2017 TULSA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

2017 TULSA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

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Game Information

Date / Time: Saturday, Sept. 23, 12:35 pm (CT) Site: Tulsa, Okla. Stadium: H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000) TV: ESPN3 Talent: Joel Meyers (pxp), Brian Kinchen (analyst) Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp), Rick Couri

(analyst), Jeremie Poplin (sideline) Live Stats: Series: Tulsa leads 5-2 First Meeting: Tulsa 34, New Mexico 27

(Nov. 8, 1986), Albuquerque, NM Last Meeting: Tulsa 40, New Mexico 21

(Sept. 12, 2015), Albuquerque, NM

TULSA 1-2, 0-0 The American

Head Coach: Philip Montgomery

(Tarleton State '95)

3rd year at Tulsa

Career Record: 17-12 (3 years)

TU Record:

same

NEW MEXICO 1-2, 0-1 MWC

Head Coach:

Bob Davie

Youngstown State '77

6th year at New Mexico

Career Record: 63-63 (11 years)

UNM Record: 28-38 (6 years)

Tulsa Coaching Staff

Philip Montgomery Head Coach

Bill Young (PB)

Co-Defensive Coord./DL

Brian Norwood

Co-Defensive Coord./Saf.

Jermial Ashley

Defensive Line

Mike Bloesch

Offensive Line

Aaron Fletcher

Cornerbacks

Joseph Gillespie Linebackers

Justin Hill

Running Backs

Calvin Lowry

Receivers & Special Teams

Beau Trahan (PB) Quarterbacks

Jordan Navjar (PB) Offensive Quality Control

Luke Olson (PB) Defensive Quality Control

Tulsa -UNM Game Promotions

ALZHEIMERS AWARENESS DAY ... the Alzheimer's Walk takes place at 9 am Saturday on the TU campus, followed by the game at 12:35 pm ... ALZ walkers can get special discounted game tickets through promo code when pre-regiserting for walk or by receiving a voucher on walk day. HURRICANE ALLEY ... Hurricane Alley Opens at 9:30 am with music, bounce houses, face painting, the beer garden and all other activities beginning at this time... Team Walk takes place at approximately 10:15 am. PRE-SALE TICKETS ... tickets for the Tulsa-New Mexico game can be purchased in advance for $15, $30 and $40. Gameday prices are $20, $35, $45.

GAME TULSA (1-2, 0-0 AAC) vs. NEW MEXICO (1-2, 0-0 MWC)

#4 Saturday, September 23, 2017 ? 12:35 pm (CT) H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000), Tulsa, Okla. TV:ESPN3 ? Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM

THE STORYLINES . . . ? Tulsa is in its 118th season of football this year. ? Tulsa has the smallest FBS enrollment with 3,406 students, while New Mexico

has an enrollment of 27,353 students. ? Tulsa averages 47.0 points per game, while New Mexico scores at a 26.7 clip. ? Tulsa ranks 3rd nationally for rushing at 363.7 yards per game, while the New

Mexico defense ranks 7th against the run, only giving up 78.0 yards. ? The two teams are nearly identical in passing yardage, as Tulsa averages 185.3

yards per game and New Mexico 185 yards.

THE TULSA-NEW MEXICO SERIES . . . ? This is the 8th meeting between Tulsa and New Mexico, as the Golden

Hurricane lead the series 5-2. ? Tulsa has won the last three games, including the last time the teams met in

Albuquerque in 2015 with a 40-21 Tulsa win. ? Tulsa is 2-1 at home against New Mexico, winning the first game in 1989, 35-33,

losing the next game in 1996, 34-23, and then defeating the Lobos in 2008 by a score of 56-14. ? Tulsa has a 20.8 margin of victory in the 5 wins, and has won the last three contests by a 31.7 margin.

