Tulsa Post-Game Notes vs. UTEP
10/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 7, 2007
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- Tulsa captains are Paul Smith, Chris Chamberlain, Nelson Coleman, Kyle Grooms and Courtney Tennial.
- Quarterback Paul Smith and linebacker Nelson Coleman have now each started the last 31 games.
- Nick Henderson, who made the switch from offense earlier this week, received the start at cornerback for his first career start.
- UTEP scored on its first possession, snapping a two-game streak where Tulsa's opponent did not score on their first possession. Tulsa's first two opponents -- UL-Monroe and BYU -- scored on their first possessions this year as well.
- For the third time this season, Trae Johnson's first reception of the game resulted in a touchdown. This time it went for 28 yards. The other two came in the first two games vs. UL-Monroe (41 yards) and BYU (17 yards).
- Tulsa trailed at the end of the first quarter for the second time this season. The first time came against Oklahoma, also 14-7.
- Paul Smith threw for over 100 yards in the first quarter for the third time this season. The first two came against UL-Monroe with 120 yards and 136 vs. BYU.
- Brennan Marion had his second 100+ receiving game this season, and in both games he surpassed the 100-yard mark in the first half. He had 108 yards on three receptions vs. UTEP in the fist half, and earlier this year he had 124 first-half yards on two catches vs. BYU.
- Jarod Tracy missed his first PAT this year after making his first 20 PATs this year. His last miss came ion his last attempt of the 2006 season against Utah.
- Tulsa went over 300 yards in the first half for the third time this season. The Hurricane had a season-best 353 first-half yards vs. UTEP. Tulsa had 336 first-half yards against BYU and 322 yards vs. UAB in the fist half.
- Paul Smith threw for over 200 yards in the first half for the third time this year. The previous two times came against BYU (302 yards) and Oklahoma (264 yards).
- Tulsa led at halftime (23-21) for only the second time this season. The previous time came last week against UAB by a score of 17-10.
- Tulsa has now scored on its first second half possession in all five games this season.
- Tulsa's 13-play scoring drive on its first second half possession tied for the most plays this year, while the 4:22 possession time is the third longest drive (5:22 and 5:06 are the two longer drives).
- Paul Smith had his fifth straight 300+ passing game, setting a new school record for consecutive 300+ passing games. He tied the mark of four set by Billy Guy Anderson (1965) last week. Smith has passed for 307, 454, 350, 333 and 383 yards in five straight games.
- Tulsa has now scored over 30 points in 33 of its last 56 games dating back to the 2003 season.
- Tulsa had two receivers - Brennan Marion with 136 yards and Trae Johnson with 113 yards - go over 100 yards in the same game since 1995 when Wes Caswell had 120 and Damon Savage had 101 against Iowa on Sept. 21, 1996.
- Tulsa went over 600 yards of total offense for the second straight week as the Hurricane gained 695 yards last week vs. UAB.
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