The Memphis Tigers football team represents the University of Memphis in college football in the NCAA Division Football Sub Division I Football Bowl. The Tigers play at the American Athletic Conference as an all-sports member. They play a home game at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The current head coach is Mike Norvell, who started his term in 2016.
Since its inaugural season in 1912, the Memphis Tigers have won more than 450 games and appeared in nine bowl matches. The program also has claimed five conference championships with the latest arrivals in 2014.
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History
Initial history (1912-1974)
The West Tennessee State Normal School football team had their first season in 1912. The team was coached by Clyde Wilson. In 1922, Lester Barnard was the head coach of the Tiger. His team set a 5-2-2 record. Zach Curlin succeeded Barnard and served as head coach of the Tiger from 1924-1936. During his Curlin tenure, the school was a member of two athletic conferences, the Mississippi Valley Conference (1928-1934) and the Southern Aeronautics Association (1935-1941). When Curlin stepped down as football coach after the 1936 campaign, the school search committee recommended Allyn McKeen and immediately hired Cecil C. Humphreys as school president from Tennessee Junior College in Martin, now named University of Tennessee at Martin. The 1937 McKeen squad set a 3-6 record, setting the stage for just an unbeaten season and tucked into school history. Allyn McKeen coached the Tigers in the 1937 and 1938 seasons, setting a 13-6 record. His 1938 team was unbeaten at 10-0. McKeen left the Tigers after two seasons to accept the position of head coach trainer in Mississippi State and was inducted into the College of Football Hall of Fame as coach in 1991.
The West Tennessee State Teachers College changed its name to Memphis State College in 1941. After that year, the Tigers became independent and remained so until joining the Missouri Valley of the Conference in 1968. Although fielded a 56-player team in 1942, one of the the largest in school history up to that time, the State of Memphis managed to compose only the 2-7 notes in 1942 because many players were selected for selective service for World War II. The Tigers have not deployed soccer teams since 1943-1946 because of events surrounding World War II. In 1947, athletic director Cecil Humphreys switched to his former teammate at the University of Tennessee, Ralph Hatley, head coach at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, to lead the football program. One of his first moves as head coach was to name Billy Murphy as an assistant coach. Hatley's first Tiger team in 1947 had 38 new students, but still managed to get a 6-2-1 record. In 1949, Hatley's Tigers beat their opponents 385-87 throughout the season and led the nation in total points scored for the season. In 1949, Memphis State finished 9-2 and set a school record with 21,000 people present to watch the team play Ole Miss. Hatley hired Ken Donahue as a line coach in 1951. During Hatley's tenure as head coach, the State of Memphis graduated 98% of football players. Hatley tigers made their first bowl appearance in school history at Burley Bowl in 1956, a 32-12 victory over East Tennessee which was the last game of bowl game Johnson City, Tennessee. Hatley retired as head coach after the 1957 season with a 60-43-5 record. He retired as head coach and remained so until he was surpassed by his successor in 1967.
Billy Murphy took over as head coach in 1958 and served as head coach of football for the Tamil Tigers for fourteen seasons In 1963, Murphy led the Tigers to a 9-0-1 record. After the opening win of the season over South Miss, the Tigers tied # 2 Ole Miss with the score 0-0. The match will be the only victory for Memphis that year as the Tigers continue to win over Tulsa, North Texas, West Texas State, Mississippi State, Louisville, South Carolina, Chattanooga and Houston to post only the second unbeaten season in program history. The Houston match was postponed from November 23 to November 30 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Murphy was named the National Coach of the Year by the Detroit Times and was also named the recipient of the Memphis Civic Award. Running back Dave Casinelli became the first Memphis State player to lead the NCAA in the major individual statistics category and the first South player to win the NCAA title in a hurry since John Dottley in 1949. Entering into the final game of the 1963 season, he was ranked third. with a rush, but reached 210 yards in the final game to finish in front of Jimmy Sidle and Gale Sayers. He led the NCAA for the 1963 season with a yard-sized rush (1,016 yards) and rushed to take (219). He is also tied with Cosmo Iacavazzi for the national scoring title with 84 points, each having 14 goals. For four years in Memphis, Casinelli set up school records with 2,796 yards of football practice and 36 career goals. In January 1964, he signed with Edmonton Eskimo from the Canadian Football League. The 1963 Tiger football team completed the # 14 ranking at UPI Coaches Poll, the highest-ranked finish in school history. The State of Memphis ended his 27-year journey as an independent when he joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 1968. Murphy retired as head coach after the 1971 season but remained as a school's athletic director until 1981. His final game as head coach was Pasadena 1971 Bowl, 28-9 over San Jose State, the appearance of their second bowl in school history and lasted for 32 years. He left Memphis with a 91-44-1 record, making him the most talented head coach in program history.
The next head coach was Fred Pancoast, who came to Memphis State from his post as an offensive coordinator in Georgia under Vince Dooley. After a mediocre 5-5-1 record in 1972, the Tigers finished the 1973 season with an 8-3 record. The 1973 season included a 28-21 win over Louisville in the season opener, a 24-3 victory over North Texas in the second game of the season and a 17-13 win over Ole Miss in the third game for the Tigers' first victory over the Rebel in the state of Mississippi. Despite losing 35-21 to # 15 Houston, the Tigers beat Tulsa by a score of 28-16, Florida State by a margin of 13-10 Virginia Tech in a 49-16 defeat and their last two games of the season over Louisiana -Lafayette with a score of 41-6 and Cincinnati by a margin of 17-13 after losing 13-10 to Southern Miss at Black and Blue Bowl on 10 November. Memphis State left the Missouri Valley Conference after the 1973 season and returned to play as an independent, where it will remain until chartering the USA Conference in 1995. The 1974 season produced a 7-4 record. The highlight of the season included a 16-10 win over Louisville in the season opener, a 15-7 win over Ole Miss for Tiger's second straight win over the Rebels, a 20-18 win over Colorado State, a 41-0 North Texas shutout, 42-14 win over Florida State, and a 34-10 victory over Wichita State at the end of the season. Pancoast left the Tigers after the 1974 season to accept the head coach position at Vanderbilt. In three seasons, he led the Tigers to a 20-12-1 record. Pancoast will be the last head coach to leave the Tigers with a 41-year winning record.
Era Rex Dockery (1981-1983)
Texas Tech Rex Dockery head coach was named the Tiger's 16th head coach after Williamson fired. After serving as head coach at two different Tennessee high schools, Dockery has served as an assistant coach in Tennessee from 1970-1971 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. When Steve Sloan left Texas Tech to take the position of head coach at Ole Miss in 1978, Dockery replaced him as team head coach. He trained at Texas Tech from 1978 to 1980, drew a 15-16-2 record, and was named Coach of the Southwest Conference of the Year in 1978.
Tiger Dockery finished 1-10 in 1981. After starting the season with a 20-3 loss to # 14 Mississippi State on September 5, Memphis State lost to # 18 Florida State with a score of 10-5 on 12 September. The following week, the State of Memphis lost to Ole Miss with a count of 7-3. The following week, the Tigers won their first win of the season and the Dockery era by beating Georgia Tech with a score of 28-15. After losing 17-13 to Virginia Tech, the Dockery team suffered a 14-7 loss to Louisville. Skuat Dockery closed in Black and Blue Bowl by Southern Miss with a score of 10-0. After losing 28-9 to power in the state of Tennessee, the State of Memphis closed again, this time in a 26-0 defeat to Vanderbilt. The Tigers put seven points in each of their last two games, both lost; 38-7 to Cincinnati and 24-7 to Tulane.
