2008 Tulane Green Wave football team

2008 Tulane Green Wave football

Conference	Conference USA West
2008 record	2–10 (1–7 Conference USA)
Head coach	Bob Toledo
Home stadium	Superdome (Capacity: 69,703)

2008 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
East Carolina x$		6	–	2		9	–	5
Memphis		4	–	4		6	–	7
Southern Miss		4	–	4		7	–	6
UAB		3	–	5		4	–	8
UCF		3	–	5		4	–	8
Marshall		3	–	5		4	–	8
West Division
Tulsa xy		7	–	1		11	–	3
Rice x		7	–	1		10	–	3
Houston		6	–	2		8	–	5
UTEP		4	–	4		5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7		2	–	10
SMU		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football during the 2008 season. Tulane competed as a member of the Conference USA.

The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. Tulane finished the season with a 2–10 record. Despite this, sports columnist King Kaufman declared the Green Wave the national champions. In a Salon article, meant more to point out the flaws in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) than make a real argument in Tulane's favor, he wrote:^[1]

"Tulane beat Louisiana-Monroe, who beat Troy, who beat Middle Tennessee, who beat Maryland, who beat Wake Forest, who beat Mississippi ... [who beat BCS champions] Florida ... [and] also beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas, who beat [BCS runners-up] Oklahoma."

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	6:00 PM	at #13 Alabama*	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN360	L 6-20	92,138
September 13	2:00 PM	#14 East Carolina	Superdome • New Orleans, LA	WITN	L 24-28	27,189
September 20	2:00 PM	Louisiana-Monroe*	Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CST	W 24–10	23,419
September 25	7:00 PM	SMU	Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CBSCS	W 34–27	25,643
October 4	2:00 PM	Army*	Tad Gormley Stadium • New Orleans, LA	CST	L 13-44	23,794
October 11	8:05 PM	at UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX		L 21-24	33,121
October 25	2:00 PM	Rice	Superdome • New Orleans, LA		L 17-42	17,841
November 1	7:00 PM	at #19 LSU*	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	GamePlan	L 10-35	92,136
November 8	7:00 PM	at Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSCS	L 14-42	23,522
November 15	2:00 PM	UAB	Superdome • New Orleans, LA		L 24-41	18,614
November 22	2:00 PM	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		L 7-56	20,391
November 29	1:00 PM	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN		L 6-45	15,012
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

^[2]

References

↑ "The real national champion -- and it isn't Utah". Salon.com. January 6, 2009. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
↑ 2008 Green Wave Football Schedule, ESPN

Tulane Green Wave football

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