American college football season
The 2021 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana , and competed in the American Athletic Conference . They were led by sixth-year head coach Willie Fritz .
Prior to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in December 2020, offensive coordinator Will Hall accepted the head coaching role at Southern Miss . Chip Long was hired to replace Hall.[ 1] On December 10, Fritz announced the firing of defensive coordinator Jack Curtis.[ 2] Chris Hampton was named the new defensive coordinator on December 18.[ 3]
In March 2021, it was announced that Chris Watt would be the offensive line coach for Tulane.
Listed in the order that they were released
The American Athletic Conference preseason media poll was released at the virtual media day held August 4, 2021.[ 11] Cincinnati , who finished the 2020 season ranked No. 8 nationally, was tabbed as the preseason favorite in the 2021 preseason media poll.
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Cincinnati 262 (22) 2 UCF 241 (2) 3 SMU 188 4 Houston 181 5 Memphis 168 6 Tulsa 153 7 Tulane 132 т-8 East Carolina 85 т-8 Navy 85 10 Temple 46 11 South Florida 43
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 11:00 a.m. No. 2 Oklahoma * ABC L 35–4042,206 September 11 6:00 p.m. Morgan State * ESPN+ W 69–202,100 September 18 7:00 p.m. at No. 17 Ole Miss * ESPN2 L 21–6154,198 September 25 7:00 p.m. UAB * ESPN+ L 21–2816,023 October 2 2:30 p.m. at East Carolina ESPN+ L 29–5233,475 6:30 p.m. Houston Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN L 22–4015,026 6:30 p.m. at No. 21 SMU ESPN L 26–5522,843 October 30 11:00 a.m. No. 2 Cincinnati Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN2 L 12–3117,012 November 6 3:00 p.m. at UCF ESPNU L 10–1441,030 November 13 3:00 p.m. Tulsa Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPNU L 13–20 OT 22,784 November 20 11:00 a.m. South Florida Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN+ W 45–1414,496 November 27 6:30 p.m. at Memphis ESPNU L 28–3327,416
Schedule Source :[ 14] [ 15] ^ Originally scheduled to be played as a home game, the game against Oklahoma was moved to Norman, Oklahoma on August 30, 2021, due to safety concerns related to Hurricane Ida . Tulane remained the designated home team despite Oklahoma hosting the game.[ 12] ^ Originally scheduled to be played as a home game, the game against Morgan State was moved to Birmingham, Alabama on September 2, 2021, due to safety concerns related to Hurricane Ida. Tulane remained the designated home team despite the neutral site.[ 13] Oklahoma at Tulane 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 2 Sooners 14 23 3 0 40 Green Wave 14 0 8 13 35
Scoring summary 1 11:15 TULN Cameron Carroll 6-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Graham Dable kick)(8 plays, 55 yards, 3:08) TULN 7–0 05:59 OU Spencer Rattler 1-yard rush (Gabe Brkic kick)(11 plays, 75 yards, 5:16) TIE 7–7 04:44 TULN Jaetavian Toles 15-yard rush (Graham Dable kick)(4 plays, 75 yards, 1:15) TULN 14–7 02:38 OU Caleb Williams 1-yard rush (Gabe Brkic kick)(5 plays, 75 yards, 2:06) TIE 14–14 2 10:00 OU Kennedy Brooks 1-yard rush (Gabe Brkic kick)(9 plays, 84 yards, 4:53) OU 21–14 08:59 OU Gabe Brkic 26-yard field goal(4 plays, 2 yards, 0:49) OU 24–14 07:58 OU Gabe Brkic 51-yard field goal(4 plays, 0 yards, 0:53) OU 27–14 03:01 OU Mario Williams 6-yard pass from Spencer Rattler (Gabe Brkic kick)(7 plays, 78 yards, 3:03) OU 34–14 00:00 OU Gabe Brkic 56-yard field goal(3 plays, 2 yards, 0:30) OU 37–14 3 03:31 TULN Michael Pratt 4-yard rush (Duece Watts two-point conversion rush)(11 plays, 42 yards, 3:44) OU 37–22 01:01 OU Gabe Brkic 55-yard field goal(7 plays, 37 yards, 2:30) OU 40–22 4 11:28 TULN Cameron Carroll 5-yard pass from Michael Pratt (two-point conversion rush attempt failed)(8 plays, 47 yards, 2:23) OU 40–28 02:18 TULN Will Wallace 5-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Merek Glover kick)(8 plays, 80 yards, 2:45) OU 40–35
Line Over/under OU –31.5 67
Statistics Oklahoma Tulane First downs 24 24 Total yards 430 396 Rushing yards 116 100 Passing yards 314 296 Turnovers 2 3 Time of possession 33:22 26:38
