2005 Tulane Green Wave football team

2005 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
UCF x		7	–	1		8	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3		7	–	5
Memphis		5	–	3		7	–	5
East Carolina		4	–	4		5	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5		4	–	7
UAB		3	–	5		5	–	6
West Division
Tulsa x$		6	–	2		9	–	4
UTEP		5	–	3		8	–	4
Houston		4	–	4		6	–	6
SMU		4	–	4		5	–	6
Tulane		1	–	7		2	–	9
Rice		1	–	7		1	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Their home stadium, the Louisiana Superdome, was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and forced the Green Wave to play the entire season on the road.^[1] They competed in the West Division of Conference USA. The team was coached by head coach Chris Scelfo.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	7:00 PM	Mississippi State*	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	CSTV	L 14–21	16,421
September 24	7:00 PM	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX		W 31–10	15,681
October 1	2:30 PM	SE Louisiana*	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA		W 28–21	16,826
October 8	5:00 PM	Houston	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	iTV	L 14–35	15,454
October 14	7:00 PM	UTEP	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN	L 21–45	13,153
October 21	6:00 PM	at UCF	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL	CSTV	L 24–34	15,009
October 29	6:00 PM	Marshall	Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	CSTV	L 26–27	13,290
November 5	12:30 PM	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CSTV	L 21–49	33,608
November 12	2:00 PM	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		L 34–42	9,162
November 19	1:00 PM	Tulsa	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA		L 14–38	10,306
November 26	2:00 PM	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS		L 7–26	28,730
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Tulane Green Wave football

Venues	First Tulane Stadium (1909–16) Second Tulane Stadium (1917–25) Tulane Stadium (1926–74) Mercedes-Benz Superdome (1975–2013) Yulman Stadium (2014–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Georgia Tech LSU (Battle for the Flag) Ole Miss Southern Miss (Battle for the Bell)

Culture & lore	History Riptide "The Olive and the Blue" "The Hullabaloo" Marching Band Porter Cup

People	Head coaches NFL draftees All-Americans Statistical leaders

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