Tulsa Falls to Wyoming 40-37 in Overtime

Saturday, September 3

Laramie, WY

2:30 p.m. (CT)

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Wyoming

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Tulsa

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Photo by: Matthew Steele

Tulsa Falls to Wyoming 40-37 in Overtime

9/3/2022 8:56:00 PM | Football

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LARAMIE, Wyo. –– Wyoming claimed a 40-37 victory over Tulsa in a wild overtime game Saturday afternoon in front of 20,574 fans at War Memorial Stadium.

In regulation the lead changed five times. Tulsa led by 10 points 34-24 after an early fourth quarter score but the Cowboys tied it on back-to-back scores within five minutes and then scored the game-winning touchdown.

The overtime amounted to three field goals. Tulsa took a 37-34 lead on its first possession, Wyoming knotted the score and then made it 40-37 before Tulsa's 43-yard field goal attempt went wide left, giving the Cowboys the victory.

Tulsa's Davis Brin threw for a career-high 460 yards and three touchdowns with three of his receivers going for over 100 yards. Tulsa outgained the Cowboys 521 to 399 yards, but a defensive and special team's touchdown by the Cowboys was a big factor in the home teams win.

The Cowboys scored on Tulsa's first possession of the game for a 7-0 lead when they recovered a fumble in the end zone. To start the second half, the Cowboys scored on a blocked punt after Tulsa's first second-half possession as Wyoming ran in for a four-point lead at 24-20. The Hurricane responded by marching 75 yards in nine plays to retake the lead at 27-24 with 8:12 on the third-quarter clock.

Brin found JuanCarlos Santana for a 41-yard touchdown strike on 3^rd-and-10.

Two possessions later, Brin found Keylon Stokes for a 19-yard touchdown, capping a 55-yard, 8-play drive and giving the Hurricane a 34-24 lead with 14:54 remaining in the contest.

Wyoming's John Hoyland's 55-yard field goal with 10:53 on the clock cut Tulsa's lead to seven points, 34-27, capping an eight-play, 37-yard drive.

Tulsa had a chance to get back to a 10-point lead but missed a 49-yard field goal. Minutes later Wyoming tied the score 34-34 on a 51-yard TD pass to cap a 69-yard, 3-play drive with 6:19 left to play.

Wyoming marched deep in Tulsa territory with under two minutes to play before the Hurricane recovered a fumble. A 33-yard reception by stokes was knocked out of his hands giving the ball back to the Cowboys with 1:20 to play.

The Cowboys looked to win the game in regulation but a 44-yard field goal hit the right upright, thus forcing overtime.

Wyoming led 10-3 after the first quarter of play with the first coming off a Tulsa fumble that Wyoming's Easton Gibbs recovered in the end zone. The Hurricane took the subsequent possession 62 yards in 13 plays and settled for a Zack Long 32-yard field goal.

The Cowboys took the kickoff 67 yards in 13 plays and also had to settle for a field goal as the Hurricane defense came up with a big stop on 3^rd-and-1 as Kendarin Ray stopped Titus Swen for a 2-yard loss.

After another defensive stop, the Tulsa offense went 77 yards in 11 plays as Steven Anderson's scored on a one-yard run, tying the game at 10 following the PAT.

On Tulsa's next possession, starting from their own 5-yard line, Isaiah Epps 54-yard catch and run put Tulsa at the 10-yard line but the Hurricane couldn't get it into the end zone and had to settle for a Long 26-yard field goal. The scoring drive covered 86 yards in 10 plays and gave the Hurricane a 13-10 lead with 2:48 remaining in the first half.

After Wyoming took a 17-13 with 0:57 left in the first half on a 48-yard pass to Will Pelissier from Andrew Peasley, capping a 75-yard drive, it was Tulsa's turn to see if they could put points on the board before intermission.

The Hurricane marched down the field in just 0:49 for a 75-yard, 5-play scoring drive that culminated in a five-yard Brin pass to Malachai Jones to put Tulsa ahead 20-17 going into halftime.

At the half, Tulsa held a 283 to 161-yard edge in total offense with 261 yards coming through the air.

Tulsa will open the home season next week against the Northern Illinois Huskies with kickoff slated for 6 p.m. The first 5,000 fans will receive a FREE T-shirt and throughout the game $1 hot dogs, popcorn and sodas will be available. For tickets, fans can go online at TulsaHurricane.com or call 918.631.4688.