2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

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2012 Tulane Green Wave football
Tulane Green Wave wordmark.png
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2012 record2–10 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Price (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJon Sumrall (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorLionel Washington (1st season)
Home stadiumMercedes-Benz Superdome
(Capacity: 73,208)
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East 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  
West Division
Tulsa xy$   7 1     11 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 Devin Powell Fr
WR 3 Ryan Grant Redshirt.svg Jr
WR 8 Marc Edwards Redshirt.svg Fr
WR 9 Wilson Van Hooser Redshirt.svg Jr
WR 10 Alec Macias Fr
QB 11 Ryan Griffin Redshirt.svg Sr
QB 12 DJ Ponder Redshirt.svg Sr
RB 13 Derrick Strozier Redshirt.svg Jr
WR 15 Devon Breaux Fr
QB 16 Jordy Joseph So
WR 22 Jamar Thomas Jr
RB 24 Stephen Barnett Sr
RB 25 Josh Rounds Fr
RB 26 Orleans Darkwa Jr
RB 28 Rob Kelley Sr
RB 32 Danté Butler So
RB 33 Lazedrick Thompson Fr
WR 36 Devin Boutte Redshirt.svg Fr
WR 39 Keith Harvey II So
FB 40 Taylor Bullock Redshirt.svg So
WR 42 Carlos Wilson Redshirt.svg So
WR 46 JoJo Dobbs Jr
OT 61 Colton Hanson Fr
C 64 Mike Henry Redshirt.svg Jr
C 65 Zach Morgan Injured Sr
OT 66 Nathan Shienle Fr
OG 67 Bob Bradley Fr
OL 68 Greg Thomson Redshirt.svg Fr
OT 70 Sean Donnelly So
OG 72 Rio Mares Redshirt.svg Jr
OG 73 Alex Paul Fr
OG 74 Adam Skidmore Redshirt.svg So
OT 75 Arturo Uzdavinis Fr
OT 76 Nate Skold Fr
OL 77 Preston Paine So
OT 78 Todd Jacquet Fr
OT 79 Eric Jones Redshirt.svg Sr
WR 80 Justyn Shackleford So
WR 81 Sydie London Fr
WR 82 Xavier Rush So
TE 83 Evan Tatford So
TE 84 Stephen Suchy Jr
WR 85 Larry Dace Fr
WR 86 Brent Comardelle Jr
TE 87 Josh Drum Fr
TE 88 Matt Marfisi Redshirt.svg So
WR 89 Jacob Davis Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 1 Shakiel Smith Sr
CB 2 Darion Monroe Fr
S 5 Brandon LeBeau So
CB 6 Lorenzo Doss Fr
S 7 Fudge Van Hooser Fr
CB 10 Ryan Travis Sr
CB 12 Kedrick Banks Fr
CB 14 Jordan Batiste Fr
CB 17 Alex Lauricella Redshirt.svg Sr
S 18 Devon Walker Injured Sr
LB 20 Trent Mackey (S) Sr
S 21 Kyle Davis Jr
CB 23 Kendrell Washington Sr
LB 27 Chris Hanuscin Sr
DB 27 Richard Carthon Fr
S 29 Renaldo Thomas So
LB 34 Darryl Farley Redshirt.svg Sr
S 35 Sam Scofield So
S 37 LJ Parker Redshirt.svg So
S 38 Anthony Bronzo So
DE 41 Aaron Bryant Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 43 David Laborde Fr
CB 44 Kendrick Washington Sr
LB 45 Matthew Bailey So
LB 47 Cameron DeJean Redshirt.svg So
LB 48 Royce LaFrance Fr
LB 49 Kerchal Byrd Redshirt.svg So
DE 50 Austen Jacks Sr
DE 51 Michael Pierce, Jr. (I) So
LB 52 Dominique Robertson Jr
LB 53 Andre Robinson Redshirt.svg So
DT 54 Devin Williams Redshirt.svg Jr
DT 55 Taylor Perry Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 57 Zach Davis Jr
LB 58 Brandon Schmidt So
LB 59 Ray Oppman Redshirt.svg So
LB 60 Jacques Zelnik Fr
LB 63 Logan Hamilton Jr
DE 90 Wendell Beckwith Jr
DT 92 Julius Warmsley Jr
DT 93 Kenny Welcome Redshirt.svg So
DE 94 Casey Blum Redshirt.svg Sr
DT 96 Corey Redwine Redshirt.svg Fr
DT 99 Calvin Thomas Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P, K 6 Steven Broccoli Fr
P 16 Jonathan Ginsburgh Jr
K 19 Cairo Santos Jr
K 30 Ryan Rome Redshirt.svg Jr
P, K 31 Peter Picerelli Fr
K 45 Stephen Purcell Sr
P, K 91 Logan Hilton Fr
DS 97 Billy 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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 9, 2012

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmRutgers*
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CBSSNL 12–2426,059
September 811:00 amat TulsaFSNL 10–4517,880
September 2211:00 amOle Miss*
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
FSNL 0–3928,913
September 293:30 pmLouisiana–Monroe*
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSTL 10–6318,063
October 64:00 pmat Louisiana–Lafayette*
Cox 4/ESPN3L 13–4129,758
October 1312:00 pmSMU
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSSW 27–2611,519
October 207:00 pmat UTEP
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
L 20–2423,234
October 272:30 pmUAB
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 55–4512,531
November 32:30 pmRicedagger
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
L 47–4915,467
November 106:00 pmat MemphisL 23–3718,796
November 172:30 pmEast Carolina
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSTL 23–2814,041
November 242:30 pmat HoustonFSNL 17–4025,402

[3][4]

Game summaries[]

