1979 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1979
Louisiana Superdome
Seasons
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Florida State   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
UNLV   –   –   9 – 1 – 2
No. 17 Temple   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
Tulane   –   –   9 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   –   8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee State   –   –   8 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   7 – 3 – 1
No. 20 Penn State   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
South Carolina   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –   6 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   –   7 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Memphis State   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
North Texas State   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
West Virginia   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
Louisville   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
William & Mary   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Illinois State   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Army   –   –   2 – 8 – 1
Air Force   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Richmond   –   –   0 – 11 – 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1979 Tulane Green Wave football team represented

Louisiana Superdome. The team finished with a record of 9–3 and played in the 1979 Liberty Bowl, losing 6–9 to Penn State
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The offense scored 318 points while the defense allowed 179 points. Two members of the Green Wave team were drafted into the National Football League.

The Wave opened the season by smashing Stanford 33-10, spoiling John Elway's collegiate debut.

In the 77th edition of the Battle for the Rag, Tulane beat LSU 24–13 in what was LSU coach Charles McClendon's final regular season game after 18 seasons.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 8No. 13 Stanford
W 33–1041,251
September 15at Rice
L 17–21
September 22at TCU
W 33–19
September 29No. 19 SMU
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 24–1742,563
October 6Vanderbilt
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 42–1427,873[1]
October 13at Southern Miss
W 20–1930,028[2]
October 20at West Virginia
L 17–2728,303
October 27Georgia Tech
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 12–751,963
November 3at Boston College
W 43–812,236[3]
November 10Ole Miss
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 49–1545,647[4]
November 24
Battle for the Flag)
ABCW 24–1373,496[5]
December 22vs. Penn StateNo. 15
ABCL 6–950,021
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1979 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 3 Alton Alexis Sr
QB 12 Nickie Hall Jr
TE 87 Rodney Holman So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 4 Mike Sims
LB 97 Marty Wetzel Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 9 Eddie Murray Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Team
Eddie Murray Kicker 7 166 Detroit Lions
Alton Alexis Wide receiver 11 281 Cincinnati Bengals

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References

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  6. ^ "Tulane Football Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  7. ^ "1980 Preseason Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  8. ^ "1980 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.


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