The Tulane Green Wave have added the Nicholls Colonels to their 2027 football schedule, FBSchedules.com has learned.
A copy of the football game contract with Tulane University was obtained from Nicholls State University via a state public records request. The contract was executed on Oct. 2, 2024.
Tulane will host Nicholls at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, La., on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2027. The Green Wave will pay the Colonels a $400,000 guarantee for playing the game, according to the copy of the contract.
Nicholls is a member of the Southland Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Colonels finished the 2024 season 4-8 overall and 2-5 in Southland Conference play.
In other non-conference action in 2027, Tulane is scheduled to host the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns on Sept. 4 before making consecutive road trips to face the Southern Miss Golden Eagles on Sept. 11 and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Sept. 18.
In American Athletic Conference action in 2027, Tulane is set to host North Texas, Tulsa, UAB, and UTSA and travel to East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, and Rice.
Tulane is the third non-conference opponent for Nicholls’ schedule in 2027, which begins with a home tilt against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs on Sept. 4. The game was previously scheduled for Sept. 11, but was moved up one week via a recent amendment to the contract.
Nicholls is also scheduled to host the Southern Jaguars on Sept. 18 at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, La.
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I’d like to see Tulane take on the SEC again,
I’d say trip to LSU, and then a home and home with Ole Miss.
I’d also like to see them do a home and home with old CUSA and AAC foe SMU.
Excellent choice Joseph.
Speaking of SMU I would like to see Dallas-Fort Worth rival TCU continue its September OOC match up.
@Dan NW-IL-MI, SMU got tired of being treated as a “little brother” to TCU, that’s why they’re backing out of it to play Patriot League schools instead
Dang! Nicholls is now the sole FCS team on future Tulane football schedules. If they keep this up, they’ll get some automatic wins like the SEC teams. Tis better when the Green Wave schedule like the Notre Dame Irish with only FBS teams.