2016 Tulane Green Wave football | |
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Conference | American Athletic Conference |
West Division | |
Record | 4–8 (1–7 The American) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Doug Ruse (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread option |
Defensive coordinator | Jack Curtis (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
Home stadium | Yulman Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 pm | at Wake Forest * | ESPN3 | L 3–7 | 24,398 | |
September 10 | 7:00 pm | Southern * | ESPN3 | W 66–21 | 27,179 | |
September 17 | 6:00 pm | Navy |
| ASN | L 14–21 | 21,503 |
September 24 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette * |
| ESPN3 | W 41–39 4OT | 24,253 |
October 1 | 2:30 pm | at UMass * | ASN | W 31–24 | 14,892 | |
October 14 | 7:00 pm | Memphis |
| ESPNU | L 14–24 | 21,098 |
October 22 | 2:45 pm | at Tulsa | ESPNU | L 27–50 | 22,349 | |
October 29 | 3:00 pm | SMU |
| ESPNews | L 31–35 | 25,780 |
November 5 [a] | 5:00 pm | at UCF | ESPN3 | L 6–37 | 31,571 | |
November 12 | 2:30 pm | at Houston | CBSSN | L 18–30 | 36,552 | |
November 19 | 2:30 pm | Temple |
| ASN | L 0–31 | 16,497 |
November 26 | 3:00 pm | at UConn | ESPNews | W 38–13 | 20,764 | |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Wake Forest | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Southern | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Tulane | 28 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 66 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | Total |
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UL-Lafayette | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 39 |
Tulane | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 41 |
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
UMass | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
Tulsa | 14 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 50 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
UCF | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 37 |
at Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida
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]
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
Houston | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
at TDECU Stadium • Houston, Texas
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Temple | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 10 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
UConn | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
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