Team Category Player Statistics Oklahoma Passing Spencer Rattler 30/39, 304 yards, TD, 2 INT Rushing Kennedy Brooks 14 rushes, 87 yards, TD Receiving Marvin Mims 5 receptions, 117 yards Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 27/44, 296 yards, 3 TD Rushing Michael Pratt 15 rushes, 34 yards, TD Receiving Tyrick James 6 receptions, 93 yards
Tulane Green Wave (1–1) at No. 17 Ole Miss Rebels (2–0)
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 7 14 0 0 21 No. 17 Rebels 19 21 21 0 61
at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
Date : Saturday, September 18, 2021Game time : *8:45 p.m. CST Game weather : Rain • Temperature : 75 °F (24 °C)Game attendance : 54,198Referee : Jason AutreyTV announcers (ESPN2 ) : Anish Shroff (play-by-play) Mike Golic Jr. (color) Taylor McGregor (sideline)Pregame line : Ole Miss –14 • O/U : 77.5
Game information First Quarter (11:27) MISS – Henry Parrish Jr. 19 yard rush, Caden Costa kickOle Miss 7–0 ; 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:33 (6:41) MISS – Matt Corral 9 yard rush, Caden Costa kick missedOle Miss 13–0 ; 12 plays, 82 yards, 3:16 (3:40) TULN – Cameron Carroll 1 yard rush, Merek Glover kickOle Miss 13–7 ; 5 plays, 33 yards, 1:45 (0:00) MISS – Matt Corral 15 yard rush, two-point conversion failedOle Miss 19–7 ; 10 plays, 70 yards, 3:40 Second Quarter (9:30) MISS – Dontario Drummond 12 yard pass from Matt Corral, Caden Costa kickOle Miss 26–7 ; 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:32 (7:21) TULN – Shae Wyatt 39 yard pass from Michael Pratt , Merek Glover kickOle Miss 26–14 ; 6 plays, 66 yards, 2:09 (7:12) MISS – Jonathan Mingo 50 yard pass from Matt Corral, Caden Costa kickOle Miss 33–14 ; 1 play, 50 yards, 0:09 (2:26) MISS – Dontario Drummond 11 yard rush, Caden Costa kickOle Miss 40–14 ; 9 plays, 61 yards, 3:30 (0:42) TULN – Tyrick James 22 yard pass from Michael Pratt, Merek Glover kickOle Miss 40–21 ; 6 plays, 74 yards, 1:44 Third Quarter (11:35) MISS – Matt Corral 15 yard rush, Caden Costa kickOle Miss 47–21 ; 5 plays, 51 yards, 1:22 (10:59) MISS – Matt Corral 12 yard rush, Caden Costa kickOle Miss 54–21 ; 2 plays, 37 yards, 0:36 (7:56) MISS – Braylon Sanders 45 yard pass from Matt Corral, Caden Costa kickOle Miss 61–21 ; 4 plays, 75 yards, 0:51 Fourth Quarter
*Originally scheduled to kickoff at 7:00 p.m. CST but was delayed due to inclement weather.
Statistics TULN MISS First downs 14 41 Total yards 305 707 Passing yards 166 335 Rushing yards 139 372 Penalties 11–109 9–65 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 27:43 32:17
Team Category Player Statistics Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 10/18, 166 yards, 2 TD Rushing Devin Brumfield 9 carries, 47 yards Receiving Duece Watts 2 receptions, 51 yards Ole Miss Passing Matt Corral 23/31, 335 yards, 3 TD Rushing Jerrion Ealy 15 carries, 103 yards Receiving Jonathan Mingo 6 receptions, 136 yards, 1 TD
Tulane at East Carolina 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 0 7 16 6 29 • Pirates 17 14 0 21 52
Date: October 2, 2021Location: Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: Game attendance: 33,475Game weather: • Weather: TBD • Wind: TBDReferee: TV announcers (ESPN+ ): Mark Neely and Barrett Brooks Scoring summary 1 10:49 ECU Owen Daffer 23-yard field goal(10 plays, 70 yards, 4:11) ECU 3–0 5:03 ECU Holton Ahlers 17-yard run (Owen Daffer kick)(7 plays, 55 yards, 3:55) ECU 10–0 1:21 ECU Keaton Mitchell 68-yard run (Owen Daffer kick)(2 plays, 80 yards, 0:40) ECU 17–0 2 13:18 ECU Tyler Snead 53-yard pass from Holton Ahlers (Owen Daffer kick)(4 plays, 61 yards, 1:28) ECU 24–0 9:38 TUL Ygenio Booker 16-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Merek Glover kick)(10 plays, 75 yards, 3:40) ECU 24–7 0:36 ECU Rahjai Harris 3-yard pass from Holton Ahlers (Owen Daffer kick)(11 plays, 76 yards, 3:27) ECU 31–7 3 10:43 TUL Michael Pratt 7-yard run (Michael Pratt pass to Tyrick James for two-point conversion) (7 plays, 75 yards, 4:17) ECU 31–15 3:39 TUL Cameron Carroll 1-yard run (Michael Pratt run for two-point conversion)(10 plays, 91 yards, 3:22) ECU 31–23 4 13:33 ECU Rahjai Harris 1-yard run (Owen Daffer kick)(10 plays, 75 yards, 5:06) ECU 38–23 8:15 ECU Ryan Jones 14-yards pass from Mason Garcia (Owen Daffer kick)(7 plays, 30 yards, 3:51) ECU 45–23 6:53 TUL Michael Pratt 2-yard run (two-point run conversion failed)(4 plays, 75 yards, 1:22) ECU 45–29 1:06 ECU Keaton Mitchell 30-yard run 3 plays, 61 yards, 1:34) ECU 52–29
Pregame line Over/under TULN –3.0 64.5
Statistics Tulane East Carolina First downs 19 25 Total yards 404 612 Rushing yards 124 310 Passing yards 280 302 Turnovers 4 0 Time of possession 25:41 34:19
Team Category Player Statistics Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 22/36, 268 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT Rushing Cameron Carroll 9 car, 80 yds, 1 TD Receiving Duece Watts 4 rec, 79 yds East Carolina Passing Holton Ahlers 21/32, 288 yds, 2 TD Rushing Keaton Mitchell 15 car, 222 yds, 2 TD Receiving Tyler Snead 4 rec, 78 yds, 1 TD
Houston at Tulane 1 2 3 4 Total • Cougars 14 3 9 14 40 Green Wave 0 15 7 0 22
Date: October 7, 2021Location: Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA Game start: 6:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 19 minutesGame attendance: 15,026Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Mostly Sunny • Wind: NE 4 MPHReferee: Tim RichTV announcers (ESPN ): Matt Barrie (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst) and Harry Lyles Jr. (sideline) Scoring summary 1 8:04 HOU Christian Trahan 11-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(11 plays, 76 yards, 5:14) HOU 7–0 0:22 HOU Jeremy Singleton 17-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(7 plays, 64 yards, 2:58) HOU 14–0 2 10:45 TULN Tyrick James 13-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Christian Daniels Pass to Michael Pratt for two-point conversion)(5 plays, 73 yards, 1:53) HOU 14–8 3:33 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 46-yard field goal(7 plays, 20 yards, 2:26) HOU 17–8 2:11 TULN Tyjae Spears 39-yard run (Merek Glover kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 1:22) HOU 17–15 3 13:18 TULN Will Wallace 29-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Merek Glover kick)(1 play, 29 yards, 0:08) TULN 22–17 8:16 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 24-yard field goal(5 plays, 28 yards, 1:17) TULN 22–20 1:20 HOU Jeremy Singleton 29-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Two-point pass conversion failed)(11 plays, 80 yards, 4:40) HOU 26–22 4 9:28 HOU Ta'Zhawn Henry 8-yard run (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(6 plays, 39 yards, 3:20) HOU 33–22 1:03 HOU Alton McCaskill 35-yard run (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(6 plays, 53 yards, 1:59) HOU 40–22
Line Over/under HOU –6.5 60
Statistics Houston Tulane First downs 18 17 Total yards 435 308 Rushing yards 147 94 Passing yards 288 214 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 31:34 28:26
Team Category Player Statistics Houston Passing Clayton Tune 23/36, 288 yards, 3 TDs Rushing Alton McCaskill 18 rushes, 93 yards, 1 TD Receiving KeSean Carter 6 receptions, 69 yards Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 20/30, 214 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Cameron Carroll 13 rushes, 68 yards Receiving Will Wallace 2 receptions, 54 yards, 1 TD
Tulane at Southern Methodist 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 7 0 12 7 26 • No. 21 Mustangs 17 14 7 17 55
Date: Location: Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX Game start: 6:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:24Game attendance: 22,843Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NE 6 MPH Referee: Hank JonesTV announcers (ESPN ): Matt Barrie (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst) & Harry Lyles Jr. (sideline) Scoring summary 1 9:56 SMU Blake Mazza 22-yard field goal(14 plays, 50 yards, 5:04) SMU 3–0 6:08 SMU Tre Siggers 1-yard run (Blake Mazza kick)(6 plays, 81 yards, 2:30) SMU 10–0 1:04 SMU Tanner Mordecai 1-yard run (Blake Mazza kick)(11 plays, 88 yards, 3:07) SMU 17–0 0:22 TULN Shae Wyatt 10-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Merek