Oklahoma Transfer Tennial Leads Tulsa to 20-7 Victory

When Adrian Peterson had a freshman season at Oklahoma that saw him finish second in the Heisman Trophy voting, Courtney Tennial figured he wasn’t going to get too many opportunities to carry the ball for the Sooners.

Tulsa is glad to have him.

Tennial ran for 120 yards and a touchdown in his first career start and Paul Smith threw for 201 yards and ran for a touchdown Tuesday night to lead Tulsa to a 20-6 victory over Southern Mississippi at Tulsa, Okla.

Tennial enrolled at Oklahoma in 2003 after setting the state’s rushing record with 3,426 yards as a senior at Glenpool High.

He was redshirted his first year with the Sooners and then didn’t play at all in 2004 when Peterson burst onto the national scene.

“There wasn’t going to be a chance to have a lot of playing time like I wanted, so transferring was the best option,” Tennial said.

After having only 19 carries through Tulsa’s first four games this season, he had 21 against the Golden Eagles (3-2, 1-1 Conference USA) on his way to the best rushing game of his career.

Tulsa is 4-1, 1-0.

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