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▼ Below its 5-year level -12▼ Down 5 this season

Career62since 1936

Peak891939

Last 569seasons

#98 nationally · 2-3 (0-1 conf)

Résumé #96

Schedule so far #56

Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)

Why 57? →

Tulane Green Wave

American Athletic · New Orleans, LA · Yulman Stadium · Head coach Will Hall

Rival

Memphis · also SMU

Established rivalry

16-25-1 all time (42 meetings since 1954)

Memphis leads

Last: won 38-32 (2025)

Holds it

program traits are earned from history

0national titles

0Heisman

3AP top-10

2All-Americans

45NFL picks

41.3%win pct

History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →

Chemistry

52Foundation

53Gel

gel counts 45% so far

▼ Below its norm -10

early · #95 of 138

HC year1

Ret. starters27%

QB yrs w/ OC1

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Season by season · since 1902rating = how far above its own season's teams, on the all-time scale

Season	Record	Conference	AP final	Season rank	Rating	Head coach
2026in progress	2-3	American Athletic	—	#98	57	Will Hall
2025	11-3	American Athletic	#18	#56	68	Jon Sumrall
2024	9-5	American Athletic	—	#36	74	Jon Sumrall
2023	11-3	American Athletic	—	#54	67	Willie Fritz; Slade Nagle
2022	12-2	American Athletic	#9	#22	77	Willie Fritz
2021	2-10	American Athletic	—	#91	57	Willie Fritz
2020	6-6	American Athletic	—	—	—	Willie Fritz
2019	7-6	American Athletic	—	#45	69	Willie Fritz
2018	7-6	American Athletic	—	#90	59	Willie Fritz
2017	5-7	American Athletic	—	#79	61	Willie Fritz
2016	4-8	American Athletic	—	#100	54	Willie Fritz
2015	3-9	American Athletic	—	#114	45	Curtis Johnson
2014	3-9	American Athletic	—	#114	51	Curtis Johnson
2013	7-6	Conference USA	—	#84	59	Curtis Johnson
2012	2-10	Conference USA	—	#117	42	Curtis Johnson; Mark Hutson
2011	2-11	Conference USA	—	#115	32	Bob Toledo
2010	4-8	Conference USA	—	#109	49	Bob Toledo
2009	3-9	Conference USA	—	#117	33	Bob Toledo
2008	2-10	Conference USA	—	#115	39	Bob Toledo
2007	4-8	Conference USA	—	#106	50	Bob Toledo
2006	4-8	Conference USA	—	#107	50	Chris Scelfo
2005	2-9	Conference USA	—	#105	46	Chris Scelfo
2004	5-6	Conference USA	—	#93	54	Chris Scelfo
2003	5-7	Conference USA	—	#96	53	Chris Scelfo
2002	8-5	Conference USA	—	#64	64	Chris Scelfo
2001	3-9	Conference USA	—	#95	52	Chris Scelfo
2000	6-5	Conference USA	—	#86	57	Chris Scelfo
1999	3-8	Conference USA	—	#90	55	Chris Scelfo
1998	12-0	Conference USA	#7	#26	77	Tommy Bowden
1997	7-4	Conference USA	—	#43	70	Tommy Bowden
1996	2-9	Conference USA	—	#59	63	Buddy Teevens
1995	2-9	FBS Independents	—	#93	53	Buddy Teevens
1994	1-10	FBS Independents	—	#97	47	Buddy Teevens
1993	3-9	FBS Independents	—	#99	45	Buddy Teevens
1992	2-9	FBS Independents	—	#94	53	Buddy Teevens
1991	1-10	FBS Independents	—	#95	50	Greg Davis
1990	4-7	FBS Independents	—	#66	62	Greg Davis
1989	4-8	FBS Independents	—	#65	61	Greg Davis
1988	5-6	FBS Independents	—	#80	55	Greg Davis
1987	6-6	FBS Independents	—	#47	66	Mack Brown
1986	4-7	FBS Independents	—	#85	53	Mack Brown
1985	1-10	FBS Independents	—	#87	52	Mack Brown
1984	3-8	FBS Independents	—	#64	63	Wally English
1983	4-7	FBS Independents	—	#48	64	Wally English
1982	4-7	FBS Independents	—	#62	61	Vince Gibson
1981	6-5	FBS Independents	—	#36	72	Vince Gibson
1980	7-5	FBS Independents	—	#48	69	Vince Gibson
1979	9-3	FBS Independents	—	#21	78	Larry Smith
1978	4-7	FBS Independents	—	#65	63	Larry Smith
