2014 Tulane Green Wave football team

2014 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	3–9 (2–6 AAC)
Head coach	Curtis Johnson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Price (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Co-defensive coordinator	Jon Sumrall (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Lionel Washington (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4 or 4–3
Home stadium	Yulman Stadium
Seasons ←  2013 2015  →

2014 American Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 25 Memphis +		7	–	1					10	–	3
Cincinnati +		7	–	1					9	–	4
UCF +		7	–	1					9	–	4
East Carolina		5	–	3					8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
Temple		4	–	4					6	–	6
South Florida		3	–	5					4	–	8
Tulane		2	–	6					3	–	9
Tulsa		2	–	6					2	–	10
UConn		1	–	7					2	–	10
SMU		1	–	7					1	–	11
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Curtis Johnson and played home games at Yulman Stadium. They were in their first year of membership in the American Athletic Conference, and it was the Green Wave's first season on its Uptown campus since the 1974 season. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Pre-season

Recruits

College recruiting information (2014)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Kendall Ardoin TE	Ville Platte, LA	Ville Platte	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.6	Jun 16, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Eric Bowie LB	Monroe, LA	Ouchita Parish	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.7	Aug 4, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Glen Cuiellette QB	Mandeville, LA	Mandeville	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	N/A	Feb 27, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 72
Raul Diaz OL	Miami, FL	Miami Central	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	277 lb (126 kg)	5.0	Oct 30, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 73
Andrew DiRocco K	Fort Lauderdale, FL	University School of Nova SE University	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	N/A	Jul 30, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 74
Braynon Edwards DT	Miami, FL	Gulliver Prep	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	370 lb (170 kg)	N/A	Jun 25, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Terren Encalade WR	Belle Chasse, LA	Belle Chasse	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A	Aug 17, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Rene Fleury LB	New Orleans, LA	McDonogh 35	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	N/A	Aug 8, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Zachery Harris LB	New Orleans, LA	Holy Cross	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	N/A	Dec 13, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Dontrell Hilliard RB	Baton Rouge, LA	Scotlandville	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A	Jan 16, 2014
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Leondre James Ath	Donaldsonville, LA	Donaldsonville	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.5	Jun 14, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Devon Johnson OL	Amite, LA	Amite	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	260 lb (120 kg)	N/A	Nov 25, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Charles Jones TE	New Orleans, LA	St. Augustine	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	N/A	Jan 30, 2014
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 67
Robert Kennedy LB	Belle Chasse, LA	Belle Chasse	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	4.5	Nov 12, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
John Leglue OL	Alexandria, LA	Holy Savior Menard	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	282 lb (128 kg)	N/A	Feb 6, 2014
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Donnie Lewis DB	Baton Rouge, LA	Central	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.5	Dec 2, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Stephon Lofton DB	New Orleans, LA	Miller-McCoy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	N/A	Aug 1, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
RaeJuan Marbley LB	Destrehan, LA	Destrehan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	N/A	Aug 10, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 74
Trey Scott TE	Powder Springs, GA	McEachern	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	N/A	Sep 7, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Niguel Veal Ath	Harvey, LA	West Jefferson	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	N/A	Oct 19, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 75
Daren Williams DE	Reserve, LA	East St. John	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	N/A	Feb 3, 2014
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 73
Sean Wilson DE	Port Sulphur, LA	South Plaquemines	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	N/A	Apr 11, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:    ESPN grade: NR
Peter Woullard DE	New Orleans, LA	St. Augustine	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	N/A	Jun 5, 2013
	Star ratings: Scout:     Rivals:     247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 70
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 101   Rivals: 83   247Sports: 90
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Tulane Football Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014. "2014 Tulane Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014. "Tulane Green Wave 2014". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014. "2014 Tulane Green Wave football team". 247sports.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014.

