September NewsStand
Oct 2, 2002 | Football
Oct. 2, 2002
September 29, 2002
Wave runs out of gas vs. Texas
New Orleans Times Picayune
For a half, Tulane made No. 3 Texas work hard for everything it got.
During the final 30 minutes, the Green Wave couldn't have been more cooperative...
September 29, 2002
Storybook start gives way to reality
New Orleans Times Picayune
In later years, the survivors will have some stories to tell to their children and the grandkids...
September 29, 2002
Missed opportunities sink Wave's chances
New Orleans Times Picayune
It seemed like eons ago.
Long before Texas' touchdowns, scored via punt returns and blocked field goals, there was a time when Tulane was in contention against the No. 3 Longhorns...
September 29, 2002
Longhorns wear down Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane, for 29 minutes and 16 seconds of the first half, stayed with third-ranked Texas, almost step-for-step...
September 29, 2002
Tulane Notes
New Orleans Times Picayune
Y'all come back
They partied in the French Quarter on Friday night, and no doubt Saturday as well. Visiting Texas brought approximately 25,000 fans to New Orleans this weekend, helping Tulane to its largest crowd in nine years, 46,678...
September 28, 2002
Perfection needed against Longhorns
New Orleans Times Picayune
No matter how you look at it, the numbers don't favor Tulane.
Heading into today's game against No. 3 Texas, the Green Wave is a 31- point underdog. Tulane has never beaten a team ranked among the nation's top 5 and has lost its last 25 games against ranked teams...
September 28, 2002
Tulane vs. Texas
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane and Texas game capsule...
September 28, 2002
At its best, UT offense is a balancing act
Austin American-Statesman
Texas quarterback Chris Simms spent long portions of last Saturday's game against Houston pondering whether he'd ever do anything more than hand off the football. Thirty-seven times he took the snap from center, backpedaled about three yards and pushed the ball into the gut of tailback Cedric Benson...
September 28, 2002
So far, so good but Longhorns still have some question marks
Austin American-Statesman
Three games into the relatively young football season, the Texas team has been an unqualified success and is well on its way to, uh, a fourth game...
September 27, 2002
Tulane ties for fifth in football graduation rate
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane ranked in the top five nationally in its graduation rate for football players in statistics released Thursday by the NCAA, but LSU officials were disappointed in the Tigers' standing -- their football graduation rate ranked 71st of 115 Division I-A schools...
September 27, 2002
Wave's Marler hasn't put best foot forward
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane kicker Seth Marler seldom gets his name mentioned without the attachment of "Lou Groza Award winner"...
September 26, 2002
Family ties subplot for Texas vs. Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
The Baker and Davis families have done their best to ensure a big crowd for the Texas-Tulane game Saturday afternoon in the Superdome...
September 26, 2002
Father, son anticipate matchup
New Orleans Times Picayune
Texas graduate assistant Greg Davis Jr. was scanning the field from the press box, taking stock of the situation: his Longhorns stuck on their 2-yard line against Oklahoma in a 1998 game...
September 26, 2002
Receiving 'committee' has agenda
New Orleans Times Picayune
In the Tulane receivers' meeting room, there are no rusty eight-track players blaring Sister Sledge. But there might as well be. They are family...
September 26, 2002
UT-Tulane especially sweet for Bakers
San Antonio Express-News
There's a fierce storm hitting New Orleans this week.
And then there's Isidore...
September 25, 2002
Wave's Moore is day-to-day
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane running back Mewelde Moore sprained his left foot in last week's loss at Memphis and his status for Saturday's game against third-ranked Texas is day-to-day, Green Wave coach Chris Scelfo said Tuesday...
September 25, 2002
Dueling Davis coaches meet this Saturday
Austin American-Statesman
They think alike. When they're talking, they gesture with their hands alike. They stand alike. Office secretaries swear they even walk slowly, head-hunched-forward alike...
September 25, 2002
Texas, Tulane keep an eye on the storm
Austin American-Statesman
Texas' football game against Tulane on Saturday in New Orleans still was a go as of Tuesday night, although hurricane watches were issued for the Louisiana coast earlier in the day...
September 24, 2002
Wave walks not-so-fine offensive line
New Orleans Times Picayune
After Tulane allowed five sacks in a 38-10 loss to Memphis on Saturday night, Coach Chris Scelfo said he knows the offensive line must improve in a hurry if the Green Wave offense is to return to its previous level of success...
September 23, 2002
Matthews, Wuerffel In Arm's Way
Washington Post
It's time to give the kid the ball. I guess it's a good thing they didn't trade him to Chicago before he signed, because Patrick Ramsey is going to have to play quarterback for the Washington Redskins, sooner and not later...
