1998 Tulane Green Wave football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1998 Tulane Green Wave football Tulane Green Wave wordmark.png 200 Conference USA C-USA 7 7 12–0 6–0 Tommy Bowden 2nd regular season Chris Scelfo interim; bowl game Rich Rodriguez 2nd Spread option Rick Smith 2nd 4–3 Louisiana Superdome C-USA championLiberty Bowl champion Liberty Bowl W 41–27 vs. BYU The 1998 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Green Wave finished with a record of 12 wins and no losses, one of only two NCAA Division I-A teams to complete the season undefeated, the other being the BCS champion Tennessee Volunteers. It was the third undefeated and untied season in school history. Despite finishing undefeated, the Green Wave were not considered for a BCS game, let alone a berth in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl—that year's national title game—because it was felt their strength of schedule was too weak to justify a berth in a higher-tier bowl. They did not play a single ranked team all season, and the only Automatic Qualifying conference member on their schedule was a Rutgers team that finished tied for sixth in the Big East. Moreover, they were the only team in Conference USA with fewer than five overall losses. Prior to defeating Brigham Young in the Liberty Bowl, Tulane won the CUSA championship. The Green Wave finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in both the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll—in both cases, its highest rankings in school history since the 1939 Tulane football season when they were ranked No. 5 in the AP Poll. The Green Wave won all of their games by six points or more. The combined 538 points set a single-season school record.Notre Dame has been treated well during the BCS era, ESPN, March 22, 2008. Schedule 1998 AP Central September 5 6:00 pm w y Cincinnati Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH 52–34 20,721 September 12 7:00 pm w y y SMU Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 31–21 12,316 September 26 2:30 pm w y Navy Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA FSN 42–24 19,371 October 3 2:30 pm w Southern Miss Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA rivalry FSN 21–7 32,527 October 17 2:30 pm w y 24 Louisville Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA FSN 28–22 26,217 October 24 11:00 am w y y 22 Rutgers Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ 52–24 20,714 October 31 2:30 pm w y 19 Southwestern Louisiana Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 72–20 25,177 November 7 1:00 pm w y 15 Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 41–31 18,192 November 14 12:00 pm w y 14 Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY FSN 49–35 39,083 November 21 2:30 pm w 12 Houston Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA FSN 48–20 26,978 November 26 Thursday 7:00 pm w y 11 Louisiana Tech Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 63–30 37,391 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81519437/tulane-ends-regular-season-unbeaten/ Hattiesburg American Tulane ends regular season unbeaten November 27, 1998 July 15, 2021 Newspapers.com December 31 12:30 pm w y y 10 BYU Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN Liberty Bowl ESPN 41–27 52,197 1998 Season in Review http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072999aab.html Tulane University Department of Athletics July 29, 1999 October 11, 2012 December 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141206033319/http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072999aab.html dead Rankings 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 15 NR NR RV RV 25 25 24 22 19 16T 14 12 11 9 10 7 Coaches Poll 0 15 NR NR RV RV 25 25 24 23 18 16 14 13 11 9 10 7 BCS 8 14 19 16 16 16 11 10 10 Roster 1998 Tulane Green Wave f 14 Sr Jeff Curtis QB 20 Jr JaJuan Dawson WR y yes 8 Sr P. J. Franklin WR y 10 Sr Shaun King Shaun King (American football) QB y 7 Fr Patrick Ramsey QB y 74 So Bernard Robertson T y 4 Sr Tellius Carr SS 15 So Tim Carter Tim Carter (defensive back) CB y 58 So Cory Green DE 6 Sr Michael Jordan CB 65 Sr Dennis O'Sullivan Dennis O'Sullivan (American football) DT y 5 Sr Alphonso Roundtree CB https://web.archive.org/web/19990508104530/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/sfc/usa/sfci06ra.htm *Tommy Bowden Game summaries At Cincinnati 1998 Cincinnati Bearcats football team Tulane at Cincinnati Green Wave 17 14 14 7 Bearcats 0 6 8 20 Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH 6:00 PM 20,721 At SMU 1998 SMU Mustangs football team Tulane at SMU Green Wave 14 10 7 0 Mustangs 0 0 6 15 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX 7:00 PM 12,316 Navy 1998 Navy Midshipmen football team Navy at Tulane Midshipmen 10 3 3 8 Green Wave 7 14 14 7 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA 2:30 PM 19,371 Southern Miss 1998 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss–Tulane) Southern Miss at No. 25 Tulane Golden Eagles 0 0 7 0 No. 25 Green Wave 7 7 7 0 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA 2:30 PM 32,527 Louisville 1998 Louisville Cardinals football team Louisville at No. 24 Tulane (Homecoming Game) Cardinals 7 9 3 3 No. 24 Green Wave 0 21 7 0 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA 2:30 PM 26,217 Paul Kennedy and Trevor Matich FSN At Rutgers 1998 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team No. 22 Tulane at Rutgers No. 22 Green Wave 10 28 7 7 Scarlet Knights 10 7 0 7 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, New Jersey 11:00 AM 20,714 Southwestern Louisiana 1998 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team SW Louisiana at No. 19 Tulane Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0 13 No. 19 Green Wave 16 28 7 21 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA 2:30 PM 25,177 At Memphis 1998 Memphis Tigers football team No. 15 Tulane at Memphis No. 15 Green Wave 21 6 14 0 Tigers 7 0 3 21 Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tennessee 1:00 PM 18,192 At Army 1998 Army Cadets football team No. 14 Tulane at Army No. 14 Green Wave 14 7 14 14 Cadets 7 14 7 7 Michie Stadium, West Point, New York 12:00 PM 39,083 Houston 1998 Houston Cougars football team Houston at No. 12 Tulane Cougars 7 6 0 7 No. 12 Green Wave 3 14 17 14 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA 2:30 PM 26,978 FSN Louisiana Tech 1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team Louisiana Tech at No. 11 Tulane Bulldogs 10 6 14 0 No. 11 Green Wave 14 21 21 7 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA 2:30 PM 37,391 Vs. BYU 1998 BYU Cougars football team 1998 Liberty Bowl BYU vs No. 10 Tulane BYU 6 0 0 21 No. 10 Tulane 10 10 14 7 Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tennessee 12:30 PM 52,197 ESPN Team players in the NFL Player Position Round Pick NFL Team Shaun KingQuarterback2 50 Tampa Bay BuccaneersDennis O'SullivanLong Snapper - -New York Jets / Houston Texanshttp://www.nfl.com/player/denniso'sullivan/2502332/careerstats Dennis O'Sullivan: Career Stats at NFL.com www.nfl.com 2016-08-27 https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1999.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071221231907/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1999.htm 2007-12-21 1999 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com References Tulane Category:Tulane Green Wave football seasons Category:Conference USA football champion seasons Category:Liberty Bowl champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Tulane Green Wave football Category:Long stubs with short prose