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Tulsa Takes Down Tulane 20-13 in OT

11/13/2021 8:20:00 PM | Football



GAME BOOK  I  POST-GAME NOTES  I  SEASON STATS

NEW ORLEANS, La. ––
Shamari Brooks scored on a 15-yard run in overtime to give Tulsa a 20-13 victory over the Tulane Green Wave in front of 22,784 fans Saturday afternoon at Yulman Stadium.
 
It marked the second straight year that the Hurricane defeated the Green Wave in overtime. Last year's contest ended with a 96-yard pick-six and this year's game ended with another defensive stop after the offense gave Tulsa a seven-point lead.  
Shamari Brooks
Shamari Brooks
 
Other than the overtime score, Tulsa scored its first 13 points in the first half while out-gaining the Green Wave 141-to-45 at intermission.
 
"I was very proud of our defense and the way they played throughout much of the game. Our defense rose up and did some outstanding things to win the game. Our offense found a way in overtime to score and our defense went back out and ended it," said Tulsa head Coach Philip Montgomery.
 
Tulsa improved to 4-6 overall and 3-3 in American Athletic Conference action, while Tulane fell to 1-9 and 0-6. The Hurricane improved to 11-6 in school history for overtime games, 3-0 over Tulane and is now 6-1 under Montgomery in the extra session games.
 
Brooks ended the game with 71 rushing yards, while Ezra Naylor II led Tulsa receivers with 62 yards on seven catches, as both players scored Tulsa's touchdowns. Defensively, Justin Wright had 12 tackles, 10 solos and one TFL for -3 yards and Jaxon Player tallied four solo tackles, three TFL for-8 yards and two sacks for -3 yards.
 
Ahead 13-3 late in the contest, Tulsa was looking to close out the game, but a Tulane offense that was stagnant all night, thanks to the Hurricane defensive unit, came to life. The Green Wave marched 95 yards in four plays and just 0:57 to make the score 13-10. Tulane recovered the onside kick and settled for the game-tying field goal on 4th-and-goal from the Tulsa six-yard line.
 
Now tied 13-13, Tulsa threw its third interception of the game with one minute on the game clock. Tulane took over from the Tulsa 24-yard line and looked to get an apparent come-from-behind victory but Merek Glover 's 26-yard field goal missed wide right, thus forcing overtime.
 
Tulane won the overtime coin toss and elected to play defense first. It took the Hurricane just four plays to cross the goal line with Brooks carrying for the final 15 yards and a 20-13 lead after the Long's PAT.
 
As they did most of the day, the Hurricane defense stopped Tulane's opportunity to force a second OT when a Michael Pratt pass was broken up by Tyon Davis and fell incomplete on the 4th-and-10 play, securing the victory for Tulsa.
 
Tulsa's defense held the Green Wave offense to just 139 yards on its first 12 drives before Tulane's offense woke up to pick up 154 yards on 11 plays on its two late fourth quarter scoring drives.
 
Tulsa was clicking on all cylinders in the first quarter as the Hurricane scored on its first two possessions for a 10-0 first quarter lead. Tulsa took the opening kickoff 75 yards in 10 plays to take a 7-0 lead, while taking six minutes off the game clock. Davis Brin threw the final 10 yards to Ezra Naylor II for the score.
 
After the Hurricane defense held Tulane to 3-and-out on the subsequent possession, the Tulsa offense marched to the Tulane 12-yard line. However, Tulsa had to settle for a 30-yard field goal to cap an 80-yard, 11-play drive to put the Hurricane ahead 10-0 with 2:42 left in the first quarter.
 
Tulane managed to get on the scoreboard at the 9:26 mark of the second period with a 40-yard Merek Glover field goal. Glover had an opportunity to add another three points late but Glover missed the 40-yarder.
 
With 1:56 left on the first half clock the Hurricane took possession of the ball at their own 31-yard line and moved to the Tulane 30, where Zack Long knocked through a 48-yard field goal to put Tulsa ahead 13-3 with just 0:30 left in the first half.
 
Tulsa will close out the home season next Saturday with a 3:00 p.m. kickoff against the Temple Owls.
 



 
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