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2016 Tulane Green Wave football team
| 2016 Tulane Green Wave football |
|---|
| American Athletic Conference |
| West Division |
| 4–8 (1–7 The American) |
| Willie Fritz (1st season) |
| Doug Ruse (1st season) |
| Spread option |
| Jack Curtis (1st season) |
| 4–2–5 |
| Yulman Stadium |
The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2016 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 American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in last place in the West Division.
Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Memphis, Navy, SMU, and Temple, and traveled to UCF, UConn, Houston, and Tulsa.
The team played four non–conference games, two of which were home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road game against UMass and traveled to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | 6:00 pm | at Wake Forest* | BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC | ESPN3 | L 3–7 | 24,398 |
| September 10 | 7:00 pm | Southern* | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3 | W 66–21 | 27,179 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Navy | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ASN | L 14–21 | 21,503 |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette* | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3 | W 41–39 4OT | 24,253 |
| October 1 | 2:30 pm | at UMass* | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ASN | W 31–24 | 14,892 |
| .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}October 14 | 7:00 pm | Memphis | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPNU | L 14–24 | 21,098 |
| October 22 | 2:45 pm | at Tulsa | Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK | ESPNU | L 27–50 | 22,349 |
| October 29 | 3:00 pm | SMU | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPNews | L 31–35 | 25,780 |
| November 5[a] | 5:00 pm | at UCF | Bright House Networks StadiumOrlando, FL | ESPN3 | L 6–37 | 31,571 |
| November 12 | 2:30 pm | at Houston | TDECU StadiumHouston, TX | CBSSN | L 18–30 | 36,552 |
| November 19 | 2:30 pm | Temple | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ASN | L 0–31 | 16,497 |
| November 26 | 3:00 pm | at UConn | Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT | ESPNews | W 38–13 | 20,764 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |
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 both teams, coincidentally, had scheduled bye weeks for that week.
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