Tulsa vs. Oklahoma
9/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 10, 2005
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- Garrett Mills' 13 receptions for 152 yards are both career highs, and Mills produced his second career 100-yard receiving game. The 152 yards is the best single game performance since Romby Bryant's 166 yards against San Jose State in 2002, while his 13 receptions were the most since Donald Shoals' 13 catches against Fresno State in 2000.
- Garrett Mills increased his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 29 with a second-down catch on TU's opening drive.
- Garrett Mills caught the first seven passes of the game for TU.
- Quarterback Paul Smith started his second career game and registered career highs in completions (24), attempts (36) and yards (246). Smith also recorded career-bests of 18 carries and 48 yards and registered his second career rushing touchdown.
- Oklahoma's touchdown on its opening drive marked the second straight week Tulsa's opponent scored on its first drive.
- Tulsa is now 1-2 against top-25 ranked teams under Head Coach Steve Kragthorpe.
- Today's attendance of 83,877 was the largest crowd to ever watch a Tulsa football game. The top three crowds in school history have all been against OU (1983, 2001, 2005).
- Junior defensive back Nick Graham registered his second career interception, and the turnover also marked his second straight game with an interception.
- Brad DeVault's 52-yard field goal in the second quarter was the longest of his career, and tied for the ninth-longest in school history. The field goal was the longest made since James Anderson's 53-yard field goal against Cincinnati in 1997.
- Brad DeVault tied his career record for field goals (52, 22, 19) in a single game with three. He also registered three field goals against Hawaii in 2004.
- TU's second quarter field goal snapped a streak of 102 straight points by the Sooners in the last two games (2001; 58-0, 2002; 37-0) and through the first quarter (7-0) of today's game.
- Junior-transfer Steve Craver recorded his first career interception with his second-quarter pick.
- The last time Tulsa had two or more interceptions in one game was three against #24 UTEP during the final game of the 2004 season.
- Oklahoma's 92 yards in the first half was the least amount of yards the Sooners have gained against the Golden Hurricane since 1943. The previous low was 159 yards in 1993 at Norman.
- TU's 9-7 lead against Oklahoma in the third quarter was the Hurricane's first lead against the Sooners since Sept. 28, 1996, when Tulsa erased a 24-7 OU halftime lead by scoring 24 straight points in the second half en route to a 31-24 victory.
