Tulane·American Athletic

2018 — The 2018 Season

Tulane's 2018 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the Cure Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Wake For 17-23 W vs Nicholls 42-17 L @ UAB 24-31 L @ Ohio St 6-49 W vs Memphis 40-24 L @ Cincin 21-37 L vs SMU 23-27 W @ Tulsa 24-17 W @ Sout Flo 41-15 W vs East Car 24-18 L @ Houston 17-48 W vs Navy 29-28 W @ Louisi 41-24 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Tulane 41, South Florida 15. A 26-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Tulane 6, Ohio State 49. A 43-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Tulane beat Louisiana 41-24 in the postseason.

"Roll Wave"
— Tulane fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Tulane — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.