2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 AAC)
Head coach	Philip Montgomery (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Co-defensive coordinator	Brian Norwood (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bill Young (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
Seasons ←  2016 2018  →

2017 American Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 6 UCF xy$		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 21 South Florida		6	–	2					10	–	2
Temple		4	–	4					7	–	6
Cincinnati		2	–	6					4	–	8
UConn		2	–	6					3	–	9
East Carolina		2	–	6					3	–	9
West Division
No. 25 Memphis xy		7	–	1					10	–	3
Houston		5	–	3					7	–	5
Navy		4	–	4					7	–	6
SMU		4	–	4					7	–	6
Tulane		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulsa		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: UCF 62, Memphis 55
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 9, 2018 Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at the Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Philip Montgomery. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Schedule

Tulsa announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Golden Hurricane will host AAC foes Houston, Memphis, Navy, and Temple, and will travel to UConn, SMU, South Florida, and Tulane. ^[1]

The Golden Hurricane will host two of the four non-conference opponents, Louisiana from the Sun Belt Conference and New Mexico from the Mountain West Conference, and will travel to Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference and Toledo from the Mid-American Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Oklahoma State *	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	FS1	L 24–59	56,790
September 9	3:00 p.m.	Louisiana *	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN3	W 66–42	17,758
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at Toledo *	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 51–54	24,239
September 23	12:30 p.m.	New Mexico *	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN3	L 13–16	18,026
September 30	2:30 p.m.	Navy	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	L 21–31	21,354
October 7	10:00 a.m.	at Tulane	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	L 28–62	11,971
October 14	2:45 p.m.	Houston	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	ESPNews	W 45–17	19,198
October 21	11:00 a.m.	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPNU	L 14–20	24,814
October 27	8:00 p.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	ESPN2	L 34–38	14,930
November 3	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Memphis	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	L 14–41	17,383
November 16	7:00 p.m.	at No. 23 South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN	L 20–27	26,195
November 25	4:00 p.m.	Temple	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPNews	L 22–43	17,032
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

At Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 0 17 0 7 24 •No. 10 Cowboys 21 17 14 7 59

Scoring summary 1 12:59 OSU Tyron Johnson 44-yard pass from Mason Rudolph (Matt Ammendola kick) OSU 7–0 1 6:35 OSU James Washington 40-yard pass from Rudolph (Ammendola kick) OSU 14–0 1 4:08 OSU Justice Hill 3-yard run (Ammendola kick) OSU 21–0 2 10:38 TU Adam Higuera 0-yard fumble return (Redford Jones kick) OSU 21–7 2 10:06 OSU J.D. King 71-yard run (Ammendola kick) OSU 28–7 2 6:18 TU Corey Taylor II 3-yard run (Jones kick) OSU 28–14 2 3:29 OSU Ammendola 24-yard field goal OSU 31–14 2 2:04 OSU Washington 77-yard pass from Rudolph (Ammendola kick) OSU 38–14 2 0:00 TU Jones 23-yard field goal OSU 38–17 3 6:37 OSU Rudolph 1-yard run (Ammendola kick) OSU 45–17 3 2:14 OSU Kenneth Edison-McGruder 82-yard fumble return (Ammendola kick) OSU 52–17 4 7:55 OSU LD Brown 15-yard run (Ammendola kick) OSU 59–17 4 5:35 TU Taylor 55-yard run (Jones kick) OSU 59–24

See also: 2017 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and Oklahoma State–Tulsa football rivalry

