1972 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1972 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Penn State   –   10 – 2 – 0
No. 14 Notre Dame   –   8 – 3 – 0
Utah State   –   8 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   8 – 4 – 0
Florida State   –   7 – 4 – 0
Northern Illinois   –   7 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 4 – 0
No. 20 Georgia Tech   –   7 – 4 – 1
Air Force   –   6 – 4 – 0
Army   –   6 – 4 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   6 – 4 – 1
Houston   –   6 – 4 – 1
Tulane   –   6 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 6 – 0
Dayton   –   4 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   4 – 7 – 0
South Carolina   –   4 – 7 – 0
Southern Miss   –   3 – 7 – 1
Xavier   –   3 – 8 – 0
Marshall   –   2 – 8 – 0
Cincinnati   –   2 – 9 – 0
Villanova   –   2 – 9 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1972 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season as an independent. In their second year under head coach Bennie Ellender, the team compiled a 6–5 record.

In Tulane's loss at Miami, the Hurricanes were erroneously awarded a fifth down late in the fourth quarter, helping them drive to the winning touchdown.[1] The Southeastern Conference, which assigned the officials for the game, acknowledged the error, but it was too late to change the outcome. Nearly two months later, Tulane came up achingly short in its quest to end a 24-year winless streak vs. archrival LSU in the season finale. Trailing 9–3 with seconds remaining, Green Wave halfback Bill Huber took a swing pass in the flat and appeared headed to a touchdown, but he was stopped at the 1-yard line by Tiger safety Frank Racine after time ran out.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Boston College
W 10–027,441[3]
September 23No. 16 Georgia
W 24–1343,064[4]
September 30at No. 8 MichiganNo. 18
L 7–4184,162[5]
October 7Pittsburgh
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 38–620,417[6]
October 14at Miami (FL)
L 21–2418,956[1]
October 21at West Virginia
L 19–3129,500[7]
October 28at Georgia Tech
L 7–2148,096[8]
November 4Kentucky
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 18–718,377[9]
November 11Ohio
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 44–617,535[10]
November 18at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
    		• W 21–710,000[11]
    December 2No. 11 LSU
    		L 3–985,372[2]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    1972 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 22 Mike Foley Jr
    C 50 Rob Foley Jr
    QB 10 Steve Foley So
    QB 16 Mike Walker Sr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DE 80 Rusty Lee Sr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

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