HOUSTON at TULSA
Saturday, Oct. 14 • 4 p.m. • ESPNews
H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Television
ESPNews
Shawn Kenney and Al Groh
Radio
KPRC-AM 950 (Houston
KXBL-FM 99.5 (Tulsa)
THE GAME
Houston-Tulsa is the most-played series among active American Athletic Conference rivalries as the teams meet for the 42nd time Saturday … Houston holds a 23-18 series lead and has won the last three matchups … Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery served as an assistant at Houston from 2003-07.
HOUSTON
4-1, 2-0 American
Head Coach
Major Applewhite (Texas ’02)
4-2, first full season
Notes
Houston has won back-to-back games after the Cougars took a 35-22 victory against SMU last Saturday … The Cougars have won 17 of their last 18 games games at TDECU Stadium … QB Kyle Postma made his second start of the season in last week’s game against SMU … Postma has thrown for 547 yards and four touchdowns with three interceptions this season, while QB Kyle Allen has thrown fur 751 yards with four TDs in three starts … RB Duke Catalon has a team-high 359 rushing yards with three touchdowns … WR Linell Bonner has averaged 75.0 receiving yards per game and has a team-high 32 receptions … All-America DT Ed Oliver has 27 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles … LB Matthew Adams leads the team with 48 tackles … S Garrett Davis and S Terrell Williams have three interceptions each.
TULSA
1-5, 0-2 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
17-15, third season
Notes
Tulsa looks to snap a three-game slide after the Golden Hurricane fell 31-21 to Navy last Saturday … Tulsa has dropped two games (Toledo, New Mexico) on field goals as time expired and held an early 14-0 lead against Navy before the Midshipmen rallied … Tulsa is 0-2 in road games this season … The game against Tulane ends a streak of five straight games for Tulsa against teams that played in a bowl game last season … The Golden Hurricane has 19 rushing touchdowns and two passing TDs this season … RB D’Angelo Brewer leads the squad with 643 rushing yards and seven TDs … Brewer ranks second in The American and 11th nationally in rushing … QB Chad President has completed 69 of 120 passes for 792 yards and two touchdowns … President is the team’s second-leading rusher with 361 yards and five TDs.