2017 TULSA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

2017 Tulsa Football Game Notes page 3TULSA FACING ITS FOURTH 2016 BOWL PARTICIPANT . . . Tulsa faces New Mexico in the 4th straight week for the Hurricane of facing a 2016Bowl team, following Oklahoma State, Louisiana and Toledo in the first 3 weeks. Tulsa is one of only five FBS programs to play all of its non-conference games in2017 against teams that played in a bowl game last season. The others are Louisiana-Monroe, Oklahoma State, Rice and UCLA. Only three of the five teams (ULM, Rice, Tulsa) have four non-conference games,while Oklahoma State and UCLA will play just three non-conference games. A total of nine Tulsa opponents this year made bowl appearances last season. Tulsa's 2017 opponents that made bowl appearances last year include: OklahomaState, Louisiana, Toledo, New Mexico and conference foes Navy, Houston,Memphis, USF and Temple.BIG FIRST-HALF DEFENSIVE PLAYS BY SENIOR SUITS . . . Senior linebacker Craig Suits had his 4th career interception and his second returnfor a touchdown at the 3:17 mark of the first quarter against Toledo when he pickedoff a Logan Woodside pass and raced 37 yards to put Tulsa ahead 21-7. Then at the 6:25 mark of the 2nd quarter, on a 4th-and-inches from the 41-yardline, Suits stopped Terry Swanson shy of the first down Tulsa's offense tookpossession at its own 42-yard line and five plays later scored for a 28-7 lead. Suits’ first career interception return for a TD came in the 2015 regular season finaleagainst Tulane with a 28-yard return that gave Tulsa the lead late in the game, acontest Tulsa needed to win to become bowl eligible.100-YARD RUSHING FOR FRESHMAN BROOKS . . . True freshman Shamari Brooks became the 14th freshman (true or red-shirt) to gain100 yards in a single game for the Golden Hurricane. Brooks gained 141 yards and 3 TDs on 18 carries against Toledo, which was thethird game of his career. His 100 game was the 22nd time in school history that a freshman had rushed forover 100 yards in a game, and the first time since 2015 when red-shirt freshmanRamadi Warren gained 139 yards against Cincinnati. Brooks' 141 rushing yards is the 9th best freshman rushing performance in schoolhistory.3 FOR 100, FIRST TIME IN OVER 30 YEARS . . . Tulsa running backs D’Angelo Brewer and Shamari Brooks and quarterback ChadPresident did something against Toledo that hadn’t happened in over 30 yards. Each player rushed for 100 yards in that game – Brewer had 152 yards, Brooks141 and President tallied 130 yards on the ground. The last time that feat was achieved came on Nov. 1, 1986 when running backsDerrick Ellison (177), Gill Johnson (177) and Kenneth Lee (106) each accomplishedthat feat against Wichita State.PRESIDENT GETTING COMFORTABLE . . . Entering the season opener against Oklahoma State, the starting quarterbackfor the Hurricane was unknown until Tulsa’s first possession when third-yearsophomore Chad President took the field. In three games, President has completed 44-of-75 passes for 546 yards and hasrushed for 214 yards, a 7.6 average and 4 TDs. In his first game as the starter, President completed 18-of-35 passes for 178 yards,and ran for another 69 yards on eight carries. In his second game, President completed 70-percent of his passes (14-of-20) for243 yards, while throwing his first career TD pass and running for his first career TD. In game No. 3, President became the first Tulsa quarterback to rush for 100 yards since Nov. 12, 2010 when G.J. Kinne had 190 yards rushing against Houston President rushed for 130 yards and 2 TDs against Toledo.AMONG THE TOP-10 IN THE AMERICAN . . . D'Angelo Brewer is ranked 2nd, Shamari Brooks 6th and Chad President 10thamong the top American Athletic Conference rushers this week. Brewer averages 149 yards per game, Brooks 85 yards and President 71.3. Tulsa is one of two teams to have 3 players ranked among the top-10 in the leaguestatistics for rushing the other is USF, while Memphis has two players.RELEASE INFORMATION Releases are emailed to the mediaand also available via the official athleticwebsite at www.tulsahurricane.com.INTERVIEW REQUESTS All interview requests for studentathletes, coaches or