Sewanee vs. Tulane

Sewanee and Tulane first met in 1904 and have played 17 times; Tulane leads the series 13–⁠4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tulane 10–⁠0, and Tulane has won the last 11.

Sewanee wins
4
Tulane wins
13
Ties
0
First meeting
1904
Longest streak
11 Tulane
Current streak
11 Tulane
Last 10 meetings
Tulane 10–⁠0
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s1–⁠0
1920s1–⁠4
1930s0–⁠9
Average margin
26.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Tulane
13–⁠4 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Sewanee’s biggest win1906: Sewanee 35, Tulane 0by 35 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1939: Tulane 52, Sewanee 0by 52 points
  3. Upset1927: Sewanee 12, Tulane 6Sewanee had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Sewanee and Tulane, 1904 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 The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1906 game: TULANE IS EASY.

    1906 · The Montgomery advertiser, Nov 11, 1906

  • The Evening star's story of the 1911 game: sEwANEE, .; TULANE, 3. Touchdown Scored on q Blocked Kick.

    1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 5, 1911

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: FOOT BALL. RESUIISz&

    1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 27, 1933

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1934 game: BALL As1REsULTs

    1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 26, 1934

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1939 game: FOOTBALL ScoREs

    1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 27, 1939

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 25, 19395Tulane 52, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 19, 1938Tulane 38, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 20, 1937Tulane 33, Sewanee 7at Tulane
Nov 21, 1936Tulane 53, Sewanee 6at Tulane
Oct 26, 1935Tulane 33, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 24, 1934Tulane 32, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 25, 1933Tulane 26, Sewanee 9at Tulane
Nov 19, 1932Tulane 26, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 21, 1931Tulane 40, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 16, 1929Tulane 18, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 17, 1928Tulane 41, Sewanee 6at Tulane
Nov 12, 1927Sewanee 12, Tulane 6at Tulane
Nov 13, 1926Tulane 19, Sewanee 7at Tulane
Nov 14, 1925Tulane 14, Sewanee 0at Tulane
Nov 4, 1911Sewanee 9, Tulane 3at Tulane
Nov 10, 1906Sewanee 35, Tulane 0at Tulane
Nov 12, 1904Sewanee 18, Tulane 0at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.