Tulane Green Wave football, 1970–79

Tulane Green Wave football
	1972 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1972 record	6–5
Head coach	Bennie Ellender
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (Capacity: 80,985)
	Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

Tulane Green Wave football
	1971 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1971 record	3–8
Head coach	Bennie Ellender
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (Capacity: 80,985)
	Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

Tulane Green Wave football
	1970 Tulane Green Wave football
Liberty Bowl vs. Colorado, Won 17–3
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 17
1970 record	8–4
Head coach	Jim Pittman
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (Capacity: 80,985)
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

Contents:	1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979

1970[]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 12*	at Texas Tech	Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX	L 14–21
September 19*	#19 Georgia	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 17–14
September 26*	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 23–9
October 3*	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 6–3
October 10*	at #8 Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO	L 3–24
October 17*	North Carolina	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 24–17
October 24*	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 6–20
October 31*	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 10–7
November 7*	Miami	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 31–16
November 21*	North Carolina State	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 31–0
November 28*	#6 LSU	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 14–26
December 12*	vs. Colorado	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	W 17–3
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1971[]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 11*	Texas Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 15–9
September 18*	at #11 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 7–17
September 25*	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 11–14
October 2*	William & Mary	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 3–14
October 9*	at #18 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 37–29
October 16*	Pittsburgh	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 33–8
October 23*	Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 16–24
October 30*	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 9–13
November 6*	Ohio	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–30
November 13*	at #8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 7–21
November 27*	at #10 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 7–36
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1972[]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 15*	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 10–0
September 23*	#16 Georgia		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 24–13
September 30*	at #8 Michigan	#18	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–41
October 7*	Pittsburgh		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 38–6
October 14*	at Miami		Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	L 21–24
October 21*	at West Virginia		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	L 19–31
October 28*	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7–21
November 4*	Kentucky		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–7
November 11*	Ohio		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 44–6
November 18*	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 21–7
December 2*	#11 LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 3–9
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1973[]

Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl vs. Houston, Lost 7–47
1973 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 20
1973 record	9–3
Head coach	Bennie Ellender
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)
Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 22*	Boston College		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–16
September 29*	VMI		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 42–0
October 6*	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 24–6
October 13*	at Duke	#18	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 24–17
October 20*	North Carolina	#17	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 16–0
October 27*	Georgia Tech	#15	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 23–14
November 3*	at Kentucky	#14	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 7–34
November 10*	Navy		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 17–15
November 17*	Vanderbilt		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 24–3
November 24*	at Maryland	#17	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	L 9–42
December 1*	#8 LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	W 14–0
December 29*	vs. #14 Houston	#17	Houston Astrodome • Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	L 7–47
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1974[]

1974 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1974 record	5–6
Head coach	Bennie Ellender
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 14*	Southwestern Louisiana		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 17–16
September 21*	at Army		Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	W 31–14
September 28*	West Virginia		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 17–14
October 12*	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO	W 10–3
October 19*	The Citadel	#20	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 30–3
October 26*	at Georgia Tech	#18	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7–27
November 2*	Kentucky		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–30
November 9*	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 3–27
November 16*	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 22–30
November 23*	at LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 22–24
November 30*	Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 10–26
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1975[]

1975 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1975 record	4–7
Head coach	Bennie Ellender
Home stadium	Louisiana Superdome (Capacity: 74,452)
Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 13*	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 17–13
September 20*	Ole Miss	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 14–3
September 27*	Syracuse	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 13–31
October 4*	Vanderbilt	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 3–6
October 11*	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 17–7
October 18*	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	W 16–14
October 25*	Georgia Tech	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 0–23
November 1*	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 10–23
November 8*	Air Force	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 12–13
November 15*	North Carolina	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 15–17
November 22*	LSU	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–42
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1976[]

1976 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1976 record	2–9
Head coach	Larry Smith
Home stadium	Louisiana Superdome (Capacity: 74,452)
Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 11*	Cincinnati	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 14–21
September 18*	at #20 Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 7–34
September 25*	#18 Boston College	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 3–27
October 2*	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 24–13
October 9*	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 0–3
October 16*	Army	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 23–10
October 23*	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 16–28
October 30*	Memphis State	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 7–14
November 6*	West Virginia	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 28–32
November 13*	Rutgers	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 20–29
November 20*	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 7–17
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1977[]

1977 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1977 record	3–8
Head coach	Larry Smith
Home stadium	Louisiana Superdome (Capacity: 74,452)
Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 10*	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 9–27
September 17*	Stanford	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 17–21
September 24*	at SMU	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 23–28
October 1*	Vanderbilt	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 36–7
October 8*	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 28–30
October 15*	Cincinnati	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 16–13
October 22*	Georgia Tech	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 14–38
October 29*	at #13 Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–48
November 5*	at Miami	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	W 13–10
November 12*	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • New Brunswick, NJ	L 8–47
November 19*	LSU	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 17–20
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1978[]

1978 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1978 record	4–7
Head coach	Larry Smith
Home stadium	Louisiana Superdome (Capacity: 74,452)
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 9*	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	L 7–31
September 16*	#14 Pittsburgh	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 6–24
September 23*	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 17–27
September 30*	at #20 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 14–17
October 7*	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 38–3
October 14*	Boston College	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 9–3
October 21*	TCU	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 7–13
October 28*	Memphis	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 41–24
November 4*	Miami	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 20–16
November 11*	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 3–13
November 28*	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 21–40
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1979[]

Liberty Bowl vs. Penn State, Lost 6–9
1979 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
1979 record	9–3
Head coach	Larry Smith
Home stadium	Louisiana Superdome (Capacity: 71,330)
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Tulane Green Wave football team was led by Larry Smith. The team finished with a 9–3 record and played in the 1979 Liberty Bowl, losing 6–9 to Penn State. In the 77th edition of the Battle for the Flag, Tulane beat LSU 24–13.

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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Tulane Green Wave football, 1970–79

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