Memphis State drew another 1-10 record in 1982. The Tigers lost to Ole Miss with a score of 27-10 in the season opener. On September 11, they lost to Vanderbilt with a count of 24-14. Next comes the 41-17 loss to the Mississippi State followed by the loss of Georgia Tech 24-20. Next is the Black and Blue Bowl, a game that the Tigers lost to Southern Miss by 34-14. After losing 16-7 to Cincinnati, the Tigers fell to their enemies from the Mississippi River, losing to Tulane 17-10. The Tigers put 3 points in the next two weeks of both losses; 34-3 to # 3 Georgia and 29-3 to Tennessee. On November 20, the Tigers lost their seventeenth consecutive game back to the previous season with a loss of 38-19 for Louisville. The streak that occurred the following week, with the Tigers beat Arkansas State with a score of 12-0 in the final game of the season.
The Tigers increased in 1983, collecting a 6-4-1 record. Dockery led Memphis State to a 37-17 win over Ole Miss in the first game of the season. Memphis State scored 10 points apiece from the next two weeks, both losing; 24-10 to # 8 North Carolina and 17-10 to Virginia Tech. On October 1, Memphis State lost to # 6 Alabama with a score of 44-13. After a 28-25 victory over Tulane, the Tigers lost the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss with a score of 27-20. Dockery then led his team into three consecutive wins; beating Vanderbilt by a margin of 24-7, Mississippi State with a count of 30-13 and Cincinnati with a count of 43-10. On November 19, the State of Memphis binds the State of Arkansas on 14-14. The Tigers cruised to an easy victory 45-7 over Louisville at the end of the season on 24 November.
Tragically, Dockery was killed in a plane crash on December 12, 1983, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, en route to an engagement speaking in front of the city's midfield club. Also killed in the crash are the new central defenders Georgia State, Green Green, offensive co-ordinator Chris Faros, and Glenn Jones's booster. On December 13, 1984, Dockery's widow, Wallene, filed a $ 182,000 lawsuit against Memphis State University and Coca-Cola sought an obligation for contractual payments not yet paid. In December 1983, the play surface at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium was named Rex Dockery Field, and was rededicated on October 30, 2013. Dockery has an 8-24-1 record as head coach at Memphis State.
Era Rey Dempsey (1984-1985)
On December 26, 1983, Southern Illinois head coach Rey Dempsey was hired as the head coach of the 17th state of Memphis. Though he has no connection with the Memphis area or to the Southern United States, Dempsey has enjoyed a fairly successful tenure as Salukis head coach, including leading Southern Illinois to the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in 1983. Dempsey also served as head coach at Youngstown State from 1973-1974 and had served as head coach at two Ohio high schools from 1961-1970.
The Tigers ended 5-5-1 in 1984. Memphis State beat Arkansas State by a margin of 17-2 in their first game under Dempsey. After losing 22-6 to Ole Miss, the Tigers won the next two; beat Cincinnati by a margin of 47-7 and Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl with a score of 23-13. After tying # 6 Florida State on 17-17, the State of Memphis won the other two in a row, beating Louisiana-Lafayette by a margin of 20-7 and Mississippi State by a margin of 23-12. Tim Dempsey lost the last four games of the season; falling to North Carolina with a score of 30-27, # 8 Georgia by 13-3, Tennessee in a blast with a score of 41-9 and in the final game of the season to Tulane with a score of 14-9.
Memphis State drew a 2-7-2 record in 1985. The Tigers started the season with 37-6 Louisiana-Lafayette blasts on 31 August. The Tigers settled for the next two-week bond; locking even in a 17-17 bout with Ole Miss and a 10-10 bout with I-AA Murray State opponent. Memphis State lost the next two; fell to # 6 Florida State with a margin of 19-10 and the State of Mississippi by biting the nails 31-28. After a 38-21 victory over Mississippi River Nemesis Tulane, the Tigers lost five games remaining; suffer defeat; Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl by 14-7, Alabama with a score of 28-9, Virginia Tech with margins 31-10, # 19 Tennessee with a score of 17-7 and the Army in a shellacking by way of annihilation 49-7. After refusing to resign, Dempsey was dismissed as head coach after the 1985 season. Dempsey left the Tigers with a 7-12-3 record in two seasons as head coach. Charlie Bailey era (1986-1988) h3>
Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Bailey was hired as the 18th head coach of football at Memphis State after Dempsey fired. Despite having no head training experience, Bailey arrived in Memphis with a great reputation as a defensive mind with over twenty years coaching assistant experience, serving under the likes of Fran Curci in Miami and Kentucky, Al Conover at Rice and Foge Fazio in Pittsburgh before joining Galen Hall staff in Florida.
Memphis State went 1-10 in 1986. They started the season with a 28-6 loss to Ole Miss on 6 September. The following week, the Tigers lost to Arkansas State at the Paint Bucket Bowl with a score of 30-10. Louisiana-Lafayette beat the Tigers by a score of 26-10 on 20 September. The tough season in Memphis continues next week against Louisville, losing to the Cardinals with a score of 34-8. After 34-17 losing to Mississippi State, Bailey's team closed down by # 2 Alabama with a score of 37-0. On October 18, the Tigers lost the 14-9 contest to rival South Miss. Memphis State won its first game of the season on November 1 with a 22-21 win over Vanderbilt. The Tigers lost their last three games of the season; falling to Tennessee by a margin of 33-3, Tulane by 15-6 and New Mexico by 20-13.
The Tigers increased to 5-5-1 in 1987. In the season opener, Bailey squad beat Ole Miss with a score of 16-10. Memphis State lost their next three; dropping the contest to Vanderbilt by a margin of 27-17, # 7 Florida State with a score of 41-24 and the State of Mississippi in a 9-6 defensive fight. On October 10, the State of Memphis unleashed one of the biggest victories in program history, beating # 15 Alabama by a score of 13-10. The following week, the Tigers beat Tulane by 45-36. After nail-biting 17-14 defeats at the hands of Miss South, the State of Memphis binds the State of Arkansas on 21-21. After losing 31-7 to Louisiana-Lafayette, the State of Memphis won the last two games of the season; destroying Louisville with a score of 43-8 and closing Tulsa with a score of 14-0.
The Bailey tiger ended 6-5 in 1988. They started the season on 3 September with a 24-6 defeat over Ole Miss. After a 9-7 win over Arkansas State, the Tigers lost the next two players; suffered a 29-18 defeat to Louisville and nail biter 20-19 for Tulane. Memphis State then defeated Southeastern Conference opponents in the next two weeks; topping Mississippi State with margins 31-10 and # 14 Florida by a margin of 17-11. After losing 38-25 for Tennessee and losing 34-27 to Southern Miss, The Tigers won their last three games of the season; beating Louisiana-Lafayette by a score of 20-3 Tulsa with a margin of 26-20 and Vanderbilt by 28-9. Bailey resigned as head coach of the state of Memphis in May 1989 after allegations that his two athletes lied about contact with school bouncers. He collected a 12-20-1 record in three seasons. Chuck Stobart_era_ (1989-1994) "> Chuck Stobart era (1989-1994)
On June 26, 1989, USC Chief Officer Chuck Stobart was named the 19th head coach of the Memphis Tigers. Assistant coach under Bo Schembechler in Miami (OH) and Michigan, Stobart served as head coach at Toledo from 1977-1981 and Utah from 1982-1984, achieving mediocre success. After leaving Utes, Stobart served as offensive coordinator in Pittsburgh in 1985 under Foge Fazio and in Arizona under Larry Smith in 1986 before following Smith to USC. Stobart signed a four-year contract with Memphis State on a $ 100,000 annual salary.
