Tulane Football 2017 Green Wave Game Notes
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TULANE FOOTBALL 2017 GREEN WAVE GAME NOTES James W. Wilson Jr. Center | Ben Weiner Drive | New Orleans, LA 70118 TulaneGreenWave.com | Facebook: Tulane Football | Twitter: @GreenWaveFB & @CoachWEFritz Instagram: TulaneGreenWave | Snapchat: Tulane Football & Tulane Athletics | YouTube: TUGreenWave GAME 4: TULANE GREEN WAVE (1-2, 0-1 American Athletic Conference | West) vs. ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (2-1) GAME INFORMATION THE GAME Broadcast: CBS Sports Network • Tulane (1-2, 0-1 American Athletic Conference | West) returns to the friendly Talent: Dave Ryan (play-by-play), confines of Yulman Stadium to take on Army West Point (2-1). Corey Chavous (analyst) Cassie McKinney (sidelines) ABOUT TULANE Radio: Fox Sports AM 1280 New Orleans • Tulane looks to grab back-to-back home wins for the first time since wins over Talent: Todd Graffagnini (play-by-play), Steve Barrios (analyst), Maine (W, 38-7) and UCF (W, 45-31) during the 2015 season. Gus Kattengell (sideline) • A win over Army West Point would put Olive and Blue at 2-2 to start the season for Mobile App: TuneIn App/iHeart Radio third-straight year and the fourth time in five seasons. Live Stats: TulaneGreenWave.com • The Green Wave are averaging 29.9 points per game in their last seven home games Twitter Updates: @GreenWaveFB and have scored 40 or more points in four games over that stretch. THE SERIES • Tulane is tied for first in the nation in red zone offense at 100 percent, having scored Tulane leads, 10-9-1 on all seven opportunities so far this season – six touchdowns and one field goal. New Orleans: Tulane leads, 5-3-1 • The Green Wave are fifth in the nation and leads The American in punt return West Point: Army leads, 6-5 defense with zero punt return yards allowed. First Meeting: Oct. 31, 1953 • Tulane and Army West Point are two of the 31 NCAA Football Subdivision teams Tulane 0, Army 0 | New Orleans, La. Last Meeting: Nov. 14, 2015 that have committed two or fewer turnovers through the first four weeks of 2017. Tulane 34, Army 31 | West Point, N.Y. Both teams have committed two turnovers each – Green Wave (one fumble lost and Streak: Tulane W1 one interception) and Black Knights (two fumbles lost) – to rank tied for 14th. • Tulane has rushed for 100 or more yards in 18 straight games, dating back to the TULANE (1-2, 0-1 The American | West) final three games of the 2015 season. The Green Wave have rushed for 190+ yards and Rankings: None Head Coach: Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State, 1983) two rushing touchdowns in each of its first three games this season. Overall Career Record: 198-84-1/25th year • Second-year head coach Willie Fritz sits just two wins away from reaching 200 for his NCAA Career Record: 159-79/21st year coaching career. Of his 198 wins, 62 have come on the NCAA Division I level (Football Tulane Record: 5-10/2nd Year Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision). Record vs. Army: 0-0 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS ARMY WEST POINT (2-1) Rankings: None Sept. 2 GRAMBLING STATE ESPN3 W, 43-14 Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 1-0 Head Coach: Jeff Monken (Milliken, 1989) Career Record: 52-40/7th year Sept. 9 at Navy* CBS Sports Network L, 21-23 Oklahoma Record: 16-24/4th Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, Md. | Series History: Tulane leads, 11-10-1 Record vs. Tulane: 0-1 Sept. 16 at Oklahoma Fox Sports Oklahoma/SoonerSports.TV L, 14-56 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | Norman, Okla. | Series History: Oklahoma leads, 1-0 TULANE COACHING STAFF Sept. 23 ARMY WEST POINT CBS Sports Network 11:00 a.m. On the Field: Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 10-9-1 Willie Fritz Head Coach Alex Atkins Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line Oct. 7 TULSA* TBA TBA Jamaal Fobbs Running Backs Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulsa leads, 11-2 Kevin Peoples Defensive Line Oct. 14 at FIU TBA TBA Michael Mutz Linebackers Riccardo Silva Stadium | Miami, Fla. | Series History: First Meeting Slade Nagle Tight Ends Oct. 21 USF* TBA TBA Jeff Conway Wide Receivers Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: First Meeting Chris Hampton Defensive Backs Oct. 27(Fri.) at Memphis* CBS Sports Network 7:00 p.m. Chris Couch Special Teams Assistant Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tenn. | Series History: Memphis leads, 21-11-1 Jordy Joseph Offensive GA In the Press Box: Nov. 4 CINCINNATI* TBA TBA Jack Curtis Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 11-4 Doug Ruse Offensive Coordinator/QBs Nov. 11 at ECU* TBA TBA Derrick Sherman