# 2007 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 2007 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at the Louisiana Superdome. They competed in the West Division of Conference USA. The team was coached by first-year head coach Bob Toledo. The team finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in C-USA - tied for third place in the West Division.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 8 | 6:00 pm | Mississippi State* | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | CSS | L 17–38 | 31,076 |
| September 15 | 6:00 pm | Houston | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | | L 10–34 | 21,311 |
| September 22 | 7:00 pm | SE Louisiana* | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | | W 35–27 | 17,611 |
| September 29 | 11:00 am | No. 2 LSU* | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (Battle for the Rag) | ESPN2 | L 9–34 | 58,769 |
| October 6 | 6:00 pm | at Army* | Michie StadiumWest Point, NY | ESPNU | L 17–20 $^{OT}$ | 30,022 |
| October 13 | 6:00 pm | at UAB | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | L 21–26 | 24,144 |
| October 20 | 7:00 pm | at SMU | Gerald J. Ford StadiumDallas, TX | FSSW | W 41–34 $^{OT}$ | 14,901 |
| October 27 | 2:00 pm | Memphis | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | | L 27–28 | 23,267 |
| November 3 | 6:30 pm | Tulsa | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | CSTV | L 25–49 | 15,271 |
| November 10 | 6:00 pm | UTEP | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | | W 34–19 | 15,479 |
| November 17 | 2:00 pm | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | | W 45–31 | 11,539 |
| November 24 | 12:00 pm | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | MASN | L 12–35 | 35,362 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Season summary
### At Army

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Tulane | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Army | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York
* Date: October 6, 2007
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
* Game attendance: 30,022
* TV: ESPNU
* Box Score, Box Score
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Tulane | Passing | Anthony Scelfo | 16/25, 154 Yds |
| Tulane | Rushing | Matt Forte | 32 Rush, 202 Yds, 2 TD |
| Tulane | Receiving | Jeremy Williams | 4 Rec, 52 Yds |
| Army | Passing | Carson Williams | 15/21, 113 Yds, TD |
| Army | Rushing | Patrick Mealy | 15 Rush, 41 Yds |
| Army | Receiving | Mike Wright | 2 Rec, 63 Yds, TD |
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | TUL | ARMY |
| 2 | 11:28 | 12 | 80 | 4:58 | Tulane | Matt Forte 2-yard touchdown run, Ross Thevenot kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | 6:39 | 10 | 60 | 4:40 | Army | Jeremy Trimble 27-yard touchdown reception from Carson Williams, Adam Demarco kick good | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 0:19 | 9 | 40 | 1:41 | Tulane | 46-yard field goal by Ross Thevenot | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | 7:48 | 8 | 90 | 3:50 | Tulane | Matt Forte 33-yard touchdown run, Ross Thevenot kick good | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | 1:40 | | | | Army | 36-yard field goal by Owen Tolson | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | 0:00 | 5 | 80 | 0:29 | Army | Mike Wright 36-yard touchdown reception from Kevin Dunn, Adam Demarco kick good | 17 | 17 |
| OT | | 5 | 17 | | Army | 25-yard field goal by Owen Tolson | 17 | 20 |
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