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Tulane will close out its season today against Conference USA foe Southern Methodist in Dallas.

Bowl eligibility was the carrot Tulane Green Wave Coach Bob Toledo dangled in front of his team the past two weeks.

By Iliana Limon e-mail: ilimon@orlandosentinel.com Twitter : @osknights Blog: OrlandoSentinel.com/knightsnotepad Next game: vs.

Line: Rice by 2 1/2. Series Record: Rice leads 16-14-1. Last meeting: 2008, Rice 42-17. Rice was close to finally notching a victory last week against SMU.

Tulane center Andrew Nierman hopes to return to action today against UTEP. Tulane's keys to victory vs.

By Larry Holder, Contributing sports writer... November 05, 2009, 1:00AM Rusty Costanza/The Times-Picayune In addition to racking up 79 tackles , Tulane senior strong safety Chinonso Echebelem also has forced four fumbles in eight games, which is second-most nationally.

Sixteen Tulane seniors will play their final home game when the Green Wave meets UTEP in a Conference USA game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Superdome.

BATON ROUGE - Welcome to the world of Bob Toledo - quite possibly the unhappiest college football coach in America.

The ninth-ranked LSU Tigers get a break from their grueling SEC schedule this weekend and face the Tulane Green Wave in an instate battle in Baton Rouge.

Calls of "Tiger Bait" were far from the Tulane Green Wave football team as they traveled home from a 43-6 defeat to Southern Miss in Hattiesburg on Saturday.

Tulane redshirt freshman Ryan Griffin will make his college starting debut Saturday with the Green Wave season teetering on the cliff.

Southern Mississippi defensive back Jamie Collins scores a touchdown as Tulane tailback Andre Anderson tackles him during the second quarter Saturday in Hattiesburg, Miss.

The Tulane offense has revolved around two players this season - running back Andre Anderson and receiver Jeremy Williams.

Saturday afternoon's Conference USA football game between Tulane and Houston read just like a Charles Dickens classic, but instead of comparing a pair of cities, it was a tale of two halves.

October 17, 2009, 11:09PM The Tulane Green Wave has won one of the first five home games this season at the Superdome, and has one home game remaining.

Tulane has one of the youngest college football teams in the United States, and it's going to have to do a lot of growing up this month.

The Tulane football team went back to work on Monday focused on correcting its mistakes in last week's loss to Marshall.

Tulane Green Wave Shakiel Smith could not move after the McNeese State game two weeks ago.

Actually it's been almost two years since the Green Wave have enjoyed a ride home from a road game.

Tulane kicker Ross Thevenot and holder D.J. Banks celebrate after Thevenot's field goal with 2:20 remaining during Saturday's game against Army in West Point, N.Y. Thevenot's kick proved the difference in Tulane's 17-16 victory.