Texas vs. Tulane

Texas and Tulane have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Texas leads the series 12–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 10–⁠0, and Texas has won the last 11.

Texas wins
12
Tulane wins
1
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
11 Texas
Current streak
11 Texas
Last 10 meetings
Texas 10–⁠0
Most recent
2003

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠1–⁠1
1920s1–⁠0
1950s4–⁠0
1960s4–⁠0
2000s2–⁠0
Average margin
20.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas
7–⁠1 Texas’s record at home
At Tulane
0–⁠5–⁠1 Tulane’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas’s biggest win2002: Texas 49, Tulane 0by 49 points
  2. Tulane’s biggest win1908: Tulane 28, Texas 15by 13 points

Coach against coach

YearsTexasSeriesTulane
1962–⁠1965Darrell Royal4–⁠0Tommy O’Boyle

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Texas’s side (Royal 4–⁠0 against O’Boyle). 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 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 The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1908 game: TULANE DEFEATS TEXAS UNIVERSITY

    1908 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 19, 1908

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1909 game: TULANE U. PLAYS THE COWBOY TEAM TO TIE

    1909 · The Montgomery advertiser, Nov 14, 1909

  • The San Antonio light's story of the 1923 game: ACG|ES AND LONGHORNS WIN EASILY Texas Trounces Tulane by Unexpectedly Decis- i've Score. AGCIES BEAT SEWANEE Baylor and T.C.U. Win; Arkansas Gives Rice Drubbing.

    1923 · San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., Oct 14, 1923

  • The Evening star's story of the 1956 game: Texas Rallies For rs Victory

    1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1956

  • The Evening star's story of the 1963 game: Southern Cal Still No. | by Slim Margin

    1963 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 24, 1963

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 27, 200314Texas 63, Tulane 18at Texas
Sep 28, 20023Texas 49, Tulane 0at Tulane
Sep 18, 19652Texas 31, Tulane 0at Texas
Sep 19, 1964Texas 31, Tulane 0at Texas
Sep 20, 19635Texas 21, Tulane 0at Tulane
Oct 6, 19623Texas 35, Tulane 8at Texas
Sep 26, 1958Texas 21, Tulane 20at Tulane
Sep 28, 195713Texas 20, Tulane 6at Texas
Sep 29, 1956Texas 7, Tulane 6at Tulane
Sep 24, 1955Texas 35, Tulane 21at Texas
Oct 13, 1923Texas 33, Tulane 0at Texas
Nov 13, 1909Tulane 10, Texas 10at Tulane
Nov 18, 1908Tulane 28, Texas 15at Texas
Nov 24, 1902Texas 6, Tulane 0at Tulane

Every game is listed as played on the field.