American college football season
The 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2017 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 the American Athletic Conference . They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz . They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.
Schedule [ edit ] Tulane announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Cincinnati , Houston , South Florida , and Tulsa , and traveled to East Carolina , Memphis , Navy , and SMU .[1]
The Green Wave hosted two of the four non-conference opponents: Army , which is an independent football school , and Grambling State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference . The team traveled to Florida International (FIU) from Conference USA and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 p.m. No. 21 (FCS ) Grambling State * ESPN3 W 43–1415,940 September 9 2:30 p.m. at Navy CBSSN L 21–2330,420 September 16 5:00 p.m. at No. 2 Oklahoma * FSN PPV L 14–5686,290 September 23 11:00 a.m. Army * Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA CBSSN W 21–1716,643 October 7 10:00 a.m. Tulsa Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 W 62–2811,971 October 14 6:00 p.m. at FIU * CUSA.TV L 10–2316,433 October 21 6:00 p.m. No. 16 South Florida Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN2 L 28–3417,256 October 27 7:00 p.m. at No. 24 Memphis CBSSN L 26–5617,989 November 4 3:00 p.m. Cincinnati Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 L 16–1720,798 November 11 6:00 p.m. at East Carolina CBSSN W 31–24 OT 36,178 November 18 3:00 p.m. Houston Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews W 20–1719,026 November 25 11:00 a.m. at SMU CBSSN L 38–4114,209 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [2] Game summaries [ edit ] Grambling State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 21 (FCS) Tigers 0 0 7 7 14 Green Wave 14 10 7 12 43
At Navy [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 0 13 0 8 21 Midshipmen 7 7 9 0 23
At Oklahoma [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 14 0 0 0 14 No. 2 Sooners 14 14 7 21 56
1 2 3 4 Total Black Knights 0 10 0 7 17 Green Wave 7 7 0 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 7 0 14 7 28 Green Wave 21 27 7 7 62
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 0 3 7 0 10 Panthers 7 3 3 10 23
South Florida [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Bulls 7 13 14 0 34 Green Wave 0 7 7 14 28
At Memphis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 0 12 7 7 26 Tigers 14 21 0 21 56
Cincinnati [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bearcats 3 7 7 0 17 Green Wave 7 6 0 3 16
At East Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Green Wave 7 10 7 0 7 31 Pirates 7 7 0 10 0 24
Houston [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 0 7 7 17 Green Wave 3 10 0 7 20
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 7 14 17 0 38 Mustangs 14 13 7 7 41
Players in the 2018 NFL Draft [ edit ]
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