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Memphis Tigers football

May 04, 2023

The Memphis Tigers football team represents the University of Memphis in college football in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The Tigers play in the American Athletic Conference as an all-sports member.[2] They play home games at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. The team's head coach is Ryan Silverfield.[3]

Memphis Tigers
First season1912
Athletic directorLaird Veatch
Head coachRyan Silverfield
4th season, 21–16 (.568)
StadiumSimmons Bank Liberty Stadium
(capacity: 62,380)
Year built1965
Field surfaceField Turf
LocationMemphis, Tennessee
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Past conferencesMiss. Valley (1928–1934)
SIAA (1935–1942)
Missouri Valley (1968–1972)
C-USA (1996–2012)
All-time record510–526–33 (.493)
Bowl record7–8 (.467)
Conference titles8
(1929, 1930, 1938, 1968, 1969, 1971, 2014, 2019)
Division titles3
(2017, 2018, 2019)
RivalriesArkansas State (rivalry)
UAB (rivalry)
Cincinnati (rivalry)
Louisville (rivalry)
Ole Miss (rivalry)
Southern Miss (rivalry)
ColorsBlue and gray[1]
   
Fight songGo Tigers Go
MascotPouncer
Marching bandMighty Sound of the South
Websitegotigersgo.com

Since their inaugural season in 1912, the Memphis Tigers have won over 500 games and appeared in thirteen bowl games. The program has also claimed eight conference championships with the most recent coming in 2019.

History

See also: List of Memphis Tigers football seasons

Early history (1912–1974)

West Tennessee State Normal School's football team had their first season in 1912.[4] The team was coached by Clyde Wilson.[5] In 1922, Lester Barnard was the Tigers head coach.[5] His team compiled a 5–2–2 record.[5] Zach Curlin succeeded Barnard and served as the Tigers head coach from 1924 to 1936.[6] During Curlin's tenure, the school was a member of two athletic conferences, the Mississippi Valley Conference (1928–1934)[7] and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1935–1941).[8] When Curlin stepped down as the football coach after the 1936 campaign, the school's search committee recommended Allyn McKeen and immediately hired Cecil C. Humphreys as the school's president from Tennessee Junior College in Martin, now named the University of Tennessee at Martin.[9] McKeen's 1937 squad posted a 3–6 record, setting the stage for the Tigers' only undefeated and untied season in school history. Allyn McKeen coached the Tigers in the 1937 and 1938 seasons, compiling a 13–6 record.[5] His 1938 team went undefeated at 10–0.[5] McKeen departed the Tigers after two seasons to accept the head football coach position at Mississippi State and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1991.[10][11]

West Tennessee State Teacher's College changed its name to Memphis State College in 1941.[12] After that year, the Tigers became an independent and remained so until joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 1968.[13] Despite fielding a 56-player team in 1942, one of the largest in school history to that point, Memphis State managed to compile only a 2–7 record in 1942 due to many players being chosen for selective service for World War II.[14][15] The Tigers did not field a football team from 1943 to 1946 due to the events surrounding World War II.[14] In 1947, athletics director Cecil Humphreys turned to his former college teammate at the University of Tennessee, Ralph Hatley, head coach at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, to lead the football program.[16] One of his first moves as head coach was to name Billy Murphy as an assistant coach.[16] Hatley's first Tigers team in 1947 had 38 freshmen, but still managed to earn a 6–2–1 record.[16] In 1949, Hatley's Tigers outscored their opponents 385-87 throughout the season and led the nation in total points scored for the season.[16] In 1949, Memphis State finished 9–2 and set a then-school record with 21,000 in attendance to watch the team play Ole Miss.[16] Hatley hired Ken Donahue as line coach in 1951.[17][18] During Hatley's tenure as head coach, Memphis State graduated 98% of its football players.[19] Hatley's Tigers made their first bowl appearance in school history in the 1956 Burley Bowl, a 32–12 victory over East Tennessee that was the final playing of the Johnson City, Tennessee bowl game.[20] Hatley retired as head coach after the 1957 season with a 60–43–5 record.[19][16] He retired as the school's winningest head coach and remained so until he was surpassed by his successor in 1967.[21]

Billy Murphy took over as head coach in 1958 and served as head football coach for the Tigers for fourteen seasons.[22][23] In 1963, Murphy led the Tigers to a 9–0–1 record.[24] After a season-opening win over Southern Miss,[25] the Tigers tied No. 2 Ole Miss by a score of 0–0.[26] That game would be the only non-win for Memphis that year as the Tigers went on to grab wins over Tulsa,[27] North Texas,[28] West Texas State,[29] Mississippi State,[30] Louisville,[31] South Carolina,[32] Chattanooga[33] and Houston[34] to post just the second unbeaten season in program history.[35] The Houston game was postponed from November 23 to November 30 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.[36] Murphy was named the National Coach of the Year by the Detroit Times and was also named a recipient of the Memphis Civilian Award.[35] Running back Dave Casinelli became the first Memphis State player to lead the NCAA in a major individual statistical category and the first Southern player to win the NCAA rushing title since John Dottley in 1949.[37][38] Going into the final game of the 1963 season, he ranked third in rushing yardage but totaled 210 rushing yards in the final game to finish ahead of Jimmy Sidle and Gale Sayers.[37] He led the NCAA for the 1963 season in rushing yardage (1,016 yards) and rushing carries (219).[39] He also tied with Cosmo Iacavazzi for the national scoring title with 84 points, each having scored 14 touchdowns.[40] During his four years at Memphis, Casinelli established school records with 2,796 total yards from scrimmage and 36 career touchdowns.[41] In January 1964, he signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.[42] The 1963 Tigers football team finished ranked No. 14 in the UPI Coaches Poll, the highest final ranking in school history.[22][23] Memphis State ended its 27-year run as an independent when it joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 1968.[43] Murphy retired as head coach after the 1971 season but remained as the school's athletics director until 1981.[44][22] His last game as head coach was the 1971 Pasadena Bowl, a 28–9 victory over San Jose State,[45] their second bowl appearance in school history and last for another 32 years.[46] He left Memphis with a 91–44–1 record,[47] making him the winningest head coach in program history.[48]

The program's next head coach was Fred Pancoast, who came to Memphis State from his post as offensive coordinator at Georgia under Vince Dooley.[49] After a mediocre 5–5–1 record in 1972,[50] the Tigers finished the 1973 season with an 8–3 record.[51] The 1973 season included a 28–21 win over Louisville in the season opener,[52] a 24–3 victory over North Texas in the season's second game[53] and a 17–13 victory over Ole Miss in the third game for the Tigers' first victory over the Rebels in the state of Mississippi.[54] Despite a 35–21 loss to No. 15 Houston,[55] the Tigers defeated Tulsa by a score of 28–16,[56] Florida State by a margin of 13–10[57] Virginia Tech in a 49–16 rout[58] and their last two games of the season over Louisiana-Lafayette by a score of 41-6[59] and Cincinnati by a margin of 17–13[60] after a 13–10 loss to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl on November 10.[61] Memphis State left the Missouri Valley Conference after the 1973 season and returned to play as an independent, where it would remain until chartering Conference USA in 1995.[13] The 1974 season resulted in a 7–4 record.[62] Highlights of the season included a 16–10 victory over Louisville in the season opener,[63] a 15–7 victory over Ole Miss for the Tigers second straight victory over the Rebels,[64] a 20–18 victory over Colorado State,[65] a 41–0 shutout of North Texas,[66] a 42–14 win over Florida State,[67] and a 34–10 victory over Wichita State in the season finale.[68] Pancoast left the Tigers after the 1974 season to accept the head coaching position at Vanderbilt.[69][70] In three seasons, he led the Tigers to a 20–12–1 record.[71] Pancoast would be the last head coach to leave the Tigers with a winning record for 41 years.[72]

Richard Williamson era (1975–1980)

Arkansas offensive coordinator Richard Williamson was hired as the Tigers' 15th head football coach after Fred Pancoast's departure.[73] An end at Alabama from 1959 to 1962 under head coach Bear Bryant, Williamson served as wide receivers coach for the Crimson Tide under Bryant from 1963 to 1967 returned to Alabama to coach the defensive line under Bryant from 1970 to 1971 after serving as an assistant coach under Frank Broyles at Arkansas from 1968 to 1969.[74][75] He returned to Broyles' Razorbacks staff to serve as offensive coordinator in 1972.[75] Williamson went 32–34 in six seasons as head coach of the Tigers.[76][77] Williamson was honored with the Southern Independent Conference Coach of the Year award twice as head coach of the Tigers.[73][77]

The Tigers finished 7–4 in 1975.[78] They began the season on September 6 with a 17–7 loss to Mississippi State.[79] After a 31–20 upset victory over No. 7 Auburn,[80] Memphis State lost their next two: 13–3 to Cincinnati[81] and 29–10 to Arkansas State.[82] The Tigers defeated North Texas by a margin of 21–19 on October 4.[83] After a 21–7 loss to rival Southern Miss,[84] Williamson's team won their last five games of the season, defeating rival Louisville 41–7 on October 18,[85] Tulsa 16–14 on October 25,[86] Wichita State 13–7 on November 1,[86] Florida State 17–14 on November 8[87] and Houston 14–7 on November 15.[88] Memphis State went 8–3 in 1976.[89] The Tigers started the season with a 21–16 win over Ole Miss on September 4[90] and a 21–12 win over Florida State on September 11.[91] After a close 16–14 loss to Tulsa,[92] Memphis State defeated SMU by a count of 27–13[93] and Auburn by a margin of 28–27.[80] After a 42–33 loss to Mississippi State,[94] the Tigers shut out Wichita State by a count of 31–0[95] and defeated Tulane by a score of 14–7.[96] After a 21–14 loss to in-state foe Tennessee,[97] the Tigers defeated Louisville by a score of 26–14[85] and suffered a 14–12 letdown at the hands of rival Southern Miss in the season finale.[98] Williamson's Tigers finished with a 6–5 record in 1977.[99] In their first game after the death of rock-n-roll legend and longtime Memphis resident Elvis Presley,[100] the Tigers lost to Ole Miss in Jackson, Mississippi by a score of 7–3.[101] Memphis State rebounded to win their next three, defeating Tulane by a score of 27–9,[102] Utah State by a margin of 31–26[103] and Virginia Tech by a count of 21–20.[104] After dropping a 14–13 nail biter to Louisville on October 1,[105] the Tigers defeated Mississippi State by a margin of 21–13 on October 15.[106] Memphis State then lost a nail biter to North Texas by a count of 20–19.[107] After a 42–14 victory over Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl,[108] Williamson's squad lost to Tennessee by a score of 27–14[109] and No. 16 Florida State by a count of 30–9.[110] Memphis State defeated Wichita State by a margin of 28–14 in the season's last game on November 19.[111]

Memphis State finished with a 4–7 record in 1978.[112] After a season-opening 14–7 loss to Ole Miss,[113] Williamson led the Tigers to a 17–3 win over Houston[114] The Tigers then lost their next two, falling to Mississippi State in a 44–14 blowout[115] and No. 8 Texas A&M in a 58–0 shutout.[116] After a 26–13 win over Wichita State,[117] the Tigers lost a 13–10 nail biter to Southern Miss[118] and a 41–24 game to Tulane.[119] Memphis State won their next two, defeating Vanderbilt by a margin of 35–14[120] and Louisville by a count of 29–22.[121] Williamson's Tigers lost their last two games of the season, suffering a 41–24 loss to North Texas[122] and a 34–14 loss to Cincinnati.[123] The Tigers finished 5–6 in 1979.[124] Memphis State started the season with a close 14–13 win over Mississippi State on September 8.[125] The next week, Williamson's team lost to the other Southeastern Conference team from the Magnolia State, Ole Miss, by a score of 38–34.[126] After a 16–10 win in the season's third game over Wichita State,[127] Memphis State lost to Texas A&M by a margin of 17–7,[128] Louisiana-Monroe by a count of 21–20[129] and Southern Miss in a 22–0 shutout.[130] The Tigers alternated between win and loss for the remainder of the season, defeating North Texas by a margin of 22–0,[131] losing to Vanderbilt by a score of 13–3,[132] defeating Louisville by a count of 10–6,[133] losing to No. 5 Florida State by a margin of 66–17[134] and beating Cincinnati by a count of 23–17.[135] Memphis State struggled to a 2–9 mark in 1980.[136] The Tigers lost their first three games of the season, falling to Mississippi State by a score of 34–7,[137] Ole Miss in a 61–7 blowout[138] and Georgia Tech by a count of 17–8.[139] Williamson's squad won its first game of the season on October 4, defeating Arkansas State by a count of 24–3.[139] The Tigers lost to Louisville by a score of 38–14 on October 11.[140] That was followed by a 29–10 loss to North Texas on October 18.[141] After a 24–3 loss to No. 6 Florida State,[142] the Tigers lost consecutive 14–10 games to Vanderbilt[143] and Cincinnati[144] before suffering a 21–16 setback to Tulane.[145] The Tigers won their last game of the 1980 season, a 6–0 shutout over Wichita State.[146] Williamson was fired as head coach of the Tigers after the 1980 season.[147]

Rex Dockery era (1981–1983)

 
Coach Dockery

Texas Tech head coach Rex Dockery was named the Tigers' 16th head coach after Williamson's firing.[148] After serving as a head coach at two different Tennessee high schools, Dockery had served as an assistant coach at Tennessee from 1970 to 1971 under Bill Battle, at Georgia Tech in 1972 under Bill Fulcher and at Vanderbilt from 1973 to 1974 under Steve Sloan before following Sloan to serve as his offensive coordinator at Texas Tech.[149] When Steve Sloan left Texas Tech to take the head coaching position at Ole Miss in 1978, Dockery replaced him as the team's head coach.[150] He coached at Texas Tech from 1978 to 1980, compiling a 15–16–2 record,[151] and being named the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1978.[152]

Dockery's Tigers finished 1–10 in 1981.[153] After starting the season with a 20–3 loss to No. 14 Mississippi State on September 5,[154][155] Memphis State lost to No. 18 Florida State by a score of 10–5 on September 12.[156] The next week, Memphis State lost to Ole Miss by a count of 7–3.[157] The next week, the Tigers picked up their first win of the season and of the Dockery era by defeating Georgia Tech by a score of 28–15.[158] After a 17–13 loss to Virginia Tech,[159] Dockery's team suffered a 14–7 loss to Louisville.[160] Dockery's squad was shut out in the Black and Blue Bowl by Southern Miss by a score of 10–0.[161] After a 28–9 loss to in-state power Tennessee,[162] Memphis State was shut out again, this time in a 26–0 loss to Vanderbilt.[163] The Tigers put up seven points in each of their final two games, both losses: 38–7 to Cincinnati[164] and 24–7 to Tulane.[165]

Memphis State compiled another 1–10 record in 1982.[166] The Tigers lost to Ole Miss by a score of 27–10 in the season opener.[167] On September 11, they lost to Vanderbilt by a count of 24–14.[168] Next came a 41–17 loss to Mississippi State[169] followed by a 24–20 loss to Georgia Tech.[170] Next was the Black and Blue Bowl, a game the Tigers lost to Southern Miss by a margin of 34–14.[171] After a 16–7 loss to Cincinnati,[172] the Tigers fell to their foes from down the Mississippi River, losing to Tulane by a score of 17–10.[173] The Tigers put up 3 points in both of the next two weeks, both losses: 34–3 to No. 3 Georgia[174] and 29–3 to Tennessee.[175] On November 20, the Tigers lost their seventeenth straight game dating back to the previous season with a 38–19 loss to Louisville.[176] That streak was snapped the following week, with the Tigers defeating Arkansas State by a score of 12–0 in the season's final game.[177]

The Tigers improved in 1983, compiling a 6–4–1 record.[178] Dockery led Memphis State to a 37–17 win over Ole Miss in the first game of the season.[179] Memphis State scored 10 points each of the next two weeks, both losses: 24–10 to No. 8 North Carolina[180] and 17–10 to Virginia Tech.[181] On October 1, Memphis State lost to No. 6 Alabama by a score of 44–13.[182] After a 28–25 victory over Tulane,[183] the Tigers lost the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss by a score of 27–20.[184] Dockery then led his team to three straight victories, beating Vanderbilt by a margin of 24–7,[185] Mississippi State by a count of 30–13[186] and Cincinnati by a count of 43–10.[187] On November 19, Memphis State tied Arkansas State at 14–14.[188] The Tigers cruised to an easy 45–7 victory over Louisville in the season finale on November 24.[189]

Dockery was killed in a plane crash on December 12, 1983, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, en route to a speaking engagement before the city's quarterback club.[190][148] Freshman defensive back Charles Greenhill, offensive coordinator Chris Faros, and booster Glenn Jones were also killed in the crash.[148][152][191] On December 13, 1984, Dockery's widow Wallene filed a $182,000 lawsuit against Memphis State University and Coca-Cola seeking unpaid contractual payment obligations.[192] In December 1983, the playing surface at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium was named Rex Dockery Field, and was rededicated on October 30, 2013.[193][194] Dockery had an 8–24–1 record as head coach at Memphis State.[195]

Rey Dempsey era (1984–1985)

On December 26, 1983, Southern Illinois head coach Rey Dempsey was hired as Memphis State's 17th head football coach.[196][197] Though he did not have ties to the Memphis area or to the Southern United States, Dempsey had enjoyed a moderately successful tenure as the Salukis' head coach, including leading Southern Illinois to the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in 1983.[198] Dempsey also served as head coach at Youngstown State from 1973 to 1974 and had served as head coach at two Ohio high schools from 1961 to 1970.[199][200]

