List of Tulane Green Wave bowl games

The Tulane Green Wave college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Tulane University in the West Division of Conference USA. Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Tulane has appeared in 11 official bowl games and won 4.^[1] Its most recent bowl game was the 2013 New Orleans Bowl, a 21–24 loss to Louisiana–Lafayette. The 1909 Bacardi Bowl was not sanctioned by the NCAA, and thus the Green Wave do not recognize the bowl appearance.

Key

General
	Bowl game record attendance
	Former bowl game record attendance

Results
W	Win
L	Loss

List of Tulane Green Wave bowl games^[1]
#	Bowl	Score	Date	Season	Opponent	Stadium	Location	Attendance	Head coach
1	Bacardi Bowl	L 0–11	January 1, 1910	1909	Havana Athletic Club	La Tropical Stadium	Havana, Cuba		Buster Brown
2	Rose Bowl	L 12–21	January 1, 1932	1931	USC	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	75,562	Bernie Bierman
3	Sugar Bowl	W 20–14	January 1, 1935	1934	Temple	Tulane Stadium	New Orleans, LA	22,206	Ted Cox
4	Sugar Bowl	L 13–14	January 1, 1940	1939	Texas A&M	Tulane Stadium	New Orleans, LA	73,000	Red Dawson
5	Liberty Bowl	W 17–3	December 12, 1970	1970	Colorado	Memphis Memorial Stadium	Memphis, TN	44,640	Jim Pittman
6	Bluebonnet Bowl	L 7–47	December 29, 1973	1973	Houston	Astrodome	Houston, TX	44,358	Bennie Ellender
7	Liberty Bowl	L 6–9	December 22, 1979	1979	Penn State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, TN	50,021	Larry Smith
8	Hall of Fame Classic	L 15–34	December 27, 1980	1980	Arkansas	Legion Field	Birmingham, AL	30,000	Vince Gibson
9	Independence Bowl	L 12–24	December 19, 1987	1987	Washington	Independence Stadium	Shreveport, LA	41,683	Mack Brown
10	Liberty Bowl	W 41–27	December 31, 1998	1998	BYU	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, TN	52,192	Chris Scelfo
11	Hawaiʻi Bowl	W 36–28	December 25, 2002	2002	Hawaiʻi	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	31,535	Chris Scelfo
12	New Orleans Bowl	L 21–24	December 21, 2013	2013	Louisiana–Lafayette	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	New Orleans, LA	54,728	Curtis Johnson
As of 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Scores are sortable first by whether the result was a Tulane win, loss, or tie, and then by the point margin.

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