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
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest
Record2–10 (1–7 C–USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Dodd (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorO’Neil Gilbert (1st as DC, 2nd overall season)
Home stadiumSuperdome
(Capacity: 69,703)
Tad Gormley Stadium
(Capacity: 26,500)
2008 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
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
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 66:00 pmat No. 13 Alabama*
ESPN360L 6–2092,138
September 132:00 pmNo. 14 East Carolina
WITNL 24–2827,189
September 202:00 pmLouisiana–Monroe*
  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSTW 24–1023,419
September 257:00 pmSMU
  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CBSCSW 34–2725,643
October 42:00 pmArmy*dagger
CSTL 13–4423,794
October 118:05 pmat UTEP
L 21–2433,121
October 252:00 pmRice
  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
L 17–4217,841
November 17:00 pmat No. 15 LSU*
GamePlanL 10–3592,136
November 87:00 pmat Houston
CBSCSL 14–4223,522
November 152:00 pmUAB
  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
L 24–4118,614
November 222:00 pmat Tulsa
L 7–5620,391
November 291:00 pmat Memphis
L 6–4515,012
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. "The real national champion – and it isn't Utah". Salon.com. January 6, 2009. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  2. 2008 Green Wave Football Schedule, ESPN


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