2016 Tulane Green Wave football team

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2016 Tulane Green Wave football
Tulane Green Wave wordmark.png
Conference American Athletic Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (1–7 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread Option
Defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (1st season)
Home stadium Yulman Stadium
Seasons
←  2015
2017  →
2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Temple xy$  7 –1   10 –4  
No. 19 South Florida x  7 –1   11 –2  
UCF  4 –4   6 –7  
Cincinnati  1 –7   4 –8  
UConn  1 –7   3 –9  
East Carolina  1 –7   3 –9  
West Division
Navy xy  7 –1   9 –5  
Tulsa  6 –2   10 –3  
Memphis  5 –3   8 –5  
Houston  5 –3   9 –4  
SMU  3 –5   5 –7  
Tulane  1 –7   4 –8  
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Contents

Schedule

Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave will host AAC foes Memphis, Navy, SMU, and Temple, and will travel to UCF, UConn, Houston, and Tulsa. [1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road game against UMass and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmat Wake Forest *
 ESPN3 L 3–724,398
September 107:00 pm Southern *
ESPN3W 66–2127,179
September 176:00 pm Navy
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
 ASN L 14–2121,503
September 247:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette *
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPN3W 41–39 4OT24,253
October 12:30 pmat UMass *
ASNW 31–2414,892
October 147:00 pm Memphis
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
 ESPNU L 14–2421,098
October 222:45 pmat Tulsa
ESPNUL 27–5022,349
October 293:00 pm SMU Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
 ESPNews L 31–3525,780
November 5 [a] 5:00 pmat UCF
ESPN3L 6–3731,571
November 122:30 pmat Houston
CBSSN L 18–3036,552
November 192:30 pm Temple
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ASNL 0–3116,497
November 263:00 pmat UConn
ESPNewsW 38–1320,764
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Central time
^[a] The game between Tulane and UCF on October 7, 2016, was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced. [2]
Schedule Source: [3]

Game summaries

Wake Forest

Week 1: Tulane Green Wave at Wake Forest Demon Deacons – Game Summary [4]
Period1234Total
Tulane30003
Wake Forest07007

at BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina

  • Date: September 1, 2016
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game attendance: 24,398
  • TV: ESPN3

Southern

Week 2: Southern Jaguars at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary [5]
Period1234Total
Southern7014021
Tulane282171066

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: September 10, 2016
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 27,179
  • TV: ESPN3
Week 3: Navy Midshipmen at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period1234Total
Navy076821
Tulane077014

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: September 17, 2016
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 21,503
  • TV: ASN

Louisiana–Lafayette

Week 4: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period1234OT2OT3OT4OTTotal
UL-Lafayette3337773639
Tulane06100773841

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: September 24, 2016
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 24,253
  • TV: ESPN3

Massachusetts

Week 5: Tulane Green Wave at Massachusetts Minutemen – Game Summary [6]
Period1234Total
Tulane7314731
UMass14001024

at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, Massachusetts

  • Date: October 1, 2016
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • TV: ESPN3/ASN

Memphis

Week 7: Memphis Tigers at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period1234Total
Memphis3103824
Tulane070714

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: October 14, 2016
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • TV: ESPNU

Tulsa

Week 8: Tulane Green Wave at Tulsa Golden Hurricane – Game Summary
Period1234Total
Tulane7013727
Tulsa141791050

at Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma

  • Date: October 22, 2016
  • Game time: 2:45 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 22,349
  • TV: ESPNU

SMU

Week 9 (homecoming): SMU Mustangs at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period1234Total
SMU14701435
Tulane7314731

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: October 29, 2016
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 25,780
  • TV: TBA

UCF

Week 6: Tulane Green Wave at UCF Knights – Game Summary
Period1234Total
Tulane60006
UCF07131737

at Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida

  • Date: November 5, 2016
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. EDT
  • TV: TBA

The game, originally scheduled for a 7:30 pm kickoff on October 6 to be televised on ESPNU, was moved to November 5 due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was moved to November 5 because both teams, coincidentally, had scheduled bye weeks for that week. [2]

Houston

Week 11: Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars – Game Summary
Period1234Total
Tulane730818
Houston14140230

at TDECU Stadium • Houston, Texas

  • Date: November 12, 2016
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
  • TV: TBA

Temple

Week 12: Temple Owls at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period1234Total
Temple7314731
Tulane00000

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: November 19, 2016
  • Game time: 2:30pm CST
  • Game attendance: 16,497
  • TV: ESPN3

UConn

Week 13: Tulane Green Wave at UConn Huskies – Game Summary
Period1234Total
Tulane101401438
UConn006713

at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

  • Date: November 26, 2016
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • TV: TBA

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References

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  2. 1 2 Green, Shannon. "Hurricane Matthew forces UCF to postpone Tulane game". OrlandoSentinel.com. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
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