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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL REPORT 2017 Season • Week 4 @American_FB Contact: Chuck Sullivan, Assistant Commissioner for Communications [email protected] • 401.453.0660 • @ChuckSullivan15 15 Park Row West • Providence, RI 02903 AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL AP/Coaches W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK USF 21/17 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 3-0 1.000 120 62 2-0 1-0 0-0 Won 8 UCF 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 61 17 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 CINCINNATI 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-1 .667 61 67 1-0 1-1 0-0 Won 1 EAST TEMPLE 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-1 .667 61 83 2-0 0-1 0-0 Won 2 UCONN 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-1 .500 45 58 1-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 ECU 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-3 .000 51 154 0-2 0-1 0-0 Lost 7 SCHOOL AP/Coaches W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK NAVY -/rv 1-0 1.000 23 21 1-0 0-0 2-0 1.000 65 40 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 HOUSTON rv/rv 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1.000 57 19 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 MEMPHIS rv/rv 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1.000 85 74 2-0 0-0 0-0 Won 2 SMU 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-1 .667 148 102 2-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 TULSA 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 .333 145 155 1-0 0-2 0-0 Lost 1 TULANE 0-1 .000 21 23 0-0 0-1 1-2 .333 78 93 1-0 0-2 0-0 Lost 2 THIS WEEK WEEKLY HONORS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Riley Ferguson • Sr. • QB • Memphis • Matthews, N.C. Temple at USF * .............................................. 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Navy * ......................................3:30 p.m. Also chosen as the Walter Camp national offensive player Television: ESPN Television: CBS Sports Network of the week, Ferguson completed 23 of 38 passes for 398 yards and six touchdowns to lead Memphis to a 48-45 win Series: Temple leads, 2-1 Series: Navy leads, 2-0 against No. 25 UCLA. He threw four TD passes in the first Series: Oct. 21, 2016 (Temple, 46-30) Last Meeting: Oct. 20, 1956 (Navy, 13-7) half and threw the game-winning touchdown pass in the fourth quarter after UCLA had taken the lead. Arkansas State at SMU ..................................... 7 p.m. DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Television: ESPN3 Malik Clements • Jr. • S • Cincinnati • Danville, Va. Texas Tech at Houston ....................................... Noon Series: Tied, 1-1 Clements scored the game-winning touchdown on a 14-yard interception return with 1:07 left to give Cincinnati a 21-17 Television: ABC/ESPN2 Last Meeting: Sept. 15, 2007 (Arkansas State, 45-28) victory against Miami (Ohio), keeping the Victory Bell with Series: Houston leads, 18-11-1 the Bearcats for the 12th straight year. Clements also had Last Meeting: Nov. 17, 2010 (Texas Tech, 35-20) Southern Illinois at Memphis ........................8 p.m. seven tackles against the RedHawks. Television: ESPN3 Quincy Roche • Fr. • DE • Temple • Randallstown, Md. Army at Tulane ........................................................ Noon Series: First meeting Roche made eight tackles, with 4.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 Television: CBS Sports Network sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery which set up a Temple touchdown in the Owls’ 29-21 win against Series: Tulane leads, 10-9-1 Massachusetts. Last Meeting: Nov. 14, 2015 (Tulane, 34-31) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 ECU at UConn * ........................................................ Noon SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK New Mexico at Tulsa .................................... 1:30 p.m. Dane Roy • So. • P • Houston • Bunyip, Australia Television: ESPNU Roy helped Houston win the field position battle in a 38-3 Television: ESPN3 Series: ECU leads, 2-1 victory against Rice as he averaged 40.3 yards on three Series: Tulsa leads, 5-2 Last Meeting: Oct. 29, 2016 (ECU, 41-3) punts, dropping all three inside the 20, and forcing two fair catches with no returns. Last Meeting: Sept. 12, 2015 (Tulsa, 40-21) All times Eastern HONOR ROLL UCF at Maryland....................................................3 p.m. Kyle Allen • Jr. • QB • Houston • Scottsdale, Ariz. Completed 31 of 33 passes for 309 yards and two Television: FS1 touchdowns in a 38-3 win against Rice. Series: Maryland leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Sept. 17, 2016 (Maryland, 30-24 (ot)) Anthony Miller • Sr. • WR • Memphis • Memphis, Tenn. Had nine receptions for 185 yards and two touchdowns in a 48-45 win against No. 25 UCLA. Quinton