NEW MEXICO at TULSA
Saturday, Sept. 23 • 1:30 p.m. • ESPN3
H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Television
ESPN3
Joel Meyers and Brian Kinchen
Radio
KXBL-FM 99.5 (Tulsa flagship)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the eighth meeting between Tulsa and New Mexico … The Golden Hurricane holds a 5-2 series lead after a 40-21 win in Albuquerque in 2015 … New Mexico’s last win in the series was a 51-13 decision in 1997 – Tulsa RB Zach Langer (139) and RB D’Angelo Brewer (133) both surpassed 100 yards in the 2015 win.
NEW MEXICO
1-2, 0-1 Mountain West
Head Coach
Bob Davie (Tarleton State ’95)
28-38, sixth season at New Mexico
63-63, 11th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
New Mexico enters its second straight road game looking to snap a two-game slide after the Lobos fell 28-14 to Boise State in their Mountain West opener … New Mexico opened the season with a 38-14 win against Abilene Christian and dropped a 30-28 heartbreaker in its rivalry game with New Mexico State in Week 2 … Starting QB Lamar Jordan left the game against Boise State in the second quarter after taking a blow to the head … The Lobos’ triple-option offense has been held below 200 rushing yards in back-to-back games … RB Daryl Chestnut leads the Lobos with 136 rushing yards and RB Tyrone Owens has 120 … Both backs have two rushing touchdowns … S Jacob Girgle has two interceptions and a team-high 17 tackles to lead the defense.
TULSA
1-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
17-12, third season
Notes
Tulsa looks to rebound from a 54-51 setback to Toledo that saw the Rockets get the game-winning field goal as time expired … Tulsa fell at Oklahoma State 59-24 in the season-opener and beat Louisiana (66-42) in Week 2 … Tulsa has averaged 607.5 yards and 58.5 points in its last two games … The game against New Mexico is Tulsa’s fourth straight against a team that played in a 2016 bowl, making the Hurricane one of five teams to have all of its nonconference games against opponents that played in bowl games last season … The Golden Hurricane has 16 rushing touchdowns and one passing TD this season … RB D’Angelo Brewer leads the squad with 447 rushing yards and four TDs … Freshman RB Shamari Brooks has 248 yards and four TDs, while QB Chad President has 214 yards and four TDs to go with 546 passing yards.