By BILL HAISTEN Sports Writer on Sep 13, 2012, at 8:18 AM Updated on 9/13 at 8:18 AM
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In advance of the 2012 football opener at Ames, the University of Tulsa was a 1½-point favorite over Iowa State.
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Bruce Howard, the University of Tulsa’s play-by-play voice since 1993, reflects on victories he regards as having been most significant during his time in the Hurricane booth:
* Liberty Bowl win (Dec. 31, 2005): As a sophomore, Paul Smith leads Tulsa as it rallies to beat Fresno State 31-24. Hurricane gets its first bowl win since 1991.
* C-USA Championship (Dec. 3, 2005): In the inaugural Conference USA championship game, TU beats UCF 44-27. Garrett Mills turns the UCF defense inside out. Also, coach Steve Kragthorpe remained calm as the charter jet had mechanical problems before the team traveled to Florida. The team did not arrive in Orlando until 11 p.m. and had a noon game the next day. Kragthorpe didn’t make a big deal of it, and I believe he won the game on the tarmac in Tulsa.
* TU 31, OU 24 in Norman (Sept. 28, 1996): Troy DeGar to Wes Caswell, 99 yards.You might broadcast for 40 years and never get a play like that. I jokingly turned to my statistician that day – student Chris Plank – and asked him to look it up the record book. He dutifully starting digging through the media guide until I told him 99 had to be the record.
* TU 28, Notre Dame 27 (Oct. 30, 2010): Kevin Fitzpatrick nails the game-winning field goal, and John Flanders hangs on to an interception in the end zone. TU captures a historic win.
* TU 24, OSU 23 (Sept. 9, 1995): TU trails 23-3. With 5:41 left to play, TU scores on a fourth-and-15 play (Troy DeGar to Jeff Utter). Hurricane recovers an onside kick and scores again. TU gets the ball back and drives again for the game-winning TD – Michael Kedzior’s acrobatic catch in the end zone, with 16 seconds remaining. Best TU comeback I have witnessed.
* TU 27, Hawaii 16 (Oct. 4, 2003): TU trails 16-3 early but wore Hawaii down. One of the turning points for the Hurricane program. TU beat the defending WAC champion and began to believe that it could be a good team.
* TU 62, Hawaii 35 (Hawaii Bowl (Dec. 24, 2010): No one gave Tulsa a chance to beat 24th-ranked Hawaii on its turf, but the Hurricane dominated in recording its 10th win of the season.
* TU 34, San Jose St. 32 (Nov. 22, 2003): Wild game. Tulsa QB James Kilian sustains a broken collarbone in the first quarter, Freshman Paul Smith leads TU to its fifth consecutive win and first bowl berth in 12 years.
* TU 63, Bowling Green 7 (GMAC Bowl, Jan. 6, 2008): As bad a beat-down as there has ever been in a bowl game. TU finished with a 5,000-yard passer, three 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher.
* TU 27, Iowa 20 (Sept. 21, 1996): TU beats No. 19 Iowa one week before winning at OU.
* TU 55, BYU 47 (Sept. 15, 2007): TU christens the new Case Athletic Complex with a foreshadowing of an NCAA total offense-leading team.
-- Bill Haisten
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