1949 Tulane Green Wave football team

1949 Tulane Green Wave football
SEC champion
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1949 record	7–2–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Henry E. Frnka
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 80,735)

1949 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
#11 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
#9 LSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	4	–	3
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 1949 college football season

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 24	vs. Alabama		Ladd Stadium • Mobile, AL	W 28–14
October 1	Georgia Tech		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–0
October 8	Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 4	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 40–0
October 15	at No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 7–46
October 22	Auburn	No. 20	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 14–6
October 29	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 54–6
November 5	Navy*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 21–21
November 12	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 41–14
November 19	at No. 9 Virginia*	No. 19	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 28–14
November 26	No. 13 LSU	No. 10	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–21
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

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