2016 Tulane Green Wave football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2016 Tulane Green Wave Tulane Green Wave wordmark.png 250 American Athletic Conference West Division The American 4–8 1–7 Willie Fritz 1st Doug Ruse 1st Jack Curtis 1st Spread option 4–2–5 Yulman Stadium 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. Schedule Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Memphis, Navy, SMU, and Temple, and traveled to UCF, UConn, Houston, and Tulsa.http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020916aab.html 2016 Tulane Football Dates, Selected Television Games Announced Tulane University Department of Athletics February 9, 2016 February 17, 2016 March 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313124050/http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020916aab.html dead The team played four non–conference games, two of which were home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road game against UMass and traveled to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference. 2016 AP Poll released prior to game Central September 1 6:00 pm l y y Wake Forest BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ESPN3 3–7 24,398 September 10 7:00 pm w y Southern Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 66–21 27,179 September 17 6:00 pm l Navy Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ASN 14–21 21,503 September 24 7:00 pm w y Louisiana–Lafayette Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 41–39 4OT 24,253 October 1 2:30 pm w y y UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA ASN 31–24 14,892 October 14 Friday 7:00 pm l Memphis Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNU 14–24 21,098 October 22 2:45 pm l y Tulsa Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK ESPNU 27–50 22,349 October 29 3:00 pm l y SMU Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews 31–35 25,780 November 5Moved [a] 5:00 pm l y UCF Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL ESPN3 6–37 31,571 November 12 2:30 pm l y Houston TDECU Stadium Houston, TX CBSSN 18–30 36,552 November 19 2:30 pm l Temple Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ASN 0–31 16,497 November 26 3:00 pm w y UConn Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT ESPNews 38–13 20,764 Moved [a]The game between Tulane and UCF on October 7, 2016, was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced. Schedule source:2016 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-tulane-green-wave-football-schedule.php FB Schedules February 17, 2016 Game summaries Wake Forest 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 1: Tulane Green Wave at Wake Forest Demon Deacons – Game SummaryTulane at Wake Forest https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-wake-forest-demon-deacons-201609010009/ Yahoo! Sports September 1, 2016 September 3, 2016 September 1, 2016 7:00 p.m. EDT Tulane 3 0 0 0 Wake Forest 0 7 0 0 BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina 24,398 ESPN3 Taylor Zarzour and Al Groh Southern 2016 Southern Jaguars football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 2: Southern Jaguars at Tulane Green Wave – Game SummarySouthern at Tulane https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/southern-university-jaguars-tulane-green-wave-201609100106/ Yahoo! Sports September 10, 2016 September 11, 2016 September 10, 2016 7:00 p.m. CDT Southern 7 0 14 0 Tulane 28 21 7 10 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 27,179 ESPN3 Joel Meyers and Brian Kinchen Navy 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 3: Navy Midshipmen at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary September 17, 2016 6:00 p.m. CDT Navy 0 7 6 8 Tulane 0 7 7 0 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 21,503 ASN Mike Gleason, Derrick Lewis, and Kathryn Pielech Louisiana–Lafayette 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 4: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary September 24, 2016 7:00 p.m. CDT UL-Lafayette 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 6 Tulane 0 6 10 0 7 7 3 8 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 24,253 ESPN3 Joel Meyers and Chad Brown Massachusetts 2016 UMass Minutemen football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 5: Tulane Green Wave at Massachusetts Minutemen – Game SummaryTulane at UMass https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-massachusetts-minutemen-201610010204/ Yahoo! Sports October 1, 2016 October 1, 2016 October 1, 2016 3:30 p.m. EDT Tulane 7 3 14 7 UMass 14 0 0 10 Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, Massachusetts ESPN3/ASN Eric Frede and Andy Gresh Memphis 2016 Memphis Tigers football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 7: Memphis Tigers at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary October 14, 2016 7:00 p.m. CDT Memphis 3 10 3 8 Tulane 0 7 0 7 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana ESPNU Roy Philpott and Charles Arbuckle Tulsa 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 8: Tulane Green Wave at Tulsa Golden Hurricane – Game Summary October 22, 2016 2:45 p.m. CDT Tulane 7 0 13 7 Tulsa 14 17 9 10 Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma 22,349 ESPNU Eamon McAnaney and John Congemi SMU 2016 SMU Mustangs football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 9 (homecoming): SMU Mustangs at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary October 29, 2016 3:00 p.m. CDT SMU 14 7 0 14 Tulane 7 3 14 7 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 25,780 ESPNews Dave LaMont and Brian Kinchen UCF 2016 UCF Knights football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 6: Tulane Green Wave at UCF Knights – Game Summary November 5, 2016 4:00 p.m. EDT Tulane 6 0 0 0 UCF 0 7 13 17 Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida ESPN3 Alex Faust and Forrest Conoly 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.Green Shannon Hurricane Matthew forces UCF to postpone Tulane game http://www.orlandosentinel.com/weather/hurricane/os-ucf-tulane-football-game-moved-20161004-story.html 6 October 2016 OrlandoSentinel.com Orlando Sentinel Houston 2016 Houston Cougars football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 11: Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars – Game Summary November 12, 2016 2:30 p.m. CST Tulane 7 3 0 8 Houston 14 14 0 2 TDECU Stadium • Houston, Texas 36,552 CBSSN Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, and Melanie Collins Temple 2016 Temple Owls football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 12: Temple Owls at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary November 19, 2016 2:30pm CST Temple 7 3 14 7 Tulane 0 0 0 0 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 16,497 ESPN3/ASN Jeff McCarragher and Michael Young UConn 2016 UConn Huskies football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 13: Tulane Green Wave at UConn Huskies – Game Summary November 26, 2016 4:00 p.m. EST Tulane 10 14 0 14 UConn 0 0 6 7 Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut ESPN3/ESPNews Chris Hassel and Matt Chatham References Tulane Category:Tulane Green Wave football seasons Tulane Green Wave football Category:Long stubs with short prose