Tulane Green Wave

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The Tulane Green Wave are the athletic teams that represent Tulane University, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tulane competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). There are 14 Green Wave intercollegiate programs.

Football

Tulane Green Wave college football
First Season
1893
Team History
Tulane Green Wave (1920-present)
Tulane Olive and Blue (1893-1919)
Conference
American Athletic Conference (2014-present)
Conference USA (1996-2013)
Southeastern Conference (1933-65)
Southern Conference (1922-32)
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1895-1921)
Independent (1893-94, 1966-95)
Venue
Yulman Stadium (2014-present)
Mercedes-Benz Superdome (1975-2013)
Third Tulane Stadium (1926-74)
Second Tulane Stadium (1917-25)
First Tulane Stadium (1909-16)
Athletic Park (1901-08)
Crescent City Base Ball Park (1893-1900)
Key People
Players • Coaches


Programs by season

1930s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1934
January 1, 1935 vs. Temple Tulane Stadium
1936
November 28 at LSU Tiger Stadium
1937
September 25 vs. Clemson Tulane Stadium
1939
January 1, 1940 vs. Texas A&M Tulane Stadium

1940s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1941
September 27 vs. Boston College Tulane Stadium
1944
October 7 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium
October 14 vs. Rice Tulane Stadium
1946
September 28 vs. Alabama Tulane Stadium
October 5 vs. Florida Tulane Stadium
November 23 vs. Notre Dame Tulane Stadium
1949
October 15 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium

1950s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1950
November 25 vs. Vanderbilt Tulane Stadium
1951
October 27 vs. Auburn Tulane Stadium
November 10 vs. Kentucky Tulane Stadium
1952
September 27 vs. Georgia Tulane Stadium
October 18 vs. Ole Miss Tulane Stadium
1953
November 7 vs. Mississippi State Tulane Stadium
1954
September 25 vs. Memphis State Tulane Stadium
1955
October 15 vs. Ole Miss Tulane Stadium
1956
October 27 at Georgia Tech Grant Field
1957
September 20 vs. Virginia Tech Tulane Stadium
1959
October 17 at Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium
November 21 at LSU Tiger Stadium

1960s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1961
September 23 at Stanford Stanford Stadium
1962
September 21 vs. Stanford Tulane Stadium
October 12 vs. Mississippi State Tulane Stadium
1968
September 14 at Houston Astrodome
October 26 at Georgia Tech Grant Field

1970s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1970
December 12 vs. Colorado Memphis Memorial Stadium
1973
December 29 vs. Houston Astrodome
1974
September 7 vs. Ole Miss Tulane Stadium
September 21 at Army Michie Stadium
1976
October 30 vs. Memphis State Louisiana Superdome
November 6 vs. West Virginia Louisiana Superdome
1979
November 10 vs. Ole Miss Louisiana Superdome

1980s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1981
October 17 at Air Force Falcon Stadium
1985
September 21 at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium
1987
December 19 vs. Washington Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA)

1990s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
1999
November 6 at Houston Robertson Stadium
November 13 at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2010s

Season/Date Opponent Venue
2014
October 31 vs. Cincinnati Yulman Stadium
2017
September 16 at Oklahoma Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1960s 1969
1970s 1972 • 1979
1990s 1998
2000s 2003
2010s 2019
2020s 2021

Head Coaches

Tulane Green Wave football head coaches
T. L. Bayne (1893) • Fred Sweet (1894) • T. L. Bayne (1895) • Harry Baum (1896) • No team (1897) • John Lombard (1898) • Harris T. Collier (1899) • H. T. Summersgill (1900-01) • Virginius Dabney (1902) • Charles Eshleman (1903) • Thomas A. Barry (1904) • John F. Tobin (1905) • John Russ (1906) • Joe Curtis (1907-08) • R. R. Brown (1909) • Appleton A. Mason (1910-12) • A. C. Hoffman (1913) • Edwin Sweetland (1914) • Clark Shaughnessy (1915-20) • Myron Fuller (1921) • Clark Shaughnessy (1922-26) • Bernie Bierman (1927-31) • Ted Cox (1932-35) • Red Dawson (1936-41) • Claude Simons Jr. (1942-45) • Henry Frnka (1946-51) • Raymond Wolf (1952-53) • Andy Pilney (1954-61) • Tommy O'Boyle (1962-65) • Jim Pittman (1966-70) • Bennie Ellender (1971-75) • Larry Smith (1976-79) • Vince Gibson (1980-82) • Wally English (1983-84) • Mack Brown (1985-87) • Greg Davis (1988-91) • Buddy Teevens (1992-96) • Tommy Bowden (1997-98) • Chris Scelfo (1998-2006) • Bob Toledo (2007-11) • Mark Hutson* (2011) • Curtis Johnson (2012-15) • Willie Fritz (2016-23) • Slade Nagle* (2023) • Jon Sumrall (2024-present)

*interim head coach


Basketball

Tulane Green Wave men's college basketball
First Season
1905-06
Team History
Tulane Green Wave (1920-present)
Tulane Olive and Blue (1905-19)
Conference
Southeastern Conference (1991-present)
Southwest Conference (1923-91)
Venue
Devlin Fieldhouse (1933-present)
Smoothie King Center (alternate; 1999-present)
Tulane Gymnasium (1905-33)
Key People
Players • Coaches


Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1970s 1974-75
American Athletic Conference
Full members (all sports) Cincinnati Bearcats • East Carolina Pirates • Houston Cougars • Memphis Tigers • SMU Mustangs • South Florida Bulls • Temple Owls • Tulane Green Wave • Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Football-only members Army Black Knights • Navy Midshipmen
Basketball Venues FedExForum • Fertitta Center • Moody Coliseum
Football Venues Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Lincoln Financial Field • Michie Stadium • Nippert Stadium • Raymond James Stadium • Yulman Stadium