2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

2012 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference Conference USA West
2012 record 2–10 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach Curtis Johnson (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Eric Price
Co-defensive coordinator Jon Sumrall
Co-defensive coordinator Lionel Washington
Home stadium Mercedes-Benz Superdome
(Capacity: 73,208)
2012 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
UCF xy   7 1         10 4  
East Carolina x   7 1         8 5  
Marshall   4 4         5 7  
Memphis   4 4         4 8  
UAB   2 6         3 9  
Southern Miss   0 8         0 12  
Western Division
Tulsa xy   7 1         10 3  
SMU   5 3         7 6  
Rice   4 4         7 6  
Houston   4 4         5 7  
UTEP   2 6         3 9  
Tulane   2 6         2 10  
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
Conference champion
x Division champion/co-champions
y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Curtis Johnson. The Green Wave played home games in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and competed in the West Division of Conference USA. This was their final season in Conference USA as the prepared to move to the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

Pre-season

Recruits

Award watch lists

Cairo Santos

Orleans Darkwa

Trent Mackey

Roster

2012 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 1 Powell, DevinDevin Powell Fr
WR 3 Grant, RyanRyan Grant  Jr
WR 8 Edwards, MarcMarc Edwards  Fr
WR 9 Van Hooser, WilsonWilson Van Hooser  Jr
WR 10 Macias, AlecAlec Macias Fr
QB 11 Griffin, RyanRyan Griffin  Sr
QB 12 Ponder, DJDJ Ponder  Sr
RB 13 Strozier, DerrickDerrick Strozier  Jr
WR 15 Breaux, DevonDevon Breaux Fr
QB 16 Joseph, JordyJordy Joseph So
WR 22 Thomas, JamarJamar Thomas Jr
RB 24 Barnett, StephenStephen Barnett Sr
RB 25 Rounds, JoshJosh Rounds Fr
RB 26 Darkwa, OrleansOrleans Darkwa Jr
RB 28 Kelley, RobertRobert Kelley So
RB 32 Butler, DantéDanté Butler So
RB 33 Thompson, LazedrickLazedrick Thompson Fr
WR 36 Boutte, DevinDevin Boutte  Fr
WR 39 Harvey II, KeithKeith Harvey II So
FB 40 Bullock, TaylorTaylor Bullock  So
WR 42 Wilson, CarlosCarlos Wilson  So
WR 46 Dobbs, JoJoJoJo Dobbs Jr
OT 61 Hanson, ColtonColton Hanson Fr
C 64 Henry, MikeMike Henry  Jr
C 65 Morgan, ZachZach Morgan  Sr
OT 66 Shienle, NathanNathan Shienle Fr
OG 67 Bradley, BobBob Bradley Fr
OL 68 Thomson, GregGreg Thomson  Fr
OT 70 Donnelly, SeanSean Donnelly So
OG 72 Mares, RioRio Mares  Jr
OG 73 Paul, AlexAlex Paul Fr
OG 74 Skidmore, AdamAdam Skidmore  So
OT 75 Uzdavinis, ArturoArturo Uzdavinis Fr
OT 76 Skold, NateNate Skold Fr
OL 77 Paine, PrestonPreston Paine So
OT 78 Jacquet, ToddTodd Jacquet Fr
OT 79 Jones, EricEric Jones  Sr
WR 80 Shackleford, JustynJustyn Shackleford So
WR 81 London, SydieSydie London Fr
WR 82 Rush, XavierXavier Rush So
TE 83 Tatford, EvanEvan Tatford So
TE 84 Suchy, StephenStephen Suchy Jr
WR 85 Dace, LarryLarry Dace Fr
WR 86 Comardelle, BrentBrent Comardelle Jr
TE 87 Drum, JoshJosh Drum Fr
TE 88 Marfisi, MattMatt Marfisi  So
WR 89 Davis, JacobJacob Davis Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 1 Smith, ShakielShakiel Smith Sr
CB 2 Monroe, DarionDarion Monroe Fr
S 5 LeBeau, BrandonBrandon LeBeau So
CB 6 Doss, LorenzoLorenzo Doss Fr
S 7 Van Hooser, FudgeFudge Van Hooser Fr
CB 10 Travis, RyanRyan Travis Sr
CB 12 Banks, KedrickKedrick Banks Fr
CB 14 Batiste, JordanJordan Batiste Fr
CB 17 Lauricella, AlexAlex Lauricella  Sr
S 18 Walker, DevonDevon Walker  Sr
LB 20 Mackey, TrentTrent Mackey (S) Sr
S 21 Davis, KyleKyle Davis Jr
CB 23 Washington, KendrellKendrell Washington Sr
LB 27 Hanuscin, ChrisChris Hanuscin Sr
DB 27 Carthon, RichardRichard Carthon Fr
S 29 Thomas, RenaldoRenaldo Thomas So
LB 34 Farley, DarrylDarryl Farley  Sr
S 35 Scofield, SamSam Scofield So
S 37 Parker, LJLJ Parker  So
S 38 Bronzo, AnthonyAnthony Bronzo So
DE 41 Bryant, AaronAaron Bryant  Fr
LB 43 Laborde, DavidDavid Laborde Fr
CB 44 Washington, KendrickKendrick Washington Sr
LB 45 Bailey, MatthewMatthew Bailey So
LB 47 DeJean, CameronCameron DeJean  So
LB 48 LaFrance, RoyceRoyce LaFrance Fr
LB 49 Byrd, KerchalKerchal Byrd  So
DE 50 Jacks, AustenAusten Jacks Sr
DE 51 Pierce, Jr., MichaelMichael Pierce, Jr. (I) So
LB 52 Robertson, DominiqueDominique Robertson Jr
LB 53 Robinson, AndreAndre Robinson  So
DT 54 Williams, DevinDevin Williams  Jr
DT 55 Perry, TaylorTaylor Perry  Fr
LB 57 Davis, ZachZach Davis Jr
LB 58 Schmidt, BrandonBrandon Schmidt So
LB 59 Oppman, RayRay Oppman  So
LB 60 Zelnik, JacquesJacques Zelnik Fr
LB 63 Hamilton, LoganLogan Hamilton Jr
DE 90 Beckwith, WendellWendell Beckwith Jr
DT 92 Warmsley, JuliusJulius Warmsley Jr
DT 93 Welcome, KennyKenny Welcome  So
DE 94 Blum, CaseyCasey Blum  Sr
DT 96 Redwine, CoreyCorey Redwine  Fr
DT 99 Thomas, CalvinCalvin Thomas Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P, K 6 Broccoli, StevenSteven Broccoli Fr
P 16 Ginsburgh, JonathanJonathan Ginsburgh Jr
K 19 Santos, CairoCairo Santos Jr
K 30 Rome, RyanRyan Rome  Jr
P, K 31 Picerelli, PeterPeter Picerelli Fr
K 45 Purcell, StephenStephen Purcell Sr
P, K 91 Hilton, LoganLogan Hilton Fr
DS 97 Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Eric Price – Offensive Coordinator
  • Jon Sumrall – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
  • Lionel WashingtonCo-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
  • David Johnson – Tight Ends/Running Backs
  • Barry Lamb – Linebackers/Special Teams
  • John McDonell – Offensive Line
  • Mike NeuQuarterbacks
  • Jason Rollins – Secondary
  • Keith Williams – Wide Receivers
  • Doug Lichtenberger - Assistant AD for Football Operations/Recruiting
  • Kwahn Drake – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense
  • Chad Jenkins – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense
  • Mike McCarthy – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense
  • Casey Robottom – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 9, 2012

