PHILADEPHIA– The No. 24 Tulane football team (9-2, 6-1 American) earned a resounding 37-13 road victory over Temple (5-6, 3-4 American) on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 22, at Lincoln Financial Field.
Tulane scored first as Shazz Preston hauled in a 69-yard pass from Jake Retzlaff on the team’s second offensive play of the game at the 12:33 mark of the first quarter.
The Green Wave made it a two-score game as Patrick Durkin knocked in a 50-yard field goal to increase the lead to 10-0 at the 4:30 mark of the first quarter.
The Owls drew to within three, 10-7, on the three-yard touchdown pass to Peter Clark with 27 seconds left in the opening quarter.
The Green Wave again extended the lead to two scores on Retzlaff’s two-yard rushing touchdown, 17-7, at the 6:36 mark of the second quarter.
Tulane added on the team’s second field goal of the half as Durkin connected from 36 yards out with 21 seconds remaining before the break.
Durkin made it a hat trick with his third field goal of the game to start the third quarter and increased the Tulane advantage to 23-7 at the 9:05 mark.
Durkin knocked in his fourth field goal of the game, this one from 42 yards out, to put the Green Wave up 26-7 with 53 seconds left in the third.
The Owls drew to within two scores, 26-13, on a two-yard touchdown reception from Colin Chase at the 12:56 mark of the fourth after the failed two-point attempt.
The Green Wave quickly answered as Retzlaff connected with Justyn Reid on a four-yard pitch-and-catch that increased the lead to 34-12 after the successful two-point passing conversion to Anthony Brown-Stephens with just under 10 minutes left.
Durkin made his fifth field goal of the game as he knocked in a career-long 52-yard attempt with 6:33 left for the contest’s final margin. The five field goals tied the school record. His 52-yard make was the longest for the program since Brad Palazzo’s in 1997.
Next, Tulane returns home to Yulman Stadium to face off against Charlotte on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
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