2016 Tulane Green Wave football team
American college football season
The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans , Louisiana , and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz . They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in last place in the West Division.
Schedule
Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave will host AAC foes Memphis , Navy , SMU , and Temple , and will travel to UCF , UConn , Houston , and Tulsa .[ 1]
The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference , and two road game against UMass and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 pm at Wake Forest * ESPN3 L 3–724,398
September 10 7:00 pm Southern * ESPN3 W 66–2127,179
September 17 6:00 pm Navy Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ASN L 14–2121,503
September 24 7:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette * Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 W 41–39 4OT 24,253
October 1 2:30 pm at UMass * ASN W 31–2414,892
7:00 pm Memphis Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNU L 14–2421,098
October 22 2:45 pm at Tulsa ESPNU L 27–5022,349
October 29 3:00 pm SMU Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews L 31–3525,780
November 5[a] 5:00 pm at UCF ESPN3 L 6–3731,571
November 12 2:30 pm at Houston CBSSN L 18–3036,552
November 19 2:30 pm Temple Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ASN L 0–3116,497
November 26 3:00 pm at UConn ESPNews W 38–1320,764
^[a] The game between Tulane and UCF on October 7, 2016, was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew . The game was rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced.[ 2]
Schedule Source: [ 3]
Game summaries
Wake Forest
Week 1: Tulane Green Wave at Wake Forest Demon Deacons – Game Summary[ 4]
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Tulane
3
0
0 0 3
Wake Forest
0
7
0 0 7
at BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Date : September 1, 2016Game time : 7:00 p.m. EDT Game attendance : 24,398TV : ESPN3
Southern
Week 2: Southern Jaguars at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary[ 5]
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Southern
7
0
14 0 21
Tulane
28
21
7 10 66
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans , Louisiana
Date : September 10, 2016Game time : 7:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 27,179TV : ESPN3
Navy
Week 3: Navy Midshipmen at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Navy
0
7
6 8 21
Tulane
0
7
7 0 14
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : September 17, 2016Game time : 6:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 21,503TV : ASN
Louisiana–Lafayette
Week 4: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period
1
2
3 4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT Total
UL-Lafayette
3
3
3 7 7 7 3 6 39
Tulane
0
6
10 0 7 7 3 8 41
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : September 24, 2016Game time : 7:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 24,253TV : ESPN3
Massachusetts
Memphis
Week 7: Memphis Tigers at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Memphis
3
10
3 8 24
Tulane
0
7
0 7 14
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : October 14, 2016Game time : 7:00 p.m. CDT TV : ESPNU
Tulsa
Week 8: Tulane Green Wave at Tulsa Golden Hurricane – Game Summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Tulane
7
0
13 7 27
Tulsa
14
17
9 10 50
at Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma
Date : October 22, 2016Game time : 2:45 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 22,349TV : ESPNU
SMU
Week 9 (homecoming): SMU Mustangs at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
SMU
14
7
0 14 35
Tulane
7
3
14 7 31
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : October 29, 2016Game time : 3:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 25,780TV : ESPNews
UCF
The game, originally scheduled for a 7:30 pm kickoff on October 6 to be televised on ESPNU, was moved to November 5 due to Hurricane Matthew . The game was moved to November 5 because both teams, coincidentally, had scheduled bye weeks for that week.[ 2]
Houston
Week 11: Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars – Game Summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Tulane
7
3
0 8 18
Houston
14
14
0 2 30
at TDECU Stadium • Houston , Texas
Date : November 12, 2016Game time : 2:30 p.m. CST Game attendance : 36,552TV : CBSSN
Temple
Week 12: Temple Owls at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Temple
7
3
14 7 31
Tulane
0
0
0 0 0
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : November 19, 2016Game time : 2:30pm CST Game attendance : 16,497TV : ESPN3
UConn
References
^ "2016 Tulane Football Dates, Selected Television Games Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .
^ a b Green, Shannon. "Hurricane Matthew forces UCF to postpone Tulane game" . OrlandoSentinel.com . Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 6, 2016 .
^ "2016 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .
^ "Tulane at Wake Forest" . Yahoo! Sports . September 1, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
^ "Southern at Tulane" . Yahoo! Sports . September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016 .
^ "Tulane at UMass" . Yahoo! Sports . October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016 .
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