| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | Tulane Green Wave |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | The American |
| Record: | 4–8 |
| Conf Record: | 1–7 |
| Head Coach: | Willie Fritz |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Coach: | Doug Ruse |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Jack Curtis |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Spread option |
| Def Scheme: | 4–2–5 |
| Stadium: | Yulman Stadium |
The 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in last place in the West Division.
Tulane announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave will host AAC foes Memphis, Navy, SMU, and Temple, and will travel to UCF, UConn, Houston, and Tulsa.[1]
The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road game against UMass and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The game between Tulane and UCF on October 7, 2016, was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was rescheduled for the following month on November 5, 2016, with the kickoff time to be announced.
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See also: 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team.
See also: 2016 Southern Jaguars football team.
See also: 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team.
See also: 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team.
See also: 2016 UMass Minutemen football team.
See also: 2016 Memphis Tigers football team.
See also: 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team.
See also: 2016 SMU Mustangs football team.
See also: 2016 UCF Knights football team. The game, originally scheduled for a 7:30 pm kickoff on October 6 to be televised on ESPNU, was moved to November 5 due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was moved to November 5 because both teams, coincidentally, had scheduled bye weeks for that week.[3]
See also: 2016 Houston Cougars football team.
See also: 2016 Temple Owls football team.
See also: 2016 UConn Huskies football team.