2017 Tulane Green Wave football team

2017 Tulane Green Wave football
2017 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	West Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 American)
Head coach	Willie Fritz (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Doug Ruse (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Jack Curtis (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Yulman Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

Schedule

2017 American Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 6 UCF xy$	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 21 South Florida	6	–	2	10	–	2
Temple	4	–	4	7	–	6
Cincinnati	2	–	6	4	–	8
UConn	2	–	6	3	–	9
East Carolina	2	–	6	3	–	9
West Division
No. 25 Memphis xy	7	–	1	10	–	3
Houston	5	–	3	7	–	5
Navy	4	–	4	7	–	6
SMU	4	–	4	7	–	6
Tulane	3	–	5	5	–	7
Tulsa	1	–	7	2	–	10
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.