1973 Tulane Green Wave football team

1973 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 20
Record9–3
Head coach
Offensive schemeMultiple
Base defense5–2 Monster
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame    11 0 0
No. 5 Penn State    12 0 0
No. 9 Houston    11 1 0
Temple    9 1 0
No. 20 Tulane    9 3 0
Memphis State    8 3 0
Tampa    8 3 0
Boston College    7 4 0
South Carolina    7 4 0
Utah State    7 4 0
Air Force    6 4 0
Southern Miss    6 4 1
Northern Illinois    6 5 0
Rutgers    6 5 0
West Virginia    6 5 0
Pittsburgh    6 5 1
Colgate    5 5 0
Dayton    5 5 1
Xavier    5 5 1
Georgia Tech    5 6 0
Holy Cross    5 6 0
Miami (FL)    5 6 0
Cincinnati    4 7 0
Marshall    4 7 0
Navy    4 7 0
Southern Illinois    3 7 1
Villanova    3 8 0
Syracuse    2 9 0
Virginia Tech    2 9 0
Army    0 10 0
Florida State    0 11 0
Lamar    5 5 0
Southern Illinois    3 7 1
Texas-Arlington    4 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season as an independent. In their third year under head coach Bennie Ellender, the team compiled a 9–3 record and lost to Houston in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. The Green Wave's 14–0 victory over LSU was its first over the Bayou Bengals since 1948, and first in New Orleans over LSU since 1943.