List of Tulane Green Wave bowl games
The Tulane Green Wave college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Tulane University in the American Athletic Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Tulane has appeared in 16 official bowl games and won 7.[1] Its most recent bowl game was the 2023 Military Bowl, a 41–20 defeat against the Virginia Tech. The 1909 Bacardi Bowl was not sanctioned by the NCAA, and thus the Green Wave do not recognize the bowl appearance.
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Bowl games
# | Bowl | Score | Date | Season | Opponent | Stadium | Location | Attendance | Head coach |
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1 | Bacardi Bowl | L 0–11 | January 1, 1910 | 1909 | Havana Athletic Club | La Tropical Stadium | Havana, Cuba | R. R. Brown | |
2 | Rose Bowl | L 12–21 | January 1, 1932 | 1931 | USC | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 75,562‡ | Bernie Bierman |
3 | Sugar Bowl | W 20–14 | January 1, 1935 | 1934 | Temple | Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, Louisiana | 22,206‡ | Ted Cox |
4 | Sugar Bowl | L 13–14 | January 1, 1940 | 1939 | Texas A&M | Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, Louisiana | 73,000‡ | Red Dawson |
5 | Liberty Bowl | W 17–3 | December 12, 1970 | 1970 | Colorado | Memphis Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | 44,640 | Jim Pittman |
6 | Bluebonnet Bowl | L 7–47 | December 29, 1973 | 1973 | Houston | Astrodome | Houston, Texas | 44,358 | Bennie Ellender |
7 | Liberty Bowl | L 6–9 | December 22, 1979 | 1979 | Penn State | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | 50,021 | Larry Smith |
8 | Hall of Fame Classic | L 15–34 | December 27, 1980 | 1980 | Arkansas | Legion Field | Birmingham, Alabama | 30,000 | Vince Gibson |
9 | Independence Bowl | L 12–24 | December 19, 1987 | 1987 | Washington | Independence Stadium | Shreveport, Louisiana | 41,683 | Mack Brown |
10 | Liberty Bowl | W 41–27 | December 31, 1998 | 1998 | BYU | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | 52,192 | Chris Scelfo (interim) |
11 | Hawaiʻi Bowl | W 36–28 | December 25, 2002 | 2002 | Hawaiʻi | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, Hawaii | 31,535 | Chris Scelfo |
12 | New Orleans Bowl | L 21–24 | December 21, 2013 | 2013 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans, Louisiana | 54,728‡ | Curtis Johnson |
13 | Cure Bowl | W 41–24 | December 15, 2018 | 2018 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Camping World Stadium | Orlando, Florida | 19,066 | Willie Fritz |
14 | Armed Forces Bowl | W 30–13 | January 4, 2020 | 2019 | Southern Miss | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas | 44,738 | Willie Fritz |
15 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | L 27–38 | December 22, 2020 | 2020 | Nevada | Albertsons Stadium | Boise, Idaho | 0 | Willie Fritz |
16 | Cotton Bowl Classic | W 46–45 | January 2, 2023 | 2022 | USC | AT&T Stadium | Arlington, Texas | 55,329 | Willie Fritz |
17 | Military Bowl | L 20–41 | December 27, 2023 | 2023 | Virginia Tech | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, Maryland | 35,849 | Slade Nagle (interim) |
As of 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Scores are sortable first by whether the result was a Tulane win, loss, or tie, and then by the point margin. |
References
- ^ a b National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
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Tulane Green Wave bowl games
- 1910 Bacardi Bowl
- 1932 Rose Bowl
- 1935 Sugar Bowl
- 1940 Sugar Bowl
- 1970 Liberty Bowl
- 1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
- 1979 Liberty Bowl
- 1980 Hall of Fame Classic
- 1987 Independence Bowl
- 1998 Liberty Bowl
- 2002 Hawaii Bowl
- 2013 New Orleans Bowl
- 2018 Cure Bowl
- 2020 Armed Forces Bowl
- 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
- 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic
- 2023 Military Bowl