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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL REPORT 2020 Season • Week 12 @American_FB Contact: Chuck Sullivan, Assistant Commissioner for Communications [email protected] • 469.840.3132 • @ChuckSullivan15 545 East John Carpenter Freeway • Irving, TX 75062 AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL AP/Coaches W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK CINCINNATI 7/7 5-0 1.000 212 57 4-0 1-0 7-0 1.000 291 87 6-0 1-0 0-0 Won 8 TULSA 25/rv 4-0 1.000 138 93 2-0 2-0 4-1 .800 145 109 2-0 2-1 0-0 Won 4 SMU rv/rv 4-2 .667 202 191 2-1 2-1 7-2 .778 348 257 3-1 4-1 0-0 Lost 1 UCF rv/- 4-2 .667 259 180 2-1 2-1 5-2 .714 308 201 2-1 3-1 0-0 Won 3 MEMPHIS -/rv 3-2 .600 162 190 3-0 0-2 4-2 .667 199 214 4-0 0-2 0-0 Won 1 HOUSTON 3-2 .600 173 155 2-1 1-1 3-3 .500 199 198 2-2 1-1 0-0 Won 1 NAVY 3-2 .600 143 164 1-1 2-1 3-4 .429 153 259 1-2 2-2 0-0 Lost 2 TULANE 2-4 .333 199 188 1-2 1-2 5-4 .556 330 248 3-2 2-2 0-0 Won 3 TEMPLE 1-5 .167 136 232 1-1 0-4 1-5 .167 136 232 1-1 0-4 0-0 Lost 4 EAST CAROLINA 1-5 .167 163 229 0-3 1-2 1-6 .143 192 278 0-3 1-3 0-0 Lost 4 USF 0-6 .000 135 243 0-2 0-4 1-7 .125 162 301 1-2 0-5 0-0 Lost 7 THIS WEEK WEEKLY HONORS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Tulane at Tulsa * Desmond Ridder • Cincinnati • Jr. • QB • Louisville Ky. Time: 7:30 p.m. Ridder was responsible for four touchdowns and had 402 yards of total offense to help Cincinnati remain Series: Tulsa leads, 11-5 unbeaten with a 55-17 win against East Carolina. Ridder completed 24 of 31 passes for a season-high Last Meeting: Nov. 2, 2019 (Tulane, 38-26) 327 yards and three touchdowns (33, 45, 12) and added a team-high 75 rushing yards including a 7-yard TD. Ridder, who leads the Bearcats with 14 touchdown passes and nine rushing scores, has accounted SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 for 17 touchdowns in the Bearcats’ last four games. East Carolina at Temple * Time: Noon DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Series: Temple leads, 10-7 Jarell White • Cincinnati • Sr. • LB • Cincinnati, Ohio Last Meeting: Oct. 3, 2019 (Temple, 27-17) White, who was also chosen as the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, led a Cincinnati defense that limited East Carolina to 17 points and 293 total yards in the Bearcats’ 55-17 win. White had Houston at SMU * seven tackles, including a sack, and scored his first career touchdown on a 26-yard interception in the Time: Noon first quarter. White leads The American with 9.3 tackles per game this season. Series: Houston leads, 21-13 Last Meeting: Oct. 24, 2019 (Houston, 34-31) Zaven Collins • Tulsa • Jr. • LB • Hominy, Okla. Collins led a defensive effort that held SMU scoreless in the second half and without a touchdown in the final 44:58, allowing Tulsa to rally for a 28-24 win to keep the Golden Hurricane unbeaten in American Stephen F. Austin at Memphis Athletic Conference play. Collins had six tackles to go with a sack, two tackles for loss and the clinching Time: Noon interception with 1:29 left on SMU’s final possession. Collins leads The American in interceptions per game (0.60) and Series: Memphis leads, 1-0 has three picks and 10.0 tackles for loss in 2020. Last Meeting: Sept. 19, 1959 (Memphis, 25-6) SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Cincinnati at UCF * Marcus Jones • Houston • Jr. • CB/PR • Enterprise, Ala. Time: 3:30 p.m. Jones had 145 yards on four punt returns, including a 72-yard return for a touchdown, in Houston’s 56-21 Series: UCF leads, 3-2 win against USF. A transfer from Troy, where he was the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, Last Meeting: Oct. 4, 2019 (Cincinnati, 27-24) Jones gave the Cougars a 35-0 lead early in the third quarter with his touchdown. His 145 yards ranks second on The American’s single-game chart and moved Jones into fourth among NCAA FBS players Navy at USF * with a 21.6-yard average on punt returns. Time: 8 p.m. Series: Navy leads, 2-1 HONOR ROLL Last Meeting: Oct. 19, 2019 (Navy, 35-3) Eriq Gilyard • UCF • Jr. • LB Had 12 tackles (matching his career high), a sack, 3.0 tackles for loss a forced fumble and a six-yard fumble return All times