Football’s Start Time Announced for North Texas

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Football’s Start Time Announced for North Texas

Oct 14, 2024 | Football

IRVING, TX – The kickoff time and the potential networks for Tulane football's Oct. 26 road game against the University of North Texas (UNT) was recently announced by the American Athletic Conference (AAC).

The Green Wave and the Mean Green square off against each other at 11 a.m. on Oct. 26 at Denton Area Teachers Credit Union Stadium (DATCU). The game will be shown live on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. The official network will be determined following this week's college football slate on Oct. 19. Tulane leads the all-time series with North Texas 2-0. The programs first meet in 2013 with the Green Wave earning a 24-21 victory in New Orleans at the Superdome. Tulane defeated UNT by a 35-28 score last season at Yulman Stadium. This will be the first time that the series has shifted to Denton.

Tulane has started the 2024 season with a 4-2 record and 2-0 mark in the AAC. The Green Wave earned a road 71-20 conference victory over UAB on Oct. 5. Makhi Hughes led the team with 119 yards rushing while averaging 7.9 yards per carry and totaling two touchdowns on the ground. Jamauri McClure picked up 84 yards rushing and his first collegiate touchdown. Arnold Barnes III ran for 82 yards and a pair of score. Darian Mensah was efficient in going 12-for-15 for 134 yards and a touchdown. Ty Thompson was 2-for-3 for 46 yards plus had both a passing and rushing touchdown. Yulkeith Brown total 60 receiving yards and a pair of touchdown receptions. The team also got a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown from Rayshawn Pleasant and a 29-yard interception touchdown return from Chris Rodgers. The 71 points scored by Tulane was the most points for the program since putting up 72 against Louisiana during the 1998 season. The 51-point margin of victory over UAB was the largest for Green Wave in a conference game since shutting out then fellow Southeastern Conference member Sewanee by a 52-0 score in 1939. Both losses for Tulane this season have come to teams that were ranked in Associated Press Top 25 including a 34-27 home defeat to then No. 17 Kansas State on Sept. 7 and a 34-19 road loss to then No. 15 Oklahoma on Sept. 14.

Tulane leads the AAC and is tied for the national lead in defensive touchdowns with four. The program is placed third in passing efficiency in the conference with a 174.51. The Green Wave also lead the conference and ranks fourth nationally in kick return average at 30.07. The team has already been honored by the league office seven times this season with Rayshawn Pleasant being named the Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 2 and the Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 6, Darian Mensah taking home Weekly Honor Roll distinction on Sept. 9 and Sept. 30, Tyler Grubbs earning Weekly Honor Roll recognition on Sept. 16, Makhi Hughes picking up Weekly Honor Roll distinction on Sept. 23 and Gerrod Henderson earning Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 30.

Tulane's football team was chosen for third in the AAC Preseason Media Poll with 362 points plus two first-place votes at the annual conference media day.
This season, Tulane brings back three of the team's five starters on the offensive line (Shadre Hurst, Josh Remetich, Rashad Green), the leading rusher in the conference (Makhi Hughes), two of the team's top four receivers (Alex Bauman, Yulkeith Brown), the team's punter (Will Karoll) and long snapper (Ethan Hudak), the team's top three tacklers (Jesus Machado, Tyler Grubbs and Bailey Despanie) and three of the six leading defensive players in tackles for loss (Patrick Jenkins, Tyler Grubbs and Kameron Hamilton)

Tulane finished the 2023 season with a mark of 11-3 and a perfect 8-0 record in the American Athletic Conference. The program concluded the campaign with the 16th bowl appearance at the GoBowling Military Bowl contest against Virginia Tech. It was the fifth time in the last six years that Tulane has appeared in a bowl game. The team is 27-7 over the last three seasons.

The school announced the hiring of Jon Sumrall as the 42nd head coach of the team on December 8, 2023. The Huntsville, Alabama native was one of the most successful head coaches in the country the last two seasons. He guided Troy University to a 23-4 record, two Sun Belt Conference championships and a pair of double-digit winning streaks. He was named Sun Belt Conference Coach of Year and was twice named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year honor. Sumrall returns to Tulane after serving as the Green Wave's Co-Defensive Coordinator for three years (2012-14). In 2013, he was a crucial part of Tulane's run to the New Orleans Bowl, the program's first postseason appearance since 2002 and third since 1988. Sumrall also was named a finalist for FootballScoop Defensive Line Coach of the Year.

Next, Tulane's football team hosts Rice University on Saturday, Oct. 19, at Yulman Stadium at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+. The team's remaining schedule includes home games against Temple (Nov. 9) and Memphis (Nov. 28). The team's 2024 road games includes trips to North Texas (October 26), Charlotte (October 31) and Navy (November 16).

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