Flowers • Sr. • QB • USF • Miami, Fla. Threw for 280 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 106 yards and a TD in a 47-23 win against Illinois. Logan Marchi • So. • QB • Temple • Bristol, Conn. Threw for 248 yards and three touchdowns in a 29-21 win against Massachusetts. Shamari Brooks • Fr. • RB • Tulsa • Tulsa, Okla. Rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns in a 54-51 loss at Toledo. AMERICAN NOTEBOOK Playing The Percentages Rank And File Binge Watch The American Athletic Conference ranks sixth among USF finished the 2016 season ranked No. 19 in the As- American Athletic Conference players are well-represent- the 10 NCAA FBS conferences in nonconference winning sociated Press and USA Today national polls. It was the ed on college football’s preseason watch lists in 2017. percentage in 2017 (through Sept. 16). first time in school history that USF was ranked in the Maxwell Award (Player of the Year) Conference .........................W-L ............... Pct. final poll of a season. Ed Oliver DT Houston 1. SEC...........................................26-6 ...............813 Riley Ferguson QB Memphis Quinton Flowers QB USF 2. Pac-12 .....................................26-7 ................788 Comforts Of Home D’Angelo Brewer RB Tulsa 3. Big Ten ...................................29-8 ...............784 With 15 straight wins at TDECU Stadium, Houston has the Bednarik Award (Top Defensive Player) 4. ACC ..........................................22-9 ................710 longest home field winning streak nationally. Alabama is Shaquem Griffin LB UCF Micah Thomas LB Navy 5. Big 12 .....................................19-10...............655 second nationally with 13 straight home wins. Deatrick Nichols CB USF Justin Lawler DE SMU 6. American ...........................18-10 .............643 Sean Chandler CB Temple 7. MAC ........................................ 18-17 .............. .514 Making History Rimington Trophy (Top Center) 8. Conference USA................16-20 ..............444 Navy QB Zach Abey set the American Athletic Conference Garrett McGhin ECU Will Noble Houston 9. Mountain West .................15-19 .............. .441 single-game record for rushing yards by a quarterback Drew Kyser Memphis 10. Sun Belt .................................9-18 ................333 with his 235-yard performance against Florida Atlantic Evan Brown SMU Cameron Ruff USF in Week 1. Courtland Sutton became the first player in Matt Hennessy Temple Separation Of Powers The American with four touchdown receptions in a game Chandler Miller Tulsa In the last three regular seasons (2015-17), the American as part of SMU’s win against North Texas. John Mackey Award (Top Tight End) Jordan Akins UCF Athletic Conference is a combined 28-3 against teams Alec Bloom UConn from Conference USA, the MAC, the Mountain West and Streaks And Starts Mitchell Wilcox USF Charles Jones Tulane the Sun Belt. USF has The American’s longest active winning streak Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defensive Player of the Year) at seven games. Only Oklahoma (12), USC (11), Coastal Shaquem Griffin LB UCF So Far, So Good Carolina (8) and Old Dominion (8) have longer streaks Folorunso Fatukasi DT UConn Ed Oliver DT Houston Five American Athletic Conference teams remain un- nationally. Genard Avery LB Memphis Micah Thomas LB Navy beaten through three weeks of the 2017 season. Only Deatrick Nichols CB USF the Big Ten (7) and the Pac-12 (7) have more unbeaten Pick Plays Auggie Sanchez LB USF Deadrin Senat DT USF teams through Week 3. Tulane CB Parry Nickerson and UConn CB Jamar Summers Justin Lawler DE SMU rank fourth among active FBS players with 11 career Sean Chandler DB Temple Star Power interceptions. Outland Trophy (Top Interior Lineman) Jamiyus Pittman DT UCF The American is the only FBS conference that returns Folorunso Fatukasi DT UConn its 2016 players of the year on offense (USF QB Quinton Poll Positions Ed Oliver DT Houston Gabe Kuhn OG Memphis Flowers), defense (UCF LB Shaquem Griffin) and special Along with the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC, The Evan Martin OG Navy Deadrin Senat DT USF teams (Memphis KR Tony Pollard). American is one of six leagues to have at least one Evan Brown C SMU ranked team in the final national polls in each of the Chandler Miller C Tulsa Evan Plagg OT Tulsa Pow6r Plays last four years. Ray Guy Award (Top Punter) It hasn’t taken long for The American’s marquee players Spencer Smith Memphis to have an impact on the 2017 season. Rank And File Jonathan Hernandez USF D’Angelo Brewer, RB, Tulsa Temple (No. 24) and Navy (No. 25) were ranked in the final Lou Groza Award (Top Kicker) Matthew Wright UCF 262 rushing yards, 3 TDs against Louisiana; 152 yards, College Football Playoff poll of the 2016 season, marking Aaron Boumerhi Temple 1 TD against Toledo the second straight season that The American finished Redford Jones Tulsa with at least two ranked teams.