After a rain delay on Saturday, Tulsa had their second and final preseason scrimmage Saturday.

The Golden Hurricane open the season Thursday, September 2, here at 6:30 p.m. against The University of California – Davis on ESPN+.

The scrimmage lasted for 119 plays.

“We had a lot of quick whistles today, and that’s smart for us. I was really pleased to see Shamari (Brooks) with a long run. He’s had a couple of those in practices, but it was good to see him have another one in more live-game action,” said coach Philip Montgomery.

“I thought the defense really played extremely well. Offensively, it was hit and miss at times. I think we had a lot more big plays than what it looks like just because your blowing whistles and momentum changes a lot when you do that.”

Montgomery is pleased.

“I think we have a good football team,” added Montgomery. “We just have to keep growing and coming together. I know our guys are ready to hit someone other than ourselves.

The focus now is on UC Davis.

“It’s like that every year,” Montgomery said. “You love fall camp and you love getting on the field, but you’ve gone against each other so much. It’s just hard. They’re ready to do something different, see something different, see someone new and that’s what I talked to our team about… now it’s about who we’re playing and it’s us coming together and that’s what’s going to make our football team.

The progress has been measurable.

“I feel good about where we are and I’ve seen enough in the practices of where we are,” he said. “We’re not going to show everything when we come out. I feel good about it. I think we still have a lot of room to grow offensively. I didn’t think our tempo was very good today. There’s a lot of areas we have to get better in, but going against our defense, It’s a tough defense, you have to work for yardage and that’s a good thing for us as a team,” Montgomery said.

Classes for TU began on Monday.