American Championship ·
American Championship
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 21 Tulane beat No. 20 North Texas by 13 points, the American Championship.
How the game turned
Q2 12:29 Tulane 14, North Texas 7
Tulane 68% to win
McClure 7-yd TD run, Tulane goes ahead 14-7
Big moments
- 1Q1 8:32 · Tulane 0, North Texas 7Tulane's win chance fell from 40% to 28%.Mestemaker 10-yd TD pass to Williams, North Texas goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q1 0:30 · Tulane 7, North Texas 7Tulane's win chance rose from 33% to 44%.Retzlaff 2-yd TD run, ties it 7-7
- 3Q2 12:29 · Tulane 14, North Texas 7Tulane's win chance rose from 65% to 68%.McClure 7-yd TD run, Tulane goes ahead 14-7
- 4Q2 0:00 · Tulane 24, North Texas 7Tulane's win chance rose from 83% to 93%.Retzlaff 1-yd TD run, Tulane leads 24-7
Tulane's lowest chance to win was 28 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
How the lead changed
Tulane took the lead for good with 12:29 left in the 2nd quarter, Tulane 14, North Texas 7.
What happened next
Tulane's next game: L 10-41 at Ole Miss, Dec 20
15 days laterNorth Texas's next game: W 49-47 vs San Diego State in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl, Dec 27
22 days later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.