2017 Tulane Green Wave football team

2017 American Athletic Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: UCF 62, Memphis 55
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; As of January 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll.

Tulane Green Wave football
2017 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	West Division
2017 record	5–7 (3–5 American)
Head coach	Willie Fritz (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Doug Ruse (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jack Curtis (2nd season)
Home stadium	Yulman Stadium; (Capacity: 30,000)

The 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

Schedule

Tulane announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida, and Tulsa, and traveled to East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, and SMU.[1]

The Green Wave hosted two of the four non-conference opponents: Army, which is an independent football school, and Grambling State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The team traveled to Florida International (FIU) from Conference USA and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	No. 21 (FCS) Grambling State*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W 43–14	15,940
September 9	2:30 p.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 21–23	30,420
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FSN PPV	L 14–56	86,290
September 23	11:00 a.m.	Army*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	CBSSN	W 21–17	16,643
October 7	10:00 a.m.	Tulsa	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W 62–28	11,971
October 14	6:00 p.m.	at FIU*	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL	CUSA.TV	L 10–23	16,433
October 21	6:00 p.m.	No. 16 South Florida	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	L 28–34	17,256
October 27	7:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	CBSSN	L 26–56	17,989
November 4	3:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	L 16–17	20,798
November 11	6:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	W 31–24 ^OT	36,178
November 18	3:00 p.m.	Houston	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNews	W 20–17	19,026
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	CBSSN	L 38–41	14,209
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 (FCS) Tigers	0	0	7	7	14
Green Wave	14	10	7	12	43

at Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	0	13	0	8	21
Midshipmen	7	7	9	0	23

at Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	14	0	0	0	14
No. 2 Sooners	14	14	7	21	56

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	10	0	7	17
Green Wave	7	7	0	7	21

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	7	0	14	7	28
Green Wave	21	27	7	7	62

at FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	0	3	7	0	10
Panthers	7	3	3	10	23

South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Bulls	7	13	14	0	34
Green Wave	0	7	7	14	28

at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	0	12	7	7	26
Tigers	14	21	0	21	56

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	3	7	7	0	17
Green Wave	7	6	0	3	16

at East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Green Wave	7	10	7	0	7	31
Pirates	7	7	0	10	0	24

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	0	7	7	17
Green Wave	3	10	0	7	20

at SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	7	14	17	0	38
Mustangs	14	13	7	7	41

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Parry Nickerson	CB	6	179	New York Jets
Ade Aruna	DE	6	218	Minnesota Vikings

References

"2017 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
"2017 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 12, 2017.

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[TU17-1] "2017 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.

[2] "2017 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 12, 2017.

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