Football Falls 42-19 To UTSA - Tulane University Athletics

Saturday, October 24

NEW ORLEANS

7 p.m.

Tulane University

3-4 , 1-2

UTSA

7-1 , 4-0

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
UTSA	14	7	14	7	42
Tulane	7	6	0	6	19

Photo by: Parker Waters

Oct 24, 2026 | Football

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NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane football team (3-4, 1-2 American) lost the team's first home conference game since the 2024 season in falling 42-19 to UTSA (6-1, 4-0 American) on Saturday night, Oct. 24, at Yulman Stadium. The Green Wave turned the ball over a season-high six times in the game.

Tulane scored first, 7-0, as Anthony Rogers intercepted the first UTSA pass of the game and returned it for a 22-yard touchdown at the 14:55 mark of the first quarter.

UTSA evened things up at seven on a one-yard touchdown run from A'Marion Peterson with 8:00 remaining in the opening quarter.

The Roadrunners, after a Tulane turnover, took the lead on Peterson's 18-yard touchdown run to take a 14-7 advantage with 13 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

After Tulane's third consecutive turnover, UTSA scored its third touchdown of the first half on the two-yard rush from Owen McCown with 4:23 to go before the half.

The Green Wave knocked in a 38-yard field goal from Cooper Helmke to creep within 21-10 with 1:38 remaining in the opening half.

Tulane, following Rogers' second interception of the day, drew within eight at the break on Helmke's 33-yard field goal to put the score at 21-13.

UTSA made it a two-score game as Will Henderson III ran it from the nine to give the Roadrunners a 28-13 advantage with 9:34 remaining in the third quarter.

After a defensive stop, UTSA scored its second touchdown of the second half to go up 35-13 with 2:41 remaining in the third quarter on Brandon High's five-yard scamper.

Following a forced fumble and recovery by Jack Tchienchou, the Tulane offense rumbled down the field to make the score 35-19 on the Johnnie Daniels seven-yard touchdown run with 7:37 remaining in the game. Daniels had an 81-yard rush earlier in the drive on fourth down to set up the eventual score.

After Tulane's sixth turnover of the game, UTSA finished its scoring on Mark Wiepert's one-yard rush to go up 42-19 in what would be the final margin.

Offense: Trace Johnson went 24-for-44 for 265 yards but was also intercepted twice. Johnnie Daniels rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown. Destyn Hill led the team with his five catches. Garrett Mmahat totaled 62 receiving yards on his two catches. Oliver Mitchell recorded four catches for 46 yards.

Defense: Dickson Agu and Kevin Adams III led the team with his eight tackles each. Adams also recorded a tackle for loss. Ed Smith IV totaled six tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss. Anthony Rogers picked up a pair of interceptions including one that was returned for a touchdown. Jack Tchienchou had a pair of tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovered.

Special Teams: Cooper Helmke was successful on each of his two field goal attempts. He also had three touchbacks in four kickoffs. William Hudlow punted three times for an average of 41.7 yards a kick.

Team: UTSA outgained Tulane 396 to 332. The Roadrunners were also 12-for-16 on third down and were 6-for-7 on redzone opportunities. UTSA also were able to force six turnovers in the game.

Next, Tulane gets on the road and travels to Charlotte (1-6) to take on the 49ers on Friday, Oct. 30, at 6:00 p.m.

NOTES
- Anthony Rogers was the second Tulane player in as many games to record multiple interceptions (Kevin Adams III – two interceptions vs. Memphis – 10/16/26).

- Rogers' 22-yard interception return to start the game made him the second Tulane defensive player to record an interception return for a touchdown this season and in as many games (TJ Smith – 76-yard interception touchdown return vs. Memphis – 10/16/26).

- The six turnovers are the most for the program since surrendering that many at Houston during the 2012 season (11/24/2012).

- With the loss, Tulane falls to 1-3 all-time against UTSA in a series that started in 2013. Tulane is now 1-1 all-time at home against the Roadrunners.

- Since the start of the 2022 season, Tulane is 46-17 (.730).

- Tulane is one of nine schools to win 46+ games from 2022-26.

- The loss puts Tulane below .500 after three conference games for the 40th time in school history. The team is exactly 1-2 in league play for the first time since 2018 and the 24th time since the team first played conference games in 1933.

- The loss put Tulane below .500 after seven games for the first time since 2021 and the 63rd time in school history. The program is exactly 3-4 for the first time since 2020 and for the 17th time in school history.

- Head Coach Will Hall is now 73-54 (.574) over the course of his 11-year head coaching career. The win makes Coach Hall 4-1 all-time at Yulman Stadium (3-1 at Tulane and 1-0 at Southern Miss. Coach Hall is now 46-24 as a head coach in home games in his career

- Tulane drops to 30-5 in conference regular season play since 2022. The .857 percentage is the fourth-best in the country in that period of time.

1. Ohio State 36-4 (90.0%)
2. Georgia 33-4 (89.2%)
3. Boise State 29-4 (87.8%)
4. Tulane 30-5 (85.7%)
5. Jacksonville State 23-4 (85.2%)
6. Oregon 34-6 (85.0%)
7. SMU 31-6 (83.7%)
8. Ohio 30-6 (83.3%)
9. Alabama 30-8 (78.9%)
10. Michigan 31-9 (77.5%)

- The loss ended Tulane's 10th consecutive game wining streak at home dating back to the start of the 2025 season (7-0 in 2025 and 3-1 in 2026). The 10 straight wins at home was tied for fourth-longest home winning streak in the home city of New Orleans since the beginning of the program in 1893. The team's last loss at home, before tonight, came against Memphis during the 2024 campaign (11/28/24)

Tulane All-Time Home Winning Streaks
1. 23 – 1929-1932 (Sept. 28, 1929 – Oct. 8, 1932)
t-2. 11 – 1948-49 (Sept. 25, 1948 – Nov. 5, 1949)
t-2. 11 – 1923-24 (Sept. 29, 1923 – Oct. 25, 1924)
t-4. 10 – 2025-26 (Aug. 30, 2025 – Oct. 16, 2026)
t-4. 10 – 1973-74 (Sept. 22, 1973 – Oct. 19, 1974)
t-6. 9 – 1998-99 (Sept. 26, 1998 – Oct. 16, 1999)
t-6. 9 – 1938-39 (Oct. 15, 1938 – Oct. 14, 1939)
t-8. 8 – 1978-79 (Oct. 28, 1978 – Nov. 17, 1979)
t-8. 8 – 1934-35 (Sept. 29, 1934 – Sept. 28, 1935)
t-8. 8 – 1908-1909 (Oct. 19, 1908 – Oct. 16, 1909)
11. 7 – 1940-41 (Oct. 19, 1940 – Oct. 18, 1941)

- The Green Wave has now outrushed the opposition in 41 of the last 61 games (including 35 of the last 51). In such contests, Tulane holds 38-3 (losses: 2022 vs. Southern Miss, 2023 vs. Ole Miss, and 2025 vs. UTSA).

- Since the beginning of the 2022 season, Tulane has only had five games where it has been forced to punt more than six times.

- Of the team's 17 losses since the start of the 2022 season, nine have come to P4 opponents (at the time of competition).

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