Tulane Green Wave football
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The Tulane Green Wave football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents Tulane University
in New Orleans. The team is a member of Conference USA
and is led by interim head coach Mark Hutson
, who took over on October 18, 2011, when fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo
resigned after the team went 2–5. It currently plays its home games off-campus in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, although the annual homecoming
game is sometimes played at Tad Gormley Stadium
, a 26,500-seat, multipurpose, open-air facility in City Park.
and Thomas Bayne
, who played the game at Yale University
. The first organized game was played on New year's day in 1890 and was the first football game in New Orleans or Louisiana by dividing the students into two teams. Tulane football began playing intercollegiate in 1893 and hit its stride in 1900
with a perfect 5–0 season, beating the Southern Athletic Club, Alabama
, Millsaps
, LSU
, and Ole Miss. In a 1912 game against Southwestern Louisiana, Tulane set records of 15 rushing touchdowns and 95 points that still stand. In 1925 the Green Wave again went undefeated, with only a tie against Missouri
to blemish its record. The administration declined a Rose Bowl
invitation, however, in order to keep the students in class.
. Tulane's third and fourth perfect regular seasons came in 1929
and 1931
, with a single loss to Northwestern
in Chicago
, Illinois
marring the 1930 campaign
. The 1931 team did go to the Rose Bowl, losing 21–12 to USC, and Gerald "Jerry" Dalrymple
became the only unanimous All-American
selection that year. In 1932
Tulane joined the Southeastern Conference
as a charter member. In 1935 Tulane began hosting the Sugar Bowl
in Tulane Stadium, an annual contest that eventually lent its name to the stadium itself. In 1939
the team completed its fifth unbeaten season, losing a close 14–13 battle to Texas A&M
in the Sugar Bowl. Tulane left the SEC in 1966 to become an independent. They had some success in the 1970s with three bowl invitations in the decade, including a memorable 17–3 victory in the 1970 Liberty Bowl
over the heavily favored Colorado Buffaloes
.
in downtown New Orleans
which was renamed the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in 2011. Tulane has the dubious distinction of being the only Division I-A football team ever to move from a larger, on-campus stadium to a smaller, off-campus stadium. Tulane Stadium was subsequently demolished in 1980. While Tulane has had the benefit of playing in an NFL standard facility under a controlled environment in the Superdome, many are critical of the 'Dome's sterile atmosphere, arguing it is not conducive to a real college football environment.
The 1980s and most of the 1990s were mainly down seasons for Tulane, with the lone highlight season coming in 1987
, when the Green Wave finished 6–6 under then head coach Mack Brown
, and lost to Washington
24–12 in the Independence Bowl
. The Green Wave that season were led by dynamic quarterback Terrence Jones and wide receiver Marc Zeno. Brown subsequently left Tulane for the head coaching post at the University of North Carolina
. He was succeeded at Tulane by his offensive coordinator Greg Davis. Davis failed to garner a winning season at Tulane and was fired in 1991
following a 1–10 campaign. Dartmouth head coach Buddy Teevens
was hired to turn the program around, but he too failed to muster a winning season during his tenure at Tulane and was fired following the 1996 season
. In 1995
, Tulane left the ranks of the independents and joined a new all-sports league called Conference USA
, formed by the merger of the Metro Conference
, the non-football conference it belonged to at the time, and the Great Midwest Conference
.
at Tulane football program started fresh with a new coach: Tommy Bowden
. Using players recruited during the Teevens era, Bowden's first season produced a 7–4 season, its first winning regular season since 1987; however, the Green Wave did not participate in a bowl game that year. The dramatic turnaround was only a preview of what was to come in Bowden's second year as coach. In 1998
, Tulane went undefeated for the first time since 1931. Quarterback Shaun King
led the Green Wave to a 12–0 record, a Conference USA championship and a final No. 7 national ranking. Despite a perfect regular season, the Green Wave was not invited to a BCS
bowl game — an event which contributed to questions about how college football championships and revenues are managed. All the more remarkable about this season was that King played with a cast on his left wrist, which was broken in the third game of the 1998 season. That year, King set the all-time NCAA passing efficiency record for quarterbacks, a record which, at 183.3, still stands.
Tommy Bowden departed Tulane to become head coach at Clemson University
in the middle of the 1998 season. He was replaced by Georgia assistant and South Louisiana native Chris Scelfo
, who was chosen in favor of popular Tulane offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez
. Rodriguez was the architect of the devastating spread offense that averaged 45 points per game during the 1998 season. On December 7, 1998, Tulane named Chris Scelfo head coach. Scelfo coached the Green Wave in the 1998 Liberty Bowl
, a 41–27 victory over the BYU Cougars which completed the perfect 12–0 season. Rodriguez, who had hoped to be named head coach, followed Bowden to Clemson to serve as offensive coordinator. He subsequently was hired in 2001 as the head coach of West Virginia University
, his alma mater, until he took the head coaching position at the University of Michigan
in December 2007.
The Chris Scelfo
era was highlighted by a 6–5 record in 2000 and a 2002 Hawaii Bowl
victory over the University of Hawaii
, which completed an 8–5 overall season for the Green Wave. Unfortunately for Scelfo and Tulane fans, the 2002 season
was the final winning season under Scelfo. Scelfo and his staff showed great resolve and courage in guiding Tulane football through an extraordinary 2005 season in which the Green Wave was displaced from New Orleans due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina and forced to play 11 games in 11 stadiums; the team finished the season at 2–9. After returning to a normal 2006 home schedule in the Superdome, Scelfo was fired by the University following a 4–8 season, his sixth losing season in eight years as head coach. Scelfo finished his career at Tulane with a 37–57 overall record.
Two quarterbacks developed by Scelfo and his staff, Patrick Ramsey
and JP Losman, were selected in the first round of the 2002
and 2004
NFL Draft
s by the Washington Redskins
and Buffalo Bills
, respectively. A third quarterback, Lester Ricard, was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars
as an undrafted free agent in 2007 and was on their practice squad the entire season. Mewelde Moore
, a lightly recruited running back out of Belaire High School in Baton Rouge, LA, was signed by Scelfo in 2000 and ultimately finished his four year career as Tulane's all-time leading rusher, surpassing the legendary Eddie Price
. Moore was selected in the 4th round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings
, where Moore was primarily used as a kick and punt returner.
head coach and current University of New Mexico offensive coordinator Bob Toledo
was selected as the 37th head coach in Tulane football history. Toledo, age 60, compiled a 49–32 overall record while at UCLA from 1996–2002, which included a Pac-10 title in 1998 and a 20-game winning streak between the 1997 and 1998 seasons. Ironically, Toledo became head coach at a school whom he lost a prized recruit to; JP Losman signed with UCLA in 1999 but transferred following UCLA's Spring practice to play for Scelfo at Tulane. It has been thought that Losman's transfer was one of the events that ultimately led to the demise of Toledo's tenure at UCLA.
Prior to his time as Bruins head coach, Toledo served as offensive coordinator at UCLA (1994–95), Texas A&M (1989–93) and Oregon
(1983–89). He also had stints as head coach at the University of Pacific
and UC Riverside
. The Green Wave finished 4–8 in Toledo's inaugural season, highlighted by the individual performance of running back Matt Forté
, who shattered several Green Wave records on his way to rushing for 2,127 yards and 23 touchdowns. In 2007, Forté broke the 200-yard rushing barrier five times and the 300-yard barrier twice, which included a Green Wave and Conference USA single game record 342 rushing yards against SMU
on October 20, 2007.
Toledo resigned on October 18, 2011, after the team started 2–5. Co-offensive coordinator Mark Hutson
then became interim head coach.
. After 1948, the rivalry became less competitive until 1973 when Tulane broke a 25-game losing streak with a 14-0 victory in front of a Tulane Stadium record crowd of 86,598 in the final installment of the long-time rivalry played on Tulane's campus. Between 1979 and 1982, Tulane won three out of four games against the Tigers; the 1982 win was the last win to date. The game stopped being played annually after the 1994 game. However, the teams have met only six times (1996, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) in the ensuing seventeen years. As of 2011, LSU leads the series 69-22-7 and has won 45 of the last 50 games.
. The teams played each other annually until 2005, when the league was split into two divisions.
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Gerald Brobbey DB, Dallas, TX (Berkner HS)
Willie Christian DL, Pensacola, FL (Pensacola HS)
Bobby Hoover TE, Katy, TX (Taylor HS)
Kass Kemper OL, Baton Rouge, LA (Catholic HS)
Kassem Khromachou OL, Plano, TX (Plano West HS)
Antonio Mason LB, Mobile, AL (Murphy HS)
Chris McGee OL, Beaumont, TX (Ozen HS)
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Fred Perkins WR, Brookhaven, MS (Brookhaven HS)
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Darren Sapp DB, Jacksonville, FL (Stanton Prep HS)
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Brandon Spincer DB, New Orleans, LA (St. Augustine HS)
Joe Traina OL, Coral Gables, FL (Coral Gables HS)
Matt Traina OL, Coral Gables, FL (Coral Gables HS)
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Bruce Youmans DB, Gibsonton, FL (East Bay HS)
Jerome Landry TE, New Orleans, La (Holy Cross HS)
Billy Malone QB, Paris, TX (North Lamar HS)
Bubba Terranova WR, Slidell, LA (Salmen HS)
Robert Hand TE, Spring, TX (Klein Oak HS)
Tye Graham TE, Kingwood, TX (Kingwood HS)
Scott Holt OL, New Orleans, LA (Holy Cross HS)
William Blaylock OL, Tyler, TX (John Tyler HS)
Derek Rogers OL, Saint Amant, LA (St. Amant HS)
Don Madlock OL, Tyler, TX (John Tyler HS)
Mark Burgess OL, Tampa, FL (Jesuit HS)
Taurean Brown DL, Katy, TX (Cinco Ranch HS)
Tommy Griffin S, Tyler, TX (John Tyler HS)
Beau Stubbs S, Slidell, LA (Salmen HS)
Jeremy Foreman DB, Lutcher, LA (Lutcher HS)
Ray Boudreaux RB, Abbeville, LA (Abbeville HS)
Jordy Johnson RB, Baton Rouge, LA (Parkview Baptist School)
Fred Smith WR, Destrehan, LA (Destrehan HS)
Kenneth Guidroz WR, Port Sulphur, LA (Port Sulphur HS)
Israel Route WR, Stone Mountain, GA (Stephenson HS)
Chris Bordelon OL, Alexandria, LA (Bolton HS)
Aryan Barto OL, Houston, TX (Stratford HS)
C.J. Davis DL, Mansfield, LA (Mansfield HS)
Justin Wade DL, Ellenwood, GA (Cedar Grove HS)
Tremell Jack DL, Jeanerette, LA (Jeanerette Senior HS)
Elijah Robinson DL, Camden, NJ (Woodrow Wilson HS)
Billy Harrison DL, Pensacola, FL (Pensacola Catholic HS)
Alvin Johnson DL, Harvey, LA (West Jefferson HS)
Preston Brown LB, Camden, NJ (Woodrow Wilson HS)
Craig Morris LB, Marrero, LA (Higgins, L W, HS)
Patrick Benford LB, Decatur, GA (Southwest Dekalb HS)
Kelvin Johnson LB, Homestead, FL (Homestead Senior HS)
Alton Widemon DB, Lindale, TX (Lindale HS)
Carlis Jackson DB, Slidell, LA (Salmen HS)
Jemarcus Smith DB, Destrehan, LA (Destrehan HS)
Barrett Pepper K, Bastrop, LA (Bastrop HS)
Adeboye Tuyo RB, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Anthony Crudup RB, Minneapolis, MN (Robbinsdale Cooper HS)
Ryan Bewley RB, Flower Mound, TX (Flower Mound HS)
Matt Forte
RB, Slidell, LA (Slidell HS)
Michael Batiste RB, Breaux Bridge, LA (Breaux Bridge HS)
Craig Gelhardt TE, Tallahassee, FL (Lincoln HS)
Gabriel Ratcliff TE, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Percy Huff OL, Greensburg, LA (St. Helena Central HS)
Tom Danel OL, Hammond, LA (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)
Michael Parenton OL, Thibodaux, LA (E. D. White Catholic HS)
Frank Morton DL, Decatur, GA (Southwest Dekalb HS)
Ryan Johnson DL, Dallas, TX (David W Carter HS)
Avery Williams DL, Houston, TX (Lamar HS)
Antonio Harris DL, Shreveport, LA (Green Oaks HS)
Julian Lowe DL, Greensburg, LA (St. Helena Central HS)
Julian Shives-Sams DL, Slidell, LA (Northshore HS)
Reggie Scott DL, Charlotte, NC (Harding University HS)
Michael McCabe LB, Kentwood, LA (Sumner, Jewel M, HS)
Jamal Johnson LB, New Orleans, LA (Redeemer Seton HS)
Michael Cox S, Metairie, LA (East Jefferson HS)
Joseph Goosby S, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Renovell Hill S, Kentwood, LA (Kentwood HS)
Josh Lumar CB, Edgard, LA (West Saint John HS)
Christian Ducre RB, Mandeville, LA (Fontainebleau HS)
Cary Koch RB, Baton Rouge, LA (The Dunham School)
Chris Dunn WR, Arlington, TX (Sam Houston HS)
Charles Harris WR, Irving, TX (Irving HS)
Brian King WR,Slidell, LA (Slidell HS)
Jeremy Williams WR, Baytown, TX (Sterling HS)
Justin Kessler TE, Alvarado, TX (Alvarado HS)
James Dillard TE, Miami, FL (Monsignor Pace HS)
John Landa OL, Houston, TX (Cypress Falls HS)
Travis Olexa OL, Houston, TX (St. Thomas HS)
Tyler Rice OL, Bradenton, FL (Lakewood Ranch HS)
Matt Slocum DL, West Monroe, LA (West Monroe HS)
Sean Carney DL, Dallas, TX (Jesuit College Prep School)
Jordan Ellis LB, Bay St Louis, MS (St. Stanislaus HS)
Ace Foyil LB, Mandeville, LA (Mandeville HS)
David Kirksey LB, Mobile, AL (W P Davidson HS)
James McMurchy LB, Houston, TX (Clear Lake HS)
Matthew Harding S, Garland, TX (S Garland HS)
Cory Sonnier S, Friendswood, TX (Clear Brook HS)
Robert James CB, Maplewood, TX (North ST. Paul)
Andre Anderson RB, Stone Mountain, GA (Stephenson HS)
Archie Gainous RB, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Kevin Ivey WR, Metairie, LA (Crescent City Baptist School)
Alan Mitchell WR, Ellenwood, GA (Cedar Grove HS)
Casey Robottom WR, La Place, LA (St. Charles Catholic HS)
Travis Burks WR, McDonough, GA (Union Grove HS)
Peter Hendrickson OL, Tampa, FL (Jesuit HS)
Nick Landry OL, Beaumont, TX (West Brook Sr HS)
Kevin Leary OL, Wayne, PA (Valley Forge Military Academy)
Oscar Ponce de Leon DL, River Ridge, LA (John Curtis Christian)
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Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
in New Orleans. The team is a member of Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
and is led by interim head coach Mark Hutson
Mark Hutson
Mark Hutson is an American football college coach and a former All-America offensive lineman for the Oklahoma Sooners in the 1980s and among the top players in school history.-Playing career:...
