The biggest football game in Tulane history is by far the most significant in its oft-played series with Ole Miss.

Even though the Green Wave (11-2) has faced the Rebels (11-1) 74 times before Saturday’s first-round College Football Playoff at Vaught Hemingway Stadium—second in number only to its 98 meetings with LSU and including a first meeting all the way back in 1893—the matchups rarely contained any national import.

Only once, in 1948, have both teams been ranked in the final Associated Press poll during years they played each other. Tulane beat the No.-10 Rebels 20-7 at home in October, climbed into the top 20 the following week and ended up No. 13 after crushing LSU 46-0 at Tiger Stadium to complete a 9-1 season. The Rebels did not lose again, finishing 15th at 8-1.

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