October 2006 NewsStand Articles
Nov 14, 2006 | General
Oct. 31, 2006
Count Tulane coach among admireres of Cards skipper
New Orleans Times Picayune
There are two simple reasons Rick Jones wasn't overly surprised, if he was surprised at all. When the heavy-underdog St. Louis Cardinals battered the favored Detroit Tigers 4-1 in the World Series, becoming the team with the lowest regular-season winning percentage (.516, 83-78) to win the championship, Jones gave two reasons for why it happened...
Tulane finds winning formula
New Orleans Times Picayune
Although Tulane had won just one of its four previous games, Green Wave Coach Chris Scelfo could see the team's offense beginning to find its identity. In its 42-28 victory over Army on Saturday, the Wave produced the offensive model it would like to duplicate during its final four games...
Former MU assistant not looking forward to return
Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail
Chris Scelfo is not looking forward to returning. Although it will be a homecoming of sorts for the former Marshall offensive line coach and offensive coordinator (1990-95) when his Tulane Green Wave play the Herd at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Edwards Stadium, it won't exactly be a reunion for Scelfo...
Tulane's passing a concern to Herd
Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette
As if Marshall's pass defense needed any more stress, Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard lit up Army's defense so badly it put the Pentagon on "red alert." Ricard threw for a whopping 409 yards and three touchdowns in the Green Wave's 42-28 win over the Black Knights last weekend. The 6-foot-5 senior has thrown for 5,989 yards in three seasons since transferring from Louisiana State, 2,176 so far this year...
Tulane QB honored as Offensive Player of the Week
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard was selected as the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Ricard passed for 409 yards and three touchdowns in the Green Wave's 42-28 homecoming victory over Army...
Oct. 29, 2006
One To Remember: Tulane socks Army with its Ricard-Forté 1-2 punch
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard and running back Matt Forté were going through very different weeks as the Green Wave prepared for Army. Forté kept reminding himself that the Army team he gashed for 216 yards in 2004 was long gone; Ricard kept blocking out the 2004 play against Army that ended his season...
Ricard, Forté prove formidable duo
New Orleans Times Picayune
In the mid-forties, when it came to college football, history tells us terror came in Army uniforms. "Mr. Inside," they called Doc Blanchard, the battering-ram fullback who with the ball under his arm did his best to impersonate a tank...
Wave receivers take hands-on approach
New Orleans Times Picayune
Did you ever have one of those days? Tulane's receivers did Saturday. The right kind of day. With quarterback Lester Ricard on target all afternoon, the Green Wave receivers made sure just about everything thrown their way was caught. The result was nine Tulane players catching passes, adding up to 409 yards and three touchdowns, in the Green Wave's 42-28 victory against Army...
Tulane works on climate control
New Orleans Times Picayune
After Tulane's previous home game against Rice brought several complaints about meat-locker conditions in the Superdome, many fans came Saturday prepared with jackets and sweaters. And although it was still cooler inside than outside Saturday, it was reasonably comfortable, although the temperature seemed to drop as the game went on...
Tulane offense waves goodbye to Army 'D'
New York Time-Herald Record
Army coach Bobby Ross might have found an answer to his problems at quarterback. His defense is another story. Carson Williams, a freshman making his first collegiate start, passed for 194 yards and three touchdowns yesterday against Tulane, but the Black Knights' defense was scorched by the Green Wave's high-powered offense in a 42-28 loss in the Superdome...
Ricard, Forte spark Tulane rout or Army
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's one-two punch of Lester Ricard and Matt Forte continued its torrid pace in a 42-28 non-conference victory against Army on Homecoming on Saturday in the Superdome. Ricard had his fifth consecutive impressive game, completing 33-of-43 for 409 yards and three touchdowns...
Ricard passes for 409 yards in Tulane victory
Shreveport Times (AP)
Apparently homecoming and Army bring out the best in Tulane senior quarterback Lester Ricard and the Green Wave offense. Ricard passed for 409 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to lead Tulane to a 42-28 non-conference victory against the Black Knights...
Oct. 28, 2006
Tulane not driving home the point
New Orleans Times Picayune
No one has to tell Tulane offensive coordinator Frank Scelfo that scoring is what matters most in football. Now all Scelfo has to do is get the Green Wave's offense to understand that point...
