TULSA at UCONN
Saturday, Oct. 21 • Noon • ESPNU
Pratt & Whitney Stadium (40,000/Natural Grass)
East Hartford, Connecticut
Television
ESPNU
Mike Couzens and John Congemi
Radio
KXBL-FM 99.5 (Tulsa)
WTIC-AM 1080 (UConn)
SiriusXM 157/202/962 (UConn feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting on the gridiron between Tulsa and UConn … Tulsa and UConn have previously faced every other school in The American at least once, but will not have been on opposite sidelines until Saturday … It will be the first game for Tulsa in the state of Connecticut.
TULSA
2-5, 1-2 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
18-15, third season
Notes
Tulsa enters Saturday’s game on the heels of its best win of the season, a 45-17 victory against Houston … The Golden Hurricane trailed the Cougars 10-7 at halftime, but outscored Houston 38-7 in the second half … Tulsa is 0-2 in road games this season … The Golden Hurricane has 26 rushing touchdowns and two passing TDs this season … RB D’Angelo Brewer leads the squad with 824 rushing yards and seven TDs … Brewer ranks second in The American and 11th nationally in rushing … QB Luke Skipper made his first career start last week against Houston … Skipper has thrown for 394 yards and two touchdwns with one interception in three appearances … QB Chad President has thrown for 809 yards and two TDs and has seven rushing touchdowns … S McKinley Whitfield leads the squad with 66 tackles and four pass breakups.
UCONN
2-4, 1-3 American
Head Coach
Randy Edsall (Syracuse ’80)
76-74, 13th season at UConn
98-108, 18th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
UConn looks for its first back-to-back wins of the season after the Huskies took a 28-24 win at Temple last Saturday … UConn snapped a seven-game slide in conference games with the victory … The Huskies, who averaged 320.0 yards per game last season, have averaged 431.5 yards in 2017 … QB Bryant Shirreffs has thrown for 1,580 yards and 12 touchdowns with four interceptions in six games … Shirreffs is fourth in The American in passing yards (263.3 ypg) and is second in pass efficiency (163.5, 10th nationally) … RB Nate Hopkins has a team-high six rushing touchdowns and is averaging 41.8 rushing yards per game … RB Arkeel Newsome leads the team with 21 receptions for 356 yards and two touchdowns … LB Junior Joseph leads the defense with 56 tackles.