Award watch lists

Lorenzo Doss

• Walter Camp Award Watch List ^[1]
• Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List ^[2]
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List ^[3]
• Jim Thorpe Award Watch List ^[4]
• College Football Performance Award (CFPA) Defensive Back Trophy Watch List ^[5]

Roster

2014 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Devin Powell  So RB 3 Sherman Badie  Fr WR 8 Devon Breaux  So WR 9 Teddy Veal Fr QB 11 Nick Montana Sr QB 12 Tanner Lee  Fr QB 14 Glen Cuiellette Fr WR 15 Marc Edwards  Jr QB 16 Jordy Joseph Sr WR 19 Terren Encalade Fr RB 22 Marshall Wadleigh So RB 24 Danté Butler Sr RB 25 Josh Rounds Jr RB 26 Dontrell Hilliard Fr RB 28 Rob Kelley Sr WR 29 Alex O'Neill So RB 33 Lazedrick Thompson  So WR 36 Devin Boutte Sr WR 42 Carlos Wilson Sr WR 44 Alec Macias Jr WR 49 JoJo Dobbs Sr C 50 Brandon Godfrey  Fr OL 51 Junior Diaz Fr OL 60 Preston Paine Sr OT 61 Colton Hanson  So G 66 Nathan Shienle  So G 67 Bob Bradley Jr OT 68 Arturo Uzdavinis  Jr OT 70 Sean Donnelly  Sr G 71 Jason Stewart  Fr OT 72 John Leglue Fr G 73 Alex Paul  So OT 74 Devon Johnson Fr G 75 Chris Taylor So OT 76 Nate Skold  Jr OT 78 Todd Jacquet Jr OT 79 Kenneth Santa Marina  Fr WR 80 Justyn Shackleford Sr TE 81 Sydie London Jr WR 82 Xavier Rush Sr WR 83 Fudge Van Hooser  So TE 84 Charles Jones Fr WR 85 Larry Dace Jr WR 86 Sam Winston Jr TE 88 Matt Marfisi  Sr WR 89 Thomas Vaughan Jr TE 89 Kendall Ardoin Fr TE 83 Trey Scott Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Darion Monroe Jr CB 4 Taurean Nixon Sr S 5 Brandon LeBeau Sr CB 6 Lorenzo Doss Jr LB 7 Edward Williams So DB 10 Leonard Davis So CB 13 William Townsend  Fr CB 17 Parry Nickerson  Fr LB 20 Nico Marley So CB 21 Donnie Lewis Fr CB 23 Richard Allen So S 27 Richard Carthon Jr DB 30 Tristan Cooper  Fr CB 32 Stephon Lofton Fr CB 34 Jarrod Franklin So S 35 Sam Scofield Sr LB 37 Rene Fleury Fr S 38 Anthony Bronzo Sr LB 40 Zachery Harris Fr DE 41 Aaron Bryant  Jr DE 43 Tyler Gilbert Sr DE 44 Luke Jackson  Fr LB 45 Matthew Bailey Sr LB 46 Sergio Medina So DE 48 Royce LaFrance Jr LB 51 Max Herman So LB 52 Eric Thomas So DE 53 Andre Robinson  Sr DE 54 Quinlan Carroll  Fr LB 55 Eric Bowie Fr LB 56 Rae Juan Marbley Fr DE 57 Peter Woullard Fr LB 58 Brandon Schmidt Sr LB 59 David Laborde Jr DT 65 Braynon Edwards Fr DT 77 Tanzel Smart So DE 87 Ade Aruna  Fr DE 90 Trey Cammisa Fr DT 91 Eldrick Washington  Fr DE 92 Daren Williams Fr DT 93 Kenny Welcome  Sr DT 94 Sean Wilson Fr DT 96 Corey Redwine  Jr DT 98 Eric Bell  Fr DT 99 Calvin Thomas  So LB 90 Robert Kennedy Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 28 Andrew DiRocco Fr P 31 Peter Picerelli Jr K 36 Trevor Simms Sr K 59 Brandon Purcell So P, K 62 Steven Broccoli Jr K, P 63 Casey Spinelli So P, P 69 Aaron Root So A 86 Leondre James Fr P, K 95 Logan Hilton Jr DS 97 Michael Lizanich So	Head coach Curtis Johnson (3rd season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Eric Price – Offensive coordinator Jon Sumrall – Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers Lionel Washington – Co-defensive coordinator/secondary Kwahn Drake – Defensive line David Johnson – Tight ends/running backs John McDonell – Offensive line Aaron Price – Quarterbacks Jason Rollins – Secondary/special teams Keith Williams – Wide receivers Byron Ellis – Director of football operations Doug Lichtenberger – Assistant ad for football operations/recruiting Chad Jenkins – Graduate assistant, Defense Trey Johnson – Graduate assistant, Offense Matt Jones – Graduate assistant, Offense Bradley Mathews – Graduate assistant for Recruiting & Operations Joel Gastright – "Equipment Manager" Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: March 19, 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	L 31–38 2OT	19,032
September 6	3:00 pm	Georgia Tech *	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNews	L 21–38	30,000
September 13	7:00 pm	No. 3 (FCS) Southeastern Louisiana *	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W 35–20	26,358
September 20	11:30 am	at Duke *	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN/FSNO	L 13–47	20,197
September 27	11:00 am	at Rutgers *	High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPNews	L 6–31	48,361
October 11	7:00 pm	UConn	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNews	W 12–3	23,076
October 18	11:00 am	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPNU	L 13–20	35,015
October 31	7:00 pm	Cincinnati	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	L 14–38	21,414
November 8	2:30 pm	at Houston	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPNU	W 31–24	32,205
November 15	2:30 pm	Memphis	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	L 7–38	28,614
November 22	2:30 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN3	L 6–34	48,433
December 6	6:30 pm	Temple	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	L 3–10	20,612
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Source ^[6]