administrators shouldbe made with the athletic media relationsoffice. Contact Don Tomkalski, directorand football contact, at 918-631-3200.INJURY INFORMATION Injury information will not bereleased.BROADCASTS ON THE WEB Listen to The University of Tulsafootball games on the worldwide web atwww.tulsahurricane.com.HURRICANE ON RADIO The flagship station for Tulsafootball is Big Country 99.5 FM KXBLRadio. Bruce Howard (play-by-play), RickCouri (color analyst) and Jeremie Poplin(sideline commentary) call the action.Network affiliates are:KXBL Big Country 99.5 FM (flagship,Tulsa)KRIG 104.9 FM (Bartlesville)KWON 1400 AM (Bartlesville) Radio ShowonlyKCRC 1390 (Enid)KOKL 1240 AM (Okmulgee)KTMC 1400 AM/96.7 FM (McAlester)TUNE-IN Tulsa football in 2017 can also beheard on the Tune-In APP.NEWS CONFERENCE The Philip Montgomery WeeklyPress Conference is on Tuesdaysbeginning at 12 noon. The newsconference can be heard on the officialathletic website at www.tulsahurricane.com.MONTGOMERY RADIO SHOW The Philip Montgomery Radio Call-inShow airs Mondays from Mamadou'sRestaurant & Sports Bar at the downtownAloft Hotel (200 Civic Center Drive) from7-8 pm. The show can be heard on BigCountry 99.5 FM. The call-in number is918.879.9999. The show can be seen liveon Facebook/TulsaHurricane. Fans cantext questions to the Red Crown CreditUnion Textline at 90561MONTGOMERY TV SHOW The Philip Montgomery TV Show airsMondays at 7 pm, Tuesdays at 6:30 pmon COX Channel 3/1003 and On DemandChannel 1, and on Wednesdays at 11 pmon KWHB-TV 47.COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Collegepressbox.com is the officialmedia website for American AthleticConference football. Access and downloadgame notes, statistics, media guides andmore for the conference and all leaguemembers. For login information contactthe American Athletic Conference office.

2017 Tulsa Football Game Notes page 4AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEWEEKLY TELECONFERENCE The American Athletic ConferenceWeekly Teleconference takes place onMondays throughout the football season.Coach Montgomery appears at 10:40 am(CT). For media to access, contact Tulsaathletic media relations for the call-in numberand participant number, or contact ChuckSullivan at The American, 401.453.0660 orcsullivan@theamerican.org.VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICANATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAMS The American Athletic Conferenceoffers weekly video highlights and clips ofselected press conferences through theXOS Digital XChange FTP tool. Content isavailable in full broadcast-quality resolution.Contact Chuck Sullivanat csullivan@theamerican.org to receiveaccess information.CURRENT PLAYERS WITH ATLEAST TWO 200 YARDRUSHING GAMESRay Lawry, Old Dominion209 yards, 27 carries vs. Marshall (2016)223 yards, 28 carries at E. Michigan (2015)215 yards, 31 carries vs. Norfolk State(2015)213 yards, 25 carries at FAU (2014)Larry Rose III, New Mexico State260 yards, 21 carries at New Mexico (2015)212 yards, 25 carries vs. Idaho (OT) (2015)207, 31 carries at Texas State: (2015)229 yards, 35 carries vs. ULM (2014)D’Angelo Brewer, Tulsa262, 38 carries vs. Louisiana (2017)252, 46 carries at Fresno State (2016)Rashaad Penny, San Diego State216, 18 carries at Arizona State (2017)208, 10 carries at Nevada (2016)Saquon Barkley, Penn State202 yards, 31 carries vs. Maryland (2016)207 yards, 18 carries at Purdue (2016)Diocemy Saint Justice, Hawai'i202 yards, 25 carries vs W. Carolina (2017)205 yards, 19 carries vs Nevada (2016)Damarea Crockett, Missouri225 yards, 24 carries at Tennessee (2016)202 yards, 18 carries vs. Missouri St. (2017)Derris Guice, LSU285 yards, 37 att. at Texas A&M (2016)252 yards, 21 att. at Arkansas (2016)Trayveon Williams, Texas A&M203 yards, 22 carries at UCLA (2017)217 yards, 28 carries vs. Tennessee (2016)Justin Crawford, West Virginia331 yards, 24 carries vs. Oklahoma (2016)209 yards, 28 carries vs. Baylor (2016)Jalin Moore, Appalachian State244 yards, 27 carries at Idaho (2015)257 yards, 39 carries at Akron (2016)BREWER JUMPS UP CAREER LIST . . . D’Angelo Brewer jumped from 9th place to 4th place on the school’s all-timerushing chart with his 262-yard rushing