September 22, 2002
Wave 'overpowered' by Tigers
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo is usually the first to spot positives in his team's performance. Not Saturday night...
September 22, 2002
Losman, TU offense struggle in defeat
New Orleans Times Picayune
In Tulane's game against Southern, backup quarterback Derrick Joseph was the best medicine for starting quarterback J.P. Losman, who returned after the benching to spark Tulane to victory...
September 22, 2002
Tulane Notes
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the first time in his three seasons at Tulane, junior receiver Roydell Williams did not play. Tulane's leading receiver, with 15 catches, stayed in New Orleans with a broken bone in his left ankle...
September 21, 2002
Memphis offense to mirror Tulane's
New Orleans Times Picayune
Two years ago, Tommy West sat outside the Memphis Tigers' locker room in the Superdome looking like he had just lost his best friend...
September 21, 2002
Tigers face evil twin Tulane
Memphis Commercial Appeal
For the benefit of those attending tonight's University of Memphis vs. Tulane football game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, here's a quick reference guide...
September 21, 2002
Tulane vs. Memphis
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane and Memphis game capsule...
September 21, 2002
Robertson familiar with the drill for Bears
New Orleans Times Picayune
It could've been a downer, Bernard Robertson being told to redshirt the 2001 season, his first in the NFL. Except Robertson, the Bears' fifth-round pick last year, already had endured that kind of waiting game and, to his thinking, had benefited immensely from it...
September 20, 2002
Success in bag for Memphis' Brown
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tony Brown's diet plan is as simple as they come: eat everything in sight and then some...
September 19, 2002
Class Act
New Orleans Times Picayune
When speaking about Quentin Brown, Larry Polk refuses to talk football. Sure, the Tulane free safety led the team in tackles last weekend against East Carolina...
September 19, 2002
Ex-Wave tackle impresses
New Orleans Times Picayune
The left tackle position is one of the most important on a football team. His job is to protect the quarterback from defenders rushing from the quarterback's blind side...
September 18, 2002
Double Life
Memphis Commerical Appeal
Given that Mewelde Moore batted .197 for a San Diego Padres Rookie League team in Idaho this summer, he would be well advised to keep his day job: running the football on Saturdays for the Tulane Green Wave...
September 18, 2002
Tulane WR out for season
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane wide receiver Roydell Williams had surgery Tuesday evening at Tulane Hospital to repair a broken bone in his left ankle and will be out the rest of the season...
September 18, 2002
Around Conference USA
USAToday.com
Winning at perennial Conference USA doormat Houston is one thing. Winning at perennial C-USA contender East Carolina is another, as Tulane learned the hard way on Saturday...
September 17, 2002
TU defense shows ups, downs
New Orleans Times Picayune
Only a week ago, Tulane coach Chris Scelfo was saying that too much is made of statistics...
September 17, 2002
Memphis hopes for rebound win
New Orleans Times Picayune
Already trailing 7-0 in the second quarter Saturday, Memphis brought out the shovels...
September 16, 2002
West remains upbeat
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Tommy West tried his best to sift through the four quarters of Saturday's Conference USA loss to Southern Mississippi and extract the positives...
September 15, 2002
Breakdowns cost Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane has to learn not to take its opportunities for granted...
September 15, 2002
Tulane Notes
New Orleans Times Picayune
On Tulane's second scoring drive, the Green Wave moved 92 yards before a holding play nullified a 3-yard touchdown pass from J.P. Losman to Tristan Smith...
September 15, 2002
ECU hangs on for first win
Raleigh News Observer
After nine turnovers in road losses to Duke and Wake Forest, East Carolina made none in a 24-20 Conference USA win over Tulane on Saturday night...
September 14, 2002
Elpheage helps energize Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Backing down from a challenge has never been part of Tulane cornerback Lynaris Elpheage's game, not even when the odds of success are not very good...
September 14, 2002
Elpheage quarterbacking improved Tulane defense
Alexandria Town Talk
Adrian Mitchell, Tulane's strong safety, doesn't hesitate in explaining the accelerated improvement of teammate Lynaris Elpheage, the early season star of Tulane's improved defense...
September 14, 2002
Tulane vs. East Carolina
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane and East Carolina game capsule...
September 14, 2002
Bulldogs' rally bursts Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
It took a while for the Tulane-Mississippi State soccer match to start, because the Bulldogs left their uniforms at the hotel. The same could be said about the Bulldogs' offense, which Tulane stymied in the first half...
September 13, 2002
Freshman linebacker leads Green Wave in tackles
New Orleans Times Picayune
If Argentina can beat the U.S. in basketball, and the Minnesota Twins can be 23 games over .500, what's next?...
