WEEK 4 PREVIEWS
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • NOON • ACC REGIONAL NETS
SOUTH FLORIDA at LOUISVILLE
Cardinal Stadium (60,800/FieldTurf)
Louisville, Kentucky
Television
ACC Regional Networks
Bob Rathbun, Charles Arbuckle and Lyndsay Rowley
Radio
WHPT-FM 102.5 (South Florida flagship)
SiriusXM 111/202/965
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 12th meeting between South Florida and Louisville … The schools met each year from 2003-13 … Louisville holds a 6-5 series lead and has won the last four meetings, including a 34-3 victory in 2013 in Tampa … The Bulls’ last win against the Cardinals was a 24-21 decision in Louisville in 2010.
SOUTH FLORIDA
1-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Jeff Scott (Clemson ’03)
4-20, second season
Notes
South Florida looks to even its record after the Bulls dropped a 31-28 heartbreaker at No. 18 Florida last Saturday … The Bulls took a 28-24 lead in the fourth quarter before the Gators took the lead for good with 5:05 left … The Bulls have faced two top-25 teams in their first three meetings as they opened the season with a 50- 21 setback to then-No. 25 BYU … The lone victory was a 42-20 decision against Howard … QB Gerry Bohanon has completed 46 of 86 passes for 507 yards with four interceptions … RB Brian Battie, an NCAA consensus All-America pick as a return specialist last year, has rushed for 269 yards and three touchdowns … WR Xavier Weaver has 20 receptions for 252 yards … The defense is led by S Mekhi LaPointe, who has a team-high 21 tackles with a sack and an interception.
LOUISVILLE
1-2, 0-2 ACC
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State ’96)
19-21, fourth season at Louisville
70-45, 10th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Louisville looks to bounce back from a 35-31 loss to Florida State last Saturday in the Cardinals’ home-opener … The Cardinals scored a 20-14 victory at UCF Sept. 9 for their only win of the season … The top offensive player is QB Malik Cunningham, who leads the Cardinals with 282 rushing yards and three touchdowns and has completed 51 of 85 passes for 596 yards and a TD with three interceptions … RB Tiyon Evans has 164 rushing yards and two touchdowns … WR Tyler Hudson has 15 receptions for 209 yards … DE YaYa Diaby has team highs with 3.0 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss … DE Ashton Gillotte has 3.0 sacks … S Kenderick Duncan leads the squad with 24 tackles … Louisville competed in the American Athletic Conference during the league’s inaugural season in 2013.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • NOON • ESPNU
TCU at SMU
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000/FieldTurf)
Dallas, Texas
Television
ESPNU
John Schriffen and Rene Ingoglia
Radio
KTCK-FM 96.7 (SMU flagship)
SiriusXM 380/970
THE GAME • THE IRON SKILLET Saturday’s game will be the 101st meeting between TCU and SMU as the teams compete for the Iron Skillet … The Horned Frogs hold a 51-42-7 series lead, though the Mustangs have won the last two matchups … This year’s game is the first in Dallas since 2018 … TCU head coach Sonny Dykes coached at SMU from 2017-21.
-/rv TCU
2-0, 0-0 Big 12
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes (Texas Tech ’93)
2-0, first season at TCU 73-63, 12th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
TCU took a 2-0 record into an open week as the Horned Frogs started the season with wins against Colorado (38-13) and Tarleton State (59-17) … TCU has allowed only three touchdowns through the first two games … QB Max Duggan has completed 25 of 32 passes for 417 yards and five touchdowns without an interception … RB Kendre Miller leads a group of four players with at least 50 rushing yards … Miller has 108 yards and two TDs on 21 carries … WR Jordan Hudson leads a similarly deep group of receivers with six catches for 84 yards and a touchdown … LB Dee Winters has a sack and 2.5 tackles for loss among his six tackles … TCU went 5-7 last season in the final year of Gary Patterson’s tenure … The Horned Frogs return 20 starters from last year’s squad.
