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. 

Box score for Saturday’s college football game between the Memphis Tigers and Chattanooga Mocs played at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

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.

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Box score: Memphis 45, Chattanooga 10

Joey Aguilar passed for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 24 Tennessee held off Syracuse for a 45-26 win. Aguilar was 16-for-28 passing in his first game with the Volunteers.

Collierville and Oxford played one of the wackiest high school football games of the season on Friday night. 

The Redbirds walked 14 times on Friday, tying the club’s 2005 record for most walks in a single game.

Maddox Giel runs for two scores and throws for a third while the Owls limit Northpoint to three first downs in the first meeting between the two teams in 45 years.

Quarterback Jaden Thomas throws three touchdown passes and Christopher Talley runs for two as the Mustangs outscore the Tigers.

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. 

Despite a pair of early defeats, defending Class AAA state champion Houston remains the team to beat.

All nine Memphis batters reached safely in the win. Seven Redbirds hitters reached safely more than once.

Ellis Kelly and Ai Kitagawa score as Memphis defeats another SEC opponent. 

Tigers coach Penny Hardaway and a few attorneys discussed the legal aspects of name, image and likeness and its impact on college athletics.

Saints running back accounted for three touchdowns on Aug. 21 in a 48-28 victory over ECS.

Faragi Phillips agreed to become LeMoyne-Owen’s coach in May, eight months after he was fired by Penny Hardaway.

Every season begins with optimism. The Grizzlies can find it by zooming out. 

Former region rivals clash in Germantown in this week’s featured contest.

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. 

Briarcrest and Central make their season debuts in The Daily Memphian ranking of the area’s top TSSAA football teams.

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. 

First baseman Blaze Jordan won the game in dramatic fashion, singling with based loaded, two outs and two strikes in the top of the ninth inning.

BartTorvik.com, an advanced analytics website, predicts how Memphis will fare in the 2025-26 season and who the Tigers’ key contributors will be on a team that features no returnees from last season.

Houston and Collierville look to put the heat on Arlington in Class AAA. In Division 2, expect Briarcrest, Northpoint and St. George’s to shine.

Under fifth-year coach Kenzie Cooley, the Tigers are attracting better players — and beating better teams.

All nine Memphis batters reached base safely in the win, while four Redbirds posted a multi-hit effort.