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Game 9 TULANE FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE 2002 Tulane✦ vs. Navy✦ HOMECOMING 2002 Green Wave Facts Oct. 26, 2002 ✦ 2:30 p.m. (CDT) 2002 Record ............................... 5-3 ✦ 2002 C-USA Record .................... 3-2 New Orleans, La. Tad Gormley Stadium (30,000) Head Coach ..................... Chris Scelfo Alma Mater/Year .... UL-Monroe/1985 Game at Gormley streak since Tulane won five straight over Record at Tulane/Year....... 18-25/4th Tulane plays host to Navy in a very special Navy between 1950-1991. Overall Record/Years ................ Same President ........................ Scott Cowen Homecoming 2002 game to be played at Tad Athletic Director ............. Rick Dickson Gormley Stadium in New Orleans’ City Park. The Last Meeting Football SID .................. Donna Turner The contest is special because for the first time In Annapolis last year, Tulane claimed a 42- Direct Phone .............. 504-862-8240 since 1974, Tulane will play a game outside in 28 win over the Midshipmen as Patrick SID Fax ...................... 504-865-5512 New Orleans, instead of at its usual home in Ramsey completed 36-of-49 passes for 442 SID E-Mail ......... [email protected] the Superdome. A myriad of events are yards and Mewelde Moore became the first Ticket Office Phone .... 504-861-WAVE scheduled in conjunction with the game (see player in Tulane history to earn 100 yards next note) and with the Homecoming/Parents’ rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same 2002 Schedule Weekend festivities at Tulane this week. game. The Wave sprinted out to a 21-0 lead, 8/31 vs. Southern ........... 37-19, W then exploded for 21 points in the third 9/7 at Houston* ........... 34-13, W quarter to cement the road victory. 9/14 at East Carolina* ..... 20-24, L Homecoming Happenings 9/21 at Memphis* ........... 10-38, L Tulane moved this game to Tad Gormley 9/28 TEXAS (#3) ................. 0-49, L Stadium in an attempt to create an “old- Deja’ Vu? 10/5 at UL-Monroe ........... 52-9, W fashioned” Homecoming Weekend, complete Mewelde Moore could break Eddie Price’s 10/12 CINCINNATI* ..........35-17, W with parade, presentation of the Homecoming career rushing record this Saturday as the 10/19 UAB* ..................... 35-14, W 10/26 NAVY (HC) ................ 2:30 pm Court, tailgating, concerts and more. Nearly 40 Tulane junior needs just 56 yards versus Navy 11/9 at TCU*......................... 2 pm tents will be erected in “Homecoming Village” to pass Price’s mark of 3,095 yards. Over the 11/16 ARMY* ..................... 2:30 pm located adjacent to Tad Gormley, where four years, Navy has seen their share of successful 11/23 SOUTHERN MISS* ... 2:30 pm free pre-and post-game concerts will be held. Tulane backs, beginning with Price, who, in *C-USA Game; (HC) Homecoming In addition, fans are encouraged to welcome the very first game of this series on Nov. 5, game to be played at Tad Gormley Stadium; All times Central. • The Navy Game • The Navy Game • The Navy • The Navy Game • The Navy Game the Tulane team into the Stadium at Gate D 1949, set the Tulane single game record with Game • The Navy and the “Green Wave Mambo Parade” will take 238 yards in 22 attempts. Midshipmen Facts place at 12:30 p.m. on Roosevelt Mall. Student 2002 Record ............................... 1-6 groups, floats and dignitaries will march in the Outdoor Football Returns Head Coach ................... Paul Johnson parade. Just before kickoff, look to the sky for a Tulane will play outside in New Orleans for the Alma Mater/Year . Western Carolina/1979 military flyover. Tickets for the game are still first time since Nov. 30, 1974 when the Wave Record at Navy/Years ........... 1-6/1st available by calling 504-861-WAVE, and played its final home game in Tulane Stadium Overall Record/Years ........ 63-16/6th Superintendent ... Richard J. Naughton reservations are being take for tents in Home- before moving to the brand-new Louisiana coming Village at 865-5625. Athletic Director ............ Chet Gladchuk Superdome in 1975. Tulane Stadium was Football SID ........... Scott Strasemeier home to the Wave for 49 years, from 1926 to SID Phone .... 410-293-4517, ext. 138 Of Late 1974. It was the largest steel-constructed SID Fax ...................... 410-293-8954 Tulane enters the game on a season-long stadium in the world and was the site of three SID E-Mail .......... [email protected] three-game win streak, thanks in large part to Super Bowls. Tulane Stadium was torn down Ticket Office Phone .... 800-US4-NAVY Website ............ www.NavySports.com the Wave’s defensive efforts. Green Wave in 1981. • • • • opponents are averaging just 13.3 points per • game during the streak while the Tulane Staying Home 2002 Schedule 8/31 at SMU .................... 38-7, W www.TulaneGreenWave.com defense and special teams have scored four In all, the Green Wave will play seven games in TDs, sacked opposing quarterbacks 15 times 9/7 N.C. STATE ...............19-65, L New Orleans this season, the most home 9/21 NORTHWESTERN ..... 40-49, L and forced 13 turnovers. Last week, Tulane contests for Tulane since 1988 — a stretch of 9/28 DUKE ....................... 17-43, L defeated UAB 35-14 behind a pair of scores on 13 seasons. Six of those games will be played 10/5 at Air Force................. 7-48, L plays involving laterals, J.P. Losman’s two in the Superdome, the most games in the 10/12 RICE ........................ 10-17, L touchdown passes and Mewelde Moore’s 88 ’Dome for Tulane since the 1998 season. 10/19 at Boston College ..... 21-46, L rushing yards. 10/26 at Tulane .................. 3:30 pm After playing four of its first six games on the 11/9 NOTRE DAME ................Noon road, Tulane plays five of its last six games of 11/16 CONNECTICUT ............. Noon Sweet Sixteen? 2002 at home, including this string of three 11/23 at Wake Forest ................ TBA Tulane and Navy meet for the 16th time, and straight ending with the Navy game. 12/7 Army (Meadowlands) .....Noon for the ninth time in New Orleans, with the All times Eastern. Wave owning a 9-5-1 edge in the series, which Bowl Eligible began in 1949 with a 21-21 tie. The teams Series Facts With the 12-game schedule for most Division Series Record ....... Tulane leads 9-5-1 have met 11 times in the last 12 years, missing I-A teams this year, it will take only six wins for only the 1997 season. Tulane is looking for its First Meeting .... 11/5/49, TU 21, Navy 21 teams to become bowl eligible, meaning the Last Meeting .. 11/10/01, TU 42, Navy 28 third straight win over the Naval Academy, and Green Wave is just one win away from making In New Orleans ..... Tulane leads 6-1-1 for its fourth win in the last five games. the cut. Conference USA has five bowl tie-ins Current Streak .................. 2 by Tulane 1 That would mark TU’s longest winning in 2002, including the New Orleans Bowl. Scelfo vs. Navy ............................. 2-1 On the Air Tulane Head Coach Chris Scelfo Tulane-Navy on TV In his fourth full season as the Tulane head coach, Chris There is no television broadcast of the Scelfo has improved his career record to 18-25. A 1985 Tulane vs. Navy game. graduate of Northeast Louisiana University (now Louisiana- Monroe), Scelfo began his coaching career at his alma mater Tulane-ISP Radio Network and made coaching stops at Oklahoma (1986-87), Marshall In 2002, Tulane games will be heard (1990-95) and Georgia (1996-98). He coached four teams in the New Orleans area on WTIX-FM Game (94.3), WTIX-AM (690) and WJSH-FM that played in a I-AA national championship game, two of which (104.7), as part of a 13-station network won championships. A native of New Iberia, La., Scelfo has that stretches across the state and even moved into a tie for ninth all-time1 in coaching wins at Tulane, ahead of 25 others, into Florida. Newcomer Sean Kelley including former coaches Greg Davis, Mack Brown and Buddy Teevens. His next victory calls the play-by-play action while former Tulane wide receiver Steve Barrios re- will move him past Tommy Bowden and Larry Smith on the Wave coaching lists. turns with color commentary and Todd Graffagnini is back on the sideline beat. Laterally Speaking OK, it’s possible, though not normal, to see one touchdown scored off a play involving a www.TulaneGreenWave.com Market Station Frequency lateral. But two TDs -- one on an interception and the other on a punt return -- involving +Alexandria KDBS-AM 1410 a lateral? The lateral was Tulane’s secret weapon versus UAB. In the second quarter, • • • • • *Baton Rouge WSKR-AM 1210 Lynaris Elpheage caught a punt at the Tulane 22-yard line, made the first couple of ^Bogalusa WBOX-FM 92.9 ^Bogalusa WBOX-AM 920 tacklers miss and went 57 yards to the UAB 21, where he was on the verge of being ^Chattahoochee (FL) WTCL-AM 1580 tackled when he lateralled the ball to a trailing Gerald Brobbey, who went 21 yards for *Lafayette KROF-AM 960 the score and a 13-7 Tulane lead. Then in the third quarter, Tulane’s Tra Boger picked ^Lake Charles KEZM-AM 1310 off a UAB pass at the Tulane 40, got to the 47 where he was corralled, and shoveled the *New Orleans WTIX-FM 94.3 ball behind him to teammate Sean Lucas. The freshmen, who had already scored two *New Orleans WTIX-AM 690 *Northshore WJSH-FM 104.7 TDs on defensive plays this year, went the remaining 53 yards for the touchdown.