Tulsa 45, Marshall 38
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 6, 2012
Where: Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, West Virginia
Temperature:
60°
Head Official:
Wayne Winkler
Attendance:
27189
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Tulsa 45, Marshall 38: Alex Singleton rushed for three touchdowns and Cody Green found Jordan James for a 4-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter as the visiting Golden Hurricane rallied past the Thundering Herd.
Singleton scored from 48, 4 and 2 yards en route to a 16-carry, 94-yard performance. Trey Watts also gashed Marshall's defense for 111 yards on 18 carries for Tulsa (5-1, 3-0 Conference USA), which breezed to a 59-17 triumph over Marshall last year.
Saturday's contest was a lot closer as Rakeem Cato tossed a pair of touchdowns to bridge the third and fourth quarters to give Marshall (2-4, 1-1 Conference USA) a 38-37 lead.
Tulsa rebounded quickly by keeping its ensuing drive alive as Green tossed a 47-yard pass to Kevarris Garrett on a 3rd-and-5. Green, who completed only 9 of 17 passes for 90 yards, also converted the next third down by finding James for the score and Thomas Roberson for the 2-point conversion to give the Golden Hurricane a 45-38 lead.
Tulsa prevented Marshall from answering, stopping the Thundering Herd on their last drive at the Golden Hurricane's 17 by turning the ball over on downs.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Tulsa |
|
Marshall |
Trey Watts
|
Player |
Kevin Grooms
|
18 |
Attempts |
16 |
111 |
Yards |
71 |
6.2 |
Avg Yards |
4.4 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Tulsa
|
351 |
261 |
90 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
Marshall
|
572 |
169 |
403 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |