1965 Tulane Green Wave football team
American college football season
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The 1965 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In its fourth and final year under head coach Tommy O'Boyle, Tulane compiled a 2–8 record (1–5 in conference games, finished in a three-way tie for ninth at the bottom of the SEC standings, and was outscored by a total of 268 to 71.[1][2]
- Tommy O'Boyle (4th season)
| 1965 Tulane Green Wave football | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (1–5 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Tulane Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Tennessee | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 LSU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team gained an average of 70.4 rushing yards and 124.6 passing yards per game. On defense, it gave up an average of 213.7 rushing yards and 138.5 passing yards per game. Tulane's individual statistical leaders included quarterback Bobby Duhon with 807 passing yards, Carl Crowder with 301 rushing yards, and Jerry Colquette with 466 receiving yards.[3]
1965 was Tulane's final season as a member of the SEC. Tulane president Herbert E. Longenecker announced the school's withdrawal from SEC competition on December 31, 1964, effective June 30, 1966.[4] The Green Wave competed as an independent for the next 30 seasons before joining Conference USA in 1996.
Tulane played its 1965 home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | at No. 2 Texas* | L 0–31 | 40,000 | [5] | |
| September 25 | at Alabama | L 0–27 | 31,920 | [6] | |
| October 2 | Miami (FL)* | W 24–16 | 16,600–17,000 | [7] | |
| October 9 | Georgia Tech |
| L 10–13 | 35,000 | [8] |
| October 16 | at Ole Miss | L 7–24 | 20,000 | [9] | |
| October 22 | Mississippi State |
| W 17–15 | 20,000 | [10] |
| October 30 | Vanderbilt |
| L 0–13 | 27,000 | [11] |
| November 6 | Stanford* |
| L 0–16 | 15,000 | [12] |
| November 13 | at Florida | L 13–51 | 39,616 | [13] | |
| November 20 | at LSU | L 0–62 | 65,000 | [14] | |
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Notes
- The Green Wave was originally scheduled to open their season at home against Texas September 17, but one week prior to that date, Category 4 Hurricane Betsy wreaked destruction upon New Orleans, bending the light towers at Tulane Stadium, leaving large tree limbs strewn across the campus and the surrounding neighborhood, and knocking out power throughout the metropolitan area. As a result, the game was shifted to Austin and moved back one day.