Memphis State finished 2-9 in 1989. After losing 20-13 to Ole Miss, the Tigers lost the Paint Bucket Bowl to Arkansas State by a margin of 17-13. Next comes 35-7 losses to # 16 Alabama and loses 38-13 to Florida. On 7 October, Stobart's team got their first win of the season with a 13-10 victory over Vanderbilt. The following week, the Tigers won their second victory in the campaign, beating Cincinnati with a score of 34-17. On October 21, the State of Memphis lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 35-10. That followed by 31-7 losses to Southern Miss in Black and Blue Bowl. After losing 38-34 near Tulane, the Tigers got shellacked by Louisville for 40-10 songs. The state of Memphis closed the season on November 18th with other losses; a 57-20 blast at the hands of # 5 Florida State. After the 1989 season, Stobart fired six of his nine assistant coaches, including both coordinators.
The Tigers went 4-6-1 in 1990. The football season at Memphis State begins on September 1 with a 24-24 game at the Paint Bucket Bowl with Arkansas State behind the back running (and future head coach of the Macan) Larry Porter 206 yards rushed and three touchdowns in a hurry. After a difficult 23-21 biting defeat to Ole Miss, the Tamil Tigers started three consecutive wins, starting with a 37-28 victory over UCF. On September 29, Stobart's Tigers beat Tulsa by a margin of 22-10. The following week, the State of Memphis defeated Tulane with a count of 21-14. On October 13, the Tigers lost the contest 19-17 close to Louisville. It was followed by a 23-7 loss at the annual Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss. After a 20-6 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette, Stobart's squad missed the last three; falling to East Carolina with a score of 24-17, Mississippi State with a count of 27-23 and # 9 Florida State in a 35-3 blast.
Stobart led the Tigers to a 5-6 record in 1991. Memphis State started the season with a disappointing # 16 USC with a score of 24-10. The following week, Stobart's Tigers lost to rivals Ole Miss with a score of 10-0. On September 14, the State of Memphis lost to East Carolina with a count of 20-13. The Tigers got their second win of the season the following weekend with a 31-21 victory over Arkansas State. After losing 31-21 to Missouri, the Tigers won two in a row; defeated Southern Miss 17-12 and Mississippi State 28-23. On October 26, the State of Memphis lost to Tulsa with a count of 33-28. The following week, Memphis State lost to # 14 Tennessee by 52-24. After 35-7 thrashing from Louisville, the Tigers finished the season with a heartbreaking 10-7 loss to # 7 Alabama.
Memphis State went 6-5 in 1992. They started the season on 5 September, losing Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss with a score of 23-21. Another near loss comes the following week in the form of a 16-15 loss to Louisville. In the third game of the season, the Tamil Tigers dropped another nail biting, falling to the state of 24 Mississippi by a margin of 20-16. After the third game of the season, 80 Tiger football players boycotted the team's training, claiming they have lost respect for Coach Stobart because of the way he handles the team. However, after Stobart acknowledged the players' frustration and promised to change his approach, the players returned after just one day. On September 26, the State of Memphis won their first game of the season, beating Arkansas by a margin of 22-6. The Tigers beat Cincinnati with a score of 34-14 and followed with a 37-7 victory over arch rivals Arkansas State. On October 24, Memphis State beat Tulsa by a margin of 30-25. Team winning streak extended to five with 62-20 Tulane shells on Halloween. Ole Miss won the Memphis State winning streak on 7 November with a 17-12 victory over the Tamil Tigers. Followed by 26-21 losses to # 23 Tennessee on 14 November. They finished the season with a 42-7 defeat of the Eastern Carolina on 21 November.
The Tigers finished with another 6-5 record in 1993. They opened the season with a 45-35 victory over # 23 Mississippi State on 4 September. In the second game of the season, Stobart's team was destroyed by Louisville for the song 54-28. The Tigers lost the 17-15 contest closer to Louisiana-Lafayette in their third game of the season. The Tigers then recorded their first win of the season, closing Arkansas by 6-0. That followed by 34-7 East Carolina's collision and a whopping 45-3 from rivals Arkansas State. The Stobart squad lost to Tulsa with a score of 23-19 and Cincinnati with a count of 23-20 over the next two weeks. The Tigers then beat Ole Miss with a score of 19-3 and Southern Miss with a difference of 20-9. In the final game of the season, the Tigers lost to # 9 Miami by a difference of 41-17. Star recipient Isaac Bruce, a senior in 1993, completed his career at Memphis State with 113 receptions for 1,586 yards (14.0 meters per rec. Avg.) And 15 goals. He was selected in the second round by selecting the overall 33 in the 1994 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.
Memphis State University changed its name to the University of Memphis in 1994. That year, the Tiger finished 6-5 for the third year in a row. On September 3, Stobart's squad lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 17-6. Memphis won the first game of the season the following week with a 42-18 win over Tulsa. After losing 20-3 to Southern Miss, Memphis won the next four games; conquered Arkansas at nail biter 16-15, Tulane in a 13-0 shutout, Arkansas State by 15-6 and Cincinnati difference in 26-3 blast. On October 29, Memphis lost to Louisville with a score of 10-6. It was followed by a 17-16 victory over Ole Miss. In the last two matches of the season, the Tigers lost to Tennessee by a margin of 24-13 and East Carolina with a count of 30-6. On 13 January 1995, Stobart was dismissed as head coach of the Tamil Tigers. His Tigers set a 29-36-1 record in five seasons.
Head coach James Madison, Rip Scherer took over as football coach of the Tigers' 20th team after the Stobart dismissal. Scherer arrived at Mid-South with some impressive credentials, serving as an offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech from 1980 to 1986 under Bill Curry and then following Curry to Alabama, serving as Crimson Tide's offensive coordinator in 1987. He later joined the staff Dick Tomey Arizona, served as an offensive coordinator from 1988 to 1990 before taking over as head coach James Madison. Scherer signed a five-year contract worth a base salary of $ 110,000 per year.
On April 24, 1995, the University of Memphis ended its 21-year term as independent at the time; along with University of Charlotte, University of Cincinnati, DePaul University, University of Houston, Louisville University, Marquette University, University of Saint Louis, University of Southern Mississippi, Tulane University, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of South Florida; hire the USA Conference. The league announced it would start a football competition in 1996.
The Tigers ended 3-8 in 1995. They started the season on 2 September with a 28-18 defeat to the State of Mississippi. After losing 24-7 to # 11 Michigan, Memphis earned their first win of the season with a 33-19 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. The following week, Scherer's team lost to Arkansas with a score of 27-20. On September 30, the Tigers lost to Louisville by a margin of 17-7. After a 23-8 victory over Tulane, Memphis lost to Cincinnati with a score of 28-3. After a 10-7 win over Tulsa, the Tigers lost a 34-3 blow to Ole Miss. After losing 17-9 to Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl, Scherer's squad completed the season with a 31-17 defeat at the hands of East Carolina.
Memphis went 4-7 in 1996, his first season at the USA Conference. In the season opener, the Tigers suffered a 30-7 defeat in Miami # 11. The following week, they suffered a 31-10 loss to the State of Mississippi. Scherer then led the Tigers to three consecutive wins; beat Missouri with a score of 19-16, Tulane with a margin of 17-10 and Cincinnati with a score of 18-16. On October 12, the Tigers lost to Houston by a margin of 37-20. Which was followed by a 16-0 closing loss to Miss South. On October 26, the Scherer Tiger suffered a 13-9 loss at the hands of Louisiana-Lafayette. Another loss occurred in the form of a 13-10 defeat at the hands of Louisville on 2 November. Later, the Tigers recorded one of the greatest wins in the program's history. On November 9, 1996, the Tigers defeated the power of SEC # 6 Tennessee, quarterbacked by Peyton Manning, 21-17 at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. It was the first time Memphis beat the Vols in fifteen meetings, and the Vols came into the game with a 40-1 record in November since 1985. Fans stormed the field and knocked down the goalpost after a disappointing big win. During the game, Memphis Kevin Cobb's kickoff returned kickoff for touchdown. The touchdown won ESPY for "College Football Play of the Year" in June 1997. It took 19 more years for the Tamil Tigers to beat other national ranking teams, when they beat # 13 Ole Miss by a margin of 37-24 in 2015 Scherer tigers lost with a score of 20-10 for East Carolina in the final game of the season.
Memphis recorded a successive 4-7 record in 1997. After dropping the season opener with a score of 13-10 to Mississippi State, The Tigers got their first win of the season in their second game, defeating UAB by a score of 28-7 Tim Scherer then starting three straight defeats, starting with a 51-21 defeat at # 21 Michigan State on Sept. 13. Next, Memphis lost to Minnesota with a score of 20-17. On October 4, Memphis lost to Cincinnati with a score of 20-17 in a row. After a whopping 38-9 defeat from Arkansas State, Scherer's squad lost by a score of 32-10 to East Carolina. After a 24-3 victory over Houston, Memphis lost to Tulane with a score of 26-14. On November 15, the Tiger lost 21-20 nails to Louisville. They ended the season on 22 November with a 42-18 defeat at the Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss.
The Tigers went 2-9 in 1998. They started the season with a 30-10 loss for Ole Miss. The Tigers face another Southeast Conference team from Mississippi in the second match of the season, falling to the Bulldogs by a margin of 14-6. On September 19, Scherer's team lost to Minnesota by a margin of 41-14. The following week, Memphis lost to Houston with a count of 35-14. After a 23-9 defeat at the hands of # 20 Arkansas, the Tigers beat Cincinnati with a count of 41-23 to record their first win of the season. After losing 35-32 to Louisville, Memphis earned a second victory this year by beating Arkansas State at the Paint Bucket Bowl by 35-19 after losing 41-31 to 15th Tulane on November 7th, Scherer's squad lost to Southern Miss by 45th blast -3. They closed the season with a heart-wrenching 34-31 to the East Carolina.
Scherer led the Tigers to 5-6 in 1999. In their first game, Memphis lost a defensive struggle for Ole Miss with a 3-0 count. The following week, the Tiger again lost three points, falling to Mississippi State by a margin of 13-10. On September 18, Memphis won the Bowl Paint Bucket, beating Arkansas State 31-26. The Tigers then lost in a heart-wrenching 17-16 contest to # 7 Tennessee on 25 September. It was followed by a 27-17 loss to Missouri. After a 38-14 victory over UAB, Memphis suffered another heartbreaking defeat, a nail biter 32-31 to Louisville. After 49-7 Tulane explosions, Scherer's team lost to # 25 Southern Miss with a score of 20-5. The Tigers finished the season with two wins, defeating the Army with a score of 14-10 and Cincinnati with a score of 21-13.
Memphis finished 4-7 in 2000. The Tigers lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 17-3 in the opening season on September 2nd. Scherer then led his team to a three-game winning streak, starting with a 28-0 win over Louisiana-Monroe. The following week, the Tigers won the Bowl Paint Bucket at Arkansas State with a score of 19-17. That followed by a 26-16 victory over the Army on 23 September. After losing 24-3 to # 21 Southern Miss in the Black and Blue Bowl, Memphis defeated East Carolina with a score of 17-10. On October 14, Memphis lost to UAB with a count of 13-9. The following week, Memphis lost to Houston by a margin of 33-30 overtime threefold. On November 4, the Tigers lost an enemy in the state of Tennessee by a margin of 19-17. After losing 13-10 overtime to Cincinnati, the Tigers lost to Tulane by a margin of 37-14 in the final game of the season. Scherer was sacked as head coach after the 2000 season. He left Memphis with a 22-44 record in six seasons as head coach.
era of Tommy West (2001-2009)
On November 30, 2000, it was announced that Tommy West had been promoted from a defensive coordinator to a tiger football coach, 21 years in program history. Tough ends in Tennessee from 1972-1975 under Bill Battle, West had over twenty years of collegiate football coaching experience as he became head coach of the Tamil Tigers. He also had prior head training experience, served as head coach at Clemson from 1994-1998 and in the Chattanooga FCS program in 1993. West joined the Memphis Schemeer staff as defensive coordinator on January 6, 2000. The West signed a five-year contract paying him basic salary $ 139,725 per year plus room for bonus incentives.
Memphis went 5-6 in 2001. In the first game of the season, the Tigers lost to State # 18 Mississippi by a margin of 30-10. After their first win of the season with a 43-10 defeat against I-AA Chattanooga, West's side grabbed their second win of the season with a 17-9 victory over South Florida. After losing 38-21 for Louisville, Memphis won the next two, beating Southern Miss with a score of 22-17 and Houston with a one-sided 52-33 score. On October 20, the Tigers lost to East Carolina by a margin of 32-11. That is followed by the second successive loss in the form of a 17-14 miserly nail in the hands of UAB. On November 10, the Tigers lost their third consecutive game, falling to # 6 Tennessee with a score of 49-28. The following week, West's squad broke the losing streak with 42-10 Army banging. On November 24th, Memphis closed the season with a final 36-34 second defeat to Cincinnati.
The tiger finished with a 3-9 record in 2002. The season kicked off on 31 August with 52-6 pounds from I-AA against Murray State. One week later, Memphis lost to Ole Miss with a score of 38-16. In the third game of the season, the Tigers lost Black and Blue Bowl to Southern Miss by 33-14. After a 38-10 win over Tulane, West's team lost the next six players, starting with a 31-17 defeat of UAB. On October 8, Memphis lost to Louisville with a score of 38-32. On October 19, the Tigers lost to Mississippi State by a margin of 29-17. One week later, Cincinnati beat Memphis by a margin of 48-10. On November 2, Houston defeated West's Tigers with a score of 26-21. After losing 38-21 to South Florida, Memphis scored his third win of the season with a 38-10 victory over the Army. On November 30th, the Tigers lost to TCU with a score of 27-20 to finish this season.
