SAN ANTONIO, Texas– The Tulane football team (6-2, 3-1 American) could not overcome a hostile road crowd and four turnovers in falling to UTSA (4-4, 2-2 American) by a 48-26 score on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Alamodome. The loss snapped Tulane’s three-game winning streak.
Tulane scored first as Jake Retzlaff rushed it in from the one with 11:37 remaining in the opening quarter to put the Green Wave up 6-0 after a failed two-point attempt. The big play of the drive was his own 39-yard rush.
UTSA took the lead on the ensuing drive as Owen McCown hit David Amador II on a two-yard pitch-and-catch to take the lead 7-6 after the made extra point with 9:50 remaining in the opening quarter.
A Tulane turnover gave UTSA a short field to work with. The Green Wave defense stiffened though and only surrendered a 44-yard field goal from Michael Petro with 5:06 left in the first quarter to put the score at 10-6.
The Roadrunners added to the advantage, 17-6, was a six-yard touchdown pass from McCown to Devin McCuin at the 12:10 mark of the second quarter.
After a Tulane turnover, UTSA quickly went down the field and score the team’s third touchdown of the half, 24-6, on a 21-yard wide receiver pass from Armador to McCuin with 3:37 remaining before the break.
UTSA kept scoring an added a fourth touchdown of the half, a McCown to Armador 14-yard connection, to put the margin at 31-6 with 45 seconds remaining before the break.
The Green Wave answered with a late touchdown just before the half as Zycarl Lewis Jr. hauled in a 10-yard pass to make the margin 31-12 going into the break.
The Roadrunners started the second half much like the first half had gone with touchdown. This one was a 16-yard pass from McCown to Will Henderson III to put UTSA up 38-12 with 10:08 left in the third quarter.
The Green Wave used a trick play to score the team’s third touchdown of the game as wide receiver Jimmy Calloway connected with Omari Hayes for a 42-yard yard score to draw Tulane to 38-19 with 3:26 remaining in the third quarter.
UTSA added a 44-yard field goal from Petro to put the score at 41-19 with 14:44 remaining.
Tulane drew a touchdown closer as Brendan Sullivan connected with Tre Shackelford on a 15-yard touchdown to put the score at 41-26 with 7:10 remaining.
UTSA again answered as Henderson ran it from the 17 to put the Roadrunners up 48-26 with 1:40 remaining in the game in what would be the final margin of victory.
Next, the football team, travels to Memphis take on the Tigers on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m.
**TULANE PRESS RELEASE**