QUICK HITS . . . ? D'Angelo Brewer is ranked 4th nationally for most rushing yards with 447 yards

for a 149.0 game average, which ranks 6th in the nation. ? Brewer has the nation's top rushing performance this season with 262

yards coming against Louisiana. ? Tulsa's 66 points scored vs. Louisiana is tied for the 3rd most points in the NCAA

this year, only behind Oregon's 77 and Missouri's 72. ? Tulsa has had back-to-back 400+ rushing games, including 424 yards vs.

Louisiana and 423 yards at Toledo. ? Senior linebacker Craig Suits returned his second career INT for a touchdown at

Toledo (37 yards) ... his first career INT return for a TD came in 2015.

TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE

August 31 @ #10 Oklahoma State L 24-59

September

9

LOUISIANA

16 @ Toledo

23 NEW MEXICO

30 NAVY*

W 66-42 L 51-54 12:30 pm TBA

October

7

@ Tulane*

14

HOUSTON* (Homecoming)

21 @ UConn*

27 (Fri) @ SMU*

TBA TBA TBA 8:00 pm

November

3 (Fri) MEMPHIS*

7:00 pm

15 (Th) @ USF*

7:00 pm

25 TEMPLE*

TBA

*American Athletic Conference Games

NEW MEXICO LOBOS

September

2

ABILENE CHRISTIAN

9

NEW MEXICO STATE

14 @ Boise State*

23 @ Tulsa

30 AIR FORCE*

W 38-14 L 28-30 L 14-28 12:30 pm

October 14 @ Fresno State* 20 COLORADO STATE* 28 @ Wyoming*

November

4

UTAH STATE*

11 @ Texas A&M

17 UNLV*

24 @ San Diego State*

*Mountain West Conference Games

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PHILIP MONTGOMERY IN THIRD SEASON LEADING TULSA FOOTBALL PROGRAM . . . ? Philip Montgomery is in his third season with a 17-12 overall head coaching

record with the Hurricane. ? Montgomery completed his second season in 2016 leading the Tulsa football

program to a 10-3 record. ? He became the 29th head coach in school history on Dec. 11, 2014. ? Montgomery claimed his first career head coaching victory in the 2015 Tulsa

season opener with a 47-44 overtime win over FAU. ? In his first year, Montgomery led Tulsa to six wins and to the 2015 Camping World

Independence Bowl. ? Montgomery is the fourth coach in school history to take his first two teams to a

Bowl game, and has coached 11 teams to bowl games in his 14 years as a coach. ? He became the fifth Tulsa head coach to lead his first team to a bowl game. ? Before coming to Tulsa, he spent seven years at Baylor, where he spent the final

three seasons as the offensive coordinator/QB coach. ? Under his guidance, Baylor led the nation in total offense and scoring offense in

each of his final two seasons. ? Before moving to Baylor, he spent five years at Houston, also under Art Briles. ? Before moving to the college ranks, he was the offensive coordinator for one year

at Denton (Texas) HS ... before that spent six years at Stephenville HS, where he was a part of back-to-back Class 4A state titles in 1998 and 1999.

FIRSTS . . . ? Eleven freshmen have seen their first collegiate playing time this season, including

5 true freshmen,including one walk-on, and 6 red-shirt freshmen. ? Four players made their first career start in the season opener ? QB Chad

President, WR Josh Stewart, DT Shemarr Robinson and DB Manny Bunch. ? In the third game at Toledo, true freshman defensive tackle Garrett Flanary made

his first career start. ? It took true freshman Shamari Brooks only 3 games to have his first career 100-yard

rushing game ... he had 141 yards and 3 TDs at Toledo in a reserve role. ? Reserve RB Corey Taylor II, who gained only 4 yards on 5 carries as a true

freshman in 2016, had his first career 100+ rushing game with 111 yards for a 5.6 average in the opener at Oklahoma State.

OFFENSIVELY IN THE MONTGOMERY ERA . . . ? In 28 games under Philip Montgomery, Tulsa has scored over 40 points 19

times and has posted a 15-4 record when doing so. ? Tulsa came into the 2017 season averaging 39.8 points over the previous two

years, including 37.2 points in 2015 and 42.5 points in 2016. ? Tulsa has gone over 500 yards of total offense in 19 games under Montgomery. ? The Golden Hurricane has gone over 600 yards 7 times under Montgomery. ? Tulsa has had 10 300+ yard rushing games in the Montgomery era, with eight

coming in 2016 and two this season. ? Tulsa has had two 400+ rushing games under Montgomery, both coming in back-to-

back games this year. ? In the Montgomery era, Tulsa has 99 offensive scoring drives out of 203

possessions in regulation under two minutes, including 35 under one minute ... that's 49-percent of the time that Tulsa's offensive scoring drives have taken under two minutes. ? Tulsa has seven 50+ scoring games in the last 17 games under Montgomery, dating back to the 2015 Camping World Independence Bowl when Tulsa scored 52 points. ? The Hurricane had four 50+ scoring games in 2016, the most since four 50+ scoring games in the 2010 season and before that 6 50+ games in 2008.

2017 American Standings

Team

American ALL

EAST DIVISION

USF

0-0

3-0

UCF

0-0

1-0

Cincinnati

0-0

2-1

Temple

0-0

2-1

UConn

0-0

1-1

ECU

0-0

0-3

WEST DIVISION

Navy

1-0

2-0

Houston

0-0

2-0

Memphis

0-0

2-0

SMU

0-0

2-1

Tulsa

0-0

1-2

Tulane

0-1

1-2

The American Schedule

THIS WEEK (Sept. 23) *Temple @ USF (S21) *Cincinnati @ Navy Arkansas State @ SMU Southern Illinois @ Memphis UCF @ Maryland Texas Tech @ Houston Army @ Tulane New Mexico @ Tulsa *ECU @ UConn (S24)

LAST WEEK (Sept.16) @ USF 47, Illinois 23 @ Temple 29, Massachusetts 21 @ Virginia 38, UConn 18 @ Memphis 48, UCLA 45 Virginia Tech 64, @ ECU 17 @ TCU 56, SMU 36 @ Oklahoma 56, Tulane 14 @ Toledo 54, Tulsa 51 @ Houston 38, Rice 3 Cincinnati 21, @ Miami (Ohio) 17

NEXT WEEK (Sept. 30) *Memphis @ UCF *UConn @ SMU *USF @ ECU *Houston @ Temple *Navy @ Tulsa Marshall @ Cincinnati

LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS . . . ? In the last two games, Tulsa has averaged 607.5 total yards (1,215), including 423.5

yards (847) on the ground, and 58.5 points (117). ? In that two-week span, Tulsa and the opposition combined for 2,490 total yards,

including 1,263 in the Louisiana game and 1,227 yards in the Toledo contest. ? Tulsa and the opponent have combined for 213 points in the last two weeks, an

average total of 106.5 points.

In 2017-18, all University of Tulsa athletic teams will be wearing a special patch on their uniforms in memory of former University President Steadman Upham (2004-2016), who passed away in July 2017.

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TULSA FACING ITS FOURTH 2016 BOWL PARTICIPANT . . . ? Tulsa faces New Mexico in the 4th straight week for the Hurricane of facing a 2016

Bowl team, following Oklahoma State, Louisiana and Toledo in the first 3 weeks. ? Tulsa is one of only five FBS programs to play all of its non-conference games in

2017 against teams that played in a bowl game last season. ? The others are Louisiana-Monroe, Oklahoma State, Rice and UCLA. ? Only three of the five teams (ULM, Rice, Tulsa) have four non-conference games,

while Oklahoma State and UCLA will play just three non-conference games. ? A total of nine Tulsa opponents this year made bowl appearances last season. ? Tulsa's 2017 opponents that made bowl appearances last year include: Oklahoma

State, Louisiana, Toledo, New Mexico and conference foes Navy, Houston, Memphis, USF and Temple.