, who took over on October 18, 2011, when fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo
Bob Toledo
Bob Toledo is a former American football coach and player. Toledo served as the head coach at University of California, Riverside , the University of the Pacific , the University of California, Los Angeles , and Tulane University...
resigned after the team went 2–5. It currently plays its home games off-campus in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, although the annual homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
game is sometimes played at Tad Gormley Stadium
Tad Gormley Stadium
Tad Gormley Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium, located in City Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana, named for Frank "Tad" Gormley. It has been used for football, track & field, and soccer. It played host to the US Olympic Track & Field Trials for the 1992 Summer Olympics...
, a 26,500-seat, multipurpose, open-air facility in City Park.
Early years
Tulane's earliest athletic traditions are tied to its football team. Football was introduced to Tulane by HughHugh Aiken Bayne
Hugh Aiken Bayne was the son of Thomas Levingston Bayne, a lawyer who fought in the Civil War. His grandfather, John Gayle was a Congressman and Governor of Alabama....
and Thomas Bayne
T. L. Bayne
Thomas Levingston Bayne, Jr. was an American college football coach and attorney. He served as the first head football coach at Tulane University in 1893 and returned for a second season in 1895. Bayne was responsible for helping to introduce the sport of football to the city of New Orleans with...
, who played the game at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. The first organized game was played on New year's day in 1890 and was the first football game in New Orleans or Louisiana by dividing the students into two teams. Tulane football began playing intercollegiate in 1893 and hit its stride in 1900
1900 college football season
The 1900 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions....
with a perfect 5–0 season, beating the Southern Athletic Club, Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
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, Millsaps
Millsaps College
Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college located in Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 1890, the college is recognized as one of the country's best private colleges dedicated to undergraduate teaching and educating the whole individual. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Millsaps...
, LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
, and Ole Miss. In a 1912 game against Southwestern Louisiana, Tulane set records of 15 rushing touchdowns and 95 points that still stand. In 1925 the Green Wave again went undefeated, with only a tie against Missouri
Missouri Tigers
The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri, United States...
to blemish its record. The administration declined a Rose Bowl
1926 Rose Bowl
The 1926 Rose Bowl Game was held on January 1, 1926 in Pasadena, California. The game is commonly referred to as "the game that changed the south." The game featured the Alabama Crimson Tide, making their first bowl appearance, and the Washington Huskies....
invitation, however, in order to keep the students in class.
Tulane Stadium
1926 saw the completion of a new stadium on campus, Tulane StadiumTulane Stadium
Tulane Stadium was an outdoor football stadium located in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1926 to 1980. Officially known as the Third Tulane Stadium, it replaced the "Second Tulane Stadium" where the Telephone Exchange Building is now located...
. Tulane's third and fourth perfect regular seasons came in 1929
1929 college football season
The 1929 college football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents; Notre Dame was recognized as national champion under the Dickinson system...
and 1931
1931 college football season
The 1931 college football season saw the USC Trojans win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Rockne, who had coached Notre Dame to a championship in 1930, had been killed in a plane crash on March 31, 1931. For the first time, the champion under the...
, with a single loss to Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats football
The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876...
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
marring the 1930 campaign
1930 college football season
The 1930 college football season saw Notre Dame repeat as national champion under the Dickinson system, and a post-season Rose Bowl matchup between two unbeaten teams, Washington State and Alabama, ranked #2 and #3, respectively...
. The 1931 team did go to the Rose Bowl, losing 21–12 to USC, and Gerald "Jerry" Dalrymple
Jerry Dalrymple
Gerald R. "Jerry" Dalrymple was an American football player and coach of football and basketball in the United States. Dalrymple was All-Southern in sophomore year; All-American in his junior and senior year at Tulane University. In 1931, he was the only unanimous All-American in the country...
became the only unanimous All-American
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This...
selection that year. In 1932
1932 college football season
The 1932 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, however, the Wolverines were not able to accept a bid to the Rose...
Tulane joined the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
as a charter member. In 1935 Tulane began hosting the Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
in Tulane Stadium, an annual contest that eventually lent its name to the stadium itself. In 1939
1939 college football season
The 1939 college football season concluded with the Aggies of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas being named as the national champions by the voters in the Associated Press writers' poll....
the team completed its fifth unbeaten season, losing a close 14–13 battle to Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
in the Sugar Bowl. Tulane left the SEC in 1966 to become an independent. They had some success in the 1970s with three bowl invitations in the decade, including a memorable 17–3 victory in the 1970 Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl
The Liberty Bowl is an annual U.S. American college football bowl game played in December of each year from 1959 to 2007 and in January in 2009 and 2010. The Liberty Bowl was sponsored by AXA Financial and was known as the AXA Liberty Bowl from 1997 to 2003...
over the heavily favored Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado Buffaloes football
The Colorado Buffaloes football program represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference, having previously been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. Before joining the Big 12,...
.
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
A seminal moment in the history of Tulane football occurred following the 1974 season, when the Green Wave moved all of its home games to the new Louisiana SuperdomeLouisiana Superdome
The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, previously known as the Louisiana Superdome and colloquially known as the Superdome, is a sports and exhibition arena located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA...
in downtown New Orleans
Downtown New Orleans
In New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, "downtown" has historically referred to neighborhoods along the Mississippi River down-river from Canal Street, including the French Quarter, Treme, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, the 9th Ward, and other neighborhoods...
which was renamed the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in 2011. Tulane has the dubious distinction of being the only Division I-A football team ever to move from a larger, on-campus stadium to a smaller, off-campus stadium. Tulane Stadium was subsequently demolished in 1980. While Tulane has had the benefit of playing in an NFL standard facility under a controlled environment in the Superdome, many are critical of the 'Dome's sterile atmosphere, arguing it is not conducive to a real college football environment.
The 1980s and most of the 1990s were mainly down seasons for Tulane, with the lone highlight season coming in 1987
1987 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its second national championship during the 80s in an Orange Bowl match-up featuring a rare #1 vs...
, when the Green Wave finished 6–6 under then head coach Mack Brown
Mack Brown
William Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to his head coach position at Texas, Brown was head coach at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs...
, and lost to Washington
Washington Huskies football
College football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by...
24–12 in the Independence Bowl
Independence Bowl
The Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, so named because it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976....
. The Green Wave that season were led by dynamic quarterback Terrence Jones and wide receiver Marc Zeno. Brown subsequently left Tulane for the head coaching post at the University of North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels football
The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in collegiate level football. In Carolina’s first 121 seasons of football competition, the Tar Heels have compiled a record of 646–488–54, a winning percentage of .566...
. He was succeeded at Tulane by his offensive coordinator Greg Davis. Davis failed to garner a winning season at Tulane and was fired in 1991
1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split champion for the second consecutive season. Both the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies finished the season undefeated and with the top ranking in a nationally recognized poll...
following a 1–10 campaign. Dartmouth head coach Buddy Teevens
Buddy Teevens
Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:...
was hired to turn the program around, but he too failed to muster a winning season during his tenure at Tulane and was fired following the 1996 season
1996 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped....
. In 1995
1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Alliance and was a relatively calm year compared to the early 1990s.Tom Osborne led Nebraska to its second straight national title with a victory over Florida in the Fiesta Bowl....
