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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 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 UCF , UConn , 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 UMass and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 pm at Wake Forest * ESPN3 L 3–724,398 September 10 7:00 pm Southern * ESPN3 W 66–2127,179 September 17 6:00 pm Navy Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ASN L 14–2121,503 September 24 7:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette * Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 W 41–39 4OT 24,253 October 1 2:30 pm at UMass * ASN W 31–2414,892 7:00 pm Memphis Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNU L 14–2421,098 October 22 2:45 pm at Tulsa ESPNU L 27–5022,349 October 29 3:00 pm SMU Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNews L 31–3525,780 November 5[a] 5:00 pm at UCF ESPN3 L 6–3731,571 November 12 2:30 pm at Houston CBSSN L 18–3036,552 November 19 2:30 pm Temple Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ASN L 0–3116,497 November 26 3:00 pm at UConn ESPNews W 38–1320,764
^[a] Hurricane Matthew . The game was rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced.[ 2] Schedule Source: [ 3]
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 p.m. EDT Game attendance : 24,398TV : ESPN3
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 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 27,179TV : ESPN3
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 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 21,503TV : ASN
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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 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 24,253TV : ESPN3
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 p.m. CDT TV : ESPNU
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 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 22,349TV : ESPNU
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 : 3:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 25,780TV : ESPNews
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.[ 2]
Week 11: Tulane Green Wave at Houston Cougars – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Tulane
7
3
0 8 18
Houston 14
14
0 2 30
at TDECU Stadium • Houston , Texas
Date : November 12, 2016Game time : 2:30 p.m. CST Game attendance : 36,552TV : CBSSN
Week 12: Temple Owls at Tulane Green Wave – Game Summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Temple 7
3
14 7 31
Tulane
0
0
0 0 0
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : November 19, 2016Game time : 2:30pm CST Game attendance : 16,497TV : ESPN3
^ "2016 Tulane Football Dates, Selected Television Games Announced" (Press release). Tulane University Department of Athletics. February 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .^ a b Green, Shannon. "Hurricane Matthew forces UCF to postpone Tulane game" . OrlandoSentinel.com . Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 6, 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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