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1965 Tulane Green Wave football team

1965 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 1 1 9 1 1
Auburn 4 1 1 5 5 1
No. 7 Tennessee 3 1 2 8 1 2
Florida 4 2 0 7 4 0
Ole Miss 5 3 0 7 4 0
No. 8 LSU 3 3 0 8 3 0
Georgia 3 3 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0 6 4 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 2 7 1
Tulane 1 5 0 2 8 0
Mississippi State 1 5 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Tennessee's game against South Carolina and Georgia's game against Clemson counted in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Led by Tommy O'Boyle in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Green Wave compiled an overall record of 2–8 record with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for ninth at the bottom of the SEC standings.[1][2] The team played home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.

1965 was the final season in which Tulane played as a member of the SEC as university president Herbert E. Longenecker announced the school's formal withdrawal from SEC competition on December 31, 1964, effective June 30, 1966.[3] The Green Wave competed as an independent for the next 30 seasons before joining Conference USA in 1996.

  1. ^ "SEC Standings; Final". Vicksburg Evening Post. Vicksburg, Mississippi. Associated Press. November 29, 1965. p. 7. Retrieved December 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "2024 SEC Football Media Guide". Southeastern Conference. pp. 63, 65. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tulane announces intentions to withdraw from SEC in '66". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. January 1, 1965. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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