Mississippi State vs. Tulane

Mississippi State and Tulane have 56 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Mississippi State leads the series 30–⁠25–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mississippi State 8–⁠2.

Scheduled 2032 at Mississippi State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Mississippi State wins
30
Tulane wins
25
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
6 Tulane
Current streak
1 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 8–⁠2
Most recent
2007

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3–⁠1
1910s3–⁠2
1920s3–⁠6
1930s0–⁠4
1940s3–⁠3
1950s5–⁠2
1960s3–⁠1
1980s6–⁠2
1990s4–⁠0
2000s3–⁠2
Average margin
18.1 points; 20 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
12–⁠4 Mississippi State’s record at home
At Tulane
21–⁠17–⁠1 Tulane’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Mississippi State first
Shutouts
21

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win1914: Mississippi State 61, Tulane 0by 61 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1930: Tulane 53, Mississippi State 0by 53 points
  3. Upset1911: Tulane 5, Mississippi State 4Tulane had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1924: Mississippi State 14, Tulane 6Mississippi State had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1951: Mississippi State 10, Tulane 7Mississippi State had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMississippi StateSeriesTulane
1910–⁠1912William Chadwick1–⁠2A.A. Mason
1927–⁠1929J.W. Hancock1–⁠2Bernie Bierman
1946–⁠1948Allyn McKeen2–⁠1Henry Frnka
1962–⁠1965Paul Davis3–⁠1Tommy O’Boyle
1988–⁠1990Rockey Felker2–⁠1Greg Davis
2004–⁠2006Sylvester Croom2–⁠1Chris Scelfo

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi State and Tulane, 1902 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 East Mississippi times's story of the 1911 game: Tulane Defeats A & M.

    1911 · East Mississippi times, Starkville, Miss., Nov 24, 1911

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1945 game: Crimson Tide Rolls Over Kentucky With Ease

    1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 5, 1945

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1946 game: Mississippi State Takes To Air To Check Tulane, 14-7

    1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 27, 1946

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: Tulane Beaten, 1O-7, BY Mississippi State

    1951 · Evening star, Nov 4, 1951

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game: Tulane Blazers Back For 34-21 Win Over Mississippi State

    1952 · Evening star, Nov 2, 1952

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 8, 2007Mississippi State 38, Tulane 17at Tulane
Sep 16, 2006Tulane 32, Mississippi State 29at Mississippi State
Sep 17, 2005Mississippi State 21, Tulane 14Neutral site
Sep 4, 2004Mississippi State 28, Tulane 7at Mississippi State
Sep 13, 2003Tulane 31, Mississippi State 28at Tulane
Oct 22, 1994Mississippi State 66, Tulane 22at Mississippi State
Sep 25, 1993Mississippi State 36, Tulane 10at Tulane
Sep 14, 199125Mississippi State 48, Tulane 0at Mississippi State
Oct 20, 1990Mississippi State 38, Tulane 17at Tulane
Nov 11, 1989Mississippi State 27, Tulane 7at Mississippi State
Nov 19, 1988Tulane 27, Mississippi State 22at Tulane
Nov 7, 1987Tulane 30, Mississippi State 19at Mississippi State
Oct 18, 198613Mississippi State 34, Tulane 27at Tulane
Oct 19, 1985Mississippi State 31, Tulane 27at Mississippi State
Sep 1, 1984Mississippi State 30, Tulane 3at Tulane
Sep 3, 1983Mississippi State 14, Tulane 9at Mississippi State
Sep 4, 1982Mississippi State 30, Tulane 21at Tulane
Oct 22, 1965Tulane 17, Mississippi State 15at Tulane
Oct 10, 1964Mississippi State 17, Tulane 6at Mississippi State
Oct 12, 1963Mississippi State 31, Tulane 10at Mississippi State
Oct 12, 1962Mississippi State 35, Tulane 6at Tulane
Nov 2, 1957Mississippi State 27, Tulane 6at Mississippi State
Nov 3, 1956Tulane 20, Mississippi State 14at Tulane
Oct 8, 1955Mississippi State 14, Tulane 0at Mississippi State
Oct 9, 1954Mississippi State 14, Tulane 0at Tulane
Nov 7, 1953Mississippi State 21, Tulane 0at Tulane
Nov 1, 1952Tulane 34, Mississippi State 21at Tulane
Nov 3, 1951Mississippi State 10, Tulane 7at Tulane
Oct 29, 1949Tulane 54, Mississippi State 6at Tulane
Oct 30, 194819Tulane 9, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Nov 1, 1947Mississippi State 20, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 26, 1946Mississippi State 14, Tulane 7at Tulane
Nov 3, 1945Tulane 14, 15Mississippi State 13at Tulane
Nov 7, 1942Mississippi State 7, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 29, 1938Tulane 27, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Nov 11, 1933Tulane 33, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Oct 31, 1931Tulane 59, Mississippi State 7at Tulane
Nov 1, 1930Tulane 53, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Oct 12, 1929Tulane 34, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Oct 6, 1928Tulane 51, Mississippi State 6at Mississippi State
Oct 15, 1927Mississippi State 13, Tulane 6at Tulane
Nov 6, 1926Mississippi State 14, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 17, 1925Tulane 25, Mississippi State 3at Tulane
Nov 1, 1924Mississippi State 14, Tulane 6at Tulane
Oct 28, 1922Tulane 26, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Oct 22, 1921Tulane 7, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Nov 13, 1920Tulane 6, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Nov 14, 1914Mississippi State 61, Tulane 0at Mississippi State
Nov 8, 1913Mississippi State 32, Tulane 0at Mississippi State
Nov 9, 1912Tulane 27, Mississippi State 24at Tulane
Nov 20, 1911Tulane 5, Mississippi State 4at Mississippi State
Nov 5, 1910Mississippi State 10, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 30, 1909Tulane 2, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Nov 14, 1908Tulane 33, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Oct 29, 1904Tulane 10, Mississippi State 0at Tulane
Nov 1, 1902Tulane 11, Mississippi State 11at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.