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The Ole Miss–Tulane football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Ole Miss Rebels and Tulane Green Wave.[citation needed] The rivalry began in 1893. Ole Miss leads the series 42–29. It is Tulane's second-oldest football rivalry, one week younger than the Battle for the Rag.[2][3] It is Ole Miss' oldest rivalry, predating its rivalries with Alabama, LSU, and Vanderbilt by a year, and Tulane is Ole Miss' most-played opponent not currently in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[4]
First meeting | December 2, 1893 Ole Miss 12, Tulane 4 |
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Latest meeting | September 9, 2023 Ole Miss 37, Tulane 20 |
Next meeting | September 20, 2025, in Oxford |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 73 |
All-time series | Ole Miss leads, 43–28 (.600)[1] |
Largest victory | Ole Miss, 50–0 (1957) |
Longest win streak | Ole Miss, 13 (1989–present) |
Current win streak | Ole Miss, 13 (1989–present) |
Series history
editThe first game took place on December 2, 1893, in New Orleans, and the two schools have continued to play each other with few interruptions since. Tulane and Ole Miss spent much of their athletic histories as members of the same conference: the SIAA from 1899 to 1920, the Southern Conference from 1922 to 1932, and as charter members of the SEC from 1932 to 1966. Ole Miss did not play a game against Tulane at home in Oxford, Mississippi, until 1920, and it wasn't until 1951 that the teams began to frequently alternate hosting the game.
The Ole Miss–Tulane game on November 30, 1974, was the last collegiate football game played in Tulane Stadium, and the game on September 20, 1975, was the first collegiate game played in the Louisiana Superdome.[5] The schools have met twice when both schools were ranked in the AP poll. In 1956 #19 Tulane beat #6 Ole Miss 10–3 and in the 2023 contest #11 Ole Miss pulled away in the final minutes to beat #23 Tulane 37–20, in spite of trailing most of the game. Tulane is now a member of the American Athletic Conference, while Ole Miss remains in the SEC. The next game in the series is scheduled for 2025 in Oxford.[6]
Game results
editOle Miss victories | Tulane victories |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Winsipedia – Ole Miss Rebels vs. Tulane Green Wave football series history". Winsipedia.
- ^ "Tulane University Football Program; Tulane vs Ole Miss". Tulane University. October 16, 1948. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ Marty Mulé (September 11, 2014). "Tulane, Georgia Tech have rivalry reaching back 98 years". The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Kickoff, TV Set for Ole Miss-Tulane Game". Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Tulane Football History". Tulane University. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Tulane Green Wave Football Schedules and Future Schedules". fbschedules.com. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
- ^ a b "Forfeits and Vacated Games". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.