Louisiana

1 2 3 4 Total Ragin' Cajuns 10 13 12 7 42 •Golden Hurricane 10 28 7 21 66

Scoring summary 1 12:02 TU Redford Jones 46-yard field goal TU 3–0 1 8:08 UL Stevie Artigue 38-yard field goal Tied 3–3 1 6:04 TU D'Angelo Brewer 50-yard run (Jones kick) TU 10–3 1 1:32 UL Jordan Davis 1-yard run (Artigue kick) Tied 10–10 2 11:35 TU Chad President 5-yard run (Jones kick) TU 17–10 2 9:09 UL Elijah Mitchell 20-yard run (Artigue kick) Tied 17–17 2 7:42 TU Corey Taylor II 4-yard run (Jones kick) TU 24–17 2 2:05 UL Keenan Barnes 15-yard pass from Davis (Artigue kick failed) TU 24–23 2 1:35 TU Justin Hobbs 69-yard pass from President (Jones kick) TU 31–23 2 0:06 TU Taylor 1-yard run (Jones kick) TU 38–23 3 13:11 UL Mitchell 19-yard pass from Davis (Davis pass failed) TU 38–29 3 7:06 UL Davis 9-yard run (Calvin Linden kick failed) TU 38–35 3 4:00 TU Brewer 1-yard run (Jones kick) TU 45–35 4 14:05 TU Shamari Brooks 5-yard run (Jones kick) TU 52–35 4 12:24 UL Trey Ragas 15-yard run (Artigue kick) TU 52–42 4 7:43 TU Brewer 1-yard run (Jones kick) TU 59–42 4 0:52 TU President 2-yard run (Jones kick) TU 66–42

See also: 2017 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

At Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 21 7 9 14 51 •Rockets 7 7 22 18 54

Scoring summary 1 09:34 TU Chad President 8-yard run (Redford Jones kick) TU 7–0 1 09:23 UT Danzel McKinley-Lewis 60-yard pass from Logan Woodside (Jameson Vest kick) Tied 7–7 1 08:21 TU Shamari Brooks 63-yard run (Jones kick) TU 14–7 1 03:17 TU Craig Suits 37-yard interception return (Jones kick) TU 21–7 2 05:01 TU Brooks 8-yard run (Jones kick) TU 28–7 2 00:28 UT Cody Thompson 26-yard pass from Woodside (Vest kick) TU 28–14 3 14:05 UT Terry Swanson 49-yard run (Vest kick) TU 28–21 3 09:10 TU Jones 25-yard field goal TU 31–21 3 08:55 UT Thompson 81-yard pass from Woodside (Vest kick) TU 31–28 3 03:13 UT Thompson 15-yard pass from Woodside (Vest kick failed) UT 34–31 3 00:56 TU D'Angelo Brewer 1-yard run (Jones kick blocked) TU 37–34 3 00:56 UT Josh Teachey defensive two-point conversion TU 37–36 4 12:07 TU President 39-yard run (Jones kick) TU 44–36 4 10:18 UT Diontae Johnson 49-yard pass from Woodside (Jordan Fisher pass) Tied 44–44 4 08:04 UT Johnson 74-yard pass from Woodside (Vest kick) UT 51–44 4 02:47 TU Brooks 1-yard run (Jones kick) Tied 51–51 4 00:00 UT Vest 33-yard field goal UT 54–51

See also: 2017 Toledo Rockets football team

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total •Lobos 7 6 0 3 16 Golden Hurricane 3 7 0 3 13

Scoring summary 1 11:32 UNM Coltin Gerhart 19-yard run (Jason Sanders kick) UNM 7–0 1 07:45 TU Redford Jones 50-yard field goal UNM 7–3 2 13:57 UNM Sanders 34-yard field goal UNM 10–3 2 12:49 TU D'Angelo Brewer 4-yard run (Jones kick) Tied 10–10 2 08:08 UNM Sanders 39-yard field goal UNM 13–10 4 14:53 TU Jones 26-yard field goal Tied 13–13 4 00:00 UNM Sanders 53-yard field goal UNM 16–13