Memphis increased to 9-4 in 2003. In the opening season, the Tigers beat Tennessee's I-AA enemies in the state by a score of 40-10. In the second game of the season, Memphis upset Ole Miss with a count of 44-34. After losing 23-6 to Miss South, Memphis defeated Arkansas State with a count of 38-16. They then lost the next two men; fell to UAB with margins 24-10 and Mississippi State with a score of 35-27. Memphis bounced back to win the next five games, starting with a 45-14 victory over Houston. It was followed by a 41-9 victory over Tulane. On November 1, the Tigers beat East Carolina by a 41-24 lead. In the tenth game of the season, West's team beat Louisville by a score of 37-7. One week later, the Tigers beat Cincinnati with a score of 21-16. In the regular season finals, the Tigers lost the match 21-16 to South Florida. Memphis received a place in the New Orleans Bowl in 2003, their game win over North Texas with a score of 27-17. The victory was Memphis's first bowl appearance in a bowl game and its first bowl win in 32 years, since Pasadena Bowl in 1971.
The tigers finished with a record of 8-4 in 2004. They beat Ole Miss by a margin of 20-13 in the season opener. The following week, West's squad won the second game with a 52-21 victory from the I-AA enemy of Chattanooga. Entering their next contest as team # 25 in the country, they followed it with a third straight win; 47-35 defeats the State of Arkansas. After losing 35-28 for UAB, the Tigers beat Houston 41-14 and Tulane 49-24. After losing 49-10 punches to Cincinnati and a 56-49 loss to # 14 Louisville, Memphis won the 30-26th contest over Southern Miss, a 38-35 match over East Carolina and a 31-15 contest over South Florida. The Tigers took their place at GMAC Bowl 2004, a contest they lost to Bowling Green by 52-35. After leading the Tigers for a successive bowl appearance for the first time in program history, the University of Memphis administration signed a Western contract with a one-year extension of the contract.
Memphis finished 7-5 in 2005. They started the season on 5 September with a 10-6 loss to Ole Miss. After 59-14 defeating I-AA Chattanooga, Memphis lost his third match of the season to Tulsa by a margin of 37-31 in overtime. The Tigers beat UTEP with a score of 27-20 in the fourth game of the season. After a 38-17 defeat at the hands of UCF, the West team beat Houston 35-20 and East Carolina 27-24. After losing 37-20 for UAB and losing 20-16 to Tennessee, the West squad beat Southern Miss by a margin of 24-22 and Marshall scored 26-3 to finish the regular season. Memphis made a third straight bowl appearance with berths at the 2005 Motor City Bowl, beating Akron 38-31. During the game, the returning Tiger star DeAngelo Williams set an NCAA record with his 34th career game of at least 100 yards rushing. Williams, a senior in 2005 and a finalist for the Doak Walker Award that year, was selected in the first round by selecting the overall 27th in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. Kicker's Stephen Gostkowski was also chosen in the draft that year, going in the fourth round by choosing the whole to 118 for the New England Patriots.
The Tigers fought for a 2-10 record in 2006. They started the season on September 3rd, losing to Ole Miss by a 28-25 margin. After a 33-14 win over I-AA Chattanooga, Memphis lost nine consecutive games, starting with a 35-20 loss from East Carolina. After losing East Carolina, the West Defense Coordinator, Joe Lee Dunn. On September 30, the West team lost to # 15 Tennessee by a 41-7 lead. The following week, the Tigers lost to UAB with a score of 35-29. After losing 26-23 Cat Bucket Bowls to Arkansas State, Memphis lost to Tulsa by a margin of 35-14. On October 28, the Tigers lost to Marshall with a score of 41-27. Southern Miss then doubled the Tiger by a score of 42-21. After losing 26-24 for UCF, Memphis suffered a loss of 23-20 overtime to Houston. The Tigers ended their long winning streak with their second win of the season in the last game with a 38-19 win over UTEP.
Memphis finished 7-6 in 2007. After dropping the opener to Ole Miss by a margin of 23-21, West's squad beat I-AA against Jacksonville State by a margin of 35-14 to record their first win of the season. After losing to UCF 56-20 and Arkansas State with a score of 35-31 after winning 25 points in the first half, Memphis defeated Marshall 24-21. After losing 21-7 to enemies in Middle Tennessee state, Memphis defeated Rice with a score of 38-35 and Tulane with a thin margin of 28-27. After losing 56-40 to East Carolina, the West team won three straight; beat Southern Miss by 29-26, UAB with 25-9 and SMU counts in a 55-52 triple-overtime shootout. The Tigers made their fourth bowl appearance in five years at the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, losing to Florida Atlantic with a score of 44-27.
The Tigers went 6-7 in 2008. They lost their first three games of the season; fell to Ole Miss by 41-24, Rice with a score of 42-35 and Marshall at nail biting 17-16. West's Tigers won the next three games; defeated State of I-AA Nicholls by a margin of 31-10, Arkansas State with a score of 29-17 and UAB in 33-30 nail spikes. After losing 35-28 to Louisville and losing 30-10 to East Carolina, Memphis defeated Southern Miss with a count of 36-30 and SMU with a count of 31-26. After a 28-21 loss to UCF, Memphis completed the regular season with 45-6 thrashing from Tulane. The Tigers made their fifth bowl appearance in six years at the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl, losing to South Florida in a 41-14 defeat.
Memphis retreated to a 2-10 record in 2009. They were beaten by # 8 Ole Miss in the season opener, losing 45-14. After losing 31-14 to Middle Tennessee, West's squad earned their first win of the season with a 41-14 win over FCS opponents in the state of UT Martin. After losing 27-16 for Marshall and a 32-14 defeat at the hands of UCF, the Tigers beat UTEP with a score of 35-20. Memphis lost its last six games of the season, starting with a 36-16 defeat of Southern Miss on 17 October. On October 27, the West team lost to East Carolina with a count of 38-19. On November 7, the Tigers lost an enemy in the state of Tennessee with a score of 56-28.
On November 10, 2009, it was announced that the West would be sacked as head coach of Memphis after the completion of the 2009 season. At a press conference announcing his dismissal, the West vent his frustration about the lack of financial support and fans and said that if the University of Memphis athletics department showed no more commitment great against the football program, the program lacks "the chance to compete". "On November 14, the Tigers lost to UAB by a margin of 31-21, followed by a 55-14 thrashing in the hands of # 24 Houston.In the last game of the season, Memphis lost a nail biter to Tulsa with a score of 33-30 in overtime. The West left Memphis with a 49-61 record.
Larry Porter Era (2010-2011)
On 29 November 2009, LSU ran back coach Larry Porter named the 22nd heads football coach for the University of Memphis soccer program. Although he has no coaching or coordinating experience, Porter is a pretty good recruiter and his back coach who has been playing back for the Tigers from 1990-1993 under Chuck Stobart. Porter's appointment made him the first African American head coach in Memphis football history. Porter signed a five-year contract worth a base salary of $ 750,000 per year. The Tigers fought deeply under Porter due to fan support, attendance and down revenues.
The Tigers went 1-11 in 2010. They started the Porter era on September 4 against the State of Mississippi, losing to the Bulldogs with a score of 49-7. After losing to East Carolina by a margin of 49-27, the Tigers chalked up their first win in Porter's era, defeating opponents in Middle Tennessee state 24-17. The following week, Memphis lost to UTEP with a score of 16-13. That followed by the loss of a 48-7 blast to Tulsa on 2 October. After a 56-0 defeat at the hands of Louisville, the Tiger suffered a 41-19 defeat at the Black and Blue Bowl to Miss South. On October 30, Tim Porter lost to Houston by a difference of 56-17. The following week, Memphis experienced another explosion in the form of a 50-14 shot by enemies in the state of Tennessee. The Tigers lost to Marshall with a score of 28-13 on 13 November. The Tigers suffered a 31-15 defeat to UAB and a 37-17 defeat at the hands of UCF to seal the season.
