Northwestern vs. Tulane

Northwestern and Tulane have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1925; Tulane leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Tulane 4–⁠1, and Tulane has won the last 3.

Northwestern wins
1
Tulane wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1925
Longest streak
3 Tulane
Current streak
3 Tulane
Last 10 meetings
Tulane 4–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
1950s0–⁠2
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
14.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Northwestern
1–⁠2 Northwestern’s record at home
At Tulane
2–⁠0 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Northwestern’s biggest win1930: Northwestern 14, Tulane 0by 14 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1955: Tulane 21, Northwestern 0by 21 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Northwestern and Tulane, 1925 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1930 game: Bruder Leads Northwestern To 40 Victory Ouer Tulane

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 5, 1930

  • The Evening star's story of the 1956 game: STATISTICS

    1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 7, 1956

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

Aug 30, 2025Tulane 23, Northwestern 3at Tulane
Oct 6, 1956Tulane 20, Northwestern 13at Northwestern
Oct 1, 1955Tulane 21, Northwestern 0at Tulane
Oct 4, 1930Northwestern 14, Tulane 0at Northwestern
Oct 24, 1925Tulane 18, Northwestern 7at Northwestern

Every game is listed as played on the field.