The Tigers finished 5–5–1 in 1984.[201] Memphis State defeated Arkansas State by a margin of 17–2 in their first game under Dempsey.[202] After a 22–6 loss to Ole Miss,[203] the Tigers won their next two, defeating Cincinnati by a margin of 47–7[204] and Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl by a score of 23–13.[205] After tying No. 6 Florida State at 17–17,[206] Memphis State won another two in a row, beating Louisiana-Lafayette by a margin of 20–7[207] and Mississippi State by a margin of 23–12.[208] Dempsey's team lost its final four games of the season, falling to North Carolina by a score of 30–27,[209] No. 8 Georgia by a margin of 13–3,[210] Tennessee in a blowout by a score of 41–9[211] and in the season's final game to Tulane by a score of 14–9.[212]

Memphis State compiled a 2–7–2 record in 1985.[213] The Tigers started the season with a 37–6 blowout of Louisiana-Lafayette on August 31.[214] The Tigers settled for ties the next two weeks, locking even in a 17–17 bout with Ole Miss[215] and a 10–10 battle with I-AA opponent Murray State.[216] Memphis State lost its next two, falling to No. 6 Florida State by a margin of 19–10[217] and Mississippi State by a nail-biting 31–28.[218] After a 38–21 victory over Tulane,[219] the Tigers lost their remaining five games, suffering defeats to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl by a margin of 14–7,[220] Alabama by a score of 28–9,[221] Virginia Tech by a margin of 31–10,[222] No. 19 Tennessee by a score of 17–7[223] and Army by a score of 49–7 .[224] After refusing to resign, Dempsey was fired as head coach after the 1985 season.[225] Dempsey left the Tigers with a record of 7–12–3 in two seasons as head coach.[226]

Charlie Bailey era (1986–1988)

Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Bailey was hired as the 18th head football coach at Memphis State after Dempsey's firing.[227] Despite having no head coaching experience, Bailey arrived in Memphis with a great reputation as a defensive mind with over twenty years of assistant coaching experience, serving under the likes of Fran Curci at Miami and Kentucky, Al Conover at Rice and Foge Fazio at Pittsburgh before joining Galen Hall's Florida staff.[228]

Memphis State went 1–10 in 1986.[229] They started the season with a 28–6 loss to Ole Miss on September 6.[230] The next week, the Tigers lost to Arkansas State in the Paint Bucket Bowl by a score of 30–10.[231] Louisiana-Lafayette defeated the Tigers by a score of 26–10 on September 20.[232] Memphis' tough season continued the next week against Louisville, losing to the Cardinals by a score of 34–8.[233][234] After a 34–17 loss to Mississippi State,[235] Bailey's team was shut out by No. 2 Alabama by a score of 37–0.[236] On October 18, the Tigers lost a close 14–9 contest to rival Southern Miss.[237] Memphis State won its first game of the season on November 1 with a 22–21 victory over Vanderbilt.[238] The Tigers lost their last three games of the season, falling to Tennessee by a margin of 33–3,[239] Tulane by a margin of 15–6[240] and New Mexico by a margin of 20–13.[241]

The Tigers improved to 5–5–1 in 1987.[242] In the season opener, Bailey's squad defeated Ole Miss by a score of 16–10.[243] Memphis State lost their next three, dropping contests to Vanderbilt by a margin of 27–17,[244] No. 7 Florida State by a score of 41–24[245] and Mississippi State in a 9–6 defensive struggle.[246] On October 10, Memphis State pulled off one of the biggest wins in program history, defeating No. 15 Alabama by a score of 13–10.[247] The next week, the Tigers defeated Tulane by a margin of 45–36.[248] After a nail biting 17–14 defeat at the hands of Southern Miss,[249] Memphis State tied Arkansas State at 21–21.[250] After a 31–7 loss to Louisiana-Lafayette,[251] Memphis State won its last two games of the season, crushing Louisville by a score of 43–8[252] and shutting out Tulsa by a score of 14–0.[253]

Bailey's Tigers finished 6–5 in 1988.[254] They started the season on September 3 with a 24–6 loss to Ole Miss.[255] After a 9–7 victory over Arkansas State,[256] the Tigers lost their next two, suffering a 29–18 defeat to Louisville[257] and a 20–19 nail biter to Tulane.[258] Memphis State then defeated Southeastern Conference opponents in the next two weeks, topping Mississippi State by a margin of 31–10[259] and No. 14 Florida by a margin of 17–11.[260] After a 38–25 loss to Tennessee[261] and a 34–27 loss to Southern Miss,[262] the Tigers won their last three games of the season, defeating Louisiana-Lafayette by a score of 20–3,[263] Tulsa by a margin of 26–20[264] and Vanderbilt by a margin of 28–9.[265] Bailey resigned as Memphis State head coach in May 1989 after allegations that two of his athletes lied about contacts with school boosters.[266] He put together a 12–20–1 record in three seasons.[267]

Chuck Stobart era (1989–1994)

 
Coach Stobart

On June 26, 1989, USC offensive coordinator Chuck Stobart was named the 19th head coach of the Memphis State Tigers.[268] An assistant coach under Bo Schembechler at Miami (OH) and Michigan, Stobart served as head coach at Toledo from 1977 to 1981 and Utah from 1982 to 1984, achieving mediocre success.[269] After leaving the Utes, Stobart served as offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh in 1985 under Foge Fazio and at Arizona under Larry Smith in 1986 before following Smith to USC.[269] Stobart signed a four-year contract with Memphis State worth a base salary of $100,000 annually.[270]

Memphis State finished 2–9 in 1989.[271] After a 20–13 loss to Ole Miss,[272] the Tigers lost the Paint Bucket Bowl to Arkansas State by a margin of 17–13.[273] Next came a 35–7 loss to No. 16 Alabama[274] and a 38–13 loss to Florida.[275] On October 7, Stobart's team got their first win of the season with a 13–10 victory over in-state opponent Vanderbilt.[276] The next week, the Tigers picked up their second win of the campaign, defeating Cincinnati by a score of 34–17.[277] On October 21, Memphis State lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 35–10.[278] That was followed by a 31–7 loss to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl.[279] After a 38–34 loss to Tulane,[280] the Tigers lost to Louisville by 40–10.[281] Memphis State closed the season on November 18 with another loss, a 57–20 blowout at the hands of No. 5 Florida State.[282] After the 1989 season, Stobart fired six of his nine assistant coaches, including both coordinators.[283]

The Tigers went 4–6–1 in 1990.[284] Memphis State's football season began on September 1 with a 24–24 tie in the Paint Bucket Bowl with Arkansas State behind running back (and future Tigers head coach) Larry Porter's 206 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.[285] After a tough 23–21 nail biting defeat to rival Ole Miss,[286] the Tigers embarked upon a three-game winning streak, beginning with a 37–28 win over UCF.[287] On September 29, Stobart's Tigers defeated Tulsa by a margin of 22–10.[288] The next week, Memphis State defeated Tulane by a count of 21–14.[289] On October 13, the Tigers lost a close 19–17 contest to Louisville.[290] That was followed by a 23–7 loss in the annual Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss.[291] After a 20–6 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette,[292] Stobart's squad lost its last three, falling to East Carolina by a score of 24–17,[293] Mississippi State by a count of 27–23[294] and No. 9 Florida State in a 35–3 blowout.[295]

Stobart led the Tigers to a 5–6 record in 1991.[296] Memphis State started the season by upsetting No. 16 USC by a score of 24–10.[297] The following week, Stobart's Tigers lost to rival Ole Miss by a score of 10–0.[298] On September 14, Memphis State lost to East Carolina by a count of 20–13.[299] The Tigers got their second win of the season the following week with a 31–21 win over Arkansas State.[300] After a 31–21 loss to Missouri,[301] the Tigers won two in a row, defeating Southern Miss 17–12[302] and Mississippi State 28–23.[303] On October 26, Memphis State lost to Tulsa by a count of 33–28.[304] The next week, Memphis State lost to No. 14 Tennessee by a margin of 52–24.[305] After a 35–7 thrashing of Louisville,[306] the Tigers finished the season with a 10–7 loss to No. 7 Alabama.[307]

Memphis State went 6–5 in 1992.[308] They began the season on September 5, losing the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss by a score of 23–21.[309] Another close loss came the following week in the form of a 16–15 loss to Louisville.[310] In the season's third game, the Tigers dropped another nail biter, falling to No. 24 Mississippi State by a margin of 20–16.[311] After the season's third game, 80 Tigers football players boycotted team practice, claiming they had lost respect for Coach Stobart for the way he handled the team.[312][313] However, after Stobart acknowledged the players' frustrations and promised to change his approach, the players returned after sitting out only one day.[314] On September 26, Memphis State won their first game of the season, defeating Arkansas by a margin of 22–6.[315] The Tigers defeated Cincinnati by a score of 34–14[316] and followed that with a 37–7 victory over rival Arkansas State.[317] On October 24, Memphis State defeated Tulsa by a margin of 30–25.[318] The team's winning streak was extended to five with a 62–20 shellacking of Tulane on Halloween.[319] Ole Miss snapped Memphis State's winning streak on November 7 with a 17–12 victory over the Tigers.[320] That was followed by a 26–21 loss to No. 23 Tennessee on November 14.[321] They finished the season with a 42–7 drubbing of East Carolina on November 21.[322]

The Tigers finished with another 6–5 record in 1993.[323] They opened the season with a 45–35 victory over No. 23 Mississippi State on September 4.[324] In the season's second game, Stobart's team got crushed by Louisville to the tune of 54–28.[325] The Tigers lost a closer 17–15 contest to Louisiana-Lafayette in their third game of the season.[326] The Tigers then notched their first win of the season, shutting out Arkansas by a margin of 6–0.[327] That was followed by a 34–7 thrashing of East Carolina[328] and a 45–3 drubbing of rival Arkansas State.[329] Stobart's squad lost to Tulsa by a score of 23–19[330] and Cincinnati by a count of 23–20 over the next two weeks.[331] The Tigers then defeated Ole Miss by a score of 19–3[332] and Southern Miss by a margin of 20–9.[333] In the season's last game, the Tigers lost to No. 9 Miami by a margin of 41–17.[334] Star wide receiver Isaac Bruce, a senior in 1993, finished his Memphis State career with 113 receptions for 1,586 yards (14.0 yards per rec. avg.) and 15 touchdowns.[335] He was selected in the second round with the 33rd overall pick in the 1994 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.[336]

Memphis State University changed its name to the University of Memphis in 1994.[4][12] That year, the Tigers finished 6–5 for the third consecutive year.[337] On September 3, Stobart's squad lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 17–6.[338] Memphis won its first game of the season the following week with a 42–18 thrashing of Tulsa.[339] After a 20–3 loss to Southern Miss,[340] Memphis won their next four games, topping Arkansas in a 16–15 nail biter,[341] Tulane in a 13–0 shutout,[289] Arkansas State by a margin of 15–6[342] and Cincinnati in a 26–3 blowout.[343] On October 29, Memphis lost to Louisville by a score of 10–6.[344] That was followed by a 17–16 win over Ole Miss.[345] In the season's final two games, the Tigers lost to Tennessee by a margin of 24–13[346] and East Carolina by a count of 30–6.[347] On January 13, 1995, Stobart was fired as head coach of the Tigers.[348] His Tigers compiled a 29–36–1 record in his five seasons.[349]

Rip Scherer era (1995–2000)

James Madison head coach Rip Scherer took over as the Tigers' 20th head football coach after Stobart's termination.[350] Scherer arrived in the Mid-South with some impressive credentials, serving as offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech from 1980 to 1986 under Bill Curry and then following Curry to Alabama, serving as the Crimson Tide's offensive coordinator in 1987.[351] He then joined Dick Tomey's Arizona staff, serving as offensive coordinator from 1988 to 1990 before taking over as James Madison's head coach.[352] Scherer signed a five-year contract worth a base salary of $110,000 annually.[353]

On April 24, 1995, the University of Memphis ended its 21-year run as an independent when jointed the news Conference USA.[354] The league announced it would begin football competition in 1996.[354]

The Tigers finished 3–8 in 1995.[355] They kicked off the season on September 2 with a 28–18 loss to Mississippi State.[356] After a 24–7 loss to No. 11 Michigan,[357] Memphis picked up its first win of the season with a 33–19 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette.[358] The next week, Scherer's team lost to Arkansas by a score of 27–20.[359] On September 30, the Tigers lost to Louisville by a margin of 17–7.[360] After a 23–8 victory over Tulane,[361] Memphis lost to Cincinnati by a score of 28–3.[362] After a 10–7 win over Tulsa,[363] the Tigers lost 34–3 to Ole Miss.[364] After a 17–9 loss to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl,[365] Scherer's squad finished the season with a 31–17 defeat by East Carolina.[361]

Memphis went 4–7 in 1996, its first season in Conference USA.[366] In the season opener, the Tigers suffered a 30–7 loss to No. 11 Miami.[367] The following week, they suffered a 31–10 loss to Mississippi State.[368] Scherer then led the Tigers to three straight wins, defeating Missouri by a score of 19–16,[369] Tulane by a margin of 17–10[370] and Cincinnati by a score of 18–16.[370] On October 12, the Tigers lost to Houston by a margin of 37–20.[371] That was followed by a 16–0 shutout loss to Southern Miss.[372] On October 26, Scherer's Tigers suffered a 13–9 loss at the hands of Louisiana-Lafayette.[373] Another loss followed in the form of a 13–10 defeat at the hands of Louisville on November 2.[374] Then, the Tigers notched one of the biggest wins in program history.[375] On November 9, 1996, the Tigers beat SEC power No. 6 Tennessee, quarterbacked by Peyton Manning, 21–17 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.[376] It was the first time Memphis had defeated the Vols in fifteen meetings, and the Vols came into the game with a 40–1 record in November since 1985.[377] Fans stormed the field and tore down the goalposts after the huge upset win.[375] During the game, Memphis kick returner Kevin Cobb returned a kickoff for a touchdown.[378] The touchdown won an ESPY for "College Football Play of the Year" in June 1997.[378] It would take another 19 years for the Tigers to defeat another nationally ranked team, when they defeated No. 13 Ole Miss by a margin of 37–24 in 2015.[379] Scherer's Tigers lost by a score of 20–10 to East Carolina in the season's final game.[380]

Memphis posted a second consecutive 4–7 record in 1997.[381] After dropping the season opener by a score of 13–10 to Mississippi State,[382] the Tigers got their first win of the season in their second game, defeating UAB by a score of 28–7.[383] Scherer's team then embarked upon a three-game losing streak, beginning with a 51–21 loss to No. 21 Michigan State on September 13.[384] Next, Memphis lost to Minnesota by a score of 20–17.[385] On October 4, Memphis lost to Cincinnati by second straight 20–17 score.[362] After a 38–9 shellacking of Arkansas State,[386] Scherer's squad lost by a score of 32–10 to East Carolina.[387] After a 24–3 victory over Houston,[387] Memphis lost to Tulane by a score of 26–14.[289] On November 15, the Tigers lost a 21–20 nail biter to Louisville.[388] They concluded the season on November 22 with a 42–18 defeat in the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss.[389]

The Tigers went 2–9 in 1998.[390] They started the season with a 30–10 loss to Ole Miss.[391] The Tigers faced the other Southeastern Conference team from Mississippi in the season's second game, falling to the Bulldogs by a margin of 14–6.[392] On September 19, Scherer's team lost to Minnesota by a margin of 41–14.[393] The next week, Memphis lost to Houston by a count of 35–14.[394] After a 23–9 defeat at the hands of No. 20 Arkansas,[395] the Tigers defeated Cincinnati by a count of 41–23 to record their first win of the season.[396] After a 35–32 loss to Louisville,[397] Memphis picked up its second win of the year by beating Arkansas State in the Paint Bucket Bowl by a margin of 35–19[396] After a 41–31 loss to No. 15 Tulane on November 7,[398] Scherer's squad lost to Southern Miss by a blowout margin of 45–3.[396] They closed the season with a 34–31 loss to East Carolina.[399]

Scherer led the Tigers to a 5–6 mark in 1999.[400] In their first game, Memphis lost a defensive struggle to Ole Miss by a count of 3–0.[401] The next week, the Tigers again lost by three points, falling to Mississippi State by a margin of 13–10.[402] On September 18, Memphis won the Paint Bucket Bowl, defeating Arkansas State by a score of 31–26.[403] The Tigers then lost a 17–16 contest to No. 7 Tennessee on September 25.[404] That was followed by a 27–17 loss to Missouri.[405] After a 38–14 victory over UAB,[406] Memphis suffered another defeat, a 32–31 nail biter to Louisville.[407] After a 49–7 blowout of Tulane,[408] Scherer's team lost to No. 25 Southern Miss by a score of 20–5.[409] The Tigers finished the season with two wins, defeating Army by a score of 14–10[410] and Cincinnati by a score of 21–13.[411]

Memphis finished 4–7 in 2000.[412] The Tigers lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 17–3 in the season opener on September 2.[413] Scherer then led his team to three straight wins, beginning with a 28–0 shutout over Louisiana-Monroe.[414] The next week, the Tigers won the Paint Bucket Bowl over Arkansas State by a score of 19–17.[415] That was followed by a 26–16 victory over Army on September 23.[416] After a 24–3 loss to No. 21 Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl,[417] Memphis defeated East Carolina by a score of 17–10.[418] On October 14, Memphis lost to UAB by a count of 13–9.[419][420] The next week, Memphis lost to Houston by a margin of 33–30 in triple overtime.[421] On November 4, the Tigers lost to in-state foe Tennessee by a margin of 19–17.[422] After a 13–10 overtime loss to Cincinnati,[362] the Tigers lost to Tulane by a margin of 37–14 in the season's final game.[423] Scherer was fired as head coach after the 2000 season.[424][425] He left Memphis with a 22–44 record in six seasons as head coach.[426]

Tommy West era (2001–2009)

On November 30, 2000, it was announced that Tommy West had been promoted from defensive coordinator to head football coach of the Tigers, the 21st in program history.[427][428] A tight end at Tennessee from 1972 to 1975 under Bill Battle, West had over twenty years of college football coaching experience at the time he became head coach of the Tigers.[429] He also had prior head coaching experience, serving as the head coach at Clemson from 1993 to 1998 and at FCS program Chattanooga in 1993.[430] West joined Rip Scherer's Memphis staff as defensive coordinator on January 6, 2000.[431] West signed a five-year contract paying him a base salary of $139,725 annually plus room for incentive bonuses.[428]

