Tulsa Postgame Notes at Rice
10/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 22, 2011
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• Senior quarterback G.J. Kinne started his 32nd consecutive game.
• Senior left tackle Tyler Holmes started his 39th career game. He has started every game in which he has played since joining Tulsa as a freshman in 2008. Holmes missed six games in 2009 due to an injury.
• Tulsa wore alternate helmets for the game, a blue and white fiber pattern. It was the first time since 2009 the Hurricane wore helmets of a color other than gold. TU wore blue helmets three times that season and won all three games - vs. Sam Houston State, at Rice, and vs. Memphis.
• Curnelius Arnick intercepted a pass on Rice's first play of the game. It was his first interception of the season and fifth of his career.
• Tulsa scored on its first drive on a one-yard run by G.J. Kinne with 13:15 left in the first quarter. It was the fastest the Hurricane has reached the end zone in a game this season, and third straight game in which it scored on its first drive.
• Dexter McCoil picked an interception on Rice's second drive of the game. It was his third interception of the season and 10th of his career.
• The Tulsa defense forced its third turnover in Rice first three drives of the game when Jared St. John forced a fumble and Shawn Jackson recovered the ball at the Rice 41 yard line. It was St. John's first forced fumble of the season and Jackson's first fumble recovery of the season.
• Kevin Fitzpatrick made a 52-yard field goal with 4:37 remaining in the first quarter. It was a career-long field goal for Fitzpatrick, whose previous career-long was 51 yards against East Carolina in 2009 (11/15/09).
• The 17 points Tulsa scored in the first quarter was the most it has scored in the opening period this season.
• G.J. Kinne threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Willie Carter in the second quarter. It was the longest touchdown pass of the season for Tulsa.
• Willie Carter had 105 receiving yards by halftime. He finished with 160 receiving yards in the game. It was the third straight week the Hurricane had a different receiver with more than 100 yards receiving. Bryan Burnham had 101 yards vs. North Texas (10/1) and Clay Sears had 105 yards vs. UAB (10/15).
• Willie Carter's 160 receiving yards was a career high. His previous career high was 135 yards at Oklahoma on Sept. 3.
• Kevin Fitzpatrick missed a 35-yard field goal wide left in the third quarter. It was his first miss of the season and first miss in 10 attempts dating back to the 2010 season (vs. UTEP 11/20/10). He was a perfect 7-for-7 in 2011 before the miss.
• Curnelius Arnick tallied 12 tackles in the game. It was his fifth game this season with double-digit tackles and 13th of his career.
• Kevin Fitzpatrick totaled eight points in the game (one field goal, five extra points), and moved into a tie for sixth place on the Tulsa career scoring chart with 250 points. He is tied with David Fuess (1986-89), and surpassed James Anderson, who totaled 248 points from 1993-97.
• G.J. Kinne totaled 352 yards of offense in the game (318 passing, 34 rushing). He now has 9,135 yards of total offense in his career at Tulsa, and moved into second place on the TU career total offense chart. He surpassed T.J. Rubley, who totaled 9.080 from 1987-91.
• Tulsa scored 30 or more points for the third straight game in the 38-20 victory at Rice. The Hurricane previously defeated North Texas 41-24 and UAB, 37-20. It was also the fifth game this season TU has scored 30-plus points.
• G.J. Kinne passed for more than 300 yards for the third straight game. He totaled 318 at Rice after tossing for 314 vs. North Texas and 341 vs. UAB.
• Trey Watts totaled 100 yards of offense (68 rushing, 32 receiving). It was the second times this season he has totaled 100 or more yards of offense in a game. He rushed for 159 yards against Oklahoma State on Sept. 17.
• Watts scored one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown in the game. It was his first career multiple touchdown game.