SMU
2-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee (Arkansas ’08)
2-1, first season
Notes
SMU suffered its first loss of the season last Saturday as the Mustangs dropped a 34-27 decision at Maryland … The Mustangs opened the season with a 48-10 win at North Texas and handled Lamar 45-16 in their first home game of the year … SMU has averaged 40.0 points and 516.3 yards through its first three games … QB Tanner Mordecai has completed 70 of 117 passes for 1,013 yards and 10 touchdowns with three interceptions … Three players have at least 100 rushing yards this season, led by RB TJ McDaniel, who has 156 yards and two touchdowns … WR Rashee Rice leads all NCAA FBS players with 491 receiving yards and 163.7 yards per game … Rice has 28 receptions and three touchdown catches … LB Isaac Slade-Matautia leads the team with 22 tackles, while DE Elijah Chatman has 2.5 sacks.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 2 P.M. • ESPN+
MASSACHUSETTS at TEMPLE
Lincoln Financial Field (69,596/Natural Grass)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Television
ESPN+
Doug Sherman and Adam Breneman
Radio
WPEN-FM 97.5 (Temple flagship)
SiriusXM 381/971
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the third meeting between Temple and Massachusetts … The Owls have taken the first two meetings with a wild 25-23 win in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in 2015 and a 29-21 decision in Philadelphia in 2017 … Temple won that 2015 matchup on a defensive two-point
conversion and a field goal in the final 1:20.
MASSACHUSETTS
1-2
Head Coach
Don Brown (Norwich ’77)
44-21, sixth season at Massachusetts 96-47, 13th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Massachusetts snapped an eight-game slide with last week’s 20-3 win against Stony Brook … The Minutemen opened the season with a 42-10 setback at Tulane and a 55-10 loss at Toledo … Head coach Don Brown, in his second tenure on the UMass sideline, improved to 6-0 in home-openers in Amherst with the win against Stony Brook … QB Gino Campiotti has passed for 129 yards and a touchdown and is the leading rusher with 195 yards
and a TD on 40 carries … RB Ellis Merriweather has 166 rushing yards, while RB Tim Baldwin Jr. has 133 … CB Jordan Mahoney has 12 tackles, a forced fumble and a 94-yard interception return this season … The leading tackler is LB Jalen Mackie, who has 21 stops with 2.5 tackles for loss … K Cameron Carson has made 4-of-5 field goal attempts.
TEMPLE
1-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Stan Drayton (Allegheny ’93)
1-2, first season
Notes
Temple picked up its first win of the season in Week 2 with a 30-14 decision against Howard, but the Owls came up just short in a bid for two in a row as Rutgers held on for a 16-14 victory last Saturday in Philadelphia … Temple held Rutgers without an offensive touchdown and limited the Scarlet Knights to 197 yards of offense … Temple ranks second in The American in total defense (270.3 ypg) and third in rushing defense (113.7 ypg) … Freshman QB E.J. Warner made his first career start against Rutgers last week … Warner has completed 33 of 51 passes for 388 yards and three touchdowns with an interception … RB Edward Saydee is the leading rusher with 98 yards and a touchdown on 35 carries … WR Jose Barbon has 15 receptions for 172 yards … LB Layton Jordan leads the defense with 19 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 3:30 P.M. • ESPN+
NORTH TEXAS at MEMPHIS
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (58,325/AstroTurf)
Memphis, Tennessee
Television
ESPN+
Anthony Semonnie and Leger Douzable
Memphis Radio
WKIM-FM 98.9
SiriusXM 380/970
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 21st meeting between Memphis and North Texas in a series that dates to 1952 … The Tigers hold a 16-4 series lead, though the schools have not met since the 2003 New Orleans Bowl, when Memphis QB Danny Wimprine engineered a 27-17 win … The Tigers won 14 straight in the series from 1960 to 1975.
