2011 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 2011 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at the Louisiana Superdome, which was renamed the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on October 23. They competed in the West Division of Conference USA. The team was coached by interim head coach Mark Hutson following fifth-year head coach “Buffet” Bob Toledo's resignation on October 18 after starting the season 2–5.[1] The team finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in C-USA - last place in the West Division.

2011 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest
2011 record2–11 (1–7 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Davis Jr. & Mark Hutson
Defensive coordinatorSteve Stanard (3rd season)
Home stadiumLouisiana Superdome
(Capacity: 73,208)
2011 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 20 Southern Miss x$  6 –2     12 –2  
Marshall  5 –3     7 –6  
East Carolina  4 –4     5 –7  
UAB  3 –5     3 –9  
UCF  3 –5     5 –7  
Memphis  1 –7     2 –10  
West Division
No. 18 Houston x  8 –0     13 –1  
Tulsa  7 –1     8 –5  
SMU  5 –3     8 –5  
Rice  3 –5     4 –8  
UTEP  2 –6     5 –7  
Tulane  1 –7     2 –11  
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 32:30 pmSE Louisiana*
W 47–3315,912
September 102:30 pmTulsa
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSTL 3–3119,752
September 173:00 pmat UAB
W 49–1017,658
September 242:30 pmat Duke*
ESPN3L 27–4820,138
October 111:00 amat Army*
CBSSNL 6–4531,235
October 87:00 pmSyracuse*
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CST/SNYL 34–3739,116
October 152:30 pmUTEP
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
FCS CentralL 7–4416,690
October 222:30 pmMemphis
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
L 17–3325,158
October 292:30 pmat East Carolina
L 14–3449,410
November 52:00 pmat SMU
L 24–4520,106[2]
November 107:00 pmNo. 11 Houston
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CBSSNL 17–7317,657[3]
November 192:30 pmat Rice
L 7–1915,461[4]
November 2610:00 pmat Hawaiʻi*
Oceanic PPVL 23–3527,411[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References
  1. "Tulane Head Football Coach Bob Toledo Resigns Post". Tulane University Athletics Department. October 18, 2011.
  2. "Tulane Green Wave vs. SMU Mustangs Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.
  3. "Houston Cougars vs. Tulane Green Wave Box Score". ESPN.com. November 10, 2011.
  4. "Tulane Green Wave vs. Rice Box Score". ESPN.com. November 19, 2011.
  5. "Tulane Green Wave vs. Hawaii Warriors Box Score". ESPN.com. November 26, 2011.
  6. http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/tul-m-footbl-sched.html


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