performance against Louisiana in thesecond game of the season. He came into that game with 2,433 career rushing yards and ended with 2,695career yards. A week later, he had 152 rushing yards vs. Toledo, but did not make a move upthe all-time list of rushers. Brewer now has 2,847 career yards and 18 touchdowns on 563 carries. Brewer is now 668 yards away from moving up any further on the career rushinglist Trey Watts (2010-13) is in third place with 3,515 yards.MORE ON BREWER'S 262-YARD PERFORMANCE, EARNSTHE AMERICAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS . . . D’Angelo Brewer became just the 5th Tulsa player to rush for over 200 yardstwice in a career, and it was just the 23rd time overall that Tulsa has had a 200yard rusher. He finished the Louisiana game with the 4th best rushing performance in schoolhistory with 262 yards on 38 attempts. Brewer’s first 200 rushing game came last year with 252 yards on 46 carries atFresno State. The 200-yard game this year was his 10th career game of 100 yards rushing. His three TDs against Louisiana was the most in his career. For his performance, Brewer was named the American Athletic Conference's coOffensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 9.BREWER'S LONG RUNS . . . Of all the yards and big plays that D’Angelo Brewer has made in his career, hisfirst touchdown run this season was his longest run of his career when heraced 50 yards for his first touchdown of the season in the first quarter againstLouisiana. Brewer bettered that run with a 60-yarder to the Louisiana 3-yard line in the finalminute of the first half that led to Tulsa going ahead 38-23. His previous long run was 48 yards against Virginia Tech in the 2016 CampingWorld Independence Bowl.SOPHOMORE DEFENDERS . . . Two 2-year sophomores, safety Manny Bunch and linebacker Cooper Edmiston,are in starting roles this year for the Hurricane after spending most of the 2016season playing special teams. The duo is tied for the team-lead in tackles with 25 apiece, and each has oneinterception. They each turned in their career-highs for tackles and each had their firstcareer interceptions against Louisiana Bunch had 13 stops to lead theHurricane, while Edmiston was one back with 12 tackles. Edmiston followed up that game with a 10-tackle performance at Toledo.600 AND 400 . . . Tulsa totaled 667 total yards on 92 plays against Louisiana for the most yards inthe Philip Montgomery era. It marked the seventh time in the last three seasons that Tulsa has gone over600 yards in total offense. It's also the 18th game in which Tulsa has gone over 500 yards in theMontgomery era. The Hurricane gained 424 yards rushing on 72 carries against Louisiana, whichwas the most rushing yards for Tulsa since gaining 439 yards against Ball Statein the GMAC Bowl at the end of the 2008 season. Tulsa put together its second straight 400 rushing game with 423 yards on 68carries at Toledo.

2017 Tulsa Football Game Notes page 5MORE ON 400-YARD RUSHING GAMES . . . Tulsa rushed for 400 yards in back-to-back games with 424 vs. Louisiana and 423 atToledo. The last time Tulsa had a 400-yard rushing game was the same year that Tulsa hadtwo 400 rushing games that season, which came in 2008 when the Hurricane had 489yards vs. Tulane and 439 yards against Ball State in the GMAC Bowl. However, the last time Tulsa had two straight 400 rushing games was in the 1986season when the Hurricane had 503 yards vs. Wichita State (Nov. 1) and 429 yards atNew Mexico (Nov. 8).DI Head Coaches as OffensiveCoordinators Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech)Mike Leach (Washington State)Doug Martin (NM State)Philip Montgomery (Tulsa)Mark Whipple (UMass)REDFORD IS MOVING ON UP . . . Senior placekicker Redford Jones came into the season with 239 points, needing 60points to tie for the school’s all-time scoring record. After scoring 27 points in the first three games (6 vs. Oklahoma State, 12 vs.Louisiana and 9 vs. Toledo), Jones is now only 33 points shy of the school record 299points. Jones now has 266 career points for a 5th-place tie with Stu Crum (1978-82) on theschool's all-time scoring list. His 41 career field goals ranks 7th on Tulsa's all-time chart for