Tulane vs. Army: The Vitals
New Orleans Times Picayune
Keep an eye on Tulane running back Matt Forté and wide receiver Preston Brown. Forté has rushed for 100-plus yards in his past three games, and Brown, the Green Wave's co-captain, has caught 20 passes the past two games, including nine at Auburn last Saturday...
Winning turnover battle key for Tulane vs. Army
Baton Route Advocate
The Army-Tulane nonconference game at 1 p.m. today in the Superdome could look a little like a soccer match the way these two teams are having trouble maintaining possession of the football...
Oct. 26, 2006
Tulane still huanted by Katrina
New York Times Herald-Record
Start with the debris: rat-infested junk littered throughout this St. Bernard Parish community on the east bank of the Mississippi River. Then, the water. So much water. Eight feet of it covered the house of Tulane tight end Jerome Landry when he returned to Chalmette, La., last Christmas...
Oct. 25, 2006
Improved line sparks Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
During the first five weeks of the season, Tulane's Lester Ricard was a sack waiting to happen. He was sacked 15 times during that span, including six times by Southern Methodist. But in the past two games, Ricard has gone stealth on opposing rushers...
Tulane offense keeps foes off balance
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's offense has been more balanced during October than it had been during the last two years. Junior Matt Forte has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the three games this month, the first time he has done that. Senior Lester Ricard, who closed out September with a 394-yard passing performance against SMU, has averaged 292 yards passing the last three games...
Oct. 24, 2006
Wave gains confidence after losing to Auburn
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane's season began with a 45-7 Conference USA loss to Houston, it was easy to think the 2006 season was going to be disappointing, especially having to play three Southeastern Conference teams during the Green Wave's first seven games...
QB Carson catches start against Tulane
New York Times Herald Record
Here's Carson. Freshman quarterback Carson Williams will start for Army on Saturday at Tulane, replacing struggling David Pevoto. "I thought Carson was very poised against TCU," Army coach Bobby Ross said...
Oct. 22, 2006
Auburn leaves Tulane seeing red-zone blues
New Orleans Times Picayune
When it was over, Tulane's football team had every right to hold its head high and poke out its chest. The Green Wave had just gone toe-to-toe with powerful Auburn, the eighth-ranked team in the nation, and more than held its own in a 38-13 loss at Jordan-Hare Stadium...
Green Wave needed to feast on chances
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Cliff's Notes version was Tulane needed almost everything to go right, and not nearly enough did. There's no way three dropped passes, a mishandled snap and lost fumble, and an attempted squib kick that was recovered by Auburn and transformed into a momentum-regaining field goal as time expired -- all in the first half -- can be confused with good karma...
Cox, Tate power No. 8 Auburn past Tulane
Fox Sports (AP)
Brandon Cox passed for 212 yards and three touchdowns, and freshman Ben Tate rushed for 156 yards to lead No. 8 Auburn past Tulane 38-13 Saturday. The Tigers (7-1) were hoping to avoid a letdown following a victory over then-No. 2 Florida last week, and succeeded mostly due to three turnovers in a game featuring short-handed offenses that put up plenty of yards...
Big plays the difference maker
Mobile (Ala.) Register
As the sun set on a gorgeous fall afternoon, Auburn receiver Courtney Taylor was able to find great humor in his first regular-season touchdown since the Tigers' win over Alabama in 2004...
Tigers ease by Tulane
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
Tulane's defense tried to keep up. Auburn wasn't in any mood to play around Saturday afternoon. A week after a difficult offensive performance against Florida, the Tigers regained their scoring swagger. Quarterback Brandon Cox, his play criticized in recent weeks, was unusually efficient and helped Auburn's offense methodically break Tulane's spirit...
Tigers breeze against overmatched Tulane
Decatur (Ala.) Daily
No. 8 Auburn didn't need to play a flawless game Saturday to beat Tulane. That's a good thing because Tommy Tuberville's Tigers came up with a less-than-perfect game -- yet they still cruised. Auburn took control for nearly the entire game against Tulane, beating the visiting Green Wave 38-13 in front of a subdued Jordan-Hare Stadium homecoming crowd of 79,837...
Oct. 21, 2006
Tulane's defense facing big challenge
New Orleans Times Picayune
For Tulane Athletic Director Rick Dickson, this is the game that couldn't arrive soon enough. It is Tulane's big money game. But for Green Wave defensive coordinator Eric Schumann, it would have been just fine with him if today's game with eighth-ranked Auburn never happened...
