2015 Tulane Green Wave football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2015 Tulane Green Wave football Tulane Green Wave wordmark.png 250 American Athletic Conference West Division AAC 3–9 1–7 Curtis Johnson 4th Eric Price 4th Pro-style Jason Rollins 1st Lionel Washington 4th 3–4 or 4–3 Yulman Stadium The 2015 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Curtis Johnson and played home games at Yulman Stadium. They were members of the Western Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for fifth place. On November 28, head coach Curtis Johnson was fired.http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2015/11/tulane_fires_football_coach_cu.html Tulane fires football coach Curtis Johnson He finished at Tulane with a four-year record of 15–34. Before the season Recruits no yes 2015 Nigel Anderson RB Reserve, LA East St. John 6 0 202 October 1, 2014 2 3 3 NR Darius Black DB Belle Chasse, LA Belle Chasse 5 11 170 May 21, 2014 2 2 3 74 3 Zachary Block K Clermont, FL East Ridge 6 4 185 January 25, 2015 2 2 2 74 3 Leeward Brown OL Miramar, FL Miramar 6 3 345 February 1, 2015 3 3 3 78 3 Malik Eugene Ath Lafayette, LA Acadiana 5 10 162 July 27, 2014 2 2 3 72 3 Jeremie Francis DB New Orleans, LA Warren Easton 5 11 175 April 22, 2014 2 2 2 71 3 Devin Glenn RB New Orleans, LA Warren Easton 5 8 170 March 19, 2014 2 2 2 71 3 Douglas Henry DB New Iberia, LA Westgate 6 1 180 May 21, 2014 2 2 2 70 3 Andrew Hicks Ath Belle Chasse, LA Belle Chasse 6 2 196 February 3, 2015 2 2 2 NR Keyshawn Mcleod OL Port Charlotte, FL Port Charlotte 6 5 245 November 18, 2014 2 2 2 NR Rickey Preston WR Boutte, LA Hahnville 6 1 180 May 7, 2015 3 2 3 77 3 Taris Shenall DB Marrero, LA John Ehret 5 10 161 May 8, 2014 2 2 2 NR Dedrick Shy WR New Orleans, LA Warren Easton 6 1 160 January 7, 2015 2 2 2 NR Keeyon Smart WR Baton Rouge, LA McKinley 6 4 300 April 16, 2014 3 2 3 71 3 Roderic Teamer DB New Orleans, LA Brother Martin 6 0 205 December 4, 2014 2 2 2 NR John Washington DT West Monroe, LA West Monroe 6 3 275 January 18, 2015 3 2 3 NR Brian Webb DT New Orleans, LA Miller-McCoy 6 3 260 October 19, 2014 2 2 2 NR Darius Williams WR New Orleans, LA McDonogh 35 6 2 171 February 4, 2015 2 3 3 NR no 2015 2015 Tulane Football Commitment List 2015 Tulane Commits Tulane Green Wave 2015 tulane 73 tulane 2655 114 104 87 April 15, 2015 Award watch lists Chris Taylor Outland TrophyTulane lands first player on preseason watch list for 2015 Christopher Dabe http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2015/07/tulane_lands_first_player_on_p.html#incart_river The Times-Picayune New Orleans July 10, 2015 July 10, 2015 Lombardi Award145 — yes, 145 — players on Lombardi Award watch list John Taylor http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/14/145-yes-145-players-on-lombardi-award-watch-list/ NBC Sports July 14, 2015 July 14, 2015 Parry Nickerson Jim Thorpe AwardTulane's Parry Nickerson named to Jim Thorpe Award watch list Andrew Lopez http://www.nola.com/recruiting/index.ssf/2015/07/tulanes_parry_nickerson_named.html The Times-Picayune New Orleans July 13, 2015 July 13, 2015 Royce LaFrance Lombardi Award Nico Marley Lombardi Awardhttp://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082515aab.html Tulane's Nico Marley added to Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Tulane Athletics August 25, 2015 August 26, 2015January 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Roster 2015 Tulane Green Wave y 1 QB JR y Devin Powell 3 RB SO y Sherman Badie 7 QB SO Dylan Richman 8 WR JR y Devon Breaux 9 WR SO Teddy Veal 10 WR SO Fletcher Barnes 12 QB SO y Tanner Lee y 13 WR SO David Dubriel 14 QB FR y Glen Cuiellette 16 QB SR y Jordy Joseph 19 WR FR Terren Encalade 22 RB JR Marshall Wadleigh 25 RB JR y Josh 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Root 86 A FR Leondre James 95 P K SR Logan Hilton 97 DS JR Michael Lizanich 98 DS SO Aaron Golub P K FR Zachary Block http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/tul-m-footbl-mtt.html April 15, 2015 Curtis Johnson (4th season) Eric Price – Offensive coordinator Lionel Washington – Co-defensive coordinator/secondary Jason Rollins – Co-defensive coordinator/secondary Kwahn Drake – Defensive line David Johnson – Tight ends/running backs Doug Lichtenberger – Linebackers/special teams coordinator John McDonell – Offensive line Aaron Price – Quarterbacks Carter Sheridan – Wide receivers Kenny Bourgeois – Graduate assistant, Defense Chad Jenkins – Graduate assistant, Defense Trey Johnson – Graduate assistant, Offense Matt Jones – Graduate assistant, Offense Byron Ellis – Director of football operations Detrick Belvin – Director of player personnel, defense Wayne Cordova – Director of player personnel, offense Liz Devlin-Ziegler – Program Manager Bradley Mathews – Graduate assistant for Recruiting & Operations Lindy Wertz – Director of on-campus recruiting Will Woessner – Recruiting Analyst Schedule 2015 AP Central September 3 Thursday 8:30 pm l y Duke Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA CBSSN 7–37 25,470 September 12 2:30 pm l y y Georgia Tech 15 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ACCN 10–65 50,435 September 19 7:00 pm w y Maine Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 38–7 21,114 October 3 11:00 am w UCF Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews 45–31 20,024 October 10 11:00 am l y Temple Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 10–49 35,179 October 16 Friday 8:00 pm l Houston 24 Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNU 7–42 21,522 October 24 12:00 pm l y Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD CBSSN 14–31 32,033 October 31 6:00 pm l y Memphis 16 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN CBSSN 13–41 30,381 November 7 3:00 pm l y UConn Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews 3–7 26,775 November 14 11:00 am w y y Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY CBSSN 34–31 31,217 November 21 7:00 pm l y SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX ESPNews 21–49 14,954 November 27 Friday 7:00 pm l Tulsa Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNU 34–45 22,672 Source 2015-2016 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/tul-m-footbl-sched.html Tulane Athletics April 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315034127/http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/tul-m-footbl-sched.html March 15, 2015 dead Game summaries Duke 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 1: Duke Blue Devils at Tulane Green Wave – Game SummaryDuke at Tulane https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/duke-blue-devils-tulane-green-wave-201509030106/ Yahoo! Sports September 3, 2015 October 5, 2015 September 3, 2015 8:30 p.m. CDT Duke 3 10 3 21 Tulane 0 0 0 7 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 25,470 CBS Sports Network Rich Waltz, Adam Archuleta, Cassie Gallo Georgia Tech 2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team Georgia Tech–Tulane football rivalry white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 2: Tulane Green Wave at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – Game SummaryTulane at Georgia Tech https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-201509120004/ Yahoo! Sports September 12, 2015 October 5, 2015 September 12, 2015 3:30 p.m. EDT Tulane 0 7 0 3 Georgia Tech 7 21 16 21 Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia 50,435 ACCN Wes Durham, James Bates, Jenn Hildreth Maine 2015 Maine Black Bears football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 3: Maine Black Bears at Tulane Green Wave – Game SummaryMaine at Tulane https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/maine-black-bears-tulane-green-wave-201509190106/ Yahoo! Sports September 19, 2015 October 5, 2015 September 19, 2015 7:00 p.m. CDT Maine 7 0 0 0 Tulane 3 21 14 0 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 21,114 ESPN3 Roy Philpott, Vonnie Holiday UCF 2015 UCF Knights football team In this game, Tulane long snapper Aaron Golub became the first legally blind person to play in an NCAA division I game.Tulane long-snapper becomes first legally blind player in D-I game white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 5: UCF Knights at Tulane Green Wave – Game SummaryUCF at Tulane https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/ucf-knights-tulane-green-wave-201510030106/ Yahoo! Sports October 3, 2015 October 5, 2015 October 3, 2015 11:00 a.m. CDT UCF 7 3 0 21 Tulane 7 17 14 7 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 20,024 ESPNews Jason Benetti, Brian Kinchen Temple 2015 Temple Owls football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 6: Tulane Green Wave at Temple Owls – Game SummaryTulane at Temple https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-temple-owls-201510100015/ Yahoo! Sports October 10, 2015 November 28, 2015 October 10, 2015 12:00 p.m. EDT Tulane 3 7 0 0 Temple 7 14 21 7 Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 35,179 ESPNU Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia Houston 2015 Houston Cougars football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 7: Houston Cougars at Tulane Green Wave – Game SummaryHouston at Tulane https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-navy-midshipmen-201510240102/ Yahoo! Sports October 16, 2015 November 28, 2015 