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No. 23 USF rallies to beat Tulsa 25-24 to remain unbeaten
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Blake Barnett and Tyre McCants came through with No. 23 South Florida's undefeated season on the line against struggling Tulsa.
The Bulls overcame a 14-point deficit in the final 7:10, taking the lead on Coby Weiss' 22-yard field goal with 2 seconds left in a 25-24 victory Friday night.
Barnett and McCants set up the field goal, with Tyre McCants taking the ball to 5 with 8 seconds left on a 32-yard pass play.
''The thing about him is that he is so strong and he is elusive,'' USF coach Charlie Strong said about the 5-foot-11, 240-pound McCants. ''When you tackle him you'd better wrap up because he's going to break away.''
USF was helped on the drive by a roughing-the-passer penalty on defensive end Trevis Gipson.
''I haven't seen the play. And I've got to be real careful what I say,'' Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery said. ''All I do know is that is a tough call right there in in that situation at that time in the game.''
Barnett scored on 1- and 12-yard runs to pull the Bulls (6-0, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) within two with 2:10 to go, but was stopped on a two-point conversion run. USF forced Tulsa (1-5, 0-3) into a three-and-out, giving the Bulls the ball back with 1:03 remaining on their own 43 with no timeouts left.
''It was great that we were able to pull this game out when we have a national audience when a lot of people were able to see us,'' Strong said.
Barrett was 17 of 39 attempts for 237 yards,
Weiss won the kicking job just before the season started.
''I told our guys, we didn't know who our kicker was, but we know he is now,'' Strong said.
Jordan Cronkrite, who set a USF and AAC record with 302 yards last week at UMass, rushed for 151 yards on 25 carries. But outside of a 66-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter that evened it at 10, Cronkrite didn't do a lot of damage.
Sharmari Brooks ran for 100 yards on 28 carries for Tulsa. He had two 10-yard scoring runs in the third quarter to put the Golden Hurricane up 24-10.
Tulsa's Seth Boomer was 6 of 21 for 79 yards.
THE TAKEAWAY
Tulsa almost won the game due to not turning the ball over, combined with a strong defense. Coming into the game, Tulsa ranked last in FBS in turnovers and turnovers per game, and sixth-to-last in turnover margin.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
South Florida would have almost certainly dropped out of the Top 25 after losing to a Tulsa team that had not won a FBS game all season.
UP NEXT
USF: Hosts UConn on Oct. 20.
Tulsa: At Arkansas on Oct. 20.
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Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 26 | 16 |
Rushing | 12 | 10 |
Passing | 11 | 5 |
Penalty | 3 | 1 |
3rd Down Conv | 10-20 | 7-17 |
4th Down Conv | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Total Net Yards | 479 | 290 |
Total Plays | 87 | 70 |
Avg Gain | 5.5 | 4.1 |
Net Yards Rushing | 250 | 220 |
Rush Attempts | 47 | 49 |
Avg Rush Yards | 5.3 | 4.5 |
Yards Passing | 237 | 79 |
Comp. - Att. | 17-40 | 6-21 |
Yards Per Pass | 5.7 | 3.3 |
Penalties - Yards | 8-70 | 10-81 |
Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
Rushing TDs | 3 | 2 |
Passing TDs | 0 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Fumbles - Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Int. Thrown | 1 | 0 |
Punts - Avg | 7-41.1 | 9-50.7 |
Return Yards | 30 | 45 |
Punts - Returns | 4-13 | 2-3 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 1-17 | 3-42 |
Int. - Returns | 0-0 | 1-0 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
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Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
B. Barnett
11 QB
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B. Barnett | 17/39 | 237 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
J. Cronkrite
2 RB
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J. Cronkrite | 25 | 151 | 1 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Ford
20 RB
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J. Ford | 9 | 59 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
B. Barnett
11 QB
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B. Barnett | 9 | 24 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Oladokun
10 QB
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C. Oladokun | 4 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
M. Wilcox
89 TE
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M. Wilcox | 0 | 5 | 95 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. McCants
8 WR
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T. McCants | 0 | 8 | 91 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Salomon
3 WR
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D. Salomon | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R. St. Felix
84 WR
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R. St. Felix | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Ford
20 RB
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J. Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Cronkrite
2 RB
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J. Cronkrite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Clerveaux
86 WR
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S. Clerveaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Bronson
6 WR
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R. Bronson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
M. LaPointe
22 DB
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M. LaPointe | 8-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Sawtelle
54 LB
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N. Sawtelle | 6-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Black
55 LB
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J. Black | 4-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G. Reaves
4 LB
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G. Reaves | 4-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Roberts
24 DB
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N. Roberts | 4-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Kegler
90 DL
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K. Kegler | 4-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Thomas
18 S
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J. Thomas | 4-3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. McGee
2 LB
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K. McGee | 4-4 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Livingstone
94 DE
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K. Livingstone | 3-3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Hoggins
19 CB
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R. Hoggins | 3-1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Barber
93 DT
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T. Barber | 1-1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Brown
56 DE
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J. Brown | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Johnson
34 LB
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K. Johnson | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Bronson
99 DT
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K. Bronson | 1-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
V. Jackson
15 DE
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V. Jackson | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
B. Sanders
20 DB
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B. Sanders | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
B. Nichols
28 DB
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B. Nichols | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
C. Weiss
24 K
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C. Weiss | 2/2 | 22 | 1/2 | 7 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
T. Schneider
39 P
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T. Schneider | 7 | 41.1 | 2 | 54 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
B. Sanders
20 DB
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B. Sanders | 1 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
T. McCants 8 WR
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T. McCants | 3 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Ford 20 RB
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J. Ford | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
S. Boomer
12 QB
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S. Boomer | 6/21 | 79 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
J. Anderson
4 WR
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J. Anderson | 0 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Stewart
1 WR
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J. Stewart | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Stokes
2 WR
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K. Stokes | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Thomas
22 RB
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J. Thomas | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Brooks
3 RB
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S. Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Crawford Jr.
9 WR
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S. Crawford Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Johnson
8 WR
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K. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Hobbs
29 WR
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J. Hobbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
Z. Collins
23 LB
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Z. Collins | 7-3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
B. Powers
21 S
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B. Powers | 6-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Edmiston
42 LB
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C. Edmiston | 6-7 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Green IV
12 CB
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A. Green IV | 5-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Bunch
10 S
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M. Bunch | 5-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Whitfield
5 S
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M. Whitfield | 5-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Stevenson
97 DT
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T. Stevenson | 4-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Gipson
15 DE
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T. Gipson | 4-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Player
90 DT
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