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1976 Tulane

2–⁠9, coached by Larry Smith.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1976, game by game: lost vs. Cincinnati 14–21; lost at No. 20 Ole Miss 7–34; lost vs. No. 18 Boston College 3–27; won at Vanderbilt 24–13; lost at Syracuse 0–3; won vs. Army 23–10; lost at Georgia Tech 16–28; lost vs. Memphis 7–14; lost vs. West Virginia 28–32; lost vs. Rutgers 20–29; lost at LSU 7–17+13−27Lost 14–21 vs. Cincinnati-7CincinnatiLost 7–34 at No. 20 Ole Miss-27No. 20 Ole MissLost 3–27 vs. No. 18 Boston College-24No. 18 Boston CollegeWon 24–13 at Vanderbilt+11VanderbiltLost 0–3 at Syracuse-3SyracuseWon 23–10 vs. Army+13ArmyLost 16–28 at Georgia Tech-12Georgia TechLost 7–14 vs. Memphis-7MemphisLost 28–32 vs. West Virginia-4West VirginiaLost 20–29 vs. Rutgers-9RutgersLost 7–17 at LSU-10LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsCincinnatiL 14–⁠2145%
Sep 18at20Ole MissL 7–⁠3425%
Sep 25vs18Boston CollegeL 3–⁠2734%
Oct 2atVanderbiltW 24–⁠1327%
Oct 9atSyracuseL 0–⁠342%
Oct 16vsArmyW 23–⁠1065%
Oct 23atGeorgia TechL 16–⁠2831%
Oct 30vsMemphisL 7–⁠1437%
Nov 6vsWest VirginiaL 28–⁠3241%
Nov 13vsRutgersL 20–⁠2924%
Nov 20atLSUL 7–⁠1721%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 17–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1976.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
149–⁠228
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1353 −70 this season
SP+ rating
-10.4 No. 107 of 132; offense No. 118, defense No. 81
SRS
−3.5 No. 84 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 6Martin Mitchell DBPhiladelphia Eagles