2018 Tulane Green Wave football team

2018 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference American Athletic Conference
Division West Division
2018 record 2–4 (1–1 AAC)
Head coach Willie Fritz (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Doug Ruse (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Jack Curtis (3rd season)
Home stadium Yulman Stadium
(Capacity: 30,000)
2018 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 10 UCF  3 –0     6 –0  
No. 20 Cincinnati  2 –0     6 –0  
No. 21 South Florida  2 –0     6 –0  
Temple  2 –0     3 –3  
East Carolina  0 –2     2 –3  
Connecticut  0 –3     1 –5  
West Division
Houston  1 –0     4 –1  
SMU  1 –1     2 –4  
Tulane  1 –1     2 –4  
Navy  1 –2     2 –4  
Memphis  1 –2     4 –2  
Tulsa  0 –3     1 –5  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2018 Tulane Green Wave football team represents Tulane University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave play their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and compete in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by third-year head coach Willie Fritz.

Previous season

The Green Wave finished the 2017 season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award[1] Terren Encalade WR SR
John Mackey Award[2] Charles Jones TE SR

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Green Wave predicted to finish in fifth place in the AAC West Division.[3]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Memphis171 (23)
2Houston146 (4)
3Navy129 (3)
4SMU72
5Tulane68
6Tulsa44

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Wake Forest*
CBSSNL 17–23 OT15,478
September 87:00 p.m.No. 11 (FCS) Nicholls*
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPN3W 42–1721,092
September 1512:00 p.m.at UAB*
StadiumL 24–3121,991
September 222:30 p.m.at No. 4 Ohio State*
BTNL 6–49103,336
September 287:00 p.m.Memphis
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPN2W 40–2416,631
October 611:00 a.m.at Cincinnati
ESPNUL 21–3732,200
October 202:30 p.m.SMU
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
ESPNU
October 27at Tulsa
November 3at South Florida
November 10East Carolinadagger
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
November 157:00 p.m.at Houston
ESPN
November 24Navy
  • Yulman Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[4]

Game summaries

Wake Forest

1 2 3 4OT Total
Demon Deacons 0 7 3 76 23
Green Wave 0 0 14 30 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2016 L, 3–7

Nicholls State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 (FCS) Colonels 3 7 0 7 17
Green Wave 7 14 7 14 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0 7 14 3 24
Blazers 7 14 3 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–3 2012 W, 55–45

at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0 6 0 0 6
No. 4 Buckeyes 21 21 0 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 7 10 24
Green Wave 14 3 7 16 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–22–1 2017 L, 26–56

at Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 7 7 0 7 21
Bearcats 3 21 6 7 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–5 2017 L, 16–17

SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0
Green Wave 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–11 2017 L, 38–41

at Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0
Golden Hurricane 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–11 2017 W, 62–28

at South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0
Bulls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 L, 28–34

East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0
Green Wave 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–11 2017 W, 31–24 OT

at Houston

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0
Cougars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–16 2017 W, 20–17
1 2 3 4 Total
Midshipmen 0
Green Wave 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–10–1 2017 L, 21–23

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ "UCF Tabbed as Favorite in 2018 Preseason Media Poll". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
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