2008 Tulane Green Wave football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2008 Tulane Green Wave Tulane Green Wave wordmark.png 250 Conference USA West C–USA 2–10 1–7 Bob Toledo 2nd Dan Dodd 2nd O’Neil Gilbert 1st West Coast 4–3 SuperdomeTad Gormley Stadium The 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Tulane competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. Tulane finished the season with a 2–10 record. Despite this, sports columnist King Kaufman declared the Green Wave the national champions. In a Salon article, meant more to point out the flaws in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) than make a real argument in Tulane's favor, he wrote:http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/06/utah/ The real national champion – and it isn't Utah Salon.com January 6, 2009 May 13, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221145111/http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/06/utah/ February 21, 2009 live "Tulane beat Louisiana-Monroe, who beat Troy, who beat Middle Tennessee, who beat Maryland, who beat Wake Forest, who beat Mississippi ... [who beat BCS champions] Florida ... [and] also beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas, who beat [BCS runners-up] Oklahoma." Schedule 2008 AP Eastern September 6 6:00 pm l y y Alabama 13 Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN360 6–20 92,138 September 13 2:00 pm l East Carolina 14 Superdome New Orleans, LA WITN 24–28 27,189 September 20 2:00 pm w y Louisiana–Monroe Superdome New Orleans, LA CST 24–10 23,419 September 25 7:00 pm w SMU Superdome New Orleans, LA CBSCS 34–27 25,643 October 4 2:00 pm l y y Army Tad Gormley Stadium New Orleans, LA CST 13–44 23,794 October 11 8:05 pm l y UTEP Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 21–24 33,121 October 25 2:00 pm l Rice Superdome New Orleans, LA 17–42 17,841 November 1 7:00 pm l y y LSU 15 Battle for the Rag Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA GamePlan 10–35 92,136 November 8 7:00 pm l y Houston Robertson Stadium Houston, TX CBSCS 14–42 23,522 November 15 2:00 pm l UAB Superdome New Orleans, LA 24–41 18,614 November 22 2:00 pm l y Tulsa Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK 7–56 20,391 November 29 1:00 pm l y Memphis Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN 6–45 15,0122008 Green Wave Football Schedule, ESPN References Tulane Green Wave Category:Tulane Green Wave football seasons Tulane Green Wave football