, Tulane left the ranks of the independents and joined a new all-sports league called Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
, formed by the merger of the Metro Conference
Metro Conference
The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States...
, the non-football conference it belonged to at the time, and the Great Midwest Conference
Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was an NCAA Division I athletics conference which existed from 1991 to 1995.It was formed in 1990 with six members--Cincinnati and Memphis State from the Metro Conference; UAB from the Sun Belt Conference; Marquette and Saint Louis from the Midwestern Collegiate...
.
Tommy Bowden
The 1997 football season1997 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-A level, began in late summer 1997 and culminated with the major bowl games in early January 1998. The national championship was...
at Tulane football program started fresh with a new coach: Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008...
. Using players recruited during the Teevens era, Bowden's first season produced a 7–4 season, its first winning regular season since 1987; however, the Green Wave did not participate in a bowl game that year. The dramatic turnaround was only a preview of what was to come in Bowden's second year as coach. In 1998
1998 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which saw Tennessee win the national championship, one year after star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL...
, Tulane went undefeated for the first time since 1931. Quarterback Shaun King
Shaun King
Shaun Earl King is a former Tulane University and National Football League quarterback.-High School:King is a 1995 graduate of Gibbs High School .-College:...
led the Green Wave to a 12–0 record, a Conference USA championship and a final No. 7 national ranking. Despite a perfect regular season, the Green Wave was not invited to a BCS
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...
bowl game — an event which contributed to questions about how college football championships and revenues are managed. All the more remarkable about this season was that King played with a cast on his left wrist, which was broken in the third game of the 1998 season. That year, King set the all-time NCAA passing efficiency record for quarterbacks, a record which, at 183.3, still stands.
Tommy Bowden departed Tulane to become head coach at Clemson University
Clemson Tigers football
The Clemson Tigers football team is an American football team from Clemson University in South Carolina. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
in the middle of the 1998 season. He was replaced by Georgia assistant and South Louisiana native Chris Scelfo
Chris Scelfo
Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two...
, who was chosen in favor of popular Tulane offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez
Richard A. "Rich" Rodriguez is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University , Glenville State College , West Virginia University , and the University...
. Rodriguez was the architect of the devastating spread offense that averaged 45 points per game during the 1998 season. On December 7, 1998, Tulane named Chris Scelfo head coach. Scelfo coached the Green Wave in the 1998 Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl
The Liberty Bowl is an annual U.S. American college football bowl game played in December of each year from 1959 to 2007 and in January in 2009 and 2010. The Liberty Bowl was sponsored by AXA Financial and was known as the AXA Liberty Bowl from 1997 to 2003...
, a 41–27 victory over the BYU Cougars which completed the perfect 12–0 season. Rodriguez, who had hoped to be named head coach, followed Bowden to Clemson to serve as offensive coordinator. He subsequently was hired in 2001 as the head coach of West Virginia University
West Virginia Mountaineers football
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. Dana Holgorsen is the team's 33rd head coach. He has held the position since he was promoted in June 2011 after the resignation of Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers play their...
, his alma mater, until he took the head coaching position at the University of Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
in December 2007.
Chris Scelfo
Chris Scelfo
Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two...
era was highlighted by a 6–5 record in 2000 and a 2002 Hawaii Bowl
Hawaii Bowl
The Hawaii Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since 2002. Typically played on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the game matches teams from either...
victory over the University of Hawaii
Hawaii Warriors football
The Hawaii Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team, which is currently coached by Greg McMackin, is part of the Western Athletic Conference until 2012, when the team joins the Mountain West Conference.The Hawaii Warriors...
, which completed an 8–5 overall season for the Green Wave. Unfortunately for Scelfo and Tulane fans, the 2002 season
2002 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 2002 Tulane Green Wave football team represented the Tulane University in the 2002 college football season. Led by J.P. Losman, the Green Wave won the Hawaii Bowl for the first time in the school's history.-Schedule:...
was the final winning season under Scelfo. Scelfo and his staff showed great resolve and courage in guiding Tulane football through an extraordinary 2005 season in which the Green Wave was displaced from New Orleans due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina and forced to play 11 games in 11 stadiums; the team finished the season at 2–9. After returning to a normal 2006 home schedule in the Superdome, Scelfo was fired by the University following a 4–8 season, his sixth losing season in eight years as head coach. Scelfo finished his career at Tulane with a 37–57 overall record.
Two quarterbacks developed by Scelfo and his staff, Patrick Ramsey
Patrick Ramsey
Patrick Allen Ramsey is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins 32nd overall in the 2002 NFL Draft...
and JP Losman, were selected in the first round of the 2002
2002 NFL Draft
The 2002 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft took place April 20–21, 2002 at the theater at...
and 2004
2004 NFL Draft
The 2004 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24-25, 2004 at the theater at Madison Square Garden...
NFL Draft
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...
s by the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
and Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, respectively. A third quarterback, Lester Ricard, was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
as an undrafted free agent in 2007 and was on their practice squad the entire season. Mewelde Moore
Mewelde Moore
Mewelde Jaem Cadere Moore is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
, a lightly recruited running back out of Belaire High School in Baton Rouge, LA, was signed by Scelfo in 2000 and ultimately finished his four year career as Tulane's all-time leading rusher, surpassing the legendary Eddie Price
Eddie Price
Edward J. Price was an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Tulane University and was drafted in the second round of the 1950 NFL Draft. Price led the NFL in rushing in 1951...
. Moore was selected in the 4th round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
, where Moore was primarily used as a kick and punt returner.
Bob Toledo
On December 11, 2006, former UCLA BruinsUCLA Bruins Football
The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in college football as members of the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll...
head coach and current University of New Mexico offensive coordinator Bob Toledo
Bob Toledo
Bob Toledo is a former American football coach and player. Toledo served as the head coach at University of California, Riverside , the University of the Pacific , the University of California, Los Angeles , and Tulane University...
was selected as the 37th head coach in Tulane football history. Toledo, age 60, compiled a 49–32 overall record while at UCLA from 1996–2002, which included a Pac-10 title in 1998 and a 20-game winning streak between the 1997 and 1998 seasons. Ironically, Toledo became head coach at a school whom he lost a prized recruit to; JP Losman signed with UCLA in 1999 but transferred following UCLA's Spring practice to play for Scelfo at Tulane. It has been thought that Losman's transfer was one of the events that ultimately led to the demise of Toledo's tenure at UCLA.
Oregon Ducks football
The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the...
(1983–89). He also had stints as head coach at the University of Pacific
Pacific Tigers football
The Pacific Tigers football team represented University of the Pacific in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team competed in the Big West Conference during their last season in 1995...
and UC Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
. The Green Wave finished 4–8 in Toledo's inaugural season, highlighted by the individual performance of running back Matt Forté
Matt Forté
Matthew Garrett Forté is an American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bears in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
, who shattered several Green Wave records on his way to rushing for 2,127 yards and 23 touchdowns. In 2007, Forté broke the 200-yard rushing barrier five times and the 300-yard barrier twice, which included a Green Wave and Conference USA single game record 342 rushing yards against SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
on October 20, 2007.
Toledo resigned on October 18, 2011, after the team started 2–5. Co-offensive coordinator Mark Hutson
Mark Hutson
Mark Hutson is an American football college coach and a former All-America offensive lineman for the Oklahoma Sooners in the 1980s and among the top players in school history.-Playing career:...
then became interim head coach.
LSU Tigers
Tulane's biggest and oldest rival is LSU. It began in 1893 with a 34-0 Green Wave victory over the Tigers. Since then the teams have met nearly every year in the Battle for the RagBattle for the Rag
The Battle for the Rag 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 University...
