The 2014 Tulane Green Wave football team represented

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

in the

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. They were led by third-year head coach Curtis Johnson and played home games at

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. They were in their first year of membership in the

American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) ...

, and it was the Green Wave's first season on its Uptown campus since the 1974 season. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Pre-season

Recruits

Award watch lists

Lorenzo Doss *

Walter Camp Award The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS head coaches and sports information directo ...

Watch List *

Chuck Bednarik Award The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player in college football as judged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, a former college and professional Ame ...

Watch List *

Bronko Nagurski Trophy The Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football defensive player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to be the best in the National Collegiate Athle ...

Watch List *

Jim Thorpe Award The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. It is voted on by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, the award became sponsored by Paycom ...

Watch List * College Football Performance Award (CFPA) Defensive Back Trophy Watch List

Roster

Schedule

Source

Game summaries

Tulsa

UCF

Cincinnati

Houston

After the Wave took a 31–17 lead late in the 4th quarter, the Cougars scored a touchdown and then recovered an onside kick, driving into the red zone. On the last play of the game though,

Parry Nickerson Parry Nickerson (born October 11, 1994) is an American football cornerback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulane. College career Nickerson played college football at Tulane. During his ...

made his second interception of the night as time expired. With starters Sherman Badie and Lazedrick Thompson injured for the game, all 31 of the Green Wave's points were scored by true freshmen – Teddy Veal, Dontrell Hilliard, Leondre James, and Andrew DiRocco. The win snapped a 10-game losing streak to Houston, and an 18-game losing streak in games played outside the state of Louisiana.

Memphis

East Carolina

Temple

Awards

American Athletic Conference Weekly Honors

Week 1 *Sherman Badie – Weekly Honor Roll Week 3 * Nico Marley – Weekly Honor Roll Week 7 *Darion Monroe – Weekly Honor Roll Week 11 *

– Defensive Player of the Week *

Dontrell Hilliard Dontrell Donmond Hilliard (born February 26, 1995) is an American football running back and return specialist for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulane and signed as an undrafted free a ...

– Weekly Honor Roll *

Tanner Lee Tanner Joseph Lee (born February 14, 1995) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Nebraska and Tulane. Early years Lee was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and was raised in Destrehan, Louisiana. He attended Jes ...

– Weekly Honor Roll

References

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Tulane Green Wave football seasons

Tulane Green Wave football The Tulane Green Wave football team represents Tulane University in the sport of American football. The Green Wave compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the American A ...