| 2008 Tulane Green Wave football | |
| Conference | Conference USA |
|---|---|
| 2008 record | 2–10 (1–7 Conference USA) |
| Head coach | Bob Toledo |
| Home stadium | Superdome (Capacity: 69,703) |
Seasons | |
Template:2008 Conference USA football standings 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 | ||
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| 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. | ||||||||
References[]
- ↑ "The real national champion -- and it isn't Utah". Salon.com. January 6, 2009. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5hDZRD47K. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- ↑ 2008 Green Wave Football Schedule, ESPN
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