Memphis went 5–6 in 2001.[432] In the season's first game, the Tigers lost to No. 18 Mississippi State by a margin of 30–10.[433] After picking up their first win of the season with a 43–10 shellacking of I-AA opponent Chattanooga,[434] West's team picked up its second win of the season with a 17–9 victory over South Florida.[435] After a 38–21 loss to Louisville,[436] Memphis won their next two, defeating Southern Miss by a score of 22–17[437] and Houston by a one-sided score of 52–33.[438] On October 20, the Tigers lost to East Carolina by a margin of 32–11.[439] That was followed by a second consecutive loss in the form of a 17–14 nail biter at the hands of UAB.[440] On November 10, the Tigers lost a third straight game, falling to No. 6 Tennessee by a score of 49–28.[441] The following week, West's squad broke its losing streak with a 42–10 pounding of Army.[442] On November 24, Memphis closed the season with a last-second 36–34 loss to Cincinnati.[443]

The Tigers finished with a 3–9 record in 2002.[444] The season began on August 31 with a 52-6 pounding of I-AA opponent Murray State.[445] One week later, Memphis lost to Ole Miss by a score of 38–16.[446] In the season's third game, the Tigers lost the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss by a margin of 33–14.[447] After a 38–10 victory over Tulane,[448] West's team lost their next six, beginning with a 31–17 loss to UAB.[449] On October 8, Memphis lost to Louisville by a score of 38–32.[450] On October 19, the Tigers lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 29–17.[451] One week later, Cincinnati defeated Memphis by a margin of 48–10.[452] On November 2, Houston defeated West's Tigers by a score of 26–21.[453] After a 38–21 loss to South Florida,[454] Memphis notched its third win of the season with a 38–10 win over Army.[455] On November 30, the Tigers lost to TCU by a score of 27–20 to finish the season.[456]

Memphis improved to 9–4 in 2003.[457] In the season opener, the Tigers defeated in-state I-AA foe Tennessee Tech by a score of 40–10.[458] In the season's second game, Memphis upset Ole Miss by a count of 44–34.[459] After a 23–6 loss to Southern Miss,[460] Memphis defeated Arkansas State by a count of 38–16.[461] They then lost their next two, falling to UAB by a margin of 24–10[462] and Mississippi State by a score of 35–27.[463] Memphis rebounded to win their next five, starting with a 45–14 victory over Houston.[464] That was followed by a 41–9 win over Tulane.[465] On November 1, the Tigers defeated East Carolina by a margin of 41–24.[466] In the season's tenth game, West's team defeated Louisville by a score of 37–7.[467] One week later, the Tigers defeated Cincinnati by a score of 21–16.[468][469] In the regular season finale, the Tigers lost a 21–16 game to South Florida.[470] Memphis accepted a berth in the 2003 New Orleans Bowl, a game they won over North Texas by a score of 27–17.[471] The victory was Memphis' first bowl appearance in a bowl game and first bowl victory in 32 years, since the 1971 Pasadena Bowl.[472]

The Tigers finished with an 8–4 record in 2004.[473] They defeated Ole Miss by a margin of 20–13 in the season opener.[474] The next week, West's squad won its second game with a 52–21 rout of I-AA foe Chattanooga.[475] Entering their next contest as the No. 25 team in the country, they followed that with a third straight win: a 47-35 trouncing of Arkansas State.[476] After a 35–28 loss to UAB,[477] the Tigers defeated Houston 41–14[478] and Tulane 49–24.[479] After a 49–10 blowout loss to Cincinnati[480] and a 56–49 loss to No. 14 Louisville,[481] Memphis won a 30–26 contest over Southern Miss,[482] a 38–35 game over East Carolina[483] and a 31-15 contest over South Florida.[484] The Tigers received a berth in the 2004 GMAC Bowl, a contest they lost to Bowling Green by a margin of 52–35.[485] After leading the Tigers to consecutive bowl appearances for the first time in program history, the University of Memphis administration signed West to a raise and one-year contract extension.[486]

Memphis finished 7–5 in 2005.[487] They started the season on September 5 with a 10–6 loss to Ole Miss.[488] After a 59–14 thrashing of I-AA Chattanooga,[489] Memphis lost its third game of the season to Tulsa by a margin of 37–31 in overtime.[490] The Tigers defeated UTEP by a score of 27–20 in the season's fourth game.[491] After a 38–17 defeat at the hands of UCF,[492] West's team beat Houston 35-20[493] and East Carolina 27–24.[494] After a 37–20 loss to UAB[495] and a 20–16 loss to Tennessee,[496] West's squad defeated Southern Miss by a margin of 24–22[497] and Marshall by a score of 26–3 to finish the regular season.[498] Memphis made its third straight bowl appearance with its berth in the 2005 Motor City Bowl, defeating Akron by a score of 38–31.[499] During that game, star Tigers running back DeAngelo Williams set an NCAA record with his 34th career game of at least 100 rushing yards.[500] Williams, a senior in 2005 and a finalist for the Doak Walker Award that year,[501] was selected in the first round with the 27th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers.[502] Kicker Stephen Gostkowski was also selected in that year's draft, going in the fourth round with the 118th overall pick to the New England Patriots.[503]

The Tigers struggled to a 2–10 record in 2006.[504] They began the season on September 3, losing to Ole Miss by a margin of 28–25.[505] After a 33–14 win over I-AA Chattanooga,[506] Memphis lost nine straight, beginning with a 35–20 defeat to East Carolina.[507] After the East Carolina loss, West fired defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn.[508][509] On September 30, West's team lost to No. 15 Tennessee by a margin of 41–7.[510] The next week, the Tigers lost to UAB by a score of 35–29.[511] After a 26–23 Paint Bucket Bowl loss to Arkansas State,[512] Memphis lost to Tulsa by a margin of 35–14.[513] On October 28, the Tigers lost to Marshall by a score of 41–27.[514] Southern Miss then doubled up the Tigers by a score of 42–21.[515] After a 26–24 loss to UCF,[516] Memphis suffered a 23–20 overtime loss to Houston.[517] The Tigers ended their long losing streak by picking up their second win of the season in the last game with a 38–19 victory over UTEP.[518]

Memphis finished 7–6 in 2007.[519] After dropping the opener to Ole Miss by a margin of 23–21,[520] West's squad defeated I-AA opponent Jacksonville State by a margin of 35–14 to record their first win of the season.[521] After losing to UCF by a margin of 56-20[522] and Arkansas State by a score of 35-31 after blowing a 25-point halftime lead,[523] Memphis defeated Marshall by a score of 24–21.[524] After a 21–7 loss to in-state foe Middle Tennessee,[525] Memphis beat Rice by a score of 38-35[526] and Tulane by a slim margin of 28–27.[527] After a 56–40 loss to East Carolina,[528] West's team won three straight, defeating Southern Miss by a margin of 29–26,[529] UAB by a count of 25-9[530] and SMU in a triple-overtime 55–52 shootout.[531] The Tigers made their fourth bowl appearance in five years in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, losing to Florida Atlantic by a score of 44–27.[532]

The Tigers went 6–7 in 2008.[533] They lost their first three games of the season, falling to Ole Miss by a margin of 41–24,[534] Rice by a score of 42-35[535] and Marshall in a 17–16 nail biter.[536] West's Tigers won their next three, defeating I-AA Nicholls State by a margin of 31–10,[537] Arkansas State by a score of 29–17[538] and UAB in a 33-30 nail biter.[539] After a 35–28 loss to Louisville[540] and a 30–10 loss to East Carolina,[541] Memphis defeated Southern Miss by a count of 36-30[542] and SMU by a count of 31–26.[543] After a 28–21 loss to UCF,[544] Memphis finished the regular season with a 45-6 thrashing of Tulane.[545] The Tigers made their fifth bowl appearance in six years in the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl, losing to South Florida in a 41–14 rout.[546]

Memphis regressed to a 2–10 record in 2009.[547] They were trounced by No. 8 Ole Miss in the season opener, losing 45–14.[548] After a 31–14 loss to Middle Tennessee,[549] West's squad earned its first win of the season with a 41–14 win over in-state FCS opponent UT Martin.[550] After a 27–16 loss to Marshall[551] and a 32–14 defeat at the hands of UCF,[552] the Tigers defeated UTEP by a score of 35–20.[553] Memphis lost its final six games of the season, beginning with a 36–16 defeat to Southern Miss on October 17.[554] On October 27, West's team lost to East Carolina by a count of 38–19.[555] On November 7, the Tigers lost to in-state foe Tennessee by a score of 56–28.[556]

On November 10, 2009, it was announced that West would be fired as Memphis head coach after the completion of the 2009 season.[557][558] At the press conference announcing his firing, West vented his frustration about lack of financial and fan support and said that if the University of Memphis athletics department did not show more commitment to the football program, the program did not have "a fighting chance".[559][560][561] On November 14, the Tigers lost to UAB by a margin of 31–21.[562] That was followed by a 55–14 thrashing at the hands of No. 24 Houston.[563] In the last game of the season, Memphis lost a nail biter to Tulsa by a score of 33–30 in overtime.[564] West left Memphis with a 49–61 record.[565]

Larry Porter era (2010–2011)

On November 29, 2009, LSU running backs coach Larry Porter was named the 22nd head football coach for the University of Memphis football program.[566] Although he had no head coaching or coordinating experience, Porter was a well-regarded recruiter and running backs coach who had played running back for the Tigers from 1990 to 1993 under Chuck Stobart.[567] Porter's hiring made him the first African-American head coach in the history of Memphis football.[568] Porter signed a five-year contract worth a base salary of $750,000 annually.[569] The Tigers struggled tremendously under Porter as fan support, attendance and revenue fell.[570]

The Tigers went 1–11 in 2010.[571] They kicked off the Porter era on September 4 against Mississippi State, losing to the Bulldogs by a score of 49–7.[572] After losing to East Carolina by a margin of 49–27,[573] the Tigers notched their first win of the Porter era, defeating in-state opponent Middle Tennessee by a score of 24–17.[574] The next week, Memphis lost to UTEP by a score of 16–13.[575] That was followed by a 48–7 blowout loss to Tulsa on October 2.[576] After a 56–0 shutout defeat at the hands of Louisville,[577] the Tigers suffered a 41–19 defeat in the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss.[578] On October 30, Porter's team lost to Houston by a margin of 56–17.[579] The following week, Memphis suffered another blowout in the form of a 50–14 shellacking by in-state foe Tennessee.[580] The Tigers lost to Marshall by a score of 28–13 on November 13.[581] The Tigers suffered a 31–15 loss to UAB[582] and a 37–17 defeat at the hands of UCF to close the season.[583]

Memphis finished 2–10 in 2011.[584] The Tigers started the season with two blowout losses, 59–14 to No. 20 Mississippi State[585] and 47–3 to Arkansas State.[586] The Tigers won their third game of the season, defeating FCS in-state opponent Austin Peay by a score of 27–6.[587] After a 42–0 shutout loss to SMU,[588] the Tigers lost to Middle Tennessee by a margin of 38–31.[589] On October 8, Porter's team lost to Rice by a score of 28–6.[590] The next week, Memphis lost to East Carolina by a count of 35–17.[591] Porter's Tigers got their second win of the season on October 22 with a 33–17 victory over Tulane, their foes from down the Mississippi River.[592] After a 41–0 shutout shellacking to UCF,[593] the Tigers lost a closer contest to UAB by a score of 41–35.[594] After a 23–22 loss to Marshall,[595] Memphis closed the season with a 44–7 crushing to Southern Miss.[596]

On November 27, 2011, Porter was fired as Tigers head coach after only having won three games during his two-year tenure.[597] For his buyout, Memphis owed Porter a total of $754,890 annually for the remaining four years of his contract.[598] Porter's tenure as Memphis head coach is regarded as one of the worst head coaching tenures in the history of college football.[599][600] During Larry Porter's two years, Memphis finished at or near the bottom of the FBS in nearly every offensive and defensive statistical category.[601] Porter amassed a 3–21 record as head coach of the Tigers.[602]

Justin Fuente era (2012–2015)

On December 8, 2011, TCU offensive coordinator Justin Fuente was formally introduced as the Tigers' 23rd head coach.[603] The 35-year old Fuente, who had no prior head coaching experience, had spent the previous five years at TCU as an assistant, including serving as offensive coordinator for the final three years under Gary Patterson.[604] During his time as offensive coordinator for the Horned Frogs, Fuente oversaw a spread offense that was among the nation's most explosive, helped TCU to an appearance in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl and a victory in the 2011 Rose Bowl and coached one of the nation's best quarterbacks in Andy Dalton.[605][606] Fuente signed a five-year contract with the University of Memphis that paid him a base salary of $900,000 annually.[607]

On February 8, 2012, it was announced the University of Memphis would end its 17-year run in Conference USA and join the Big East Conference in all sports, effective July 1, 2013.[608] On July 1, 2013, the non-football playing schools (also known collectively as the secular Catholic 7) formed a non-football playing conference that retains the Big East Conference name.[609] The remaining six football-playing members joined with four schools from other conferences to become the American Athletic Conference (AAC) as the legal successor of the original Big East; the AAC retains the Big East's football structure and inherited its single automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series.[610]

The Tigers finished 4–8 in 2012.[611] They began the season on September 1 with a 20–17 loss to FCS in-state opponent UT Martin.[612] In the season's second game, Memphis lost the Paint Bucket Bowl to Arkansas State by a margin of 33–28.[613] On September 15, Fuente's Tigers lost to in-state foe Middle Tennessee by a margin of 48–30.[614] After a 38–14 loss to Duke,[615] the Tiger recorded their first win under Fuente, defeating Rice by a score of 14–10.[616] On October 13, Memphis lost to East Carolina by a margin of 41–7.[617] The following week, UCF defeated Fuente's squad by a score of 35–17.[618] On October 27, the Tigers lost to SMU by a score of 44–13.[619] After a 38–28 defeat at the hands of Marshall,[620] Memphis recorded its second win of the season with a 37–23 victory over Tulane.[621] The Tigers got a second consecutive win the following week in the form of a 46–9 shellacking of UAB.[622] The Tigers extended their winning streak to three in the season's final game with a 42–24 win in the Black and Blue Bowl over winless rival Southern Miss.[623] On February 13, 2013, Memphis announced it had signed Justin Fuente to a one-year contract extension through the 2017 season as a result of improvement shown by the team in his first year as head coach, as evidenced by the team winning more games in 2012 than in the previous two seasons combined.[624]

Memphis finished with a 3–9 record in 2013, their first season as members of the American Athletic Conference.[625] The Tigers kicked off the season at home against Duke, losing to the Blue Devils by a margin of 28–14.[626] The next week, they lost to Middle Tennessee by a score of 17–15.[627] Fuente's team got its first win in the season's third game by defeating Arkansas State by a score of 31–7.[628] On October 12, the Tigers lost to Houston by a score of 25–15.[629] The next week, Fuente's squad lost to SMU by a margin of 34–29.[630] After a 34–21 loss to Cincinnati,[631] the Tigers defeated SMU by a score of 21–6.[632] They won a second consecutive game the following week by defeating South Florida by a margin of 23–10.[633] Kicker Jake Elliott set a Memphis record for his 56-yard field goal on the road at USF.[634] This new Tigers record broke the old school record set by Stephen Gostkowski who hit a 53-yard field goal 2005.[634] He also was recognized by including being named the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week and also one of three players to be named "Stars of the Week" by Lou Groza Award.[635] On November 23, the Tigers lost a close 24–17 game to No. 21 Louisville.[636] That was followed by a 41–21 loss to Temple.[637] In the final game of the season, Memphis got blown out by UConn by a score of 45–10.[638]

The Tigers improved to a 10–3 record in 2014.[639] In the season's first game, the Tigers crushed in-state FCS opponent Austin Peay by a whopping 63–0.[640] After a 42–35 loss to No. 11 UCLA,[641] Fuente's squad handled Middle Tennessee by a margin of 36–17.[642] After a 24–3 loss to Ole Miss,[643] Memphis defeated Cincinnati by a margin of 41–14.[644] After a nail biting 28–24 loss to Houston,[645] the Tigers won their final seven games of the season, beginning with a 48–10 pounding of SMU.[646] On Halloween, the Tigers doubled by Tulsa to the tune of 40–20.[647] The next week, Fuente led the Tigers to a close 16–13 victory over Temple.[648] That was followed by a 38–7 thrashing of Tulane on November 15.[649] One week later, Memphis defeated South Florida by a margin of 31–20.[650] The Tigers closed the regular season with a 41–10 rout over UConn.[651] Fuente's Tigers accepted a berth in the inaugural 2014 Miami Beach Bowl, where they defeated BYU in a 55–48 overtime thriller.[652] Memphis finished the season as co-champions of the AAC.[653][654] This was the first football conference championship for the Memphis Tigers since the 1971 Missouri Valley Conference championship and only their second 10-win season since 1938.[655] The Tigers finished the season ranked No. 25 in both the AP and the Coaches Polls.[656] Fuente was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award.[657][658] During his sophomore year, Jake Elliott led the American Athletic Conference in per game scoring, averaging 9.2 points throughout his season.[659] For the second year in a row, he was named First Team All-Conference as well as being named Conference Special Teams Player of the Year.[660] He scored 120 points during his season, making 21-of-32 field goal attempts while also converting all 57 extra point conversions. Elliott kicked the fourth longest field goal in bowl game history. The kick was a 54-yard attempt, which extended the Tigers into a second overtime where they won the Miami Beach Bowl in double overtime over BYU by a score of 55–48.[661] On December 18, 2014, it was announced that the University of Memphis administration signed Justin Fuente to another contract extension and raise, increasing his annual pay to $1.4 million.[662]

