Tulane

FBS

American Athletic · New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

560-660-35

All-time

0.446

Win %

National titles

Conf titles

Major bowls

Playoff apps

Weeks at #1

Heismans

Rivalries

Battle for the RagLSU

Greatest games

Tulane's top games of all time by Game Score.

#	Date	Season	Bowl	Match	Designation	Game Score
1	Jan 1, 1940	1939	Sugar Bowl	#5 Tulane 13-14 #1 Texas A&M Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana Major Bowl	Major Bowl	1.23
2	Oct 15, 1949	1949		#4 Tulane 7-46 #1 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana		0.92
3	Jan 1, 1932	1931	Rose Bowl	Tulane 12-21 USC Rose Bowl, Los Angeles, California Major Bowl	Major Bowl	0.83
4	Oct 21, 1939	1939		#4 Tulane 14-14 #14 North Carolina Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana		0.77
5	Dec 1, 1934	1934		Tulane 13-12 LSU LSU Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Conf Game	Conf Game	0.71
6	Jan 2, 2023	2022	Cotton Bowl	#14 Tulane 46-45 #8 USC AT&T Stadium, Dallas, Texas Major Bowl	Major Bowl	0.70
7	Jan 1, 1935	1934	Sugar Bowl	Tulane 20-14 Temple Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana Major Bowl	Major Bowl	0.68
8	Nov 14, 1931	1931		Tulane 20-7 Georgia Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Conf Game	Conf Game	0.65
9	Nov 6, 1937	1937		#19 Tulane 6-9 #2 Alabama Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana Conf Game	Conf Game	0.65
10	Dec 2, 2023	2023	American Athletic Championship Game	#17 Tulane 14-26 #25 SMU Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana Conf Title	Conf Title	0.60

Season by season (major seasons)