Glover kick)(3 plays, 75 yards, 0:42) SMU 17–7 2 13:25 SMU Tommy McIntyre 24-yard pass from Tanner Mordecai (Blake Mazza kick)(6 plays, 96 yards, 1:57) SMU 24–7 0:53 SMU Reggie Roberson Jr. 22-yard pass from Tanner Mordecai (Blake Mazza kick)(9 plays, 91 yards, 4:24) SMU 31–7 3 12:18 TULN Shae Wyatt 11-yard pass from Michael Pratt (pass failed)(7 plays, 75 yards, 2:42) SMU 31–13 3:33 SMU Tre Siggers 9-yard run (Blake Mazza kick)(11 plays, 91 yards, 5:04) SMU 38–13 1:28 TULN Duece Watts 4-yard pass from Michael Pratt (pass failed)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:05) SMU 38–19 4 9:05 SMU Blake Mazza 38-yard field goal(6 plays, 13 yards, 3:56) SMU 41–19 6:50 TULN Tyjae Spears 9-yard run (Merek Glover kick)(8 plays, 82 yards, 2:15) SMU 41–26 6:01 SMU Tyler Lavine 44-yard pass from Tanner Mordecai (Blake Mazza kick)(2 plays, 44 yards, 0:49) SMU 48–26 2:39 SMU Brandon Epton Jr. 9-yard run (Blake Mazza kick)(6 plays, 37 yards, 2:47) SMU 55–26
Pregame line Over/under SMU –14.5 70.5[ 16]
Statistics TULN SMU First downs 18 31 Total yards 428 612 Rushing yards 194 174 Passing yards 234 438 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 25:37 34:23
Team Category Player Statistics Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 11/22, 234 yards, 3 TD Rushing Tyjae Spears 14 rushes, 85 yards, TD Receiving Jha'Quan Jackson 2 receptions, 93 yards SMU Passing Tanner Mordecai 30/42, 427 yards, 3 TD Rushing Tre Siggers 15 rushes, 81 yards, 2 TD Receiving Danny Gray 8 receptions, 140 yards
Cincinnati at Tulane 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 2 Bearcats 7 7 7 10 31 Green Wave 0 12 0 0 12
Date: October 30, 2021Location: Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 11 minutesGame attendance: 17,012Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NW 7 MPHReferee: Luke RichmondTV announcers (ESPN2): Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Mike Golic Jr. (analyst) and Taylor McGregor (sideline) Scoring summary 1 1:14 CIN Josh Whyle 16-yard pass from Desmond Ridder (Christian Lowery kick)(16 plays, 99 yards, 7:25) CIN 7–0 2 10:43 TULN Marvin Moody 8-yard safety(0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00) CIN 7–2 7:58 TULN Tyjae Spears 47-yard run (Merek Glover kick)(6 plays, 66 yards, 2:34) TULN 7–9 6:19 CIN Jerome Ford 3-yard run (Christian Lowery kick)(5 plays, 80 yards, 1:33) CIN 14–9 0:00 TULN Merek Glover 41-yard field goal(4 plays, 26 yards, 0:30) CIN 14–12 3 3:12 CIN Josh Whyle 5-yard pass from Desmond Ridder (Christian Lowery kick)(13 plays, 66 yards, 5:55) CIN 21–12 4 6:16 CIN Christian Lowery 27-yard field goal(4 plays, 1 yard, 1:09) CIN 24–12 4:13 CIN Jerome Ford 26-yard pass from Desmond Ridder (Christian Lowery kick)(2 plays, 29 yards, 0:49) CIN 31–12
Pregame line Over/under −28.0 61.5
Statistics CIN TULN First downs 18 17 Total yards 351 280 Rushing yards 124 187 Passing yards 227 93 Time of possession 28:12 31:48
Team Category Player Statistics CIN Passing Desmond Ridder 17/27, 227 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT Rushing Jerome Ford 18 carries, 65 yards, 1 TD Receiving Josh Whyle 4 receptions, 79 yards, 2 TD TULN Passing Kai Horton 7/16, 79 yards, 2 INT Rushing Tyjae Spears 19 carries, 106 yards, 1 TD Receiving Jha'Quan Jackson 3 receptions, 34 yards
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 0 0 10 0 10 Knights 7 0 7 0 14
South Florida at Tulane 1 2 Total Bulls 0 Green Wave 0
Date: November 20, 2021Location: Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: Game attendance: 14,496Game weather: • Weather: TBD • Wind: TBDReferee: TV announcers (ESPN+):
Statistics South Florida Tulane First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession
Team Category Player Statistics South Florida Passing Rushing Receiving Tulane Passing Rushing Receiving
Tulane at Memphis 1 2 Total Green Wave 0 Tigers 0
Statistics Tulane Memphis First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession
Team Category Player Statistics Tulane Passing Rushing Receiving Memphis Passing Rushing Receiving
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