NEW ORLEANS – Tulane sent video to Conference USA on Tuesday as part of a formal complaint after officials declined to stop the clock on a late-game reception along the sidelines in the Green Wave’s 28-27 loss to Memphis last Saturday.

Head coach Bob Toledo said Green Wave tight end Gabe Ratcliff clearly was able to get out of bounds after making a first-down catch at midfield with 17 seconds to go.

Tulane had a timeout remaining and Toledo said he intended to save it for another play while the Green Wave tried to get into field-goal range.

While Tulane huddled, the referee signaled for the clock to start as soon as the chains were moved to mark the new first-down distance. Neither Toledo nor quarterback Anthony Scelfo realized the game clock was running again until Tulane’s offense came to the line of scrimmage with about 7 seconds left.

Scelfo ran a play instead of using Tulane’s last timeout. He was tackled and the game ended.