September 13, 2002
East Carolina coping with loss of stars
New Orleans Times Picayune
With many skilled players gone, East Carolina coach Steve Logan said he feels like he's giving birth to a new team...
September 13, 2002
Pirates leave fumbled loot
Raleigh News Observer
East Carolina's first play from scrimmage this season set an ominous tone...
September 13, 2002
ECU emphasizes secondary to combat Tulane's five-receiver set
Greenville Daily Reflector
After spending the offseason tinkering with its defense, the East Carolina football team will finally see if it will pay off this Saturday...
September 13, 2002
Pirates say they're giving games away
Winston-Salem Journal
Quarterback Paul Troth of East Carolina said he's convinced that if the Pirates weren't beating themselves, they'd be 2-0 instead of 0-2 going into their first Conference USA game on Saturday against Tulane...
September 11, 2002
Sideline is perilous for Wave assistants
New Orleans Times Picayune
If Tulane assistants Trooper Taylor and Giff Smith had forgotten how quickly injuries occur in football, they got a reminder last week...
September 11, 2002
Around Conference USA
USAToday.com
...One team is 0-2 and struggling to hold onto the football. The other is 2-0 and on a roll. In most years, the first team would be Tulane and the second team would be East Carolina, but not this time...
September 10, 2002
Preventing turnovers tops agenda
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane has reached somewhat of a milestone in winning its first two football games this season, but it is much too early to begin making postseason plans...
September 10, 2002
Pirates hungry for a win as Wave rolls in
New Orleans Times Picayune
After being beaten by a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference doormats, East Carolina welcomes unbeaten Tulane to Greenville, N.C., on Saturday...
September 10, 2002
Tulane a test for ECU
Raleigh News Observer
Tulane may have looked like a sure win on the East Carolina schedule when fans were penciling in W's and L's in the preseason...
September 10, 2002
Turnovers faulted as reason behind East Carolina's 0-2 record
Greenville Daily Reflector
Turnovers were the focus as East Carolina football coach Steve Logan addressed the media during his weekly press conference on Monday...
September 9, 2002
Logan sees bright spot in ECU's 0-2 start
Raleigh News Observer
Turnovers were the focus as East Carolina football coach Steve Logan addressed the media during his weekly press conference on Monday...
September 8, 2002
Tulane triumphs in Houston
New Orleans Times Picayune
Three years of frustration ended for Tulane on Saturday night at Robertson Stadium with a 34-13 win over Houston...
September 8, 2002
Wave defense steps up with big plays
New Orleans Times Picayune
A worn-out Tulane defense, leading 14-10, was being pushed back into its red zone by the Houston offense in the third quarter...
September 8, 2002
Tulane rips error-prone Houston
Baton Rouge Advocate
With Houston threatening to retake the lead in a back-and-forth battle, Tulane got a lift from an unlikely source: backup defensive end Floyd Dorsey...
September 8, 2002
UH takes tumble against Tulane
Houston Chronicle
After winning a football game for the first time in 678 days, the Houston Cougars saw their honeymoon last only a week...
September 7, 2002
Tulane vs. Houston
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane and Houston game capsule...
September 7, 2002
Tulane vs. Houston
Houston Chronicle
Tulane and Houston game capsule...
September 6, 2002
Tulane taking Houston game as challenge
New Orleans Times Picayune
Oddsmaker Danny Sheridan's preseason odds for Houston winning Conference USA: 10,000-1...
September 6, 2002
State teams fight for bragging rights
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane volleyball standout Britney Hurst, a Baton Rouge native who once considered attending UNO, revealed a smug smile when discussing this weekend's Sugar Bowl Classic...
September 5, 2002
Green Wave takes Tigers on for first time in 20 years
New Orleans Times Picayune
Let the calendar date-circling commence. Tulane released its men's basketball schedule Wednesday...
September 5, 2002
UH, Dimel hope to clip second string
Houston Chronicle
With one losing streak finally behind his team, coach Dana Dimel wants his players to concentrate on their first home game of the season...
September 4, 2002
Green Wave happy to start '02 season with winning 'taste'
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane junior linebacker Wesley Heath said the Green Wave have a motto for this season...
September 1, 2002
Moore moves Wave to jolt Jaguars 37-19
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane went into its season opener against Southern with a couple of uncertainties...
September 1, 2002
Moore ?staple' of TU offense
New Orleans Times Picayune
It almost seemed as if a re-introduction was in order, perhaps the result of him spending summers away from campus doing the minor-league baseball thing...
September 1, 2002
Junior running back Moore key to success of Tulane offense
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane has a new quarterback and a new defensive coordinator, but one very important thing has not changed for the Green Wave...
