New Orleans – The Tulane football team will kick-off five of its six home games this fall at 2 p.m. with three of those contests broadcast live on local and national television, and the Green Wave’s 2008 homecoming game will once again take place at Tad Gormley Stadium at City Park, TU Director of Athletics Rick Dickson announced today.

The Green Wave will move its home slate back to an afternoon kick-off time for the first time since 2006.  Tulane will begin its contests against East Carolina (Sept. 13), Louisiana-Monroe (Sept. 20), Army (Oct. 4), Rice (Oct. 25) and UAB (Nov. 15) at 2 p.m., while the SMU game (Sept. 25) has been moved to a Thursday night nationally televised contest.  Tulane will play three of its first four home games on television.  

TU returns to Tad Gormley Stadium for the first time since 2004.  Previously, the Green Wave played three straight (2002-04) homecoming contests at the stadium.  TU’s 2005 homecoming game against Southeastern Louisiana was originally scheduled to be played at the outdoor stadium, but Hurricane Katrina forced the two teams to move the game to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.  TU’s last game at Tad Gormley Stadium was a thrilling 59-55 homecoming victory against UAB in 2004.

The stadium affords an opportunity for traditional homecoming activities including a parade and expanded tailgating and has proven to be very popular with the university community and alumni from across the country.

“Certainly some of our more festive and tradition-laden activities have centered around ‘Homecoming in the Oaks’ in years past,” Dickson said. “We are excited to bring this opportunity back for all of our students and alumni as well as our fans.”

Game times for five of Tulane’s six road games have also been set.  The Green Wave’s season opener at Alabama has yet to be determined, but TU will face UTEP (Oct. 11) at 8:05 p.m., LSU (Nov. 1) at 7 p.m., Houston (Nov. 8) at 4 p.m., Tulsa (Nov. 22) at 2 p.m. and Memphis (Nov. 29) at 1 p.m.  All game times are Central Standard Time and are subject to change.