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 93 and played in the 1979 Liberty Bowl, losing 69 to Penn State.

1979 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record93
Head coach
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 2413 in what was LSU coach Charles McClendon's final regular season game after 18 seasons.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 8No. 13 StanfordW 33–10
September 15at RiceL 17–21
September 22at TCUW 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 MissW 20–19
October 20at West VirginiaL 17–27
October 27Georgia Tech
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 12–7
November 3at Boston CollegeW 43–8
November 10Ole Miss
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 49–15
November 24LSUNo. 18
W 24–13
December 22at Penn StateNo. 15L 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
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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