Memphis finished 2-10 in 2011. The Tigers started the season with two explosive losses; 59-14 to # 20 Mississippi State and 47-3 to Arkansas State. The Tigers won their third game of the season, beating FCS in the state opposite Austin Peay with a score of 27-6. After losing 42-0 shutout for high school, the Tigers lost to Middle Tennessee by a margin of 38-31. On October 8, Porter's team lost to Rice with a score of 28-6. The following week, Memphis lost to East Carolina with a count of 35-17. Tiger Porter earned their second win of the season on October 22 with a 33-17 victory over Tulane, their enemy from the Mississippi River. After a 41-0 closure to the UCF, the Tigers lost in a contest closer to UAB with a score of 41-35. After a devastating 23-22 loss to Marshall, Memphis closed the season with a crushing 44-7 to Southern Miss.
On November 27, 2011, Porter was sacked as head coach of the Tigers after only winning three games during his two-year tenure. For his purchase, Memphis owes Porter a total of $ 754,890 per year for the remaining four years of his contract. Porter's tenure as head coach of Memphis is considered one of the worst head coaches in college football history. For two years Larry Porter, Memphis finished at or near the bottom of the FBS in almost every offensive and defensive statistical category. Porter collected a 3-21 record as head coach of the Tiger.
On December 8, 2011, TCU's offensive coordinator Justin Fuente was officially introduced as Tiger's 23rd head coach. The 35-year-old Fuente, who has no previous head training experience, spent five years earlier at TCU as an assistant, including serving as an offensive coordinator for the last three years under Gary Patterson. During his time as an offensive coordinator for the Horned Frog, Fuente oversaw the breaches scattered among the most explosive nations, helping TCU to perform at the 2010 Fiesta Bowl and victory in 2011 Rose Bowl and train one of the nation's best quarterbacks. in Andy Dalton. Fuente signed a five-year contract with the University of Memphis that paid him a $ 900,000 base salary per year.
On February 8, 2012, it was announced that the University of Memphis will end the 17-year period at the Conference USA and join the Great East Conference in all sports, effective July 1, 2013. On July 1, 2013, a non-soccer school game (also known collectively as 7 Catholic secular) formed a non-soccer playing conference that retained the name of the Great Eastern Conference. The remaining six soccer members join four schools from another conference to become American Athletic Conference (AAC) as the legitimate successor of the original East Big; AAC maintains the Big East football structure and inherits a single automatic bed in the Bowl Championship Series.
The Tigers finished 4-8 in 2012. They started the season on September 1 with a 20-17 loss to FCS in-country versus UT Martin. In the second game of the season, Memphis lost the Paint Bucket Bowl to Arkansas State by a margin of 33-28. On September 15, Tiger Fuente lost the enemy in Middle Tennessee state by a margin of 48-30. After losing 38-14 for the Duke, Tiger recorded their first win under Fuente, beating Rice by a score of 14-10. On October 13, Memphis lost to East Carolina by a 41-7 lead. The following week, UCF beat the Fuente squad with a score of 35-17. On October 27, the Tigers lost from high school with a score of 44-13. After a 38-28 defeat at Marshall's hands, Memphis recorded his second win of the season with a 37-23 victory over Tulane. The Tigers got their second winning streak the following week in the form of a 46-9 defeat of UAB. The Tigers extended their winning streak to three in the final game of the season with a 42-24 win at the Black and Blue Bowl over their never-to-lose Southern Miss rivals. On February 13, 2013, Memphis announced it had signed Justin Fuente for a one-year extension contract through the 2017 season as a result of improvements shown by the team in its first year as head coach, as evidenced by the team winning more games in 2012 than in the previous two seasons combined.
Memphis finished with a 3-9 record in 2013, their first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers start the season at home against the Duke, losing to the Blue Devils by a 28-14 margin. The following week, they lost to Middle Tennessee with a score of 17-15. The Fuente team got their first win in the third game of the season by beating Arkansas State 31-7. On October 12, the Tigers lost to Houston with a score of 25-15. The following week, Fuente's squad lost to high school by a margin of 34-29. After 34-21 losing to Cincinnati, the Tigers beat high school with a score of 21-6. They won their second game in a row the following week by beating South Florida by a margin of 23-10. Kicker Jake Elliott set a Memphis record for his field goal in 56 yards on the road at USF. The new Tiger record broke the old school record made by Stephen Gostkowski who scored a 53-yard field goal in 2005. He is also known for including the name of the American Athletic Club's Special Team Player of the Week and also one of three players to be named. "Stars of the Week" by Lou Groza Award. On November 23, the Tigers lost the match 24-17 close to # 21 Louisville. It was followed by the loss of 41-21 to Temple. In the final game of the season, Memphis was eliminated by UConn with a score of 45-10.
The Tigers rose to a 10-3 record in 2014. In the first game of the season, the Tigers beat the Austin Peay state FCS opponents with a score of 63-0. After losing 42-35 heartbreaking to # 11 UCLA, Fuente's squad tackles Middle Tennessee by 36-17. After losing 24-3 for Ole Miss, Memphis beat Cincinnati by a 41-14 lead. After nail bites 28-24 losses to Houston, the Tigers won their last seven games of the season, starting with 48-10 high school debits. On Halloween, Tigers are doubled by Tulsa for 40-20 songs. The following week, Fuente led the Tamil Tigers to a 16-13 win over Temple. Followed by 38-7 Tulane's thrashing on November 15th. A week later, Memphis beat South Florida by a margin of 31-20. The Tigers closed the regular season with a 41-10 defeat over UConn. Fuente's Tigers receive a spot in the Miami Beach Bowl 2014, where they beat BYU in a 55-48 overtime thriller. Memphis finished the season as co-champions from AAC. This is the first football conference championship for the Memphis Tigers since the 1971 Missouri River Championship and only the second 10-year win since 1938. The Tigers finished the season with # 25 in AP and Coaches Polls. Fuente was selected as a finalist for coach Eddie Robinson of the Year. During the second year, Jake Elliott leads the American Athletic Conference in a scoreline match, averaging 9.2 points throughout the season. For the second year in a row, he was named First Team All-Conference and was named the Special Team Player of the Year's Best Conference. He scored 120 points during his season, making 21-of-32 field goal efforts while also converting all 57 extra point conversions. Elliott kicked the fourth longest goal goal in the history of bowl games. The kick was a 54-yard effort, which extended the Tigers into a second overtime where they won the Miami Beach Bowl in double overtime BYU with a score of 55-48. On December 18, 2014, it was announced that the University of Memphis administration signed Justin Fuente to another contract extension and raised, increasing his annual salary to $ 1.4 million.