NORTH TEXAS
2-2, 1-0 Conference USA
Head Coach
Seth Littrell (Oklahoma ’01)
39-40, seventh season
Notes
North Texas has scored wins against UTEP (31-13) and Texas Southern (59-27) and has lost to SMU (48-10) and UNLV (58-27) to even its record at 2-2 … The Mean Green has averaged 475.5 yards per game and 220.5 rushing yards, but has allowed 502.5 yards through four games … QB Austin Aune, a three-year starter, has completed 58 of 107 passes for 945 yards and nine touchdowns with four interceptions … RB Ayo Adeyi is averaging 82.5 rushing yards per game, with 330 yards and a touchdown on 48 carries … RB Oscar Adaway III has a team-high four rushing touchdowns to go with 298 rushing yards … WR Roderic Burns has a team-high 13 catches for 275 yards and a TD … LB Larry Nixon III has a team-high 32 tackles … North Texas has not registered a defensive interception through four games.
MEMPHIS
2-1, 1-0 American
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield (Hamden-Sydney ’03)
16-13, third season
Notes
Memphis has won back-to-back games after the Tigers scored a 44-32 victory against Arkansas State last Saturday in the home-opener … Memphis has the early lead in the American Athletic Conference race after the Tigers scored a 37-13 win at Navy to open conference play Sept. 10 … The Tigers dropped a 49-23 decision at Mississippi State in Week 1 … QB Seth Henigan has completed 62 of 92 passes for 940 yards and six touchdowns without an interception … TE Caden Prieskorn has a team-high three touchdown receptions and is one of five Memphis players with at least 100 receiving yards … Three players also have at least 100 rushing yards, led by RB Jevyon Ducker, who has 147 yards and three TDs … S Quindell Johnson has 26 tackles, a fumble recovery and two interceptions to lead the defense.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 3:30 P.M. • ESPN2
INDIANA at CINCINNATI
Nippert Stadium (40,000/UBU Speed Series 55-M)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Television
ESPN2
Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison and Stormy Buonatony
Radio
WLW-AM 700 (Cincinnati flagship)
SiriusXM 385/975
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 16th meeting between Cincinnati and Indiana that traces its origin to 1896 … The Hoosiers hold a 9-4-2 series lead, but the Bearcats took last year’s meeting, 38-24 … Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder threw two TD passes and ran for another in the second half to lead the Bearcats last year.
INDIANA
3-0, 1-0 Big Ten
Head Coach
Tom Allen (Maranatha Baptist ’92)
29-32, sixth season
Notes
Indiana has already surpassed last year’s two-win season as the Hoosiers remain unbeaten through three games of the 2022 campaign … The Hoosiers opened with a 23-20 victory against Illinois and followed with a 35-22 win against Idaho and a 33-30 overtime decision against Western Kentucky … The game at Cincinnati is the first road date for the Hoosiers, who were 1-5 away from Bloomington last year … Indiana has been outgained 1,323-1,282 despite the 3-0 start … QB Connor Bazelak, who started 20 games at Missouri, has completed 77 of 136 passes for 891 yards and five touchdowns against two interceptions in his first year at Indiana … RB Shaun Shivers has a team-high 241 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 50 carries … WR Cam Camper has 23 receptions for 292 yards and a TD.
rv/rv CINCINNATI
2-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Luke Fickell (Ohio State ’97)
51-16, sixth season at Cincinnati 57-23, seventh season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Cincinnati bounced back from a rare regular-season loss in Week 1 with wins against Kennesaw State (63-10) and Miami (Ohio) (38-17) to enter Saturday’s game in search of a three-game winning streak … The win against Miami (Ohio) was Cincinnati’s 16th straight victory in the Victory Bell series, and it gave the Bearcats a series lead (60-59-7) for the first time since 1915 … Cincinnati has won 28 straight games at Nippert Stadium, trailing only Clemson (33) for the nation’s longest home field winning streak … QB Ben Bryant has completed 68 of 97 passes for 863 yards and seven touchdowns and two interceptions … The leading receiver is WR Tyler Scott, who has 15 catches for 238 yards and two TDs … LB Ivan Pace Jr. has 31 tackles with 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 4 P.M. • ESPNU
GEORGIA TECH at UCF
FBC Mortgage Stadium (44,206/Natural Grass)
Orlando, Florida
Television
ESPNU
Kevin Brown and Hutson Mason
Radio
WYGM-FM 96.9 (UCF flagship)
SiriusXM 135/194/956
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the fifth meeting between UCF and Georgia Tech … The Yellow Jackets hold a 3-1 series lead after taking three wins in Atlanta between 1996 and 2000 … The Knights won the most recent matchup with a 49-21 decision in Atlanta behind 417 passing yards and four touchdown passes from QB Dillon Gabriel.
