1936 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1936 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1936 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Red Dawson, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 6–3–1 and a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, placing eighth in the SEC.

1936 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1936 record6–3–1 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Moss
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
(capacity: 35,000)
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 LSU $ 6 0 09 1 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 0 18 0 1
Auburn 4 1 17 2 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 1 26 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 07 3 1
Georgia 3 3 05 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 15 5 1
Tulane 2 3 16 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 13 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 06 4 0
Florida 1 5 04 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 15 5 2
Sewanee 0 5 00 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Ole MissW 7–6
October 3Auburn
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
T 0–0
October 10Centenary*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 19–0[1]
October 17vs. Colgate*W 28–6
October 24North Carolina*No. 18
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 21–7
October 31Louisiana Tech*No. 9
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 22–1312,000[2]
November 7at No. 14 AlabamaNo. 10L 7–34[3]
November 14Georgia
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 6–12
November 21Sewanee
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 53–6[4]
November 28at No. 2 LSUNo. 19L 0–33
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final 
AP Not released 18 9 10 NR NR 19 NR

References

  1. "Tulane beats Centenary, 19–0". The Shreveport Times. October 11, 1936. Retrieved July 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tulane held to 22–13 victory by La. Tech". Monroe Morning World. November 1, 1936. Retrieved July 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Alabama completely outclasses Tulane to hand Green Wave first defeat of season". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved February 21, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tulane swamps Sewanee Tigers by 53 to 6 score". The Shreveport Times. November 22, 1936. Retrieved August 16, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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