2008 Tulane Green Wave football team

2008 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest
Record2–10 (1–7 C–USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Dodd (2nd season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorO’Neil Gilbert (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumSuperdome
Tad Gormley Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
East Carolina x$   6 2     9 5  
Memphis   4 4     6 7  
Southern Miss   4 4     7 6  
UAB   3 5     4 8  
UCF   3 5     4 8  
Marshall   3 5     4 8  
West Division
Tulsa xy   7 1     11 3  
Rice x   7 1     10 3  
Houston   6 2     8 5  
UTEP   4 4     5 7  
Tulane   1 7     2 10  
SMU   0 8     1 11  
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Tulane competed as a member of the Conference USA.

The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. Tulane finished the season with a 2–10 record. Despite this, sports columnist King Kaufman declared the Green Wave the national champions. In a Salon article, meant more to point out the flaws in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) than make a real argument in Tulane's favor, he wrote:[1]

"Tulane beat Louisiana-Monroe, who beat Troy, who beat Middle Tennessee, who beat Maryland, who beat Wake Forest, who beat Mississippi ... [who beat BCS champions] Florida ... [and] also beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas, who beat [BCS runners-up] Oklahoma."

  1. ^ "The real national champion – and it isn't Utah". Salon.com. January 6, 2009. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.