1989 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1989 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. In their second year under head coach Greg Davis, the team compiled a 4–8 record.

1989 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–8
Head coach	Greg Davis (2nd season)
Home stadium	Louisiana Superdome

1989 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)			–					11	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Notre Dame			–					12	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Florida State			–					10	–	2	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	1
No. 17 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	3	–	1
No. 21 West Virginia			–					8	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					8	–	4	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana			–					7	–	4	–	0
Akron			–					6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina			–					6	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech			–					6	–	4	–	1
Louisiana Tech			–					5	–	4	–	1
Army			–					6	–	5	–	0
Louisville			–					6	–	5	–	0
East Carolina			–					5	–	5	–	1
Tulsa			–					6	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					5	–	6	–	0
Tulane			–					4	–	8	–	0
Navy			–					3	–	8	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	7	–	2
Boston College			–					2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State			–					2	–	9	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	9	–	1
Temple			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at Hawaiʻi	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 26–31	45,667
September 9	Rice	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 20–19	29,469
September 16	Southwestern Louisiana	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 17–10	28,144
September 23	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 9–59	61,613
September 30	Iowa State	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 24–25	33,206
October 7	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS (rivalry)	L 21–30	18,891
October 21	Ole Miss	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	L 28–32	39,291
October 28	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 13–30	26,353
November 4	Memphis State	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 38–34	24,861
November 11	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	L 7–27	25,106
November 18	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 37–13	30,174
November 25	LSU	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Rag)	L 7–27	41,573

Roster

1989 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 65 Andy Abramowicz Fr QB 10 Billy Duncan Fr C 57 Tim Duncan Jr WR 80 Melvin Ferdinand Jr WR 14 Jerome McIntosh Sr RB 23 Michael Pierce Sr C 50 John Young Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 29 Corey Dowden Jr LB 89 Ruffin Hamilton Fr LB 55 Kevin Jantschek So DE 86 Lonnie Marts Sr DB 8 Mitchell Price Sr LB 56 Pat Stant Jr LB 47 Shane Wiegand Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Greg Davis Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt