Tulsa Football Game Notes vs. New Mexico
9/18/2017 5:16:00 PM | Football
TULSA HOSTS NEW MEXICO ON ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS DAY
GAME 4:
TULSA (1-2, 0-0 The American) vs. NEW MEXICO (1-2, 0-1 MWC)
Saturday, September 23, 2017 • 12:35 p.m. (CT)
Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000), Tulsa, Okla.
TV: ESPN3 (Digital)
Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM
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THE COACHES
TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE
Head Coach: Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State '95), 3rd year
Career Record: 17-12 (3 years)
TU Record: same
NEW MEXICO LOBOS
Head Coach: Bob Davie (Youngstown State '77), 6th year
Career Record: 63-63 (11 years)
UNM Record: 28-38 (6 years)
THE STORYLINES . . .
• Tulsa is in its 118th season of football this year.
• Tulsa has the smallest FBS enrollment with 3,406 students, while New Mexico has an enrollment of 27,353 students.
• Tulsa averages 47.0 points per game, while New Mexico scores at a 26.7 clip.
• Tulsa ranks 3rd nationally for rushing at 363.7 yards per game, while the New Mexico defense ranks 7th against the run, only giving up 78.0 yards.
• The two teams are nearly identical in passing yardage, as Tulsa averages 185.3 yards per game and New Mexico 185 yards.
THE TULSA-NEW MEXICO SERIES . . .
• This is the 8th meeting between Tulsa and New Mexico, as the Golden Hurricane lead the series 5-2.
• Tulsa has won the last three games, including the last time the teams met in Albuquerque in 2015 with a 40-21 Tulsa win.
• Tulsa is 2-1 at home against New Mexico, winning the first game in 1989, 35-33, losing the next game in 1996, 34-23, and then defeating the Lobos in 2008 by a score of 56-14.
• Tulsa has a 20.8 margin of victory in the 5 wins, and has won the last three contests by a 31.7 margin.
QUICK HITS . . .
• D'Angelo Brewer is ranked 4th nationally for most rushing yards with 447 yards for a 149.0 game average, which ranks 6th in the nation.
• Brewer has the nation's top rushing performance this season with 262 yards coming against Louisiana.
• Tulsa's 66 points scored vs. Louisiana is tied for the 3rd most points in the NCAA this year, only behind Oregon's 77 and Missouri's 72.
• Tulsa has had back-to-back 400+ rushing games, including 424 yards vs. Louisiana and 423 yards at Toledo.
• Senior linebacker Craig Suits returned his second career INT for a touchdown at Toledo (37 yards) … his first career INT return for a TD came in 2015.
LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS . . .
• In the last two games, Tulsa has averaged 607.5 total yards (1,215), including 423.5 yards (847) on the ground, and 58.5 points (117).
• In that two-week span, Tulsa and the opposition has gained 2,490 total yards, including 1,263 in the Louisiana game and 1,227 yards in the Toledo contest.
• Tulsa and the opponent have combined for 213 points in the last two weeks, and average total of 106.5 points.
TULSA FACING ITS FOURTH 2016 BOWL PARTICIPANT . . .
• Tulsa faces New Mexico in the 4th straight week for the Hurricane of facing a 2016 Bowl team, following Oklahoma State, Louisiana and Toledo in the first 3 weeks.
• Tulsa is one of only five FBS programs to play all of its non-conference games in 2017 against teams that played in a bowl game last season.
• The others are Louisiana-Monroe, Oklahoma State, Rice and UCLA.
• Only three of the five teams (ULM, Rice, Tulsa) have four non-conference games, while Oklahoma State and UCLA will play just three non-conference games.
• A total of nine Tulsa opponents this year made bowl appearances last season.
• Tulsa's 2017 opponents that made bowl appearances last year include: Oklahoma State, Louisiana, Toledo, New Mexico and conference foes Navy, Houston, Memphis, USF and Temple.
BIG FIRST-HALF DEFENSIVE PLAYS BY SENIOR SUITS . . .
• Senior linebacker Craig Suits had his 4th career interception and his second return for a touchdown at the 3:17 mark of the first quarter against Toledo when he picked off a Logan Woodside pass and raced 37 yards to put Tulsa ahead 21-7.
• Then at the 6:25 mark of the 2nd quarter, on a 4th-and-inches from the 41-yard line, Suits stopped Terry Swanson shy of the first down. Tulsa's offense took possession at its own 42-yard line and five plays later scored for a 28-7 lead.
• Suits' first career interception return for a TD came in the 2015 regular season finale against Tulane with a 28-yard return that gave Tulsa the lead late in the game, a contest Tulsa needed to win to become bowl eligible.
100-YARD RUSHING FOR FRESHMAN BROOKS . . .
• True freshman Shamari Brooks became the 14th freshman (true or red-shirt) to gain 100 yards in a single game for the Golden Hurricane.
• Brooks gained 141 yards and 3 TDs on 18 carries against Toledo, which was the third game of his career.
• His 100+ game was the 22nd time in school history that a freshman had rushed for over 100 yards in a game, and it's the first time since 2015 when red-shirt freshman Ramadi Warren gained 139 yards against Cincinnati.
• Brooks' 141 rushing yards is the 9th best freshman rushing performance in school history.
3 FOR 100, FIRST TIME IN OVER 30 YEARS . . .
• Tulsa running backs D'Angelo Brewer and Shamari Brooks and quarterback Chad President did something against Toledo that hadn't happened in over 30 yards.
• Each player rushed for 100+ yards in that game – Brewer had 152 yards, Brooks 141 and President tallied 130 yards on the ground.
• The last time that feat was achieved came on Nov. 1, 1986 when running backs Derrick Ellison (177), Gill Johnson (177) and Kenneth Lee (106) each accomplished that feat against Wichita State.
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