After an exciting Cincinnati win over Miami on Thursday night and three games on Friday, four games round out week five in The American.
Tulane - UCF - Tulsa - Houston - Navy - SMU - East Carolina
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UCF (0-4) vs Tulane (1-2)
Saturday, Oct. 3 • Noon • ESPNews
Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M)
New Orleans, La.
#UCFvsTULN
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Jason Benetti and Brian Kinchen
The Game
Saturday’s matchup will be the seventh meeting on the gridiron between UCF and Tulane … The Knights hold a 5-1 series lead after last year’s 20-13 victory in Orlando … UCF has won three straight in the series, with Tulane’s last win coming in 2006 at the Superdome … UCF had two touchdowns and two field goals in last year’s win.
UCF
UCF is off to an 0-4 start to the 2015 season … The Knights look to snap a five-game slide that began with the St. Petersburg Bowl last season … Two of UCF’s four losses have been one-point affairs … Conference play has been kind to UCF, however, as the Knights are 15-1 all-time in American Athletic Conference games … UCF has won five consecutive conference openers … A total of 19 freshmen, including 11 true freshmen, have seen game action for the Knights this year … QB Bo Schneider has completed 34 of 65 passes for 298 yards and a touchdown with four interceptions … RB Taj McGowan has a team-high 119 rushing yards, while WR Nick Patti has the Knights’ two rushing touchdowns this season … WR Tre’Quan Smith has a team-high 17 receptions for 233 yards and two TDs … UCF has seen eight players register starts on the offensive line this season … Eleven players have made their first career starts on defense this season … S Drico Johnson leads the team with 29 tackles, while LB Domenic Spencer has 26 stops to go with a team-leading four tackles for loss.
TULANE
Tulane picked up its first win of the season in its last game as the Green Wave rolled to a 38-7 victory against Maine … Tulane fell 37-7 to Duke in the season-opener before falling 65-10 to Georgia Tech … Tulane scored 38 unanswered points to close the win against Maine … QB Tanner Lee has started all three games this season and has completed 54.5 percent of his passes (54 of 99) for 688 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions … RB Dontrell Hilliard leads a talented group of running backs with 155 rushing yards and two touchdowns … RB Lazedrick Thompson has 132 yards and one TD … RB Sherman Badie has 95 rushing yards and is the team’s second-leading receiver with 11 catches for 146 yards … WR Teddy Veal leads the Green Wave with 12 catches for 165 yards and a touchdown … LB Nico Marley, the grandson of music legend Bob Marley, has team highs with 25 tackles and four tackles for loss … The Green Wave has registered one quarterback sack in its first three games … K Andrew DiRocco has made both of his field goal attempts and is 7-for-7 on PATs … Tulane ranks 116th nationally in net punting, with an average of 32.35 yards per punt.
rv/rv Houston (3-0) at Tulsa (2-1)
Saturday, Oct. 3 • Noon • CBSSN
H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf)
Tulsa, Okla.
Television
CBSSN
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Lauren Gardner
The Game
Saturday’s game between Houston and Tulsa will be the 40th matchup in a series that dates to 1950 The Cougars hold a 21-19 series lead after last year’s 38-28 win in Houston … That result was the first win by the home team in the last five meetings … RB Kenneth Farrow rushed for four touchdowns and 116 yards against Tulsa last year.
HOUSTON
Houston is off to a 3-0 start under first-year head coach Tom Herman after the Cougars scored wins against Tennessee Tech (52-24), Louisville (34-31) and Texas State (59-14) … Herman is the second Houston coach in program history to begin his career with three wins (John Jenkins, 1990) … Herman and Florida’s Jim McElwain are the only new head coaches who remain undefeated … Houston received votes in both of this week’s major national polls … Houston ranks fifth nationally in rushing defense through three games (66.0 ypg) and is 10th nationally in rushing offense (286.0 ypg) … QB Greg Ward Jr. leads Houston in both passing and rushing and is ninth nationally in total offense (358.3 ypg) … Ward has completed 61 of 81 passes (75.3 percent) for 785 yards and eight touchdowns with one interception … He has rushed for 290 yards and four TDs on 45 attempts … RB Kenneth Farrow has 226 rushing yards and has gone for 100 or more yards four times in his last six games … WR Demarcus Ayers has a team-leading 26 receptions for 300 yards and two touchdowns … S Adrian McDonald has two interceptions and a fumble recovery.
TULSA
Tulsa suffered its first loss under coach Philip Montgomery in Week 3 as the Golden Hurricane fell 52-38 to Oklahoma … The Golden Hurricane opened the season with wins against Florida Atlantic (47-44 in overtime) and New Mexico (40-21) … Tulsa has turned in eye-popping offensive numbers in its first three games as the Golden Hurricane ranks fourth nationally in total offense (607.0 ypg) and sixth in passing in offense (390.7 ypg) … Tulsa has gained at least 600 yards of offense in each of its first three games … The tandem of WR Keyarris Garrett and WR Keevan Lucas is among the best in college football … Garrett ranks third nationally in receiving yards (151.3 ypg) and Lucas is 10th (114.0 ypg) … Garrett has 26 catches for 454 yards and a touchdown, while Lucas has 19 catches for 342 yards and five TDs … QB Dane Evans has completed 71 of 114 passes for 1,172 yards and eight touchdowns and is ranked third nationally in passing yards (390.7 ypg) … RB Zack Langer has rushed for 389 yards and five TDs, good for 11th nationally in rushing yards … S Michael Mudoh is the national leader in tackles (13.3 tpg) … K Redford Jones has gone 7-for-9 on field goals and is 14-for-14 on PATs this season.
Air Force (2-1) at rv/rv Navy (3-0)
Saturday, Oct. 3
3:30 p.m.
CBSSNNavy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000/FieldTurf)
Annapolis, Md
Television
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John Sadak, Randy Cross and Sheehan Burch
The Game
Saturday’s game will be the 48th meeting between Navy and Air Force, who will play the first leg in the annual battle for the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy … The Navy-Air Force winner has won the trophy in 18 straight years … Air Force holds a 28-19 series lead after the Falcons took a 30-21 decision in Colorado Springs last season.
Navy improved to 3-0 overall and picked up a win in its first conference road game in program history as the Midshipmen beat UConn 28-18 … Navy has won seven straight games, dating to last season … Navy is 3-0 for the first time since 2006, when it ended up with a 9-4 record, won the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy and faced Boston College in the Meineke Car Care Bowl …The offensive leader is QB Keenan Reynolds, who already holds the NCAA career record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (73) … Reynolds needs four rushing TDs to tie the NCAA mark for all players, held by former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball (77) … Reynolds rushed for an American Athletic Conference-record five touchdowns against East Carolina in the conference opener and had three TDs against UConn … Navy leads the nation in rushing offense, averaging 363.0 yards per game … FB Chris Swain leads the team in rushing with 307 yards and a pair of touchdowns through two games … Reynolds has 305 yards on the ground and has completed 10 of 17 passes for 148 yards and a TD … LB Micah Thomas has a team-high 25 tackles, while LB Tyler Goble has the team’s lone interception.
East Carolina (2-2) at SMU (1-3)
Saturday, Oct. 3 • 4 p.m. • ESPNews
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000/FieldTurf)
Dallas, Texas
#ECUvsSMU
Television
Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia
The Game
Saturday’s game will be the sixth meeting between East Carolina and SMU … The Pirates took a 3-2 series lead with last year’s 45-24 win in Greensboro as QB Shane Carden threw for 410 yards and four touchdown passes, including three to WR Justin Hardy, who finished with 120 receiving yards … SMU’s two wins came in 2009 and 2010.
East Carolina
East Carolina improved to 2-2 with a 35-28 win against Virginia Tech last Saturday, giving the Pirates five straight wins against opponents from the ACC … The Pirates opened the season with a 28-20 win against Towson and fell to Florida and Navy before beating Virginia Tech… QB Blake Kemp has started all four games and has completed 71.1 percent of his passes (108 of 152) for 1,011 yards and seven touchdowns with three interceptions … Kemp is ranked sixth nationally in completions (27 per game) and is fifth in the American Athletic Conference in passing yards (252.8 ypg) … QB James Summers saw significant snaps against Virginia Tech and rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns while going 5-for-8 for 110 yards and a TD … RB Chris Hairston has rushed for 210 yards and four TDs, while WR Isaiah Jones 32 receptions for 397 yards and two touchdowns … TE Bryce Williams has a team-high three touchdown receptions … LB Zeek Bigger and LB Jordan Williams are tied for the team lead with 34 tackles each … Williams has two sacks, three tackles for loss and an interception as well. .
SMU
SMU fell to 1-3 after the Mustangs dropped a 48-45 decision to James Madison Saturday … The Mustangs gained a 45-41 lead with 2:04 left, but the Dukes answered on their final possession, going 75 yards on eight plays to get the winning points with 27 seconds left … The Mustangs’ other two losses are to teams ranked in the top five of this week’s national polls … SMU opened the season with a 56-21 loss to No. 5/4 Baylor and fell to No. 4/3 TCU 56-37 in Week 3 … QB Matt Davis has been the catalyst on offense … Davis is ranked fourth in the American Athletic Conference, and 13th nationally, in total offense, averaging 332.5 yards per game … Davis has rushed for 397 yards and six touchdowns and has completed 68 of 108 passes for 929 yards and six TDs … Freshman WR Courtland Sutton has team highs with 17 receptions, 399 yards and five touchdown catches … Sutton has at least one touchdown catch in each of the Mustangs’ four games this season … RB Xavier Jones has rushed for 241 yards and four TDs … The defense is led by S Darrion Richardson, who has 19 tackles, an interception and four passes defended. … DE Justin Lawler has 2.5 sacks, while LB Jonathan Yenga has a team-high 26 tackles.