ARMY at TULANE
Saturday, Sept. 23 • Noon • CBS Sports Network
Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Television
CBS Sports Network
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Cassie McKinney
Radio
WMTI-FM 106.1 (Tulane flagship)
SiriusXM 134/201/961 (Army feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 21st meeting between Tulane and Army in a series that dates to 1953 … The Green Wave holds a 10-9-1 series lead after a 34-31 win at West Point in 2015 … Tulane QB Tanner Lee threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns, and K Andrew DiRocco hit a 35-yard field goal at the gun to win it.
ARMY
2-1
Head Coach
Jeff Monken (Millikin ’89)
16-24, fourth season at Army
52-40, eighth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Army saw a five-game winning streak come to an end with a 38-7 setback at Ohio State … The Black Knights opened the season with a 64-6 win against Fordham and took a 21-17 win against Buffalo in Week 2 … Army is coming off of an 8-5 season in 2016, which was capped by a win against North Texas in the Heart of Dallas Bowl … Army has averaged 364.7 rushing yards (second nationally) and 12.0 passing yards per game (129th nationally) … Army scored the 62-point win against Fordham without completing a pass … QB Ahmad Bradsaw is a three-year starter who has rushed for 374 yards and three touchdowns this season … FB Darnell Woolfolk has 260 yards and a team-high four rushing touchdowns … CB Jaylon McClinton has a team-high 18 tackles with an interception to lead the defense.
TULANE
1-2, 0-1 American
Head Coach
Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ’83)
4-11, second season
Notes
Tulane played No. 2 Oklahoma to a 14-14 tie through the first quarter, but the Sooners provided all of the scoring the rest of the way to hand the Green Wave a 56-14 setback … Tulane is looking to snap a two-game slide that started with a 23-21 loss at Navy … The Green Wave won its only previous home game, a 43-14 victory against Grambling State … QB Jonathan Brantley made his first start of the season against Oklahoma … Brantley has rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns and has thrown for 101 yards … RB Dontrell Hilliard has rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns … WR Terren Encalade is the top receiver with nine catches for 111 yards and a touchdown … The defense is led by LB Rae Juan Marbley, who has a team-high 20 tackles to go with 2.5 tackles for loss … LB Luke Jackson has a team-leading 3.5 sacks.