Memphis went 9–4 in 2015.[663] The Tigers' season kicked off on September 5 with a 63–7 romp over FCS opponent Missouri State.[664] One week later, the Tigers dominated Kansas with 651 yards of total offense in a 55–23 rout.[665] In the season's third game, Fuente's team edged Bowling Green by a margin of 44–41.[666] That was followed by a 53–46 victory over Cincinnati on September 24.[667] In the season's fifth game, Memphis defeated South Florida by a score of 24–17 to extend their winning streak to twelve games dating back to the previous season.[668] On October 17, 2015, Memphis, led by quarterback Paxton Lynch, upset No. 13 Ole Miss 37–24 at the Liberty Bowl, catapulting the team into the national spotlight.[669] The victory was the Tigers' first over a ranked team since 1996, when they defeated No. 6 Tennessee.[670] The 6–0 Tigers entered the AP Poll the following day at No. 18 having been ranked in the Coaches Poll for the previous two weeks, the highest AP Poll ranking in Memphis football history.[671] On October 23, the Tigers defeated Tulsa by a score of 66–42 behind Paxton Lynch's career-high 447 passing yards and four touchdown passes.[672] On Halloween, the Tigers winning streak was extended to fifteen with a 41–13 victory over Tulane.[673] On November 3, 2015, an undefeated (8–0) Memphis team was ranked No. 13 in the season's first College Football Playoff poll, the highest ranking of any non-Power Five team in the poll's history and the highest national ranking in Memphis football history.[674] The Tigers' unprecedented winning streak was snapped, however, with a 45–20 loss to Navy on November 7.[675] Memphis suffered a second consecutive loss the following week in a 35–34 defeat to No. 16 Houston.[676] On November 20, 2015, it was reported that the University of Memphis offered another contract extension to Fuente that would've made him the highest paid non-Power Five head coach in the country.[677][678] On November 21, Fuente's team lost a third straight game, falling to Temple by a margin of 31–12.[679] The Tigers got back on track in the season's final game on November 28, demolishing SMU in a 63–0 shutout behind Paxton Lynch's record-tying seven touchdown passes in the game's first half.[680]

On November 29, 2015, it was announced that Justin Fuente was leaving Memphis to become head coach at Virginia Tech.[681] Offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey was named interim head coach for the 2015 Birmingham Bowl,[682] a game the Tigers lost to Auburn by a score of 31–10.[683] In April 2016, Paxton Lynch was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft with the 26th overall selection.[684] Fuente left Memphis with a 26–23 record,[685] becoming the first head coach in 41 years, since Fred Pancoast, to leave Memphis with a winning record.[686]

Mike Norvell era (2016–2019)

On December 4, 2015, Arizona State offensive coordinator Mike Norvell was introduced as the 24th head football coach of the Memphis Tigers.[687][688] The youngest FBS head coach in the nation at the time of his hiring (aged 34),[689] Norvell had overseen one of the nation's most explosive offenses at Arizona State under Todd Graham.[690] Like Justin Fuente, Norvell was a young, up-and-coming offensive coordinator who employed an up-tempo, pass-oriented spread offense and brought the high-octane system with him to Memphis.[691] One of Norvell's first moves as head coach was to retain Darrell Dickey from Fuente's staff, naming him associate head coach/co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach.[692] The University of Memphis signed Norvell to a five-year contract that paid him a base salary of $1.8 million for his first year that would increase slightly each passing year.[693]

The Tigers finished with an 8–5 record in 2016.[694] With Riley Ferguson taking over as the team's starting quarterback,[695] Memphis began the Norvell era with a 35–17 victory over FCS opponent Southeast Missouri State on September 3.[696] The next week, Norvell's team defeated Kansas by a margin of 43–7.[697] In the season's third game, the Tigers obliterated Bowling Green by a whopping 77–3 behind Ferguson's six passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown in the game's first half.[698] On October 1, Ole Miss handed Memphis its first loss of the season in a 48–28 rout.[699] Five days later, the Tigers defeated Temple by a score of 34–27.[700] That was followed by a 24–14 victory over Tulane on October 14.[701] Memphis lost its next two; dropping a 42–28 contest to #24 Navy[702] and a 59–30 blowout to Tulsa.[703] On November 5, the Tigers pounded SMU by an overwhelming 51–7.[704] The next week, Norvell's Tigers lost a shootout to South Florida by a margin of 49–42.[705] They closed the regular season with a 34–27 win over Cincinnati on November 18[706] and a 48–44 victory over #18 Houston in a shootout.[707] The Tigers accepted a berth in the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl, a game they lost to Western Kentucky by a score of 51–31.[708] In 13 starts in 2016, Riley Ferguson threw for 3,698 yards and broke Paxton Lynch's single-season record with 32 touchdown passes set the previous season.[709] After the 2016 season, co-offensive coordinator Chip Long left the Tigers to take the same position on Brian Kelly's staff at Notre Dame.[710] To replace Long, Darrell Dickey was named the team's sole offensive coordinator.[711] On May 12, 2017, it was announced that the University of Memphis signed Norvell to a one-year contract extension though the 2021 season and gave his assistant coaches raises.[712][713] Kicker Jake Elliott was selected in the fifth round with the 153rd overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.[714]

Memphis went 10–3 in 2017.[715] They started the season on August 31 with a 37–29 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.[716] The Tigers were supposed to play UCF on September 9, but due to Hurricane Irma, the game, which originally had been moved up one day to September 8,[717] was rescheduled for September 30.[718] In order to reschedule the American Athletic Conference game, Memphis canceled their game with Georgia State, leaving the team with only 11 regular season games as opposed to the usual 12.[719] On September 16, the Tigers picked up a 48–45 upset victory over #25 UCLA, marking only their second victory over a ranked opponent in 21 years.[720] After a 44–31 victory over Football Championship Subdivision opponent Southern Illinois,[721] Norvell's Tigers suffered their first loss of the season in the form of a 40–13 defeat in the rescheduled UCF game.[722] On October 6, Memphis obliterated UConn by a margin of 70–31.[723] That was followed by a 30–27 victory over #25 Navy, marking the first time the Tigers had ever defeated two ranked opponents in a single season in school history.[724] Ranked #25 in the country in the AP Poll, the Tigers won their third consecutive contest with an exciting 42–38 win over Houston.[725] A fourth straight win followed on October 27 with a 56–26 blowout victory over Tulane.[726] Norvell's Tigers made it five in a row with a 41–14 victory over Tulsa.[727] On November 18, the Tigers defeated SMU in a high-scoring 66–45 contest to clinch the American Athletic Conference's West Division and a berth in the 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game.[728] Memphis finished off the regular season with a 70–13 beat down of East Carolina, recording their seventh consecutive victory.[729] In the 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, the Tigers lost a hard-fought 62–55 double overtime contest to UCF.[730] Memphis accepted a berth in the 2017 Liberty Bowl on their home field, losing the game to Iowa State by a nail biting margin of 21–20.[731] On December 5, 2017, Memphis signed Norvell to another contract extension, a five-year addition to his deal worth $13 million.[732] The extension increased Norvell's annual pay to $2.6 million and made him the highest paid Group of 5 head coach in the country.[733] Following the 2017 season, offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey left Norvell's staff to take the offensive coordinator position on newly hired head coach Jimbo Fisher's staff at Texas A&M.[734] Kenny Dillingham was promoted from graduate assistant to replace Dickey.[735] After starting the 2018 season 4–4 overall and 1–3 in conference play, Memphis would win their last 4 games, including a 52–31 victory over Houston in the final week of the regular season to finish in a 3-way tie for first in the West with Houston and Tulane. After tiebreakers, Memphis was awarded with the West conference berth to the 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, facing off against UCF again in Orlando. Despite having a 38–21 lead at the half, the Tigers would only manage to score 3 points in the second half and ended up losing 56-41.[736] Memphis accepted a berth in the 2018 Birmingham Bowl, losing to Wake Forest 37–34 to finish the season 8–6.[737]

The 2019 season was one of the best seasons in the program's history, as the Tigers went 11–1 in the regular season and clinched a spot in the 2019 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game on December 7, the team's 3rd championship appearance in a row, this time they went up against Cincinnati, whom the Tigers defeated 34-24 the previous week to clinch home-field advantage for the championship game.[738] After a back and forth battle between the two teams, Memphis quarterback Brady White would connect with Antonio Gibson for a go-ahead touchdown with 1:14 left in the 4th quarter to give Memphis a 29–24 victory over the Bearcats to win the conference championship. Since they were the highest ranked group of 5 team in the final CFP poll, they were awarded a new years' 6 bowl berth to the Cotton Bowl against Penn State. The next day, Norvell left Memphis to become the new head coach at Florida State.[739][740]

Ryan Silverfield era (2019–present)

On December 8, 2019, hours after Norvell's departure, Memphis offensive line coach and deputy head coach Ryan Silverfield was named as the Tigers' interim head coach for the Cotton Bowl, and on December 13, the school promoted Silverfield to the head coaching position.[741][742]

Conference affiliations

[citation needed]

  • Independent (1912–1927, 1947–1967, 1973–1995)
  • Mississippi Valley Conference (1928–1934)
  • SIAA (1935–1942)
  • Missouri Valley (1968–1972)
  • Conference USA (1996–2012)
  • American Athletic Conference (2013–present)

Championships

Conference championships

Year Conference Coach Record Conference Record
1929 Mississippi Valley Conference Zach Curlin 8–0–2 n/a
1930 6–3–1 n/a
1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Allyn McKeen 10–0 7–0
1968 Missouri Valley Conference Billy J. Murphy 6–4 4–0
1969 8–2 4–0
1971 5–6 2–1
2014† American Athletic Conference Justin Fuente 10–3 7–1
2019 Mike Norvell 12–1 7–1

† Co-champions

Division championships

Season Division Coach Opponent CG result
2017 AAC West Mike Norvell UCF L 55–622OT
2018† UCF L 41–56
2019† Cincinnati W 29–24

† Co-champions

Bowl games

The Memphis Tigers hold a record of 7–8 in bowl games. This includes the 1956 Burley Bowl, which was not an NCAA sanctioned bowl.[743]

Season Head Coach Bowl Opponent Result
1956 Ralph Hatley Burley Bowl East Tennessee State W 32–12
1971 Billy J. Murphy Pasadena Bowl San Jose State W 28–9
2003 Tommy West New Orleans Bowl North Texas W 27–17
2004 Tommy West GMAC Bowl Bowling Green L 35–52
2005 Tommy West Motor City Bowl Akron W 38–31
2007 Tommy West New Orleans Bowl Florida Atlantic L 27–44
2008 Tommy West St. Petersburg Bowl South Florida L 14–41
2014 Justin Fuente Miami Beach Bowl BYU W 55–48
2015 Darrell Dickey (interim) Birmingham Bowl Auburn L 10–31
2016 Mike Norvell Boca Raton Bowl Western Kentucky L 31–51
2017 Mike Norvell Liberty Bowl Iowa State L 20–21
2018 Mike Norvell Birmingham Bowl Wake Forest L 34–37
2019 Ryan Silverfield Cotton Bowl Classic Penn State L 39–53
2020 Ryan Silverfield Montgomery Bowl Florida Atlantic W 25–10
2021 Ryan Silverfield Hawaii Bowl Hawaii Canceled
2022 Ryan Silverfield First Responder Bowl Utah State W 38–10

Head coaches

Main article: List of Memphis Tigers head football coaches

[744]

Coach Tenure Seasons Record Pct.
Clyde H. Wilson 1912–1915 4 9–12–1 .432
Tom Shea 1916 1 2–3–1 .417
V. M. Campbell 1917, 1919 2 6–6 .500
John Childerson 1918 1 2–4 .333
Elmore George 1920 1 0–5 .000
Rollin Wilson 1921 1 4–5–1 .450
Lester Barnard 1922–1923 2 11–5–3 .658
Zach Curlin 1924–1936 13 43–60–14 .427
Allyn McKeen 1937–1938 2 13–6 .684
Cecil C. Humphreys 1939–1941 3 14–15 .483
Charlie Jamerson 1942 1 2–7 .222
Ralph Hatley 1947–1957 11 59–43–5 .575
Billy J. Murphy 1958–1971 14 91–44–1 .673
Fred Pancoast 1972–1974 3 20–12–1 .621
Richard Williamson 1975–1980 6 31–35 .470
Rex Dockery 1981–1983 3 8–24–1 .258
Rey Dempsey 1984–1985 2 7–12–3 .386
Charlie Bailey 1986–1988 3 12–20–1 .379
Chuck Stobart 1989–1994 6 29–36–1 .447
Rip Scherer 1995–2000 6 22–44 .333
Tommy West 2001–2009 9 49–61 .445
Larry Porter 2010–2011 2 3–21 .125
Justin Fuente 2012–2015 4 26–24 .520
Mike Norvell 2016–2019 4 38–15 .717
Ryan Silverfield 2019–present 4 21–16 .568

Rivalries

Arkansas State

Main article: Paint Bucket Bowl

The series with Arkansas State dates to 1914. Memphis leads 32–23–5 with the last game played on September 17, 2022.[745]

Cincinnati

Main article: Cincinnati–Memphis rivalry

The series with Cincinnati dates to 1966. Memphis leads 23–14 with the last game played in 2020.[746]

Louisville

Main article: Louisville–Memphis rivalry

The series with Louisville dates to 1948. Louisville leads 24–19 with the last game played in 2013.[747]

Ole Miss

Main article: Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry

The rivalry with Ole Miss dates to 1921. Ole Miss leads 47–12–2 through the 2019 season.[748]

Southern Miss

Main article: Black and Blue Bowl

The rivalry with Southern Miss dates to 1935. Southern Miss leads 40–22–1 with the last game played in 2012.[749]

Facilities

Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium

 
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, home of Memphis Tigers football

Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, originally Memphis Memorial Stadium is the site of the annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl, and is the home of the Memphis Tigers football team. It has also been the host of several attempts at professional sports in the city, as well as other local football games and other gatherings. The stadium was originally built as Memphis Memorial Stadium in 1965 for $3 million, as a part of the Mid-South Fairgrounds, then home to one of the South's most popular fairs, but now conducted in neighboring Desoto County, Mississippi. The fairgrounds also included the now-defunct Mid-South Coliseum (formerly the city's major indoor venue) as well as the now-closed Libertyland amusement park, which has been demolished and replaced with a disc golf course. It was dedicated as a memorial to the citizens of Memphis who had served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The facility was built partially as a way to bring the Liberty Bowl to a permanent home in Memphis (the game had started in Philadelphia, but because of poor attendance as a northern bowl, it left the city, playing one year in Atlantic City before settling in Memphis). The game was such a success for Memphis that the stadium was renamed Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in 1976. As originally built, the stadium was lopsided, with the southwest side being taller than the northeast side. A 1987 expansion brought it to its current, balanced configuration, although with a much greater hospitality building topping the northeast section.[750] Its design is similar to that of old Tampa Stadium ("The Big Sombrero"), with the endzone grandstands being much shorter than the sidelines. The field, which had been natural grass since its inception, was replaced with a FieldTurf surface before the 2005 season; this was subsequently replaced with the modern version of AstroTurf. The stadium is designed in such a way that all of its seats have a relatively good view of most of the playing surface. This is due primarily to two design factors. The stands are relatively steep for a one-tier, true bowl stadium. Also, there is little space between the side and end lines of the playing surface and the stands. In December 1983, the playing field was renamed Rex Dockery Field in honor of Rex Dockery, a former Memphis Tigers football coach who died in a plane crash.