Game summaries

Tulsa

See also: 2014 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Tulane at Tulsa ^[7]

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Tulane 7 14 0 7 3 0 31 •Tulsa 0 14 3 11 3 7 38 Location: Tulsa, OK Game start: 7:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 19,032 TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Lauren Gardner

UCF

See also: 2014 UCF Knights football team

Tulane at UCF ^[8]

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 3 0 3 7 13 •UCF 0 13 7 0 20 Location: Orlando, FL Game start: 12:00 p.m. EDT Game attendance: 35,015 TV announcers (ESPNU): Adam Amin, John Congemi

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Cincinnati

See also: 2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Cincinnati at Tulane ^[10]

1 2 3 4 Total •Cincinnati 10 14 7 7 38 Tulane 0 0 14 0 14 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 7:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 21,414 TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Todd McShay

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Houston

See also: 2014 Houston Cougars football team

Tulane at Houston ^[12]

1 2 3 4 Total •Tulane 7 7 7 10 31 Houston 7 10 0 7 24 Location: Houston, TX Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 32,205 TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick, Anthony Becht

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After the Wave took a 31–17 lead late in the 4th quarter, the Cougars scored a touchdown and then recovered an onside kick, driving into the red zone. On the last play of the game though, Parry Nickerson made his second interception of the night as time expired. ^[14] With starters Sherman Badie and Lazedrick Thompson injured for the game, all 31 of the Green Wave's points were scored by true freshmen – Teddy Veal, Dontrell Hilliard, Leondre James, and Andrew DiRocco. The win snapped a 10-game losing streak to Houston, and an 18-game losing streak in games played outside the state of Louisiana. ^[15]

Memphis

See also: 2014 Memphis Tigers football team

Memphis at Tulane ^[16]
(Homecoming)

1 2 3 4 Total •Memphis 7 3 21 7 38 Tulane 0 0 0 7 7 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 28,614 TV announcers (ESPNU): Eamon McAnaney, Dan Hawkins

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East Carolina

See also: 2014 East Carolina Pirates football team

Tulane at East Carolina ^[18]

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 0 3 0 3 6 •ECU 10 7 3 14 34 Location: Greenville, NC Game start: 3:30 EST Game attendance: 48.433 TV announcers (ESPN3): Eamon McAnaney, Danny Kanell, Allison Williams

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Temple

See also: 2014 Temple Owls football team

Temple at Tulane ^[20]

1 2 3 4 Total •Temple 0 3 0 7 10 Tulane 3 0 0 0 3 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 6:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 20,612 TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley

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Awards

American Athletic Conference Weekly Honors

Week 1 ^[22]

• Sherman Badie – Weekly Honor Roll

Week 3 ^[23]

• Nico Marley – Weekly Honor Roll

Week 7 ^[24]

• Darion Monroe – Weekly Honor Roll

Week 11 ^[25]

• Parry Nickerson – Defensive Player of the Week
• Dontrell Hilliard – Weekly Honor Roll
• Tanner Lee – Weekly Honor Roll

References

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