Tulane Green Wave football, 1950–59

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

1950

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)[1]
1950 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 –1 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 –1 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 16 Alabama 6 –2 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 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

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 30 Alabama Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 14–26  
October 7 Louisiana College* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 64–0  
October 14 No. 10 Notre Dame* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 9–13  
October 21 Ole Miss Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 27–20  
October 28 at Auburn Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama W 28–0  
November 11 at Navy* Thompson Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland W 27–0  
November 18 Virginia* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 42–18  
November 25 Vanderbilt Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 35–6  
December 2 LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans (Battle for the Flag) T 14–14  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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1951

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)
1951 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Georgia Tech + 7 –0 –0  11 –0 –1
No. 1 Tennessee + 5 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
LSU 4 –2 –1  7 –3 –1
Ole Miss 4 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
No. 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# Rank# Site Result
September 29 Miami* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 21–7  
October 6 No. 19 Baylor* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 14–27  
October 13 No. 15 Holy Cross* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 20–14  
October 20 at Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi L 6–25  
October 27 Auburn Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 0–21  
November 3 Mississippi State Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 7–10  
November 10 No. 12 Kentucky Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 0–37  
November 17 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 14–10  
November 24 Southeastern Louisiana* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 48–7  
December 1 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Battle for the Flag) L 13–14  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1952 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 7 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
No. 8 Tennessee 5 –0 –1  8 –2 –1
No. 7 Ole Miss 4 –0 –2  8 –1 –2
No. 9 Alabama 4 –2 –0  10 –2 –0
Georgia 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
No. 15 Florida 3 –3 –0  8 –3 –0
Mississippi State 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Tulane 3 –5 –0  5 –5 –0
No. 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# Rank# Site Result
September 27 Georgia Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 16–21  
October 4 Santa Clara* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 35–0  
October 11 at No. 5 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta L 0–14  
October 18 Ole Miss Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia L 14–20  
October 25 vs. Auburn Mobile, Alabama W 21–6  
November 1 Mississippi State Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 34–21  
November 8 at Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky L 6–27  
November 15 Vanderbilt Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 16–7  
November 22 Louisiana College* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 46–14  
November 29 LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans (Battle for the Flag) L 0–16  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1953 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 –0 –3  6 –3 –3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 –1 –1  9 –2 –1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
Ole Miss 4 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
No. 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# Rank# Site Result
September 19 The Citadel* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 54–6  
September 26 at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia L 14–16  
October 3 at No. 4 Michigan* Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan L 7–26  
October 10 No. 10 Georgia Tech Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 13–27  
October 17 Ole Miss Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 14–45  
October 24 vs. Auburn Mobile, Alabama L 7–34  
October 31 No. 15 Army* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans T 0–0  
November 7 Mississippi State Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 0–21  
November 14 Vanderbilt Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 7–21  
November 28 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Battle for the Flag) L 13–32  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1954 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 –0 –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
No. 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# Rank# Site Result
September 18 at No. 7 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta L 0–28  
September 25 Memphis State* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans T 13–13  
October 2 North Carolina* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans T 7–7  
October 9 Mississippi State Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 0–14  
October 16 at No. 7 Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi L 7–34  
October 23 Georgia Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 0–7  
October 30 vs. Auburn Mobile, Alabama L 0–27  
November 6 Alabama Tulane Stadium • New Orleans T 0–0  
November 13 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 6–0  
November 27 LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans (Battle for the Flag) L 13–14  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1955 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 8 Auburn 5 –1 –1  8 –2 –1
No. 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# Rank# Site Result
September 17 VMI* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 20–7  
September 24 at Texas* Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas L 21–35  
October 1 Northwestern* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 21–0  
October 8 at Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi L 0–14  
October 15 Ole Miss Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 13–27  
October 22 at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia W 14–0  
October 29 Auburn Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 27–13  
November 5 vs. Alabama Mobile, Alabama W 27–7  
November 12 Vanderbilt Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 7–20  
November 26 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Battle for the Flag) T 13–13  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1956 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 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 VPI* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 21–14  
September 29 Texas* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 6–7  
October 6 at Northwestern* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 20–13  
October 13 No. 14 Navy* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 21–6  
October 20 vs. No. 6 Ole Miss No. 19 Jackson, Mississippi W 10–3  
October 27 at No. 3 Georgia Tech No. 15 Grant Field • Atlanta L 0–40  
November 3 Mississippi State Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 20–14  
November 10 Alabama Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 7–13  
November 17 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 13–6  
December 1 LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans (Battle for the Flag) L 6–7  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1957 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 –0 –1  9 –1 –1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 –2 –1  6 –2 –1
No. 17 Florida 4 –2 –1  6 –2 –1
No. 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# Rank# Site Result
September 20 VPI* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 13–14  
September 28 at No. 13 Texas* Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas L 6–20  
October 5 at Marquette* Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee W 20–6  
October 11 Georgia Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 6–13  
October 18 No. 11 Ole Miss Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 0–50  
October 26 Georgia Tech Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 13–20  
November 2 vs. Mississippi State Jackson, Mississippi L 6–27  
November 9 vs. Alabama Mobile, Alabama W 7–0  
November 16 at No. 10 Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, New York L 14–20  
November 30 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Battle for the Flag) L 6–25  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1958 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 –0 –0  11 –0 –0
No. 4 Auburn 6 –0 –1  9 –0 –1
No. 11 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
No. 14 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

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 20 at Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 14–34  
September 26 Texas* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 20–21  
October 4 at Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta L 0–14  
October 11 No. 7 Ole Miss Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 8–19  
October 18 vs. No. 6 Navy* Foreman Field • Norfolk, Virginia (Oyster Bowl) W 14–6  
October 25 at Kansas* Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas L 9–14  
October 31 Texas Tech* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 27–0  
November 8 Alabama Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 13–7  
November 15 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee L 0–12  
November 22 No. 1 LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans (Battle for the Flag) L 0–62  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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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)
1959 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 3 LSU 5 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 2 Ole Miss 5 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 10 Alabama 4 –1 –2  7 –2 –2
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
No. 19 Florida 2 –4 –0  5 –4 –1
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

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 18 Florida Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 0–30  
September 25 at Miami* Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida L 7–26  
October 3 Wake Forest* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 6–0  
October 9 Detroit* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 25–0  
October 17 at No. 5 Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi L 7–53  
October 24 No. 9 Georgia Tech Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 13–21  
October 30 Texas Tech* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 17–7  
November 7 at Alabama Ladd Stadium • Mobile, Alabama L 7–19  
November 14 Vanderbilt Tulane Stadium • New Orleans T 6–6  
November 21 at No. 3 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Battle for the Flag) L 6–14  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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References

  1. ↑ Ryan Whirty (2012-06-26). "The History of Tulane Stadium(s)". Gambit Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". p. 151. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". p. 152. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
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