Tulane·American Athletic

2020 — The 2020 Season

Tulane's 2020 season (6-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Sout Ala 27-24 L vs Navy 24-27 W @ Sout Mis 66-24 L @ Houston 31-49 L vs SMU 34-37 L @ UCF 34-51 W vs Temple 38-3 W @ East Car 38-21 W vs Army 38-12 L @ Tulsa 24-30 W vs Memphis 35-21 L @ Nevada 27-38 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Tulane 66, Southern Miss 24. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Tulane 31, Houston 49. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Tulane fell to Nevada 27-38 in the postseason.

"Roll Wave"
— Tulane fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 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.