2005 Tulane Green Wave football team

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2005 Tulane Green Wave football
Tulane Green Wave wordmark.png
Conference Conference USA
DivisionWest
Record2–9 (1–7 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Frank Scelfo (5nd as OC, 7th overall season)
Defensive coordinator Eric Schumann (4th season)
Home stadium"Home" games played at various sites in Louisiana and Alabama (see schedule)
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
UCF x  7 1   8 5  
Southern Miss  5 3   7 5  
Memphis  5 3   7 5  
East Carolina  4 4   5 6  
Marshall  3 5   4 7  
UAB  3 5   5 6  
West Division
Tulsa x$  6 2   9 4  
UTEP  5 3   8 4  
Houston  4 4   6 6  
SMU  4 4   5 6  
Tulane  1 7   2 9  
Rice  1 7   1 10  
Championship: Tulsa 44, UCF 27
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Their home stadium, the Louisiana Superdome, was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and forced the Green Wave to play the entire season on the road with "home" games being played at five different stadiums in Louisiana and one in Alabama. [1] They competed in the West Division of Conference USA. The team was coached by head coach Chris Scelfo.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 177:00 pmvs. Mississippi State * CSTV L 14–2116,421
September 247:00 pmat SMU W 31–1015,681
October 12:30 pmvs. SE Louisiana *W 28–2116,826
October 85:00 pmvs. Houston iTV L 14–3515,454
October 147:00 pmvs. UTEP ESPN L 21–4513,153
October 216:00 pmat UCF CSTVL 24–3415,009
October 296:00 pmvs. Marshall CSTVL 26–2713,290
November 512:30 pmat Navy *CSTVL 21–4933,608
November 122:00 pmat Rice L 34–429,162
November 191:00 pmvs. Tulsa L 14–3810,306
November 262:00 pmat Southern Miss L 7–2628,730

[2]

Roster

2005 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6Nick CannonJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 11 Anthony Cannon Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

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References

  1. "Tulane Athletics and the Katrina Semester". Tulane Athletics. November 21, 2005. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  2. "Tulane Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.