2016 TULSA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Tulsa Athletic Media Relations • 800 S. Tucker Drive • Tulsa, OK 74104 Facebook: /TulsaHurricane and /TulsaFootball • Twitter:@TulsaHurricane and @TulsaFootball Instagram: TulsaHurricanePics • Website: www.TulsaHurricane.com Game Information TULSA (4-2, 1-1 AAC) vs. TULANE (3-3, 0-2 AAC) Date / Time: Saturday, Oct. 22, 2:45 p.m. (CT) GAME Site: Tulsa, Okla. HOMECOMING • Sat., October 22, 2016 • 2:45 p.m. (CT) Stadium: Skelly Field @ H.A. Chapman Stadium #7 H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000), Tulsa, Okla. TV: ESPNU TV: ESPN2 • Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM Talent: Eamon McAnaney (pxp), John Congemi (analyst) THE STORYLINES . Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM • This is the 12th meeting between Tulsa and Tulane. Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp), Rick Couri (analyst), • Both school's are private Universities . Tulsa has the smallest FBS enrollment Jeremie Poplin (sideline) with 3,473 students, while Tulane has an enrollment of 13,449 students. Live Stats: TulsaHurricane.com • Tulsa and Tulane each moved from Conference USA to the American Athletic Series: Tulsa leads 10-2 Conference in the same year – 2014. First Meeting: Nov. 9, 1968 (Tulane won 25-15 • Both teams are coming off tough losses – Tulsa 38-31 on the road at #12-ranked @ New Orleans, La.) Houston and Tulane at home, 24-14, against Memphis. Last Meeting: Nov. 27, 2015 (Tulsa won 45-34 • Tulsa has posted an overall 49-38-3 Homecoming mark since the first one was @ New Orleans) recorded in 1926. QUICK HITS . TULSA 4-2, 1-1 The American • A total of 17 freshmen have seen action in at least one game this year, including Head Coach: Philip Montgomery 10 red-shirt freshmen and seven true freshmen . two transfers have also (Tarleton State '95) made playing debuts this year. 2nd year at Tulsa • Dane Evans surpassed G.J. Kinne (2009-11) for second-place on the school’s Career Record: 10-9 (2 years) career passing chart in the first half against Houston. Evans entered the game TU Record: same with 9,467 yards and needed five yards to tie Kinne. • Four Tulsa players had double-digit tackles – Trent Martin (13), Kerwin Thomas TULANE 3-3, 0-2 The American (11), Jordan Mitchell (10) and Matt Linscott (10) – against Houston. Head Coach: Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State '83) • Tulsa's defense has intercepted five passes this year, and two of those have 1st year at Tulane gone for touchdowns, covering 24 and 65 yards. Career Record: 196-77-1 (24 years) • In 18 games under Philip Montgomery, Tulsa has scored over 40 points 11 Tulane Record: 3-3 (1 year) times and has posted a 9-2 record when doing so. • The Hurricane had back-to-back games with two 100-yard rushers Tulsa Coaching Staff (D'Angelo Brewer and James Flanders) and two 100-yard receivers (Keevan Lucas and Josh Atkinson) this season. Philip Montgomery Head Coach Bill Young (PB) Co-Defensive Coord./DL • Tulsa has gone over 600 yards of total offense four times in the last two years Brian Norwood Co-Defensive Coord./Saf. under Montgomery, and over 500 yards of total offense in 10 games. Jermial Ashley Defensive Line • 17 of Tulsa's 33 scoring drives in regulation have been under 2 minutes. Mike Bloesch Offensive Line 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS . Aaron Fletcher Cornerbacks Joseph Gillespie Linebackers TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE TULANE GREEN WAVE Justin Hill Running Backs September September Calvin Lowry Receivers & Special Teams 3 SAN JOSE STATE W 45-10 1 @ Wake Forest L 3-7 Beau Trahan (PB) Quarterbacks 10 @ #4 Ohio State L 3-48 10 SOUTHERN W 66-21 17 NC A&T W 58-21 17 NAVY* L 14-21 Jordan Navjar (PB) Offensive Quality Control 24 @ Fresno State W/2OT 48-41 24 UL-LAFAYETTE W 41-39 Luke Olson (PB) Defensive Quality Control October October 7 (Fri) SMU* W/OT 43-40 1 @ UMass W 31-24 15 @ Houston* L 31-38 14 MEMPHIS* L 14-24 22 TULANE* (Homecoming) 2:45 pm 22 @ Tulsa* 2:45 pm 29 @ Memphis* TBA 29 SMU* After an all-state career at Mustang (Okla.) November November HS, Dennis Byrd played defensive tackle at 5 EAST CAROLINA* TBA 5 UCF* Tulsa from 1985-88 after redshirting in 1984. 