Offensive Analyst Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | Greenville, N.C. | Series History: ECU leads, 10-3 Johnny Jernigan Defensive Analyst Nov. 18 HOUSTON* TBA TBA Mack Helms Offensive GA Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Houston leads, 16-5 Jake Stone Defensive GA Nov. 25 at SMU* TBA TBA Walker Ashburn Defensive GA Gerald J. Ford Stadium | Dallas, Texas | Series History: Tulane leads, 13-10 • Former roommates from freshman year, redshirt sophomores quarterback Glen Cuiellette and wide receiver Terren Encalade have reconnected on the field in 2016. • Cuiellette threw for 10 scores and six of them were to Encalade. Three of those came in the four-overtime thriller against UL Lafayette on connections of 34, 25 and 7 yards. One was at UMass and the other two were against SMU. Cuiellette threw for more than 100 yards in seven games this season. 2017 GREEN WAVE FOOTBALL ARMY WEST POINT YARDSTICK MEDIA INFORMATION Team Statistics Army Opponents Points / Game 30.7 20.3 TULANE POSTGAME POLICY First Downs / Game 19.0 20.3 Tulane postgame interviews will take place in the Rushing Yards / Game 364.7 151.7 squad room, located on the second floor of the James W. Wilson Jr. Athletics Center. Media can access the Passing Yards / Game 12.0 249.7 squad room through the west rear entrance of the Total Offense / Game 376.7 401.3 Wilson Center. Fumbles - Lost 3-2 2-2 Head coach Willie Fritz and requested players Penalties - Pen. Yards / Game 3.3-32.0 4.3-35.0 will be available in the postgame interview room Time of Possession / Game 32:14 27:46 approximately 10 minutes after the game. Tulane’s Top Individual Leaders locker room is closed. The visiting team’s locker room is located at the Rushing Att-Yds Avg TD northwest end of Yulman Stadium. The SID contact Ahmad Bradshaw 53-374 124.7 3 of the visiting school will establish the admittance Darnell Woolfolk 46-260 86.7 4 policies for the visiting team’s locker room. Passing Comp-Att-Int, Pct Yds TD Ahmad Bradshaw 4-17-0, 23.5 36 0 RELEASE INFORMATION Releases are e-mailed to the media and are also Receiving Rec-Yds Avg TD available on the official Tulane athletics website: Jordan Asberry 1-18 18.0 0 TulaneGreenWave.com. Stats are available via e-mail or Kell Walker 1-10 10.0 0 the website in PDF form. Requests for this information Defense UA-A-TT TFL INT FF/FR can be made by contacting Scottie Rodgers, Associate Jaylon McClinton 15-3-18 1.0 1 1/0 Athletics Director, Strategic Communications, at 504-862- Cole Christiansen 9-8-17 2.0 0 0/0 8249 or [email protected]. INTERVIEW REQUESTS SERIES NOTES All interview requests for Tulane student-athletes, • Tulane and Army West Point are meeting for the 21st time on the gridiron. coaches and administrators should be made be made with • Tulane owns a 10-9-1 record with the Green Wave winning two of the last Scottie Rodgers in the Tulane Strategic Communications four games in the series. office. • This game marks the 10th game in the series played in New Orleans and TULANE WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCE first played at Yulman Stadium. Tulane football head coach Willie Fritz holds his • Tulane’s last victory at home over the Black Knights was a 42-28 win on weekly press conferences on Tuesdays each week, Oct. 28, 2008. beginning with the first weekly news conference on • The last time Tulane and Army West Point met, it was a game with an 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 29 at approximately 10:45 a.m. CT. This CT kickoff that carried live on CBS Sports Network. The Green Wave won that year’s weekly news conferences take place in the Iberia game 34-31 on Nov. 14, 2015 on a last-second field goal by Andrew DiRocco. Bank Suite on field level in Yulman Stadium. Immediately • The two teams played each other every year from 1996-2004 and 2006-11. after practice, all assistant coaches and players are available for interviews. Following that, Coach Fritz is • The first meeting between Tulane and Army West Point took place on available to the media for 15-20 minutes in the Iberia Bank Halloween in 1953 and ended in a 0-0 tie. Suite. THE WILLIE FRITZ RADIO SHOW Tulane Strategic Communications The Willie Fritz’ Radio Show takes place at Manning’s SCOTTIE RODGERS • Associate Athletics Director (519 Fulton St.) from 7-8 p.m. The show is hosted by Todd Office: 504-862-8249 • Cell: 504-491-7610 • [email protected] Graffagnini on TU’s flagship station, Fox Sports AM 1280 Football, Women’s Golf New Orleans. The show features a call-in format and fans are also urged to submit questions via the Tulane athletics ERIC HOLLIER • Associate Director website: TulaneGreenWave.com or Tweet questions to Office: 504-314-7271 • Cell: 225-978-4590 • [email protected] @GreenWaveFB.