BIG FIRST-HALF DEFENSIVE PLAYS BY SENIOR SUITS . . . ? Senior linebacker Craig Suits had his 4th career interception and his second return

for a touchdown at the 3:17 mark of the first quarter against Toledo when he picked off a Logan Woodside pass and raced 37 yards to put Tulsa ahead 21-7. ? Then at the 6:25 mark of the 2nd quarter, on a 4th-and-inches from the 41-yard line, Suits stopped Terry Swanson shy of the first down ... Tulsa's offense took possession at its own 42-yard line and five plays later scored for a 28-7 lead. ? Suits' first career interception return for a TD came in the 2015 regular season finale against Tulane with a 28-yard return that gave Tulsa the lead late in the game, a contest Tulsa needed to win to become bowl eligible.

100-YARD RUSHING FOR FRESHMAN BROOKS . . . ? True freshman Shamari Brooks became the 14th freshman (true or red-shirt) to gain

100 yards in a single game for the Golden Hurricane. ? Brooks gained 141 yards and 3 TDs on 18 carries against Toledo, which was the

third game of his career. ? His 100+ game was the 22nd time in school history that a freshman had rushed for

over 100 yards in a game, and the first time since 2015 when red-shirt freshman Ramadi Warren gained 139 yards against Cincinnati. ? Brooks' 141 rushing yards is the 9th best freshman rushing performance in school history.

RELEASE INFORMATION Releases are emailed to the media

and also available via the official athletic website at .

INTERVIEW REQUESTS All interview requests for student-

athletes, coaches or administrators should be made with the athletic media relations office. Contact Don Tomkalski, director and football contact, at 918-631-3200.

INJURY INFORMATION Injury information will not be

released.

BROADCASTS ON THE WEB Listen to The University of Tulsa

football games on the worldwide web at .

HURRICANE ON RADIO The flagship station for Tulsa

football is Big Country 99.5 FM KXBL Radio. Bruce Howard (play-by-play), Rick Couri (color analyst) and Jeremie Poplin (sideline commentary) call the action. Network affiliates are:

KXBL Big Country 99.5 FM (flagship,Tulsa) KRIG 104.9 FM (Bartlesville) KWON 1400 AM (Bartlesville) Radio Show only KCRC 1390 (Enid) KOKL 1240 AM (Okmulgee) KTMC 1400 AM/96.7 FM (McAlester)

TUNE-IN Tulsa football in 2017 can also be

heard on the Tune-In APP.

3 FOR 100, FIRST TIME IN OVER 30 YEARS . . . ? Tulsa running backs D'Angelo Brewer and Shamari Brooks and quarterback Chad

President did something against Toledo that hadn't happened in over 30 yards. ? Each player rushed for 100+ yards in that game ? Brewer had 152 yards, Brooks

141 and President tallied 130 yards on the ground. ? The last time that feat was achieved came on Nov. 1, 1986 when running backs

Derrick Ellison (177), Gill Johnson (177) and Kenneth Lee (106) each accomplished that feat against Wichita State.

PRESIDENT GETTING COMFORTABLE . . . ? Entering the season opener against Oklahoma State, the starting quarterback

for the Hurricane was unknown until Tulsa's first possession when third-year sophomore Chad President took the field. ? In three games, President has completed 44-of-75 passes for 546 yards and has rushed for 214 yards, a 7.6 average and 4 TDs. ? In his first game as the starter, President completed 18-of-35 passes for 178 yards, and ran for another 69 yards on eight carries. ? In his second game, President completed 70-percent of his passes (14-of-20) for 243 yards, while throwing his first career TD pass and running for his first career TD. ? In game No. 3, President became the first Tulsa quarterback to rush for 100+ yards since Nov. 12, 2010 when G.J. Kinne had 190 yards rushing against Houston ... President rushed for 130 yards and 2 TDs against Toledo.

