Year-By-Year Summaries (1910s)
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1910 (0-7)
Head Coach: A.A. Mason
A.A. Mason commenced a three-year reign as head coach and things did not get off to a promising start as Tulane suffered its first losing season since 1906. The team scored only twice and finished 0-7 as the opposition enjoyed a 126-6 edge on the scoreboard.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO13 Ole Miss New Orleans, La. 0-16 LO26 at Centre Danville, N.Y. 0-35 LO29 at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 3-10 LN5 Mississippi State New Orleans, La. 0-10 LN12 vs. Auburn Gulport, Miss. 0-33 LN19 Alabama New Orleans, La. 3-5 LN24 vs. Texas A&M Houston, Texas 0-17 L
1911 (5-3-1)
Head Coach: A.A. Mason
Coach Mason's program began to take off in year two as the record improved dramatically to 5-3-1. The first four opponents fell by a combined score of 92-0. The Tulane-LSU football rivalry resumed, with the Tigers taking a 6-0 win in Baton Rouge. Semmes Walmsley, a future mayor of New Orleans, captained the team.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO12 Mississippi College New Orleans, La. 10-0 WO18 UL-Lafayette New Orleans, La. 27-0 WO21 Northwestern State New Orleans, La. 45-0 WO28 Samford New Orleans, La. 10-0 WN4 Sewanee New Orleans, La. 3-9 LN11 at Alabama Birmingham, Ala. 0-22 LN20 at Misissippi State Starkville, Miss. 6-4 WN30 Washington & Lee New Orleans, La. 5-5 TD9 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. 0-6 L
1912 (5-3)
Head Coach: A.A. Mason
Coach Mason established a new longevity record with his third season at the helm and produced another strong team. The squad finished with a 5-3 record and outscored the opposition 216-99. The high point of the season was a 95-0 win over Southwestern Louisiana. The 15 rushing touchdowns and 95 points scored in that game are Tulane's oldest football records.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO8 Jefferson New Orleans, La. 37-0 WO12 UL-Lafayette New Orleans, La. 95-0 WO19 Mississippi College New Orleans, La. 19-6 WO26 Samford New Orleans, La. 35-0 WN2 Alabama New Orleans, La. 0-7 LN9 Mississippi State New Orleans, La. 27-24 WN19 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 0-41 LN28 LSU New Orleans, La. 3-21 L
1913 (3-5)
Head Coach: A.C. Hoffman
A.C. Hoffman replaced Mason as head coach and Tulane suffered its first losing season since 1910. The squad managed only three points in its five losses. The highlight of the season came in a 12-6 road win over Saint Louis. In that game, Tulane tackle Carl Woodward kicked a 52-yard field goal, a mammoth blast that stood as the school record for 51 years.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO11 Jefferson New Orleans, La. 13-0 WO18 Mississippi College New Orleans, La. 3-32 LO25 Alabama New Orleans, La. 0-26 LN1 at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. 12-6 WN8 at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. 0-32 LN15 Texas State New Orleans, La. 31-9 WN22 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. 0-40 LN27 Arkansas New Orleans, La. 0-14 L
1914 (3-3-1)
Head Coach: E.R. Sweetland
E.R. Sweetland took over as head coach and Tulane improved its record to 3-3-1. There was a certain symmetry to the 1914 season as Tulane won its first three, lost three in a row and tied the season finale with LSU. The highlight of the season was an 82-0 thrashing of Centenary.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO17 UL-Lafayette New Orleans, La. 33-0 WO24 Centenary New Orleans, La. 82-0 WO27 Jefferson New Orleans, La. 24-7 WO31 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 0-58 LN7 Ole Miss New Orleans, La. 6-20 LN14 at Mississippi State Jackson, Miss. 0-61 LN26 LSU New Orleans, La. 0-0 T
1915 (4-4)
Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy
As the storm clouds of war thickened in Europe, Tulane changed coaches again, but this move led to stability. A 23-year-old Minnesotan named Clark Shaughnessy took over the program and went on to become the school's winningest head coach. In his first year he produced Tulane's second consecutive break-even season with a 4-4 record. The first of his Tulane-record 59 wins was a 24-0 verdict over St. Paul in the 1915 season opener.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultS25 at St. Paul Unknown 24-0 WO9 UL-Lafayette New Orleans, La. 13-0 WO16 Spring Hill New Orleans, La. 36-13 WO23 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 0-16 LO30 Mississippi College New Orleans, La. 6-20 LN13 Samford New Orleans, La. 32-3 WN18 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. 7-14 LN25 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. 0-12 L
1916 (4-3-1)
Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy continued to lay his foundation, leading Tulane to a 4-3-1 record. For the third year in a row, Tulane opened with three straight wins, only to struggle toward the end of the season. The season's only tie was with LSU, the second deadlock with the Tigers in three years. Earning his second of three football letters for Tulane that fall was a youngster named Felix Blanchard, whose son, "Doc" Blanchard, won the Heisman Trophy at Army during World War II. The trophy is named for John Heisman, whose Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets walloped Tulane 45-0 in 1916.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO14 Spring Hill New Orleans, La. 14-0 WO21 Jefferson New Orleans, La. 39-3 WO27 at Mississippi College Jackson, Miss. 13-3 WN4 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 0-45 LN11 at Rice Houston, Texas 13-23 LN18 Alabama New Orleans, La. 33-0 WN30 LSU New Orleans, La. 14-14 TD9 Georgetown New Orleans, La. 0-61 L
1917 (5-3)
Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy
The United States had joined World War I by the time the 1917 football season rolled around and some schools had suspended play. The game went on at Tulane, however, and the team had a new stadium, located on the site of the A.B. Freeman School of Business. Tulane played its first game in the new concrete facility against Washington Artillery, winning 19-0.
The 1917 team won its first four games by a combined score of 131-0 and finished with a 5-3 record. The season ended with a 28-6 win over LSU, as a Tulane line led by Eva Talbot held the Tigers to only one first down.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO6 Jefferson New Orleans, La. 32-0 WO13 Spring Hill New Orleans, La. 28-0 WO20 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. 52-0 WO27 Washington Artillery New Orleans, La. 19-0 WN2 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 0-35 LN10 Georgia Tech New Orleans, La. 0-46 LN17 Rice New Orleans, La. 0-16 LN29 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. 28-6 W
1918 (4-1-1)
Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy
As the World War escalated, Tulane faced mostly military opponents in 1918. The only loss in a 4-1-1 record was to Camp Pike. The Tulane defense shut out four of its six opponents and allowed only 16 points all season. In a 74-0 battering of Southwestern Louisiana, Harold Gentling broke off a 95-yard run, the longest in Tulane history.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultN2 Camp Shelby New Orleans, La. 7-0 WN9 Camp Beauregard New Orleans, La. 13-6 WN13 Spring Hill New Orleans, La. 32-0 WN16 Camp Pike New Orleans, La. 7-10 LN23 Pensacola Navy Base New Orleans, La. 0-0 TN28 UL-Lafayette New Orleans, La. 74-0 W
1919 (6-2-1)
Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy
World War I ended and the Shaughnessy program picked up speed as the team finished 6-2-1. The win over USL that ended the 1918 season and six wins to open the 1919 campaign were a school record seven wins in a row. A 7-7 tie with Georgia ended the winning streak. After a one-year break due to the war, the Tulane-LSU gridiron series resumed and it would stretch uninterrupted into the 1990s. A 73-0 win over Southwestern Louisiana and a 49-0 win over Mississippi College highlighted the season.
Date Opponent Location Score ResultO4 Jefferson New Orleans, La. 27-0 WO11 UL-Lafayette New Orleans, La. 73-0 WO18 at Spring Hill Jackson, Miss. 21-0 WO25 vs. Ole Miss Atlanta, Ga. 27-12 WN1 vs. Mississippi College Houston, Texas 49-0 WN8 Florida New Orleans, La. 14-2 WN15 at Georgia Augusta, Ga. 7-7 TN22 LSU New Orleans, La. 6-27 LN27 Washington & Lee New Orleans, La. 0-7 L
