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
First Season |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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1999 | |||
November 6 | at Houston | Robertson Stadium | |
November 13 | at Navy | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
2010s
Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
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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 |
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1970s | 1972 • 1979 |
1990s | 1998 |
2000s | 2003 |
2010s | 2019 |
2020s | 2021 |
Head Coaches
Tulane Green Wave football head coaches |
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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
First Season |
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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 |
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American Athletic Conference | |
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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 |