2016 Tulane Green Wave football team

2016 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Record	4–8 (1–7 The American)
Head coach	Willie Fritz (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Ruse (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Jack Curtis (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Yulman Stadium
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Temple xy$		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 19 South Florida x		7	–	1					11	–	2
UCF		4	–	4					6	–	7
Cincinnati		1	–	7					4	–	8
UConn		1	–	7					3	–	9
East Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
Tulsa		6	–	2					10	–	3
Memphis		5	–	3					8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3					9	–	4
SMU		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave will host AAC foes Memphis, Navy, SMU, and Temple, and will travel to UCF, UConn, Houston, and Tulsa.^[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road game against UMass and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	at Wake Forest*	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	L 3–7	24,398
September 10	7:00 pm	Southern*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W 66–21	27,179
September 17	6:00 pm	Navy	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ASN	L 14–21	21,503
September 24	7:00 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W 41–39 4OT	24,253
October 1	2:30 pm	at UMass*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ASN	W 31–24	14,892
October 14	7:00 pm	Memphis	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,098
October 22	2:45 pm	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	L 27–50	22,349
October 29	3:00 pm	SMU	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNews	L 31–35	25,780
November 5[a]	5:00 pm	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPN3	L 6–37	31,571
November 12	2:30 pm	at Houston	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 18–30	36,552
November 19	2:30 pm	Temple	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ASN	L 0–31	16,497
November 26	3:00 pm	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPNews	W 38–13	20,764
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

^{^[a]} The game between Tulane and UCF on October 7, 2016, was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced.^[2]

Schedule Source:^[3]

The game, originally scheduled for a 7:30 pm kickoff on October 6 to be televised on ESPNU, was moved to November 5 due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was moved to November 5 because both teams, coincidentally, had scheduled bye weeks for that week.^[2]