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 3: TULANE GREEN WAVE (1-1, 0-1 American Athletic Conference | West) vs. #2/3 OKLAHOMA SOONERS (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) GAME INFORMATION THE GAME: Broadcast: Fox Sports Oklahoma/ • Tulane (1-1, 0-1 American Athletic Conference | West) hits the road for the second SoonerSports.tv time in as many weeks to take on No. 2/3 Oklahoma (2-0, 0-0 Big 12 Conference). Talent: Brendan Burke (play-by-play), Dave Anderson (analyst) ABOUT TULANE: Christian Steckel (sidelines) • Tulane is facing its first top three ranked opponent since taking on second-ranked Radio: Fox Sports AM 1280 New Orleans Talent: Todd Graffagnini (play-by-play), LSU on Sept. 29, 2007 (L, 34-9) and third-ranked Texas on Sept. 28, 2002 (L, 49-0). Steve Barrios (analyst), • A win over Oklahoma would give Tulane its first victory over a ranked opponent Gus Kattengell (sideline) since a 31-28 triumph at No. 12 LSU on Nov. 27, 1982. Mobile App: TuneIn App/iHeart Radio • The Green Wave own 19 all-time victories over Top 25-ranked teams, but have not Live Stats: TulaneGreenWave.com recorded a win over a team ranked in the top five in program history (0-35-1). The Twitter Updates: @GreenWaveFB tie was a 6-6 tie to No. 5 Alabama on Sept. 24, 1960. THE SERIES • Tulane owns two wins all-time over a sixth-ranked team – Ole Miss (W, 10-3) on Oct. First Meeting 20, 1956 and Navy (W, 14-6) on Oct. 18, 1958. • The Green Wave have scored 21 or more points in three straight games, dating back TULANE (1-1, 0-1 The American | West) to the 2016 season finale at UConn. Rankings: None Head Coach: Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State, 1983) • Tulane is one of 11 NCAA Football Subdivision programs that have not committed Overall Career Record: 198-83-1/25th year a turnover through the first three weeks of the 2017 season, joining Alabama, Air NCAA Career Record: 159-78/21st year Force, LSU, Kansas State, Miami (Fla.), Stanford, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt Tulane Record: 5-9/2nd Year and Virginia. Record vs. Oklahoma: 0-0 • Tulane has rushed for 100 or more yards in 17 straight games, dating back to the OKLAHOMA (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) final three games of the 2015 season. Rankings: No. 2 AP/No. 3 USA Today Coaches • Second-year head coach Willie Fritz enters the season just two wins away from Head Coach: Lincoln Riley (Texas Tech, 2006) reaching 200 for his coaching career. Of his 198 wins, 62 have come on the NCAA Career Record: 2-0/1st year Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision). Oklahoma Record: Same Record vs. Tulane: 0-0 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS TULANE COACHING STAFF Sept. 2 GRAMBLING STATE ESPN3 W, 43-14 Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 1-0 On the Field: Willie Fritz Head Coach Sept. 9 at Navy* CBS Sports Network L, 21-23 Alex Atkins Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, Md. | Series History: Tulane leads, 11-10-1 Jamaal Fobbs Running Backs Sept. 16 at Oklahoma Fox Sports Oklahoma/SoonerSports.TV 5:00 p.m. Kevin Peoples Defensive Line Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | Norman, Okla. | Series History: First Meeting Michael Mutz Linebackers Sept. 23 ARMY WEST POINT CBS Sports Network 11:00 a.m. Slade Nagle Tight Ends Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 10-9-1 Jeff Conway Wide Receivers Chris Hampton Defensive Backs Oct. 7 TULSA* TBA TBA Chris Couch Special Teams Assistant Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulsa leads, 11-2 Jordy Joseph Offensive GA Oct. 14 at FIU TBA TBA In the Press Box: Riccardo Silva Stadium | Miami, Fla. | Series History: First Meeting Jack Curtis Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Oct. 21 USF* TBA TBA Doug Ruse Offensive Coordinator/QBs Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: First Meeting Derrick Sherman Offensive Analyst Oct. 27(Fri.) at Memphis* CBS Sports Network 7:00 p.m. Johnny Jernigan Defensive Analyst Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tenn. | Series History: Memphis leads, 21-11-1 Mack Helms Offensive GA Jake Stone Defensive GA Nov. 4 CINCINNATI* TBA TBA Walker Ashburn Defensive GA Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Tulane