1980 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1980
Louisiana Superdome
Seasons
1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Pittsburgh       11 1 0
Tennessee State       9 1 0
No. 5 Florida State       10 2 0
No. 8 Penn State       10 2 0
No. 9 Notre Dame       9 2 1
No. 18 Miami (FL)       9 3 0
Southern Miss       9 3 0
Navy       8 4 0
South Carolina       8 4 0
Virginia Tech       8 4 0
Boston College       7 4 0
Northeast Louisiana       7 4 0
Rutgers       7 4 0
UNLV       7 4 0
Tulane       7 5 0
Colgate       5 4 1
North Texas State       6 5 0
Villanova       6 5 0
West Virginia       6 6 0
Louisville       5 6 0
Richmond       5 6 0
Syracuse       5 6 0
East Carolina       4 7 0
Illinois State       4 7 0
Temple       4 7 0
Army       3 7 1
Holy Cross       3 8 0
Cincinnati       2 9 0
Memphis State       2 9 0
William & Mary       2 9 0
Georgia Tech       1 9 1
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1980 Tulane Green Wave football team represented

Battle for the Flag, Tulane lost 7–24 to LSU. Throughout the season the offense scored 279 points, while the defense allowed 243 points. Two members of the Green Wave team were drafted into the National Football League
(NFL).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6Southern MissL 14–1744,698[1]
September 13at No. 13 StanfordL 14–1954,829[2]
September 20Rice
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 35–1440,321[3]
September 27at Ole MissW 26–2437,419[4]
October 4SMU
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
L 21–3142,563[5]
October 11at VanderbiltW 43–2135,960[6]
October 18Air Force
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 28–728,101[7]
October 25at Georgia TechW 31–1435,119[8]
November 1Kentucky
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 24–2242,139[9]
November 15Memphis State
  • Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 21–1633,184[10]
November 22at LSUL 7–2469,248[11]
December 27vs. ArkansasL 15–3429,000[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1980 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 9 Paul Catanese Jr
QB 12 Nickie Hall Sr
TE 87 Rodney Holman Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 97 Marty Wetzel Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
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
Marty Wetzel Linebacker 10 251 New York Jets
Nickie Hall Quarterback 10 255 Green Bay Packers

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  13. ^ "Tulane Football Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  14. ^ "1980 Preseason Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  15. ^ "1981 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.