Tulane Green Wave football, 1950–59

Contents:	1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959

1950

1950 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
1950 record	6–2–1 (3–1–1 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)^[1]

1950 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Kentucky $	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#16 Alabama	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#20 Tulane	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	3
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 30	Alabama		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–26
October 7	Louisiana College*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 64–0
October 14	No. 10 Notre Dame*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 9–13
October 21	Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–20
October 28	at Auburn		Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	W 28–0
November 11	at Navy*		Thompson Stadium • Baltimore, MD	W 27–0
November 18	Virginia*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 42–18
November 25	Vanderbilt		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 35–6
December 2	LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	T 14–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1951

1951 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1951 record	4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)

1951 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	1
#1 Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
#15 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 29	Miami*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–7
October 6	No. 19 Baylor*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–27
October 13	No. 15 Holy Cross*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–14
October 20	at Ole Miss		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 6–25
October 27	Auburn		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–21
November 3	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–10
November 10	No. 12 Kentucky		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–37
November 17	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–10
November 24	Southeastern Louisiana*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 48–7
December 1	at LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 13–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1952

1952 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1952 record	5–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)

1952 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
#8 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
#7 Ole Miss	4	–	0	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
#9 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
#15 Florida	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
#20 Kentucky	1	–	3	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 27	Georgia		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 16–21
October 4	Santa Clara*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 35–0
October 11	at No. 5 Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–14
October 18	Ole Miss		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 14–20
October 25	vs. Auburn		Mobile, AL	W 21–6
November 1	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 34–21
November 8	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 6–27
November 15	Vanderbilt		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 16–7
November 22	Louisiana College*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 46–14
November 29	LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–16
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1953

1953 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1953 record	1–8–1 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)

1953 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	3	–	3
#8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
#17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	1	–	3			5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	3			5	–	3	–	3
Florida	1	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 19	The Citadel*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 54–6
September 26	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 14–16
October 3	at No. 4 Michigan*		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–26
October 10	No. 10 Georgia Tech		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–27
October 17	Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–45
October 24	vs. Auburn		Mobile, AL	L 7–34
October 31	No. 15 Army*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 0–0
November 7	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–21
November 14	Vanderbilt		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–21
November 28	at LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 13–32
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1954

1954 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1954 record	1–6–3 (1–6–1 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)

1954 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#6 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
#13 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Alabama	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	6	–	1			1	–	6	–	3
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 18	at No. 7 Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–28
September 25	Memphis State*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 13–13
October 2	North Carolina*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 7–7
October 9	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–14
October 16	at No. 7 Ole Miss		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 7–34
October 23	Georgia		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–7
October 30	vs. Auburn		Mobile, AL	L 0–27
November 6	Alabama		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 0–0
November 13	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 6–0
November 27	LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 13–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1955

1955 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1955 record	5–4–1 (3–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)

1955 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#10 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#8 Auburn	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
#7 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
Florida	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 17	VMI*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–7
September 24	at Texas*		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 21–35
October 1	Northwestern*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–0
October 8	at Mississippi State		Scott Field • Starkville, MS	L 0–14
October 15	Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–27
October 22	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 14–0
October 29	Auburn		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–13
November 5	vs. Alabama		Mobile, AL	W 27–7
November 12	Vanderbilt		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–20
November 26	at LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	T 13–13
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1956

1956 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1956 record	6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)

1956 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#4 Georgia Tech	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 22	Virginia Tech*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–14
September 29	Texas*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 6–7
October 6	at Northwestern*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 20–13
October 13	No. 14 Navy*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–6
October 20	vs. No. 6 Ole Miss	No. 19	Jackson, MS	W 10–3
October 27	at No. 3 Georgia Tech	No. 15	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–40
November 3	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–14
November 10	Alabama		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–13
November 17	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 13–6
December 1	LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1957

1957 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1957 record	2–8 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)

1957 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Auburn $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
#7 Ole Miss	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
#14 Mississippi State	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
#17 Florida	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
#13 Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
LSU	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Georgia	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Alabama	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 20	Virginia Tech*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–14
September 28	at No. 13 Texas*		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 6–20
October 5	at Marquette*		Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI	W 20–6
October 11	Georgia		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 6–13
October 18	No. 11 Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–50
October 26	Georgia Tech		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–20
November 2	vs. Mississippi State		Jackson, MS	L 6–27
November 9	vs. Alabama		Mobile, AL	W 7–0
November 16	at No. 10 Army*		Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 14–20
November 30	at LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–25
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1958

1958 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1958 record	3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)

1958 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 LSU $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
#4 Auburn	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
#11 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	1	–	3			5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Kentucky	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
#14 Florida	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 20	at Florida		Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	L 14–34
September 26	Texas*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 20–21
October 4	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–14
October 11	No. 7 Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 8–19
October 18	vs. No. 6 Navy*		Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	W 14–6
October 25	at Kansas*		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 9–14
October 31	Texas Tech*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–0
November 8	Alabama		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 13–7
November 15	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–12
November 22	No. 1 LSU		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–62
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

1959

1959 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1959 record	3–6–1 (0–5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Pilney
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,985)

1959 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Georgia $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#3 LSU	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#2 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#10 Alabama	4	–	1	–	2			7	–	2	–	2
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
#19 Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Tulane	0	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 18	Florida		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–30
September 25	at Miami*		Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	L 7–26
October 3	Wake Forest*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 6–0
October 9	Detroit*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 25–0
October 17	at No. 5 Ole Miss		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 7–53
October 24	No. 9 Georgia Tech		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–21
October 30	Texas Tech*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 17–7
November 7	at Alabama		Ladd Stadium • Mobile, AL	L 7–19
November 14	Vanderbilt		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 6–6
November 21	at No. 3 LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

References

↑ Ryan Whirty (2012-06-26). "The History of Tulane Stadium(s)". Gambit Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-22.

External links

TulaneGreenWave.com, official website for Tulane athletics
Tulane Football History
College Football Data Warehouse, Tulane Historical Data
College Poll Archive, Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

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