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1986 Tulane

4–⁠7, coached by Mack Brown.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1986, game by game: lost vs. TCU 31–48; won at Vanderbilt 35–17; lost at Ole Miss 10–35; lost vs. Wichita State 20–21; lost at Florida State 21–54; lost vs. No. 13 Mississippi State 27–34; won vs. Southern Miss 35–20; won vs. Louisiana 42–39; lost vs. Louisville 12–23; won vs. Memphis 15–6; lost at No. 5 LSU 17–37+18−33Lost 31–48 vs. TCU-17TCUWon 35–17 at Vanderbilt+18VanderbiltLost 10–35 at Ole Miss-25Ole MissLost 20–21 vs. Wichita State-1Wichita StateLost 21–54 at Florida State-33Florida StateLost 27–34 vs. No. 13 Mississippi State-7No. 13 Mississippi Sta…Won 35–20 vs. Southern Miss+15Southern MissWon 42–39 vs. Louisiana+3LouisianaLost 12–23 vs. Louisville-11LouisvilleWon 15–6 vs. Memphis+9MemphisLost 17–37 at No. 5 LSU-20No. 5 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsTCUL 31–⁠4856%
Sep 20atVanderbiltW 35–⁠1735%
Sep 27atOle MissL 10–⁠3531%
Oct 4vsWichita StateL 20–⁠2168%
Oct 11atFlorida StateL 21–⁠5416%
Oct 18vs13Mississippi StateL 27–⁠3430%
Oct 25vsSouthern MissW 35–⁠2038%
Nov 1vsLouisianaW 42–⁠3941%
Nov 8vsLouisvilleL 12–⁠2372%
Nov 15vsMemphisW 15–⁠667%
Nov 29at5LSUL 17–⁠379%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 37–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 95th-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 1986.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
265–⁠334
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1369 −19 this season
SP+ rating
-17.6 No. 94 of 101; offense No. 63, defense No. 97
SRS
−11.6 No. 86 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Offensive coordinator
Darrell Moody

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 2Eric Thomas DBCincinnati Bengals