NEWS CONFERENCE The Philip Montgomery Weekly

Press Conference is on Tuesdays beginning at 12 noon. The news conference can be heard on the official athletic website at tulsahurricane. com. MONTGOMERY RADIO SHOW

The Philip Montgomery Radio Call-in Show airs Mondays from Mamadou's Restaurant & Sports Bar at the downtown Aloft Hotel (200 Civic Center Drive) from 7-8 pm. The show can be heard on Big Country 99.5 FM. The call-in number is 918.879.9999. The show can be seen live on Facebook/TulsaHurricane. Fans can text questions to the Red Crown Credit Union Textline at 90561 MONTGOMERY TV SHOW

The Philip Montgomery TV Show airs Mondays at 7 pm, Tuesdays at 6:30 pm on COX Channel 3/1003 and On Demand Channel 1, and on Wednesdays at 11 pm on KWHB-TV 47.

AMONG THE TOP-10 IN THE AMERICAN . . . ? D'Angelo Brewer is ranked 2nd, Shamari Brooks 6th and Chad President 10th

among the top American Athletic Conference rushers this week. ? Brewer averages 149 yards per game, Brooks 85 yards and President 71.3. ? Tulsa is one of two teams to have 3 players ranked among the top-10 in the league

statistics for rushing ... the other is USF, while Memphis has two players.

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE

The American Athletic Conference Weekly Teleconference takes place on Mondays throughout the football season. Coach Montgomery appears at 10:40 am (CT). For media to access, contact Tulsa athletic media relations for the call-in number and participant number, or contact Chuck Sullivan at The American, 401.453.0660 or csullivan@.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAMS

The American Athletic Conference offers weekly video highlights and clips of selected press conferences through the XOS Digital XChange FTP tool. Content is available in full broadcast-quality resolution. Contact Chuck Sullivan at csullivan@ to receive access information.

CURRENT PLAYERS WITH AT LEAST TWO 200+ YARD RUSHING GAMES Ray Lawry, Old Dominion 209 yards, 27 carries vs. Marshall (2016) 223 yards, 28 carries at E. Michigan (2015) 215 yards, 31 carries vs. Norfolk State

(2015) 213 yards, 25 carries at FAU (2014)

Larry Rose III, New Mexico State 260 yards, 21 carries at New Mexico (2015) 212 yards, 25 carries vs. Idaho (OT) (2015) 207, 31 carries at Texas State: (2015) 229 yards, 35 carries vs. ULM (2014)

D'Angelo Brewer, Tulsa 262, 38 carries vs. Louisiana (2017) 252, 46 carries at Fresno State (2016)

Rashaad Penny, San Diego State 216, 18 carries at Arizona State (2017) 208, 10 carries at Nevada (2016)

Saquon Barkley, Penn State 202 yards, 31 carries vs. Maryland (2016) 207 yards, 18 carries at Purdue (2016)

Diocemy Saint Justice, Hawai'i 202 yards, 25 carries vs W. Carolina (2017) 205 yards, 19 carries vs Nevada (2016)

Damarea Crockett, Missouri 225 yards, 24 carries at Tennessee (2016) 202 yards, 18 carries vs. Missouri St. (2017)

Derris Guice, LSU 285 yards, 37 att. at Texas A&M (2016) 252 yards, 21 att. at Arkansas (2016)

Trayveon Williams, Texas A&M 203 yards, 22 carries at UCLA (2017) 217 yards, 28 carries vs. Tennessee (2016)

Justin Crawford, West Virginia 331 yards, 24 carries vs. Oklahoma (2016) 209 yards, 28 carries vs. Baylor (2016)

Jalin Moore, Appalachian State 244 yards, 27 carries at Idaho (2015) 257 yards, 39 carries at Akron (2016)

BREWER JUMPS UP CAREER LIST . . . ? D'Angelo Brewer jumped from 9th place to 4th place on the school's all-time

rushing chart with his 262-yard rushing performance against Louisiana in the second game of the season. ? He came into that game with 2,433 career rushing yards and ended with 2,695 career yards. ? A week later, he had 152 rushing yards vs. Toledo, but did not make a move up the all-time list of rushers. ? Brewer now has 2,847 career yards and 18 touchdowns on 563 carries. ? Brewer is now 668 yards away from moving up any further on the career rushing list ... Trey Watts (2010-13) is in third place with 3,515 yards.