Traditions

The Tiger Walk

About two and a half hours prior to kickoff at home games, Tiger fans line up outside Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium for the "Tiger Walk".[751] The tradition involves the Mighty Sound of the South marching band, thousands of fans and the University of Memphis cheer and pom-pom squads.[751] The coaching staff and team arrive at the stadium and walk into the stadium tunnel with the fans and cheerleaders cheering them on to victory.[751] After the team has passed by, the Tiger cheerleaders lead the fans in the "Tiger Spellout", "T-I-G-E-R-S."[751]

Tiger Lane

"Tiger Lane" refers to the pre-game tailgating spots for Memphis Tigers football fans.[751] It is equipped with electrical hookups at each spot, trees, grassy areas and all pre-game tailgating activities.[751] Tiger Lane stretches all the way from the parking lot of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium to East Parkway in mid-town Memphis.[751]

School colors

The University of Memphis' official school colors of Blue and Gray were selected in the early 1900s. The colors were chosen in an effort to show unity in a nation that was still recovering from the effects of the Civil War. The student body thought that by picking the colors of the North and the South, the school would show a togetherness among all students.[752]

Retired numbers

Main article: List of NCAA football retired numbers

Memphis has retired numbers for six players in their history. Of the five, Greenhill's is the only one honored posthumously, due to his death in a plane crash that also took the life of head coach Rex Dockery.[753][754]

No. Player Position Tenure Ref.
8 Charles Greenhill DB 1983 [755]
20 DeAngelo Williams RB 2002–2005 [755]
30 Dave Casinelli RB 1960–1963 [755]
59 Danton Barto LB 1990–1993 [755][756]
64 John Bramlett LB 1959–1962 [755]
79 Harry Schuh OL 1962–1964 [755]
83 Isaac Bruce WR 1992–1993 [755]

Memphis Tigers in the NFL Draft

Main article: List of Memphis Tigers in the NFL Draft

Memphis Tigers awards and honors

Pro Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

National Coach of the Year

Lou Groza Award

Ray Guy Award

Paul Warfield Trophy

Jim Brown Award

William V. Campbell Trophy

College Football All-America Team selections

Consensus All-Americans listed in bold

American Athletic Conference Awards

  • 2013 - Tom Hornsey, P - Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 2014 - Tank Jakes, LB - Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2014 - Jake Elliott, K - Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 2014 - Justin Fuente - Coach of the Year
  • 2015 - Jake Elliott, K - Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 2016 - Tony Pollard, KR - Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 2017 - Tony Pollard, KR - Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 2017 - T.J. Carter, CB - Rookie of the Year
  • 2019 - Antonio Gibson, KR - Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 2019 - Kenneth Gainwell, RB - Rookie of the Year

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of December 02, 2022.[761]

2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031
Bethune-Cookman North Alabama at Georgia State Arkansas State at Arkansas State Arkansas State at Arkansas State Boise State at Boise State
at Arkansas State Troy at Troy at Arkansas Southern Miss at Arkansas at Mississippi State at Southern Miss
Missouri (in St. Louis) at Florida State Arkansas at Boise State at Middle Tennessee Mississippi State
Boise State Middle Tennessee State

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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia s inclusion policy August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Memphis Tigers football team represents the University of Memphis in college football in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision The Tigers play in the American Athletic Conference as an all sports member 2 They play home games at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium The team s head coach is Ryan Silverfield 3 Memphis Tigers2023 Memphis Tigers football teamFirst season1912Athletic directorLaird VeatchHead coachRyan Silverfield 4th season 21 16 568 StadiumSimmons Bank Liberty Stadium capacity 62 380 Year built1965Field surfaceField TurfLocationMemphis TennesseeConferenceAmerican Athletic ConferencePast conferencesMiss Valley 1928 1934 SIAA 1935 1942 Missouri Valley 1968 1972 C USA 1996 2012 All time record510 526 33 493 Bowl record7 8 467 Conference titles8 1929 1930 1938 1968 1969 1971 2014 2019 Division titles3 2017 2018 2019 RivalriesArkansas State rivalry UAB rivalry Cincinnati rivalry Louisville rivalry Ole Miss rivalry Southern Miss rivalry ColorsBlue and gray 1 Fight songGo Tigers GoMascotPouncerMarching bandMighty Sound of the SouthWebsitegotigersgo comSince their inaugural season in 1912 the Memphis Tigers have won over 500 games and appeared in thirteen bowl games The program has also claimed eight conference championships with the most recent coming in 2019 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1912 1974 1 2 Richard Williamson era 1975 1980 1 3 Rex Dockery era 1981 1983 1 4 Rey Dempsey era 1984 1985 1 5 Charlie Bailey era 1986 1988 1 6 Chuck Stobart era 1989 1994 1 7 Rip Scherer era 1995 2000 1 8 Tommy West era 2001 2009 1 9 Larry Porter era 2010 2011 1 10 Justin Fuente era 2012 2015 1 11 Mike Norvell era 2016 2019 1 12 Ryan Silverfield era 2019 present 2 Conference affiliations 3 Championships 3 1 Conference championships 3 2 Division championships 4 Bowl games 5 Head coaches 6 Rivalries 6 1 Arkansas State 6 2 Cincinnati 6 3 Louisville 6 4 Ole Miss 6 5 Southern Miss 7 Facilities 7 1 Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium 8 Traditions 8 1 The Tiger Walk 8 2 Tiger Lane 8 3 School colors 9 Retired numbers 10 Memphis Tigers in the NFL Draft 11 Memphis Tigers awards and honors 12 Future non conference opponents 13 References 14 External linksHistory EditIt has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled History of Memphis Tigers football Discuss January 2019 See also List of Memphis Tigers football seasons Early history 1912 1974 Edit West Tennessee State Normal School s football team had their first season in 1912 4 The team was coached by Clyde Wilson 5 In 1922 Lester Barnard was the Tigers head coach 5 His team compiled a 5 2 2 record 5 Zach Curlin succeeded Barnard and served as the Tigers head coach from 1924 to 1936 6 During Curlin s tenure the school was a member of two athletic conferences the Mississippi Valley Conference 1928 1934 7 and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1935 1941 8 When Curlin stepped down as the football coach after the 1936 campaign the school s search committee recommended Allyn McKeen and immediately hired Cecil C Humphreys as the school s president from Tennessee Junior College in Martin now named the University of Tennessee at Martin 9 McKeen s 1937 squad posted a 3 6 record setting the stage for the Tigers only undefeated and untied season in school history Allyn McKeen coached the Tigers in the 1937 and 1938 seasons compiling a 13 6 record 5 His 1938 team went undefeated at 10 0 5 McKeen departed the Tigers after two seasons to accept the head football coach position at Mississippi State and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1991 10 11 West Tennessee State Teacher s College changed its name to Memphis State College in 1941 12 After that year the Tigers became an independent and remained so until joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 1968 13 Despite fielding a 56 player team in 1942 one of the largest in school history to that point Memphis State managed to compile only a 2 7 record in 1942 due to many players being chosen for selective service for World War II 14 15 The Tigers did not field a football team from 1943 to 1946 due to the events surrounding World War II 14 In 1947 athletics director Cecil Humphreys turned to his former college teammate at the University of Tennessee Ralph Hatley head coach at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis to lead the football program 16 One of his first moves as head coach was to name Billy Murphy as an assistant coach 16 Hatley s first Tigers team in 1947 had 38 freshmen but still managed to earn a 6 2 1 record 16 In 1949 Hatley s Tigers outscored their opponents 385 87 throughout the season and led the nation in total points scored for the season 16 In 1949 Memphis State finished 9 2 and set a then school record with 21 000 in attendance to watch the team play Ole Miss 16 Hatley hired Ken Donahue as line coach in 1951 17 18 During Hatley s tenure as head coach Memphis State graduated 98 of its football players 19 Hatley s Tigers made their first bowl appearance in school history in the 1956 Burley Bowl a 32 12 victory over East Tennessee that was the final playing of the Johnson City Tennessee bowl game 20 Hatley retired as head coach after the 1957 season with a 60 43 5 record 19 16 He retired as the school s winningest head coach and remained so until he was surpassed by his successor in 1967 21 Billy Murphy took over as head coach in 1958 and served as head football coach for the Tigers for fourteen seasons 22 23 In 1963 Murphy led the Tigers to a 9 0 1 record 24 After a season opening win over Southern Miss 25 the Tigers tied No 2 Ole Miss by a score of 0 0 26 That game would be the only non win for Memphis that year as the Tigers went on to grab wins over Tulsa 27 North Texas 28 West Texas State 29 Mississippi State 30 Louisville 31 South Carolina 32 Chattanooga 33 and Houston 34 to post just the second unbeaten season in program history 35 The Houston game was postponed from November 23 to November 30 following the assassination of President John F Kennedy 36 Murphy was named the National Coach of the Year by the Detroit Times and was also named a recipient of the Memphis Civilian Award 35 Running back Dave Casinelli became the first Memphis State player to lead the NCAA in a major individual statistical category and the first Southern player to win the NCAA rushing title since John Dottley in 1949 37 38 Going into the final game of the 1963 season he ranked third in rushing yardage but totaled 210 rushing yards in the final game to finish ahead of Jimmy Sidle and Gale Sayers 37 He led the NCAA for the 1963 season in rushing yardage 1 016 yards and rushing carries 219 39 He also tied with Cosmo Iacavazzi for the national scoring title with 84 points each having scored 14 touchdowns 40 During his four years at Memphis Casinelli established school records with 2 796 total yards from scrimmage and 36 career touchdowns 41 In January 1964 he signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League 42 The 1963 Tigers football team finished ranked No 14 in the UPI Coaches Poll the highest final ranking in school history 22 23 Memphis State ended its 27 year run as an independent when it joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 1968 43 Murphy retired as head coach after the 1971 season but remained as the school s athletics director until 1981 44 22 His last game as head coach was the 1971 Pasadena Bowl a 28 9 victory over San Jose State 45 their second bowl appearance in school history and last for another 32 years 46 He left Memphis with a 91 44 1 record 47 making him the winningest head coach in program history 48 The program s next head coach was Fred Pancoast who came to Memphis State from his post as offensive coordinator at Georgia under Vince Dooley 49 After a mediocre 5 5 1 record in 1972 50 the Tigers finished the 1973 season with an 8 3 record 51 The 1973 season included a 28 21 win over Louisville in the season opener 52 a 24 3 victory over North Texas in the season s second game 53 and a 17 13 victory over Ole Miss in the third game for the Tigers first victory over the Rebels in the state of Mississippi 54 Despite a 35 21 loss to No 15 Houston 55 the Tigers defeated Tulsa by a score of 28 16 56 Florida State by a margin of 13 10 57 Virginia Tech in a 49 16 rout 58 and their last two games of the season over Louisiana Lafayette by a score of 41 6 59 and Cincinnati by a margin of 17 13 60 after a 13 10 loss to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl on November 10 61 Memphis State left the Missouri Valley Conference after the 1973 season and returned to play as an independent where it would remain until chartering Conference USA in 1995 13 The 1974 season resulted in a 7 4 record 62 Highlights of the season included a 16 10 victory over Louisville in the season opener 63 a 15 7 victory over Ole Miss for the Tigers second straight victory over the Rebels 64 a 20 18 victory over Colorado State 65 a 41 0 shutout of North Texas 66 a 42 14 win over Florida State 67 and a 34 10 victory over Wichita State in the season finale 68 Pancoast left the Tigers after the 1974 season to accept the head coaching position at Vanderbilt 69 70 In three seasons he led the Tigers to a 20 12 1 record 71 Pancoast would be the last head coach to leave the Tigers with a winning record for 41 years 72 Richard Williamson era 1975 1980 Edit This section is too long Consider splitting it into new pages adding subheadings or condensing it January 2018 Arkansas offensive coordinator Richard Williamson was hired as the Tigers 15th head football coach after Fred Pancoast s departure 73 An end at Alabama from 1959 to 1962 under head coach Bear Bryant Williamson served as wide receivers coach for the Crimson Tide under Bryant from 1963 to 1967 returned to Alabama to coach the defensive line under Bryant from 1970 to 1971 after serving as an assistant coach under Frank Broyles at Arkansas from 1968 to 1969 74 75 He returned to Broyles Razorbacks staff to serve as offensive coordinator in 1972 75 Williamson went 32 34 in six seasons as head coach of the Tigers 76 77 Williamson was honored with the Southern Independent Conference Coach of the Year award twice as head coach of the Tigers 73 77 The Tigers finished 7 4 in 1975 78 They began the season on September 6 with a 17 7 loss to Mississippi State 79 After a 31 20 upset victory over No 7 Auburn 80 Memphis State lost their next two 13 3 to Cincinnati 81 and 29 10 to Arkansas State 82 The Tigers defeated North Texas by a margin of 21 19 on October 4 83 After a 21 7 loss to rival Southern Miss 84 Williamson s team won their last five games of the season defeating rival Louisville 41 7 on October 18 85 Tulsa 16 14 on October 25 86 Wichita State 13 7 on November 1 86 Florida State 17 14 on November 8 87 and Houston 14 7 on November 15 88 Memphis State went 8 3 in 1976 89 The Tigers started the season with a 21 16 win over Ole Miss on September 4 90 and a 21 12 win over Florida State on September 11 91 After a close 16 14 loss to Tulsa 92 Memphis State defeated SMU by a count of 27 13 93 and Auburn by a margin of 28 27 80 After a 42 33 loss to Mississippi State 94 the Tigers shut out Wichita State by a count of 31 0 95 and defeated Tulane by a score of 14 7 96 After a 21 14 loss to in state foe Tennessee 97 the Tigers defeated Louisville by a score of 26 14 85 and suffered a 14 12 letdown at the hands of rival Southern Miss in the season finale 98 Williamson s Tigers finished with a 6 5 record in 1977 99 In their first game after the death of rock n roll legend and longtime Memphis resident Elvis Presley 100 the Tigers lost to Ole Miss in Jackson Mississippi by a score of 7 3 101 Memphis State rebounded to win their next three defeating Tulane by a score of 27 9 102 Utah State by a margin of 31 26 103 and Virginia Tech by a count of 21 20 104 After dropping a 14 13 nail biter to Louisville on October 1 105 the Tigers defeated Mississippi State by a margin of 21 13 on October 15 106 Memphis State then lost a nail biter to North Texas by a count of 20 19 107 After a 42 14 victory over Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl 108 Williamson s squad lost to Tennessee by a score of 27 14 109 and No 16 Florida State by a count of 30 9 110 Memphis State defeated Wichita State by a margin of 28 14 in the season s last game on November 19 111 Memphis State finished with a 4 7 record in 1978 112 After a season opening 14 7 loss to Ole Miss 113 Williamson led the Tigers to a 17 3 win over Houston 114 The Tigers then lost their next two falling to Mississippi State in a 44 14 blowout 115 and No 8 Texas A amp M in a 58 0 shutout 116 After a 26 13 win over Wichita State 117 the Tigers lost a 13 10 nail biter to Southern Miss 118 and a 41 24 game to Tulane 119 Memphis State won their next two defeating Vanderbilt by a margin of 35 14 120 and Louisville by a count of 29 22 121 Williamson s Tigers lost their last two games of the season suffering a 41 24 loss to North Texas 122 and a 34 14 loss to Cincinnati 123 The Tigers finished 5 6 in 1979 124 Memphis State started the season with a close 14 13 win over Mississippi State on September 8 125 The next week Williamson s team lost to the other Southeastern Conference team from the Magnolia State Ole Miss by a score of 38 34 126 After a 16 10 win in the season s third game over Wichita State 127 Memphis State lost to Texas A amp M by a margin of 17 7 128 Louisiana Monroe by a count of 21 20 129 and Southern Miss in a 22 0 shutout 130 The Tigers alternated between win and loss for the remainder of the season defeating North Texas by a margin of 22 0 131 losing to Vanderbilt by a score of 13 3 132 defeating Louisville by a count of 10 6 133 losing to No 5 Florida State by a margin of 66 17 134 and beating Cincinnati by a count of 23 17 135 Memphis State struggled to a 2 9 mark in 1980 136 The Tigers lost their first three games of the season falling to Mississippi State by a score of 34 7 137 Ole Miss in a 61 7 blowout 138 and Georgia Tech by a count of 17 8 139 Williamson s squad won its first game of the season on October 4 defeating Arkansas State by a count of 24 3 139 The Tigers lost to Louisville by a score of 38 14 on October 11 140 That was followed by a 29 10 loss to North Texas on October 18 141 After a 24 3 loss to No 6 Florida State 142 the Tigers lost consecutive 14 10 games to Vanderbilt 143 and Cincinnati 144 before suffering a 21 16 setback to Tulane 145 The Tigers won their last game of the 1980 season a 6 0 shutout over Wichita State 146 Williamson was fired as head coach of the Tigers after the 1980 season 147 Rex Dockery era 1981 1983 Edit This section is too long Consider splitting it into new pages adding subheadings or condensing it January 2018 Coach Dockery Texas Tech head coach Rex Dockery was named the Tigers 16th head coach after Williamson s firing 148 After serving as a head coach at two different Tennessee high schools Dockery had served as an assistant coach at Tennessee from 1970 to 1971 under Bill Battle at Georgia Tech in 1972 under Bill Fulcher and at Vanderbilt from 1973 to 1974 under Steve Sloan before following Sloan to serve as his offensive coordinator at Texas Tech 149 When Steve Sloan left Texas Tech to take the head coaching position at Ole Miss in 1978 Dockery replaced him as the team s head coach 150 He coached at Texas Tech from 1978 to 1980 compiling a 15 16 2 record 151 and being named the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1978 152 Dockery s Tigers finished 1 10 in 1981 153 After starting the season with a 20 3 loss to No 14 Mississippi State on September 5 154 155 Memphis State lost to No 18 Florida State by a score of 10 5 on September 12 156 The next week Memphis State lost to Ole Miss by a count of 7 3 157 The next week the Tigers picked up their first win of the season and of the Dockery era by defeating Georgia Tech by a score of 28 15 158 After a 17 13 loss to Virginia Tech 159 Dockery s team suffered a 14 7 loss to Louisville 160 Dockery s squad was shut out in the Black and Blue Bowl by Southern Miss by a score of 10 0 161 After a 28 9 loss to in state power Tennessee 162 Memphis State was shut out again this time in a 26 0 loss to Vanderbilt 163 The Tigers put up seven points in each of their final two games both losses 38 7 to Cincinnati 164 and 24 7 to Tulane 165 Memphis State compiled another 1 10 record in 1982 166 The Tigers lost to Ole Miss by a score of 27 10 in the season opener 167 On September 11 they lost to Vanderbilt by a count of 24 14 168 Next came a 41 17 loss to Mississippi State 169 followed by a 24 20 loss to Georgia Tech 170 Next was the Black and Blue Bowl a game the Tigers lost to Southern Miss by a margin of 34 14 171 After a 16 7 loss to Cincinnati 172 the Tigers fell to their foes from down the Mississippi River losing to Tulane by a score of 17 10 173 The Tigers put up 3 points in both of the next two weeks both losses 34 3 to No 3 Georgia 174 and 29 3 to Tennessee 175 On November 20 the Tigers lost their seventeenth straight game dating back to the previous season with a 38 19 loss to Louisville 176 That streak was snapped the following week with the Tigers defeating Arkansas State by a score of 12 0 in the season s final game 177 The Tigers improved in 1983 compiling a 6 4 1 record 178 Dockery led Memphis State to a 37 17 win over Ole Miss in the first game of the season 179 Memphis State scored 10 points each of the next two weeks both losses 24 10 to No 8 North Carolina 180 and 17 10 to Virginia Tech 181 On October 1 Memphis State lost to No 6 Alabama by a score of 44 13 182 After a 28 25 victory over Tulane 183 the Tigers lost the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss by a score of 27 20 184 Dockery then led his team to three straight victories beating Vanderbilt by a margin of 24 7 185 Mississippi State by a count of 30 13 186 and Cincinnati by a count of 43 10 187 On November 19 Memphis State tied Arkansas State at 14 14 188 The Tigers cruised to an easy 45 7 victory over Louisville in the season finale on November 24 189 Dockery was killed in a plane crash on December 12 1983 in Lawrenceburg Tennessee en route to a speaking engagement before the city s quarterback club 190 148 Freshman defensive back Charles Greenhill offensive coordinator Chris Faros and booster Glenn Jones were also killed in the crash 148 152 191 On December 13 1984 Dockery s widow Wallene filed a 182 000 lawsuit against Memphis State University and Coca Cola seeking unpaid contractual payment obligations 192 In December 1983 the playing surface at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium was named Rex Dockery Field and was rededicated on October 30 2013 193 194 Dockery had an 8 24 1 record as head coach at Memphis State 195 Rey Dempsey era 1984 1985 Edit On December 26 1983 Southern Illinois head coach Rey Dempsey was hired as Memphis State s 17th head football coach 196 197 Though he did not have ties to the Memphis area or to the Southern United States Dempsey had enjoyed a moderately successful tenure as the Salukis head coach including leading Southern Illinois to the NCAA Division I AA National Championship in 1983 198 Dempsey also served as head coach at Youngstown State from 1973 to 1974 and had served as head coach at two Ohio high schools from 1961 to 1970 199 200 The Tigers finished 5 5 1 in 1984 201 Memphis State defeated Arkansas State by a margin of 17 2 in their first game under Dempsey 202 After a 22 6 loss to Ole Miss 203 the Tigers won their next two defeating Cincinnati by a margin of 47 7 204 and Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl by a score of 23 13 205 After tying No 6 Florida State at 17 17 206 Memphis State won another two in a row beating Louisiana Lafayette by a margin of 20 7 207 and Mississippi State by a margin of 23 12 208 Dempsey s team lost its final four games of the season falling to North Carolina by a score of 30 27 209 No 8 Georgia by a margin of 13 3 210 Tennessee in a blowout by a score of 41 9 211 and in the season s final game to Tulane by a score of 14 9 212 Memphis State compiled a 2 7 2 record in 1985 213 The Tigers started the season with a 37 6 blowout of Louisiana Lafayette on August 31 214 The Tigers settled for ties the next two weeks locking even in a 17 17 bout with Ole Miss 215 and a 10 10 battle with I AA opponent Murray State 216 Memphis State lost its next two falling to No 6 Florida State by a margin of 19 10 217 and Mississippi State by a nail biting 31 28 218 After a 38 21 victory over Tulane 219 the Tigers lost their remaining five games suffering defeats to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl by a margin of 14 7 220 Alabama by a score of 28 9 221 Virginia Tech by a margin of 31 10 222 No 19 Tennessee by a score of 17 7 223 and Army by a score of 49 7 224 After refusing to resign Dempsey was fired as head coach after the 1985 season 225 Dempsey left the Tigers with a record of 7 12 3 in two seasons as head coach 226 Charlie Bailey era 1986 1988 Edit Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Bailey was hired as the 18th head football coach at Memphis State after Dempsey s firing 227 Despite having no head coaching experience Bailey arrived in Memphis with a great reputation as a defensive mind with over twenty years of assistant coaching experience serving under the likes of Fran Curci at Miami and Kentucky Al Conover at Rice and Foge Fazio at Pittsburgh before joining Galen Hall s Florida staff 228 Memphis State went 1 10 in 1986 229 They started the season with a 28 6 loss to Ole Miss on September 6 230 The next week the Tigers lost to Arkansas State in the Paint Bucket Bowl by a score of 30 10 231 Louisiana Lafayette defeated the Tigers by a score of 26 10 on September 20 232 Memphis tough season continued the next week against Louisville losing to the Cardinals by a score of 34 8 233 234 After a 34 17 loss to Mississippi State 235 Bailey s team was shut out by No 2 Alabama by a score of 37 0 236 On October 18 the Tigers lost a close 14 9 contest to rival Southern Miss 237 Memphis State won its first game of the season on November 1 with a 22 21 victory over Vanderbilt 238 The Tigers lost their last three games of the season falling to Tennessee by a margin of 33 3 239 Tulane by a margin of 15 6 240 and New Mexico by a margin of 20 13 241 The Tigers improved to 5 5 1 in 1987 242 In the season opener Bailey s squad defeated Ole Miss by a score of 16 10 243 Memphis State lost their next three dropping contests to Vanderbilt by a margin of 27 17 244 No 7 Florida State by a score of 41 24 245 and Mississippi State in a 9 6 defensive struggle 246 On October 10 Memphis State pulled off one of the biggest wins in program history defeating No 15 Alabama by a score of 13 10 247 The next week the Tigers defeated Tulane by a margin of 45 36 248 After a nail biting 17 14 defeat at the hands of Southern Miss 249 Memphis State tied Arkansas State at 21 21 250 After a 31 7 loss to Louisiana Lafayette 251 Memphis State won its last two games of the season crushing Louisville by a score of 43 8 252 and shutting out Tulsa by a score of 14 0 253 Bailey s Tigers finished 6 5 in 1988 254 They started the season on September 3 with a 24 6 loss to Ole Miss 255 After a 9 7 victory over Arkansas State 256 the Tigers lost their next two suffering a 29 18 defeat to Louisville 257 and a 20 19 nail biter to Tulane 258 Memphis State then defeated Southeastern Conference opponents in the next two weeks topping Mississippi State by a margin of 31 10 259 and No 14 Florida by a margin of 17 11 260 After a 38 25 loss to Tennessee 261 and a 34 27 loss to Southern Miss 262 the Tigers won their last three games of the season defeating Louisiana Lafayette by a score of 20 3 263 Tulsa by a margin of 26 20 264 and Vanderbilt by a margin of 28 9 265 Bailey resigned as Memphis State head coach in May 1989 after allegations that two of his athletes lied about contacts with school boosters 266 He put together a 12 20 1 record in three seasons 267 Chuck Stobart era 1989 1994 Edit This section is too long Consider splitting it into new pages adding subheadings or condensing it January 2018 Coach Stobart On June 26 1989 USC offensive coordinator Chuck Stobart was named the 19th head coach of the Memphis State Tigers 268 An assistant coach under Bo Schembechler at Miami OH and Michigan Stobart served as head coach at Toledo from 1977 to 1981 and Utah from 1982 to 1984 achieving mediocre success 269 After leaving the Utes Stobart served as offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh in 1985 under Foge Fazio and at Arizona under Larry Smith in 1986 before following Smith to USC 269 Stobart signed a four year contract with Memphis State worth a base salary of 100 000 annually 270 Memphis State finished 2 9 in 1989 271 After a 20 13 loss to Ole Miss 272 the Tigers lost the Paint Bucket Bowl to Arkansas State by a margin of 17 13 273 Next came a 35 7 loss to No 16 Alabama 274 and a 38 13 loss to Florida 275 On October 7 Stobart s team got their first win of the season with a 13 10 victory over in state opponent Vanderbilt 276 The next week the Tigers picked up their second win of the campaign defeating Cincinnati by a score of 34 17 277 On October 21 Memphis State lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 35 10 278 That