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


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

While the team trailed 35–3, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 18–11 17–9
Penalties-Yards 70–600 60–577
  Avg per Game 5.8–54.5 5.0–52.5
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 63–2580 41–1670
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 20–20 13–19
PAT-Attempts 24–25 52–53
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 11–4 80 292 11 281 3.5 0 15 25.5
Orleans Darkwa 8–5 70 247 29 218 3.1 3 32 27.2
Dante Butler 11–1 34 122 7 115 3.4 0 15 10.5
Josh Rounds 9–0 17 44 4 40 2.4 0 7 4.4
Derrick Strozier 9–1 4 13 1 12 3.0 0 6 1.3
Stephen Barnett 11–3 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2
DJ Ponder 2–2 5 0 36 −36 −7.2 0 0 −18.0
Devin Powell 2–1 14 23 67 −44 −3.1 0 10 −22.0
TEAM 4–0 5 0 56 −56 −11.2 0 0 −14.0
Ryan Griffin 8–8 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 8–8 139.66 209–328–7 63.7 2425 18 79 303.1
DJ Ponder 2–2 71.77 35–83–5 42.2 333 2 71 166.5
Devin Powell 2–1 85.47 30–57–3 52.6 255 1 66 127.5
Ryan Grant 11–11 0.00 0–1–0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Peter Picerelli 11–0 −200.00 0–1–1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 11 120.08 274–470–16 58.3 3013 21 79 273.9

Receiving[]

Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Ryan Grant 11–11 63 1041 16.5 6 68 94.6
Rob Kelley 11–4 46 340 7.4 4 31 30.9
Xavier Rush 11–1 37 439 11.9 4 62 39.9
Justyn Shackleford 9–8 28 431 15.4 2 71 47.9
Marc Edwards 11–2 19 236 12.4 1 79 21.5
Josh Rounds 9–0 14 78 5.6 0 21 8.7
Dante Butler 11–1 12 63 5.2 0 14 5.7
Derrick Strozier 9–1 11 60 5.5 0 13 10.0
Wilson Van Hooser 11–1 10 176 17.6 4 35 16.0
Orleans Darkwa 8–5 9 43 4.8 0 13 5.4
Matt Marfisi 11–8 8 20 2.5 0 6 1.8
Sydie London 10–3 6 38 6.3 0 11 3.8
Evan Tatford 10–4 6 20 3.3 0 10 2.0
Brent Comardelle 10–0 3 27 9.0 0 10 2.7
Devin Boutte 7–0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.9
Stephen Barnett 11–3 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 11–11 54 30 84 1.0–2 0–0 0–0 0 0 3–92 0 0 0
Zach Davis 11–8 50 28 78 5.0–16 2.0–11 1–35 3 2 0–0 0 0 0
Darryl Farley 11–9 26 24 50 3.5–14 1.0–9 0–0 2 0 0–0 1 0 0
Ryan Travis 11–11 32 17 49 3.5–17 1.0–11 2–96 7 0 1–0 1 0 0
Shakiel Smith 10–8 33 9 42 1.0–1 0–0 1–39 5 0 1–0 0 0 0
Lorenzo Doss 11–8 31 8 39 0–0 0–0 4–89 2 0 1–0 0 0 0
Austen Jacks 11–11 20 17 37 8.5–51 4.5–39 0–0 0 1 0–0 0 0 0
Jordan Batiste 11–9 29 8 37 1.0–1 0–0 1–0 4 0 0–0 0 0 0
Sam Scofield 9–2 21 10 31 1.0–1 0–0 2–30 1 0 0–0 1 0 0
Dominique Robertson 10–1 23 8 31 2.5–8 1.0–5 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0
Matthew Bailey 11–8 20 7 27 2.0–5 0–0 1–37 4 3 0–0 0 0 0
Kenny Welcome 11–10 13 13 26 3.0–14 1.5–10 0–0 2 0 0–0 2 0 0
Julius Warmsley 10–9 11 14 25 5.0–12 2.0–7 0–0 0 3 0–0 1 2 0
Logan Hamilton 11–0 14 7 21 5.5–13 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Calvin Thomas 11–0 9 11 20 2.0–14 2.0–14 0–0 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
Andre Robinson 11–0 10 9 19 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Corey Redwine 10–3 12 7 19 1.0–2 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0
Royce LaFrance 11–1 11 7 18 2.5–4 1.0–1 0–0 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
Aaron Bryant 10–9 10 8 18 2.0–5 1.0–4 0–0 1 2 1–0 0 0 0
Kyle Davis 11–0 9 7 16 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Cameron DeJean 7–0 6 7 13 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Devon Walker 2–2 9 2 11 1–2 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Brandon LeBeau 11–0 5 3 8 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Alex Lauricella 10–0 6 2 8 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 0 1–0 0 0 0
Renaldo Thomas 9–1 2 5 7 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
Taylor Bullock 11–0 6 0 6 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Richard Carthon 11–0 5 1 6 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Rob Kelley 11–4 3 2 5 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Devin Boutte 7–0 4 0 4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Wendell Beckwith 5–0 3 1 4 1.0–1 0–0 0–0 0 0 1–0 0 0 0
Kerchal Byrd 9–0 3 1 4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Brent Comardelle 10–0 1 2 3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Devin Williams 8–0 2 0 2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Ryan Griffin 8–8 2 0 2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Adam Skidmore 11–11 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Billy Johnson 11–0 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Derrick Strozier 9–1 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0
Ryan Grant 11–11 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0
Dante Butler 11–1 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0
Cairo Santos 11–0 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Brandon Schmidt 2–0 0 1 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Peter Picerelli 11–0 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
Total 11 502 276 778 52–183 17–111 13–326 35 11 9–92 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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  9. ^ "Louisiana-Monroe vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  10. ^ "Tulane Green Wave vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
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