Notes Following Tulane's 34-20 Loss At UTEP
Oct 15, 2006 | Football
Oct. 14, 2006
• Junior Antonio Harris extended his streak of consecutive starts to 28 straight tonight against UTEP. Harris has started every game of his career.
• Sophomore Michael Parenton saw his string on consecutive starts snapped tonight at 16. Coming into tonight's game, Parenton had started in every game of his career.
• Junior Aryan Barto started his first collegiate start at center tonight. Previously, Barto had started every game this season at left guard.
• Freshman Nick Landry made the first start of his collegiate career tonight at left guard.
• Julian Shives-Sams made the first start of his career tonight on the defensive line.
• Junior Matt Forte's 45-yard rush on his second carry of the third quarter moved him past former Green Wave standout Terrance Jones (1985-88) and into 10th place on the school's career rushing chart. For his career, Forte now has 1,831 yards on 406 career attempts (4.5)
• Forte finished the night with 141 yards on 16 carries (8.8) and one touchdown for his third 100-yard game of the year.
• Freshman Ross Thevenot was a perfect 2-of-2 on field goal attempts. Thevenot connected on his career first field goal against Rice.
• Quarterback Lester Ricard rushed for a season-high 35 yards on five carries (7.0).
• Preston Brown broke his career single game mark for receptions with 11.
• Lester Ricard attempted a season-high 49 passes.
