2016 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in last place in the West Division.

2016 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	West Division
2016 record	4–8 (1–7 The American)
Head coach	Willie Fritz (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Ruse (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread Option
Defensive coordinator	Jack Curtis (1st season)
Home stadium	Yulman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Temple xy$		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 19 South Florida x		7	–	1					11	–	2
UCF		4	–	4					6	–	7
Cincinnati		1	–	7					4	–	8
UConn		1	–	7					3	–	9
East Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
Tulsa		6	–	2					10	–	3
Memphis		5	–	3					8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3					9	–	4
SMU		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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 UCF, UConn, 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	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	at Wake Forest*	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	L 3–7	24,398
September 10	7:00 pm	Southern*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W 66–21	27,179
September 17	6:00 pm	Navy	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ASN	L 14–21	21,503
September 24	7:00 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W 41–39 ^4OT	24,253
October 1	2:30 pm	at UMass*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ASN	W 31–24	14,892
October 14	7:00 pm	Memphis	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,098
October 22	2:45 pm	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	L 27–50	22,349
October 29	3:00 pm	SMU	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNews	L 31–35	25,780
November 5^[a]	5:00 pm	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPN3	L 6–37	31,571
November 12	2:30 pm	at Houston	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 18–30	36,552
November 19	2:30 pm	Temple	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ASN	L 0–31	16,497
November 26	3:00 pm	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPNews	W 38–13	20,764
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

^{^[a]} The game between Tulane and UCF on October 7, 2016, was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced.[2]

Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

Wake Forest

Week 1: Tulane Green Wave at Wake Forest Demon Deacons – Game Summary[4]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	3	0	0	0	3
Wake Forest	0	7	0	0	7

at BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina

• Date: September 1, 2016
• Game time: 7:00 PM EDT
• Game attendance: 24,398
• TV: ESPN3

Southern

Week 2: Southern Jaguars at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary[5]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern	7	0	14	0	21
Tulane	28	21	7	10	66

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

• Date: September 10, 2016
• Game time: 7:00 PM CDT
• Game attendance: 27,179
• TV: ESPN3

Navy

Week 3: Navy Midshipmen at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	0	7	6	8	21
Tulane	0	7	7	0	14

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

• Date: September 17, 2016
• Game time: 6:00 PM CDT
• Game attendance: 21,503
• TV: ASN

Louisiana–Lafayette

Week 4: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	4OT	Total
UL-Lafayette	3	3	3	7	7	7	3	6	39
Tulane	0	6	10	0	7	7	3	8	41

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

• Date: September 24, 2016
• Game time: 7:00 PM CDT
• Game attendance: 24,253
• TV: ESPN3

Massachusetts

Week 5: Tulane Green Wave at Massachusetts Minutemen – Game Summary[6]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	7	3	14	7	31
UMass	14	0	0	10	24

at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, Massachusetts

• Date: October 1, 2016
• Game time: 3:30 PM EDT
• TV: ESPN3/ASN

Memphis

Week 7: Memphis Tigers at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	3	10	3	8	24
Tulane	0	7	0	7	14

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

• Date: October 14, 2016
• Game time: 7:00 PM CDT
• TV: ESPNU

Tulsa

Week 8: Tulane Green Wave at Tulsa Golden Hurricane – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	7	0	13	7	27
Tulsa	14	17	9	10	50

at Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Date: October 22, 2016
• Game time: 2:45 PM CDT
• Game attendance: 22,349
• TV: ESPNU

SMU

Week 9 (Homecoming): SMU Mustangs at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	14	7	0	14	35
Tulane	7	3	14	7	31

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

• Date: October 29, 2016
• Game time: 3:00 PM CDT
• Game attendance: 25,780
• TV: TBA

UCF

Week 6: Tulane Green Wave at UCF Knights – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	6	0	0	0	6
UCF	0	7	13	17	37

at Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida

• Date: November 5, 2016
• Game time: 4:00 PM EDT
• TV: TBA

The game, originally scheduled for a 7:30 pm kickoff on October 6 to be televised on ESPNU, was moved to November 5 due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was moved to November 5 because both teams, coincidentally, had scheduled bye weeks for that week.[2]

Houston

Week 11: Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	7	3	0	8	18
Houston	14	14	0	2	30

at TDECU Stadium • Houston, Texas

• Date: November 12, 2016
• Game time: 2:30 PM CST
• TV: TBA

Temple

Week 12: Temple Owls at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Temple	7	3	14	7	31
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana

• Date: November 19, 2016
• Game time: 2:30pm CST
• Game attendance: 16,497
• TV: ESPN3

UConn

Week 13: Tulane Green Wave at UConn Huskies – Game Summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	10	14	0	14	38
UConn	0	0	6	7	13

at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut

• Date: November 26, 2016
• Game time: 4:00 PM EST
• TV: TBA

References

1. "2016 Tulane Football Dates, Selected Television Games Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
2. Green, Shannon. "Hurricane Matthew forces UCF to postpone Tulane game". OrlandoSentinel.com. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
3. "2016 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
4. "Tulane at Wake Forest". Yahoo! Sports. September 1, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
5. "Southern at Tulane". Yahoo! Sports. September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
6. "Tulane at UMass". Yahoo! Sports. October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.