October 16, 2015 8:00 p.m. CDT #24 Houston 7 21 14 0 Tulane 0 7 0 0 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 21,522 ESPNU Shawn Kenney, Brian Kinchen Navy 2015 Navy Midshipmen football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 8: Tulane Green Wave at Navy Midshipmen – Game SummaryTulane at Navy https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-navy-midshipmen-201510240102/ Yahoo! Sports October 24, 2015 November 28, 2015 October 24, 2015 1:00 p.m. EDT Tulane 0 7 0 7 Navy 7 3 7 14 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland 32,033 CBSSN John Sadak, Randy Cross, Sheehan Stanwick Burch Memphis 2015 Memphis Tigers football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 9: Tulane Green Wave at Memphis Tigers – Game SummaryTulane at Memphis https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-memphis-tigers-201510310101/ Yahoo! Sports October 31, 2015 November 28, 2015 October 31, 2015 6:00 p.m. CDT Tulane 6 7 0 0 #16 Memphis 0 15 12 14 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee 30,381 CBSSN Dave Ryan, Jay Feely, Lauren Gardner UConn 2015 UConn Huskies football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 10 (homecoming): UConn Huskies at Tulane Green Wave – Game SummaryConnecticut at Tulane https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/connecticut-huskies-tulane-green-wave-201511070106/ Yahoo! Sports November 7, 2015 November 28, 2015 November 7, 2015 3:00 p.m. CST UConn 7 0 0 0 Tulane 0 3 0 0 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 26,775 Rain ESPNews Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia Army 2015 Army Black Knights football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 11: Tulane Green Wave at Army Black Knights – Game SummaryTulane at Army https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-army-west-point-black-knights-201511140097/ Yahoo! Sports November 14, 2015 November 28, 2015 November 14, 2015 12:00 p.m. EST Tulane 7 21 0 6 Army 7 14 0 10 Michie Stadium • West Point, New York 31,217 CBSSN Ben Holden, Jay Feely, John Schriffen SMU 2015 SMU Mustangs football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 12: Tulane Green Wave at SMU Mustangs – Game SummaryTulane at SMU https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulane-green-wave-smu-mustangs-201511210082/ Yahoo! Sports November 21, 2015 November 28, 2015 November 21, 2015 7:00 p.m. CST Tulane 0 7 7 7 SMU 14 21 0 14 Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas 14,954 ESPNews Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia Tulsa 2015 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team white Tulane Green Wave uncollapsed Week 13: Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Tulane Green Wave – Game SummaryTulsa at Tulane https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/tulsa-golden-hurricane-tulane-green-wave-201511270106/ Yahoo! Sports November 27, 2015 November 28, 2015 November 27, 2015 7:00 p.m. CST Tulsa 7 7 10 21 Tulane 7 17 3 7 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 22,672 ESPNU Roy Philpott, Brian Kinchen Led by former walk-on and fifth-year senior Jordy Joseph due to an injury to starting Quarterback Tanner Lee, Tulane led Tulsa by 10 points well into the fourth quarter. Joseph then threw two interceptions, both of which were returned for touchdowns.http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/tulane/14119482-128/tulane-loses-fourth-quarter-lead-falls Tulane loses fourth-quarter lead, falls 45-34 to Tulsa; no word on coach Curtis Johnson's status Guerry Smith The New Orleans Advocate November 27, 2015 November 28, 2015 December 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208132818/http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/tulane/14119482-128/tulane-loses-fourth-quarter-lead-falls dead Following the Green Wave's loss, capping a 3–9 season, head coach Curtis Johnson was fired. His final record in four years with the program was 15–34. In Tulane's press release, Athletic Director Rick Dickson was quoted as saying "...the program has not progressed to the level that we aspire to."http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/tulane/14125590-171/tulane-football-coach-curtis-johnson Tulane football coach Curtis Johnson fired; new hire to be made after new athletic director on board Guerry Smith The New Orleans Advocate November 28, 2015 November 28, 2015 December 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151201022021/http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/tulane/14125590-171/tulane-football-coach-curtis-johnson dead References Tulane Category:Tulane Green Wave football seasons Tulane Green Wave football