Tulane Green Wave football, 1940–49

Tulane Green Wave football
	1941 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1941 record	5–4 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach	Red Dawson
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (Capacity: 69,000)
	Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

	1940 SEC football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll

Tulane Green Wave football
	1940 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1940 record	5–5 (1–3 SEC)
Head coach	Red Dawson
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (Capacity: 69,000)
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

Contents:	1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949

1940[]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 28*	Boston College	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–27
October 5	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–20
October 12*	at Fordham	Coffey Field • New York, NY	L 7–20
October 19*	Rice	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 15–6
October 26*	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–13
November 2*	Clemson	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 13–0
November 9	vs. Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	L 6–13
November 16	Georgia	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–13
November 23*	Northwestern State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 47–0
November 30	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–14
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1941[]

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1941 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#16 Mississippi State †	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
#18 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#20 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#14 Georgia	3	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
#17 Ole Miss	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
LSU	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Tulane	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Auburn	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 27*	Boston College		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–7
October 4	Auburn		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 32–0
October 11*	at Rice		Rice Field • Houston, TX	L 9–10
October 18*	North Carolina	#17	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 52–6
October 25	Ole Miss	#10	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–20
November 1	#10 Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 34–14
November 8	#13 Alabama	#14	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–19
November 15*	vs. NYU		Yankee Stadium • New York, NY	W 45–0
November 29	LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–19
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1942[]

1942 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1942 record	4–5 (1–4 SEC)
Head coach	Claude Simons, Jr.
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 69,000)
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1942 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Georgia †	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#5 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#7 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
#18 Mississippi State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#10 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#16 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 26*	at USC Trojans	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–13
October 3	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–27
October 10*	Rice	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–7
October 17	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 0–40
October 24*	North Carolina	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 29–14
October 31	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 28–21
November 7	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–7
November 14*	Georgia Navy Pre-Flight	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–7
November 26	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–18
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1943[]

1943 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1943 record	3–3 (1–1 SEC)
Head coach	Claude Simons, Jr.
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 69,000)
Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1943 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Georgia Tech †	3	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Tulane	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Georgia	0	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	0	5	–	0	–	0

† – Conference champion Seven other SEC schools did not field a team due to World War II. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
October 2*	Memphis Naval Air Station	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–41
October 9*	at Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 33–0
October 23*	at SMU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 12–6
October 30*	Georgia Navy Pre-Flight	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–14
November 13	#19 Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–33
November 20	LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	W 27–0
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1944[]

1944 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1944 record	4–3 (1–2 SEC)
Head coach	Claude Simons, Jr.
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 69,000)
Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1944 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Georgia Tech †	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
#12 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Florida	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Auburn	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	0	3	–	0	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
October 7*	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 0–26
October 14*	Rice	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–0
October 21	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 16–13
October 28*	SMU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–7
November 11	at #13 Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–34
November 18*	Clemson	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 36–20
November 30	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–25
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1945[]

1945 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1945 record	2–6–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Claude Simons, Jr.
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 69,000)
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1945 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Alabama †	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#14 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
#15 LSU	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#18 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Auburn	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Tulane	1	–	3	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
October 6	Florida	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 6–6
October 13*	at Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	L 7–13
October 20	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–20
October 27*	SMU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 19–7
November 3	#15 Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 14–13
November 10	Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–41
November 17*	Clemson	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 20–47
November 24*	#5 Notre Dame	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 6–32
December 1	LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–33
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1946[]

1946 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1946 record	3–7 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 69,000)
Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1946 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Georgia §	5	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
#7 Tennessee §	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#8 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
#11 Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Florida	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 28	Alabama	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 6–7
October 5	Florida	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–13
October 12*	Rice	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 6–25
October 19	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 32–0
October 26	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–14
November 9*	Clemson Tigers	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 54–13
November 16	at #7 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7–35
November 23*	#2 Notre Dame	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–41
November 30	at #9 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 27–41
December 21*	USC	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–20
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1947[]

1947 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1947 record	2–5–2 (2–3–2 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1947 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Ole Miss †	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#10 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#6 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	3	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Florida	0	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 27	Alabama	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–20
October 4	Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–20
October 11*	at #16 Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	L 0–33
October 18	Ole Miss	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–27
October 25	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 40–0
November 1	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–20
November 15	Florida	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 7–7
November 22*	at #2 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 6–59
December 6	LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	T 6–6
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1948[]

Ranking
1948 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
AP	No. 13
1948 record	9–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1948 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Georgia †	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
#13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 25	Alabama		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–14
October 2	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7–13
October 9*	South Carolina		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 14–0
October 16	#10 Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–7
October 23	Auburn	#17	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–6
October 30	Mississippi State	#19	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 9–0
November 6*	[[{{{school}}}\|VMI]]	#20	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 28–7
November 13*	[[{{{school}}}\|Baylor]]		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 35–13
November 20*	at [[{{{school}}}\|Cincinnati]]	#14	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 6–0
November 27	at LSU	#14	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	W 46–0
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1949[]

SEC Champions
1949 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1949 record	7–2–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)
Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1949 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulane †	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
#11 [[{{{school}}}\|Kentucky]]	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
[[{{{school}}}\|Georgia Tech]]	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#9 [[{{{school}}}\|LSU]]	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
[[{{{school}}}\|Auburn]]	2	–	4	–	2	2	–	4	–	3
[[{{{school}}}\|Ole Miss]]	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Florida	1	–	4	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
[[{{{school}}}\|Mississippi State]]	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	8	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 24	vs. Alabama		Ladd Stadium • Mobile, AL	W 28–14
October 1	[[{{{school}}}\|Georgia Tech]]		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–0
October 8*	[[{{{school}}}\|Southeastern Louisiana]]	#4	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 40–0
October 15*	at #1 Notre Dame	#4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 7–46
October 22	[[{{{school}}}\|Auburn]]	#20	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 14–6
October 29	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 54–6
November 5*	[[{{{school}}}\|Navy]]		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 21–21
November 12	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 41–14
November 19*	at #9 [[{{{school}}}\|Virginia]]	#19	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 28–14
November 26	#13 [[{{{school}}}\|LSU]]	#10	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–21
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

References[]

↑ Ryan Whirty (2012-06-26). "The History of Tulane Stadium(s)". Gambit Magazine. http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/the-history-of-tulane-stadiums/Content?oid=2028941. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

External links[]

TulaneGreenWave.com, official website for Tulane athletics
Tulane Football History
College Football Data Warehouse, Tulane Historical Data
College Poll Archive, Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

[TulaneStadiums-1] Ryan Whirty (2012-06-26). "The History of Tulane Stadium(s)". Gambit Magazine. http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/the-history-of-tulane-stadiums/Content?oid=2028941. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

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v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1940 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Tennessee †	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#9 Mississippi State	4	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Florida	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Tulane	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Georgia Tech	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll