Tulane doesn't have many nights like these.
Not with the No. 18 number retirement for paralyzed former football player Devon Walker before the game and the return of former coach Mack Brown to acknowledge his induction to the College Football Hall of Fame.
This was a night of tributes and celebrations. But how it ended left the Green Wave looking for what could have been a signature home win against a Power 5 opponent.
The two biggest plays in the 23-17 overtime loss to Wake Forest on Thursday (Aug. 31) came on a pair of long touchdown passes from Jonathan Banks to Terren Encalade.