MORE ON BREWER'S 262-YARD PERFORMANCE, EARNS THE AMERICAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS . . . ? D'Angelo Brewer became just the 5th Tulsa player to rush for over 200 yards

twice in a career, and it was just the 23rd time overall that Tulsa has had a 200yard rusher. ? He finished the Louisiana game with the 4th best rushing performance in school history with 262 yards on 38 attempts. ? Brewer's first 200+ rushing game came last year with 252 yards on 46 carries at Fresno State. ? The 200-yard game this year was his 10th career game of 100+ yards rushing. ? His three TDs against Louisiana was the most in his career. ? For his performance, Brewer was named the American Athletic Conference's coOffensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 9.

BREWER'S LONG RUNS . . . ? Of all the yards and big plays that D'Angelo Brewer has made in his career, his

first touchdown run this season was his longest run of his career when he raced 50 yards for his first touchdown of the season in the first quarter against Louisiana. ? Brewer bettered that run with a 60-yarder to the Louisiana 3-yard line in the final minute of the first half that led to Tulsa going ahead 38-23. ? His previous long run was 48 yards against Virginia Tech in the 2016 Camping World Independence Bowl.

SOPHOMORE DEFENDERS . . . ? Two 2-year sophomores, safety Manny Bunch and linebacker Cooper Edmiston,

are in starting roles this year for the Hurricane after spending most of the 2016 season playing special teams. ? The duo is tied for the team-lead in tackles with 25 apiece, and each has one interception. ? They each turned in their career-highs for tackles and each had their first career interceptions against Louisiana ... Bunch had 13 stops to lead the Hurricane, while Edmiston was one back with 12 tackles. ? Edmiston followed up that game with a 10-tackle performance at Toledo.

600+ AND 400+ . . . ? Tulsa totaled 667 total yards on 92 plays against Louisiana for the most yards in

the Philip Montgomery era. ? It marked the seventh time in the last three seasons that Tulsa has gone over

600 yards in total offense. ? It's also the 18th game in which Tulsa has gone over 500 yards in the

Montgomery era. ? The Hurricane gained 424 yards rushing on 72 carries against Louisiana, which

was the most rushing yards for Tulsa since gaining 439 yards against Ball State in the GMAC Bowl at the end of the 2008 season. ? Tulsa put together its second straight 400+ rushing game with 423 yards on 68 carries at Toledo.

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MORE ON 400-YARD RUSHING GAMES . . . ? Tulsa rushed for 400+ yards in back-to-back games with 424 vs. Louisiana and 423 at

Toledo. ? The last time Tulsa had a 400-yard rushing game was the same year that Tulsa had

two 400 rushing games that season, which came in 2008 when the Hurricane had 489 yards vs. Tulane and 439 yards against Ball State in the GMAC Bowl. ? However, the last time Tulsa had two straight 400+ rushing games was in the 1986 season when the Hurricane had 503 yards vs. Wichita State (Nov. 1) and 429 yards at New Mexico (Nov. 8).

DI Head Coaches as Offensive

Coordinators

? Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech) ? Mike Leach (Washington State) ? Doug Martin (NM State) ? Philip Montgomery (Tulsa) ? Mark Whipple (UMass)

REDFORD IS MOVING ON UP . . . ? Senior placekicker Redford Jones came into the season with 239 points, needing 60

points to tie for the school's all-time scoring record. ? After scoring 27 points in the first three games (6 vs. Oklahoma State, 12 vs.

