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Tulane Football Team History


Tulane Green Wave
Tulane University
 New Orleans, LA
Founded: 1834
Stadium: Superdome
Capacity: 70,892
Colors: Olive & Blue
Coach: Jon Sumrall
Conference: American Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Tulane 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1893  
  1983 - The Green Wave forfeited their victories over Ole Miss and Florida State.
  1998 - Tulane hired Chris Scelfo to replace the departing Tommy Bowden on December 7. He coached in the Liberty Bowl.
  2011 - The team was coached by interim head coach Mark Hutson following Bob Toledo's resignation on October 18.
  2023 - Interim HC Slade Nagle coached the bowl game following the departure of Willie Fritz.
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1920, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1939
1949, 1998, 2022
Division Championships
  2022
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 555-677-37
 Winning Pct. 45%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Wins 4
 Adjusted Record 555-677-37
 Winning Pct. 45%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 10
 Division Titles 1
 Conference Record 137-242-13
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 387-320-33
 Away Record 159-346-4
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 131
 Winning Seasons (#1) 61
 Losing Seasons (#1)64
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (2022)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (2011)
 10 Win Seasons 5
 Most Points Scored in a Game 95 (10/12/1912)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 540 (1998)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 73 (10/31/1987)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 495 (2001)
 Largest Margin of Victory 95 (10/12/1912)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 63 (11/14/1992)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 114 (10/23/2004)
 Last Shutout 9/10/2022
 Last Time Shutout 11/19/2016
 Shutouts All-Time 175
 Been Shutout All-Time 157
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 18 (10/11/1930-12/5/1931)
 Longest Losing  17 (11/25/1961-10/26/1963)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 7-10-0
 Rose 0-1-0
 Cotton 1-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 1-1-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  31-21
 2010-19  44-80
 2000-09  42-76
 1990-99 37-75
 1980-89 40-73
 1970-79 53-60
 1960-69 24-73-3
 1950-59 36-56-7
 1940-49 44-41-4
 1930-39 73-22-6
 1920-29 57-29-6
Next Game
 8/29/2024 (Thu)  
vs. Southeastern Louisiana in a Non-Conference Game
Last Time: Tulane won 35-20 in 2014.
All-Time:
 Tulane vs. Southeastern Louisiana 6-0-0 100.0% 
 
2024 Season
 Thu., Aug. 29  vs. Southeastern Louisiana
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Kansas State
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Oklahoma
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Louisiana
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. South Florida
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Alabama Birmingham
 Sat., Oct. 12  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Rice
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ North Texas
 Thu., Oct. 31  @ Charlotte
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Temple
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ Navy
 Sat., Nov. 23  OPEN 
 Thu., Nov. 28  vs. Memphis
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring0-0
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2024 American Athletic  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Alabama Birmingham 0-0
Army 0-0
Charlotte 0-0
East Carolina 0-0
Florida Atlantic 0-0
Memphis 0-0
Navy 0-0
North Texas 0-0
Rice 0-0
South Florida 0-0
Temple 0-0
Texas San Antonio 0-0
Tulane 0-0
Tulsa 0-0
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Tulane & Louisiana State have played 98 games.
Tulane has won 22 games.
Louisiana State has won 69 games.
with 7 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-38
 10 or more 117-139
 20 or more  110-80
 30 or more 86-22
 40 or more 43-2
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 16-2
 10 or more 101-175
 20 or more 64-167
 30 or more 22-131
 40 or more 4-74
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

Throughout the 1960s, the University of Florida kept a real-life alligator named Albert on the sidelines.