TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tommy Shuler and Essray Taliaferro scored touchdowns in the final 4 minutes as Marshall came from behind to defeat Tulsa 45-34 in a game that started one minute late to commemorate the anniversary of the Nov. 14. 1970 plane crash of the Marshall football team.

Kickoff was delayed 1 minute in silent observance to 6:36 p.m. Central Time to mark the moment of the worst sports-related air tragedy that killed 75. Marshall players wore a No. 75 on their helmets.

Marshall (7-3, 5-1 Conference USA) scored the first three TDS and led 31-14 at halftime as Rakeem Cato passed for 456 yards and five touchdowns.

Tulsa (2-8, 1-5) stormed back with 21-straight points in the second half on scoring runs by Dane Evans and Trey Watts.

Shuler caught 9 passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns and Taliaferro 68 yards and Marshall’s lone TD on the ground.

Marshall 21 10 0 14 = 45

Tulsa 0 14 17 3 = 34

First Quarter

Mar–Shuler 28 pass from Cato (Haig kick), 12:21.

Mar–D.Smith 44 pass from Cato (Haig kick), 10:16.

Mar–Hoskins 22 pass from Cato (Haig kick), 5:21.

Second Quarter

Tlsa–Watts 1 run (Salazar kick), 12:11.

Tlsa–Roberson 26 pass from Evans (Salazar kick), 7:30.

Mar–Hoskins 6 pass from Cato (Haig kick), 4:48.

Mar–FG Haig 31, :28.

Third Quarter

Tlsa–Evans 3 run (kick blocked), 12:44.

Tlsa–Watts 1 run (Roberson pass from Watts), 8:02.

Tlsa–FG Salazar 29, 4:43.

Fourth Quarter

Tlsa–FG Salazar 30, 12:27.

Mar–Shuler 18 pass from Cato (Haig kick), 3:47.

Mar–Taliaferro 1 run (Haig kick), 2:45.

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Mar Tlsa

First downs 32 20

Rushes-yards 45-163 44-184

Passing 456 161

Comp-Att-Int 33-58-1 13-39-1

Return Yards 4 3

Punts-Avg. 4-34.5 8-39.0

Fumbles-Lost 5-4 2-1

Penalties-Yards 2-21 2-10

Time of Possession 31:44 28:16

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Marshall, Butler 10-75, Taliaferro 20-68, Cato 8-13, Grooms 2-6, Watson 3-5, Team 2-(minus 4). Tulsa, Watts 31-169, Douglas 7-18, Evans 5-2, Roberson 1-(minus 5).

PASSING–Marshall, Cato 33-58-1-456. Tulsa, Evans 13-39-1-161.

RECEIVING–Marshall, Shuler 9-105, D.Smith 7-114, Wilkins 6-63, Hoskins 5-55, Taliaferro 3-63, Grooms 2-39, D.Johnson 1-17. Tulsa, Roberson 4-58, James 3-37, Lucas 2-27, T.Wilson 2-14, Hall 1-23, Watts 1-2.