1979 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1979 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by Larry Smith. The Green Wave played home games in the Louisiana Superdome. The team finished with a record of 9–3 and played in the 1979 Liberty Bowl, losing 6–9 to Penn State.

1979 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record9–3
Head coachLarry Smith (4th season)
Home stadiumLouisiana Superdome
(Capacity: 71,330)
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Florida State   –  –   11 –1 –0
No. 7 Pittsburgh   –  –   11 –1 –0
UNLV   –  –   9 –1 –2
No. 17 Temple   –  –   10 –2 –0
Tulane   –  –   9 –3 –0
Rutgers   –  –   8 –3 –0
East Carolina   –  –   7 –3 –1
No. 20 Penn State   –  –   8 –4 –0
South Carolina   –  –   8 –4 –0
Navy   –  –   7 –4 –0
Notre Dame   –  –   7 –4 –0
Southern Miss   –  –   6 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  –   7 –5 –0
Colgate   –  –   5 –4 –1
Boston College   –  –   5 –6 –0
Holy Cross   –  –   5 –6 –0
Memphis   –  –   5 –6 –0
Miami   –  –   5 –6 –0
North Texas State   –  –   5 –6 –0
Villanova   –  –   5 –6 –0
Virginia Tech   –  –   5 –6 –0
West Virginia   –  –   5 –6 –0
Georgia Tech   –  –   4 –6 –1
Louisville   –  –   4 –6 –1
William & Mary   –  –   4 –7 –0
Illinois State   –  –   3 –8 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –  –   3 –8 –0
Army   –  –   2 –8 –1
Air Force   –  –   2 –9 –0
Cincinnati   –  –   2 –9 –0
Richmond   –  –   0 –11 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The offense scored 318 points while the defense allowed 179 points. Two members of the Green Wave team were drafted into the National Football League.

The Wave opened the season by smashing Stanford 33-10, spoiling John Elway's collegiate debut.

In the 77th edition of the Battle for the Rag, Tulane beat LSU 24–13 in what was LSU coach Charles McClendon's final regular season game after 18 seasons.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 8No. 13 Stanford
W 33–10
September 15at Rice
L 17–21
September 22at TCU
W 33–19
September 29No. 19 SMU
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 24–17
October 6Vanderbilt
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 42–14
October 13at Southern Miss
W 20–19
October 20at West Virginia
L 17–27
October 27Georgia Tech
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 12–7
November 3at Boston College
W 43–8
November 10Ole Miss
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 49–15
November 24LSUNo. 18
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)
W 24–13
December 22at Penn StateNo. 15
L 6–9
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster
1979 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 3 Alton Alexis Sr
QB 12 Nickie Hall Jr
TE 87 Rodney Holman So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 4 Mike Sims
LB 97 Marty Wetzel Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 9 Eddie Murray Sr
Head coach
  • Larry Smith
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team players in the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Team
Eddie MurrayKicker7166Detroit Lions
Alton AlexisWide Receiver11281Cincinnati Bengals

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References
  1. "Tulane Football Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  2. "1980 Preseason Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1980.htm


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