TULSA at USF
Thursday, Nov. 16 • 8 p.m. • ESPN
Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Natural Grass)
Tampa, Florida
Television
ESPN
Dave Flemming, Jordan Rogers and Laura Rutledge
Radio
KXBL-FM 99.5 (Tulsa)
WWBA-AM 820 (USF)
SiriusXM 84 (Tulsa feed)
THE GAME
Thursday’s game will be the second meeting between Tulsa and USF … The only previous matchup was in the 2014 season, when the Bulls took a 38-30 win in Tulsa … USF QB Mike White (now at Western Kentucky) threw three touchdown passes to WR Andre Davis, while RB Marlon Mack ran for two TDs in that game.
TULSA
2-8, 1-5 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
18-18, third season
Notes
Tulsa looks to snap a three-game slide after the Golden Hurricane fell 41-14 to Memphis Nov. 3 … Tulsa had a bye in Week 11 … Tulsa was tied 14-14 with Memphis, but the Tigers closed with 27 unanswered points … Tulsa is 0-5 in road games this season … The Golden Hurricane has 33 rushing touchdowns and five passing TDs this season … RB D’Angelo Brewer leads the squad with 1,099 rushing yards and eight TDs … RB Shamari Brooks had rushed for 687 yards and a team-high 10 TDs in his freshman season, but suffered a season-ending injury against SMU in October … QB Luke Skipper has started the last four games and has thrown for 1,022 yards and three touchdowns with four interceptions … QB Chad President has nine rushing touchdowns … WR Justin Hobbs has a team-high 46 receptions for 743 yards and two TDs.
23/20 USF
8-1, 4-1 American
Head Coach
Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas ’82)
8-1, first season at USF
60-38, eighth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
USF bounced back from its only loss of the season with a 37-20 win against UConn prior to the Bulls’ open week … The Bulls gained a season-high 602 yards of offense in the win against UConn … USF leads the nation with 17 defensive interceptions … QB Quinton Flowers has thrown for 1,955 yards and 15 touchdowns with four interceptions and has rushed for 751 yards and nine TDs … Flowers became the seventh player in NCAA FBS history to register at least 7,000 career passing yards and 3,000 career rushing yards … RB Darius Tice has a team-high 780 rushing yards with nine TDs, while RB D’Ernest Johnson has 631 rushing yards and seven TDs … WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling has a team-high 44 receptions for 720 yards and five touchdowns .