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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2–3 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 6–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 7–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 4–0 |
- 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
- Ole Miss’s biggest win1957: Ole Miss 50, Tulane 0by 50 points
- Tulane’s biggest win1979: Tulane 49, Ole Miss 15by 34 points
- Upset1956: Tulane 10, Ole Miss 3Tulane had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1988: Tulane 14, Ole Miss 9Tulane had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2023: Ole Miss 37, Tulane 20Ole Miss had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2025: Ole Miss 41, Tulane 10No. 17 Tulane at No. 6 Ole Miss
- Ranked showdown1939: Tulane 18, Ole Miss 6No. 14 Ole Miss at No. 9 Tulane
- Ranked showdown1956: Tulane 10, Ole Miss 3No. 19 Tulane at No. 6 Ole Miss
Coach against coach
| Years | Ole Miss | Series | Tulane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–1951 | John Vaught | 2–2 | Henry Frnka |
| 1954–1961 | John Vaught | 7–1 | Andy Pilney |
| 1962–1965 | John Vaught | 4–0 | Tommy O’Boyle |
| 1980–1982 | Steve Sloan | 2–1 | Vince Gibson |
| 1985–1987 | Billy Brewer | 2–1 | Mack Brown |
| 1988–1991 | Billy Brewer | 3–1 | Greg 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
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

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

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

1908 · Oxford eagle, Mississippi, Nov 5, 1908

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

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
| 2025 | ESPN | 1.1 million viewers |
| 2025 | TNT/TBS/truTV | 6.2 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Dec 20, 2025 | 6Ole Miss 41, 17Tulane 10 | at Ole Miss | CFP First Round | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | 13Ole Miss 45, Tulane 10 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 9, 2023 | 20Ole Miss 37, 24Tulane 20 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 18, 2021 | 17Ole Miss 61, Tulane 21 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 22, 2012 | Ole Miss 39, Tulane 0vacated | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 11, 2010 | Ole Miss 27, Tulane 13vacated | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 2, 2000 | 18Ole Miss 49, Tulane 20 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 9, 1999 | Ole Miss 20, Tulane 13 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Nov 15, 1997 | Ole Miss 41, Tulane 24 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 7, 1995 | Ole Miss 20, Tulane 17 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Nov 12, 1994 | Ole Miss 38, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 12, 1992 | Ole Miss 35, Tulane 9 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Aug 31, 1991 | Ole Miss 22, Tulane 3 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 29, 1990 | Ole Miss 31, Tulane 21 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 21, 1989 | Ole Miss 32, Tulane 28 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 5, 1988 | Tulane 14, Ole Miss 9 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 26, 1987 | Tulane 31, Ole Miss 24 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 27, 1986 | Ole Miss 35, Tulane 10 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 28, 1985 | Ole Miss 27, Tulane 10 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 29, 1984 | Ole Miss 19, Tulane 14 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 10, 1983 | Tulane 27, Ole Miss 23forfeited | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 6, 1982 | Ole Miss 45, Tulane 14 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 5, 1981 | Ole Miss 19, Tulane 18 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 27, 1980 | Tulane 26, Ole Miss 24 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Nov 10, 1979 | Tulane 49, Ole Miss 15 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 11, 1978 | Ole Miss 13, Tulane 3 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 18, 1976 | 20Ole Miss 34, Tulane 7 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Sep 20, 1975 | Tulane 14, Ole Miss 3 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 30, 1974 | Ole Miss 26, Tulane 10 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 16, 1965 | Ole Miss 24, Tulane 7 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 17, 1964 | Ole Miss 14, Tulane 9 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 19, 1963 | 5Ole Miss 21, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 20, 1962 | 5Ole Miss 21, Tulane 0 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 21, 1961 | Ole Miss 41, Tulane 0 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 15, 1960 | 1Ole Miss 26, Tulane 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 17, 1959 | 5Ole Miss 53, Tulane 7 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 11, 1958 | 7Ole Miss 19, Tulane 8 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 18, 1957 | 11Ole Miss 50, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 20, 1956 | 19Tulane 10, 6Ole Miss 3 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 15, 1955 | Ole Miss 27, Tulane 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 16, 1954 | 7Ole Miss 34, Tulane 7 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 17, 1953 | Ole Miss 45, Tulane 14 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 18, 1952 | Ole Miss 20, Tulane 14 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 20, 1951 | Ole Miss 25, Tulane 6 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 21, 1950 | Tulane 27, Ole Miss 20 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 16, 1948 | Tulane 20, 10Ole Miss 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 18, 1947 | Ole Miss 27, Tulane 14 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 25, 1941 | Ole Miss 20, 10Tulane 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 28, 1939 | 9Tulane 18, 14Ole Miss 6 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 30, 1937 | Tulane 14, Ole Miss 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 26, 1936 | Tulane 7, Ole Miss 6 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 3, 1934 | Tulane 15, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 26, 1931 | Tulane 31, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 1, 1927 | Tulane 19, Ole Miss 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 30, 1926 | Tulane 6, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 10, 1925 | Tulane 26, Ole Miss 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 17, 1923 | Tulane 19, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 8, 1921 | Tulane 26, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 23, 1920 | Tulane 32, Ole Miss 0 | at Ole Miss | ||
| Oct 25, 1919 | Tulane 27, Ole Miss 12 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 7, 1914 | Ole Miss 21, Tulane 6 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 13, 1910 | Ole Miss 16, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 16, 1909 | Tulane 5, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 31, 1908 | Tulane 10, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 3, 1906 | Ole Miss 17, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 24, 1904 | Tulane 22, Ole Miss 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 27, 1902 | Ole Miss 10, Tulane 0 | at 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.