# List of Tulane Green Wave bowl games

The Tulane Green Wave college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Tulane University in the American Athletic Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Tulane has appeared in 17 official bowl games and won 7. Its most recent bowl game was the 2024 Gasparilla Bowl, a 8–33 defeat against the Florida. The 1909 Bacardi Bowl was not sanctioned by the NCAA, and thus the Green Wave do not recognize the bowl appearance.

## Key

General :
| † | Bowl game record attendance |
| ‡ | Former bowl game record attendance |
Results :
| W | Win |
| L | Loss |

## Bowl games

List of Tulane Green Wave bowl games :
| # | Bowl | Score | Date | Season | Opponent | Stadium | Location | Attendance | Head coach |
| 1 | Bacardi Bowl | L 0–11 | January 1, 1910 | 1909 | Havana Athletic Club | La Tropical Stadium | Havana, Cuba | | R. R. Brown |
| 2 | Rose Bowl | L 12–21 | January 1, 1932 | 1931 | USC | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 75,562$^‡$ | Bernie Bierman |
| 3 | Sugar Bowl | W 20–14 | January 1, 1935 | 1934 | Temple | Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, Louisiana | 22,206$^‡$ | Ted Cox |
| 4 | Sugar Bowl | L 13–14 | January 1, 1940 | 1939 | Texas A&M | Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, Louisiana | 73,000$^‡$ | Red Dawson |
| 5 | Liberty Bowl | W 17–3 | December 12, 1970 | 1970 | Colorado | Memphis Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | 44,640 | Jim Pittman |
| 6 | Bluebonnet Bowl | L 7–47 | December 29, 1973 | 1973 | Houston | Astrodome | Houston, Texas | 44,358 | Bennie Ellender |
| 7 | Liberty Bowl | L 6–9 | December 22, 1979 | 1979 | Penn State | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | 50,021 | Larry Smith |
| 8 | Hall of Fame Classic | L 15–34 | December 27, 1980 | 1980 | Arkansas | Legion Field | Birmingham, Alabama | 30,000 | Vince Gibson |
| 9 | Independence Bowl | L 12–24 | December 19, 1987 | 1987 | Washington | Independence Stadium | Shreveport, Louisiana | 41,683 | Mack Brown |
| 10 | Liberty Bowl | W 41–27 | December 31, 1998 | 1998 | BYU | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | 52,192 | Chris Scelfo (interim) |
| 11 | Hawaiʻi Bowl | W 36–28 | December 25, 2002 | 2002 | Hawaiʻi | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, Hawaii | 31,535 | Chris Scelfo |
| 12 | New Orleans Bowl | L 21–24 | December 21, 2013 | 2013 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans, Louisiana | 54,728$^‡$ | Curtis Johnson |
| 13 | Cure Bowl | W 41–24 | December 15, 2018 | 2018 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Camping World Stadium | Orlando, Florida | 19,066 | Willie Fritz |
| 14 | Armed Forces Bowl | W 30–13 | January 4, 2020 | 2019 | Southern Miss | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas | 44,738 | Willie Fritz |
| 15 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | L 27–38 | December 22, 2020 | 2020 | Nevada | Albertsons Stadium | Boise, Idaho | 0 | Willie Fritz |
| 16 | Cotton Bowl Classic | W 46–45 | January 2, 2023 | 2022 | USC | AT&T Stadium | Arlington, Texas | 55,329 | Willie Fritz |
| 17 | Military Bowl | L 20–41 | December 27, 2023 | 2023 | Virginia Tech | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, Maryland | 35,849 | Slade Nagle (interim) |
| 18 | Gasparilla Bowl | L 8–33 | December 20, 2024 | 2024 | Florida | Raymond James Stadium | Tampa, Florida | 41,472 | Jon Sumrall |
| As of 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Scores are sortable first by whether the result was a Tulane win, loss, or tie, and then by the point margin. ||||||||||