2016 Tulane Green Wave football team

2016 Tulane Green Wave football

Conference	American Athletic Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 The American)
Head coach	Willie Fritz (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Ruse (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Flexbone
Defensive coordinator	Jack Curtis (1st year)
Home stadium	Yulman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Cincinnati		0	–	0		0	–	0
Connecticut		0	–	0		0	–	0
East Carolina		0	–	0		0	–	0
South Florida		0	–	0		0	–	0
Temple		0	–	0		0	–	0
UCF		0	–	0		0	–	0
West Division
Houston		0	–	0		0	–	0
Memphis		0	–	0		0	–	0
Navy		0	–	0		0	–	0
SMU		0	–	0		0	–	0
Tulane		0	–	0		0	–	0
Tulsa		0	–	0		0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team will represent Tulane University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave will play their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and compete in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They will be led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz.

Schedule

Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave will host AAC foes Memphis, Navy, SMU, and Temple, and will travel to Central Florida (UCF), Connecticut, Houston, and Tulsa.^[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road game against Massachusetts (UMass) and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV
September 1	at Wake Forest*	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC
September 10	Southern*	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
September 17	Navy	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	CBSSN
September 24	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
October 1	at Massachusetts*	Gillette Stadium • Foxborough, MA
October 7	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN2/ESPNU
October 14	Memphis	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNU
October 22	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
October 29	SMU	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
November 12	at Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX
November 19	Temple	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
November 25	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game Notes

at Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave					0
Demon Deacons					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1995	TUL, 35–9

Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars					0
Green Wave					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2002	TUL, 37–19

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen					0
Green Wave					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–8–1	2015	NAVY, 31–14

Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns					0
Green Wave					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–6	2013	ULL, 24–21

at Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave					0
Minutemen					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave					0
Knights					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	2015	TUL, 45–31

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Green Wave					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–20	2015	MEM, 41–13

at Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave					0
Golden Hurricane					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–10	2015	TUL, 45–34

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs					0
Green Wave					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–9	2015	SMU, 49–21

at Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave					0
Cougars					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–15	2015	HOU, 42–7

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Green Wave					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	TEM, 49–10

at Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave					0
Huskies					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	UCONN, 7–3

References

↑ "2016 Tulane Football Dates, Selected Television Games Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
↑ "2016 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

Tulane Green Wave football

Venues	First Tulane Stadium 1909–1916 Second Tulane Stadium 1917–1925 Tulane Stadium 1926–1974 Mercedes-Benz Superdome 1975–2013 Yulman Stadium 2014–present

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Georgia Tech LSU (Battle for the Flag) Ole Miss Southern Miss (Battle for the Bell)

Culture & lore	Riptide "The Olive and the Blue" "The Hullabaloo" Tulane University Marching Band Porter Cup

People	Head coaches NFL draftees All-Americans Statistical leaders

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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