Tigers get to 5-1

Tigers get to 5-1

NEW ORLEANS, La. – University of Memphis freshman Darrell Henderson accounted for two touchdowns, and the Tigers defense held the Tulane rushing attack in check to lift the visitors from the Bluff City to a 24-14 American Athletic Conference victory Friday.

The win improved the Tigers' record to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the league.

Memphis is off to its second- straight 2-0 start in conference play. The Tigers also began their 2015 league schedule with a 2-0 mark. It is the first time Memphis started conference play with 2-0 records in consecutive seasons since 1968 and 1969.

The Green Wave fell to 3-3 overall and 0-2 in the conference.

Memphis now gets one extra day of preparation for next week, as it returns to playing on Saturday.

The Tigers make their first trip in program history to Annapolis, Md., to face No. 25 Navy at 2:30 p.m.

(CT) on Oct. 22. The Midshipmen received an unexpected bye week when they were unable to play at East Carolina Thursday (Oct. 13) as a result of flooding in the Greenville, N.C., area from Hurricane Matthew.

For the second-straight week, the Memphis offense looked out-of-sync in the first half and wasn't able to capitalize on the Green Wave's miscues.

The Tigers defense kept Memphis within striking distance in the first half and clamped down on the Tulane offense after halftime. Memphis held the Green Wave to 313 total yards, including 169 on the ground. The Green Wave entered Friday's game with the nation's 16th-leading rushing offense at 246.6 yards per contest.

Austin Hall paced the Memphis defense with season- highs for total tackles (12) and TFL (3). Curtis Akin had eight total stops, and Arthur Maulet recorded seven total tackles and one pass break-up.

By UM Media Relations