Tulane Green Wave football, 1950–59

Tulane Green Wave football
	1951 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1951 record	4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (Capacity: 80,735)
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

	1950 SEC football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll

Tulane Green Wave football
	1950 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
1950 record	6–2–1 (3–1–1 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (Capacity: 80,735)
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

Contents:	1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959

1950[]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 30	Alabama	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–26
October 7*	[[{{{school}}}\|Louisiana College]]	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 64–0
October 14*	#10 Notre Dame	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 9–13
October 21	Ole Miss	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–20
October 28	at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	W 28–0
November 11*	at Navy	Thompson Stadium • Baltimore, MD	W 27–0
November 18*	Virginia	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 42–18
November 25	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 35–6
December 2	LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	T 14–14
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1951[]

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1951 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Georgia Tech §	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	1
#1 Tennessee §	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
#15 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Florida	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 29*	Miami	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–7
October 6*	#19 Baylor	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–27
October 13*	#15 Holy Cross	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–14
October 20	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 6–25
October 27	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–21
November 3	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–10
November 10	#12 Kentucky	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–37
November 17	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–10
November 24*	Southeastern Louisiana	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 48–7
December 1	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 13–14
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1952[]

1952 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1952 record	5–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)
Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1952 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Georgia Tech †	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#8 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
#7 Ole Miss	4	–	0	–	2	8	–	1	–	2
#9 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#15 Florida	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
#20 Kentucky	1	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 27	Georgia	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 16–21
October 4*	Santa Clara	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 35–0
October 11	at #5 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–14
October 18	Ole Miss	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 14–20
October 25	vs. Auburn	Mobile, AL	W 21–6
November 1	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 34–21
November 8	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 6–27
November 15	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 16–7
November 22*	[[{{{school}}}\|Louisiana College]]	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 46–14
November 29	LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–16
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1953[]

1953 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1953 record	1–8–1 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)
Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1953 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Alabama †	4	–	0	–	3	6	–	3	–	3
#8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
#16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
#17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	1	–	3	5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	3	5	–	3	–	3
Florida	1	–	3	–	2	3	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 19*	The Citadel	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 54–6
September 26	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 14–16
October 3*	at #4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–26
October 10	#10 Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–27
October 17	Ole Miss	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–45
October 24	vs. Auburn	Mobile, AL	L 7–34
October 31*	#15 Army	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 0–0
November 7	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–21
November 14	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–21
November 28	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 13–32
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1954[]

1954 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1954 record	1–6–3 (1–6–1 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)
Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1954 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Ole Miss †	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
#13 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Alabama	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	6	–	3
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 18	at #7 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–28
September 25*	Memphis State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 13–13
October 2*	North Carolina	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 7–7
October 9	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–14
October 16	at #7 Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 7–34
October 23	Georgia	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–7
October 30	vs. Auburn	Mobile, AL	L 0–27
November 6	Alabama	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 0–0
November 13	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 6–0
November 27	LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 13–14
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1955[]

1955 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1955 record	5–4–1 (3–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1955 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Ole Miss †	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#8 Auburn	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
#7 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Florida	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 17*	VMI	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–7
September 24*	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 21–35
October 1*	Northwestern	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–0
October 8	at Mississippi State	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	L 0–14
October 15	Ole Miss	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–27
October 22	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 14–0
October 29	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–13
November 5	vs. Alabama	Mobile, AL	W 27–7
November 12	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–20
November 26	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	T 13–13
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1956[]

1956 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1956 record	6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)
Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1956 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Tennessee †	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#4 Georgia Tech	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 22*	Virginia Tech		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–14
September 29*	Texas		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 6–7
October 6*	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 20–13
October 13*	#14 Navy		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–6
October 20	vs. #6 Ole Miss	#19	Jackson, MS	W 10–3
October 27	at #3 Georgia Tech	#15	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–40
November 3	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–14
November 10	Alabama		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–13
November 17	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 13–6
December 1	LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–7
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1957[]

1957 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1957 record	2–8 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1957 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Auburn †	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#7 Ole Miss	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
#14 Mississippi State	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
#17 Florida	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
#13 Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
LSU	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Georgia	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Alabama	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 20*	Virginia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–14
September 28*	at #13 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 6–20
October 5*	at Marquette	Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI	W 20–6
October 11	Georgia	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 6–13
October 18	#11 Ole Miss	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–50
October 26	Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–20
November 2	vs. Mississippi State	Jackson, MS	L 6–27
November 9	vs. Alabama	Mobile, AL	W 7–0
November 16*	at #10 Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 14–20
November 30	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–25
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1958[]

1958 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1958 record	3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1958 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1/1 LSU †	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
#4/4 Auburn	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
#11/12 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	1	–	3	5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Kentucky	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
#14/15 Florida	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 20	at Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	L 14–34
September 26*	Texas	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 20–21
October 4	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–14
October 11	#7 Ole Miss	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 8–19
October 18*	vs. #6 Navy	Norfolk, VA	W 14–6
October 25*	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 9–14
October 31*	Texas Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–0
November 8	Alabama	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 13–7
November 15	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–12
November 22	#1 LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–62
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1959[]

1959 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1959 record	3–6–1 (0–5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1959 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5/5 Georgia †	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#3/3 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#2/2 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#10/13 Alabama	4	–	1	–	2	7	–	2	–	2
#NR/15 Auburn	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
#19/19 Florida	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
[[{{{school}}}\|Kentucky]]	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Tulane	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 18	Florida	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–30
September 25*	at [[{{{school}}}\|Miami]]	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	L 7–26
October 3*	Wake Forest	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 6–0
October 9*	[[{{{school}}}\|Detroit]]	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 25–0
October 17	at #5 Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 7–53
October 24	#9 Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–21
October 30*	Texas Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 17–7
November 7	at Alabama	Ladd Stadium • Mobile, AL	L 7–19
November 14	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 6–6
November 21	at #3 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–14
*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 2012-09-22.

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 2012-09-22.

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v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1950 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Kentucky †	5	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#16 Alabama	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#20 Tulane	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	3
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
Florida	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Tulane Green Wave football, 1950–59

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