NOTES FOLLOWING TULANE FOOTBALL'S 34-31 VICTORY AT ARMY
Nov 14, 2015 | Football
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NOTES FOLLOWING TULANE FOOTBALL'S 34-31 VICTORY AT ARMY
Tulane 34, Army 31
Tulane Game 10
Michie Stadium
West Point, N.Y.
* Saturday's meeting between Tulane and Army marked just 20th meeting between the two schools. With the win, Tulane now leads the all-time series 10-9-1. The Green Wave are now 5-6 all-time at West Point.
* Tulane completed its 2015 non-conference slate with a 2-2 record with wins at Army and at home vs. Maine. The Wave's two losses were to Duke at home and at Georgia Tech.
* The field goal with 0:02 remaining in the game by sophomore kicker Andrew DiRocco was his first game-winner at any level.
* Tulane's contest with Army on Saturday marked the second game this season playing a service academy, as the Green Wave also traveled to play Navy on Oct. 24. The last time Tulane played two service academies in one season was 2004 when Tulane hosted Navy (Nov. 6) and Army (Nov. 13) in back-to-back weeks. The last time Tulane traveled to two service academies was 2003 when Tulane played Army in West Point on Sept. 20 before heading to Annapolis on Nov. 1.
* Tulane's tilt at Army on Saturday also marked the third time this season the Green Wave have squared off against an opponent who runs the triple-option offense, and all three of those games have come on the road. The Green Wave fell at Georgia Tech on Sept. 12 before dropping a contest at Navy on Oct. 24.
* Army's opening-drive touchdown marked the fifth time this season that Tulane has allowed its opponent to score a touchdown on their opening drive, joining Georgia Tech (Sept. 12), Maine (Sept. 19), Houston (Oct. 16) and Navy (Oct. 24).
* The win on the road was the first for Tulane since defeating Houston on Nov. 8, 2014.
* Redshirt-sophomore QB Tanner Lee's 90-yard touchdown pass to sophomore WR Teddy Veal marked the second-longest passing play in school history. It also marked the first 90-yard passing play since Shaun King found JaJuan Dawson on a 94-yard touchdown strike at SMU on Sept. 12, 1998.
* The 90-yard touchdown pass also marked the 19th pass of 20 or more yards on the season for the Green Wave. Tulane now has 21 passing strikes of 20+ yards on the season.
* Sophomore WR Teddy Veal finished the game with four receptions for 123 yards, the most receiving yards in a game on the season for Veal and marking just the second 100-yard receiving game of the season by the Green Wave (Sherman Badie, 118 yards vs. Maine). It was also Veal's first-career 100-yard receiving game.
* Sophomore RB Dontrell Hilliard notched a 23-yard rush in the second quarter, marking the fifth run of 20-plus yards on the year by the back. Tulane has 12 runs this season of 20+ yards.
* Redshirt-sophomore Parry Nickerson scooped up a fumble and returned it 48 yards for a touchdown midway through the second quarter. The last time Tulane scored a touchdown on a fumble return was Sept. 28, 2013 by Dominique Robertson for 33 yards against ULM.
* With the fumble recovery for a touchdown in the second quarter, Tulane has now forced a turnover in 43 of 47 games under head coach Curtis Johnson. Tulane has posted 102 turnovers under Johnson (45 fumbles recoveries, 57 interceptions).
* Tulane posted 10.0 tackles for loss on Saturday, giving it 80.0 on the year. The Green Wave ranked third among The American in the category entering the game as well as 15th in the NCAA.
* Saturday's game at Army marked the second time this year redshirt-sophomore Tanner Lee had multiple passing touchdowns. Lee threw four touchdown passes against UCF.
* The 21 points scored in the second quarter at Army marked the most for the Green Wave since scoring 21 in the second quarter against Maine on Sept. 19 (game three of the season).
* Redshirt-junior RB Josh Rounds' 25-yard touchdown rush in the second quarter marked his first-career touchdown.
* Junior DT Tanzel Smart posted a career-high nine tackles (7 solo, 2 assists) at Army.
* True freshman CB Sam Davis made his collegiate-debut for the Green Wave on the day. Davis marks the 21st player to make his first-career appearance on the season. Davis notched his first-career tackle during the contest.
* Sophomore LB Rae Juan Marbley made his first-career start at Army. He becomes the 13th Green Wave player to make their first-career start this season. * Seven Tulane players extended their double-digit starting streaks on Saturday against Army: OG Chris Taylor (25), LB Nico Marley (23), OG Colton Hanson (22), DT Tanzel Smart (22), DE Royce LaFrance (21) and CB Parry Nickerson (21).
* Three more players joined the crew of double-digit consecutive starters in sophomore WR Teddy Veal, redshirt-junior OT Todd Jacquet and redshirt-sophomore LB Jarrod Franklin, as all three made their 10th-consecutive start on the day.
* Tulane's game captains for Saturday's contest at Army were junior redshirt-freshman LB Eric Bowie, junior LB Nico Marley and redshirt-junior RB Josh Rounds.
