| 1998 Tulane Green Wave football | |
Conference USA Champions Liberty Bowl champions | |
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1998 Liberty Bowl vs. BYU, Won 41–27 | |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| 1998 record | 12–0 (6–0 C-USA) |
| Head coach | Tommy Bowden |
| Offensive coordinator | Rich Rodriguez |
| Home stadium | Louisiana Superdome (Capacity: 69,703) |
Seasons | |
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| 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.
The team was not invited to a Bowl Championship Series Bowl game due to lack of strength of schedule (they did not play a single ranked team all season, and a lowly Rutgers team was the sole BCS Conference member on the schedule), and 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.
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 | |
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| September 5 | 6:00 PM | at Cincinnati | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 52–34 | 20,721 | |||
| September 12 | 7:00 PM | at SMU | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX | W 31–21 | 12,316 | |||
| September 26* | 2:30 PM | Navy | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | W 42–24 | 19,371 | |||
| October 3 | 2:30 PM | Southern Miss | #25 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | W 21–7 | 32,527 | ||
| October 17† | 2:30 PM | Louisville | #24 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | FSN | W 28–22 | 26,217 | |
| October 24 | 11:00 AM | at Rutgers | #22 | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | W 52–24 | 20,714 | ||
| October 31* | 2:30 PM | SW Louisiana | #19 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | W 72–20 | 25,177 | ||
| November 7 | 1:00 PM | at Memphis | #15 | Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN | W 41–31 | 18,192 | ||
| November 14 | 12:00 PM | at Army | #14 | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 49–35 | 39,083 | ||
| November 21 | 2:30 PM | Houston | #12 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | FSN | W 48–20 | 26,978 | |
| November 26* | 2:30 PM | Louisiana Tech | #11 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | W 63–30 | 37,391 | ||
| December 31* | 12:30 PM | vs. BYU | #10 | Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) | ESPN | W 41–27 | 52,197 | |
| †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
Team players in the NFL[]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Team |
| Shaun King | Quarterback | 2 | 50 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
References[]
- ↑ Notre Dame has been treated well during the BCS era, ESPN, March 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Tulane University - 1998". College Football Reference. http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=342&season=1998. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ↑ "1998 Season in Review". TulaneGreenWave.com. http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072999aab.html. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1999.htm
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