| Summary: | "Joe Childress was the man of the day as he cleaned his cleats on Tulane jerseys, and led the Auburn Tigers to a resounding 27 to 0 win over the Tulane Green Wave. Joe did not disappoint his hometown fans who had come to Mobile to give him a "day". He intercepted one Greenie toss, and raced for two touchdowns, a 69 yard explosion in the first quarter on a desperation pass from Freeman, and a 14 yard dash in which he ran completely over a Tulane defender, apparently without breaking stride. The Robertsdale flash wound up the afternoon with a tidy sum of 114 yards, and a neat 71 yard average. When the Green Wave defenders were not chasing Childress, they were ineptly attempting to stop the Freeman-
Pyburn combination. Pyburn pulled in 6 passes for 147 yards, and the nifty quarter-back completed 11 of 17 attempted tosses, including the toss to Childress for the initial score, and a 56 yard toss to Middleton for the final 6-pointer. Freeman almost doubled the offensive output of the entire Tulane team. Auburn's hard charging forward wall again played its characteristic rock 'em, sock 'em type of ball. Frank D'Agostino, Jack Locklear, George Atkins, M. L. Brackett, and Chuck Maxime were out-standing in helping to hold the Tulane offense to a total gain of 74 yards." (Description from the 1955 Glomerata)
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