2017 Tulane Green Wave football team

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2017 Tulane Green Wave football
Tulane Green Wave wordmark.svg
Conference American Athletic Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record5–7 (3–5 American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread option
Defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (2nd season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Yulman Stadium
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 6 UCF xy$  8 0   13 0  
No. 21 South Florida  6 2   10 2  
Temple  4 4   7 6  
Cincinnati  2 6   4 8  
UConn  2 6   3 9  
East Carolina  2 6   3 9  
West Division
No. 25 Memphis xy  7 1   10 3  
Houston  5 3   7 5  
Navy  4 4   7 6  
SMU  4 4   7 6  
Tulane  3 5   5 7  
Tulsa  1 7   2 10  
Championship: UCF 62, Memphis 55
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
As of January 9, 2018
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2017 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 the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

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Schedule

Tulane announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida, and Tulsa, and traveled to East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, and SMU. [1]

The Green Wave hosted two of the four non-conference opponents: Army, which is an independent football school, and Grambling State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The team traveled to Florida International (FIU) from Conference USA and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.No. 21 (FCS) Grambling State * ESPN3
Joel Meyers, Hutson Mason
W 43–1415,940
September 92:30 p.m.at Navy CBSSN
John Sadak, Randy Cross, Sheehan Stanwick Burch
L 21–2330,420
September 165:00 p.m.at No. 2 Oklahoma * FSN PPV
Brendan Burke, David Anderson, Christian Steckel
L 14–5686,290
September 2311:00 a.m. Army *
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
CBSSN
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Cassie McKinney
W 21–1716,643
October 710:00 a.m. Tulsa
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPN3
Mark Neely, Ray Bentley
W 62–2811,971
October 146:00 p.m.at FIU * CUSA.TV
A.J. Ricketts, Hurlie Brown
L 10–2316,433
October 216:00 p.m.No. 16 South Florida
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPN2
Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison
L 28–3417,256
October 277:00 p.m.at No. 24 Memphis CBSSN
John Sadak, Randy Cross, Tina Cervasio
L 26–5617,989
November 43:00 p.m. Cincinnati Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPN3
Shawn Kenney, Wayne Gandy
L 16–1720,798
November 116:00 p.m.at East Carolina CBSSN
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins
W 31–24 OT36,178
November 183:00 p.m. Houston
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPN3/ESPNews
Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen
W 20–1719,026
November 2511:00 a.m.at SMU CBSSN
John Sadak, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins
L 38–4114,209
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [2]

Game summaries

Grambling State

1234Total
No. 21 (FCS) Tigers007714
Green Wave141071243

At Navy

1234Total
Green Wave0130821
Midshipmen779023

At Oklahoma

1234Total
Green Wave1400014
No. 2 Sooners141472156

Army

1234Total
Black Knights0100717
Green Wave770721

Tulsa

1234Total
Golden Hurricane7014728
Green Wave21277762

At FIU

1234Total
Green Wave037010
Panthers7331023

South Florida

1234Total
No. 16 Bulls71314034
Green Wave0771428

At Memphis

1234Total
Green Wave0127726
Tigers142102156

Cincinnati

1234Total
Bearcats377017
Green Wave760316

At East Carolina

1234OTTotal
Green Wave71070731
Pirates77010024

Houston

1234Total
Cougars307717
Green Wave3100720

At SMU

1234Total
Green Wave71417038
Mustangs14137741

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Parry Nickerson CB 6179 New York Jets
Ade Aruna DE 6218 Minnesota Vikings

Source: [3]

References

  1. "2017 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  2. "2017 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. "2018 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 12, 2025.