There are six games on the docket for The American for week seven and all are league tilts. The action gets started on Thursday night with SMU travelling to East Carolina. Tulane will head to Memphis for a contest on Friday under the lights.

Action concludes with a quartet of games on Saturday.

Looking back at week six, UTSA improved to 21-3 in regular-season conference games under fourth-year head coach Jeff Traylor with the Roadrunners' 49-34 win at Temple.

UTSA QB Frank Harris returned to the lineup after missing the last two games and passed for 338 yards and three touchdowns against Temple. Harris passed the 10,000-career-yards mark (10,117).

Navy set a program record with eight sacks in the Midshipmen's 27-24 win against North Texas.

UAB finished with 608 yards of offense - the most by an American Athletic Conference team this season - in the Blazers' 56-35 win against South Florida.

UAB RB Jermaine Brown Jr. became the fifth NCAA FBS player to register four rushing touchdowns in a game this season.

Florida Atlantic head coach Tom Herman improved to 13-4 all-time in American Athletic Conference regular-season games (12-4 at Houston from 2015-16 and 1-0 with the Owls) with a 20-17 win against Tulsa.

Florida Atlantic WR Lajohntay Wester, who entered the week as the NCAA leader in receptions (10.8 per game), had nine catches for 98 yards against Tulsa despite downpour conditions for most of the second half.

Temple QB E.J. Warner completed 42 of 65 passes for 472 yards and five touchdowns in the loss to UTSA. The 42 completions and 65 attempts are the most of any NCAA FBS player this season, while the completions mark tied for sixth on The American's single-game chart.


Here is the full Week 7 schedule:

Thursday, October 12

SMU at East Carolina * (7:30 p.m., ESPN)


Friday, October 13

Tulane at Memphis * (7 p.m., ESPN)


Saturday, October 14

Temple at North Texas * (Noon, ESPNU)

Navy at Charlotte * (2 p.m., ESPN+)

Florida Atlantic at South Florida * (3:30 p.m., ESPN2)

UAB at UTSA * (8 p.m., ESPNU)

FINAL:

SMU 31  ECU 10

Preston Stone threw three touchdown passes and the SMU defense held East Carolina to only one touchdown in a 31-10 victory against the Pirates Thursday night at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

The Mustangs improved to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in the American Athletic Conference with the win, their first road victory in three tries this season.

Might have to change my forecast on Tulane based on what is being observed tonight.

Had them as a loss lean for FAU, but not so sure about that watching this contest and their defensive passing performance.

On a side note, losing Brazzell at WR to them was not a good thing. He looks solid and could be helping us right now.

FINAL:

Tulane 31  Memphis 21

The Green Wave kick the defense into gear and hold the Tigers scoreless in the 4th quarter while putting up two scores (14 points) to move to 5-1.

Memphis drops to 4-2 in the loss, and had a tough time getting any production from their the rushing attack going netting 42 yards overall behind 13 carries from the backs.

Rick said

Might have to change my forecast on Tulane based on what is being observed tonight.

Had them as a loss lean for FAU, but not so sure about that watching this contest and their defensive passing performance.

On a side note, losing Brazzell at WR to them was not a good thing. He looks solid and could be helping us right now.

Posted On: Oct 13th 2023, 9:06 PM #416710

Spoke with Brazzell and his dad after the game he visited. There was no chance of him coming here and he was always going Tulane. He had nothing but negative things to say about the administration at the time. It made me want to ask why he committed in the first place, but I did not.

Interesting, I spoke with his mom and she said the exact opposite. Said they loved the Coaches, and were very excited to be coming here a few times per year. She still follows us today and interacts with our content on social media. Regardless, he got hot late, and received an offer to play right next door to dad's garage.

Rick said

Update:

Reached out to Brazzell to clarify his stance and received no response.

However, have it from multiple sources with knowledge on both sides of the coin that this was a mutual outcome.

On one side, you have the need to bring in field ready talent, and on the other side some other activity "closer to home" in that of Tulane (hard pursuit). Pitt also entered the picture a few days back. Would he start there? No chance. But it is a confidence booster.

Bottom line, both parties appear to have had interest that is now dissolved.

Welcome to the drama of recruiting.

Posted On: Dec 7th 2021, 8:14 PM #405835

FINAL:

Temple 14  North Texas 45

Chandler Rogers passed for 307 yards and four touchdowns, Ja’Mori Maclin caught six passes for 163 yards and two scores, and North Texas beat Temple 45-14 on Saturday for its first win as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Mean Green had three scores of over 40 yards.

FINAL:

Navy 14  Charlotte 0

The Navy defense pitched its second shutout of the year, while freshman quarterback Braxton Woodson came off the bench for an injured Tai Lavatai and led Navy to 14 second half points as the Mids  (3-3, 2-2  in the AAC) defeated Charlotte (1-5, 0-2) 14-0 in front of a sellout crowd of 15,659 fans at Jerry Richardson Stadium.

FINAL:

FAU 56  USF 14

Daniel Richardson completed 31 of 38 passes for 382 yards and three touchdowns, LaJohntay Wester had 190 all-purpose yards and two scores, and Florida Atlantic scored 35 unanswered points in a 56-14 win over South Florida on Saturday.

FAU Football vs USF Team Box Score 10-14-23 - FAU Owl's Nest

POST GAME 2023: FAU vs USF - Coach Herman - FAU Owl's Nest

FINAL:

UAB 20  UTSA 41

UTSA has won 11 consecutive regular-season conference games and improved to 22-3 in regular-season conference games under third-year head coach Jeff Traylor. The Roadrunners have averaged 45.0 points in two games since the return of QB Frank Harris to the lineup.