See also: 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team

Navy

1 2 3 4 Total •Midshipmen 0 14 3 14 31 Golden Hurricane 14 0 0 7 21

Scoring summary 1 12:22 TU D'Angelo Brewer 1-yard run (Redford Jones kick) TU 7–0 1 00:32 TU Chad President 1-yard run (Jones kick) TU 14–0 2 04:19 NAVY Zach Abey 1-yard run (Bennett Moehring kick) TU 14–7 2 00:27 NAVY Abey 3-yard run (Moehring kick) Tied 14–14 3 01:23 NAVY Moehring 24-yard field goal NAVY 17–14 4 14:45 NAVY Malcolm Perry 27-yard run (Moehring kick) NAVY 24–14 4 08:47 NAVY Abey 2-yard run (Moehring kick) NAVY 31–14 4 07:01 TU Chris Minter 4-yard pass from President (Jones kick) NAVY 31–21

See also: 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team

At Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 7 0 14 7 28 •Green Wave 21 27 7 7 62

Scoring summary 1 12:31 TULANE Dontrell Hilliard 1-yard run (Merek Glover kick) TULANE 7–0 1 08:24 TULANE Hilliard 23-yard run (Glover kick) TULANE 14–0 1 07:45 TULANE Terren Encalade 62-yard pass from Jonathan Banks (Glover kick) TULANE 21–0 1 07:09 TULSA Justin Hobbs 59-yard pass from Luke Skipper (Redford Jones kick) TULANE 21–7 2 14:56 TULANE Stephon Huderson 2-yard run (Glover kick) TULANE 28–7 2 13:35 TULANE Darius Bradwell 8-yard run (Glover kick) TULANE 35–7 2 05:43 TULANE Hilliard 17-yard run (Glover kick) TULANE 42–7 2 00:05 TULANE Banks 13-yard run (Glover kick failed) TULANE 48–7 3 12:06 TULSA Skipper 1-yard run (Jones kick) TULANE 48–14 3 10:15 TULANE Hilliard 43-yard run (Glover kick) TULANE 55–14 3 03:21 TULSA Shamari Brooks 13-yard run (Jones kick) TULANE 55–21 4 11:18 TULANE Johnathan Brantley 34-yard run (Glover kick) TULANE 62–21 4 08:41 TULSA Brooks 12-yard run (Jones kick) TULANE 62–28

See also: 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team

Houston

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 7 0 7 17 •Golden Hurricane 0 7 17 21 45

Scoring summary 1 00:49 UH Caden Novikoff 26-yard field goal UH 3–0 2 11:58 UH Duke Catalon 1-yard run (Novikoff kick) UH 10–0 2 04:34 TU Chad President 1-yard run (Redford Jones kick) UH 10–7 3 03:51 TU Jones 23-yard field goal Tied 10–10 3 02:48 TU President 2-yard run (Jones kick) TU 17–10 3 00:00 TU D'Angelo Brewer 46-yard run (Jones kick) TU 24–10 4 11:32 UH Dillon Birden 24-yard run (Novikoff kick) TU 24–17 4 09:52 TU Keenen Johnson 70-yard pass from Luke Skipper (Jones kick) TU 31–17 4 00:35 TU Shamari Brooks 5-yard run (Jones kick) TU 38–17 4 00:24 TU Petera Wilson Jr. 3-yard fumble return (Jones kick) TU 45–17

See also: 2017 Houston Cougars football team and Houston–Tulsa football rivalry

At UConn

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 0 0 0 14 14 •Huskies 3 0 14 3 20

Scoring summary 1 00:44 UConn Michael Tarbutt 35-yard field goal UConn 3–0 3 10:13 UConn Nate Hopkins 1-yard run (Tarbutt kick) UConn 10–0 3 08:00 UConn Hergy Mayala 80-yard pass from Bryant Shirreffs (Tarbutt kick) UConn 17–0 4 08:33 UConn Tarbutt 28-yard field goal UConn 20–0 4 07:09 TU Shamari Brooks 8-yard run (Redford Jones kick) UConn 20–7 4 02:16 TU Brooks 1-yard run (Jones kick) UConn 20–14

See also: 2017 UConn Huskies football team

At SMU

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 14 14 6 0 34 •Mustangs 7 14 7 10 38