Perspective is key for Wave versus Auburn
New Orleans Times Picayune
Other than the check, there might not be much good to come from Tulane's visit to Jordan-Hare Stadium today. Obviously, that's not the most positive assessment and, maybe, the Green Wave deserves the benefit of the doubt. After all, anything's possible once two teams kick off, as No. 8 Auburn and Tulane will do today at 1:30 p.m...
Underdog Tulane to visit No. 8 Auburn
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane knows it has no margin for error if it wants to have a respectable showing against Auburn in a nonconference game at 1:30 p.m. today in Auburn, Ala. The Green Wave (2-4) is a 32-point underdog to the Tigers (6-1), who are ranked eighth in The Associated Press poll and fourth in the Bowl Championship Series rankings...
Oct. 20, 2006
Auburn wary of letdown against Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
A week after defeating No. 6 LSU, Auburn was sluggish against Buffalo, leading only 17-7 in the final minute of the third quarter before pulling away for a 38-7 victory. Afterward, Tigers Coach Tommy Tuberville said his team lacked emotion...
Tulane still trying to regroup a year after Katrina
Birmingham (Ala.) News
The media recounted its story of hardship and courage many times over. The Tulane football team, displaced by Hurricane Katrina and distracted by devastation to New Orleans, played 11 games in 11 different stadiums last year, and not one of them could they call their home. It was a big story then. It's not anymore...
Tulane knows Auburn's resume
San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo turned a bit overdramatic when asked about facing an Auburn defense which showed against Florida just how high it can turn up the intensity. "It was scary. I started sweating and my blood pressure got high," Scelfo said...
Oct. 19, 2006
Tulane's Brown gets back on right track
New Orleans Times Picayune
For a while, Preston Brown was looking like a one-year wonder. After seemingly coming from nowhere (actually special teams) to lead Tulane in receiving last season, five games into his senior season Brown had 13 catches, including just one for a 4-yard gain in his previous game against Rice...
Don't forget Katrina, Tulane coach says
The Decatur (Ala.) Daily
Tulane head coach Chris Scelfo begs of you one thing -- continue remembering Katrina and its destruction of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Much like the floodwaters, the story has subsided nationally. But while Katrina's tale has waned, it's still a part of life in New Orleans...
Tulane, which plays Auburn, traveled tough path following Katrina
San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
Every week for 11 consecutive weeks in 2005, the Tulane football team lined up and played in a different stadium. It was a tour that would have exhausted rock stars, yet the Green Wave had no choice. When Hurricane Katrina roared through New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, it left a path of destruction - and Tulane's football team wasn't left untouched...
Paker pickoffs garner award
Toronto (Canada) Star
In the process of amending both the CFL and Toronto Argonaut record books, cornerback Byron Parker was yesterday named CFL defensive player of the week for the third time this year. One can only wonder what he might've done had he been here the first half of the season...
Oct. 18, 2006
Wave LBs Coming On Strong
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane defensive coordinator Eric Schumann couldn't blame any of his linebackers from shying away from the "Sam" position, the player that's normally shading the opponents' tight end. So far, the first three players to take on that strongside linebacker position wound up injured and missed games...
Tulane won't be intimidated by No. 8 Auburn
Baton Rouge Advocate
If there's a good time for Tulane to face Auburn, it might be the week after the Tigers' SEC showdown against Florida. On second thought, there is no good time for a team like Tulane to play a team like Auburn...
Auburn hopes to avoid letdown again, this time against Tulane
McClatchy Newspapers
A big win over Southeastern Conference Western Division rival LSU in Week 3 had the Auburn Tigers flying high. Unfortunately, a lackluster, heartless performance the following week against Buffalo seemed to deflate the Tigers and steal their momentum...
Auburn's Tuberville talks about Tulane
AOL.com
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville held his weekly press conference on Tuesday and talked about the Tiger's huge win over second-ranked Florida and looked ahead to this weekend's match-up with Tulane. This is the first meeting between the two schools since 1955...
Parker makes an Argo splash
Canadian Press
Defensive back Byron Parker has become a bona fide offensive threat for the Toronto Argonauts. Parker has returned four of his team-high seven interceptions for touchdowns this year. That leaves Parker second on the team in TDs scored behind receiver Arland Bruce III (who has 10)...
