Notre Dame vs. Tulane
Notre Dame and Tulane have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1944; Notre Dame leads the series 8–0 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Notre Dame 8–0, and Notre Dame has won the last 8. Share
- Notre Dame wins
- 8
- Tulane wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1944
- Longest streak
- 8 Notre Dame
- Current streak
- 8 Notre Dame
- Last 10 meetings
- Notre Dame 8–0
- Most recent
- 1971
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Notre Dame 1, Tulane 0; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 30 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Notre Dame
- 4–0 Notre Dame’s record at home
- At Tulane
- 0–4 Tulane’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Notre Dame’s biggest win1947: Notre Dame 59, Tulane 6by 53 points
- Ranked showdown1949: Notre Dame 46, Tulane 7No. 4 Tulane at No. 1 Notre Dame
Coach against coach
| Years | Notre Dame | Series | Tulane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–1950 | Frank Leahy | 4–0 | Henry Frnka |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Notre Dame’s side (Leahy 4–0 against Frnka). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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

1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 26, 1945

1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 25, 1946

1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 23, 1947

1949 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 16, 1949
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
| Nov 13, 1971 | 8Notre Dame 21, Tulane 7 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 25, 1969 | 12Notre Dame 37, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 14, 1950 | 10Notre Dame 13, Tulane 9 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 15, 1949 | 1Notre Dame 46, 4Tulane 7 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Nov 22, 1947 | 2Notre Dame 59, Tulane 6 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Nov 23, 1946 | 2Notre Dame 41, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 24, 1945 | 5Notre Dame 32, Tulane 6 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 7, 1944 | Notre Dame 26, Tulane 0 | at Notre Dame |
Every game is listed as played on the field.