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The 1997 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of Conference USA. In their first year under head coach Tommy Bowden, the team compiled an overall record of 7–4, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, placing second in C-USA.
1997 Tulane Green Wave football | |
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Conference | Conference USA |
Record | 7–4 (5–1 C-USA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Rich Rodriguez (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread option |
Defensive coordinator | Rick Smith (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Louisiana Superdome |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Southern Miss $ | 6 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 2 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | Cincinnati | W 31–17 | 20,828 | [1] | |
September 13 | Rice* |
| L 24–30 | 19,602 | [2] |
September 20 | at Syracuse* | L 19–30 | 42,246 | [3] | |
October 4 | Army* |
| W 41–0 | 16,242 | [4] |
October 11 | at Louisville | W 64–33 | 29,547 | [5] | |
October 18 | East Carolina |
| W 33–16 | 23,340 | [6] |
October 25 | at Southern Miss | L 13–34 | 26,092 | [7] | |
November 1 | at Southwestern Louisiana* | W 56–0 | 17,724 | [8] | |
November 8 | Memphis |
| W 26–14 | 23,494 | [9] |
November 15 | Ole Miss* |
| L 24–41 | 35,607 | [10] |
November 22 | at Houston | W 44–10 | 11,618 | [11] | |
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