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 PM Rutgers* Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA CBSSN L 1224   26,059
September 8 11:00 AM at Tulsa Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK FSN L 1045   17,880
September 22 11:00 AM Ole Miss* Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA FSN L 039   28,913
September 29 3:30 PM Louisiana–Monroe* Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA CST L 1063   18,063
October 6 4:00 PM at Louisiana–Lafayette* Cajun FieldLafayette, LA Cox 4/ESPN3 L 1341   29,758
October 13 12:00 PM SMU Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA CSS W 2726   11,519
October 20 7:00 PM at UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX L 2024   23,234
October 27 2:30 PM UAB Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA W 5545   12,531
November 3 2:30 PM Ricedagger Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA L 4749   15,467
November 10 6:00 PM at Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN L 2337   18,796
November 17 2:30 PM East Carolina Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA CST L 2328   14,041
November 24 2:30 PM at Houston Robertson StadiumHouston, TX FSN L 1740   25,402
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Game Notes

Rutgers

Rutgers at Tulane[5]
1 234Total
Rutgers 0 10014 24
Tulane 0 309 12
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 7:00 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 26,059
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CBS Sports Network
Overall record Last meeting Result
23 2010 Tulane, 1714


Tulsa

Tulane at Tulsa[6]
1 234Total
Tulane 3 007 10
Tulsa 14 21010 45
  • Location: Tulsa, OK
  • Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
  • Game attendance: 17,880
  • Television network: FSN
Overall record Last meeting Result
17 2011 Tulsa, 313

While the team trailed 353, senior Devon Walker fractured his cervical spine after colliding head-on with a teammate during a tackle.[7]


Ole Miss

Ole Miss at Tulane[8]
1 234Total
Ole Miss 26 0103 39
Tulane 0 000 0
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
  • Game attendance: 28,913
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: FSN
Overall record Last meeting Result
2842 2010 Ole Miss, 2716


