1949 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1949 Tulane Green Wave football
SEC champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–2–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Captain Max Druen, Richard Sheffield, Bill Svoboda, Francis Young
Home stadium Tulane Stadium
(capacity: 80,735)
Seasons
  1948
1950  
1949 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulane $ 5 1 07 2 1
No. 11 Kentucky 4 1 09 3 0
No. 17 Tennessee 4 1 17 2 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 07 3 0
No. 9 LSU 4 2 08 3 0
Alabama 4 3 16 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 4 05 5 0
Auburn 2 4 22 4 3
Ole Miss 2 4 04 5 1
Florida 1 4 14 5 1
Georgia 1 4 14 6 1
Mississippi State 0 6 00 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1949 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Henry Frnka, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 7–2–1 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the SEC title.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24vs. Alabama W 28–1437,500 [1]
October 1 Georgia Tech W 18–055,000 [2]
October 8 Southeastern Louisiana *No. 4
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 40–018,000 [3]
October 15at No. 1 Notre Dame *No. 4L 7–4658,196 [4]
October 22 Auburn No. 20
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 14–623,000 [5]
October 29 Mississippi State
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 54–635,000 [6]
November 5 Navy *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
T 21–2170,000 [7]
November 12at Vanderbilt W 41–14 [8]
November 19at No. 9 Virginia *No. 19W 28–1430,000 [9]
November 26No. 13 LSU No. 10
L 0–2180,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP 4 (4)4 (1)2019т10

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