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The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team represents Tulane University in the 2016 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 American Athletic Conference (AAC). They are led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz .
Schedule
Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave will host AAC foes Memphis , Navy , SMU , and Temple , and will travel to Central Florida (UCF), Connecticut , Houston , and Tulsa .[ 1]
The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference , and two road game against Massachusetts (UMass) and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference .
September 16:00 PMat Wake Forest *
ESPN3 L 3–724,398
September 107:00 PMSouthern *
ESPN3W 66–2127,179
September 176:00 PMNavy
Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ASN L 14–2121,503
September 247:00 PMLouisiana–Lafayette *
Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3W 41–39 4OT 24,253
October 12:30 PMat UMass *
ASNW 31–2414,892
7:00 PMMemphis
Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNU L 14–2421,098
October 222:45 PMat Tulsa
ESPNUL 27–5022,349
October 293:00 PMSMU
Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews L 31–3525,780
November 5[a] UCF
ESPN3L 6-3731,571
November 122:30 PMat Houston
CBSSN Temple
Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA Connecticut
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^[a] Hurricane Matthew . The game has been rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced.[ 2] Schedule Source: [ 3]
Game Notes
Wake Forest
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–0
1995
Tulane, 35–9
Week 1: Tulane Green Wave at Wake Forest Demon Deacons – Game Summary[ 4]
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Tulane
3
0
0 0 3
Wake Forest 0
7
0 0 7
at BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Date : September 1, 2016Game time : 7:00 PM EDT Game attendance : 24,398TV : ESPN3
Southern
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–0
2002
Tulane, 37–19
Week 2: Southern Jaguars at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary[ 5]
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Southern
7
0
14 0 21
Tulane 28
21
7 10 66
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans , Louisiana
Date : September 10, 2016Game time : 7:00 PM CDT Game attendance : 27,179TV : ESPN3
Navy
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
11–8–1
2015
Navy, 31–14
Week 3: Navy Midshipmen at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Navy 0
7
6 8 21
Tulane
0
7
7 0 14
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : September 17, 2016Game time : 6:00 PM CDT Game attendance : 21,503TV : ASN
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
21–6
2013
ULL, 24–21
Week 4: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT Total
UL-Lafayette
3
3
3 7 7 7 3 6 39
Tulane 0
6
10 0 7 7 3 8 41
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : September 24, 2016Game time : 7:00 PM CDT Game attendance : 24,253TV : ESPN3
Massachusetts
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Memphis
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
11–20
2015
Memphis, 41–13
Week 7: Memphis Tigers at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Memphis 3
10
3 8 24
Tulane
0
7
0 7 14
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : October 14, 2016Game time : 7:00 PM CDT TV : ESPNU
Tulsa
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–10
2015
Tulsa, 45–34
Week 8: Tulane Green Wave at Tulsa Golden Hurricane – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Tulane
7
0
13 7 27
Tulsa 14
17
9 10 50
at Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma
Date : October 22, 2016Game time : 2:45 PM CDT Game attendance : 22,349TV : ESPNU
SMU
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
13–9
2015
SMU, 49–21
Week 9 (Homecoming): SMU Mustangs at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
SMU 14
7
0 14 35
Tulane
7
3
14 7 31
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : October 29, 2016Game time : TBA CDT Game attendance : 25,780TV : TBA
UCF
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–5
2015
Tulane, 45–31
The game, originally scheduled for a 7:30 pm kickoff on October 6 to be televised on ESPNU, was moved to November 5 due to Hurricane Matthew . The game was moved to November 5 because of the fact that both teams, coincidentally, had scheduled bye weeks for that week.[ 2]
Houston
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–15
2015
Houston, 42–7
Week 11: Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Tulane
0
0
0 0 0
Houston
0
0
0 0 0
at TDECU Stadium • Houston , Texas
Date : November 12, 2016Game time : TBA CST TV : TBA
Temple
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
2015
Temple, 49–10
Week 12: Temple Owls at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Temple
0
0
0 0 0
Tulane
0
0
0 0 0
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : November 19, 2016Game time : TBA CST TV : TBA
Connecticut
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–1
2015
UConn, 7–3
References
^ "2016 Tulane Football Dates, Selected Television Games Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .^ a b Green, Shannon. "Hurricane Matthew forces UCF to postpone Tulane game" . OrlandoSentinel.com . Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 6 October 2016 . ^ "2016 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .^ "Tulane at Wake Forest" . Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved September 3, 2016 .^ "Southern at Tulane" . Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved September 11, 2016 .^ "Tulane at UMass" . Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved October 1, 2016 .
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