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
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Bowl games + List of Tulane Green Wave bowl games#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach1 Bacardi Bowl1909Havana Athletic ClubLa Tropical StadiumHavana, Cuba2 Rose Bowl1931USCRose BowlPasadena, California75,5623 Sugar Bowl1934TempleTulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana22,2064 Sugar Bowl1939Texas A&MTulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana73,0005 Liberty Bowl1970ColoradoMemphis, Tennessee44,6406 Bluebonnet Bowl1973HoustonAstrodomeHouston, Texas44,3587 Liberty Bowl1979Penn StateLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, Tennessee50,0218 Hall of Fame Classic1980ArkansasLegion FieldBirmingham, Alabama30,0009 Independence Bowl1987WashingtonIndependence StadiumShreveport, Louisiana41,68310 Liberty Bowl1998BYULiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, Tennessee52,192Chris Scelfo (interim)11 Hawaii Bowl2002HawaiiAloha StadiumHonolulu, Hawaii31,53512 New Orleans Bowl2013Louisiana-LafayetteMercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, Louisiana54,72813 Cure Bowl2018Louisiana-LafayetteCamping World StadiumOrlando, Florida 19,066Willie Fritz 14 Armed Forces Bowl2019Southern MissAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, Texas 44,738Willie Fritz 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl2020NevadaAlbertsons StadiumBoise, Idaho 0Willie Fritz 16 Cotton Bowl Classic2022USCAT&T StadiumArlington, Texas55,329Willie Fritz 17 Military Bowl2023Virginia TechNavy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, Maryland35,849Slade Nagle (interim) 18 Gasparilla Bowl2024FloridaRaymond James StadiumTampa, Florida41,472Jon Sumrall 19 CFP First Round2025Ole MissVaught-Hemingway StadiumOxford, Mississippi68,251Jon SumrallAs of 2025 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.
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