1998 Tulane Green Wave football team
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The 1998 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University
in the 1998 college football season. The Green Wave finished with a record of 12 wins and no losses, one of only two NCAA Division 1-A teams to complete the season undefeated, the other being the BCS
champion Tennessee Volunteers.
The team was not invited to a Bowl Championship Series Bowl game due to lack of strength of schedule, and defeated Brigham Young University
in the Liberty Bowl
. The Green Wave finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in both the AP Poll
and Coaches' Poll.
The Green Wave won all of their games by six points or more. The combined 538 points set a single-season school record.
Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
in the 1998 college football season. The Green Wave finished with a record of 12 wins and no losses, one of only two NCAA Division 1-A teams to complete the season undefeated, the other being the BCS
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...
champion Tennessee Volunteers.
The team was not invited to a Bowl Championship Series Bowl game due to lack of strength of schedule, and defeated Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
in the Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl
The Liberty Bowl is an annual U.S. American college football bowl game played in December of each year from 1959 to 2007 and in January in 2009 and 2010. The Liberty Bowl was sponsored by AXA Financial and was known as the AXA Liberty Bowl from 1997 to 2003...
. The Green Wave finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in both the AP Poll
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
and Coaches' Poll.
The Green Wave won all of their games by six points or more. The combined 538 points set a single-season school record.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Green Wave points | Opponents | Record |
| 1 | Sept. 5 | @ | Win | 52 | 34 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Sept. 12 | @ | Win | 31 | 21 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Sept. 26 | Win | 42 | 24 | 3-0 | |
| 4 | Oct. 3 | Win | 21 | 7 | 4-0 | |
| 5 | Oct. 17 | Win | 28 | 22 | 5-0 | |
| 6 | Oct. 24 | @ | Win | 52 | 24 | 6-0 |
| 7 | Oct. 31 | Win | 72 | 20 | 7-0 | |
| 8 | Nov. 7 | @ | Win | 41 | 31 | 8-0 |
| 9 | Nov. 14 | @ | Win | 49 | 35 | 9-0 |
| 10 | Nov. 21 | Win | 48 | 20 | 10-0 | |
| 11 | Nov. 26 | Win | 63 | 30 | 11-0 | |
| 12 | Dec. 31 | Win | 41 | 27 | 12-0 | |
Team Players in the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Shaun King Shaun King Shaun Earl King is a former Tulane University and National Football League quarterback.-High School:King is a 1995 graduate of Gibbs High School .-College:... |
Quarterback | 2 | 50 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1999 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1999 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on an 8-8 season. Rookie Shaun King replaced the injured and inconsistent Trent Dilfer late in the season... |