Temple vs. Tulane
Temple and Tulane have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1934; the series is tied 4–4 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s even at 4–4, and Tulane has won the last 3. Share
- Temple wins
- 4
- Tulane wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1934
- Longest streak
- 4 Temple
- Current streak
- 3 Tulane
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 4–4
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 24.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Temple
- 2–1 Temple’s record at home
- At Tulane
- 2–2 Tulane’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Temple first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Temple’s biggest win2015: Temple 49, Tulane 10by 39 points
- Tulane’s biggest win2024: Tulane 52, Temple 6by 46 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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Quincy Roche Temple | 12 tackles, 3 sacks, 6 for loss | 2019 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1934 · , Jan 2, 1935
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 | ESPNU | 0.0 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Photos
The 1934 game
Aerial view of the Sugar Bowl held on January 1, 1935Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
Every game
| Nov 22, 2025 | 24Tulane 37, Temple 13 | at Temple | ||
| Nov 9, 2024 | Tulane 52, Temple 6 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 31, 2020 | Tulane 38, Temple 3 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 16, 2019 | Temple 29, Tulane 21 | at Temple | ||
| Nov 19, 2016 | Temple 31, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 10, 2015 | Temple 49, Tulane 10 | at Temple | ||
| Dec 6, 2014 | Temple 10, Tulane 3 | at Tulane | ||
| Jan 1, 1935 | Tulane 20, Temple 14 | Neutral site | Sugar Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.