field goals made, as hetrails the all-time leader, Jason Staurovsky (53 FGs, 1981, '83-85) by 12 field goals.2017 WATCH LISTSINTERCEPTIONS TURN THE TIDE . . . On back-to-back Louisiana possessions in the second half, Tulsa sophomoredefenders intercepted passes that stopped Ragin’ Cajun drives. Manny Bunch intercepted a pass at the Tulsa 5-yard line. On the Cajuns’ next possession, Cooper Edmiston intercepted a pass at theTulsa 27-yard line, which led to a Tulsa touchdown and a 45-35 lead . The INTs were the first for each of the two-year players.Chandler Miller Rimington Award Outland Trophy AwardD'Angelo Brewer Doak Walker Award Maxwell AwardJesse Brubaker SB Nation Piesman AwardRedford Jones Lou Groza AwardEvan Plagg Outland Trophy AwardKolton Shindelar SB Nation Piesman AwardSPECIAL TEAMS MAKES THE PLAY IN OPENER . . . True freshman deep snapper Adam Higuera, playing in his first career game, Willie Wrightwas in the right place at the right time against Oklahoma State. Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Higuera scored Tulsa’s first touchdown of the 2017 season when he jumped on Wuerffel Trophya fumble by OSU punt returner Jalen McCleskey in the end zone. Another newcomer, punter Thomas Bennett, forced the ball over McCleskey'shead with a 60-yard punt. Senior CJ Gooden knocked the ball out of McCleskey's hands as Higuera TULSA IS SMALLESTFBS SCHOOL . . .pounced on it.Undergrad The fumbled punt for a TD marked the second straight year that the Hurricane Rk SchoolEnrollmenthad a fumble punt return for a TD in the season opener, as the same happened 1. Tulsa3,406in 2016 against San Jose State.2. Rice3,910NICE DEBUT . . . Sophomore transfer Thomas Bennett punted for the first time in his collegiatecareer and turned in a performance where he averaged 44.6 yards on sevenpunts against Oklahoma State. His fourth punt of the game sailed 60 yards and over the head of the OSU puntreturner, who eventually grabbed the ball but was forced into a fumble that Tulsarecovered in the end zone for its first points of the game. In three games, Bennett has averaged 42.7 yards per game on 12 punts.YOUTH MOVEMENT . . . Among 55 players that have played in the first two games, Tulsa has had a totalof 25 sophomores, red-shirt freshmen or true freshmen that saw playing time. Tulsa’s total amount of freshmen, both true and red-shirt, and sophomoresamounted to 45-percent. Tulsa had 14 sophomores, 6 red-shirt freshmen and5 true freshmen included in that group.3.4.5.6.Air ForceArmyNavyWake Forest4,1114,3484,5254,846Back-to-Back NCAANational Leaders in TotalOffense . . .School –– Consecutive YearsTulsa ––1951, 1952Oklahoma –– 1955, 1956Tulsa –– 1964, 1965Houston –– 1966, 1967, 1968Arizona State –– 1972, 1973BYU –– 1979, 1980BYU ––1983, 1984, 1985Houston –– 1989, 1990Nevada –– 1995, 1996Tulsa –– 2007, 2008Baylor –– 2013, 2014, 2015

2017 Tulsa Football Game Notes page 6MCKINLEY DOESN'T MISS A BEAT AFTER POSITIONCHANGE . . . Junior McKinley Whitfield made the move from safety to STAR linebacker lastspring. In his first game at STAR, Whitfield had a team-leading 10 tackles, includingthree stops for -9 yards all 10 of his tackles were solos. The 10 tackles was a career-high for Whitfield, surpassing his previous-high of 8stops from a year ago. In three games. Whitfield has totaled 18 tackles, including 14 solos, 3 stops for -9yards and one PBU.FOUR ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS RETURN . . . Tulsa had 7 American Athletic Conference all-league selections as voted on by theconference coaches in 2016, and 4 of those returned to the Tulsa offense this year. Two running backs, one receiver and four offensive linemen earned all-conference accolades last year. Returning in 2017 is first-team offensive center Chandler Miller, as well as secondteam selections –– OG Tyler Bowling, OT Evan Plagg and RB D'Angelo Brewer.ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP OFFENSES RETURNS SEVENSTARTERS . . . In 2016, Tulsa averaged 527.0 yards of total offense to rank fourth nationally andwas seventh in the NCAA for scoring (42.5 ppg), eighth for rushing (261.7 ypg)and 30th for passing (265.3 ypg). Seven starters and 22 lettermen return from that offense. One of two Tulsa 1,000-yard rushers from last season return to the Tulsa roster inthe likes of D’Angelo Brewer, who gained 1,435 yards for a 119.6 average per game. The offensive line returns four of five starters from a unit that paved the way for aschool record eight 300 yard rushing games. Tulsa returns 1,000-yard career receiver Justin Hobbs for his junior season.WHAT RETURNED TO THE DEFENSE . . . The Tulsa defense returned 25 lettermen and six starters. In 2016, the Tulsa defense made great improvement, holding opponents to 10points and 110 yards less than the previous season. The end spot returned as the strength of the front seven as Jesse Brubaker andJeremy Smith were returning starters. Brubaker had a team-high 13.5 TFLs for – 60 yards, while Smith tallied eightstops for -52 yards in 10 games. The linebacker corps went through somewhat of an overhaul this year, but onemainstay, Craig Suits, returned for his senior season . . . Suits was Tulsa’s lonedefensive player with over 200 career tackles entering the season. A total of eight lettermen returned to the Tulsa defensive secondary, includingfour at safety and four at the cornerback slots.WHAT? TWO TULSA DEFENSIVE LINEMEN SCORINGTOUCHDOWNS . . . Tulsa senior defensive linemen –– Jesse Brubaker and Kolton Shindelar –– haveeach scored two career TDs on interception returns. Brubaker had both his in 2016 he took back an INT for a 24-yard TD againstSan Jose State in the opener, and closed the season with a 66-yard TD returnagainst Central Michigan in the Miami Beach Bowl. Shindelar, who began his collegiate career at tight end, had his second career INTreturn for a touchdown when he took an interception against North Carolina A&T 65yards for the score in 2016. Shindelar's first INT return came in 2015 in the regular season finale againstTulane with Tulsa fighting for its sixth win and bowl eligibility. Shindelar intercepted a Tulane pass and went 89 yards for a touchdown to putTulsa ahead 45-34 with 1:12 remaining in the game.The School . . . Tulsa has an 11:1 studentfaculty ratio The average class size is 21 1 in 10 is the ratio of NationalMerit Scholars in the undergraduatestudent body, and is also the ratio ofstudent-athletes among the studentpopulation 30 is the average ACT score ofincoming freshmen 1,019,940 is the amount ofsquare feet added to the campus inthe last decade 76 percent of Tulsa studentsgraduated in the top-10 percent oftheir high school class (based on2015 freshman class)The Program . . . Tulsa was the first school toappear in five straight New Years Daybowl games Tulsa has made 20 bowl gameappearances TU has won 36 conferencechampionships Tulsa has had 39 playes earn1st, 2nd or 3rd-team All-Americahonors The Golden Hurricane has produced three NFL Hall of Famers, themost among Oklahoma schools (JimFinks, Bob St. Clair, Steve Largent) TU has the most former footballplayers (4) to serve as head coachesin the NFL among Oklahoma colleges Tulsa has two Heisman Trophyrunners-up – Jerry Rhome (1964) andHoward Twilley (1965) Tulsa won a school record 11games in 2008 and 2012 Paul Smith won the 2007Wuerffel Trophy, while Wilson Holloway won the FedEx Orange BowlFWAA Courage Award in 2008. Dane Evans was named tothe prestigious Allstate AFCA GoodWorks Team in 2016.The TULSA Key:We are . . . The Universityof Tulsa, not Tulsa UniversityWe are . . . TU, not UTWe are . . . the Golden Hurricane,not Hurricanes (No "s")

2017 Tulsa Football Game Notes page 7300-YARD RUSHING GAMES . . . It will take a lot to duplicate Tulsa's rushing game performance from the 2016season when the Hurricane rushed for 300 yards in eight games to establish anew school record. The eight 300 rushing games surpassed the previous school record of six thatwas set in 1950, 1952 and 2008. Tulsa rushed for 305 yards vs. San Jose State, 336 at Fresno State, 315 vs.SMU, 330 vs. Tulane, 362 at Memphis, 342 vs. East Carolina, 348 at UCF and306 yardsagai

5 true freshmen,including one walk-on, and 6 red-shirt freshmen. Four players made their first career start in the season opener – QB Chad President, WR Josh Stewart, DT Shemarr Robinson and DB Manny Bunch. In the third game at Toledo, true freshman defe