Instant Replay: Tulsa Forces OT With Hail Mary, Defeats Tulane On Pick-Six
Nov 19, 2020, 10:34 PM | Updated: 10:36 pm
TAMPA, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 23: Zaven Collins #23 of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (center) celebrates with teammates after intercepting Noah Johnson #0 of the South Florida Bulls and running in a 38-yard touchdown during the third quarter at Raymond James Stadium on October 23, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
(Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The No. 25 ranked Tulsa Golden Hurricane needed a hail mary and a pick-six to defeat Tulane on Thursday night.
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Tulsa Hail Mary
Down 21-14 with three seconds to go in regulation, Tulsa chucks a hail mary that ends up getting caught by Juan Carlos Santana for a touchdown to send the game into overtime.
TULSA FORCES OT WITH THIS HAIL MARY 😳 pic.twitter.com/4oR9n0jgP7
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) November 20, 2020
Pick-Six for the win!
The madness didn’t stop there for the Golden Hurricane. In double overtime, with the game tied at 24, Tulsa’s star linebacker Zaven Collins, a future NFL Draft pick, picked off Tulane QB Michael Pratt and took it to the house for a 97-yard pick-six to give Tulsa the 30-24 win.
ZAVEN COLLINS WALK-OFF PICK6️⃣
TULSA WINS IN 2 OTs!
— PFF College (@PFF_College) November 20, 2020
With the win, Tulsa improves to 5-1 on the season. But more importantly, 5-0 in American Athletic Conference play. The Golden Hurricane still has a game at home coming up on Dec. 4 against No. 7 Cincinnati. If Tulsa wins out, they could rise the rankings and earn the automatic Group of 5 spot to the New Year’s Six.
According to ESPN’s win probability metrics, measured in real-time, Tulane had a 98.1 percent chance of winning against Tulsa before the Hail Mary at the end of regulation. That means the Golden Hurricane had a 1.9 percent chance of pulling off a victory. To do it with a hail mary and then a pick-six makes this game one of the top finishes in what has been a wild and crazy 2020 college football season.
Tulsa improves to 5-1, and Tulane drops to 5-5 and 2-5 in AAC play with the loss.
