A week after blowing a 19-point lead to lose to Houston, Memphis blew a 17-point lead to lose to East Carolina. This is becoming a dispiriting — and damning — trend. 

Box score from the American Athletic Conference football game between the Memphis Tigers and East Carolina Pirates.

For the second straight season, Memphis falls to East Carolina in overtime.

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Box score: East Carolina 47, Memphis 45 (4 OT)

One of the best red zone offenses in the country based on conversion percentage is clashing against one of the best red zone defenses in the country Saturday night when the Tigers take on the Pirates.

Asa Martin’s versatility has always helped the Tigers in the back end of the season. Memphis could use that extra production during this tough three-game stretch. 

Fans can buy apparel of their favorite Memphis football player and a percentage of sales goes straight to the athlete. 

Cowboys running back Tony Pollard had his longest run of the season when he broke for a 57-yard touchdown to help Dallas defeat the Rams.

The late-game collapse has fans wondering if the Tigers can recover from such a demoralizing loss. Head coach Ryan Silverfield believes they can. 

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The challenge moving forward is to figure out how to put together a complete game before the chance to capitalize on a wide-open American Athletic Conference gets wasted with another mediocre season.

Memphis had a win probability of 99.9% Friday night. Incredibly, Memphis still lost. Will the collapse define Ryan Silverfield? On a grand night that somehow went wrong.

Special teams failed coach Ryan Silverfield’s club on what should have been a special night, one that ended with a 33-32 ESPN2-televised loss to the Cougars on Friday at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

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Box score from the NCAA College Football game played Oct. 7, 2022, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium between Houston and Memphis.

Houston scores the winning touchdown with 18 seconds left to overcome a 19-point Memphis lead.

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 Box score: Houston 33, Memphis 32

The University of Memphis playing football on a night that should be reserved for high school football is probably more messed up than the Memphis-Mizzou game in 2023 getting moved to St. Louis.

A document obtained by The Daily Memphian shows the Memphis Tigers will receive a full $1 million for moving their 2023 Missouri game to St. Louis, including $250,000 no matter how many tickets are sold. Plus, we answer some other questions about why the game was moved to St. Louis.

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Limiting Houston receiver Nathaniel Dell and stopping the Cougars on third down could be keys to victory for the Tigers. 

The Big 12 picked Houston in its last round of expansion. Memphis never had much of a shot. But that doesn’t change the reality that the Memphis program has a higher ceiling than Houston. Here’s what the Big 12 failed to see. 

Memphis linebacker Cincir Evans worked the night shift at FedEx to pay bills while still dedicating himself to an already rigorous schedule of a student-athlete.

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“We need to visibly show, not only our team and the city that we care about football and we’re supportive of it, but the college football universe,” Veatch said. 

Offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey made it obvious that the message this week heading into the home game against Houston at 6:30 p.m. on Friday was paying attention to the details.

Eagles running back Kenneth Gainwell scored his second touchdown of the season and Steelers cornerback Arthur Maulet had a season-high seven tackles.

The Missouri Tigers will pay the cancellation fee of $250,000 with an additional $750,000 in total compensation, athletics director Laird Veatch told The Daily Memphian on Tuesday.

The University of Memphis released its 2023 nonconference schedule and the home game against Missouri has been moved to the Dome of America Center in St. Louis.

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Tigers game at East Carolina will be on ESPNU

Kickoff time is set for the University of Memphis’ AAC conference game against the Pirates on Oct. 15.