Scoring summary 1 11:01 TU Nigel Carter 41-yard pass from Luke Skipper (Redford Jones kick) TU 7–0 1 07:11 SMU Trey Quinn 7-yard pass from Ben Hicks (Josh Williams kick) Tied 7–7 1 03:02 TU Shamari Brooks 4-yard run (Jones kick) TU 14–7 2 12:01 TU Chad President 8-yard run (Jones kick) TU 21–7 2 11:49 SMU Braeden West 75-yard run (Williams kick) TU 21–14 2 03:53 TU D'Angelo Brewer 9-yard run (Jones kick) TU 28–14 2 02:47 SMU Quinn 23-yard pass from Hicks (Williams kick) TU 28–21 3 11:01 TU Jones 49-yard field goal TU 31–21 3 03:36 SMU Ke'Mon Freeman 2-yard run (Williams kick) TU 31–28 3 01:08 TU Jones 51-yard field goal TU 34–28 4 13:26 SMU Xavier Jones 9-yard run (Williams kick) SMU 35–34 4 09:31 SMU Williams 29-yard field goal SMU 38–34

See also: 2017 SMU Mustangs football team

Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total •No. 22 Tigers 14 7 10 10 41 Golden Hurricane 7 7 0 0 14

Scoring summary 1 06:46 MEM Darrell Henderson 17-yard pass from Riley Ferguson (Riley Patterson kick) MEM 7–0 1 02:48 TU Luke Skipper 10-yard run (Redford Jones kick) Tied 7–7 1 01:44 MEM Tony Pollard 59-yard pass from Ferguson (Patterson kick) MEM 14–7 2 12:40 TU Chad President 7-yard run (Jones kick) Tied 14–14 2 06:42 MEM Anthony Miller 18-yard pass from Ferguson (Patterson kick) MEM 21–14 3 08:31 MEM Patrick Taylor 1-yard run (Patterson kick) MEM 28–14 3 03:05 MEM Patterson 33-yard field goal MEM 31–14 4 10:43 MEM Damonte Coxie 9-yard pass from Ferguson (Patterson kick) MEM 38–14 4 05:38 MEM Patterson 30-yard field goal MEM 41–14

See also: 2017 Memphis Tigers football team

At South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	7	10	0	3	20
No. 23 Bulls	21	3	3	0	27

See also: 2017 South Florida Bulls football team

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	10	21	6	6	43
Golden Hurricane	7	6	7	2	22

