Tulsa Football Game Notes vs. Navy

GAME 10:
TULSA (7-2, 4-1 The American) vs. NAVY (6-2, 4-1 The American)
Saturday, November 12, 2016 • 11 a.m. (CT)/12 p.m. (ET)
Navy-Marine Corps Stadium (34,000) • Annapolis, Maryland
TV: CBS Sports Network
Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM

FIRST PLACE ON THE LINE IN WEST DIVISION OF AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY AS TULSA TRAVELS TO NAVY.

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THE COACHES
TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE
Head Coach:           Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State '95), 2nd year
Career Record: 13-9 (2 years)
TU Record: same

NAVY MIDSHIPMEN
Head Coach:          Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii '89), 9^th year
Career Record:      74-39 (9 years)
Navy Record:         same

THE STORYLINES . . .
•     This is the fourth meeting between Tulsa and Navy.
•     Tulsa has the smallest FBS enrollment with 3,473 students, while Navy has an enrollment of 4,400 students.
•     This game is for first place in the American Athletic Conference West Division, as both teams come in with a 4-1 league mark . . . Tulsa lost to Houston, while Navy lost to USF.
•     Both teams are bowl eligible . . . Tulsa became bowl eligible on Oct. 29 with a win at Memphis, and Navy became bowl eligible last week with a win over Notre Dame . . . last year, Tulsa did not become bowl eligible until Nov. 27.
•     The run game is a key component in each team's offensive attack . . . Navy's option game averaged 299.5 yards rushing per game to lead the league, while Tulsa averages 253.3 yards from a spread offense and ranks third in The American.
•     Tulsa co-Defensive Coordinator Brian Norwood and Navy Head Coach Ken Niumatalolo were high school best friends, teammates at the University of Hawaii, and remain good friends.
•     Tulsa's 7-2 record is the best since Tulsa was also 7-2 in the 2012 season.

QUICK HITS . . .
•     Tulsa running backs D'Angelo Brewer (252 vs. Fresno State) and James Flanders (249 vs. Memphis) have two of the top-6 rushing games in school history this year.
•     A total of 19 freshmen have seen action in at least one game this year, including 12 red-shirt freshmen and seven true freshmen . . . two transfers have also made playing debuts this year.
•     In 22 games under Philip Montgomery, Tulsa has scored over 40 points 14 times and has posted a 12-2 record when doing so.
•     Tulsa has had 25 scoring drives in regulation under two minutes this season.
•   Tulsa has gone over 600 yards of total offense five times in the last two years under Montgomery, and over 500 yards of total offense in 13 games, including 7 times in 2015 and in 6 games this year.

THE SERIES . . .
•     This is the fourth meeting between Tulsa and Navy.
•     Navy leads the series 2-1, and has won both games on Tulsa's home field.
•     Navy has won the two games by a margin of 26.0 points.
•     Tulsa's win in the series came in 2006 with a 24-23 overtime win in Annapolis.

THE 300-YARD RUSHING GAME . . .
•     Tulsa has rushed for 300+ yards in six of its first nine games this season.
•     Tulsa rushed for 305 yards vs. San Jose State, 336 at Fresno State, 315 vs. SMU, 330 vs. Tulane, 362 at Memphis and 342 vs. East Carolina.
•     It's the most 300+ rushing yards since Tulsa had six 300+ games in the 2008 season.
•     The Hurricane team of 1950 also had six 300+ rushing games.

40 AND MORE . . .
•     Tulsa has scored 40+ points in all seven wins this year, while averaging 49.7 points in the seven victories.
•     In its current three-game winning streak, Tulsa has scored 154 points for an average of 51.3 points per game.
•     During the last three-game stretch, Tulsa scored a 50-27 win over Tulane on Oct. 22, and a week later posted a 59-30 win at Memphis . . . it was the first time Tulsa scored 50+ points in a road game since the 2011 season when the Hurricane claimed a 57-28 win at UTEP.
•     The Hurricane has three 50+ scoring games on the year, the most since four 50+ scoring games in the 2010 season . . . Tulsa has four 50+ scoring games in the last 10 games, dating back to the 2015 bowl game.

REMINISCIENT OF THE PALOMINO EXPRESS. . .
•     In 1982, there were two running back tandems in America that had two 1,000 yard rushers – the Pony Express at SMU and the Palomino Express at Tulsa.
•     Tulsa's Palomino Express – Micheal Gunter and Ken Lacy – rushed for 1,464 and 1,097 yards, respectively.
•     This year, the Tulsa running back duo of James Flanders and D'Angelo Brewer are on the doorsteps of duplicating that 1,000-1,000 rushing mark for the Hurricane.
•     Flanders went over 1,000 yards last week against East Carolina and now has 1,080 yards, while Brewer is 17 yards shy of 1,000 with 983 yards.
•     Currently, it has happened only 69 times in D1 (FBS) history that a team has had two 1,000 yard rushers in the same season.

ONE-TWO IN THE AMERICAN . . .
•     Tulsa's dynamic 2-player punch at the running back position with junior D'Angelo Brewer and senior John Flanders are ranked one-two in the American Athletic Conference.
•     Brewer has an average of 122.9 yards per game and Flanders averages 120.0 yards per game.
•     Flanders has rushed for 1,080 yards, 6.6 yards per game and 14 TDs in nine games, while Brewer has 983 rushing yards, five TDs and a 5.3 average per rush in eight contests.
•     The next two on The American's rushing chart are both quarterbacks – USF's Quinton Flowers (102.3 ypg) and Navy's Will Worth (99.1 ypg).

MORE ON THE RUSHING DUO . . .
•     The duo of D'Angelo Brewer and James Flanders has totaled 90.5 percent of Tulsa's rushing total this year with a combined 2,063 yards.
•     The pair also has 19 of Tulsa's 26 rushing TDs, while Flanders leads with 14.
•     They have combined for 21 runs over 20 yards and has had eight TD runs of 20 yards or more . . . Flanders has 12 carries of 20+ gains, including six for TDs and three covering over 50 yards . . . Brewer has nine 20+ gains and two having gone for touchdowns.
•     Flanders has five 100+ rushing games this season and Brewer has four.
•     The two are each approaching 2,000 career rushing yards as well . . . Brewer has 1,948 yards, needing 52 more for 2,000 . . . Flanders has 1,628 yards, 372 yards shy of 2,000.
•     In the last three games, Flanders has rushed for 620 yards, a 206.7 average per game, and nine touchdowns.

DEFENSE IS COMING UP BIG . . .
•     In the last two games, Tulsa's defense came up big against two of the top-5 offenses in the American Athletic Conference.
•     Against Memphis, Tulsa forced four turnovers, and three of those takeaways amounted to 21 points for the Hurricane.
•     Tulsa's defense had eight TFLs, three QB sacks, six pass breakups, five QB hurries, while adding four takeaways –– two fumble recoveries and two interceptions.
•     A week later against East Carolina, Tulsa did not force any turnovers, but the Hurricane had a season-best seven sacks en route to a total of nine TFLs, and also added five pass break-ups . . . the sack total was the most since garnering seven sacks vs. UTEP in 2013.
•     In the last two games, Tulsa totaled 17 TFLs, 10 QB sacks, 11 pass breakups and seven QB hurries.

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