Memphis goes 9-4 by 2015. The Tigers' season began on 5 September with a 63-7 victory over FCS against Missouri State. One week later, the Tigers dominated Kansas with a 651-meter total foul in the 55-23 defeat. In the third game of the season, the Fuente team set aside Bowling Green by 44-41. Which was followed by a 53-46 victory over Cincinnati on Sept. 24. In the fifth game of the season, Memphis beat South Florida with a score of 24-17 to extend their winning streak to twelve matches from the previous season. On October 17, 2015, Memphis, led by Paxton Lynch quarterback, upset # 13 Ole Miss 37-24 at Liberty Bowl, catapulted the team into the national spotlight. The win was Tiger's first win over the rank team since 1996, when they beat # 6 Tennessee. The 6-0 Tigers entered the AP Poll the following day at # 18 which had been rated in Coaches Poll over the previous two weeks, the highest AP Poll rating in Memphis football history. On October 23, the Tigers beat Tulsa by a score of 66-42 behind Paxton Lynch's career-high 447 yards and four touchdowns. On Halloween, the Tigers' winning streak extended to fifteen with a 41-13 win over Tulane. On November 3, 2015, an unbeaten (8-0) Memphis team was ranked # 13 in the first College Football Playoffs poll of the first season, the highest ranking of any non-Power Five team in polls history and the highest national ranking in Memphis football. history. The unprecedented winning streak at Tigger was jolted, however, with a 45-20 loss to the Navy on 7 November. Memphis suffered a second successive loss the following week in a 35-34 heartbreak to # 16 Houston. On November 20, 2015, it was reported that the University of Memphis offered another contract extension for Fuente that would make it the highest non-power five-head coach in the country. On Nov. 21, the Fuente team lost their third consecutive game, falling to Temple by a margin of 31-12. The Tigers returned to the track in the final game of the season on 28 November, smashing SMU in a 63-0 shutout behind Paxton Lynch record-tying seven goals pass in the first half of the game.
On November 29, 2015, it was announced that Justin Fuente left Memphis to become head coach at Virginia Tech. Offensive Coordinator Darrell Dickey was appointed as the interim head coach for the Birmingham Bowl 2015, a match that lost Tiger to Auburn with a score of 31-10. In April 2016, Paxton Lynch was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft with a 26th overall vote. Fuente left Memphis for a 26-23 record, becoming the first head coach in 41 years, since Fred Pancoast, leaving Memphis with a winning record.
Mike Norvell Era (2016-present)
On December 4, 2015, Arizona State Offensive coordinator Mike Norvell was introduced as the 24th head of the Memphis Tigers football coach. The youngest FBS head coach in the country at the time he hired (34 years), Norvell has overseen one of the most explosive offenses in Arizona State under Todd Graham and has ties to the area, having played a wide receiver at Central Arkansas from 2001-2005. Like Justin Fuente, Norvell was a rising young offensive coordinator, who carried out widespread and sprinting attacks, and brought a high-octane system with him to Memphis. One of Norvell's first steps as head coach was defending Darrell Dickey from Fuente staff, calling it co-chief coordinator/co-ordination coordinator and running a back coach. The University of Memphis signed Norvell on a five-year contract that gave him a base salary of $ 1.8 million for his first year which will increase slightly each year.
The Tigers finished with an 8-5 record in 2016. With Riley Ferguson taking over as the team's early quarterback, Memphis started the Norvell era with a 35-17 victory over FCS against Southeast Missouri State on 3 September. The following week, Norvell's team beat Kansas by 43-7. In the third game of the season, Macanah beat Bowling Green with a 77-3 defeat behind six Ferguson's streaking goals and a touchdown rushing in the first half of the game. On October 1, Ole Miss hailed Memphis's first defeat of the season in a 48-28 defeat. Five days later, the Tigers beat Temple 34-27. It was followed by a 24-14 victory over Tulane on 14 October. Memphis lost the next two players; dropping 42-28 contests to # 24 Navy and 59-30 blast into Tulsa. On November 5th, the Tigers pounded the high school with an incredible 51-7. The following week, the Norvell tiger lost a shot to South Florida by a margin of 49-42. They closed the regular season with a 34-27 win over Cincinnati on November 18 and a 48-44 victory over Houston # 18 in the shootout. The Tigers received a place in the Boca Raton Bowl 2016, a game they lost to Western Kentucky with a score of 51-31. At 13 starts in 2016, Riley Ferguson threw for 3,698 yards and broke Paxton Lynch's single-season record with 32 goals by touch the previous season. After the 2016 season, Chip Long's co-ordination coordinator left the Tamil Tigers to take the same position on Brian Kelly's staff at Notre Dame. To replace Long, Darrell Dickey was appointed as the team's only offensive coordinator. On May 12, 2017, it was announced that the University of Memphis signed Norvell for a one-year contract extension despite the 2021 season and gave his assistant coach a raise. Kicker Jake Elliott was elected in the fifth round with an overall selection of 153 in the NFL Draft 2017 by the Cincinnati Bengals.
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On December 8, 2011, TCU's offensive coordinator Justin Fuente was officially introduced as Tiger's 23rd head coach. The 35-year-old Fuente, who has no previous head training experience, spent five years earlier at TCU as an assistant, including serving as an offensive coordinator for the last three years under Gary Patterson. During his time as an offensive coordinator for the Horned Frog, Fuente oversaw the breaches scattered among the most explosive nations, helping TCU to perform at the 2010 Fiesta Bowl and victory in 2011 Rose Bowl and train one of the nation's best quarterbacks. in Andy Dalton. Fuente signed a five-year contract with the University of Memphis that paid him a $ 900,000 base salary per year.
On February 8, 2012, it was announced that the University of Memphis will end the 17-year period at the Conference USA and join the Great East Conference in all sports, effective July 1, 2013. On July 1, 2013, a non-soccer school game (also known collectively as 7 Catholic secular) formed a non-soccer playing conference that retained the name of the Great Eastern Conference. The remaining six soccer members join four schools from another conference to become American Athletic Conference (AAC) as the legitimate successor of the original East Big; AAC maintains the Big East football structure and inherits a single automatic bed in the Bowl Championship Series.
The Tigers finished 4-8 in 2012. They started the season on September 1 with a 20-17 loss to FCS in-country versus UT Martin. In the second game of the season, Memphis lost the Paint Bucket Bowl to Arkansas State by a margin of 33-28. On September 15, Tiger Fuente lost the enemy in Middle Tennessee state by a margin of 48-30. After losing 38-14 for the Duke, Tiger recorded their first win under Fuente, beating Rice by a score of 14-10. On October 13, Memphis lost to East Carolina by a 41-7 lead. The following week, UCF beat the Fuente squad with a score of 35-17. On October 27, the Tigers lost from high school with a score of 44-13. After a 38-28 defeat at Marshall's hands, Memphis recorded his second win of the season with a 37-23 victory over Tulane. The Tigers got their second winning streak the following week in the form of a 46-9 defeat of UAB. The Tigers extended their winning streak to three in the final game of the season with a 42-24 win at the Black and Blue Bowl over their never-to-lose Southern Miss rivals. On February 13, 2013, Memphis announced it had signed Justin Fuente for a one-year extension contract through the 2017 season as a result of improvements shown by the team in its first year as head coach, as evidenced by the team winning more games in 2012 than in the previous two seasons combined.
Memphis finished with a 3-9 record in 2013, their first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers start the season at home against the Duke, losing to the Blue Devils by a 28-14 margin. The following week, they lost to Middle Tennessee with a score of 17-15. The Fuente team got their first win in the third game of the season by beating Arkansas State 31-7. On October 12, the Tigers lost to Houston with a score of 25-15. The following week, Fuente's squad lost to high school by a margin of 34-29. After 34-21 losing to Cincinnati, the Tigers beat high school with a score of 21-6. They won their second game in a row the following week by beating South Florida by a margin of 23-10. Kicker Jake Elliott set a Memphis record for his field goal in 56 yards on the road at USF. The new Tiger record broke the old school record made by Stephen Gostkowski who scored a 53-yard field goal in 2005. He is also known for including the name of the American Athletic Club's Special Team Player of the Week and also one of three players to be named. "Stars of the Week" by Lou Groza Award. On November 23, the Tigers lost the match 24-17 close to # 21 Louisville. It was followed by the loss of 41-21 to Temple. In the final game of the season, Memphis was eliminated by UConn with a score of 45-10.
