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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- 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
- Northwestern’s biggest win1930: Northwestern 14, Tulane 0by 14 points
- Tulane’s biggest win1955: Tulane 21, Northwestern 0by 21 points
Both programs through the years
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

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

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, 2025 | Tulane 23, Northwestern 3 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 6, 1956 | Tulane 20, Northwestern 13 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 1, 1955 | Tulane 21, Northwestern 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 4, 1930 | Northwestern 14, Tulane 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 24, 1925 | Tulane 18, Northwestern 7 | at Northwestern |
Every game is listed as played on the field.