Ole Miss vs. Tulane

Ole Miss and Tulane have 67 meetings on file, the first in 1902; officially, Ole Miss leads 42–⁠23; as played, 43–⁠24 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Ole Miss 10–⁠0, and Ole Miss has won the last 15. The NCAA vacated Ole Miss’s two wins (2010 and 2012); they don’t count officially. Tulane forfeited the 1983 game. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Ole Miss leads 42–⁠23
Ole Miss wins on file
43
Tulane wins on file
24
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
15 Ole Miss
Current streak
15 Ole Miss
Last 10 meetings
Ole Miss 10–⁠0
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
1900s2–⁠3
1910s2–⁠1
1920s0–⁠6
1930s0–⁠5
1940s2–⁠1
1950s8–⁠2
1960s6–⁠0
1970s3–⁠2
1980s6–⁠4
1990s7–⁠0
2000s1–⁠0
2010s2–⁠0
2020s4–⁠0
Both ranked
4 meetings: Ole Miss 2, Tulane 2
Average margin
17.7 points; 18 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Ole Miss
19–⁠4 Ole Miss’s record at home
At Tulane
20–⁠24 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
18

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Ole Miss’s biggest win1957: Ole Miss 50, Tulane 0by 50 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1979: Tulane 49, Ole Miss 15by 34 points
  3. Upset1956: Tulane 10, Ole Miss 3Tulane had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1988: Tulane 14, Ole Miss 9Tulane had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2023: Ole Miss 37, Tulane 20Ole Miss had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2025: Ole Miss 41, Tulane 10No. 17 Tulane at No. 6 Ole Miss
  7. Ranked showdown1939: Tulane 18, Ole Miss 6No. 14 Ole Miss at No. 9 Tulane
  8. Ranked showdown1956: Tulane 10, Ole Miss 3No. 19 Tulane at No. 6 Ole Miss

Coach against coach

YearsOle MissSeriesTulane
1947–⁠1951John Vaught2–⁠2Henry Frnka
1954–⁠1961John Vaught7–⁠1Andy Pilney
1962–⁠1965John Vaught4–⁠0Tommy O’Boyle
1980–⁠1982Steve Sloan2–⁠1Vince Gibson
1985–⁠1987Billy Brewer2–⁠1Mack Brown
1988–⁠1991Billy Brewer3–⁠1Greg Davis

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Ole Miss’s side (Vaught 2–⁠2 against Frnka). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ole Miss 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 Richmond dispatch's story of the 1902 game

    1902 · Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., Nov 28, 1902

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1906 game: Mississippi 17. Tulane 0.

    1906 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 4, 1906

  • The Oxford eagle's story of the 1908 game: University Notes.

    1908 · Oxford eagle, Mississippi, Nov 5, 1908

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1910 game: OLE MISS" TRIMS THE TULANE TEAM

    1910 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 14, 1910

  • The Evening star's story of the 1914 game: Mississippi Beats Tulane.

    1914 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 8, 1914

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.