Eastern that set up a touchdown in a 38-13 win against Temple. * American Athletic Conference game Marlon Williams • UCF • So. • WR Had four receptions for 102 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-13 win against Temple. Clayton Tune • Houston • Jr. • QB Was responsible for five touchdowns and 285 yards of total offense in a 56-21 win against USF. Completed 14 of 25 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for a game-high 120 yards and two TDs on 10 carries. Michael Pratt • Tulane • Fr. • QB Completed 19 of 27 passes (70.3%) for 197 yards and two touchdowns without an interception in a 38-12 win against No. 25 Army. Zach Smith • Tulsa • Sr. • QB Completed 26 of 38 passes for 325 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-24 win against No. 19 SMU. 1 AMERICAN NOTEBOOK Perfection That’s Offensive 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RULES CHANGES Cincinnati is one of seven NCAA FBS teams that is unde- The American Athletic Conference ranks as the highest- feated while having played at least five games in 2020. scoring NCAA FBS Conference in 2020. Players Numbering 2020 NCAA FBS Unbeaten Teams 2020 NCAA FBS Scoring by Conference No more than two squad members may be assigned or (at least five games played) Conference Games Points Avg. wear the same jersey number. There were no limits to Team W L American 77 2463 32.0 duplicate numbers in previous seasons. With the recog- BYU 8 0 Pac-12 16 511 31.9 nized popularity of the single-digit numbers, the digit “0” Liberty 8 0 ACC 118 3658 31.0 is added as a legal number. Any number to be preceded Notre Dame 8 0 MAC 24 737 30.7 by “0” such as “07” or “00” remains illegal. Cincinnati 7 0 Big 12 70 2109 30.1 Coastal Carolina 7 0 SEC 86 2538 29.5 Targeting - Disqualified Player Marshall 7 0 Sun Belt 78 2198 28.1 There were no changes to the targeting rule from an Alabama 6 0 Big Ten 50 1380 27.6 on-field officiating perspective and the rule continues to Mountain West 44 1182 26.8 serve the game well and is changing player behavior in Defend This House Conference USA 83 2173 26.2 terms of use of the helmet. The change for 2020 is that Cincinnati has won its last 19 games at Nippert Stadium, now a player disqualified for targeting will be declared which is the fourth-longest home field winning streak On A Roll ineligible for further participation in the game, but the nationally, while Memphis is fifth with 13 straight home Cincinnati has gone 31-5 since the start of the 2018 player may remain in the team area. wins. Clemson leads the nation at 27 straight home wins, season. UCF is 40-6 since the beginning of the 2017 followed by Notre Dame (23) and Ohio State (22). season. SMU is 17-5 and Memphis is 15-5 since the start All other disqualifying fouls such as fighting, two un- of the 2019 campaign. sportsmanlike conduct fouls, flagrant personal fouls, etc. Representing The Defense will be reclassified as fouls requiring ejection. Players Cincinnati ranks third nationally in scoring defense at Moving The Chains ejected will be required to leave the playing enclosure 12.4 points allowed per game. The Bearcats are fourth UCF leads the nation in total offense, averaging 619.1 and must remain out of view of the field of play under nationally in pass efficiency defense (91.41) and 10th in yards per game, more than 25 yards better than North team supervision. total defense (300.9 ypg). Texas, which is second at 593.6 ypg. Pregame Warmup /Officials’ Jurisdiction Pulling Rank Air Travel The Rules Committee address issues of unsportsmanlike Cincinnati and Tulsa both have two wins against top-25 UCF is also the national leader in passing offense at 396.9 behavior in the pregame and took steps to clean this teams in 2020. The Golden Hurricane has defeated two yards per game. action up. The officials’ jurisdiction will now begin at 90 top-25 opponents in the same season for the first time minutes before kickoff (previously 60 minutes). Addition- in program history. Big Three ally, when any squad member enters the playing enclosure SMU QB Shane Buechele leads all NCAA FBS players with prior to the game, the head coach or an assistant coach Feels Like The First Time 2,781 passing yards in 2020.