| Year: | 1973 |
| Team: | Tulane Green Wave |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 9–3 |
| Coachrank: | 15 |
| Aprank: | 20 |
| Head Coach: | Bennie Ellender |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Scheme: | 5–2 Monster |
| Stadium: | Tulane Stadium |
| Bowl: | Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 7–47 vs. Houston |
The 1973 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season as an independent. In their third year under head coach Bennie Ellender, the team compiled a 9–3 record and lost to Houston in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. The Green Wave's 14–0 victory over LSU was its first over the Bayou Bengals since 1948, and first in New Orleans over LSU since 1943.[1]