The Ole Miss–Tulane football rivalry is an American
college football
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Unlike most ...
rivalry between the
Ole Miss Rebels
The Ole Miss Rebels are the 18 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams that are funded by and represent the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford. The first was the football team, which began play in 1893.
Originally known as th ...
and
Tulane Green Wave
The Tulane Green Wave are the athletic teams that represent Tulane University, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tulane competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). There are 14 Green Wave interco ...
. 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
The Battle for the Rag is the name given to the LSU–Tulane football rivalry. It is an American college football rivalry game played by the LSU Tigers football team of Louisiana State University and the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane ...
.
It is Ole Miss' oldest rivalry, predating its rivalries with
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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, LSU (
Magnolia Bowl
The Magnolia Bowl is name given to the LSU–Ole Miss football rivalry. It is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the LSU Tigers football team of Louisiana State University (LSU) and the Ole Miss Rebels football team ...
), and
Vanderbilt by a year, and Tulane is Ole Miss' most-played opponent not currently in the
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC).
Series history
The first game took place on December 2, 1893, in
, 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
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...
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
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, 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
Tulane Stadium was an outdoor football stadium that stood in New Orleans from 1926 to 1980. It was officially the Third Tulane Stadium and replaced the "Second Tulane Stadium", which was located where the Telephone Exchange Building is now. Th ...
, and the game on September 20, 1975, was the first collegiate game played in the
Louisiana Superdome
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.
Tulane is now a member of the
American Athletic Conference
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, while Ole Miss remains in the SEC. The next game in the series is scheduled for 2021 in Oxford.
Game results
See also
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List of NCAA college football rivalry games
This is a list of rivalry games in college football in the United States. The list also shows any trophy awarded to the winner of the rivalry between the teams.
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
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References
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College football rivalries in the United States
Ole Miss Rebels football
Tulane Green Wave football