| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Tulane Green Wave |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | American |
| Division: | West Division |
| Record: | 5–7 |
| Conf Record: | 3–5 |
| Head Coach: | Willie Fritz |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Coach: | Doug Ruse |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Spread option |
| Def Coach: | Jack Curtis |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Scheme: | 4–2–5 |
| Stadium: | Yulman Stadium |
The 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2017 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 the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.
Tulane announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida, and Tulsa, and traveled to East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, and SMU.[1]
The Green Wave hosted two of the four non-conference opponents: Army, which is an independent football school, and Grambling State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The team traveled to Florida International (FIU) from Conference USA and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.
Schedule Source:[2]
See also: 2017 Grambling State Tigers football team.
See also: 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team.
See also: 2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team.
See also: 2017 Army Black Knights football team.
See also: 2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team.
See also: 2017 FIU Panthers football team.
See also: 2017 South Florida Bulls football team.
See also: 2017 Memphis Tigers football team.
See also: 2017 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.
See also: 2017 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 2017 Houston Cougars football team.
See also: 2017 SMU Mustangs football team.
See also: 2018 NFL draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
| 6 | 179 | ||||
| 6 | 218 |