GEORGIA TECH
1-2, 0-1 ACC
Head Coach
Geoff Collins (Western Carolina ’94)
10-27, fourth season at Georgia Tech 25-37, sixth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Georgia Tech looks to bounce back from a 42-0 loss to Ole Miss from last Saturday … The Yellow Jackets opened the season with a 41-10 setback to Clemson and a 35-17 win against Western Carolina … Georgia Tech has lost its last eight games against FBS opponents … The Yellow Jackets have been shut out three times in their last five games dating to last season … RB Dontae Smith has rushed for 154 yards and a team-high three touchdowns … QB Jeff Sims has completed 49 of 85 passes for 425 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions … Head coach Geoff Collins is in his fourth year at Georgia Tech after serving as Temple’s head coach for two seasons (2017-18) … Georgia Tech Athletic Director Todd Stansbury was the AD at UCF from 2012-15.
UCF
2-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn (Henderson State ’90)
11-5, second season at UCF 88-43, 11th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
UCF rebounded from its first loss of the season with an impressive 40-14 win at Florida Atlantic last Saturday … The Knights are looking for a split of their two games against ACC opponents after UCF fell 20-14 at Louisville in Week 2 … UCF leads The American in total offense, with 532.3 yards per game … QB John Rhys Plumlee is averaging 259.3 passing yards and 101.3 rushing yards per game … Plumlee has hit 300 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in two of the Knights’ first three games and is third nationally in total offense (360.7 ypg) … RB Isaiah Bowser has a team-leading five rushing touchdowns … WR Javon Baker has team highs with 17 receptions, 251 receiving yards and two touchdown catches … LB Jason Johnson has a team-high 24 tackles to lead the defense.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 4 P.M. • SEC NETWORK
TULSA at OLE MISS
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038/Natural Grass)
Oxford, Mississippi
Television
SEC Network
Dave Neal, Deuce McAllister and Marilyn Payne
Radio
KXBL-FM 99.5 (Tulsa flagship)
SiriusXM 387/977
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the fourth meeting between Tulsa and Ole Miss … Tulsa has won the first three matchups by a combined score of 87-7 … The schools have not met since the 1964 Bluebonnet Bowl, when Tulsa QB Jerry Rhome, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, led the Golden Hurricane to a 14-7 win.
TULSA
2-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
40-47, eighth season
Notes
Tulsa has won back-to-back games after the Golden Hurricane scored a 54-17 victory against Jacksonville State … Tulsa has gone 2-0 at home and is 0-1 on the road with a two-overtime loss at Wyoming in the season-opener … Tulsa leads the nation in passing offense (413.0 ypg), thanks in large part to QB Davis Brin … Brin has completed 76 of 119 passes for 1,206 yards and 11 touchdowns against one interception … Brin is the national leader in passing yards at 402.0 yards per game … WR Keylon Stokes has 28 receptions for 457 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 152.3 yards per game … WR JuanCarlos Santana has 326 yards and four TDs on 14 receptions and averages 108.7 ypg … RB Steven Anderson has all four rushing touchdowns for Tulsa … LB Justin Wright has 25 tackles with an interception to pace the defense.
