Tulane Survives Army Upset Bid, Wins 24-17
Tulane held off a spirited Army team to secure a 24-17 victory in Week 8. The Green Wave built their lead methodically, scoring field goals in the second quarter before adding a touchdown in the third. Jake Retzlaff led Tulane's offense, completing 261 passing yards while also rushing for 62 yards and two touchdowns, including a crucial 37-yard scoring run in the third quarter.
Army kept the game competitive throughout, with Bradyn Anderson recording 97 receiving yards. The Black Knights trailed 3-3 after the first half but closed the gap in the second half with a touchdown in the fourth quarter to pull within seven points.
Tulane's fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Retzlaff to Bryce Bohanon proved decisive in securing the win. Despite an Army interception in the fourth quarter that gave the Black Knights the ball back, Tulane's defense held firm. The victory came against the spread, with Tulane covering as the 9.5-point favorite, while the game finished under the 44.5-point over-under.
AI-generated recap · Aug 8, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Army | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
 Tulane | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring Timeline
Drive Chart
Box Score
| Statistic | Army | Tulane |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 7-10 | 22-29 |
| Pass Yards | 125 | 261 |
| Rush Yards | 233 | 141 |
| Total Yards | 358 | 402 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd Down | 6-15 | 6-11 |
| Penalties | 3-30 | 4-35 |
| Possession | 38:58 | 21:02 |
Player Leaders
Player Leaders
Play-by-Play
Carson Smith run for 3 yds to the ARMY 28
Noah Short run for no gain to the ARMY 28
Shotgun Hellums,Cale pass incomplete deep middle to Anderson,Brady thrown to TLN44 PENALTY TLN Holding (Shine,E'zaiah) 10 yards from ARM28 to ARM38, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the ARMY 41
Jake Rendina run for 3 yds to the ARMY 44
Cale Hellums run for 2 yds to the ARMY 46
Cale Hellums run for 6 yds to the TULN 48 for a 1ST down
Carson Smith run for 2 yds to the TULN 46
Noah Short run for 5 yds to the TULN 41
Cale Hellums run for 2 yds to the TULN 39
Cale Hellums run for 1 yd to the TULN 38 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 4 yds to the TULN 34
Noah Short run for 4 yds to the TULN 30
Carson Smith run for no gain to the TULN 30
Cale Hellums run for 2 yds to the TULN 28 for a 1ST down
(06:04) Shotgun Bartosh,Briggs rush middle for 0 yards to the TLN28 (Hamilton,Kameron; White,Javion) PENALTY ARM Chop Block (Appleton,Henry) 15 yards from TLN28 to TLN43. NO PLAY.
Cale Hellums run for 6 yds to the TULN 37
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the TULN 34
Briggs Bartosh run for 7 yds to the TULN 27
Dawson Jones 44 yd FG MISSED
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Anthony Brown-Stephens for 8 yds to the TULN 35
Javin Gordon run for 11 yds to the TULN 46 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Shazz Preston for 13 yds to the ARMY 41 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Omari Hayes for 13 yds to the ARMY 28 for a 1ST down
Brendan Sullivan run for no gain to the ARMY 28
Brendan Sullivan run for 9 yds to the ARMY 19
Jake Retzlaff run for 3 yds to the ARMY 16 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Zycarl Lewis Jr. for 6 yds to the ARMY 10
Tulane Penalty, Illegal Motion (Yards) declined
Jake Retzlaff run for 2 yds to the ARMY 8
Brendan Sullivan run for 1 yd to the ARMY 7
(13:37) Hellums,Cale pass incomplete deep left to Olawole,Tobi thrown to ARM42 PENALTY TLN Pass Interference (Shine,E'zaiah) 15 yards from ARM07 to ARM22, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Cale Hellums pass incomplete
Cale Hellums run for 8 yds to the ARMY 30
Cale Hellums run for no gain to the ARMY 30
Cale Hellums run for 7 yds to the ARMY 37 for a 1ST down
PENALTY ARM False Start (Williams,Teddy) 5 yards from ARM37 to ARM32. NO PLAY.
Noah Short run for 7 yds to the ARMY 39
Carson Smith run for 8 yds to the ARMY 47 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums pass complete to Tobi Olawole for 9 yds to the TULN 44
Briggs Bartosh run for 3 yds to the TULN 41 for a 1ST down
Briggs Bartosh run for 2 yds to the TULN 39
Cale Hellums pass incomplete to Brady Anderson
Cale Hellums sacked by Jordan Norman for a loss of 3 yards to the TULN 42
James Wagenseller punt for 29 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the TULN 13
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Anthony Brown-Stephens for 7 yds to the TULN 20
Javin Gordon run for 2 yds to the TULN 22
Jake Retzlaff run for 4 yds to the TULN 26 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Justyn Reid for 11 yds to the TULN 37 for a 1ST down
No Huddle-Shotgun Retzlaff,Jake pass incomplete short left to Lewis Jr.,Zycarl thrown to ARM48 PENALTY TLN Holding (Turner,Maurice) 10 yards from TLN37 to TLN27. NO PLAY.
