There's no place like home

The Tulane University Marching Band troops down McAlister Place, pumping up the crowd along the way to the Green Wave homecoming game on Saturday (Nov. 15). It was the first homecoming game played in the new Yulman Stadium.

The band Cowboy Mouth rocks the crowd on the Lavin-Bernick Center Quad during tailgating before the homecoming game on Saturday.

The Green Wave team runs onto the field carrying the flag for its new conference, the American Athletic Conference, at the start of the game. The temperature at game time was in the 50s, perfect football weather.

Students come out in full force at the first homecoming game on the uptown campus in 40 years.

The Tulane University Alumni Band joins the marching band for a halftime performance on Benson Field.

Piper Browne and Chris Halbohn take center stage on Benson Field after being crowned homecoming queen and king during halftime at the game on Saturday. Following them off the field are Peter Haskins and Morgan Wittenberg.

Dan (A&S "51, L "54) and Joycelyn Hurley cheer on the Green Wave, especially their grandson, freshman cornerback Sam Hurley.

Jeff Schiffman (B "05) and Carol Squarcy Showley (NC "74, A "77) dance to the Green Wave Brass Band roaming the Glazer Family Club during the game. Schiffman is senior associate director of Tulane Undergraduate Admission and Showley is president of the Tulane Alumni Association.