. After 1948, the rivalry became less competitive until 1973 when Tulane broke a 25-game losing streak with a 14-0 victory in front of a Tulane Stadium record crowd of 86,598 in the final installment of the long-time rivalry played on Tulane's campus. Between 1979 and 1982, Tulane won three out of four games against the Tigers; the 1982 win was the last win to date. The game stopped being played annually after the 1994 game. However, the teams have met only six times (1996, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) in the ensuing seventeen years. As of 2011, LSU leads the series 69-22-7 and has won 45 of the last 50 games.
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Known as the Battle for the Bell, Tulane's rivalry with Southern Miss is mainly a product of Conference USAConference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
. The teams played each other annually until 2005, when the league was split into two divisions.
Yearly records
| Year | Record | Win % | Head Coach | Conf Place | Bowl | Final AP | Final BCS |
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| 1893 | 1-2 | .333 | T.L. Bayne | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1894 | 0-4 | .000 | Fred Sweet | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1895 | 3-2 | .600 | T.L. Bayne | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1896 | 3-2 | .600 | Harry Baum Harry Baum Harry W. Baum was an American college football coach and construction engineer. He served as the head coach at Tulane University in 1896. Baum attended the University of Illinois, where he played on the football team as a halfback.-Biography:Baum attended the University of Illinois, where he... |
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| 1897 | No Varsity Team | ||||||
| 1898 | 1-1 | .500 | John Lombard John Lombard John Edward Lombard was an American college football coach and player, professor, education official, and engineer. He served as the head coach of the Tulane University football team in 1898... |
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| 1899 | 0-6-1 | .000 | H.T. Collier | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1900 | 5-0 | 1.000 | H.T. Summersgill | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1901 | 5-1 | .833 | H.T. Summersgill | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1902 | 1-4-2 | .143 | V. Dabney C. Green |
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| 1903 | 2-2-1 | .400 | C. Eshleman Charles Eshleman Charles Leverich Eshleman, M.D., was an American physician and college football coach. He served as the Tulane University football coach for one season, and amassed a 2–2–1 record in 1903.-Biography:... R. Wood |
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| 1904 | 5-2 | .714 | T. Barry Thomas A. Barry Thomas Austin Barry was an American college football coach and player, lawyer, and industrial adviser. He served as the head coach at Tulane University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Denver... J. Janvier (asst.) |
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| 1905 | 0-1 | .000 | J. Tobin John F. Tobin John F. "Jack" Tobin was an American college football player and coach. Tobin attended the University of Chicago, where he played college football under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg. He was a "star guard" for the Maroons during the 1904 season. In 1905, he served as head coach at Tulane University... Harry Ludlow (asst.) |
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| 1906 | 0-4-1 | .000 | John Russ | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1907 | 3-2 | .600 | Joe Curtis Joe Curtis Joseph S. "Big Joe" Curtis was an American football player and coach. While playing for the University of Michigan, he was selected as a first-team All-Western tackle three consecutive years from 1904–1906 and as an All-American in 1904 and 1905... |
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| 1908 | 7-1 | .875 | Joe Curtis Joe Curtis Joseph S. "Big Joe" Curtis was an American football player and coach. While playing for the University of Michigan, he was selected as a first-team All-Western tackle three consecutive years from 1904–1906 and as an All-American in 1904 and 1905... |
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| 1909 | 4-3-2 | .444 | Buster Brown R. M. Brown Robert M. "Buster" Brown was the head coach of the Virginia Tech college football program in 1908. In 1909, he coached the school's baseball team. That year, he left to take over as head football coach at Tulane University, which he led to a 4–5–2 record.Brown attended Dartmouth... |
-- | Lost to Havana Athletic Club 11-0 in Bacardi Bowl Bacardi Bowl Bacardi Bowl was a college football bowl game played seven times in Havana, Cuba at La Tropical Stadium. Sometimes referred to as the Rhumba Bowl or the Cigar Bowl, the game was the climaxing event of Cuba’s annual National Sports Festival. The first five occurrences matched an American college... |
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| 1910 | 0-7 | .000 | A. A. Mason A. A. Mason -External links:... |
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| 1911 | 5-3-1 | .556 | A. A. Mason A. A. Mason -External links:... |
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| 1912 | 5-3 | .625 | A. A. Mason A. A. Mason -External links:... |
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| 1913 | 3-5 | .375 | A. C. Hoffman A. C. Hoffman Arthur Charles Hoffman is a former head coach of the Tulane college football program from 1913-1913.-Head coaching record:-References:... |
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| 1914 | 3-3-1 | .429 | E.R. Sweetland Edwin Sweetland Edwin Regur Sweetland was a coach and athletic administrator at several American universities. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field and crew, but the majority of for his coaching work was in football. Though mainly known for football, he... |
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| 1915 | 4-4 | .500 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1916 | 4-3-1 | .500 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1917 | 5-3 | .625 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1918 | 4-1-1 | .667 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1919 | 6-2-1 | .667 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1920 | 6-2-1 | .667 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1921 | 4-6 | .400 | Myron Fuller Myron Fuller Myron E. Fuller was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Stevens Institute of Technology , the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , and Tulane University , compiling a career college football record of 10–34–1... |
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| 1922 | 4-4 | .500 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1923 | 6-3-1 | .600 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1924 | 8-1 | .889 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1925 | 9-0-1 | .900 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1926 | 3-5-1 | .333 | Clark Shaughnessy Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the... |
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| 1927 | 2-5-1 | .250 | Bernie Bierman Bernie Bierman Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman was an American football player and coach. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces... |
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| 1928 | 6-3-1 | .600 | Bernie Bierman Bernie Bierman Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman was an American football player and coach. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces... |
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| 1929 | 9-0 | 1.000 | Bernie Bierman Bernie Bierman Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman was an American football player and coach. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces... |
-- | Invited to the Rose Bowl, but declined in order to keep students in class |
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| 1930 | 8-1 | .889 | Bernie Bierman Bernie Bierman Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman was an American football player and coach. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces... |
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| 1931 | 11-1 | .917 | Bernie Bierman Bernie Bierman Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman was an American football player and coach. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces... |