Oct. 17, 2006
Turnover bug bites Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
If there was someone inside Tulane's football family who didn't believe Green Wave Coach Chris Scelfo when he said there are three or four plays that determine the outcome of every game, Tulane's performance in its 34-20 loss at Texas-El Paso last Saturday night should have converted them...
Oct. 15, 2006
Miners feast on Wave errors
New Orleans Times Picayune
If there's one thing Chirs Scelfo has come to understand during his seven-plus years as Tulane's coach is that a good performance one week doesn't mean the same is going to happen the following week...
Miners celebrate complete win
El Paso (Texas) Times
Click photo to enlargeUTEP running back Marcus Thomas is gang tackled Saturday... (Mark Lambie / El Paso Times)«12345»It seems that the UTEP football team finally has accomplished head coach Mike Price's gridiron trinity. Big plays? Check. Finish? Check. Go for the jugular? As of Saturday night, check. The Miners rolled over Tulane 34-20 before 35,390 fans at the Sun Bowl, successfully completing a three-game homestand...
Oct. 14, 2006
Tulane's Scelfo stresses looking ahead
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane Coach Chris Scelfo has drilled into his team that it can't savor victories and it can't dwell on losses. Yet, when the Green Wave makes its first appearance at Sun Bowl Stadium tonight, still lingering is the opportunity that was missed two weeks ago when it lost to Southern Methodist...
Ricard, Palmer take aim
Baton Rouge Advocate
Two of the marquee quarterbacks in Conference will be matched when Tulane and UTEP meet at 8 p.m. today in El Paso, Texas. The Miners' Jordan Palmer is second in the conference in passing yards per game (288.6) and third in passing efficiency (150.9). Lester Ricard is fourth in yards (247.2) and efficiency (149.3) in leading Tulane (2-3, 1-2 C-USA)...
Relieved Green Wave rolls into El Paso
El Paso (Texas) Times
As if last year wasn't bad enough for Tulane, the nasty rumors that circulated about the football program's demise made a bad situation worse. "I did believe that, at first," Green Wave senior quarterback Lester Ricard said. "(But) for them to bring it back, it's a positive. Now, we all have to go out and get the job done...
Oct. 13, 2006
Dickerson, players have much to learn in Fogelman drills
New Orleans Times Picayune
It's a year late, but the beginning of preseason basketball practice is finally happening in the way Tulane Coach Dave Dickerson envisioned. When Dickerson's team takes to the court tonight for the first practice, there won't be any hoopla, fanfare or Midnight Madness. It'll be Dickerson, his staff and his players. That's it...
Price makes pitch for Scelfo
New Orleans Times Picayune
Usually around midseason, postseason award talk begins to circulate. Heisman Trophy-hype has begun for Ohio State's Troy Smith, Oklahoma's Adrian Petersen and even Northern Illinois running back Garrett Wolfe. Coach of the Year candidates are sprouting up -- Lloyd Carr of Michigan, Gary Pinkel of Missouri, Bobby Petrino of Louisville. Texas-El Paso Coach Mike Price offers another candidate -- Chris Scelfo of Tulane...
Wave women counting on experience
New Orleans Times Picayune
Even though Tulane returns all of its players from last season, and its leading scorer from the 2004-05 season, D'Aundra Henry, is back from after a medical redshirt season, Conference USA coaches predicted the Green Wave would finish sixth in conference this season...
Oct. 12, 2006
Tuland DB Skehan proves critics wrong - his own way
New Orleans Times Picayune
When David Skehan showed up at Tulane in August 2004, Green Wave coaches weren't sure what they had on their hands. Here was a scrawny, long-haired, multi-pierced defensive back from the Bronx whom they'd never heard of until he contacted them in the spring, telling them he had been accepted to Tulane and would like to walk on...
Green Wave puts distaster in the past
El Paso (Texas) Times
It would take most college teams years to recover from the disastrous circumstances of Tulane football, circa 2005. But the Green Wave is not most teams. And they are recovering quicker than most people imagined...
Former Miner anxious to return to El Paso
El Paso (Texas) Times
It will be a pleasant -- if a little quick -- homecoming for Lorenzo "Zo" Costantini this weekend. Costantini, who was a defensive lineman for UTEP from 1986-89, and a Miner assistant coach from 1995-99, now is in the opposite corner. He is the defensive line coach for Tulane...
Oct. 11, 2006
Goosby adjusts to fill role at LB for ailing Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
When the season started five weeks ago, Tulane defensive coordinator Eric Schumann was certain junior defensive back Joe Goosby would get more than one opportunity to show what he could do. The surprise isn't that Goosby has come through for the Green Wave's defense, but from where he's managed to do it...
Cubs guard Cleveland commits to Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Mount Carmel basketball guard Caitlyn Cleveland said it's a safe bet that somewhere her late father, a third generation Tulane athlete, is proud of her. Cleveland said Carl Cleveland, who died earlier this year, always wanted her to go to Tulane and carry on the family tradition. On Tuesday she announced that she has committed to Tulane...
Tulane hopes to continue success with ground attack
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane hopes it can maintain the type of success it had running the football Saturday against Rice. The Green Wave had its most productive game of the season on the ground as Matt Forte rushed for 178 yards. It was the second time Forte had outstanding numbers -- he gained 170 against Mississippi State three weeks earlier...
Oct. 10, 2006
Tulane looks to build on win
New Orleans Times Picayune
Heading into this week's game with Texas-El Paso, the season's halfway point for Tulane, Green Wave Coach Chris Scelfo said his team has made some improvements, but there are areas the team needs to improve...
TU hopes home is advantageous
New Orleans Times Picayune
Last season, Tulane Coach Dave Dickerson found out what it's like to play at "home" and not to have the home-court advantage. The Green Wave may make up for it this season. The Green Wave, which spent three months at Texas A&M in College Station after Hurricane Katrina and opened its season there, plays 17 of its 28 regular-season games in New Orleans this season...
Ex-Tulane golfer boosts Cats
Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen
Greg Allen's high hopes became a reality when his University of Arizona women's golf team opened its season two weeks ago. "I knew that Alison would make an immediate impact in college golf this year," the head coach said after the newest Wildcat star, junior transfer Alison Walshe, shot a 6-under-par 210 to win medalist honors at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn. Walshe and junior Mary Jacobs are fall transfers from Tulane, where they built solid playing reputations...
Oct. 8, 2006
Forté, Ricard too much as TU rolls by Rice
New Orleans Times Picayune
In the majority of Tulane's games this season, developing a productive running game has been a major chore for the Green Wave. A week ago against Southern Methodist, Tulane finished with minus-33 rushing yards...
Tulane's defense makes key stops
New Orleans Times Picayune
In a game in which the teams combined for 62 points and 887 yards total offense, it might be easy to overlook key plays by a defense. Significant stops by Tulane's defense -- one in the third quarter and one in second quarter -- helped the Green Wave hold off Rice for a 38-14 victory in a Conference USA game at the Superdome...
Cannizaro's dreams have all come true on the diamond
New Orleans Times Picayune
Growing up in Mandeville, Andy Cannizaro knew he always wanted to play baseball at Tulane. And, like most kids who play baseball, he dreamed of playing in the big leagues. After a late season call-up by the New York Yankees, the former Tulane shortstop who helped lead the Green Wave to the 2001 College World Series, now can say he has done both...
Johnson muscles into rotation
New Orleans Times Picayune
Hornets forward and former Tulane basketball standout Linton Johnson spent the summer on the beach. Yep, cat's out of the bag. Johnson's a beach bum. But, before drawing conclusions about the average millionaire athlete, consider this -- Johnson spent his days running on the beach, fighting the sand with his oversized feet. Oh, and after that, he made sure to do some swimming. And lifting. And shooting...
Local drill: Jerald Sowell
New Orleans Times Picayune
Originally selected in the seventh round of the 1997 draft by Green Bay, Sowell, a product of Tulane, was claimed off waivers by the New York Jets before the '97 season. Spent nine seasons with the Jets (1997-2005) and signed with Tampa Bay in April. Is regarded as an excellent blocker, receiver and special teams player...
Ricard, Forté engineer Tulane's 38-24 victory
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane had a good thing going on offense and sticking with it helped the Green Wave defeat Rice, 38-24, in a Conference USA game Saturday afternoon in the Superdome...
Tulane's no-huddle is no joy for Rice
Houston Chronicle
With the roughest part of their schedule behind them and the aftertaste of a resounding road victory lingering on their palates, the Rice Owls were in an enviable position Saturday...
Tulane 38, Rice 24
Dallas Morning News (AP)
Lester Ricard threw for 344 yards and four touchdowns as Tulane beat Rice 38-24 on Saturday, winning its first game in the refurbished Louisiana Superdome since Hurricane Katrina. Matt Forte ran for 178 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Green Wave, whose last victory in the Superdome was a 45-31 win against Army on Nov. 13, 2004...
Oct. 7, 2006
Green Wave defense weighing options
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane's game with Rice rolled around last season, the Green Wave was so beat up -- physically from playing eight consecutive weeks, and mentally from playing in eight stadiums -- that its players couldn't help but be happy to play the Owls...
Tulane hoping to control emotions better vs. Rice
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane hopes to have better control of its emotions when it plays Rice at 1 p.m. today in a Conference USA game in the Superdome. Last week, the Green Wave was so excited for its first game in the Superdome in nearly two years that it lost focus in the first half and fell behind SMU 17-0 at halftime...
Oct. 5, 2006
Tulane's Foreman shows strength in time of loss
New Orleans Times Picayune
For most of the Tulane football players, 2005 was the worst year of their lives. For all it was a torturous season spent in Katrina-forced exile, and for some it meant the loss of their family homes. For Jeremy Foreman, 2006 has been worse...
Tulane's Harris speaks through skills
Shreveport Times
If actions do indeed speak louder than words, then Antonio Harris is the noisiest person around. His high school coach, Green Oaks' Stephen Dennis, and his college coach, Tulane's Chris Scelfo, say he hardly speaks, which makes it all quite ironic...
Oct. 4, 2006
No plans to go no huddle
New Orleans Times Picayune
Could Tulane's offensive success in the second half of last Saturday night's game against Southern Methodist at the Superdome lead to the Green Wave's going back to a no-huddle offense...
Tulane hopes to build on second-half showing
Baton Rouge Advocate
Wide receiver Damarcus Davis' play Saturday night pretty much mirrored that of the entire Tulane offense "disappointing in the first half and very good in the second half." Davis overcame a key first-half drop, one of several by Green Wave receivers, to have a standout second half as Tulane's offense overcame a scoreless first half to score four second-half touchdowns, though it wasn't enough to beat SMU...
Oct. 3, 2006
Lapses torment Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Though the defense played well in spots and the offense showed it can score points quickly and overcome a large deficit, it was not enough to soften the sting of Tulane's 33-28 loss to Southern Methodist on Saturday...
Oct. 1, 2006
In long-awaited return home, Tulane stubs its toe
New Orleans Times Picayune
It took Tulane 3 1/2 quarters to pull itself out of a 17-0 halftime hole and finally get a glass of the party's champagne. It was a thrill that lasted less than a half minute. The Green Wave watched its hopes of celebrating its coming-home party with a victory go down the drain when Southern Methodist's Jessie Henderson returned a kickoff 100 yards, igniting the Mustangs' late burst and a 33-28 win over Tulane in the Superdome...
Scelfo's gamble on fake punt comes up snake eyes
New Orleans Times Picayune
How long does it take to run 102 yards? Well, if you're SMU's Jessie Henderson, it took 19 seconds, from the time the ball was in the air, to the time the ball was in his arms, to the time he was running into the end zone with a speed-burning kickoff return that rubbed out a 21-20 Tulane lead...
Green Wave fans, players say it feels good to be home
New Orleans Times Picayune
Before last year, Lester Schmitt had been a regular at Tulane home games for the better part of 60 years. But that was before Hurricane Katrina wiped out his home near Jackson Barracks, forcing him to relocate to Alexandria, where he still resides, unlikely to return to New Orleans...
SMU takes care of Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's return to the Superdome on Saturday night nearly had a storybook finish, but SMU's Justin Willis and Jessie Henderson spoiled the ending. Willis passed for two touchdowns and ran for one, and Henderson provided the decisive points on a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter as the Mustangs overcame a second-half comeback by the Green Wave to prevail, 33-28, in a Conference USA game in front of an announced crowd of 21,565...
Fired-up Tulane gives SMU scare
Dallas Morning News
SMU coach Phil Bennett said a program has to prove it can win road games to go to the next level. On Saturday against Tulane, it wasn't pretty and the Mustangs almost blew it. But, in the end, they fought off Tulane for a 33-28 win in the Green Wave's first game in the Louisiana Superdome since Dec. 4, 2004...
