Tulane Green Wave football
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| First season | 1893 | ||
| Athletic director | Troy Dannen | ||
| Head coach |
Willie Fritz 1st year, 4–8 (.333) |
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| Stadium | Yulman Stadium | ||
| Year built | 2014 | ||
| Seating capacity | 30,000 | ||
| Field surface | UBU Speed Series S5-M | ||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | The American | ||
| Division | West | ||
| Past conferences |
SIAA (1896–1922) SoCon (1922–1932) SEC (1932–1966) C-USA (1996–2014) |
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| All-time record | 511–629–38 (.450) | ||
| Bowl record | 4–8 (.333) | ||
| Conference titles | 9 SIAA: 1920 SoCon: 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931 SEC: 1934, 1939, 1949 C-USA: 1998 |
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| Consensus All-Americans | 5 | ||
| Colors | Olive Green and Sky Blue |
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| Fight song | The Olive and the Blue | ||
| Mascot | Riptide | ||
| Marching band | Tulane University Marching Band | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Rivals |
LSU Tigers Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
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| Website | TulaneGreenWave.com | ||
The Tulane Green Wave football team represents Tulane University in the sport of American football. The Green Wave compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The football team is coached by Willie Fritz, and plays its home games in Yulman Stadium on its campus in Uptown New Orleans.
The Green Wave have played their home games in Yulman Stadium on its Uptown campus since 2014. Prior to that season, Tulane played home games in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for nearly 40 seasons, and in its previous on-campus venue, Tulane Stadium, before that. Because Tulane's campus is landlocked within Uptown New Orleans, Yulman is tightly fit within its athletic footprint and directly abutting the surrounding neighborhood. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 spectators and was constructed with the ability to expand.
The Tulane University Marching Band (TUMB) was founded in 1920 as a military band. It dissolved shortly after the team's move to the Superdome in the 1970s and did not formally return until 2006. The TUMB performs at home games each fall and in Mardi Gras parades each spring.
Riptide the Pelican debuted in 1998 with the re-branding of Tulane athletics. Prior to that, the school used an angry wave nicknamed "Gumby" by fans, and before that a John Chase creation named "Greenie."
Tulane's biggest and oldest rival was LSU. It began in 1893 with a 34–0 Green Wave victory over the Tigers. The teams stopped meeting every year in the Battle for the Flag in 2009. The rivalry became less competitive after 1948, until Tulane broke a 25-game losing streak in 1973 with a 14–0 victory in front of a Tulane Stadium record crowd of 86,598 in the final installment of the long-time rivalry played on Tulane's campus. Between 1979 and 1982, Tulane won three out of four games against the Tigers; the 1982 win was the last win to date. The two schools stopped playing annually after the 1994 game; however, they have met six times (1996, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009) since. LSU lead the series 69–22–7 and won 45 of the final 50 games. As a condition of the broken series agreement made in 2006, a potential future game will be played in a future season in New Orleans.
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