-- | Lost to USC 12-21 in the Rose Bowl 1932 Rose Bowl The 1932 Rose Bowl was the 18th Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on New Year's Day 1932 in Pasadena, California. It featured the against the USC Trojans... |
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| 1932 | 6-2-1 | .667 | Ted Cox | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1933 | 6-3-1 | .600 | Ted Cox | 5th SEC | -- | -- | |
| 1934 | 10-1 | .909 | Ted Cox | T1st SEC | Defeated Temple Temple Owls football The Temple Owls football team participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference... 20-14 in the Sugar Bowl 1935 Sugar Bowl The 1935 Sugar Bowl was the first Sugar Bowl game and Tulane hosted unbeaten Temple before a crowd of 22,206 in New Orleans. Temple took a 14-0 lead before Tulane came back to win the game 20-14 The game was played at Tulane's home field, so it was technically a home game for the Green Wave... |
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| 1935 | 6-4 | .600 | Ted Cox | T6th SEC | -- | -- | |
| 1936 | 6-3-1 | .600 | Lowell Dawson Red Dawson Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman... |
8th SEC | -- | ||
| 1937 | 5-4-1 | .500 | Lowell Dawson Red Dawson Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman... |
9th SEC | -- | ||
| 1938 | 7-2-1 | .700 | Lowell Dawson Red Dawson Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman... |
T2nd SEC | 19th | -- | |
| 1939 | 8-1-1 | .800 | Lowell Dawson Red Dawson Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman... |
T1st SEC | Lost to Texas A&M Texas A&M Aggies football The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18... 13-14 in the Sugar Bowl 1940 Sugar Bowl The 1940 Sugar Bowl featured the top ranked Texas A&M Aggies, and the fifth ranked Tulane Green Wave. The game was played at Tulane's home field, so it was technically a home game for the Green Wave.... |
5th | -- |
| 1940 | 5-5 | .500 | Lowell Dawson Red Dawson Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman... |
10th SEC | -- | ||
| 1941 | 5-4 | .556 | Lowell Dawson Red Dawson Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman... |
8th SEC | -- | ||
| 1942 | 4-5 | .444 | Claude Simons, Jr. Claude Simons, Jr. Claude M. "Little Monk" Simons, Jr. was an American college football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tulane from 1942 to 1945 and amassed a 13–17–1 record... |
10th SEC | -- | ||
| 1943 | 3-3 | .500 | Claude Simons, Jr. Claude Simons, Jr. Claude M. "Little Monk" Simons, Jr. was an American college football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tulane from 1942 to 1945 and amassed a 13–17–1 record... |
T2nd SEC | -- | ||
| 1944 | 4-3 | .571 | Claude Simons, Jr. Claude Simons, Jr. Claude M. "Little Monk" Simons, Jr. was an American college football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tulane from 1942 to 1945 and amassed a 13–17–1 record... |
8th SEC | -- | ||
| 1945 | 2-6-1 | .222 | Claude Simons, Jr. Claude Simons, Jr. Claude M. "Little Monk" Simons, Jr. was an American college football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tulane from 1942 to 1945 and amassed a 13–17–1 record... |
10th SEC | -- | ||
| 1946 | 3-7 | .300 | Henry E. Frnka | 9th SEC | -- | ||
| 1947 | 2-5-2 | .222 | Henry E. Frnka | 7th SEC | -- | ||
| 1948 | 9-1 | .900 | Henry E. Frnka | 3rd SEC | 13th | -- | |
| 1949 | 7-2-1 | .700 | Henry E. Frnka | 1st SEC | -- | ||
| 1950 | 6-2-1 | .667 | Henry E. Frnka | 4th SEC | 20th | -- | |
| 1951 | 4-6 | .400 | Henry E. Frnka | 12th SEC | -- | ||
| 1952 | 5-5 | .500 | Raymond Wolf Raymond Wolf Raymond Bernard "Bear" Wolf was an American football player and coach. Wolf was a native of Illinois and an alumnus of Texas Christian University, where he played college football and baseball... |
8th SEC | -- | ||
| 1953 | 1-8-1 | .100 | Raymond Wolf Raymond Wolf Raymond Bernard "Bear" Wolf was an American football player and coach. Wolf was a native of Illinois and an alumnus of Texas Christian University, where he played college football and baseball... |
12th SEC | -- | ||
| 1954 | 1-6-3 | .100 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
10th SEC | -- | ||
| 1955 | 5-4-1 | .500 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
T6th SEC | -- | ||
| 1956 | 6-4 | .600 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
T6th SEC | -- | ||
| 1957 | 2-8 | .200 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
10th SEC | -- | ||
| 1958 | 3-7 | .300 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
11th SEC | -- | ||
| 1959 | 3-6-1 | .300 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
11th SEC | -- | ||
| 1960 | 3-6-1 | .300 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
10th SEC | -- | ||
| 1961 | 2-8 | .200 | Andy Pilney Andy Pilney -External links:... |
T10th SEC | -- | ||
| 1962 | 0-10 | .000 | Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle was a college football coach at Southwest Missouri State and Tulane. From 1947 to 1948, he served as Southwest Missouri State's head football coach, and was very successful going 7-2-1 and 9-2 in his 2 seasons, giving him an overall record there of 16-4-1. In 1962, an opportunity... |
12th SEC | -- | ||
| 1963 | 1-8-1 | .100 | Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle was a college football coach at Southwest Missouri State and Tulane. From 1947 to 1948, he served as Southwest Missouri State's head football coach, and was very successful going 7-2-1 and 9-2 in his 2 seasons, giving him an overall record there of 16-4-1. In 1962, an opportunity... |
12th SEC | -- | ||
| 1964 | 3-7 | .300 | Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle was a college football coach at Southwest Missouri State and Tulane. From 1947 to 1948, he served as Southwest Missouri State's head football coach, and was very successful going 7-2-1 and 9-2 in his 2 seasons, giving him an overall record there of 16-4-1. In 1962, an opportunity... |
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| 1965 | 2-8 | .200 | Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle Tommy O'Boyle was a college football coach at Southwest Missouri State and Tulane. From 1947 to 1948, he served as Southwest Missouri State's head football coach, and was very successful going 7-2-1 and 9-2 in his 2 seasons, giving him an overall record there of 16-4-1. In 1962, an opportunity... |
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| 1966 | 5-4-1 | .500 | Jim Pittman Jim Pittman -References:... |
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| 1967 | 3-7 | .300 | Jim Pittman Jim Pittman -References:... |
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| 1968 | 2-8 | .200 | Jim Pittman Jim Pittman -References:... |
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| 1969 | 3-7 | .300 | Jim Pittman Jim Pittman -References:... |
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| 1970 | 8-4 | .667 | Jim Pittman Jim Pittman -References:... |
-- | Defeated Colorado Colorado Buffaloes football The Colorado Buffaloes football program represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference, having previously been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. Before joining the Big 12,... 17-3 in the Liberty Bowl 1970 Liberty Bowl The 1970 Liberty Bowl, part of the 1970 bowl game season, took place on December 13, 1970, at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams were the , competing as an independent and the , representing the Big Eight Conference . Tulane won the game 17–3.-Tulane:Entering the... |
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| 1971 | 3-8 | .273 | Bennie Ellender Bennie Ellender -External links:*... |
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| 1972 | 6-5 | .545 | Bennie Ellender Bennie Ellender -External links:*... |
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| 1973 | 9-3 | .750 | Bennie Ellender Bennie Ellender -External links:*... |
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| 1974 | 5-6 | .455 | Bennie Ellender Bennie Ellender -External links:*... |
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| 1975 | 4-7 | .364 | Bennie Ellender Bennie Ellender -External links:*... |
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| 1976 | 2-9 | .182 | Larry Smith | -- | -- | ||
| 1977 | 3-8 | .273 | Larry Smith | -- | -- | ||
| 1978 | 4-7 | .364 | Larry Smith | -- | -- | ||