Year	School	Record	Conference	Div	Conf	Champ App	Conf Champ	AP	Coach	High	Bowl
2026	Tulane	0-0	American Athletic
2025	Tulane	11-3	American Athletic		7-1	✓	★	#18	#18	#17	Playoff First Round (L)MajorCFP
2024	Tulane	9-5	American Athletic		7-1	✓				#18	Gasparilla Bowl
2023	Tulane	11-3	American Athletic		8-0	✓				#17	Military Bowl (L)
2022	Tulane	12-2	American Athletic		7-1	✓	★	#9	#9	#9	Cotton Bowl (W)MajorCFP
2021	Tulane	2-10	American Athletic	West	1-7
2020	Tulane	6-6	American Athletic	West	3-5						Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (L)
2019	Tulane	7-6	American Athletic	West	3-5						Armed Forces Bowl (W)
2018	Tulane	7-6	American Athletic	West	5-3						Cure Bowl (W)
2017	Tulane	5-7	American Athletic	West	3-5
2016	Tulane	4-8	American Athletic	West	1-7
2015	Tulane	3-9	American Athletic	West	1-7
2014	Tulane	3-9	American Athletic		2-6
2013	Tulane	7-6	Conference USA	West	5-3						New Orleans Bowl (L)
2012	Tulane	2-10	Conference USA	West	2-6
2011	Tulane	2-11	Conference USA	West	1-7
2010	Tulane	4-8	Conference USA	West	2-6
2009	Tulane	3-9	Conference USA	West	1-7
2008	Tulane	2-10	Conference USA	West	1-7
2007	Tulane	4-8	Conference USA	West	3-5
2006	Tulane	4-8	Conference USA	West	2-6
2005	Tulane	2-9	Conference USA	West	1-7
2004	Tulane	5-6	Conference USA		3-5
2003	Tulane	5-7	Conference USA		3-5
2002	Tulane	8-5	Conference USA		4-4						Hawaii Bowl (W)
2001	Tulane	3-9	Conference USA		1-6
2000	Tulane	6-5	Conference USA		3-4
1999	Tulane	3-8	Conference USA		1-5
1998	Tulane	12-0	Conference USA		6-0		★	#7	#7	#7	Liberty Bowl (W)
1997	Tulane	7-4	Conference USA		5-1
1996	Tulane	2-9	Conference USA		1-4
1995	Tulane	2-9	Independent
1994	Tulane	1-10	Independent
1993	Tulane	3-9	Independent
1992	Tulane	2-9	Independent
1991	Tulane	1-10	Independent
1990	Tulane	4-7	Independent
1989	Tulane	4-8	Independent
1988	Tulane	5-6	Independent
1987	Tulane	6-6	Independent								Independence Bowl (L)
1986	Tulane	4-7	Independent
1985	Tulane	1-10	Independent
1984	Tulane	3-8	Independent
1983	Tulane	4-7	Independent
1982	Tulane	4-7	Independent
1981	Tulane	6-5	Independent
1980	Tulane	7-5	Independent								Hall of Fame Bowl (L)
1979	Tulane	9-3	Independent							#15	Liberty Bowl (L)
1978	Tulane	4-7	Independent
1977	Tulane	3-8	Independent
1976	Tulane	2-9	Independent
1975	Tulane	4-7	Independent
1974	Tulane	5-6	Independent							#18
1973	Tulane	9-3	Independent					#20	#15	#14	Bluebonnet Bowl (L)
1972	Tulane	6-5	Independent							#18
1971	Tulane	3-8	Independent
1970	Tulane	8-4	Independent					#17		#17	Liberty Bowl (W)
1969	Tulane	3-7	Independent
1968	Tulane	2-8	Independent
1967	Tulane	3-7	Independent
1966	Tulane	5-4-1	Independent
1965	Tulane	2-8	Southeastern		1-5
1964	Tulane	3-7	Southeastern		1-4
1963	Tulane	1-8-1	Southeastern		0-6-1
1962	Tulane	0-10	Southeastern		0-7
1961	Tulane	2-8	Southeastern		1-5
1960	Tulane	3-6-1	Southeastern		1-4-1
1959	Tulane	3-6-1	Southeastern		0-5-1
1958	Tulane	3-7	Southeastern		1-5
1957	Tulane	2-8	Southeastern		1-5
1956	Tulane	6-4	Southeastern		3-3					#15
1955	Tulane	5-4-1	Southeastern		3-3-1
1954	Tulane	1-6-3	Southeastern		1-6-1
1953	Tulane	1-8-1	Southeastern		0-7
1952	Tulane	5-5	Southeastern		3-5
1951	Tulane	4-6	Southeastern		1-5
1950	Tulane	6-2-1	Southeastern		3-1-1			#20		#20
1949	Tulane	7-2-1	Southeastern		5-1		★			#4
1948	Tulane	9-1	Southeastern		5-1			#13		#13
1947	Tulane	2-5-2	Southeastern		2-3-2
1946	Tulane	3-7	Southeastern		2-4
1945	Tulane	2-6-1	Southeastern		1-3-1
1944	Tulane	4-3	Southeastern		1-2
1943	Tulane	3-3	Southeastern		1-1
1942	Tulane	4-5	Southeastern		1-4
1941	Tulane	5-4	Southeastern		2-3					#10
1940	Tulane	5-5	Southeastern		1-3
1939	Tulane	8-1-1	Southeastern		5-0		★	#5		#4	Sugar Bowl (L)Major
1938	Tulane	7-2-1	Southeastern		4-1-1			#19		#18
1937	Tulane	5-4-1	Southeastern		2-3-1					#19
1936	Tulane	6-3-1	Southeastern		2-3-1					#9
1935	Tulane	6-4	Southeastern		3-3
1934	Tulane	10-1	Southeastern		8-0		★				Sugar Bowl (W)Major
1933	Tulane	6-3-1	Southeastern		4-2-1
1932	Tulane	6-2-1	Southern		5-2-1
1931	Tulane	11-1	Southern		8-0		★				Rose Bowl (L)Major
1930	Tulane	8-1	Southern		5-0		★
1929	Tulane	9-0	Southern		6-0		★
1928	Tulane	6-3-1	Southern		3-3-1
1927	Tulane	2-5-1	Southern		2-5-1
1926	Tulane	3-5-1	Southern		2-4
1925	Tulane	9-0-1	Southern		5-0		★
1924	Tulane	8-1	Southern		4-1
1923	Tulane	6-3-1	Southern		2-2-1
1922	Tulane	4-4	Southern		1-4
1921	Tulane	4-6	Independent
1920	Tulane	6-2-1	Independent
1919	Tulane	6-2-1	Independent
1917	Tulane	5-3	Independent
1916	Tulane	4-3-1	Independent
1915	Tulane	4-4	Independent
1914	Tulane	3-3-1	Independent
1913	Tulane	3-5	Independent
1912	Tulane	5-3	Independent
1911	Tulane	5-3-1	Independent
1910	Tulane	0-7	Independent
1909	Tulane	4-3-2	Independent								Bacardi Bowl (L)
1908	Tulane	7-1	Independent
1907	Tulane	3-2	Independent
1906	Tulane	0-4-1	Independent
1904	Tulane	5-2	Independent
1902	Tulane	1-4-2	Independent

Award winners

7 major award winners and consensus All-Americans.

Year	Player	Pos	Award
2012	Cairo Santos	PK	Consensus All-American
2012	Cairo Santos	PK	Lou Groza Award
2001	Seth Marler	PK	Lou Groza Award
1941	Ernie Blandin	T	Consensus All-American
1939	Harley McCollum	T	Consensus All-American
1932	Don Zimmerman	B	Consensus All-American
1931	Jerry Dalrymple	E	Consensus All-American