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 8: TULANE GREEN WAVE (3-4, 1-2 American Athletic Conference | West) vs. #24 MEMPHIS TIGERS (6-1, 3-1 American Athletic Conference | West) GAME INFORMATION THE GAME Date/Time: Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 / 7 p.m. CT • Tulane (3-4, 1-2 American Athletic Conference | West) goes on the road for a key Site: Memphis, Tenn. divisional battle at Memphis (6-1, 3-1 American Athletic Conference | West). (Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium/58,318) Broadcast: CBSSN Talent: John Sadak (play-by-play), ABOUT TULANE Randy Cross (analyst), • Tulane looks to earn its first road victory of the season. Tina Cervasio (sidelines) • A win over Memphis would give the Green Wave at least four wins through their Radio: Sports 1280 AM New Orleans Talent: Todd Graffagnini (play-by-play), eight games for just the third time in 20 seasons (1998, 2013). Steve Barrios (analyst), • Of Tulane’s 28 touchdowns scored so far this season, 14 have been with plays Gus Kattengell (sideline) that went 20 yards or longer. The Green Wave’s six longest plays have resulted in Mobile App: TuneIn App/iHeart Radio Live Stats: TulaneGreenWave.com touchdowns – three rushing (75, 72, 58) and three passing (73, 62, 62). In total, Twitter Updates: @GreenWaveFB Tulane has converted 36 offensive plays of 20 yards or longer. • Tulane has rushed for 100 or more yards in 22 straight games, dating back to the THE SERIES final three games of the 2015 season. The Green Wave have rushed for 190 or more Memphis leads, 21-11-1 New Orleans: Tied, 9-9-1 yards in each of their first seven games this season. Memphis: Memphis leads, 12-2 • The Green Wave now forced a turnover in eight consecutive games, dating back First Meeting: Sept. 25, 1954 to the final game of last season at UConn on Nov. 26, 2016. Tulane 13, Memphis 13 | New Orleans, La. Last Meeting: Oct. 14, 2016 • Tulane leads The American and ranks tied for fourth in the nation in turnovers lost Memphis 24, Tulane 14 | New Orleans, La. with five. The Green Wave are tied with Alabama, UCF, Toledo and Vanderbilt and Streak: Memphis W10 sits just behind North Carolina State (3), Miami (Fla.) (3) and Wake Forest (3). TULANE (3-4, 1-2 The American | West) • The Green Wave also leads The American in passing defense (190.6) and passes Rankings: None had intercepted (3). Head Coach: Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State, 1983) • Of head coach Willie Fritz’ 200 on-field victories, 63 have come on the NCAA Overall Career Record: 200-86-1/25th year Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision). NCAA Career Record: 161-81/21st year Tulane Record: 7-12/2nd Year Record vs. Memphis: 0-1 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS Sept. 2 GRAMBLING STATE ESPN3 W, 43-14 MEMPHIS (6-1, 3-1 The American | West) Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 1-0 Rankings: #24 AP Poll/NR Coaches Poll Head Coach: Mike Norvell (Central Arkansas, 2005) Sept. 9 at Navy* CBS Sports Network L, 21-23 Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, Md. | Series History: Tulane leads, 11-10-1 Career Record: 14-6/2nd year Memphis Record: same Sept. 16 at Oklahoma Fox Sports Oklahoma/SoonerSports.TV L, 14-56 Record vs. Tulane: 1-0 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | Norman, Okla. | Series History: Oklahoma leads, 1-0 Sept. 23 ARMY WEST POINT CBS Sports Network W, 21-17 TULANE COACHING STAFF Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 11-9-1 On the Field: Oct. 7 TULSA* ESPN3 W, 62-28 Willie Fritz Head Coach Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulsa leads, 11-3 Alex Atkins Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line Jamaal Fobbs Running Backs Oct. 14 at FIU CUSA.TV L, 10-23 Kevin Peoples Defensive Line Riccardo Silva Stadium | Miami, Fla. | Series History: FIU leads, 1-0 Michael Mutz Linebackers Oct. 21 USF* ESPN2 L, 28-34 Slade Nagle Tight Ends Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: USF leads, 1-0 Jeff Conway Wide Receivers Oct. 27(Fri.) at Memphis* CBS Sports Network 7 p.m. Chris Hampton Defensive Backs Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tenn. | Series History: Memphis leads, 21-11-1 Chris Couch Special Teams Assistant Jordy Joseph Offensive GA Nov. 4 CINCINNATI* ESPN3 3 p.m. In the Press Box: Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 11-4 Jack Curtis Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Nov. 11 at ECU* CBS Sports Network 6 p.m. CT Doug Ruse Offensive Coordinator/QBs Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | Greenville, N.C. | Series History: ECU leads, 10-3 Derrick Sherman Offensive Analyst Nov. 18 HOUSTON* TBA TBA Johnny Jernigan Defensive Analyst Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Houston leads, 16-5 Mack Helms Offensive GA 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 MEMPHIS YARDSTICK MEDIA INFORMATION Team Statistics Memphis Opponents Points / Game 40.6 34.4 TULANE POSTGAME POLICY First Downs / Game 25.3 24.9 Tulane postgame interviews will take place in the Rushing Yards / Game 158.7 212.7 squad room, located on the second floor of the James W. Wilson Jr. Athletics Center. Media can access the Passing Yards / Game 333.4 275.7 squad room through the west rear entrance of the Total Offense / Game 492.1 488.4 Wilson Center. Fumbles-Lost 8-5 20-11 Head coach Willie Fritz and requested players Penalties-Pen. Yards / Game 7.9-66.9 8.0-72.7 will be available in the postgame interview room Time of Possession / Game 25:38 34:22 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 Darrell Henderson 71-541 77.3 3 of the visiting school will establish the admittance Patrick Taylor 71-346 57.7 7 policies for the visiting team’s locker room. Passing Comp-Att-Int, Pct Yds TD Riley Ferguson 173-289-6, 59.9 2285 20 RELEASE INFORMATION Releases are e-mailed to the media and are also Receiving Rec-Yds Avg TD available on the official Tulane athletics website: Anthony Miller 55-784 112.0 9 TulaneGreenWave.com. Stats are available via e-mail or Tony Pollard 20-257 41.6 2 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 Austin Hall 38-11-49 5.0 3 0/1 Athletics Director, Strategic Communications, at 504-862- Jonathan Cook 37-11-48 3.0 0 0/1 8249 or [email protected]. INTERVIEW REQUESTS SERIES NOTES All interview requests for Tulane student-athletes, • Tulane and Memphis are meeting for the 34th time on the gridiron with coaches and administrators should be made be made with the Tigers leading the all-time series 21-11-1. Scottie Rodgers in the Tulane Strategic Communications • The Green Wave have lost the last 10 games in the series. office. • Tulane’s last win over Memphis was a 37-14 victory in New Orleans on TULANE WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCE Nov. 18, 2000. Tulane football head coach Willie Fritz holds his • Tulane’s last road win over Memphis was a 41-31 victory on Nov. 7, 1998. weekly press conferences on Tuesdays each week, In that game, the Wave was ranked tied for 15th in the Associated Press Poll beginning with the first weekly news conference on and 16th in the Coaches’ Poll. Tuesday, August 29 at approximately 10:45 a.m. CT. This • The Green Wave are 2-12 in games in the series played in Memphis. The year’s weekly news conferences take place in the Iberia Bank Suite on field level in Yulman Stadium. Immediately other win was a 24-7 victory on Nov. 14, 1981. after practice, all assistant coaches and players are • Tulane is looking for its sixth conference win as member of The American available for interviews. Following that, Coach Fritz is with its previous wins coming vs. UConn and at Houston in 2014, vs. UCF in available to the media for 15-20 minutes in the Iberia Bank 2015, at UConn in 2016 and vs. Tulsa in 2017. 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 Tulane’s flagship station, Fox Sports AM Football, Women’s Golf 1280 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.