Tulsa Football Game Notes vs. Houston

Tulsa Football Game Notes vs. Houston

10/9/2017 3:54:00 PM | Football

GAME 7:
TULSA (1-5, 0-2 The American) vs. HOUSTON (4-1, 2-0 The American)
Saturday, October 14, 2017 • 3:01 p.m. (CT)
H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000), Tulsa, Okla.
TV: ESPNews
Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM

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THE COACHES
TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE
Head Coach:           Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State '95), 3rd year
Career Record:      17-15 (3 years)
TU Record:            same

HOUSTON COUGARS
Head Coach:          Major Applewhite (Texas '02), 1^st year
Career Record:      4-2 (1+ year)
UH Record:            same

THE STORYLINES . . .
•      Tulsa has the smallest FBS undergraduate enrollment with 3,406 students, while Houston has an enrollment of 43,770 students.
•      The two teams are averaging similar numbers in total offense … Tulsa averages 448.2 yards per game, while Houston has a 433.0 average.
•      For Tulsa, the Hurricane rushes for 269 yards and passes for 179.2, while Houston throws for 268.0 yards and runs for 165 yards.
•      Tulsa has a 50-38-3 record on Homecoming … Tulsa has faced Houston 5 times on Homecoming, but this is the first time since 1969.

THE TULSA-HOUSTON SERIES . . .
•      This is the 42nd meeting between Tulsa and Houston.
•      Houston leads the series 23-18 and has won the last three contests.
•      UH won last year's meeting, holding off Tulsa in the last second, for a 38-31 win.
•      Tulsa's last win in the series came at Houston, 41-7, in 2012.
•      The series is tied 9-9 in games played in Tulsa.

QUICK HITS . . .
•      Tulsa has had 21 freshmen (true or red-shirt) play in at least one game this season.
•      D'Angelo Brewer is only the 4th Tulsa player with 3,000+ rushing yards.
•      RS-freshman QB Luke Skipper had the 5th most passing yards for a Tulsa     freshman in school history with 256 yards at Tulane, and the most for a Tulsa freshman since Josh Blankenship's 271 yards in 1999.
•      Tulsa had back-to-back 400+ rushing games, including 424 yards vs. Louisiana and 423 yards at Toledo.
•      In the last 3 games, Tulsa had a combined possession time of only 54:03 compared to 125:57 for the three option opponents it faced.
•      Sophomore Keenen Johnson had a career-high 131 receiving yards vs. Tulane.
•      True freshman RB has the 7th-most rushing yards for a Tulsa freshman in school history with 393 yards.

BREWER BECOMES ONLY 4th TULSA PLAYER TO SURPASS 3,000 CAREER RUSHING YARDS . . .
•      D'Angelo Brewer become just the 4th running back in school history to rush for over 3,000 career yards on just his 4th carry against Navy.
•      Brewer now has 3,084 career yards and 20 touchdowns on 608 carries.
•      He jumped from 9th place to 4th place on the school's all-time rushing chart with his 262-yard rushing performance against Louisiana in the second game of the season.
•      He came into that Louisiana game with 2,433 career rushing yards and ended with 2,695 career yards.
•      Brewer also went over 100 yards this year with 152 rushing yards against Toledo and 131 yards vs. New Mexico.
•      Brewer is now 431 yards away from moving up any further on the career rushing
        list … Trey Watts (2010-13) is in third place with 3,515 yards.
•      Brewer has 12 career 100-yard rushing games … he is tied with Gordon Brown (1984-85) for the 4th most 100-yard rushing games in school history … trailing Micheal Gunter (16; 1980-83), Tarrion Adams (16; 2005-08), and Trey Watts (15; 2010-13).

SKIPPER MAKES AN APPEARANCE . . .
•      Red-shirt freshman Luke Skipper made his second game appearance this season against Tulane.
•      It was his first game appearance since the season opener against Oklahoma State.
•      Skipper entered the lineup against Tulane in the 1st quarter with Tulsa trailing 21-0.
•      He completed a 1-yard pass on his first play and on his second play threw 59 yards to Justin Hobbs for a touchdown.
•      Skipper finished the game 10-of-14 for 256 yards and one TD.
•      Three of his passes went for over 50 yards, including 52, 59 amd 74 yards.
•      Skipper came into the game having completed 2-of-3 passes for just 10 yards in the contest at Oklahoma State.

THE LONG BALL . . .
•      Before the Tulane game, Tulsa had just 2 passes that went for more than 40 yards on the season.
•      But, Luke Skipper surpassed that number vs. Tulane with 3 passes for 50+ yards.
•      The first covered 59 yards to Justin Hobbs for a touchdown … the second was a 74-yard pass to Keenen Johnson to the Tulane 1-yard line, and then a pass to Keylon Stokes for a 52-yard reception to the Tulane 13-yard line.
•      The 74-yard pass completion was the longest play from scrimmage for the Hurricane this season, surpassing a 71-yard Chad President run.
•      Tulsa now has a total of 9 plays from scrimmage totaling 50 yards or more, including 4 passes and 5 runs.

THE FRESHMEN . . .
•      There have been 21 freshmen who have played in their first collegiate game this season, including 7 true freshmen and 14 red-shirt freshmen … among that group is 6 walkons
•      The true freshmen who have played this year include – RB Shamari Brooks, CB Akayleb Evans, DT Garrett Flanary, CB Allie Green IV, DS Adam Higuera, WR Keylon Stokes and walk-on SAF Ryan McDaniel
•      The 14 red-shirt freshman to have seen playing time include – OL Tiller Bucktrot, OL Clay Greathouse, WR Josh Stewart, QB Luke Skipper, TE David Fitzwater, LB Treyvon Reeves, OL Waahid Muhammad, DT Tyarise Stevenson, DT Johnnie Williams; and walkons – RB Matt Harvey, DT, Brandon Ferguson, DT Jacob Pugh, DE Beau Wooden, WR Andrew McKinnis.

BROOKS ON FRESHMAN RUSHING LIST . . .
•      True freshman Shamari Brooks has rushed for 393 yards, a 6.1 average and 6 TDs in six games this year.
•      He has two 100-yard rushing games, including 104 and 2 TDs vs. Tulane and 141 yards and 3 TDs vs. Toledo.
•      His 393-yard rushing total is the 7th most for a Tulsa freshman (true or red-shirt).
•      The most rushing yards for a Tulsa freshman was Kenneth Lee's 582 yards in
        1986.
•      Brooks became just the 14th freshman (true or red-shirt) to gain 100 yards in a single game for the Golden Hurricane.
•      His 100+ games are the 22nd and 23rd times in school history that a freshman had rushed for over 100 yards in a game, and the first time since 2015 when red-shirt freshman Ramadi Warren gained 139 yards against Cincinnati.
•      Brooks' 141 rushing yards vs. Toledo is the 9th best freshman performance in school history.