Tulane registered its sixth consecutive road victory with Saturday’s 21-3 win at Southern Miss.
Tulane head coach Willie Fritz improved to 19-2 all-time against opponents from the Sun Belt Conference. The only losses were against Southern Miss last season and to Georgia State when Fritz was at Georgia Southern.
Five of The American’s 14 teams (UTSA, Tulane, East Carolina, Tulsa, North Texas) started different quarterbacks in Week 3 than they did in their respective season-openers.
North Texas QB Chandler Rogers threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns in his first start with the Mean Green. It was the first win at North Texas for head coach Eric Morris.
Rice completed a two-game sweep of its Houston-based opponents as the Owls were 59-7 winners against Texas Southern. Rice had taken a 43-41 win against Houston last week.
SMU’s 69-0 win against Prairie View A&M produced the third-largest margin of victory by an American Athletic Conference team in league history.
SCORING MARGIN, SINGLE GAME
74 Memphis (77) vs. Bowling Green (3), 9/3/16
72 Louisville (72) vs. Florida International (0), 9/21/13
69 SMU (69) vs. Prairie View A&M (0), 9/16/23
The Mustangs’ win was the second-largest margin of victory in program history, behind only a 70-0 win against Daniel Baker in 1920.
Nine SMU players scored touchdowns against Prairie View A&M.
South Florida S Daquan Evans had career highs with eight tackles, four tackles for loss and three sacks in the Bulls’ 17-3 loss to No. 10 Alabama.
South Florida’s attendance of 65,138 against Alabama marked the fifth-largest home attendance in program history and the largest since a school-record 69,383 against Florida State in 2012. Tulsa’s attendance of 30,855 against Oklahoma was the school’s largest home crowd since the renovation of H.A. Chapman Stadium in 2008.
Notable Week 3 Performances
Blake Watson, RB, Memphis
10 carries, 169 yards, 1 TD; 6 rec., 68 receiving yards in 28-24 win against Navy
Ayo Adeyi, RB, North Texas
19 carries, 148 yards, 2 TDs in 40-37 win at Louisiana Tech
Noah Rauschenberg, K, North Texas
4-4 FG (25, 22, 48, 31), including gamewinner with :03 left in 40-37 win at Louisiana Tech
Alex Tecza, FB, Navy
15 carries, 163 yards, 1 TD in 28-24 loss at Memphis
Joquez Smith, RB, Temple
15 carries, 142 yards, 1 TD in 41-9 win against Norfolk State
Daquan Evans, S, South Florida
8 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 1 pass breakup in 17-3 loss to No. 10 Alabama
Kai Horton, QB, Tulane
12 of 19, 186 yards, 2 TDs, 1 rush TD in 21-3 win at Southern Miss
JT Daniels, QB, Rice
11 of 17, 255 yards, 4 TDs in 59-7 win against Texas Southern
Preston Stone, QB, SMU
15 of 20, 300 yards, 5 TDs, 1 rush TD in 69-0 win against Prairie View A&M
Week 3 Scores
Thursday, September 14
Memphis 28, Navy 24 * (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Friday, September 15
Army 37, UTSA 29 (7 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, September 16
Temple 41, Norfolk State 9
Appalachian State 43, East Carolina 28
Alabama 17, South Florida 3
Oklahoma 66, Tulsa 17
Tulane 21, Southern Miss 3
Georgia State 41, Charlotte 25
Louisiana 41, UAB 21
North Texas 40, Louisiana Tech 37
Rice 59, Texas Southern 7
SMU 69, Prairie View A&M 0
Clemson 48, Florida Atlantic 14
Week 4 Schedule
Saturday, September 23
SMU at TCU (Noon, FS1)
Tulsa at Northern Illinois (Noon, CBSSN)
Florida Atlantic at Illinois (3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network)
Miami (Fla.) at Temple (3:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Rice at South Florida * (4 p.m., ESPNU)
UTSA at Tennessee (4 p.m., SEC Network)
Gardner-Webb at East Carolina (6 p.m., ESPN+)
Charlotte at Florida (7 p.m., SEC Network+)
Nicholls at Tulane (7 p.m., ESPN+)
UAB at Georgia (7:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Memphis vs. Missouri (St. Louis, Missouri) (7:30 p.m., ESPNU)
* American Athletic Conference game
all times Eastern
