‘Missed opportunities’ plague Tigers’ 2025 season
Tigers defensive back Jeremiah Jordan (13) and linebacker DeMarco Ward (31) watch during Memphis’ loss to Navy on Thursday. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Thursday’s 28-17 loss to Navy capped a 2025 Memphis Tigers regular season that went off the rails in the second half of the schedule.
After being the highest-ranked Group of Six team in the country at one point, the Tigers have lost three straight games and four of their last six.
The issues plaguing Memphis are deeper than quarterback Brendon Lewis playing through an injury, which he has been doing.
“The missed opportunities, I think, that would sum up the whole thing of our failures in these games,” Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield said.
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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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