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 Lou Groza Award Watch List

Orleans Darkwa Doak Walker Award Candidate

Trent Mackey Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List Lombardi Award Watch List

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries Rutgers

Tulsa

While the team trailed 35–3, senior Devon Walker fractured his cervical spine after colliding head-on with a teammate during a tackle.

Ole Miss

Louisiana–Monroe

Louisiana–Lafayette

SMU

UTEP

UAB

Rice

Memphis

East Carolina

Houston

Statistics As of November 17, 2012

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

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 BlkdKick 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 Lou Groza Award Consensus All-American

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