Post-game Notes

Nov. 27, 2009

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Tulsa game captains were senior Mike Bryan and sophomore G.J. Kinne.

Freshman Brian DeShane made his second start of the season at left guard. This marks the eighth different starting lineup on Tulsa's offensive line in 12 games.

Tulsa wore the yellow uniforms with blue helmets for the second time this season. The previous game was Tulsa's home opener against Sam Houston State. The blue helmets sported a brand new hurricane logo instead of the traditional "Tulsa" moniker.

Junior Trae Johnson capped Tulsa's opening drive with a 23-yard touchdown reception from Kinne. Johnson now has 23 career touchdowns tying him with Garrett Mills (2002-05) for fourth place on Tulsa's all-time receiving touchdown chart.

Trae Johnson's touchdown also moved him into 14th on the C-USA career receiving touchdown chart.

On his first attempt of the game, junior Michael Such booted an 83-yard punt. It was the third longest in Tulsa history behind a pair of 87-yard punts (Ken Duncan vs. Wichita State in 1969 and Glenn Dobbs vs. Oklahoma in 1942).

Freshman Trent Wilkins blocked a punt at the 1:33 mark of the second quarter. It was Tulsa's first blocked punt of the season.

Senior James Lockett recorded his first career interception in overtime.

Tulsa's overtime win was the team's first overtime appearance since November 11, 2006 when Tulsa lost to Rice 41-38.

The last time Tulsa played Memphis at home resulted in a 37-31 victory in overtime during the 2005 season.

Tulsa is now 3-3 in overtime games.

Sophomore Kevin Fitzpatrick kicked the game-winning field goal in overtime. It was his fourth field goal of the game, a new career high for a single game. His previous high was three field goals Tulane earlier this season.

G.J. Kinne completed 27 of 40 passes for 268 yards. His season tally of 2,732 yards placed him in seventh on Tulsa's single-season passing yards chart surpassing T.J. Rubley (1988) for ninth, Josh Blankenship (2000) for eighth and Paul Smith (2006) for seventh.

Kinne threw three touchdown passes which gave him 22 on the season. That ties for the fifth best single-season mark by a Tulsa quarterback with T.J. Rubley (1989) and James Kilian (2003).

Kinne finished the season with a team-leading 393 rushing yards. This marks the third time that a Tulsa quarterback has led the team in rushing. He joins Mike Stripling (307 yards in 1968) and Clyde LeForce (290 yards in 1943).

Junior Michael Such averaged a season-high 57.7 average on three punts. His previous high was 48.7 yards on six punts against New Mexico (9/12).

Sophomore Damaris Johnson had 75 kickoff return yards on three attempts. He finished the season with 1,131 kickoff return yards. That tied Ashlan Davis for second most on Tulsa's single-season chart. Johnson set the single-season record last year with 1,382 kickoff return yards.

Damaris Johnson tallied 171 all-purpose yards pushing him beyond the 5,000-yard mark for his career. He finished the season with 5,099 career all-purpose yards and is currently ranked seventh on the C-USA all-time chart. Johnson surpassed Kevin Smith (UCF/2005-07) with today's performance.

Post-game Notes

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Mike Bryan

Ashlan Davis

Brian DeShane

Kevin Fitzpatrick

Damaris Johnson

Trae Johnson

G.J. Kinne

James Lockett

Garrett Mills

Paul Smith

Michael Such

Trent Wilkins

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