The Tigers rose to a 10-3 record in 2014. In the first game of the season, the Tigers beat the Austin Peay state FCS opponents with a score of 63-0. After losing 42-35 heartbreaking to # 11 UCLA, Fuente's squad tackles Middle Tennessee by 36-17. After losing 24-3 for Ole Miss, Memphis beat Cincinnati by a 41-14 lead. After nail bites 28-24 losses to Houston, the Tigers won their last seven games of the season, starting with 48-10 high school debits. On Halloween, Tigers are doubled by Tulsa for 40-20 songs. The following week, Fuente led the Tamil Tigers to a 16-13 win over Temple. Followed by 38-7 Tulane's thrashing on November 15th. A week later, Memphis beat South Florida by a margin of 31-20. The Tigers closed the regular season with a 41-10 defeat over UConn. Fuente's Tigers receive a spot in the Miami Beach Bowl 2014, where they beat BYU in a 55-48 overtime thriller. Memphis finished the season as co-champions from AAC. This is the first football conference championship for the Memphis Tigers since the 1971 Missouri River Championship and only the second 10-year win since 1938. The Tigers finished the season with # 25 in AP and Coaches Polls. Fuente was selected as a finalist for coach Eddie Robinson of the Year. During the second year, Jake Elliott leads the American Athletic Conference in a scoreline match, averaging 9.2 points throughout the season. For the second year in a row, he was named First Team All-Conference and was named the Special Team Player of the Year's Best Conference. He scored 120 points during his season, making 21-of-32 field goal efforts while also converting all 57 extra point conversions. Elliott kicked the fourth longest goal goal in the history of bowl games. The kick was a 54-yard effort, which extended the Tigers into a second overtime where they won the Miami Beach Bowl in double overtime BYU with a score of 55-48. On December 18, 2014, it was announced that the University of Memphis administration signed Justin Fuente to another contract extension and raised, increasing his annual salary to $ 1.4 million.
Memphis goes 9-4 by 2015. The Tigers' season began on 5 September with a 63-7 victory over FCS against Missouri State. One week later, the Tigers dominated Kansas with a 651-meter total foul in the 55-23 defeat. In the third game of the season, the Fuente team set aside Bowling Green by 44-41. Which was followed by a 53-46 victory over Cincinnati on Sept. 24. In the fifth game of the season, Memphis beat South Florida with a score of 24-17 to extend their winning streak to twelve matches from the previous season. On October 17, 2015, Memphis, led by Paxton Lynch quarterback, upset # 13 Ole Miss 37-24 at Liberty Bowl, catapulted the team into the national spotlight. The win was Tiger's first win over the rank team since 1996, when they beat # 6 Tennessee. The 6-0 Tigers entered the AP Poll the following day at # 18 which had been rated in Coaches Poll over the previous two weeks, the highest AP Poll rating in Memphis football history. On October 23, the Tigers beat Tulsa by a score of 66-42 behind Paxton Lynch's career-high 447 yards and four touchdowns. On Halloween, the Tigers' winning streak extended to fifteen with a 41-13 win over Tulane. On November 3, 2015, an unbeaten (8-0) Memphis team was ranked # 13 in the first College Football Playoffs poll of the first season, the highest ranking of any non-Power Five team in polls history and the highest national ranking in Memphis football. history. The unprecedented winning streak at Tigger was jolted, however, with a 45-20 loss to the Navy on 7 November. Memphis suffered a second successive loss the following week in a 35-34 heartbreak to # 16 Houston. On November 20, 2015, it was reported that the University of Memphis offered another contract extension for Fuente that would make it the highest non-power five-head coach in the country. On Nov. 21, the Fuente team lost their third consecutive game, falling to Temple by a margin of 31-12. The Tigers returned to the track in the final game of the season on 28 November, smashing SMU in a 63-0 shutout behind Paxton Lynch record-tying seven goals pass in the first half of the game.
On November 29, 2015, it was announced that Justin Fuente left Memphis to become head coach at Virginia Tech. Offensive Coordinator Darrell Dickey was appointed as the interim head coach for the Birmingham Bowl 2015, a match that lost Tiger to Auburn with a score of 31-10. In April 2016, Paxton Lynch was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft with a 26th overall vote. Fuente left Memphis for a 26-23 record, becoming the first head coach in 41 years, since Fred Pancoast, leaving Memphis with a winning record.
Mike Norvell Era (2016-present)
On December 4, 2015, Arizona State Offensive coordinator Mike Norvell was introduced as the 24th head of the Memphis Tigers football coach. The youngest FBS head coach in the country at the time he hired (34 years), Norvell has overseen one of the most explosive offenses in Arizona State under Todd Graham and has ties to the area, having played a wide receiver at Central Arkansas from 2001-2005. Like Justin Fuente, Norvell was a rising young offensive coordinator, who carried out widespread and sprinting attacks, and brought a high-octane system with him to Memphis. One of Norvell's first steps as head coach was defending Darrell Dickey from Fuente staff, calling it co-chief coordinator/co-ordination coordinator and running a back coach. The University of Memphis signed Norvell on a five-year contract that gave him a base salary of $ 1.8 million for his first year which will increase slightly each year.
The Tigers finished with an 8-5 record in 2016. With Riley Ferguson taking over as the team's early quarterback, Memphis started the Norvell era with a 35-17 victory over FCS against Southeast Missouri State on 3 September. The following week, Norvell's team beat Kansas by 43-7. In the third game of the season, Macanah beat Bowling Green with a 77-3 defeat behind six Ferguson's streaking goals and a touchdown rushing in the first half of the game. On October 1, Ole Miss hailed Memphis's first defeat of the season in a 48-28 defeat. Five days later, the Tigers beat Temple 34-27. It was followed by a 24-14 victory over Tulane on 14 October. Memphis lost the next two players; dropping 42-28 contests to # 24 Navy and 59-30 blast into Tulsa. On November 5th, the Tigers pounded the high school with an incredible 51-7. The following week, the Norvell tiger lost a shot to South Florida by a margin of 49-42. They closed the regular season with a 34-27 win over Cincinnati on November 18 and a 48-44 victory over Houston # 18 in the shootout. The Tigers received a place in the Boca Raton Bowl 2016, a game they lost to Western Kentucky with a score of 51-31. At 13 starts in 2016, Riley Ferguson threw for 3,698 yards and broke Paxton Lynch's single-season record with 32 goals by touch the previous season. After the 2016 season, Chip Long's co-ordination coordinator left the Tamil Tigers to take the same position on Brian Kelly's staff at Notre Dame. To replace Long, Darrell Dickey was appointed as the team's only offensive coordinator. On May 12, 2017, it was announced that the University of Memphis signed Norvell for a one-year contract extension despite the 2021 season and gave his assistant coach a raise. Kicker Jake Elliott was elected in the fifth round with an overall selection of 153 in the NFL Draft 2017 by the Cincinnati Bengals.
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