16/13 OLE MISS
3-0, 0-0 SEC
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin (Fresno State ’98)
18-8, third season at Ole Miss 79-42, 11th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Ole Miss improved to 3-0 in impressive fashion as the Rebels cruised to a 42-0 win at Georgia Tech last Saturday … That result came after a 28-10 win against Troy and a 59-3 blowout against Central Arkansas … Ole Miss has outscored its three opponents y a combined score of 129-13 … The Rebels have allowed only one touchdown in three games … QB Dart Jaxson, a transfer from USC, has completed 38 of 52 passes for 543 yards and three touchdowns against two interceptions … RB Zach Evans, a transfer from TCU, has 317 rushing yards and three TDs, while RB Ulysses Bentley IV, the 2020 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year at SMU, has four rushing TDs … LB Khari Coleman, a former Freshman All-America at TCU, has 2.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 6 P.M. • ESPN+
RICE at HOUSTON
TDECU Stadium (40,000/Synthetic)
Houston, Texas
Television
ESPN+
Ted Emrich and Taylor McHargue
Radio
KPRC-AM 950 (Houston flagship)
SiriusXM 381/971
THE GAME • THE BAYOU BUCKET CLASSIC Saturday’s game will be the 44th meeting between Rice and Houston in a series that dates to 1971, when both schools were members of the Southwest Conference … Houston holds a 32-11 series lead and has taken the last six meetings, including a 44-7 decision last season at Rice Stadium.
RICE
2-1, 0-0 Conference USA
Head Coach
Mike Bloomgren (Florida State ’99)
13-32, fifth season
Notes
Rice is looking for a third consecutive win after the Owls scored a 33-21 win against Louisiana last Saturday … The Owls opened with a 66-14 loss at then-No. 14 USC, but responded with a 52-10 victory against McNeese … Rice is 2-0 at home and 0-1 on the road … QB TJ McMahon has completed 51 of 80 passes for 642 yards and seven touchdowns with six interceptions … RB Ari Broussard has 145 rushing yards and a team-high four touchdowns, but has averaged 2.8 yards per carry … WR Luke McCaffrey, the brother of NFL All-Pro Christian McCaffrey, is the leading receiver with 19 catches for 202 yards and two touchdowns … DT Ikenna Enechukwu leads the defense with 2.5 sacks … Rice has won three of its last four games, dating to last season … The Owls will join the American Athletic Conference next season.
HOUSTON
1-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen (Iowa Wesleyan ’93)
20-17, fourth season at Houston 81-58, 12th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Houston has played a challenging schedule to a 1-2 record thus far, including two overtime games to start the season … The Cougars look to bounce back from a 48-30 setback to suddenly resurgent Kansas last Saturday … Houston opened with a three-overtime loss at UTSA and a two-overtime setback at Texas Tech … Houston has been assessed an average of 91.3 penalty yards per game … QB Clayton Tune has completed 64 of 102 passes for 744 yards and five touchdowns against two interceptions … WR Nathaniel Dell has 18 receptions for 246 yards and two TDs … RB Brandon Campbell is the leading rusher with 177 yards and two touchdowns … DE Derek Parish leads the defense with 5.0 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss to go with a forced fumble.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 6 P.M. • ESPN+
NAVY at EAST CAROLINA
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Natural Grass)
Greenville, North Carolina
Television
ESPN+
Richard Cross and Jay Sonnhalter
Navy Radio East Carolina Radio
WBAL-AM 1090 WNCT-FM 107.9
SiriusXM 111/202/965
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 10th meeting between Navy and East Carolina in a series that dates to 2006 … The Midshipmen have won seven of the first nine matchups, but the Pirates took a 38-35 win last year in Annapolis as K Owen Daffer drilled a 54-yard field goal as time expired to cap ECU’s comeback from a 35-27 fourth-quarter deficit.
