American college football season
The 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2017 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 the American Athletic Conference . They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz . They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.
Schedule
Tulane announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Cincinnati , Houston , South Florida , and Tulsa , and traveled to East Carolina , Memphis , Navy , and SMU .[ 1]
The Green Wave hosted two of the four non-conference opponents: Army , which is an independent football school , and Grambling State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference . The team traveled to Florida International (FIU) from Conference USA and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 p.m. No. 21 (FCS ) Grambling State * ESPN3 W 43–1415,940 September 9 2:30 p.m. at Navy CBSSN L 21–2330,420 September 16 5:00 p.m. at No. 2 Oklahoma * FSN PPV L 14–5686,290 September 23 11:00 a.m. Army * Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA CBSSN W 21–1716,643 October 7 10:00 a.m. Tulsa Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 W 62–2811,971 October 14 6:00 p.m. at FIU * CUSA.TV L 10–2316,433 October 21 6:00 p.m. No. 16 South Florida Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN2 L 28–3417,256 October 27 7:00 p.m. at No. 24 Memphis CBSSN L 26–5617,989 November 4 3:00 p.m. Cincinnati Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 L 16–1720,798 November 11 6:00 p.m. at East Carolina CBSSN W 31–24 OT 36,178 November 18 3:00 p.m. Houston Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews W 20–1719,026 November 25 11:00 a.m. at SMU CBSSN L 38–4114,209 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 2]
Game summaries
Grambling State
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 21 (FCS) Tigers
0
0
7
7
14
Green Wave
14
10
7
12
43
At Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
0
13
0
8
21
Midshipmen
7
7
9
0
23
At Oklahoma
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
14
0
0
0
14
No. 2 Sooners
14
14
7
21
56
Army
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Knights
0
10
0
7
17
Green Wave
7
7
0
7
21
Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Hurricane
7
0
14
7
28
Green Wave
21
27
7
7
62
At FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
0
3
7
0
10
Panthers
7
3
3
10
23
South Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Bulls
7
13
14
0
34
Green Wave
0
7
7
14
28
At Memphis
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
0
12
7
7
26
Tigers
14
21
0
21
56
Cincinnati
1
2
3
4
Total
Bearcats
3
7
7
0
17
Green Wave
7
6
0
3
16
At East Carolina
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Green Wave
7
10
7
0 7
31
Pirates
7
7
0
10 0
24
Houston
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
0
7
7
17
Green Wave
3
10
0
7
20
At SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
7
14
17
0
38
Mustangs
14
13
7
7
41
Players in the 2018 NFL Draft
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