| 1979 | 9-3 | .750 | Larry Smith | -- | Lost to Penn State Penn State Nittany Lions football The Penn State Nittany Lions football team represents the Pennsylvania State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big Ten Conference. It is one of the most tradition-rich and storied college football programs in the... 3-6 in the Liberty Bowl |
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| 1980 | 7-5 | .583 | Vince Gibson Vince Gibson Vince Gibson is a former American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Kansas State University , the University of Louisville , and Tulane University , compiling a career college football record of 75–98–2... |
-- | Lost to Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks football The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association... 15-34 in the Hall of Fame Classic |
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| 1981 | 6-5 | .545 | Vince Gibson Vince Gibson Vince Gibson is a former American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Kansas State University , the University of Louisville , and Tulane University , compiling a career college football record of 75–98–2... |
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| 1982 | 4-7 | .364 | Vince Gibson Vince Gibson Vince Gibson is a former American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Kansas State University , the University of Louisville , and Tulane University , compiling a career college football record of 75–98–2... |
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| 1983 | 2-9 | .182 | Wally English Wally English Wallace "Wally" English is a former American football coach. He was the head coach of the Tulane Green Wave college football program from 1983-84. He also coached 6 other college teams and 3 NFL teams. He was the offensive coordinator of the Miami dolphins in 1981-1982.-Head coaching... |
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| 1984 | 3-8 | .273 | Wally English Wally English Wallace "Wally" English is a former American football coach. He was the head coach of the Tulane Green Wave college football program from 1983-84. He also coached 6 other college teams and 3 NFL teams. He was the offensive coordinator of the Miami dolphins in 1981-1982.-Head coaching... |
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| 1985 | 1-10 | .091 | Mack Brown Mack Brown William Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to his head coach position at Texas, Brown was head coach at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs... |
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| 1986 | 4-7 | .364 | Mack Brown Mack Brown William Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to his head coach position at Texas, Brown was head coach at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs... |
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| 1987 | 6-6 | .500 | Mack Brown Mack Brown William Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to his head coach position at Texas, Brown was head coach at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs... |
-- | Lost to Washington Washington Huskies football College football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by... 12-24 in the Independence Bowl Independence Bowl The Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, so named because it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976.... |
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| 1988 | 5-6 | .455 | Greg Davis | -- | -- | ||
| 1989 | 4-8 | .333 | Greg Davis | -- | -- | ||
| 1990 | 4-7 | .364 | Greg Davis | -- | -- | ||
| 1991 | 1-10 | .091 | Greg Davis | -- | -- | ||
| 1992 | 2-9 | .182 | Buddy Teevens Buddy Teevens Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:... |
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| 1993 | 4-8 | .333 | Buddy Teevens Buddy Teevens Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:... |
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| 1994 | 1-10 | .091 | Buddy Teevens Buddy Teevens Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:... |
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| 1995 | 2-9 | .182 | Buddy Teevens Buddy Teevens Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:... |
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| 1996 | 2-9 | .182 | Buddy Teevens Buddy Teevens Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:... |
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| 1997 | 7-4 | .636 | Tommy Bowden Tommy Bowden Tommy Bowden is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008... |
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| 1998 1998 Tulane Green Wave football team The 1998 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 1998 college football season. The Green Wave finished with a record of 12 wins and no losses, one of only two NCAA Division 1-A teams to complete the season undefeated, the other being the BCS champion Tennessee... |
12-0 | 1.000 | Tommy Bowden Tommy Bowden Tommy Bowden is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008... Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
1st C-USA | Defeated BYU Brigham Young University Cougars football The Brigham Young Cougars football team is a college football program representing Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The Cougars won the national championship in 1984 and have a Heisman Trophy winner in Ty Detmer. Since 1965, BYU has claimed 23 conference championships and played in 29 bowl... 41-27 in the Liberty Bowl 1998 Liberty Bowl The 1998 AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl, part of the 1998 bowl game season, took place on December 31, 1998, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams were the Tulane Green Wave, representing the Conference USA and the , representing the Western Athletic Conference... |
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| 1999 | 3-8 | .273 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
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| 2000 | 6-5 | .545 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
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| 2001 | 3-9 | .250 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
9th C-USA | |||
| 2002 2002 Tulane Green Wave football team The 2002 Tulane Green Wave football team represented the Tulane University in the 2002 college football season. Led by J.P. Losman, the Green Wave won the Hawaii Bowl for the first time in the school's history.-Schedule:... |
8-5 | .615 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
5th C-USA | Defeated Hawaiʻi Hawaii Warriors football The Hawaii Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team, which is currently coached by Greg McMackin, is part of the Western Athletic Conference until 2012, when the team joins the Mountain West Conference.The Hawaii Warriors... 36-28 in the Hawaii Bowl 2002 Hawaii Bowl The 2002 ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl was the inaugural Hawaii Bowl game and matched the hometown Hawaii Warriors with the Tulane Green Wave. Hawaii came into the game 10-2 and Tulane came into the game 6-5.... |
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| 2003 | 5-7 | .417 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
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| 2004 | 5-6 | .455 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
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| 2005 | 2-9 | .182 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
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| 2006 | 4-8 | .333 | Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach, currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and amassed a 37–57 record. Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two... |
6th C-USA W | |||
| 2007 | 4-8 | .333 | Bob Toledo Bob Toledo Bob Toledo is a former American football coach and player. Toledo served as the head coach at University of California, Riverside , the University of the Pacific , the University of California, Los Angeles , and Tulane University... |
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| 2008 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team The 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football during the 2008 season. Tulane competed as a member of the Conference USA.... |
2-10 | .167 | Bob Toledo Bob Toledo Bob Toledo is a former American football coach and player. Toledo served as the head coach at University of California, Riverside , the University of the Pacific , the University of California, Los Angeles , and Tulane University... |
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| 2009 2009 Tulane Green Wave football team The 2009 Tulane University football team represented Tulane University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. It was the Green Wave's third year under head coach Bob Toledo. The Green Wave finished the season 3–9 and 1–7 in CUSA play.... |
3-9 | .250 | Bob Toledo Bob Toledo Bob Toledo is a former American football coach and player. Toledo served as the head coach at University of California, Riverside , the University of the Pacific , the University of California, Los Angeles , and Tulane University... |
6th C-USA W | |||
| 2010 2010 Tulane Green Wave football team The 2010 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2010 college football season. The Green Wave, led by fourth-year head coach Bob Toledo, are members of Conference USA in the West Division and played their home games at the Louisiana Superdome. They finished the season... |
4-8 | .333 | Bob Toledo Bob Toledo Bob Toledo is a former American football coach and player. Toledo served as the head coach at University of California, Riverside , the University of the Pacific , the University of California, Los Angeles , and Tulane University... |
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| 2011 2011 Tulane Green Wave football team The 2011 Tulane Green Wave football team represents Tulane University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave plays their home games at the Louisiana Superdome, which was renamed the Mercedes-Benz Superdome effective October 23... |
2-11 | .154 | Bob Toledo Bob Toledo Bob Toledo is a former American football coach and player. Toledo served as the head coach at University of California, Riverside , the University of the Pacific , the University of California, Los Angeles , and Tulane University... Mark Hutson Mark Hutson Mark Hutson is an American football college coach and a former All-America offensive lineman for the Oklahoma Sooners in the 1980s and among the top players in school history.-Playing career:... |
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2001
Jay Ashton DL, Monroe, LA (Ouachita HS)Trawick Boger DB, Decatur, GA (Southwest DeKalb HS)
Gerald Brobbey DB, Dallas, TX (Berkner HS)
Willie Christian DL, Pensacola, FL (Pensacola HS)
Bobby Hoover TE, Katy, TX (Taylor HS)
Kass Kemper OL, Baton Rouge, LA (Catholic HS)
Kassem Khromachou OL, Plano, TX (Plano West HS)
Antonio Mason LB, Mobile, AL (Murphy HS)
Chris McGee OL, Beaumont, TX (Ozen HS)
Cletus McGee WR, Tyler, TX (John Tyler HS)
Fred Perkins WR, Brookhaven, MS (Brookhaven HS)
Brandon Rottmayer DL, Clearwater, FL (Countryside HS)
Laine Sambrooks DL, Houston, TX (Kingwood HS)
Jeff Sanders RB, Jackson, MS (Provine HS)
Darren Sapp DB, Jacksonville, FL (Stanton Prep HS)
Tristan Smith WR, Slidell, LA (Salmen HS)
Brandon Spincer DB, New Orleans, LA (St. Augustine HS)
Joe Traina OL, Coral Gables, FL (Coral Gables HS)
Matt Traina OL, Coral Gables, FL (Coral Gables HS)
Chris Williams LB, New Orleans, LA (Carver HS)
Bruce Youmans DB, Gibsonton, FL (East Bay HS)
Jerome Landry TE, New Orleans, La (Holy Cross HS)
2002
Nick Cannon QB, Boutte, LA (Hahnville HS)Billy Malone QB, Paris, TX (North Lamar HS)
Bubba Terranova WR, Slidell, LA (Salmen HS)
Robert Hand TE, Spring, TX (Klein Oak HS)
Tye Graham TE, Kingwood, TX (Kingwood HS)
Scott Holt OL, New Orleans, LA (Holy Cross HS)
William Blaylock OL, Tyler, TX (John Tyler HS)
Derek Rogers OL, Saint Amant, LA (St. Amant HS)
Don Madlock OL, Tyler, TX (John Tyler HS)
Mark Burgess OL, Tampa, FL (Jesuit HS)
Taurean Brown DL, Katy, TX (Cinco Ranch HS)
Tommy Griffin S, Tyler, TX (John Tyler HS)
Beau Stubbs S, Slidell, LA (Salmen HS)
Jeremy Foreman DB, Lutcher, LA (Lutcher HS)
2003
Richard Irvin QB, Pasadena, CA (Muir HS)Ray Boudreaux RB, Abbeville, LA (Abbeville HS)
Jordy Johnson RB, Baton Rouge, LA (Parkview Baptist School)
Fred Smith WR, Destrehan, LA (Destrehan HS)
Kenneth Guidroz WR, Port Sulphur, LA (Port Sulphur HS)
Israel Route WR, Stone Mountain, GA (Stephenson HS)
Chris Bordelon OL, Alexandria, LA (Bolton HS)
Aryan Barto OL, Houston, TX (Stratford HS)
C.J. Davis DL, Mansfield, LA (Mansfield HS)
Justin Wade DL, Ellenwood, GA (Cedar Grove HS)
Tremell Jack DL, Jeanerette, LA (Jeanerette Senior HS)
Elijah Robinson DL, Camden, NJ (Woodrow Wilson HS)
Billy Harrison DL, Pensacola, FL (Pensacola Catholic HS)
Alvin Johnson DL, Harvey, LA (West Jefferson HS)
Preston Brown LB, Camden, NJ (Woodrow Wilson HS)
Craig Morris LB, Marrero, LA (Higgins, L W, HS)
Patrick Benford LB, Decatur, GA (Southwest Dekalb HS)
Kelvin Johnson LB, Homestead, FL (Homestead Senior HS)
Alton Widemon DB, Lindale, TX (Lindale HS)
Carlis Jackson DB, Slidell, LA (Salmen HS)
Jemarcus Smith DB, Destrehan, LA (Destrehan HS)
Barrett Pepper K, Bastrop, LA (Bastrop HS)
2004
Scott Elliott QB, Bay City, TX (Bay City HS)Adeboye Tuyo RB, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Anthony Crudup RB, Minneapolis, MN (Robbinsdale Cooper HS)
Ryan Bewley RB, Flower Mound, TX (Flower Mound HS)
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RB, Slidell, LA (Slidell HS)
Michael Batiste RB, Breaux Bridge, LA (Breaux Bridge HS)
Craig Gelhardt TE, Tallahassee, FL (Lincoln HS)
Gabriel Ratcliff TE, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Percy Huff OL, Greensburg, LA (St. Helena Central HS)
Tom Danel OL, Hammond, LA (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)
Michael Parenton OL, Thibodaux, LA (E. D. White Catholic HS)
Frank Morton DL, Decatur, GA (Southwest Dekalb HS)
Ryan Johnson DL, Dallas, TX (David W Carter HS)
Avery Williams DL, Houston, TX (Lamar HS)
Antonio Harris DL, Shreveport, LA (Green Oaks HS)
Julian Lowe DL, Greensburg, LA (St. Helena Central HS)
Julian Shives-Sams DL, Slidell, LA (Northshore HS)
Reggie Scott DL, Charlotte, NC (Harding University HS)
Michael McCabe LB, Kentwood, LA (Sumner, Jewel M, HS)
Jamal Johnson LB, New Orleans, LA (Redeemer Seton HS)
Michael Cox S, Metairie, LA (East Jefferson HS)
Joseph Goosby S, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Renovell Hill S, Kentwood, LA (Kentwood HS)
Josh Lumar CB, Edgard, LA (West Saint John HS)
2005
Anthony Scelfo QB, New Orleans, LA (Jesuit HS)Christian Ducre RB, Mandeville, LA (Fontainebleau HS)
Cary Koch RB, Baton Rouge, LA (The Dunham School)
Chris Dunn WR, Arlington, TX (Sam Houston HS)
Charles Harris WR, Irving, TX (Irving HS)
Brian King WR,Slidell, LA (Slidell HS)
Jeremy Williams WR, Baytown, TX (Sterling HS)
Justin Kessler TE, Alvarado, TX (Alvarado HS)
James Dillard TE, Miami, FL (Monsignor Pace HS)
John Landa OL, Houston, TX (Cypress Falls HS)
Travis Olexa OL, Houston, TX (St. Thomas HS)
Tyler Rice OL, Bradenton, FL (Lakewood Ranch HS)
Matt Slocum DL, West Monroe, LA (West Monroe HS)
Sean Carney DL, Dallas, TX (Jesuit College Prep School)
Jordan Ellis LB, Bay St Louis, MS (St. Stanislaus HS)
Ace Foyil LB, Mandeville, LA (Mandeville HS)
David Kirksey LB, Mobile, AL (W P Davidson HS)
James McMurchy LB, Houston, TX (Clear Lake HS)
Matthew Harding S, Garland, TX (S Garland HS)
Cory Sonnier S, Friendswood, TX (Clear Brook HS)
Robert James CB, Maplewood, TX (North ST. Paul)
2006
Kevin Moore QB, Flower Mound, TX (Marcus HS)Andre Anderson RB, Stone Mountain, GA (Stephenson HS)
Archie Gainous RB, Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)
Kevin Ivey WR, Metairie, LA (Crescent City Baptist School)
Alan Mitchell WR, Ellenwood, GA (Cedar Grove HS)
Casey Robottom WR, La Place, LA (St. Charles Catholic HS)
Travis Burks WR, McDonough, GA (Union Grove HS)
Peter Hendrickson OL, Tampa, FL (Jesuit HS)
Nick Landry OL, Beaumont, TX (West Brook Sr HS)
Kevin Leary OL, Wayne, PA (Valley Forge Military Academy)
Oscar Ponce de Leon DL, River Ridge, LA (John Curtis Christian)
Tony Bryant DL, Atlanta, GA (Grady HS)
Cody Sparks DL, Beaumont, TX (West Brook Sr HS)
Troy Wilson DL, Fork Union, VA (Fork Union Military Academy)
Logan Kelley DL, Houston, TX (Cypress Creek HS)
Markus James LB, Fork Union, VA (Fork Union Military Academy)
Logan Kelly LB, Houston, TX (Cypress Creek HS)
Adam Kwentua LB, Baton Rouge, LA (LSU Laboratory School)
Jeremy McKinney LB, Houston, TX (Clear Lake HS)
Josh Mitzel LB, Keller, TX (Keller HS)
Travis Burks S, McDonough, GA (Union Grove HS)
Chinoso Echebelem S, Duncanville, TX (Duncanville HS)
D'Metres Hill S, Ellenwood, GA (Cedar Grove HS)
Shannon Davis DB, Atlanta, GA (Mays HS)
Alex Wacha DB, Sugar Land, TX (Clements HS)
Ross Thevenot K, Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis Catholic Freshman HS)