 12, 1911Tulane 10, Mississippi College 0at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.