1977	3-8	FBS Independents	—	#79	60	Larry Smith
1976	2-9	FBS Independents	—	#78	59	Larry Smith
1975	4-7	FBS Independents	—	#86	57	Bennie Ellender
1974	5-6	FBS Independents	—	#70	61	Bennie Ellender
1973	9-3	FBS Independents	#20	#41	68	Bennie Ellender
1972	6-5	FBS Independents	—	#31	72	Bennie Ellender
1971	3-8	FBS Independents	—	#52	64	Bennie Ellender
1970	8-4	FBS Independents	#17	#32	72	Jim Pittman
1969	3-7	FBS Independents	—	#60	61	Jim Pittman
1968	2-8	FBS Independents	—	#81	54	Jim Pittman
1967	3-7	FBS Independents	—	#64	61	Jim Pittman
1966	5-4-1	FBS Independents	—	#43	67	Jim Pittman
1965	2-8	SEC	—	#74	58	Tommy O'Boyle
1964	3-7	SEC	—	#65	63	Tommy O'Boyle
1963	1-8-1	SEC	—	#68	59	Tommy O'Boyle
1962	0-10	SEC	—	#83	55	Tommy O'Boyle
1961	2-8	SEC	—	#63	60	Andy Pilney
1960	3-6-1	SEC	—	#35	71	Andy Pilney
1959	3-6-1	SEC	—	#48	65	Andy Pilney
1958	3-7	SEC	—	#50	66	Andy Pilney
1957	2-8	SEC	—	#56	62	Andy Pilney
1956	6-4	SEC	—	#34	70	Andy Pilney
1955	5-4-1	SEC	—	#34	71	Andy Pilney
1954	1-6-3	SEC	—	#57	61	Andy Pilney
1953	1-8-1	SEC	—	#66	57	Raymond Wolf
1952	5-5	SEC	—	#28	71	Raymond Wolf
1951	4-6	SEC	—	#52	65	Henry Frnka
1950	6-2-1	SEC	#20	#14	78	Henry Frnka
1949	7-2-1	SEC	—	#20	77	Henry Frnka
1948	9-1	SEC	#13	#8	81	Henry Frnka
1947	2-5-2	SEC	—	#53	65	Henry Frnka
1946	3-7	SEC	—	#35	70	Henry Frnka
1945	2-6-1	SEC	—	#57	57	Claude Simons
1944	4-3	SEC	—	#33	64	Claude Simons
1943	3-3	SEC	—	#21	69	Claude Simons
1942	4-5	SEC	—	#22	74	Claude Simons
1941	5-4	SEC	—	#12	77	Red Dawson
1940	5-5	SEC	—	#41	67	Red Dawson
1939	8-1-1	SEC	#5	#2	89	Red Dawson
1938	7-2-1	SEC	#19	#15	78	Red Dawson
1937	5-4-1	SEC	—	#32	71	Red Dawson
1936	6-3-1	SEC	—	#24	73	Red Dawson
1935	6-4	SEC	—	#48	66 early	Ted Cox
1934	10-1	SEC	—	#13	78 early	Ted Cox
1933	6-3-1	SEC	—	#35	70 early	Ted Cox
1932	6-2-1	Southern	—	#33	69 early	Ted Cox
1931	11-1	Southern	—	#2	89 early	Bernie Bierman
1930	8-1	Southern	—	#11	80 early	Bernie Bierman
1929	9-0	Southern	—	#23	73 early	Bernie Bierman
1928	6-3-1	Southern	—	#39	65 early	Bernie Bierman
1927	2-5-1	Southern	—	#60	57 early	Bernie Bierman
1926	3-5-1	Southern	—	#44	61 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1925	9-0-1	Southern	—	#17	75 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1924	8-1	Southern	—	#38	67 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1923	6-3-1	Southern	—	#63	54 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1922	4-4	Southern	—	#65	55 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1921	4-6	SIAA	—	#63	52 early	Myron Fuller
1920	6-2-1	SIAA	—	#43	63 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1919	6-2-1	SIAA	—	#53	59 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1917	5-3	SIAA	—	#33	64 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1916	4-3-1	SIAA	—	#43	59 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1915	4-4	SIAA	—	#51	53 early	Clark Shaughnessy
1914	3-3-1	SIAA	—	#55	32 early	Edwin Sweetland
1913	3-5	SIAA	—	#49	40 early	A.C. Hoffman
1912	5-3	SIAA	—	#42	50 early	A.A. Mason
1911	5-3-1	SIAA	—	#40	53 early	A.A. Mason
1910	0-7	SIAA	—	#38	54 early	A.A. Mason
1909	4-3-2	SIAA	—	#27	65 early	Buster Brown
1908	7-1	SIAA	—	#39	55 early	Joe Curtis
1907	3-2	SIAA	—	#41	50 early	Joe Curtis
1906	0-4-1	SIAA	—	#39	30 early	John Russ
1904	5-2	SIAA	—	#31	55 early	T. Berry; J. Janvier
1903	0-1	SIAA	—	—	—
1902	1-4-2	SIAA	—	#32	51 early	Virginius Dabney

★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.