🏈 SURPRISING SEC FACT: Tulane, who hasn't played in the SEC since 1965

[rick4bama]

Tulane, who hasn't played in the SEC since 1965, has more SEC Championships in football than over half of the conference's current members (Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt)
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[TerryP]

How many years was Tulane in the SEC versus that of every team in that list sans UK, State, and Vandy.

 

[rick4bama]

How many years was Tulane in the SEC versus that of every team in that list sans UK, State, and Vandy.

32 years.

Why Tulane left the SEC

On Dec. 8, 1932, Tulane University, along with 12 other schools from the 28 institution Southern Conference met in Knoxville, Tennessee to create a new athletic conference. Featuring teams such as in-state rival LSU and other football powerhouses including Alabama, Florida and Georgia, the new Southeastern Conference sought to be the most elite and powerful in all of college sports and would change the landscape of the sport forever.

 

[TerryP]

32 years.

Why Tulane left the SEC

On Dec. 8, 1932, Tulane University, along with 12 other schools from the 28 institution Southern Conference met in Knoxville, Tennessee to create a new athletic conference. Featuring teams such as in-state rival LSU and other football powerhouses including Alabama, Florida and Georgia, the new Southeastern Conference sought to be the most elite and powerful in all of college sports and would change the landscape of the sport forever.

That gives them bragging rights over UofSC and UArk. Those came in '92.

 

[252BAMA]

I always thought they had three, but the SEC credits them with only two.

Football SEC Champions - Southeastern Conference

Football SEC Champions

www.secsports.com

Whether it was two or three, their last was in 1949. Thirty eight years later, in 1987, the barn would win their thitd.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

The only surprising thing is that they thought this was newsworthy.