2008 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Tulane competed as a member of the Conference USA.

2008 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	West
Record	2–10 (1–7 C–USA)
Head coach	Bob Toledo (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Dodd (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	O’Neil Gilbert (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Superdome Tad Gormley Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
East Carolina x$		6	–	2					9	–	5
Memphis		4	–	4					6	–	7
Southern Miss		4	–	4					7	–	6
UAB		3	–	5					4	–	8
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
Marshall		3	–	5					4	–	8
West Division
Tulsa xy		7	–	1					11	–	3
Rice x		7	–	1					10	–	3
Houston		6	–	2					8	–	5
UTEP		4	–	4					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					2	–	10
SMU		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. Tulane finished the season with a 2–10 record. Despite this, sports columnist King Kaufman declared the Green Wave the national champions. In a Salon article, meant more to point out the flaws in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) than make a real argument in Tulane's favor, he wrote:^[1]

"Tulane beat Louisiana-Monroe, who beat Troy, who beat Middle Tennessee, who beat Maryland, who beat Wake Forest, who beat Mississippi ... [who beat BCS champions] Florida ... [and] also beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas, who beat [BCS runners-up] Oklahoma."

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	6:00 pm	at No. 13 Alabama*	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN360	L 6–20	92,138
September 13	2:00 pm	No. 14 East Carolina	Superdome New Orleans, LA	WITN	L 24–28	27,189
September 20	2:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe*	Superdome New Orleans, LA	CST	W 24–10	23,419
September 25	7:00 pm	SMU	Superdome New Orleans, LA	CBSCS	W 34–27	25,643
October 4	2:00 pm	Army*	Tad Gormley Stadium New Orleans, LA	CST	L 13–44	23,794
October 11	8:05 pm	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		L 21–24	33,121
October 25	2:00 pm	Rice	Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 17–42	17,841
November 1	7:00 pm	at No. 15 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	GamePlan	L 10–35	92,136
November 8	7:00 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	CBSCS	L 14–42	23,522
November 15	2:00 pm	UAB	Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 24–41	18,614
November 22	2:00 pm	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK		L 7–56	20,391
November 29	1:00 pm	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN		L 6–45	15,012
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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