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Justyn Reid for 11 yds to the TULN 38
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Bryce Bohanon for 23 yds to the ARMY 39 for a 1ST down
Maurice Turner run for 5 yds to the ARMY 34
Maurice Turner run for 8 yds to the ARMY 26 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass incomplete to Anthony Brown-Stephens
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Omari Hayes for 9 yds to the ARMY 17
Jake Retzlaff run for 2 yds to the ARMY 15 for a 1ST down
Javin Gordon run for no gain to the ARMY 15
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Bryce Bohanon for 3 yds to the ARMY 12
Jake Retzlaff pass incomplete
Patrick Durkin 30 yd FG GOOD
Carson Smith run for 4 yds to the ARMY 29
Cale Hellums pass complete to Brady Anderson for 39 yds to the TULN 32 for a 1ST down
Noah Short run for a loss of 2 yards to the TULN 34
Carson Smith run for a loss of 1 yard to the TULN 35
Cale Hellums run for 9 yds to the TULN 26
Dawson Jones 43 yd FG GOOD
End of 2nd Quarter
Javin Gordon run for 6 yds to the TULN 31
Javin Gordon run for no gain to the TULN 25
Jake Retzlaff pass incomplete to Anthony Brown-Stephens
Jake Retzlaff run for 3 yds to the TULN 28
Alec Clark punt for 52 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the ARMY 20
Noah Short run for 3 yds to the ARMY 23
Carson Smith run for 9 yds to the ARMY 32 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 7 yds to the ARMY 39
Briggs Bartosh run for 1 yd to the ARMY 40
Cale Hellums run for 2 yds to the TULN 49
Noah Short run for 6 yds to the TULN 43
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the TULN 40 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 9 yds to the ARMY 49 for a 1ST down
Briggs Bartosh run for 2 yds to the TULN 38
Cale Hellums pass complete to Brady Anderson for 32 yds to the TULN 6 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 4 yds to the TULN 2
Cale Hellums run for 1 yd to the TULN 1
Cale Hellums run for 1 yd for a TD (Dawson Jones KICK)
Anderson Britton kickoff for 58 yds , Anthony Brown-Stephens return for 35 yds to the TULN 42
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Omari Hayes for 19 yds to the ARMY 39 for a 1ST down
Javin Gordon run for 3 yds to the ARMY 36
Javin Gordon run for a loss of 1 yard to the ARMY 37
Jake Retzlaff run for 37 yds for a TD (Patrick Durkin KICK)
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the ARMY 28
Cale Hellums pass complete to Brady Anderson for 10 yds to the ARMY 38 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the ARMY 41
Cale Hellums run for a loss of 8 yards to the ARMY 33 Cale Hellums fumbled, recovered by ARMY Cale Hellums
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the ARMY 36
James Wagenseller punt for 34 yds , Omari Hayes returns for 2 yds to the TULN 32
James Wagenseller punt for 34 yds , Omari Hayes returns for 2 yds to the TULN 32
Maurice Turner run for 3 yds to the TULN 35
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Shazz Preston for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Bryce Bohanon for 3 yds to the ARMY 47
Maurice Turner run for 1 yd to the ARMY 46
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Anthony Brown-Stephens for 18 yds to the ARMY 28 for a 1ST down
Maurice Turner run for 4 yds to the ARMY 24
Jake Retzlaff pass incomplete to Bryce Bohanon
Jake Retzlaff pass intercepted, touchback. Casey Larkin return for no gain
Carson Smith run for 2 yds to the ARMY 22
Cale Hellums run for 6 yds to the ARMY 28
Cale Hellums run for 16 yds to the ARMY 44 for a 1ST down
Briggs Bartosh run for 4 yds to the ARMY 48
Briggs Bartosh run for 4 yds to the TULN 48
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the TULN 45 for a 1ST down
Jake Rendina run for 2 yds to the TULN 43
Cale Hellums pass complete to Noah Short for 11 yds to the TULN 32 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for no gain to the TULN 32 Cale Hellums fumbled, recovered by ARMY Tex Brannan
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the TULN 29
Cale Hellums run for 9 yds to the TULN 20 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 12 yds to the TULN 8 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 7 yds to the TULN 1
Shotgun Hellums,Cale rush middle for 0 yards to the TLN01 (Tchienchou,Jack) PENALTY TLN Offside. NO PLAY.
Cale Hellums run for 1 yd for a TD (Dawson Jones KICK)
Javin Gordon run for 6 yds to the TULN 31
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Anthony Brown-Stephens for 9 yds to the TULN 40 for a 1ST down
Javin Gordon run for 10 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Javin Gordon run for 2 yds to the ARMY 48
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Shazz Preston for 16 yds to the ARMY 32 for a 1ST down
Maurice Turner run for 8 yds to the ARMY 24
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Anthony Brown-Stephens for 10 yds to the ARMY 14 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass incomplete to Jimmy Calloway
Javin Gordon run for 1 yd to the ARMY 13
Jake Retzlaff run for 1 yd to the ARMY 12
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Bryce Bohanon for 12 yds for a TD (Patrick Durkin KICK)
Cale Hellums run for 2 yds to the ARMY 27
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the ARMY 30
Cale Hellums run for 2 yds to the ARMY 32
James Wagenseller punt for 47 yds , Omari Hayes returns for 4 yds to the TULN 25
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Javin Gordon for 3 yds to the TULN 28
Jake Retzlaff pass incomplete to Bryce Bohanon
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Bryce Bohanon for 10 yds to the TULN 38 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Shazz Preston for 16 yds to the ARMY 46 for a 1ST down
Jake Retzlaff run for 10 yds to the ARMY 36 for a 1ST down
No Huddle-Shotgun Retzlaff,Jake pass incomplete short right to Hayes,Omari thrown to ARM20 PENALTY ARM Holding (Larkin,Casey) 10 yards from ARM36 to ARM26, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Shazz Preston for 26 yds for a TD (Patrick Durkin KICK)
Cale Hellums run for 3 yds to the ARMY 28
Cale Hellums pass complete to Brady Anderson for 16 yds to the ARMY 44 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums run for 10 yds to the TULN 46 for a 1ST down
Cale Hellums pass complete to Samari Howard for 8 yds to the TULN 38
Cale Hellums pass incomplete to Brady Anderson