# 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2017 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 the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

## Schedule

Tulane announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida, and Tulsa, and traveled to East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, and SMU.
The Green Wave hosted two of the four non-conference opponents: Army, which is an independent football school, and Grambling State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The team traveled to Florida International (FIU) from Conference USA and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 (FCS) Grambling State* | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3 Joel Meyers, Hutson Mason | W 43–14 | 15,940 |
| September 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD | CBSSN John Sadak, Randy Cross, Sheehan Stanwick Burch | L 21–23 | 30,420 |
| September 16 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Oklahoma* | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | FSN PPV Brendan Burke, David Anderson, Christian Steckel | L 14–56 | 86,290 |
| September 23 | 11:00 a.m. | Army* | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | CBSSN Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Cassie McKinney | W 21–17 | 16,643 |
| October 7 | 10:00 a.m. | Tulsa | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3 Mark Neely, Ray Bentley | W 62–28 | 11,971 |
| October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at FIU* | Riccardo Silva StadiumMiami, FL | CUSA.TV A.J. Ricketts, Hurlie Brown | L 10–23 | 16,433 |
| October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 South Florida | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN2 Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison | L 28–34 | 17,256 |
| October 27 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Memphis | Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN | CBSSN John Sadak, Randy Cross, Tina Cervasio | L 26–56 | 17,989 |
| November 4 | 3:00 p.m. | Cincinnati | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3 Shawn Kenney, Wayne Gandy | L 16–17 | 20,798 |
| November 11 | 6:00 p.m. | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | CBSSN Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins | W 31–24 $^{OT}$ | 36,178 |
| November 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Houston | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3/ESPNews Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen | W 20–17 | 19,026 |
| November 25 | 11:00 a.m. | at SMU | Gerald J. Ford StadiumDallas, TX | CBSSN John Sadak, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins | L 38–41 | 14,209 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Grambling State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 21 (FCS) Tigers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Green Wave | 14 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 43 |

### At Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| Midshipmen | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 23 |

### At Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| No. 2 Sooners | 14 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 56 |

### Army

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Knights | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Green Wave | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Hurricane | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Green Wave | 21 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 62 |

### At FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Panthers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 |

### South Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 16 Bulls | 7 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Green Wave | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### At Memphis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| Tigers | 14 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 56 |

### Cincinnati

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bearcats | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Green Wave | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |

### At East Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Green Wave | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Pirates | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 |

### Houston

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Green Wave | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |

### At SMU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 7 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 38 |
| Mustangs | 14 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 41 |

## Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Parry Nickerson | CB | 6 | 179 | New York Jets |
| Ade Aruna | DE | 6 | 218 | Minnesota Vikings |
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