Greg Desrosiers Jr. caught two touchdown passes and ran for another score as Memphis beat No. 17 Tulane 34-24 on Thursday night in New Orleans.

Desrosiers – who had two touchdown receptions and one rushing touchdown to start the season – finished the game with eight catches for 84 yards and six runs for 41 yards as the Tigers (10-2, 6-2 American Athletic Conference) won 10 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history.

Seth Henigan completed 22 of 29 passes for 218 yards, becoming the American’s all-time career passing yards leader. Mario Anderson Jr. added 177 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries.

Memphis held Makhi Hughes, who ranked eighth in the country with 1,291 rushing yards, to 15 yards rushing on nine and the Green Wave (9-3, 7-1) snapped its eight-game winning streak. They will face Army in the American title game on December 6th.

Darian Mensah completed 21 of 33 throws for 317 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. That was one of three turnovers for Tulane, which didn’t take the ball away.

Desrosiers ran 29 yards for a touchdown on Memphis’ first possession of the second half, extending the Tigers’ lead to 24-10. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Tristian Vandenberg extended the lead to 27-10 with his 23-yard field goal.

Arnold Barnes III’s 2-yard touchdown run cut the lead to 27-17, but Anderson had a 47-yard touchdown sprint before Mensah completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Shazz Preston with 1:08 left threw.

Tulane had allowed a total of nine points in its previous three games, but on the first possession of that game, Henigan threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Desrosiers.

Patrick Durkin kicked a 44-yard field goal and Mensah threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Mario Williams, who finished the game with 130 yards on seven catches, giving Tulane a 10-7 lead at the end of the first quarter provided.

On the first possession of the second quarter, Desrosiers caught a short pass from Henigan and turned it into a 25-yard touchdown. Vandenberg’s 28-yard field goal increased the lead to 17-10 at halftime.

–Field level media