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Tulane Football Team History


Tulane Green Wave
Tulane University
 New Orleans, LA
Founded: 1834
Stadium: Superdome
Capacity: 70,892
Colors: Olive & Blue
Coach: Jon Sumrall
Conference: American Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Tulane 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1893  
  1983 - The Green Wave forfeited their victories over Ole Miss and Florida State.
  1998 - Tulane hired Chris Scelfo to replace the departing Tommy Bowden on December 7. He coached in the Liberty Bowl.
  2011 - The team was coached by interim head coach Mark Hutson following Bob Toledo's resignation on October 18.
  2023 - Interim HC Slade Nagle coached the bowl game following the departure of Willie Fritz.
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1920, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1939
1949, 1998, 2022
Division Championships
  2022
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 563-678-37
 Winning Pct. 45%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 2
 Adjusted Record 563-678-37
 Winning Pct. 45%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 10
 Division Titles 1
 Conference Record 140-242-13
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 390-321-33
 Away Record 164-346-4
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 131
 Winning Seasons (#1) 62
 Losing Seasons (#1)64
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (2022)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (2011)
 10 Win Seasons 5
 Most Points Scored in a Game 95 (10/12/1912)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 540 (1998)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 73 (10/31/1987)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 495 (2001)
 Largest Margin of Victory 95 (10/12/1912)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 63 (11/14/1992)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 114 (10/23/2004)
 Last Shutout 8/29/2024
 Last Time Shutout 11/19/2016
 Shutouts All-Time 176
 Been Shutout All-Time 157
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 18 (10/11/1930-12/5/1931)
 Longest Losing  17 (11/25/1961-10/26/1963)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 7-10-0
 Rose 0-1-0
 Cotton 1-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 1-1-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  38-23
 2010-19  44-80
 2000-09  42-76
 1990-99 38-74
 1980-89 40-73
 1970-79 53-60
 1960-69 24-73-3
 1950-59 36-56-7
 1940-49 44-41-4
 1930-39 73-22-6
 1920-29 57-29-6
Next Game
 11/9/2024 (Sat)  
vs. Temple in a Conference Game
Last Time: Tulane won 38-3 in 2020.
All-Time:
 Tulane vs. Temple 2-4-0 33.3% 
 
2024 Season
 Thu., Aug. 29  vs. Southeastern Louisiana  52-0 W
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Kansas State  27-34 L
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Oklahoma  19-34 L
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Louisiana  41-33 W
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. South Florida  45-10 W
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Alabama Birmingham  71-20 W
 Sat., Oct. 12  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Rice  24-10 W
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ North Texas  45-37 W
 Thu., Oct. 31  @ Charlotte  34-3 W
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Temple  
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ Navy  
 Sat., Nov. 23  OPEN 
 Thu., Nov. 28  vs. Memphis  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record7-2
  Scoring358-181
  Conference Record3-0
  Home Record3-1
  Away Record4-1
 
2024 American Athletic  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Army 8-04-0
Memphis 8-13-1
Navy 6-23-0
Tulane 7-23-0
East Carolina 4-42-0
Rice 3-62-2
Alabama Birmingham 2-61-2
Charlotte 3-61-1
North Texas 5-31-1
South Florida 4-41-1
Temple 2-61-1
Texas San Antonio 3-61-1
Tulsa 3-61-1
Florida Atlantic 2-60-3
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Tulane & Louisiana State have played 98 games.
Tulane has won 22 games.
Louisiana State has won 69 games.
with 7 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-38
 10 or more 124-141
 20 or more  117-81
 30 or more 92-22
 40 or more 48-2
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 18-2
 10 or more 106-177
 20 or more 67-169
 30 or more 24-133
 40 or more 4-74
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

During the 1990s, Prairie View College put together an 80-game losing streak. One season, they were outscored each game by an average margin of 56 to 4.