Tigers have a quick turnaround at crucial point in season
Memphis has a short week to prepare for a game that could drop the Tigers under .500 for the first time in eight seasons.
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Memphis has a short week to prepare for a game that could drop the Tigers under .500 for the first time in eight seasons.
Memphis won 80% of its one-possession games in the past two seasons, but is 2-3 in such games this year.
Memphis doesn’t have time on its side, with Navy just four days away. Related stories: Tigers' fight undone by turnovers, missed kicks in loss to Tulsa
Memphis loses three straight for the first time since 2015 season, is winless in AAC. Related stories:
A collection of Twitter comments from the University of Memphis vs. Tulsa NCAA college football game in Tulsa.
Analytics have made fourth-down conversions more common making it even more difficult for the Memphis defense to get off the field. Related story:
Memphis is reeling from turnovers and penalties the past two games, and Tulsa has one win this season.
The Tigers have just three takeaways in five games heading into Saturday’s AAC battle with Tulsa.
For the second straight week, the Tigers fumbled away a big lead and a win. But that’s not the bad news. The bad news is what losing could mean for the athletic program.
In a turn of events resembling last week’s game, the Tigers let slip a 17-0 lead as the Temple Owls took command. Related Story:
The Tigers have four lost fumbles in the past two games, putting the defense in difficult situations.
Here is a collection of tweets from the Memphis Tigers’ loss to the Temple Owls in Philadelphia.
Temple has the No. 1 pass defense in the country, but has been vulnerable on fourth downs.
The Tigers are back in Philadelphia for the first time since the controversial 2019 loss to Temple. Said Calvin Austin III: “It comes a time where you’ve just got to move on from it.”
The University of Memphis Tigers will have four conference games on ABC or CBS this season.
The Tigers have faced it before, and Jacobi Francis isn’t overly concerned about having to do it again, this time against Temple.
The Tigers went head-to-head against an SEC defense last week. On Saturday, it’s UTSA and a defensive unit that allowed just eight rushing yards last week.
A heads-up play by Calvin Austin III and a 51-yard field goal by Joe Doyle, plus some solid defense gave the University of Memphis a statement win.
A compilation of tweets from people reacting to the University of Memphis-Mississippi State game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
The U of M president says that if state invests, there would be a “greater opportunity to build an on-campus facility to support Memphis football.”
U of M’s president and athletic director assert: “The final whistle hasn’t blown.”
BYU, Cincinnati, UCF and Houston are expected to be officially invited in by Friday.
At a time when diversity is supposedly valued in education, you’d think Memphis would be an important addition to the Big 12. Instead, the conference is preparing to add BYU, where just 1% of the student body is Black.
The answers might surprise you.
COVID-19 precautions are preventing Silverfield from executing his usual team bonding outings, but that doesn’t mean he’s given up on unique ways to create team chemistry.