leads, 11-4 Nov. 11 at ECU* TBA TBA Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | Greenville, N.C. | Series History: ECU leads, 10-3 Nov. 18 HOUSTON* TBA TBA Yulman Stadium | New Orleans, La. | Series History: Houston leads, 16-5 Nov. 25 at SMU* TBA TBA 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 OKLAHOMA YARDSTICK MEDIA INFORMATION Team Statistics Oklahoma Opponents Points / Game 43.5 11.5 TULANE POSTGAME POLICY First Downs / Game 31.0 16.0 Tulane postgame interviews will take place in Rushing Yards / Game 140.0 120.0 the squad room, located on the second floor of the Wilson Center. Media can access the squad room Passing Yards / Game 441.0 138.5 through the west rear entrance of the Wilson Center. Total Offense / Game 583.0 258.5 Green Wave head coach Willie Fritz and re- Fumbles - Lost 2-2 1-1 quested players will be available in the post Penalties - Pen. Yards / Game 4-43.0 7-68.5 game interview approximately 10 minutes af- Time of Possession / Game 34:56 25:03 ter the game. Tulane’s locker room is closed. Top Individual Leaders The visitor’s locker room is located at the north- west end of the stadium. The SID of the visiting school Rushing Att-Yds Avg TD will establish admittance policies to the visiting locker Trey Sermon 24-113 4.7 0 room. Abdul Adams 13-73 5.6 0 Passing Comp-Att-Int, Pct Yds TD RELEASE INFORMATION Baker Mayfield 46-55-0, 83.6 715 6 Releases are e-mailed to the media and are also avail- able on the official Tulane athletics website: Receiving Rec-Yds Avg TD TulaneGreenWave.com. Stats are available via e-mail or Jeff Badet 9-173 19.2 0 the website in PDF form. Requests for this information Mark Andrews 9-157 17.4 1 can be made by contacting Scottie Rodgers, Associate Defense UA-A-TT TFL INT FF/FR AD/Strategic Communications at [email protected]. Emmanuel Beal 7-6-13 2.0 0 0/0 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo 7-3-10 4.5 0 0/0 INTERVIEW REQUESTS All interview requests for Tulane student-athletes, ABOUT THE SOONERS coaches and administrators should be made be made with the Tulane Strategic Communications office. • Oklahoma was named the Football Writers Association of America Please contact Scottie Rodgers, primary football National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Sept. 9 on the contact, at (504) 491-7610 or by email at srodger1@tulane. heels of the Sooners’ 31- 16 win at then-No. 2 Ohio State. edu. • Since losing 45-24 to No. 3 Ohio State on Sept. 17, 2016, Oklahoma has rattled off 12 straight victories, good for the nation’s longest streak and TULANE WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCE the 10th longest in school history. Tulane football head coach Willie Fritz will hold his weekly press conferences on Tuesdays each week, begin- SERIES NOTES ning with the first weekly news conference on Tuesday, August 29 at approximately 10:45 a.m. CT. This year’s • Tulane and Oklahoma are meeting for first time on the gridiron. weekly news conferences will take place in the Iberia Bank • Tulane owns a 15-38-1 record against the current members of the Big 12 Suite on field level in Yulman Stadium. Immediately after Conference – Baylor (3-3), Iowa State (1-3), Kansas (0-1), Kansas State (1-0), practice, all assistant coaches and players will be available Texas (1-17-1), TCU (4-8), Texas Tech (3-2) and West Virginia (2-4). for interviews on the field. Following that, Coach Fritz will • Tulane’s last game against a Big 12 foe was a 63-18 loss at No. 14 Texas on be available to the media for 15-20 minutes in the Iberia Bank Suite. Sept. 27, 2003. • Ironically, the last victory against a Big 12 team was actually a Conference USA matchup between Tulane and TCU with the Green Wave upsetting the THE WILLIE FRITZ RADIO SHOW Willie Fritz’ Radio Show will take place at Manning’s No. 25 Horned Frogs 38-35 on Sept. 1, 2003. (519 Fulton St.) from 7-8 p.m. The show is hosted by Todd Graffagnini on TU’s flagship station, Fox Sports AM 1280 Tulane Strategic Communications New Orleans. SCOTTIE RODGERS • Associate Athletics Director The show features a call-in format and fans are also Office: 504-862-8249 • Cell: 504-491-7610 • [email protected] urged to submit questions via the Tulane athletics website: TulaneGreenWave.com or Tweet questions to @GreenWav- Football, Women’s Golf eFB.