was followed by a 31 7 loss to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl 279 After a 38 34 loss to Tulane 280 the Tigers lost to Louisville by 40 10 281 Memphis State closed the season on November 18 with another loss a 57 20 blowout at the hands of No 5 Florida State 282 After the 1989 season Stobart fired six of his nine assistant coaches including both coordinators 283 The Tigers went 4 6 1 in 1990 284 Memphis State s football season began on September 1 with a 24 24 tie in the Paint Bucket Bowl with Arkansas State behind running back and future Tigers head coach Larry Porter s 206 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns 285 After a tough 23 21 nail biting defeat to rival Ole Miss 286 the Tigers embarked upon a three game winning streak beginning with a 37 28 win over UCF 287 On September 29 Stobart s Tigers defeated Tulsa by a margin of 22 10 288 The next week Memphis State defeated Tulane by a count of 21 14 289 On October 13 the Tigers lost a close 19 17 contest to Louisville 290 That was followed by a 23 7 loss in the annual Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss 291 After a 20 6 victory over Louisiana Lafayette 292 Stobart s squad lost its last three falling to East Carolina by a score of 24 17 293 Mississippi State by a count of 27 23 294 and No 9 Florida State in a 35 3 blowout 295 Stobart led the Tigers to a 5 6 record in 1991 296 Memphis State started the season by upsetting No 16 USC by a score of 24 10 297 The following week Stobart s Tigers lost to rival Ole Miss by a score of 10 0 298 On September 14 Memphis State lost to East Carolina by a count of 20 13 299 The Tigers got their second win of the season the following week with a 31 21 win over Arkansas State 300 After a 31 21 loss to Missouri 301 the Tigers won two in a row defeating Southern Miss 17 12 302 and Mississippi State 28 23 303 On October 26 Memphis State lost to Tulsa by a count of 33 28 304 The next week Memphis State lost to No 14 Tennessee by a margin of 52 24 305 After a 35 7 thrashing of Louisville 306 the Tigers finished the season with a 10 7 loss to No 7 Alabama 307 Memphis State went 6 5 in 1992 308 They began the season on September 5 losing the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss by a score of 23 21 309 Another close loss came the following week in the form of a 16 15 loss to Louisville 310 In the season s third game the Tigers dropped another nail biter falling to No 24 Mississippi State by a margin of 20 16 311 After the season s third game 80 Tigers football players boycotted team practice claiming they had lost respect for Coach Stobart for the way he handled the team 312 313 However after Stobart acknowledged the players frustrations and promised to change his approach the players returned after sitting out only one day 314 On September 26 Memphis State won their first game of the season defeating Arkansas by a margin of 22 6 315 The Tigers defeated Cincinnati by a score of 34 14 316 and followed that with a 37 7 victory over rival Arkansas State 317 On October 24 Memphis State defeated Tulsa by a margin of 30 25 318 The team s winning streak was extended to five with a 62 20 shellacking of Tulane on Halloween 319 Ole Miss snapped Memphis State s winning streak on November 7 with a 17 12 victory over the Tigers 320 That was followed by a 26 21 loss to No 23 Tennessee on November 14 321 They finished the season with a 42 7 drubbing of East Carolina on November 21 322 The Tigers finished with another 6 5 record in 1993 323 They opened the season with a 45 35 victory over No 23 Mississippi State on September 4 324 In the season s second game Stobart s team got crushed by Louisville to the tune of 54 28 325 The Tigers lost a closer 17 15 contest to Louisiana Lafayette in their third game of the season 326 The Tigers then notched their first win of the season shutting out Arkansas by a margin of 6 0 327 That was followed by a 34 7 thrashing of East Carolina 328 and a 45 3 drubbing of rival Arkansas State 329 Stobart s squad lost to Tulsa by a score of 23 19 330 and Cincinnati by a count of 23 20 over the next two weeks 331 The Tigers then defeated Ole Miss by a score of 19 3 332 and Southern Miss by a margin of 20 9 333 In the season s last game the Tigers lost to No 9 Miami by a margin of 41 17 334 Star wide receiver Isaac Bruce a senior in 1993 finished his Memphis State career with 113 receptions for 1 586 yards 14 0 yards per rec avg and 15 touchdowns 335 He was selected in the second round with the 33rd overall pick in the 1994 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams 336 Memphis State University changed its name to the University of Memphis in 1994 4 12 That year the Tigers finished 6 5 for the third consecutive year 337 On September 3 Stobart s squad lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 17 6 338 Memphis won its first game of the season the following week with a 42 18 thrashing of Tulsa 339 After a 20 3 loss to Southern Miss 340 Memphis won their next four games topping Arkansas in a 16 15 nail biter 341 Tulane in a 13 0 shutout 289 Arkansas State by a margin of 15 6 342 and Cincinnati in a 26 3 blowout 343 On October 29 Memphis lost to Louisville by a score of 10 6 344 That was followed by a 17 16 win over Ole Miss 345 In the season s final two games the Tigers lost to Tennessee by a margin of 24 13 346 and East Carolina by a count of 30 6 347 On January 13 1995 Stobart was fired as head coach of the Tigers 348 His Tigers compiled a 29 36 1 record in his five seasons 349 Rip Scherer era 1995 2000 Edit This section is too long Consider splitting it into new pages adding subheadings or condensing it January 2018 James Madison head coach Rip Scherer took over as the Tigers 20th head football coach after Stobart s termination 350 Scherer arrived in the Mid South with some impressive credentials serving as offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech from 1980 to 1986 under Bill Curry and then following Curry to Alabama serving as the Crimson Tide s offensive coordinator in 1987 351 He then joined Dick Tomey s Arizona staff serving as offensive coordinator from 1988 to 1990 before taking over as James Madison s head coach 352 Scherer signed a five year contract worth a base salary of 110 000 annually 353 On April 24 1995 the University of Memphis ended its 21 year run as an independent when jointed the news Conference USA 354 The league announced it would begin football competition in 1996 354 The Tigers finished 3 8 in 1995 355 They kicked off the season on September 2 with a 28 18 loss to Mississippi State 356 After a 24 7 loss to No 11 Michigan 357 Memphis picked up its first win of the season with a 33 19 victory over Louisiana Lafayette 358 The next week Scherer s team lost to Arkansas by a score of 27 20 359 On September 30 the Tigers lost to Louisville by a margin of 17 7 360 After a 23 8 victory over Tulane 361 Memphis lost to Cincinnati by a score of 28 3 362 After a 10 7 win over Tulsa 363 the Tigers lost 34 3 to Ole Miss 364 After a 17 9 loss to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl 365 Scherer s squad finished the season with a 31 17 defeat by East Carolina 361 Memphis went 4 7 in 1996 its first season in Conference USA 366 In the season opener the Tigers suffered a 30 7 loss to No 11 Miami 367 The following week they suffered a 31 10 loss to Mississippi State 368 Scherer then led the Tigers to three straight wins defeating Missouri by a score of 19 16 369 Tulane by a margin of 17 10 370 and Cincinnati by a score of 18 16 370 On October 12 the Tigers lost to Houston by a margin of 37 20 371 That was followed by a 16 0 shutout loss to Southern Miss 372 On October 26 Scherer s Tigers suffered a 13 9 loss at the hands of Louisiana Lafayette 373 Another loss followed in the form of a 13 10 defeat at the hands of Louisville on November 2 374 Then the Tigers notched one of the biggest wins in program history 375 On November 9 1996 the Tigers beat SEC power No 6 Tennessee quarterbacked by Peyton Manning 21 17 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 376 It was the first time Memphis had defeated the Vols in fifteen meetings and the Vols came into the game with a 40 1 record in November since 1985 377 Fans stormed the field and tore down the goalposts after the huge upset win 375 During the game Memphis kick returner Kevin Cobb returned a kickoff for a touchdown 378 The touchdown won an ESPY for College Football Play of the Year in June 1997 378 It would take another 19 years for the Tigers to defeat another nationally ranked team when they defeated No 13 Ole Miss by a margin of 37 24 in 2015 379 Scherer s Tigers lost by a score of 20 10 to East Carolina in the season s final game 380 Memphis posted a second consecutive 4 7 record in 1997 381 After dropping the season opener by a score of 13 10 to Mississippi State 382 the Tigers got their first win of the season in their second game defeating UAB by a score of 28 7 383 Scherer s team then embarked upon a three game losing streak beginning with a 51 21 loss to No 21 Michigan State on September 13 384 Next Memphis lost to Minnesota by a score of 20 17 385 On October 4 Memphis lost to Cincinnati by second straight 20 17 score 362 After a 38 9 shellacking of Arkansas State 386 Scherer s squad lost by a score of 32 10 to East Carolina 387 After a 24 3 victory over Houston 387 Memphis lost to Tulane by a score of 26 14 289 On November 15 the Tigers lost a 21 20 nail biter to Louisville 388 They concluded the season on November 22 with a 42 18 defeat in the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss 389 The Tigers went 2 9 in 1998 390 They started the season with a 30 10 loss to Ole Miss 391 The Tigers faced the other Southeastern Conference team from Mississippi in the season s second game falling to the Bulldogs by a margin of 14 6 392 On September 19 Scherer s team lost to Minnesota by a margin of 41 14 393 The next week Memphis lost to Houston by a count of 35 14 394 After a 23 9 defeat at the hands of No 20 Arkansas 395 the Tigers defeated Cincinnati by a count of 41 23 to record their first win of the season 396 After a 35 32 loss to Louisville 397 Memphis picked up its second win of the year by beating Arkansas State in the Paint Bucket Bowl by a margin of 35 19 396 After a 41 31 loss to No 15 Tulane on November 7 398 Scherer s squad lost to Southern Miss by a blowout margin of 45 3 396 They closed the season with a 34 31 loss to East Carolina 399 Scherer led the Tigers to a 5 6 mark in 1999 400 In their first game Memphis lost a defensive struggle to Ole Miss by a count of 3 0 401 The next week the Tigers again lost by three points falling to Mississippi State by a margin of 13 10 402 On September 18 Memphis won the Paint Bucket Bowl defeating Arkansas State by a score of 31 26 403 The Tigers then lost a 17 16 contest to No 7 Tennessee on September 25 404 That was followed by a 27 17 loss to Missouri 405 After a 38 14 victory over UAB 406 Memphis suffered another defeat a 32 31 nail biter to Louisville 407 After a 49 7 blowout of Tulane 408 Scherer s team lost to No 25 Southern Miss by a score of 20 5 409 The Tigers finished the season with two wins defeating Army by a score of 14 10 410 and Cincinnati by a score of 21 13 411 Memphis finished 4 7 in 2000 412 The Tigers lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 17 3 in the season opener on September 2 413 Scherer then led his team to three straight wins beginning with a 28 0 shutout over Louisiana Monroe 414 The next week the Tigers won the Paint Bucket Bowl over Arkansas State by a score of 19 17 415 That was followed by a 26 16 victory over Army on September 23 416 After a 24 3 loss to No 21 Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl 417 Memphis defeated East Carolina by a score of 17 10 418 On October 14 Memphis lost to UAB by a count of 13 9 419 420 The next week Memphis lost to Houston by a margin of 33 30 in triple overtime 421 On November 4 the Tigers lost to in state foe Tennessee by a margin of 19 17 422 After a 13 10 overtime loss to Cincinnati 362 the Tigers lost to Tulane by a margin of 37 14 in the season s final game 423 Scherer was fired as head coach after the 2000 season 424 425 He left Memphis with a 22 44 record in six seasons as head coach 426 Tommy West era 2001 2009 Edit This section is too long Consider splitting it into new pages adding subheadings or condensing it January 2018 On November 30 2000 it was announced that Tommy West had been promoted from defensive coordinator to head football coach of the Tigers the 21st in program history 427 428 A tight end at Tennessee from 1972 to 1975 under Bill Battle West had over twenty years of college football coaching experience at the time he became head coach of the Tigers 429 He also had prior head coaching experience serving as the head coach at Clemson from 1993 to 1998 and at FCS program Chattanooga in 1993 430 West joined Rip Scherer s Memphis staff as defensive coordinator on January 6 2000 431 West signed a five year contract paying him a base salary of 139 725 annually plus room for incentive bonuses 428 Memphis went 5 6 in 2001 432 In the season s first game the Tigers lost to No 18 Mississippi State by a margin of 30 10 433 After picking up their first win of the season with a 43 10 shellacking of I AA opponent Chattanooga 434 West s team picked up its second win of the season with a 17 9 victory over South Florida 435 After a 38 21 loss to Louisville 436 Memphis won their next two defeating Southern Miss by a score of 22 17 437 and Houston by a one sided score of 52 33 438 On October 20 the Tigers lost to East Carolina by a margin of 32 11 439 That was followed by a second consecutive loss in the form of a 17 14 nail biter at the hands of UAB 440 On November 10 the Tigers lost a third straight game falling to No 6 Tennessee by a score of 49 28 441 The following week West s squad broke its losing streak with a 42 10 pounding of Army 442 On November 24 Memphis closed the season with a last second 36 34 loss to Cincinnati 443 The Tigers finished with a 3 9 record in 2002 444 The season began on August 31 with a 52 6 pounding of I AA opponent Murray State 445 One week later Memphis lost to Ole Miss by a score of 38 16 446 In the season s third game the Tigers lost the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss by a margin of 33 14 447 After a 38 10 victory over Tulane 448 West s team lost their next six beginning with a 31 17 loss to UAB 449 On October 8 Memphis lost to Louisville by a score of 38 32 450 On October 19 the Tigers lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 29 17 451 One week later Cincinnati defeated Memphis by a margin of 48 10 452 On November 2 Houston defeated West s Tigers by a score of 26 21 453 After a 38 21 loss to South Florida 454 Memphis notched its third win of the season with a 38 10 win over Army 455 On November 30 the Tigers lost to TCU by a score of 27 20 to finish the season 456 Memphis improved to 9 4 in 2003 457 In the season opener the Tigers defeated in state I AA foe Tennessee Tech by a score of 40 10 458 In the season s second game Memphis upset Ole Miss by a count of 44 34 459 After a 23 6 loss to Southern Miss 460 Memphis defeated Arkansas State by a count of 38 16 461 They then lost their next two falling to UAB by a margin of 24 10 462 and Mississippi State by a score of 35 27 463 Memphis rebounded to win their next five starting with a 45 14 victory over Houston 464 That was followed by a 41 9 win over Tulane 465 On November 1 the Tigers defeated East Carolina by a margin of 41 24 466 In the season s tenth game West s team defeated Louisville by a score of 37 7 467 One week later the Tigers defeated Cincinnati by a score of 21 16 468 469 In the regular season finale the Tigers lost a 21 16 game to South Florida 470 Memphis accepted a berth in the 2003 New Orleans Bowl a game they won over North Texas by a score of 27 17 471 The victory was Memphis first bowl appearance in a bowl game and first bowl victory in 32 years since the 1971 Pasadena Bowl 472 The Tigers finished with an 8 4 record in 2004 473 They defeated Ole Miss by a margin of 20 13 in the season opener 474 The next week West s squad won its second game with a 52 21 rout of I AA foe Chattanooga 475 Entering their next contest as the No 25 team in the country they followed that with a third straight win a 47 35 trouncing of Arkansas State 476 After a 35 28 loss to UAB 477 the Tigers defeated Houston 41 14 478 and Tulane 49 24 479 After a 49 10 blowout loss to Cincinnati 480 and a 56 49 loss to No 14 Louisville 481 Memphis won a 30 26 contest over Southern Miss 482 a 38 35 game over East Carolina 483 and a 31 15 contest over South Florida 484 The Tigers received a berth in the 2004 GMAC Bowl a contest they lost to Bowling Green by a margin of 52 35 485 After leading the Tigers to consecutive bowl appearances for the first time in program history the University of Memphis administration signed West to a raise and one year contract extension 486 Memphis finished 7 5 in 2005 487 They started the season on September 5 with a 10 6 loss to Ole Miss 488 After a 59 14 thrashing of I AA Chattanooga 489 Memphis lost its third game of the season to Tulsa by a margin of 37 31 in overtime 490 The Tigers defeated UTEP by a score of 27 20 in the season s fourth game 491 After a 38 17 defeat at the hands of UCF 492 West s team beat Houston 35 20 493 and East Carolina 27 24 494 After a 37 20 loss to UAB 495 and a 20 16 loss to Tennessee 496 West s squad defeated Southern Miss by a margin of 24 22 497 and Marshall by a score of 26 3 to finish the regular season 498 Memphis made its third straight bowl appearance with its berth in the 2005 Motor City Bowl defeating Akron by a score of 38 31 499 During that game star Tigers running back DeAngelo Williams set an NCAA record with his 34th career game of at least 100 rushing yards 500 Williams a senior in 2005 and a finalist for the Doak Walker Award that year 501 was selected in the first round with the 27th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers 502 Kicker Stephen Gostkowski was also selected in that year s draft going in the fourth round with the 118th overall pick to the New England Patriots 503 The Tigers struggled to a 2 10 record in 2006 504 They began the season on September 3 losing to Ole Miss by a margin of 28 25 505 After a 33 14 win over I AA Chattanooga 506 Memphis lost nine straight beginning with a 35 20 defeat to East Carolina 507 After the East Carolina loss West fired defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn 508 509 On September 30 West s team lost to No 15 Tennessee by a margin of 41 7 510 The next week the Tigers lost to UAB by a score of 35 29 511 After a 26 23 Paint Bucket Bowl loss to Arkansas State 512 Memphis lost to Tulsa by a margin of 35 14 513 On October 28 the Tigers lost to Marshall by a score of 41 27 514 Southern Miss then doubled up the Tigers by a score of 42 21 515 After a 26 24 loss to UCF 516 Memphis suffered a 23 20 overtime loss to Houston 517 The Tigers ended their long losing streak by picking up their second win of the season in the last game with a 38 19 victory over UTEP 518 Memphis finished 7 6 in 2007 519 After dropping the opener to Ole Miss by a margin of 23 21 520 West s squad defeated I AA opponent Jacksonville State by a margin of 35 14 to record their first win of the season 521 After losing to UCF by a margin of 56 20 522 and Arkansas State by a score of 35 31 after blowing a 25 point halftime lead 523 Memphis defeated Marshall by a score of 24 21 524 After a 21 7 loss to in state foe Middle Tennessee 525 Memphis beat Rice by a score of 38 35 526 and Tulane by a slim margin of 28 27 527 After a 56 40 loss to East Carolina 528 West s team won three straight defeating Southern Miss by a margin of 29 26 529 UAB by a count of 25 9 530 and SMU in a triple overtime 55 52 shootout 531 The Tigers made their fourth bowl appearance in five years in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl losing to Florida Atlantic by a score of 44 27 532 The Tigers went 6 7 in 2008 533 They lost their first three games of the season falling to Ole Miss by a margin of 41 24 534 Rice by a score of 42 35 535 and Marshall in a 17 16 nail biter 536 West s Tigers won their next three defeating I AA Nicholls State by a margin of 31 10 537 Arkansas State by a score of 29 17 538 and UAB in a 33 30 nail biter 539 After a 35 28 loss to Louisville 540 and a 30 10 loss to East Carolina 541 Memphis defeated Southern Miss by a count of 36 30 542 and SMU by a count of 31 26 543 After a 28 21 loss to UCF 544 Memphis finished the regular season with a 45 6 thrashing of Tulane 545 The Tigers made their fifth bowl appearance in six years in the 2008 St Petersburg Bowl losing to South Florida in a 41 14 rout 546 Memphis regressed to a 2 10 record in 2009 547 They were trounced by No 8 Ole Miss in the season opener losing 45 14 548 After a 31 14 loss to Middle Tennessee 549 West s squad earned its first win of the season with a 41 14 win over in state FCS opponent UT Martin 550 After a 27 16 loss to Marshall 551 and a 32 14 defeat at the hands of UCF 552 the Tigers defeated UTEP by a score of 35 20 553 Memphis lost its final six games of the season beginning with a 36 16 defeat to Southern Miss on October 17 554 On October 27 West s team lost to East Carolina by a count of 38 19 555 On November 7 the Tigers lost to in state foe Tennessee by a score of 56 28 556 On November 10 2009 it was announced that West would be fired as Memphis head coach after the completion of the 2009 season 557 558 At the press conference announcing his firing West vented his frustration about lack of financial and fan support and said that if the University of Memphis athletics department did not show more commitment to the football program the program did not have a fighting chance 559 560 561 On November 14 the Tigers lost to UAB by a margin of 31 21 562 That was followed by a 55 14 thrashing at the hands of No 24 Houston 563 In the last game of the season Memphis lost a nail biter to Tulsa by a score of 33 30 in overtime 564 West left Memphis with a 49 61 record 565 Larry Porter era 2010 2011 Edit This section is too long Consider splitting it into new pages adding subheadings or condensing it January 2018 On November 29 2009 LSU running backs coach Larry Porter was named the 22nd head football coach for the University of Memphis football program 566 Although he had no head coaching or coordinating experience Porter was a well regarded recruiter and running backs coach who had played running back for the Tigers from 1990 to 1993 under Chuck Stobart 567 Porter s hiring made him the first African American head coach in the history of Memphis football 568 Porter signed a five year contract worth a base salary of 750 000 annually 569 The Tigers struggled tremendously under Porter as fan support attendance and revenue fell 570 The Tigers went 1 11 in 2010 571 They kicked off the Porter era on September 4 against Mississippi State losing to the Bulldogs by a score of 49 7 572 After losing to East Carolina by a margin of 49 27 573 the Tigers notched their first win of the Porter era defeating in state opponent Middle Tennessee by a score of 24 17 574 The next week Memphis lost to UTEP by a score of 16 13 575 That was followed by a 48 7 blowout loss to Tulsa on October 2 576 After a 56 0 shutout defeat at the hands of Louisville 577 the Tigers suffered a 41 19 defeat in the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss 578 On October 30 Porter s team lost to Houston by a margin of 56 17 579 The following week Memphis suffered another blowout in the form of a 50 14 shellacking by in state foe Tennessee 580 The Tigers lost to Marshall by a score of 28 13 on November 13 581 The Tigers suffered a 31 15 loss to UAB 582 and a 37 17 defeat at the hands of UCF to close the season 583 Memphis finished 2 10 in 2011 584 The Tigers started the season with two blowout losses 59 14 to No 20 Mississippi State 585 and 47 3 to Arkansas State 586 The Tigers won their third game of the season defeating FCS in state opponent Austin Peay by a score of 27 6 587 After a 42 0 shutout loss to SMU 588 the Tigers lost to Middle Tennessee by a margin of 38 31 589 On October 8 Porter s team lost to Rice by a score of 28 6 590 The next week Memphis lost to East Carolina by a count of 35 17 591 Porter s Tigers got their second win of the season on October 22 with a 33 17 victory over Tulane their foes from down the Mississippi River 592 After a 41 0 shutout shellacking to UCF 593 the Tigers lost a closer contest to UAB by a score of 41 35 594 After a 23 22 loss to Marshall 595 Memphis closed the season with a 44 7 crushing to Southern Miss 596 On November 27 2011 Porter was fired as Tigers head coach after only having won three games during his two year tenure 597 For his buyout Memphis owed Porter a total of 754 890 annually for the remaining four years of his contract 598 Porter s tenure as Memphis head coach is regarded as one of the worst head coaching tenures in the history of college football 599 600 During Larry Porter s two years Memphis finished at or near the bottom of the FBS in nearly every offensive and defensive statistical category 601 Porter amassed a 3 21 record as head coach of the Tigers 602 Justin Fuente era 2012 2015 Edit This section is too long Consider splitting it into new pages adding subheadings or condensing it January 2018 On December 8 2011 TCU offensive coordinator Justin Fuente was formally