Tulsa vs. Bowling Green Postgame Notes
9/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 11, 2010
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• Tulsa's game captains were G.J. Kinne, Charles Clay, Charles Davis, Curnelius Arnick and Clint Anderson.
• True freshmen Marco Nelson and Shawn Jackson made their first career starts for Tulsa's defense.
• Nelson recorded his first career interception at the 5:22 mark of the first quarter.
• That defensive stop snapped a streak of six scoring drives that Tulsa had allowed dating back to last week's 51-49 loss at East Carolina.
• Charles Clay scored his 33rd career touchdown on a 42-yard reception from G.J. Kinne at the 4:39 mark of the 1st quarter. With that touchdown, Clay moved past Howard Twilley, Steve Largent and Michael Gunter to claim sole possession of 2nd place on TU's all-time total touchdown chart.
• Junior college transfer Darrell Zellers recorded his first career quarterback sack, for a six-yard loss, at the 1:45 mark of the 1st quarter
• Shawn Jackson recorded his first career interception at the 6:52 mark of the second quarter. He joins another freshman making his first start (Marco Nelson) to record his first career interception.
• The last time Tulsa recorded two interceptions in the same game was against UTEP (10/21/09).
• Jamad Williams recorded his first career quarterback sack at the 3:04 mark of the third quarter. Williams made his second start as a safety after moving from the offense where he was the starting running back.
• Fitzpatrick kicked his fourth field of the game at the 0:56 mark of the third quarter. It tied his personal best of four field goals last season against Memphis (11/27/09).
• Charles Davis recorded his third career interception at the 5:32 mark of the fourth quarter. It was his first interception since he registered two picks against New Mexico (9/20/08).
• Davis, Nelson and Jackson combined for three interceptions on the game. It marked the first time since Tulsa's game against New Mexico (9/20/08) that the team intercepted three passes in a single game. In that game, Davis and Roy Roberts each had two interceptions.
• Damaris Johnson ended the game with 84 yards on seven catches. That total pushed him over the career 2,000-yard receiving yards mark. He now has 2,009 career receiving yards.
• G.J. Kinne passed for 350 yards. That ranks 29th among TU's best individual passing performances (tied with Paul Smith vs. Oklahoma on 9/20/07). It was his second consecutive game with over 300 yards passing and fifth career 300-yard game and third best overall performance.
• Tulsa tallied 540 yards of total offense. It was the second consecutive game that Tulsa has surpassed 500 yards and the 27th time under head coach Todd Graham.
