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.

Key

Bowl games

List of Tulane Green Wave bowl games[1]
# Bowl Score Date Season Opponent Stadium Location Attendance Head coach
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

  1. ^ 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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