NAVY
0-2, 0-1 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
105-77, 15th season
Notes
Navy looks for its first win of the 2022 season as the Midshipmen opened with losses to Delaware (14-7) and Memphis (37-13) … Navy was idle in Week 3 and will play its first road game of the season with Saturday’s trip to Greenville … The Midshipmen are looking to avoid a second consecutive 0-3 start … Navy has committed six turnovers in two games after committing only eight in the entire 2021 season … Navy has averaged 10.0 points and 316.5 yards per game … The Midshipmen have been outscored 20-7 in the first half … QB Tai Lavatai has passed for 234 yards and a touchdown and has 71 rushing yards with two TDs on the ground … RB Maquel Haywood is the leading rusher with 82 yards … The defense has been led by LB John Marshall, who has 22 tackles with 2.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss … DE Jacob Busic has 2.5 sacks.
-/rv EAST CAROLINA
2-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Mike Houston (Mars Hill ’94)
16-20, fourth season at ECU 96-45, 12th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
East Carolina looks for a third consecutive victory after the Pirates scored a 49-10 win against Campbell last Saturday … The Pirates opened with a heartbreaking 21-20 loss to NC State, but bounced back with a solid 39-21 win against Old Dominion in Week 2 … East Carolina is playing its fourth consecutive home game to start the season … The Pirates are led by QB Holton Ahlers, who became The American’s career passing leader in the win against Campbell (11,019 yards) … Ahlers has completed 67 of 99 passes for 800 yards and seven touchdowns with two interceptions … RB Keaton Mitchell leads The American in rushing at 127.0 yards per game … Mitchell has 41 carries for 381 yards and three TDs … WR Isaiah Winstead has 17 catches for 259 yards.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 7 P.M. • ESPN+
SOUTHERN MISS at TULANE
Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Television
ESPN+
Jack Benjamin and Brian Kinchen
Radio
KVDU-FM 104.1 (Tulane flagship)
SiriusXM 380/970
THE GAME • THE BATTLE FOR THE BELL Saturday’s game will be the 33rd meeting between Tulane and Southern Miss in a series that began in 1979 … Souther Miss holds a 23-9 series lead, but Tulane has taken the last two meetings, including a 66-24 win in Hattiesburg in 2020 … The Green Wave also scored a 30-13 in the 2019-20 Armed Forces Bowl.
SOUTHERN MISS
1-2, 0-0 Sun Belt
Head Coach
Will Hall (North Alabama ’03)
4-11, second season at Southern Miss 60-31, eighth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Southern Miss has had a roller-coaster season to date, which began with a wild 29-27 four-overtime loss to Liberty … The Golden Eagles followed with a 30-7 setback at Miami (Fla.) before coming back with a 64-10 win against Northwestern State last Saturday … Southern Miss head coach Will Hall served as Tulane’s offensive coordinator from 2019-20 … The top offensive player has been RB Frank Gore Jr., who has rushed for 270 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 90.0 yards per game … QB Zach Wilcke has completed 25 of 45 passes for 309 yards and two TDs … WR Jakarius Caston has 12 receptions for 171 yards and two touchdowns, while WR Jason Brownlee has eight catches for 157 yards and a TD … S Malik Shorts has team highs with 28 tackles and two interceptions.
TULANE
3-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ’83)
34-43, seventh season at Tulane 205-112, 25th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Tulane is one of 33 unbeaten teams in FBS entering Week 4 as the Green Wave improved to 3-0 with a 17-10 victory at Kansas State last Saturday … Tulane has outscored its first three opponents by a combined score of 111-20 … The Green Wave has held its three opponents to 6.7 points and 220.7 yards per game … Perhaps more remarkably, Tulane has not been assessed defensive penalty this season … Tulane ranks second nationally in pass efficiency defense (77.58), trailing only Michigan (75.74) … QB Michael Pratt has completed 42 of 67 passes for 658 yards and six touchdowns against two interceptions … RB Tyjae Spears has 91 rushing yards and four TDs on the ground … WR Shae Wyatt has eight receptions for 181 yards and a TD … LB Dorian Williams has 18 tackles with an interception.