12 @ Navy* 11 am 12 @ Houston* He completed his career with 321 tackles and 19 @ UCF* TBA 19 TEMPLE* 20 sacks. He was a 2nd round draft pick of the 25 (Fri) CINCINNATI* TBA 26 @ UConn* New York Jets in 1989. Dennis was killed in an auto accident on Saturday, Oct. 15. *American Athletic Conference Games *American Athletic Conference Games 2016 Tulsa Football Game Notes • page 2 PHILIP MONTGOMERY IN SECOND SEASON LEADING 2016 American Standings TULSA FOOTBALL PROGRAM . Team American ALL • Philip Montgomery is in his second season leading the Tulsa football program. EAST DIVISION • He became the 29th head coach in school history on Dec. 11, 2014. South Florida 3-0 6-1 • Montgomery has a 10-9 overall head coaching record with the Hurricane. Temple 2-1 4-3 • Montgomery claimed his first career head coaching victory in the 2015 Tulsa season UCF 1-1 3-3 opener with a 47-44 overtime win over FAU. UConn 1-3 3-4 • In his first year, Montgomery led Tulsa to six wins and to the 2015 Camping World East Carolina 0-2 2-4 Independence Bowl. Cincinnati 0-3 3-3 • He became the fifth Tulsa head coach to lead his first team to a bowl game. WEST DIVISION • Before coming to Tulsa, he spent seven years at Baylor, where he spent the final Navy 3-0 4-1 three seasons as the offensive coordinator/QB coach. Memphis 2-0 5-1 • Under his guidance, Baylor led the nation in total offense and scoring offense in Houston 3-1 6-1 each of his final two seasons. Tulsa 1-1 4-2 • Quarterbacks he tutored included 2011 Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III as Tulane 0-2 3-3 well as Bryce Petty and Nick Florence at Baylor and Kevin Kolb and Case Keenum SMU 0-2 2-4 at Houston. • Before moving to Baylor, he spent five years at Houston, also under Art Briles. The American Schedule • Has coached in 10 Bowl games in his 13 years as a collegiate coach. THIS WEEK (Oct. 22) • Before moving to the college ranks, he spent one year as the offensive coordinator *USF @ Temple (Oct. 21) at Denton (Texas) HS, and before that spent six years at Stephenville HS, where he *Memphis @ Navy *UCF @ UConn was a part of back-to-back Class 4A state championships in 1998 and 1999. *East Carolina @ Cincinnati *Houston @ SMU THE SERIES . *Tulane @ Tulsa • This is the 13th meeting between Tulsa and Tulane. • Tulsa leads the series 10-2 and has won the last two contests. NEXT WEEK (Oct. 29) • Tulsa has a series leading 8-game winning streak, winning eight straight games in *Navy @ USF (Oct. 28) consecutive seasons from 2005-2012. *UCF @ Houston • The Hurricane has a 26.5 win margin in its 10 wins, while Tulane has won its two *Cincinnati @ Temple games by a margin of 8.5 points. *UConn @ East Carolina • Tulsa is 5-0 at home, 4-2 on the road and 1-0 in a neutral site game against the *Tulsa @ Memphis *SMU @ Tulane Green Wave. • Tulsa has won its home games in the series by a margin of 30.8 points. LAST WEEK (Oct. 15) • The last two Tulsa wins have been the closest wins in the series for the Hurricane, *Memphis 24, @ Tulane 14 winning by seven and 11 points. *Temple 25, @ UCF 24 *@ USF 42, UConn 27 OH SO CLOSE AGAINST #12 HOUSTON . *@ Houston 38, Tulsa 31 • Coming off of back-to-back comeback victories against Fresno State and SMU, *American Athletic Conference Game Tulsa almost had a third at #12 Houston. • Tulsa trailed by 14 twice against Houston, 17-3 and 31-17, and both times came Tulsa - Tulane Game back to tie the game . there was only 2:42 taken off the clock between scores to Promos . tie the game at 17-17 and only 3:32 off the clock in scoring 14 points to knot the • Wear Blue or Gold Hurricane colors game at 31-31. for the Homecoming Game this week. • Trailing 38-31, Tulsa took possession with 1:21 remaining, and traveled to the • Fans are encouraged to bring back one-yard line, but failed to reach the end zone on 2nd-and-goal from the two. their Hurricane Flags for the Wave the Flag Tradition. TULSA GOES TO OT IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES . • Hurricane Alley on Chapman Com- • Tulsa went to overtime in back-to-back games this year at Fresno State and a game mons opens at 11:45 am. later, after an open week, against SMU. • Beer sales have moved to areas in- • Tulsa won both of those games, improving its career overtime record to 8-5. side the stadium . beer sales locations are located primarily in the 4 corners of • Tulsa won the coin toss in both games and elected to play defense first. the stadium . sales will be cut-off at the • In both games, it was quarterback Dane Evans that scored the game-winning end of the 3rd quarter. touchdowns, rushing 18 yards at Fresno State in the second overtime and 14 yards • Single-game ticket prices are $15, against SMU in the first overtime period. $30, $40 and $50 before game day. The • The TD runs by Evans in overtime are his only touchdown runs of the season.