Louisiana and 9 vs. Toledo), Jones is now only 33 points shy of the school record 299 points. ? Jones now has 266 career points for a 5th-place tie with Stu Crum (1978-82) on the school's all-time scoring list. ? His 41 career field goals ranks 7th on Tulsa's all-time chart for field goals made, as he trails the all-time leader, Jason Staurovsky (53 FGs, 1981, '83-85) by 12 field goals.

2017 WATCH LISTS

D'Angelo Brewer ? Doak Walker Award ? Maxwell Award

Jesse Brubaker ? SB Nation Piesman Award

Redford Jones ? Lou Groza Award

INTERCEPTIONS TURN THE TIDE . . . ? On back-to-back Louisiana possessions in the second half, Tulsa sophomore

defenders intercepted passes that stopped Ragin' Cajun drives. ? Manny Bunch intercepted a pass at the Tulsa 5-yard line. ? On the Cajuns' next possession, Cooper Edmiston intercepted a pass at the

Tulsa 27-yard line, which led to a Tulsa touchdown and a 45-35 lead . ? The INTs were the first for each of the two-year players.

SPECIAL TEAMS MAKES THE PLAY IN OPENER . . . ? True freshman deep snapper Adam Higuera, playing in his first career game,

was in the right place at the right time against Oklahoma State. ? Higuera scored Tulsa's first touchdown of the 2017 season when he jumped on

a fumble by OSU punt returner Jalen McCleskey in the end zone. ? Another newcomer, punter Thomas Bennett, forced the ball over McCleskey's

head with a 60-yard punt. ? Senior CJ Gooden knocked the ball out of McCleskey's hands as Higuera

pounced on it. ? The fumbled punt for a TD marked the second straight year that the Hurricane

had a fumble punt return for a TD in the season opener, as the same happened in 2016 against San Jose State.

NICE DEBUT . . . ? Sophomore transfer Thomas Bennett punted for the first time in his collegiate

career and turned in a performance where he averaged 44.6 yards on seven punts against Oklahoma State. ? His fourth punt of the game sailed 60 yards and over the head of the OSU punt returner, who eventually grabbed the ball but was forced into a fumble that Tulsa recovered in the end zone for its first points of the game. ? In three games, Bennett has averaged 42.7 yards per game on 12 punts.

YOUTH MOVEMENT . . . ? Among 55 players that have played in the first two games, Tulsa has had a total

of 25 sophomores, red-shirt freshmen or true freshmen that saw playing time. ? Tulsa's total amount of freshmen, both true and red-shirt, and sophomores

amounted to 45-percent. Tulsa had 14 sophomores, 6 red-shirt freshmen and 5 true freshmen included in that group.

Chandler Miller ? Rimington Award ? Outland Trophy Award

Evan Plagg ? Outland Trophy Award

Kolton Shindelar ? SB Nation Piesman Award

Willie Wright ? Allstate AFCA Good Works Team ? Wuerffel Trophy

TULSA IS SMALLEST

FBS SCHOOL . . .

Rk School

Undergrad

Enrollment

1. Tulsa

3,406

2. Rice

3,910

3. Air Force 4,111

4. Army

4,348

5. Navy

4,525

6. Wake Forest 4,846

Back-to-Back NCAA

National Leaders in Total

Offense . . .

School ?? Consecutive Years Tulsa ??1951, 1952 Oklahoma ?? 1955, 1956 Tulsa ?? 1964, 1965 Houston ?? 1966, 1967, 1968 Arizona State ?? 1972, 1973 BYU ?? 1979, 1980 BYU ??1983, 1984, 1985 Houston ?? 1989, 1990 Nevada ?? 1995, 1996 Tulsa ?? 2007, 2008 Baylor ?? 2013, 2014, 2015

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