On television

2025ESPN1.1 million viewers
2025TNT/TBS/truTV6.2 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Dec 20, 20256Ole Miss 41, 17Tulane 10at Ole MissCFP First Round
Sep 20, 202513Ole Miss 45, Tulane 10at Ole Miss
Sep 9, 202320Ole Miss 37, 24Tulane 20at Tulane
Sep 18, 202117Ole Miss 61, Tulane 21at Ole Miss
Sep 22, 2012Ole Miss 39, Tulane 0vacatedat Tulane
Sep 11, 2010Ole Miss 27, Tulane 13vacatedat Tulane
Sep 2, 200018Ole Miss 49, Tulane 20at Ole Miss
Oct 9, 1999Ole Miss 20, Tulane 13at Ole Miss
Nov 15, 1997Ole Miss 41, Tulane 24at Tulane
Oct 7, 1995Ole Miss 20, Tulane 17at Ole Miss
Nov 12, 1994Ole Miss 38, Tulane 0at Tulane
Sep 12, 1992Ole Miss 35, Tulane 9at Ole Miss
Aug 31, 1991Ole Miss 22, Tulane 3at Tulane
Sep 29, 1990Ole Miss 31, Tulane 21at Ole Miss
Oct 21, 1989Ole Miss 32, Tulane 28at Tulane
Nov 5, 1988Tulane 14, Ole Miss 9at Ole Miss
Sep 26, 1987Tulane 31, Ole Miss 24at Tulane
Sep 27, 1986Ole Miss 35, Tulane 10at Ole Miss
Sep 28, 1985Ole Miss 27, Tulane 10at Tulane
Sep 29, 1984Ole Miss 19, Tulane 14at Ole Miss
Sep 10, 1983Tulane 27, Ole Miss 23forfeitedat Tulane
Nov 6, 1982Ole Miss 45, Tulane 14at Ole Miss
Sep 5, 1981Ole Miss 19, Tulane 18at Tulane
Sep 27, 1980Tulane 26, Ole Miss 24at Ole Miss
Nov 10, 1979Tulane 49, Ole Miss 15at Tulane
Nov 11, 1978Ole Miss 13, Tulane 3at Ole Miss
Sep 18, 197620Ole Miss 34, Tulane 7at Ole Miss
Sep 20, 1975Tulane 14, Ole Miss 3at Tulane
Nov 30, 1974Ole Miss 26, Tulane 10at Tulane
Oct 16, 1965Ole Miss 24, Tulane 7at Ole Miss
Oct 17, 1964Ole Miss 14, Tulane 9at Tulane
Oct 19, 19635Ole Miss 21, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 20, 19625Ole Miss 21, Tulane 0at Ole Miss
Oct 21, 1961Ole Miss 41, Tulane 0at Ole Miss
Oct 15, 19601Ole Miss 26, Tulane 13at Tulane
Oct 17, 19595Ole Miss 53, Tulane 7at Ole Miss
Oct 11, 19587Ole Miss 19, Tulane 8at Tulane
Oct 18, 195711Ole Miss 50, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 20, 195619Tulane 10, 6Ole Miss 3at Ole Miss
Oct 15, 1955Ole Miss 27, Tulane 13at Tulane
Oct 16, 19547Ole Miss 34, Tulane 7at Ole Miss
Oct 17, 1953Ole Miss 45, Tulane 14at Tulane
Oct 18, 1952Ole Miss 20, Tulane 14at Tulane
Oct 20, 1951Ole Miss 25, Tulane 6at Ole Miss
Oct 21, 1950Tulane 27, Ole Miss 20at Tulane
Oct 16, 1948Tulane 20, 10Ole Miss 7at Tulane
Oct 18, 1947Ole Miss 27, Tulane 14at Tulane
Oct 25, 1941Ole Miss 20, 10Tulane 13at Tulane
Oct 28, 19399Tulane 18, 14Ole Miss 6at Tulane
Oct 30, 1937Tulane 14, Ole Miss 7at Tulane
Sep 26, 1936Tulane 7, Ole Miss 6at Tulane
Nov 3, 1934Tulane 15, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Sep 26, 1931Tulane 31, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Oct 1, 1927Tulane 19, Ole Miss 7at Tulane
Oct 30, 1926Tulane 6, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Oct 10, 1925Tulane 26, Ole Miss 7at Tulane
Nov 17, 1923Tulane 19, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Oct 8, 1921Tulane 26, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Oct 23, 1920Tulane 32, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Oct 25, 1919Tulane 27, Ole Miss 12at Tulane
Nov 7, 1914Ole Miss 21, Tulane 6at Tulane
Oct 13, 1910Ole Miss 16, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 16, 1909Tulane 5, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Oct 31, 1908Tulane 10, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Nov 3, 1906Ole Miss 17, Tulane 0at Tulane
Nov 24, 1904Tulane 22, Ole Miss 0at Tulane
Nov 27, 1902Ole Miss 10, Tulane 0at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”, and a game one side later forfeited is marked “forfeited”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.