Tulsa Falls to Navy 44-21

Saturday, November 21

H.A. Chapman Stadium

6:00 p.m. CT

Tulsa

5-6 , 2-5

Navy

9-1 , 7-0

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Tulsa Falls to Navy 44-21

11/21/2015 10:48:00 PM | Football

Box Score

By: Don Tomkalski

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Navy amassed 469 rushing yards en route to a 44-14 victory Saturday night in front of 22,749 fans at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The Midshipmen took advantage of good field position early in the game to take a 21-0 lead with just under 20 minutes gone off the clock, and then scored 21 second-half points.

Navy improved to 9-1 overall and 7-0 in the American Athletic Conference, and took sole possession of first place in the West Division with Houston's loss to UConn earlier in the day. The Hurricane fell to 5-6 overall and 2-5 in league play.

Tulsa gained 356 total yards, while Dane Evans completed 32-of-37 passes for 278 yards. Zack Langer rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns. Navy's Keenan Reynolds rushed for a team-high 81 yards to lead 12 players, who had at least one rushing attempt, and passed for another 55 yards on just two pass completions.

Leading 23-7 at halftime, Navy opened the second half with a Dishan Romine 90-yard kickoff return to the Hurricane eight-yard line, where the Midshipmen scored two plays later on a Demond Brown four-yard touchdown run, giving Navy a 30-7 lead.

The Hurricane responded in taking 2:54 off the clock with a 68-yard, nine-play drive that cut the Navy lead to 16 points, 30-14, with 11:04 left in the third quarter. Zack Langer scored his second touchdown of the game with a four-yard run. Navy responded on its next possession to take a 37-14 lead when Quentin Ezell ran the final three yards of an 80-yard, eight-play drive.

The Midshipmen took their third straight second-half possession 76 yards in seven plays to take a 44-14 lead with just :08 off the fourth quarter clock.

D'Angelo Brewer's 14-yard run with 2:55 left in the game put the score at 44-21, as Tulsa marched 88 yards in 11 plays.

In the first half, Tulsa gave the Midshipmen a short field on two first-half scoring drives on a 25-yard punt and a failed fourth down, giving Navy the ball at their own 39-yard line on their second and third touchdown drives.

After the Tulsa defense had one takeaway and stopped the Midshipmen on their second possession, Navy's Toneo Gulley broke a 70-yard run to give Navy a 7-0 lead with 6:28 remaining in the first quarter.

Following a 25-yard punt that went out-of-bounds at the Tulsa 39-yard line, Reynolds threw only his fifth touchdown of the season, covering 39 yards to Jamir Tillman, to give the Mids a 14-0 lead at the 10:29 mark of the first half.

Navy went up 21-0 at the 6:09 mark of the second quarter after Tulsa failed to get a first down on 4^th-and-3 from their own 39-yard line. Keenan Reynolds extended his FBS record with his 82^nd career rushing touchdown, going in from one yard out to cap the 39-yard drive.

Tulsa scored its first points of the game on a one-yard Zack Langer run with 2:16 left in the first half, capping a 60-yard, 10-play drive, that cut the Navy lead to 21-7.

At half, Navy outgained the Hurricane 292 to 121 yards, as 253 of those yards came on the ground for the Midshipmen.

Tulsa closes out the regular season next Friday with a 7:00 p.m. (CT) game in New Orleans, Louisiana, against the Tulane Green Wave.