2008 Tulane Green Wave football team

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2008
Seasons
2008 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
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 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.

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
WITN
L 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
Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
  • L 21–2433,121
    October 252:00 pmRice
    • Superdome
    • New Orleans, LA
    L 17–4217,841
    November 17:00 pmat No. 15
    Battle for the Flag)
    GamePlanL 10–3592,136
    November 87:00 pmat HoustonCBSCSL 14–4223,522
    November 152:00 pmUAB
    • Superdome
    • New Orleans, LA
    L 24–4118,614
    November 222:00 pmat TulsaL 7–5620,391
    November 291:00 pmat
    Liberty Bowl
  • Memphis, TN
  • 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