Texas A&M vs. Tulane

Texas A&M and Tulane have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Texas A&M leads the series 9–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5.

Texas A&M wins
9
Tulane wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
6 Texas A&M
Current streak
1 Texas A&M
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
1968

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
1910s3–⁠0
1920s0–⁠1
1930s2–⁠3
1960s1–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Texas A&M 1, Tulane 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
15.4 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas A&M
4–⁠1 Texas A&M’s record at home
At Tulane
4–⁠4 Tulane’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Texas A&M first
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas A&M’s biggest win1912: Texas A&M 41, Tulane 0by 41 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1932: Tulane 26, Texas A&M 14by 12 points
  3. Upset1933: Texas A&M 13, Tulane 6Texas A&M had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown1939: Texas A&M 14, Tulane 13No. 1 Texas A&M at No. 5 Tulane

Coach against coach

YearsTexas A&MSeriesTulane
1929–⁠1931Madison Bell0–⁠3Bernie Bierman

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Texas A&M’s side (Bell 0–⁠3 against Bierman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Texas A&M 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 Arizona republican's story of the 1917 game: NJ ARMY AND NAVY FOOTBALL GAME |S PLANNED TH|S YEAR

    1917 · Arizona republican, Arizona, Nov 3, 1917

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: TULANE WINS AGAIN Downs Texas Aggies, 10, for Third Successive Time.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 4, 1931

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Texas Ags Plan Trojan Game ToAid Films Face Fight to Keep Coach Norton After Beating Tulane

    1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 2, 1940

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

Sep 28, 1968Texas A&M 35, Tulane 3at Tulane
Sep 24, 1966Tulane 21, Texas A&M 13at Tulane
Jan 1, 19401Texas A&M 14, 5Tulane 13Neutral siteSugar Bowl
Sep 30, 1933Texas A&M 13, Tulane 6at Tulane
Oct 1, 1932Tulane 26, Texas A&M 14at Tulane
Oct 3, 1931Tulane 7, Texas A&M 0at Tulane
Oct 11, 1930Tulane 19, Texas A&M 9at Texas A&M
Oct 5, 1929Tulane 13, Texas A&M 10at Tulane
Nov 2, 1917Texas A&M 35, Tulane 0at Texas A&M
Nov 19, 1912Texas A&M 41, Tulane 0at Texas A&M
Nov 24, 1910Texas A&M 17, Tulane 0at Texas A&M
Nov 16, 1907Texas A&M 18, Tulane 6at Tulane
Nov 17, 1906Texas A&M 18, Tulane 0at Tulane
Nov 8, 1902Texas A&M 17, Tulane 5at Texas A&M

Every game is listed as played on the field.