By Mike Grizzard, Contributing writer
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- No Tulane head coach had ever left Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium with a win. Willie Fritz is the first, but he knows just how hard his team had to work to get it.
The Green Wave, coming off a disheartening 17-16 home loss to Cincinnati a week earlier, squandered a 10-point, fourth-quarter lead on a frigid Saturday night, giving up the tying touchdown with 36 seconds left. But Tulane stuffed the Pirates on fourth down from the 1-yard line in overtime to escape with a 31-24 American Athletic Conference victory.