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Tulsa Post-Game Notes vs. SMU
10/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 12, 2008
Recap | Final Stats
- Tulsa game captains were David Johnson and Moton Hopkins.
- Today's honorary captain for Tulsa is former TU and Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Tony Liscio (1959-62).
- Moton Hopkins started his 29th consecutive game at defensive end and offensive guard Justin Morsey started his 30th straight contest.
- Tulsa is 6-0 for the first time since 1942 when the Hurricane posted a 10-0 record before losing its first game.
- Tarrion Adams moved into second place on the school's all-time rushing chart with 2,647 yards, surpassing Eric Richardson's total of 2,645 by two yards.
- Tarrion Adams went over 100 rushing yards for the third straight game, which is the first time since Uril Parrish had three straight 100 rushing games in 2004.
- Tulsa went over 300 yards rushing for the third straight game, and the most since 1986 when the Hurricane had three consecutive 300+ rushing games.
- Tulsa failed to score 40 points for the first time this season.
- Tulsa has gone over 500 yards for the sixth time this season, and has surpassed 600 yards for the fourth time this year.
- After scoring on their first possession in the first three games, Tulsa has now failed to score on its first possession in the last two games.
- Tulsa's three first-quarter points was the fewest in the first quarter for the Hurricane since the SMU game last year in Game 8, when Tulsa was held scoreless.
- Tulsa trailed at the end of the first quarter for the first time since the season opener when Tulsa trailed UAB 13-7 at the end of the first period.
- Michael Such punted twice in the first half against SMU, it marked only the second game this year that he punted more one time in an entire game.
- Slick Shelley has caught a touchdown pass in each of the last four games, after not catching one in Tulsa's first two contests.
- Tulsa trailed at halftime 17-13. The last time Tulsa trailed at halftime was against UAB in the season opener, 22-21. It's also the second straight year that Tulsa has trailed SMU at halftime, as last year SMU led 13-7.
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