Tulsa Falls to Army on Last Second Field Goal, 38-35

Friday, October 23

Tulsa, Okla.

7:30 p.m.

University of Tulsa

4-4 , 1-3

Army

5-2 , 4-1

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Army West Point	10	10	8	10	38
Tulsa	7	7	14	7	35

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TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa fell to Army, 38-35, on a last second field goal on Friday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium. Tulsa scored 21 unanswered points across three drives in the second half to go from down 28-14 to ahead 35-28, but the push was not enough.

Baylor Hayes completed 23 of 34 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns. Jimmy Calloway finished with 10 receptions for 88 yards and a touchdown. Javon Ross caught five passes for 84 yards and a touchdown and added an 8-yard rushing touchdown. Chris Thompson Jr. recorded 15 tackles, including one sack.

Army put Tulsa behind on the opening drive, moving 71 yards in nine plays culminating in a 41-yard fourth-down run to the end zone by Cale Hellums for a 7-0 lead. Tulsa answered with an 81-yard drive, as Baylor Hayes completed passes of 22 yards to Luke Tevis and 21 yards to Ross before Ross finished the possession with an 8-yard touchdown run, tying it at 7-7.

Army came back with a 45-yard completion to Brady Anderson on the next series, but Tulsa limited the drive after Tyson Williams broke up a pass and Thompson Jr. stopped Hellums for a 4-yard loss before Dawson Jones made a 51-yard field goal for a 10-7 lead.

Baylor Hayes kept Tulsa's opening drive of the second quarter moving with a third-down completion to Ross, and Damari Alston converted another third down before Hayes found Ross for a 17-yard touchdown to put the Golden Hurricane ahead, 14-10. Army answered with a 15-play, 75-yard drive that included a 25-yard run by Godspower Nwawuihe and two fourth-down conversions, the second a 1-yard Cale Hellums touchdown that was upheld after review before making it 17-14.

Tulsa picked up a late first down on Hayes' 8-yard pass to Ross after an Army offside penalty, but Julian Porter intercepted Hayes with 38 seconds left in the half. Thompson Jr. sacked Hellums during the final possession, but Dawson Jones made a 34-yard field goal with two seconds remaining to send Tulsa into halftime down 20-14.

After Tulsa's opening series ended with a punt, Army scored on Godspower Nwawuihe's 66-yard run and Zach Mundell added the two-point rush for a 28-14 score. Tulsa used Trequan Jones' 53-yard kickoff return across midfield to set up a nine-play, 45-yard drive, with Baylor Hayes completing passes to Oran Singleton Jr. and Calloway before David Wells Jr. scored from 11 yards on fourth-and-2; to pull Tulsa within 28-21.

Tulsa's defense forced a punt, and the offense went 72 yards in three plays, capped by Jones' 59-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 28. Army went three-and-out on its next possession, and Tulsa moved from midfield into the Army red zone on Hayes' 18-yard completion to Ross as the third quarter ended tied 28-28. Baylor Hayes found Calloway for a 13-yard touchdown Mkaing it 35-28 early in the fourth.

Later in the fourth, Army took over at the Tulsa 13 after Tim Kloska blocked Max Tulen's punt, and Cale Hellums scored from 1 yard out before Dawson Jones' extra point tied it at 35 with 1:50 left. Tulsa's final drive stalled after Hayes was sacked, and Army moved into range in the closing seconds before Jones made a 50-yard field goal at the buzzer for the 38-35 loss.

Up next, Tulsa football team travels to New Orleans, La., to face Tulane on Saturday, Nov. 7. Kickoff will be announced at a later date.

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