See also: 2017 Temple Owls football team

Roster

2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Josh Stewart RFr WR 2 Keylon Stokes Fr RB 3 Shamari Brooks Fr RB 4 D'Angelo Brewer Sr WR 5 Brodrick Umblance Sr TE 6 Chris Minter Jr WR 7 Bishop Louie Sr WR 8 Keenen Johnson So WR 9 Sam Crawford Jr. Fr QB 10 Chad President RSo WR 11 Nigel Carter Sr QB 12 Seth Boomer Fr QB 13 Luke Skipper RFr WR 16 Jarion Anderson RSo QB 19 Will Hefley III RSo WR 20 Cannon Montgomery Fr RB 21 Rowdy Simon RSr RB 22 Javon Thomas RSo WR 23 Jordan Brown RFr RB 24 Corey Taylor II So RB 25 Ramadi Warren RJr RB 26 Matthew Harvey RFr WR 29 Justin Hobbs RJr TE 33 Rob Riederer RSr RB 34 Reed Martin Fr TE 38 Cole Neph RJr WR 41 Andrew McKinnis RFr TE 42 David Fitzwater RFr G 53 Zac Uhles RSr OL 55 Gerard Wheeler Fr OT 58 Willie Wright RJr G 63 Trip Newfield RFr OT 65 Chris Ivy Jr. RSo OT 66 Evan Plagg RSr G 67 Tristan Wyatt RSo G 68 Tiller Bucktrot RFr C 70 Clay Greathouse RFr OL 71 Chris Paul Fr G 72 Tyler Bowling RJr C 74 Chandler Miller RJr OL 75 Dante Bivens Fr OT 76 Waahid Muhammad RFr OT 77 Isaac Johnson RJr G 79 Rowdy Frederick RFr WR 80 J.C. Santana Fr WR 84 Avery Gragg RSo WR 86 David Snelling RSo WR 88 Malik Jackson Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Keanu Hill RSr CB 2 Kerwin Thomas RSr S 3 Cristian Williams RSo LB 4 Robert Revels III So S 5 McKinley Whitfield Jr LB 6 Diamon Cannon RSo DE 8 Jesse Brubaker RSr CB 9 Reggie Robinson RSo S 10 Manny Bunch So CB 11 Keidrien Wadley RSo S 12 Allie Green IV Fr S 13 Jordan Mitchell Sr DE 15 Trevis Gipson RSo CB 16 Montray Norris RFr S 18 Samuel Gottsch RJr S 21 Bryson Powers Fr S 22 Marcus Mays Fr LB 23 Zaven Collins Fr LB 24 Treyvon Reeves RFr CB 26 Akayleb Evans Fr S 27 Daiquain Jackson Fr LB 28 Craig Suits RSr S 30 Ryan McDaniel Fr LB 32 DJ Allen RFr LB 42 Cooper Edmiston So LB 44 Petera Wilson Jr. Sr LB 46 Forrest Harrell III RSo LB 47 Blake Landon RFr DE 50 Branden Ferguson RFr LB 52 Thomas von Borstel RSo DT 54 Shemarr Robinson So DT 55 Garrett Flanary Fr DE 57 Beau Wooden RFr DE 58 Deven Lamp Fr LB 59 C.J. Gooden RSr DT 71 Jacob Pugh RFr DE 85 Kolton Shindelar RSr DT 88 Jimmy Nelson RFr DT 89 Payton Prince RJr DE 90 Frankie Davis RSr DE 91 Jake Hanks RSr DE 92 Christian Bricker Fr DE 95 Ryan Patrick Fr DE 96 Myles Mouton RJr DT 97 Tyarise Stevenson RFr DE 98 Jeremy Smith Sr DT 99 Johnnie Williams RFr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 19 Redford Jones RSr P 23 Thomas Bennett RSo LS 42 Adam Higuera Fr K 49 Tristan Lacey RJr K 90 Nathan Walker RJr	Head coach Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State) Coordinators/assistant coaches Brian Norwood (Hawaiʻi) Associate head coach, Co-defensive coordinator, Safeties Bill Young (Oklahoma State) Defensive coordinator, defensive line Jermial Ashley (Kansas) Defensive line coach Mike Bloesch (Houston) Offensive line coach Aaron Fletcher (Texas A&M–Commerce) Cornerbacks coach Joseph Gillespie (Angelo State) Linebackers coach Justin Hill (Rice) Running backs coach Calvin Lowry (Penn State) Receivers coach Beau Trahan (Texas) Quarterbacks coach Jordan Najvar (Baylor) Offensive quality control Luke Olson (Southern Nazarene) Defensive quality control Clint Rountree (Tulsa) Director of high school relations Kyle Grooms (Tulsa) Director of football operations Ravi Savitala (UC Santa Cruz) Assistant director of football operations & recruiting Dan Bitson (Tulsa) Director of player personnel & development D.J. Welte (Arkansas State) Director of football video operations Mike Hicks Defensive analyst Steven Haunga (Arkansas State) Offensive graduate assistant Paul Cherry Defensive graduate assistant Tom Ososkie Director of scouting Grant Lester Offensive analyst Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 2016

References

1. "Tulsa Football Team to Face Nine Bowl Teams in 2017" (Press release). University of Tulsa Department of Athletics. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
2. "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule 2017". ESPN . Retrieved January 23, 2023.
3. "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 191. Retrieved January 23, 2023.