Louisiana–Monroe

Louisiana–Monroe at Tulane[9]
1 234Total
UL-Monroe 21 14217 63
Tulane 0 307 10
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 18,063
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CST
Overall record Last meeting Result
20 2008 Tulane, 2410


Louisiana–Lafayette

Tulane at Louisiana-Lafayette[10]
1 234Total
Tulane 0 1003 13
UL-Lafayette 3 21143 41
  • Location: Lafayette, LA
  • Game start: 4:00 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 29,758
  • Television network: Cox4, ESPN3
Overall record Last meeting Result
204 2000 Tulane, 3837


SMU

SMU at Tulane[11]
1 234Total
SMU 3 3317 26
Tulane 10 1007 27
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 12:00 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 11,519
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CSS
Overall record Last meeting Result
128 2011 SMU, 4524


UTEP

Tulane at UTEP[12]
1 234Total
Tulane 7 1003 20
UTEP 7 1700 24
  • Location: El Paso, TX
  • Game start: 7:00 PM MDT
  • Game attendance: 23,234
Overall record Last meeting Result
34 2011 UTEP, 447


UAB

UAB at Tulane[13]
1 234Total
UAB 7 101414 45
Tulane 14 17717 55
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 12,531
  • Game weather: Indoors
Overall record Last meeting Result
44 2011 Tulane, 4910


Rice

Rice at Tulane
(Homecoming game)[14]
1 234Total
Rice 14 14714 49
Tulane 7 3289 47
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 15,467
  • Game weather: Indoors
Overall record Last meeting Result
15181 2011 Rice, 197


Memphis

Tulane at Memphis[15]
1 234Total
Tulane 10 337 23
Memphis 6 10714 37
  • Location: Memphis, TN
  • Game start: 6:00 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 18,796
Overall record Last meeting Result
11171 2011 Memphis, 3317


East Carolina

East Carolina at Tulane[16]
1 234Total
E Carolina 0 1477 28
Tulane 7 637 23
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 14,041
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CST
Overall record Last meeting Result
29 2011 East Carolina, 3413


Houston

Tulane at Houston[17]
1 234Total
Tulane 0 7100 17
Houston 17 3713 40
  • Location: Houston, TX
  • Game start: 3:30 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 25,402
  • Television network: FSN
Overall record Last meeting Result
413 2011 Houston, 7317


Statistics

As of November 17, 2012[4]

Team

Team Opp
Scoring 240 421
  Points per Game 21.8 38.3
First Downs 194 277
  Rushing 39 136
  Passing 130 118
  Penalty 25 23
Total Offense 3445 5200
  Avg per Play 4.7 6.3
  Avg per Game 313.2 472.7
Fumbles-Lost 1811 179
Penalties-Yards 70600 60577
  Avg per Game 5.854.5 5.052.5
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 632580 411670
Avg per Punt 41.0 40.7
Time of Possession/Game 29:21 30:39
3rd Down Conversions 62/164 71/152
4th Down Conversions 4/17 6/14
Touchdowns Scored 26 55
Field Goals-Attempts 2020 1319
PAT-Attempts 2425 5253
Attendance 126,593 89,668
  Games/Avg per Game 7/18,085 5/22,417

Score by quarters

1 2 3 4OT Total
Tulane 58 65 41 760 240
Opponents 101 134 83 1030 421

Offense

Rushing

Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Rob Kelley 114 80 292 11 281 3.5 0 15 25.5
Orleans Darkwa 85 70 247 29 218 3.1 3 32 27.2
Dante Butler 111 34 122 7 115 3.4 0 15 10.5
Josh Rounds 90 17 44 4 40 2.4 0 7 4.4
Derrick Strozier 91 4 13 1 12 3.0 0 6 1.3
Stephen Barnett 113 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2
DJ Ponder 22 5 0 36 -36 -7.2 0 0 -18.0
Devin Powell 21 14 23 67 -44 -3.1 0 10 -22.0
TEAM 40 5 0 56 -56 -11.2 0 0 -14.0
Ryan Griffin 88 29 28 128 -100 -3.4 0 6 -12.5
Total 11 259 771 339 432 1.7 3 32 39.3

Passing

Name GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Ryan Griffin 8-8 139.66 2093287 63.7 2425 18 79 303.1
DJ Ponder 2-2 71.77 35835 42.2 333 2 71 166.5
Devin Powell 2-1 85.47 30573 52.6 255 1 66 127.5
Ryan Grant 11-11 0.00 010 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Peter Picerelli 11-0 -200.00 011 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 11 120.08 27447016 58.3 3013 21 79 273.9

Receiving

Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Ryan Grant 1111 63 1041 16.5 6 68 94.6
Rob Kelley 114 46 340 7.4 4 31 30.9
Xavier Rush 111 37 439 11.9 4 62 39.9
Justyn Shackleford 98 28 431 15.4 2 71 47.9
Marc Edwards 112 19 236 12.4 1 79 21.5
Josh Rounds 90 14 78 5.6 0 21 8.7
Dante Butler 111 12 63 5.2 0 14 5.7
Derrick Strozier 91 11 60 5.5 0 13 10.0
Wilson Van Hooser 111 10 176 17.6 4 35 16.0
Orleans Darkwa 85 9 43 4.8 0 13 5.4
Matt Marfisi 118 8 20 2.5 0 6 1.8
Sydie London 103 6 38 6.3 0 11 3.8
Evan Tatford 104 6 20 3.3 0 10 2.0
Brent Comardelle 100 3 27 9.0 0 10 2.7
Devin Boutte 70 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.9
Stephen Barnett 113 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 -0.5
Total 11 274 3013 11.0 21 79 273.9

Defense

Name GP-GS Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Fumbles Blkd
Kick
Saf
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF
Darion Monroe 1111 54 30 84 1.02 00 00 0 0 392 0 0 0
Zach Davis 118 50 28 78 5.016 2.011 135 3 2 00 0 0 0
Darryl Farley 119 26 24 50 3.514 1.09 00 2 0 00 1 0 0
Ryan Travis 1111 32 17 49 3.517 1.011 296 7 0 10 1 0 0
Shakiel Smith 108 33 9 42 1.01 00 139 5 0 10 0 0 0
Lorenzo Doss 118 31 8 39 00 00 489 2 0 10 0 0 0
Austen Jacks 1111 20 17 37 8.551 4.539 00 0 1 00 0 0 0
Jordan Batiste 119 29 8 37 1.01 00 10 4 0 00 0 0 0
Sam Scofield 92 21 10 31 1.01 00 230 1 0 00 1 0 0
Dominique Robertson 101 23 8 31 2.58 1.05 00 0 0 00 1 0 0
Matthew Bailey 118 20 7 27 2.05 00 137 4 3 00 0 0 0
Kenny Welcome 1110 13 13 26 3.014 1.510 00 2 0 00 2 0 0
Julius Warmsley 109 11 14 25 5.012 2.07 00 0 3 00 1 2 0
Logan Hamilton 110 14 7 21 5.513 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Calvin Thomas 110 9 11 20 2.014 2.014 00 1 0 00 0 0 0
Andre Robinson 110 10 9 19 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Corey Redwine 103 12 7 19 1.02 00 00 0 0 00 1 0 0
Royce LaFrance 111 11 7 18 2.54 1.01 00 1 0 00 0 0 0
Aaron Bryant 109 10 8 18 2.05 1.04 00 1 2 10 0 0 0
Kyle Davis 110 9 7 16 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Cameron DeJean 70 6 7 13 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Devon Walker 22 9 2 11 12 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Brandon LeBeau 110 5 3 8 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Alex Lauricella 100 6 2 8 00 00 00 1 0 10 0 0 0
Renaldo Thomas 91 2 5 7 00 00 00 1 0 00 0 0 0
Taylor Bullock 110 6 0 6 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Richard Carthon 110 5 1 6 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Rob Kelley 114 3 2 5 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Devin Boutte 70 4 0 4 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Wendell Beckwith 50 3 1 4 1.01 00 00 0 0 10 0 0 0
Kerchal Byrd 90 3 1 4 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Brent Comardelle 100 1 2 3 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Devin Williams 80 2 0 2 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Ryan Griffin 88 2 0 2 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Adam Skidmore 1111 1 0 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Billy Johnson 110 1 0 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Derrick Strozier 91 1 0 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 1 0 0
Ryan Grant 1111 1 0 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 1 0 0
Dante Butler 111 1 0 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 1 0 0
Cairo Santos 110 1 0 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Brandon Schmidt 20 0 1 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Peter Picerelli 110 1 0 1 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
Total 11 502 276 778 52183 17111 13326 35 11 992 9 2 0

Special teams

Name Punting Kickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC i20 50+ Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB
Peter Picerelli 61 2507 41.1 70 2 11 13 7 0
Jonathan Ginsburgh 2 73 36.5 43 0 1 0 0 0
Cairo Santos 51 3265 64.0 30 2
Ryan Rome 1 60 60.0 0 0
Total 63 2580 41.0 70 2 12 13 7 0 52 3325 63.9 30 2
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Derrick Strozier 9 81 9.0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
Darion Monroe 3 63 21.0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Rounds 0 0 0 0 0 22 403 18.3 0 29
Richard Carthon 0 0 0 0 0 8 166 20.8 0 30
Dante Butler 0 0 0 0 0 5 84 16.8 0 25
Rob Kelley 0 0 0 0 0 3 65 21.7 0 30
Total 12 144 12.0 0 57 38 718 18.9 0 30

After the season

Awards

Cairo Santos

References

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