1981 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1981 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. In their second year under head coach Vince Gibson, the team compiled a 6–5 record.

1981 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumLouisiana Superdome
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Pittsburgh      11 1 0
No. 3 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)      9 2 0
Southern Miss      9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia      9 3 0
Colgate      7 3 0
Virginia Tech      7 4 0
Navy      7 4 1
Cincinnati      6 5 0
Florida State      6 5 0
Holy Cross      6 5 0
Tulane      6 5 0
UNLV      6 6 0
South Carolina      6 6 0
Temple      5 5 0
Boston College      5 6 0
East Carolina      5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana      5 6 0
Louisville      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
Rutgers      5 6 0
William & Mary      5 6 0
Syracuse      4 6 1
Richmond      4 7 0
Army      3 7 1
North Texas State      2 9 0
Georgia Tech      1 10 0
Memphis State      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5Ole MissL 18–1943,685[1]
September 12Clemson
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
L 5–1345,736[2]
September 19at Southern MissL 3–2132,756[3]
October 3at RiceL 16–2017,000[4]
October 10Vanderbilt
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 14–1032,431[5]
October 17at Air ForceW 31–1318,467[6]
October 24Georgia Tech
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 27–1037,431[7]
October 31at CincinnatiL 13–1719,486[8]
November 7Maryland
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 14–732,474[9]
November 14at Memphis StateW 24–714,827[10]
November 28LSU
W 48–771,546[11]

References

  1. "Call it lucky miraculous, but Ole Miss won". The Clarion-Ledger. September 6, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tigers top error-prone Tulane 13–5". The State. September 13, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Southern Miss shocks Tulane". The Shreveport Times. September 20, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rice downs Tulane". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 4, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tulane tips Vanderbilt". The Tennessean. October 11, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lewis paces Tulane over AF by 31–13". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 18, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tulane trounces Tech 27–10". The Atlanta Constitution. October 25, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "UC defense keys happy homecoming". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 1, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Green Wave topples Maryland Terps, 14–7". The Daily Advertiser. November 8, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Tulane blasts Memphis State". The Jackson Sun. November 15, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Stovall, crew go down with ship". Daily World. November 29, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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