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After starting with a 3-0 record for the third straight season, Memphis will face one of its biggest tests of the year in a home game against Arkansas on Sept. 20.Related content:
Memphis’ defense holds Troy to 72 yards passing and no offensive scores as Tigers improve to 3-0 with second straight road win over a Sun Belt opponent.Related content:
Greg Desrosiers was injured early in the first quarter of the season opener against Chattanooga. He’ll miss a second straight game.
Memphis beat Troy 38-17 last year, but Trojans quarterback Goose Crowder missed most of that game with an injury. The Tigers must deal with a healthy Crowder now.
Brendon Lewis is averaging 74.5 rushing yards in the season’s first two games. That puts him on track to become the Tigers’ leading quarterback rusher for a single season.
Five different receivers have three catches or more after the first two games. That receivers’ room is producing by committee, and Ryan Silverfield says the variety is a positive. Related content:
Arkansas is off to a 2-0 start after defeating Alabama A&M and Arkansas State.
When the Tennessee Oilers — expected to play in Memphis for two years before relocating to Nashville — held their final home game of the 1997 NFL season, it didn’t feel like much of a home game. Most of the 50,000 fans in attendance were rooting for Pittsburgh.
After cruising to a blowout victory at home last week, the Memphis Tigers found themselves in a serious battle for at least the first two quarters at Center Parc Stadium on Saturday. What have we learned about the Tigers in the first two weeks? Related content:
The Memphis Tigers have played eight quarters of football in 2025 and six of them have been strong.
Three Memphis players from the Atlanta area — Sutton Smith, Makari Bodiford and DeMarco Ward — put on a show in the Tigers’ 38-16 win at Center Parc Stadium.
Memphis defensive lineman Pooda Walker lost his best friend four years ago, but continues to honor his legacy on the football field.
Memphis (1-0) cruised to a 45-10 win over FCS Chattanooga last week, while Georgia State fell 63-7 to an Ole Miss team that is currently ranked No. 20 in the Associated Press Top 25.
The Arkansas Razorbacks football team will play Memphis at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 20, but the return game scheduled for 2026 has been rescheduled.
Memphis running back Greg Desrosiers Jr. missed most of the Tigers’ season opener.Related content:
The 2025 college football season couldn’t get past Week 1 without creating ripples in the College Football Playoff race for non-power conference schools.
Last year, Sutton Smith tore his ACL during the Tigers’ first game, and his 2024 season was over in less than 15 minutes of game time. This year, things were different.
New Tiger quarterback Brendon Lewis completed 22-of-28 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 81 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown in his first start for Memphis. Memphis Tigers’ defense flashes winning potentialRelated content
Memphis running back Greg Desrosiers Jr. suffered a lower-body injury in the first quarter of Saturday’s season opener against Chattanooga and did not return.
The Brendon Lewis officially begins for the Memphis Tigers against Chattanooga. The Nevada transfer quarterback is one of several new faces who have banded together in hopes of doing something special.
Memphis football beat writer Frank Bonner II and columnist John Martin discuss the Tigers’ chances of winning the American Conference, the backup quarterback situation and what to expect in the season opener.
Former Carolina Panther and current Memphis Tigers defensive back coach Reggie Howard broke his neck in his final game as a Memphis player. He still managed to spend seven years in the NFL.
Four recent former Tigers were waived or released by NFL teams in the past week.
Which transfers will be the most impactful Memphis Tigers football offensive and defensive addition? Which returnee will have the best breakout season?
The Tigers released their first depth chart of the 2025 season. Part of the two-deep was expected, but one omission raised eyebrows.