Notes Following Football's 17-16 Win At Army
Oct 3, 2009 | Football
Oct. 3, 2009
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Tulane 17, Army 16
Tulane Game 4
Michie Stadium
West Point, N.Y.
• Tulane snaps a 10-game losing streak, dating back to a 34-27 win over SMU on Sept 25, 2008.
• Today's game marked the 17th all-time meeting between Tulane and Army and the Green Wave leads the series 9-7-1.
• Today's win snaps a two-game skid to Army and gives the Wave its first win at West Point since a 50-33 victory in 2003.TU is now 4-5 all-time at Army.
• The Green Wave improved to 2-1 this season against non-conference opponents and is now 20-17 in non-league games since 2000.
• Tulane has now played 49 combined games against military schools: Air Force, Army, Navy, The Citadel and VMI in the last 74 years and has a record of 30-17-2.
• Today's win was the first non-conference road victory for Tulane since a 32-29 win at Mississippi State in 2006, and the first road overall win since a 45-31 win at Rice in 2007.
• André Anderson finished the game with 70 rushing yards and moved into 15th place on the schools list for career rushing yards with 1,631.
• Jeremy Williams finished with 221 all-purpose yards today with 16 rushing, 108 receiving and 97 yards on three kickoff returns. He recorded 110 all-purpose yards in the first quarter. Williams entered the game averaging 150.3 all-purpose yards.
• After completing all 10 of his completions to Jeremy Williams last week, quarterback Joe Kemp found five different receivers today.
• Jeremy Williams' six catches today moved him into ninth place among TU's career reception leaders with 134.
• Jeremy Williams recorded his third game this season with 100 receiving yards and for the second straight game he reached the century mark in the first half.
• Jeremy Williams has now caught a pass in 17 straight games.
• With his 15-yard touchdown reception from Joe Kemp in the second quarter, Jeremy Williams moved up to ninth place on Tulane's career list for receiving touchdowns with 15.
• Senior cornerback Charles Harris notched the second interception of his career, and first of the season, with his second quarter takeaway.
• Cody Sparks hauled his first pass of the season with a second quarter reception from Joe Kemp.
• Fullback Antoine Duplessis earned his first career carry on a three-yard run in the first quarter and made his first career reception in the second quarter. Duplessis finished the day with 32 yards on three carries, including a career-long 26-yard gallop.
• Freshman linebacker Austen Jacks earned his first career start today vs. Army. Jacks replaced David Kirksey, who was injured in the first half of the Green Wave's game against McNeese State.
• Austen Jacks is the fourth true freshmen to earn a starting assignment this season, joining Shakiel Smith, Zach Morgan and Hunter Howden.
• Junior Oscar Ponce de Leon made his first start of the season and the third of his career.
• Junior Andrew Nierman has started every game during his career and made his 28th consecutive start today vs. Army, while the duo of senior Adam Kwentua and Pete Hendrickson each made their 14th straight start.
• Tulane captains for today's game were André Anderson, David Kirksey, Chinonso Echebelem and Jeremy Williams.
