Remembering the 2003 Tigers, the team that ended a 31-year drought
Memphis quarterback Danny Wimprine (18) in action during the New Orleans Bowl against North Texas in the Louisiana Superdome Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003. Wimprine and the 2003 Memphis Tigers football team will be honored at Saturday’s Memphis-Boise State game. (Andrew J. Cohoon/AP file)
Memphis hadn’t qualified for a bowl game in three decades before the 2003 season. The Tigers won nine games, breathing life into the struggling program and catapulting it into what it is today.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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