Tulane Green Wave

American Championship

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Tulane Green Wave beat the North Texas Mean Green

11-2 21 – 34

11-2

Final · Fri, Dec 5

Game Details

Yulman Stadium (New Orleans) · 23,986 fans · ABC

Highlights

Tulane tops North Texas 34-21 in American Conference title game for a likely CFP bid

Outgoing Tulane coach Jon Sumrall will remain committed to two college football programs for at least a couple weeks longer, and couldn't be happier about it.

Recap via ESPN

1:27 North Texas Mean Green vs. Tulane Green Wave: Full Highlights

0:26 Tre Williams makes an impressive snag for a North Texas TD

0:33 Jake Retzlaff keeps it himself for a Tulane TD

0:41 McClure capitalizes on fumble recovery with a Tulane TD

Clips play on ESPN

Yulman Stadium · New Orleans

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
UNT	7	0	6	8	21
TULN	7	17	7	3	34

Win Probability · Tulane Green Wave

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Game Leaders

North Texas Mean Green

Drew Mestemaker · 21/34, 294 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INTPassing Yards
Ashton Gray · 8 CAR, 47 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Miles Coleman · 7 REC, 125 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Will Jones II · 8Tackles

Tulane Green Wave

Jake Retzlaff · 13/22, 145 YDSPassing Yards
Jamauri McClure · 22 CAR, 121 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Garrett Mmahat · 3 REC, 39 YDSReceiving Yards
Santana Hopper · 2Sacks
Jack Tchienchou · 9Tackles

2026 American Conference Standings

Team
Florida Atlantic
Memphis
UTSA
North Texas
UAB
South Florida
Army
Temple
East Carolina
Tulane
Tulsa
Rice
Charlotte
Navy

Scoring

Q4 2:51

FG Patrick Durkin 30 Yd Field Goal 21–34

Q4 9:26

TD Ashton Gray 9 Yd Run (Ashton Gray Run for Two-Point Conversion)21–31

Q3 0:16

TD Miles Coleman 59 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)13–31

Q3 7:32

TD Chris Rodgers 35 Yd Interception Return (Patrick Durkin Kick)7–31

Q2 0:00

TD Jake Retzlaff 1 Yd Run (Patrick Durkin Kick)7–24

Q2 5:46

FG Patrick Durkin 30 Yd Field Goal 7–17

Q2 12:29

TD Jamauri McClure 7 Yd Run (Patrick Durkin Kick)7–14

Q1 0:30

TD Jake Retzlaff 2 Yd Run (Patrick Durkin Kick)7–7

Q1 8:32

TD Tre Williams III 10 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Kali Nguma Kick)7–0

Team Stats

North Texas Mean GreenTulane Green Wave

Offense

415 Total Yards 344

294 Passing Yards 145

121 Rushing Yards 199

25 First Downs 22

Efficiency

4-12 3rd Down 5-14

3-4 4th Down 3-3

21/34 Completions 13/22

Turnovers & Clock

5 Turnovers 0

7-65 Penalties 5-48

24:52 Possession 35:08

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drew Mestemaker	21/34	294	8.6	2	3	58.2
Team	21/34	294	8.6	2	3	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ashton Gray	8	47	5.9	1	15
Kiefer Sibley	8	40	5.0	0	13
Caleb Hawkins	7	20	2.9	0	7
Drew Mestemaker	11	14	1.3	0	18
Team	34	121	3.6	1	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Miles Coleman	7	125	17.9	1	59
Cameron Dorner	6	76	12.7	0	23
Tre Williams III	4	52	13.0	1	22
Terrence Lewis	1	13	13.0	0	13
Landon Sides	1	11	11.0	0	11
Caleb Hawkins	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wyatt Young	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	21	294	14.0	2	59

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Baron Tipton	1	1
Caleb Hawkins	1	1
Brandon Young Jr.	1	0
Team	3	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	QB HUR
Will Jones II	8	6	0	0
Trey Fields	8	4	0	0
Ethan Wesloski	7	6	0	0
Saadiq Clements	4	4	0	0
Quinton Hammonds	4	4	0	0
Da'Veawn Armstead	4	3	0	0
Ethan Day	4	2	1	1
David Fisher	3	3	0	0
Kenton Allen	3	3	1	0
Richard Outland Jr.	3	2	0	0
Keviyan Huddleston	3	2	1	0
Evan Jackson	3	2	0	0
Jayden Williams	2	2	0	0
S'Maje Burrell	1	1	0	0
Kollin Lewis	1	1	0	0
Wyatt Young	1	1	0	0
Brayden Knox	1	1	0	0
Drew Mestemaker	1	1	0	0
Jaden Manning	1	1	0	0
AJ Brown	1	1	0	0
Briceon Hayes	1	0	0	0
Team	72	56	3	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Simeon Evans	1	10	10.0	10
Brandon Young Jr.	1	-2	-2.0	-2
Team	2	8	4.0	10

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Baron Tipton	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team	1	2	2.0	2	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Kali Nguma	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Sawyer Evans	2	91	45.5	0	1	50
Team	2	91	45.5	0	1	50

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jake Retzlaff	13/22	145	6.6	0	0	74.0
Team	13/22	145	6.6	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jamauri McClure	22	121	5.5	1	30
Jake Retzlaff	15	49	3.3	2	11
Javin Gordon	11	26	2.4	0	5
Arnold Barnes III	2	6	3.0	0	5
Team	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
Team	52	199	3.8	3	30

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Garrett Mmahat	3	39	13.0	22
Zycarl Lewis Jr.	2	30	15.0	17
Anthony Brown-Stephens	1	22	22.0	22
Omari Hayes	3	21	7.0	14
Shazz Preston	2	16	8.0	15
Jamauri McClure	1	12	12.0	12
Javin Gordon	1	5	5.0	5
Team	13	145	11.2	22

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Team	1	0
Garrett Mmahat	1	0
Jack Tchienchou	0	1
LJ Green	0	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	TD
Jack Tchienchou	9	8	0	0	0	0
Chris Rodgers	7	4	0	0	0	1
Joker Johnson	5	5	0	0	1	0
Kevin Adams III	5	3	0	0	0	0
Santana Hopper	4	3	2	2	0	0
Tre'von McAlpine	4	1	0	0	0	0
Javion White	4	1	0	0.5	0	0
Sam Howard	3	2	1	1	0	0
Harvey Dyson III	3	2	1	1.5	0	0
Bailey Despanie	2	2	0	0	1	0
Mo Westmoreland	2	1	1	1.5	0	0
Derrick Shepard Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua Moore	2	1	0	0	1	0
Jordan Norman	2	1	0	0	0	0
Armondous Cooley	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Kameron Hamilton	2	0	0	0	1	0
Eliyt Nairne	2	0	0	0	0	0
E'zaiah Shine	1	1	0	0	0	0
Geordan Guidry	1	1	0	0	0	0
Shaun Nicholas	1	1	0	0	0	0
TJ Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0
Makai Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Wadsworth	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	65	39	5	7	5	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Chris Rodgers	1	35	1
Jack Tchienchou	1	1	0
Joker Johnson	1	0	0
Team	3	36	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
TJ Smith	2	29	14.5	16
Zuberi Mobley	1	21	21.0	21
Team	3	50	16.7	21

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Patrick Durkin	2/3	66.7	30	4/4	10
Team	2/3	66.7	30	4/4	10

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Alec Clark	3	105	35.0	0	2	42
Team	3	105	35.0	0	2	42

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