Memphis at Tulane
NEW ORLEANS (Interstat)—Memphis (5-1) will visit Tulane (2-3) on Friday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Yulman Stadium. The Tigers are the visiting team, and the Green Wave are the home team.
Memphis has won five of six, including a 38-13 victory over UAB in its most recent game. The Tigers also beat Charlotte 59-8, Tennessee-Martin 45-21, Arkansas State 42-24 and UNLV 27-21. Their lone loss came at Boise State, 38-20. Tulane is 2-3 after a 20-17 loss at Army in its most recent game. The Green Wave beat Southern Mississippi 24-21 and South Alabama 28-24. They lost at Kansas State 31-20 and at Duke 17-3.
Marcus Stokes is the player to watch for Memphis. In the win over UAB, he passed for 164 yards and two touchdowns and ran nine times for 36 yards. Against Charlotte, he threw for 318 yards and five touchdowns and ran nine times for 61 yards. Against Tennessee-Martin, he passed for 258 yards and four touchdowns and ran three times for 2 yards. Jaylin Carter ran 19 times for 132 yards and two touchdowns against UAB, and Manny Covey ran 11 times for 47 yards and caught one pass for nine yards.
Kadin Semonza is the player to watch for Tulane. In the loss at Army, he passed for 158 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score. Against Southern Mississippi, he threw for 129 yards and a touchdown. At Kansas State, he passed for 165 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score. Johnnie Daniels ran eight times for 67 yards against Army, and DJ Dugar ran six times for 31 yards.
Memphis has scored at least 38 points in four of its five wins. The Tigers were held to 20 points in their loss at Boise State. Tulane has scored 28 points against South Alabama and 24 against Southern Mississippi. The Green Wave were held to 20 or fewer points in three games. Tulane’s two wins came by three and four points, while its three losses came by 14, 11 and 3 points. Memphis’s five wins came by a combined 124 points. Memphis will play East Carolina at home next. Tulane will host Texas-San Antonio next. Tulane will then visit Charlotte, host Tulsa, visit Rice, host North Texas and visit South Florida. Memphis will then host Army, visit South Florida, visit Navy and host Temple.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Memphis 37, Tulane 36. Memphis has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -7. The over/under for the game is 55.5.