Tulane vs. Vanderbilt

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

1. Tulane’s biggest win1978: Tulane 38, Vanderbilt 3by 35 points
2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1927: Vanderbilt 32, Tulane 0by 32 points
3. Upset1984: Tulane 27, Vanderbilt 23Tulane had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1976: Tulane 24, Vanderbilt 13Tulane had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1971: Vanderbilt 13, Tulane 9Vanderbilt had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Tulane’s side (Bierman 1–⁠2 against McGugin). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 28, 1923

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  1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 20, 1924

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  1932 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 19, 1932

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  1941 · Evening star, Nov 2, 1941

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  1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 2, 1942

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Tulane vs. LSU90 meetings, Tulane 20–⁠63–⁠7
• Tulane vs. Ole Miss67 meetings, Tulane 24–⁠43
• Tulane vs. Mississippi State56 meetings, Tulane 25–⁠30–⁠1
• Tulane vs. Georgia Tech50 meetings, Tulane 13–⁠37
• Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee116 meetings, Vanderbilt 31–⁠81–⁠4
• Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss96 meetings, Vanderbilt 37–⁠57–⁠2
• Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky95 meetings, Vanderbilt 42–⁠49–⁠4
• Vanderbilt vs. Alabama87 meetings, Vanderbilt 19–⁠64–⁠4