1998 Tulane Green Wave football team

1998 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference USA Champions
Liberty Bowl champions
1998 Liberty Bowl vs. BYU, Won 4127
Conference Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches #7
AP #7
1998 record 120 (60 C-USA)
Head coach Tommy Bowden (regular season)
Chris Scelfo (bowl game)
Offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez
Home stadium Louisiana Superdome
(Capacity: 69,028)
1998 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#7 Tulane $   6 0         12 0  
Southern Miss   5 1         7 5  
Louisville   4 2         7 5  
East Carolina   3 3         6 5  
Army   2 4         3 8  
Houston   2 4         3 8  
Cincinnati   1 5         2 9  
Memphis   1 5         2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 1998 college football season. The Green Wave finished with a record of 12 wins and no losses, one of only two NCAA Division 1-A teams to complete the season undefeated, the other being the BCS champion Tennessee Volunteers.

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 they had not played a legitimate schedule. They did not play a single ranked team all season, and the only AQ conference member on their schedule was a Rutgers team that finished tied for sixth in the Big East. They defeated Brigham Young University in the Liberty Bowl. The Green Wave finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in both the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll—in both cases, their highest rankings in school history since the 1939 Tulane football season when they were ranked #5 in the just the AP Poll because the coaches poll did not exist at that time.

The Green Wave won all of their games by six points or more. The combined 538 points set a single-season school record.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 6:00 PM at Cincinnati Nippert StadiumCincinnati, OH W 5234   20,721
September 12 7:00 PM at SMU* Cotton BowlDallas, TX W 3121   12,316
September 26 2:30 PM Navy* Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA W 4224   19,371
October 3 2:30 PM Southern Miss #25 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Bell) W 217   32,527
October 17 2:30 PM Louisvilledagger #24 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA FSN W 2822   26,217
October 24 11:00 AM at Rutgers* #22 Rutgers StadiumPiscataway, NJ W 5224   20,714
October 31 2:30 PM SW Louisiana* #19 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA W 7220   25,177
November 7 1:00 PM at Memphis #15 Liberty BowlMemphis, TN W 4131   18,192
November 14 12:00 PM at Army #14 Michie StadiumWest Point, NY W 4935   39,083
November 21 2:30 PM Houston #12 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA FSN W 4820   26,978
November 26 2:30 PM Louisiana Tech* #11 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA W 6330   37,391
December 31 12:30 PM vs. BYU* #10 Liberty BowlMemphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) ESPN W 4127   52,197
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Team
Shaun KingQuarterback2 50 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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References

  1. Notre Dame has been treated well during the BCS era, ESPN, March 22, 2008.
  2. "Tulane University - 1998". College Football Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  3. "1998 Season in Review". Tulane University Department of Athletics. July 29, 1999. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  4. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1999.htm
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