introduced as the Tigers 23rd head coach 603 The 35 year old Fuente who had no prior head coaching experience had spent the previous five years at TCU as an assistant including serving as offensive coordinator for the final three years under Gary Patterson 604 During his time as offensive coordinator for the Horned Frogs Fuente oversaw a spread offense that was among the nation s most explosive helped TCU to an appearance in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl and a victory in the 2011 Rose Bowl and coached one of the nation s best quarterbacks in Andy Dalton 605 606 Fuente signed a five year contract with the University of Memphis that paid him a base salary of 900 000 annually 607 On February 8 2012 it was announced the University of Memphis would end its 17 year run in Conference USA and join the Big East Conference in all sports effective July 1 2013 608 On July 1 2013 the non football playing schools also known collectively as the secular Catholic 7 formed a non football playing conference that retains the Big East Conference name 609 The remaining six football playing members joined with four schools from other conferences to become the American Athletic Conference AAC as the legal successor of the original Big East the AAC retains the Big East s football structure and inherited its single automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series 610 The Tigers finished 4 8 in 2012 611 They began the season on September 1 with a 20 17 loss to FCS in state opponent UT Martin 612 In the season s second game Memphis lost the Paint Bucket Bowl to Arkansas State by a margin of 33 28 613 On September 15 Fuente s Tigers lost to in state foe Middle Tennessee by a margin of 48 30 614 After a 38 14 loss to Duke 615 the Tiger recorded their first win under Fuente defeating Rice by a score of 14 10 616 On October 13 Memphis lost to East Carolina by a margin of 41 7 617 The following week UCF defeated Fuente s squad by a score of 35 17 618 On October 27 the Tigers lost to SMU by a score of 44 13 619 After a 38 28 defeat at the hands of Marshall 620 Memphis recorded its second win of the season with a 37 23 victory over Tulane 621 The Tigers got a second consecutive win the following week in the form of a 46 9 shellacking of UAB 622 The Tigers extended their winning streak to three in the season s final game with a 42 24 win in the Black and Blue Bowl over winless rival Southern Miss 623 On February 13 2013 Memphis announced it had signed Justin Fuente to a one year contract extension through the 2017 season as a result of improvement shown by the team in his first year as head coach as evidenced by the team winning more games in 2012 than in the previous two seasons combined 624 Memphis finished with a 3 9 record in 2013 their first season as members of the American Athletic Conference 625 The Tigers kicked off the season at home against Duke losing to the Blue Devils by a margin of 28 14 626 The next week they lost to Middle Tennessee by a score of 17 15 627 Fuente s team got its first win in the season s third game by defeating Arkansas State by a score of 31 7 628 On October 12 the Tigers lost to Houston by a score of 25 15 629 The next week Fuente s squad lost to SMU by a margin of 34 29 630 After a 34 21 loss to Cincinnati 631 the Tigers defeated SMU by a score of 21 6 632 They won a second consecutive game the following week by defeating South Florida by a margin of 23 10 633 Kicker Jake Elliott set a Memphis record for his 56 yard field goal on the road at USF 634 This new Tigers record broke the old school record set by Stephen Gostkowski who hit a 53 yard field goal 2005 634 He also was recognized by including being named the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week and also one of three players to be named Stars of the Week by Lou Groza Award 635 On November 23 the Tigers lost a close 24 17 game to No 21 Louisville 636 That was followed by a 41 21 loss to Temple 637 In the final game of the season Memphis got blown out by UConn by a score of 45 10 638 The Tigers improved to a 10 3 record in 2014 639 In the season s first game the Tigers crushed in state FCS opponent Austin Peay by a whopping 63 0 640 After a 42 35 loss to No 11 UCLA 641 Fuente s squad handled Middle Tennessee by a margin of 36 17 642 After a 24 3 loss to Ole Miss 643 Memphis defeated Cincinnati by a margin of 41 14 644 After a nail biting 28 24 loss to Houston 645 the Tigers won their final seven games of the season beginning with a 48 10 pounding of SMU 646 On Halloween the Tigers doubled by Tulsa to the tune of 40 20 647 The next week Fuente led the Tigers to a close 16 13 victory over Temple 648 That was followed by a 38 7 thrashing of Tulane on November 15 649 One week later Memphis defeated South Florida by a margin of 31 20 650 The Tigers closed the regular season with a 41 10 rout over UConn 651 Fuente s Tigers accepted a berth in the inaugural 2014 Miami Beach Bowl where they defeated BYU in a 55 48 overtime thriller 652 Memphis finished the season as co champions of the AAC 653 654 This was the first football conference championship for the Memphis Tigers since the 1971 Missouri Valley Conference championship and only their second 10 win season since 1938 655 The Tigers finished the season ranked No 25 in both the AP and the Coaches Polls 656 Fuente was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award 657 658 During his sophomore year Jake Elliott led the American Athletic Conference in per game scoring averaging 9 2 points throughout his season 659 For the second year in a row he was named First Team All Conference as well as being named Conference Special Teams Player of the Year 660 He scored 120 points during his season making 21 of 32 field goal attempts while also converting all 57 extra point conversions Elliott kicked the fourth longest field goal in bowl game history The kick was a 54 yard attempt which extended the Tigers into a second overtime where they won the Miami Beach Bowl in double overtime over BYU by a score of 55 48 661 On December 18 2014 it was announced that the University of Memphis administration signed Justin Fuente to another contract extension and raise increasing his annual pay to 1 4 million 662 Memphis went 9 4 in 2015 663 The Tigers season kicked off on September 5 with a 63 7 romp over FCS opponent Missouri State 664 One week later the Tigers dominated Kansas with 651 yards of total offense in a 55 23 rout 665 In the season s third game Fuente s team edged Bowling Green by a margin of 44 41 666 That was followed by a 53 46 victory over Cincinnati on September 24 667 In the season s fifth game Memphis defeated South Florida by a score of 24 17 to extend their winning streak to twelve games dating back to the previous season 668 On October 17 2015 Memphis led by quarterback Paxton Lynch upset No 13 Ole Miss 37 24 at the Liberty Bowl catapulting the team into the national spotlight 669 The victory was the Tigers first over a ranked team since 1996 when they defeated No 6 Tennessee 670 The 6 0 Tigers entered the AP Poll the following day at No 18 having been ranked in the Coaches Poll for the previous two weeks the highest AP Poll ranking in Memphis football history 671 On October 23 the Tigers defeated Tulsa by a score of 66 42 behind Paxton Lynch s career high 447 passing yards and four touchdown passes 672 On Halloween the Tigers winning streak was extended to fifteen with a 41 13 victory over Tulane 673 On November 3 2015 an undefeated 8 0 Memphis team was ranked No 13 in the season s first College Football Playoff poll the highest ranking of any non Power Five team in the poll s history and the highest national ranking in Memphis football history 674 The Tigers unprecedented winning streak was snapped however with a 45 20 loss to Navy on November 7 675 Memphis suffered a second consecutive loss the following week in a 35 34 defeat to No 16 Houston 676 On November 20 2015 it was reported that the University of Memphis offered another contract extension to Fuente that would ve made him the highest paid non Power Five head coach in the country 677 678 On November 21 Fuente s team lost a third straight game falling to Temple by a margin of 31 12 679 The Tigers got back on track in the season s final game on November 28 demolishing SMU in a 63 0 shutout behind Paxton Lynch s record tying seven touchdown passes in the game s first half 680 On November 29 2015 it was announced that Justin Fuente was leaving Memphis to become head coach at Virginia Tech 681 Offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey was named interim head coach for the 2015 Birmingham Bowl 682 a game the Tigers lost to Auburn by a score of 31 10 683 In April 2016 Paxton Lynch was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft with the 26th overall selection 684 Fuente left Memphis with a 26 23 record 685 becoming the first head coach in 41 years since Fred Pancoast to leave Memphis with a winning record 686 Mike Norvell era 2016 2019 Edit On December 4 2015 Arizona State offensive coordinator Mike Norvell was introduced as the 24th head football coach of the Memphis Tigers 687 688 The youngest FBS head coach in the nation at the time of his hiring aged 34 689 Norvell had overseen one of the nation s most explosive offenses at Arizona State under Todd Graham 690 Like Justin Fuente Norvell was a young up and coming offensive coordinator who employed an up tempo pass oriented spread offense and brought the high octane system with him to Memphis 691 One of Norvell s first moves as head coach was to retain Darrell Dickey from Fuente s staff naming him associate head coach co offensive coordinator and running backs coach 692 The University of Memphis signed Norvell to a five year contract that paid him a base salary of 1 8 million for his first year that would increase slightly each passing year 693 The Tigers finished with an 8 5 record in 2016 694 With Riley Ferguson taking over as the team s starting quarterback 695 Memphis began the Norvell era with a 35 17 victory over FCS opponent Southeast Missouri State on September 3 696 The next week Norvell s team defeated Kansas by a margin of 43 7 697 In the season s third game the Tigers obliterated Bowling Green by a whopping 77 3 behind Ferguson s six passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown in the game s first half 698 On October 1 Ole Miss handed Memphis its first loss of the season in a 48 28 rout 699 Five days later the Tigers defeated Temple by a score of 34 27 700 That was followed by a 24 14 victory over Tulane on October 14 701 Memphis lost its next two dropping a 42 28 contest to 24 Navy 702 and a 59 30 blowout to Tulsa 703 On November 5 the Tigers pounded SMU by an overwhelming 51 7 704 The next week Norvell s Tigers lost a shootout to South Florida by a margin of 49 42 705 They closed the regular season with a 34 27 win over Cincinnati on November 18 706 and a 48 44 victory over 18 Houston in a shootout 707 The Tigers accepted a berth in the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl a game they lost to Western Kentucky by a score of 51 31 708 In 13 starts in 2016 Riley Ferguson threw for 3 698 yards and broke Paxton Lynch s single season record with 32 touchdown passes set the previous season 709 After the 2016 season co offensive coordinator Chip Long left the Tigers to take the same position on Brian Kelly s staff at Notre Dame 710 To replace Long Darrell Dickey was named the team s sole offensive coordinator 711 On May 12 2017 it was announced that the University of Memphis signed Norvell to a one year contract extension though the 2021 season and gave his assistant coaches raises 712 713 Kicker Jake Elliott was selected in the fifth round with the 153rd overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals 714 Memphis went 10 3 in 2017 715 They started the season on August 31 with a 37 29 victory over Louisiana Monroe 716 The Tigers were supposed to play UCF on September 9 but due to Hurricane Irma the game which originally had been moved up one day to September 8 717 was rescheduled for September 30 718 In order to reschedule the American Athletic Conference game Memphis canceled their game with Georgia State leaving the team with only 11 regular season games as opposed to the usual 12 719 On September 16 the Tigers picked up a 48 45 upset victory over 25 UCLA marking only their second victory over a ranked opponent in 21 years 720 After a 44 31 victory over Football Championship Subdivision opponent Southern Illinois 721 Norvell s Tigers suffered their first loss of the season in the form of a 40 13 defeat in the rescheduled UCF game 722 On October 6 Memphis obliterated UConn by a margin of 70 31 723 That was followed by a 30 27 victory over 25 Navy marking the first time the Tigers had ever defeated two ranked opponents in a single season in school history 724 Ranked 25 in the country in the AP Poll the Tigers won their third consecutive contest with an exciting 42 38 win over Houston 725 A fourth straight win followed on October 27 with a 56 26 blowout victory over Tulane 726 Norvell s Tigers made it five in a row with a 41 14 victory over Tulsa 727 On November 18 the Tigers defeated SMU in a high scoring 66 45 contest to clinch the American Athletic Conference s West Division and a berth in the 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game 728 Memphis finished off the regular season with a 70 13 beat down of East Carolina recording their seventh consecutive victory 729 In the 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game the Tigers lost a hard fought 62 55 double overtime contest to UCF 730 Memphis accepted a berth in the 2017 Liberty Bowl on their home field losing the game to Iowa State by a nail biting margin of 21 20 731 On December 5 2017 Memphis signed Norvell to another contract extension a five year addition to his deal worth 13 million 732 The extension increased Norvell s annual pay to 2 6 million and made him the highest paid Group of 5 head coach in the country 733 Following the 2017 season offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey left Norvell s staff to take the offensive coordinator position on newly hired head coach Jimbo Fisher s staff at Texas A amp M 734 Kenny Dillingham was promoted from graduate assistant to replace Dickey 735 After starting the 2018 season 4 4 overall and 1 3 in conference play Memphis would win their last 4 games including a 52 31 victory over Houston in the final week of the regular season to finish in a 3 way tie for first in the West with Houston and Tulane After tiebreakers Memphis was awarded with the West conference berth to the 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game facing off against UCF again in Orlando Despite having a 38 21 lead at the half the Tigers would only manage to score 3 points in the second half and ended up losing 56 41 736 Memphis accepted a berth in the 2018 Birmingham Bowl losing to Wake Forest 37 34 to finish the season 8 6 737 The 2019 season was one of the best seasons in the program s history as the Tigers went 11 1 in the regular season and clinched a spot in the 2019 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game on December 7 the team s 3rd championship appearance in a row this time they went up against Cincinnati whom the Tigers defeated 34 24 the previous week to clinch home field advantage for the championship game 738 After a back and forth battle between the two teams Memphis quarterback Brady White would connect with Antonio Gibson for a go ahead touchdown with 1 14 left in the 4th quarter to give Memphis a 29 24 victory over the Bearcats to win the conference championship Since they were the highest ranked group of 5 team in the final CFP poll they were awarded a new years 6 bowl berth to the Cotton Bowl against Penn State The next day Norvell left Memphis to become the new head coach at Florida State 739 740 Ryan Silverfield era 2019 present Edit On December 8 2019 hours after Norvell s departure Memphis offensive line coach and deputy head coach Ryan Silverfield was named as the Tigers interim head coach for the Cotton Bowl and on December 13 the school promoted Silverfield to the head coaching position 741 742 Conference affiliations Edit citation needed Independent 1912 1927 1947 1967 1973 1995 Mississippi Valley Conference 1928 1934 SIAA 1935 1942 Missouri Valley 1968 1972 Conference USA 1996 2012 American Athletic Conference 2013 present Championships EditConference championships Edit Year Conference Coach Record Conference Record1929 Mississippi Valley Conference Zach Curlin 8 0 2 n a1930 6 3 1 n a1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Allyn McKeen 10 0 7 01968 Missouri Valley Conference Billy J Murphy 6 4 4 01969 8 2 4 01971 5 6 2 12014 American Athletic Conference Justin Fuente 10 3 7 12019 Mike Norvell 12 1 7 1 Co champions Division championships Edit Season Division Coach Opponent CG result2017 AAC West Mike Norvell UCF L 55 622OT2018 UCF L 41 562019 Cincinnati W 29 24 Co championsBowl games EditThe Memphis Tigers hold a record of 7 8 in bowl games This includes the 1956 Burley Bowl which was not an NCAA sanctioned bowl 743 Season Head Coach Bowl Opponent Result1956 Ralph Hatley Burley Bowl East Tennessee State W 32 121971 Billy J Murphy Pasadena Bowl San Jose State W 28 92003 Tommy West New Orleans Bowl North Texas W 27 172004 Tommy West GMAC Bowl Bowling Green L 35 522005 Tommy West Motor City Bowl Akron W 38 312007 Tommy West New Orleans Bowl Florida Atlantic L 27 442008 Tommy West St Petersburg Bowl South Florida L 14 412014 Justin Fuente Miami Beach Bowl BYU W 55 482015 Darrell Dickey interim Birmingham Bowl Auburn L 10 312016 Mike Norvell Boca Raton Bowl Western Kentucky L 31 512017 Mike Norvell Liberty Bowl Iowa State L 20 212018 Mike Norvell Birmingham Bowl Wake Forest L 34 372019 Ryan Silverfield Cotton Bowl Classic Penn State L 39 532020 Ryan Silverfield Montgomery Bowl Florida Atlantic W 25 102021 Ryan Silverfield Hawaii Bowl Hawaii Canceled2022 Ryan Silverfield First Responder Bowl Utah State W 38 10Head coaches EditMain article List of Memphis Tigers head football coaches 744 Coach Tenure Seasons Record Pct Clyde H Wilson 1912 1915 4 9 12 1 432Tom Shea 1916 1 2 3 1 417V M Campbell 1917 1919 2 6 6 500John Childerson 1918 1 2 4 333Elmore George 1920 1 0 5 000Rollin Wilson 1921 1 4 5 1 450Lester Barnard 1922 1923 2 11 5 3 658Zach Curlin 1924 1936 13 43 60 14 427Allyn McKeen 1937 1938 2 13 6 684Cecil C Humphreys 1939 1941 3 14 15 483Charlie Jamerson 1942 1 2 7 222Ralph Hatley 1947 1957 11 59 43 5 575Billy J Murphy 1958 1971 14 91 44 1 673Fred Pancoast 1972 1974 3 20 12 1 621Richard Williamson 1975 1980 6 31 35 470Rex Dockery 1981 1983 3 8 24 1 258Rey Dempsey 1984 1985 2 7 12 3 386Charlie Bailey 1986 1988 3 12 20 1 379Chuck Stobart 1989 1994 6 29 36 1 447Rip Scherer 1995 2000 6 22 44 333Tommy West 2001 2009 9 49 61 445Larry Porter 2010 2011 2 3 21 125Justin Fuente 2012 2015 4 26 24 520Mike Norvell 2016 2019 4 38 15 717Ryan Silverfield 2019 present 4 21 16 568Rivalries EditArkansas State Edit Main article Paint Bucket Bowl The series with Arkansas State dates to 1914 Memphis leads 32 23 5 with the last game played on September 17 2022 745 Cincinnati Edit Main article Cincinnati Memphis rivalry The series with Cincinnati dates to 1966 Memphis leads 23 14 with the last game played in 2020 746 Louisville Edit Main article Louisville Memphis rivalry The series with Louisville dates to 1948 Louisville leads 24 19 with the last game played in 2013 747 Ole Miss Edit Main article Memphis Ole Miss football rivalry The rivalry with Ole Miss dates to 1921 Ole Miss leads 47 12 2 through the 2019 season 748 Southern Miss Edit Main article Black and Blue Bowl The rivalry with Southern Miss dates to 1935 Southern Miss leads 40 22 1 with the last game played in 2012 749 Facilities EditSimmons Bank Liberty Stadium Edit Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium home of Memphis Tigers football Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium originally Memphis Memorial Stadium is the site of the annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl and is the home of the Memphis Tigers football team It has also been the host of several attempts at professional sports in the city as well as other local football games and other gatherings The stadium was originally built as Memphis Memorial Stadium in 1965 for 3 million as a part of the Mid South Fairgrounds then home to one of the South s most popular fairs but now conducted in neighboring Desoto County Mississippi The fairgrounds also included the now defunct Mid South Coliseum formerly the city s major indoor venue as well as the now closed Libertyland amusement park which has been demolished and replaced with a disc golf course It was dedicated as a memorial to the citizens of Memphis who had served in World War I World War II and the Korean War The facility was built partially as a way to bring the Liberty Bowl to a permanent home in Memphis the game had started in Philadelphia but because of poor attendance as a northern bowl it left the city playing one year in Atlantic City before settling in Memphis The game was such a success for Memphis that the stadium was renamed Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in 1976 As originally built the stadium was lopsided with the southwest side being taller than the northeast side A 1987 expansion brought it to its current balanced configuration although with a much greater hospitality building topping the northeast section 750 Its design is similar to that of old Tampa Stadium The Big Sombrero with the endzone grandstands being much shorter than the sidelines The field which had been natural grass since its inception was replaced with a FieldTurf surface before the 2005 season this was subsequently replaced with the modern version of AstroTurf The stadium is designed in such a way that all of its seats have a relatively good view of most of the playing surface This is due primarily to two design factors The stands are relatively steep for a one tier true bowl stadium Also there is little space between the side and end lines of the playing surface and the stands In December 1983 the playing field was renamed Rex Dockery Field in honor of Rex Dockery a former Memphis Tigers football coach who died in a plane crash Traditions EditThe Tiger Walk Edit About two and a half hours prior to kickoff at home games Tiger fans line up outside Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium for the Tiger Walk 751 The tradition involves the Mighty Sound of the South marching band thousands of fans and the University of Memphis cheer and pom pom squads 751 The coaching staff and team arrive at the stadium and walk into the stadium tunnel with the fans and cheerleaders cheering them on to victory 751 After the team has passed by the Tiger cheerleaders lead the fans in the Tiger Spellout T I G E R S 751 Tiger Lane Edit Tiger Lane refers to the pre game tailgating spots for Memphis Tigers football fans 751 It is equipped with electrical hookups at each spot trees grassy areas and all pre game tailgating activities 751 Tiger Lane stretches all the way from the parking lot of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium to East Parkway in mid town Memphis 751 School colors Edit The University of Memphis official school colors of Blue and Gray were selected in the early 1900s The colors were chosen in an effort to show unity in a nation that was still recovering from the effects of the Civil War The student body thought that by picking the colors of the North and the South the school would show a togetherness among all students 752 Retired numbers EditMain article List of NCAA football retired numbers Memphis has retired numbers for six players in their history Of the five Greenhill s is the only one honored posthumously due to his death in a plane crash that also took the life of head coach Rex Dockery 753 754 No Player Position Tenure Ref 8 Charles Greenhill DB 1983 755 20 DeAngelo Williams RB 2002 2005 755 30 Dave Casinelli RB 1960 1963 755 59 Danton Barto LB 1990 1993 755 756 64 John Bramlett LB 1959 1962 755 79 Harry Schuh OL 1962 1964 755 83 Isaac Bruce WR 1992 1993 755 Memphis Tigers in the NFL Draft EditMain article List of Memphis Tigers in the NFL DraftMemphis Tigers awards and honors EditPro Football Hall of Fame Isaac Bruce WR 1992 1993 HoF Class of 2020 757 College Football Hall of Fame Allyn McKeen Head Coach 1937 1938 HoF Class of 1991 758 Billy Jack Spook Murphy Head Coach 1958 1971 HoF Class of 2022 759 DeAngelo Williams RB 2002 2005 HoF Class of 2023 760 National Coach of the Year 1963 Billy Jack Spook Murphy Detroit News Lou Groza Award 1992 Joe AllisonRay Guy Award 2013 Tom HornseyPaul Warfield Trophy 2017 Anthony MillerJim Brown Award 2018 Darrell HendersonWilliam V Campbell Trophy 2020 Brady WhiteCollege Football All America Team selectionsConsensus All Americans listed in bold 1963 Charles Brooks E FN 1963 Harry Schuh T NEA 1 1964 Harry Schuh T AFCA 2 Time 1969 David Berrong DB AP 3 CP 3 1971 Mike Stark T AP 3 1976 Eric Harris DB CFN 1976 Bob Rush C NEA 2 TSN 1977 Keith Simpson DB EA 1 TSN 1992 Joe Allison K Consensus 2004 DeAngelo Williams RB PFW 2005 DeAngelo Williams RB AFCA WCFF 2013 Tom Hornsey P Consensus 2015 Jake Elliott K AP 2 USAT WCFF 2 ESPN 2017 Anthony Miller WR Consensus 2017 Tony Pollard KR FWAA WCFF CFN Athlon 2018 Darrell Henderson RB Consensus KR TSN American Athletic Conference Awards 2013 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