2015 Memphis Tigers football team

2015 Memphis Tigers football

Birmingham Bowl, L 10–31 vs. Auburn
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	Western Division
2015 record	9–4 (5–3 The American)
Head coach	Justin Fuente (4th year; regular season) Darrell Dickey (interim; bowl game)
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Dickey
Defensive coordinator	Galen Scott
Home stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 59,308)

2015 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Temple x		7	–	1		10	–	4
South Florida		6	–	2		8	–	5
Cincinnati		4	–	4		7	–	6
Connecticut		4	–	4		6	–	7
East Carolina		3	–	5		5	–	7
UCF		0	–	8		0	–	12
West Division
#8 Houston xy$		7	–	1		13	–	1
#18 Navy x		7	–	1		11	–	2
Memphis		5	–	3		9	–	4
Tulsa		3	–	5		6	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7		3	–	9
SMU		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: Houston 24, Temple 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 31, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by fourth-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers competed as a member of the Western Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in American Athletic play to finish in third place in the Western Division. They were invited to the Birmingham Bowl where they lost to Auburn.

On October 17, the Tigers defeated Ole Miss which led them to a #18 ranking in polls after the Tigers began the season with an 8–0 record. Before they were defeated by Navy three weeks later, the Tigers were ranked as high as #13 in the polls, which was the highest ever ranking for the program in school history.

On November 29, head coach Justin Fuente resigned to become the head coach at Virginia Tech.^[1] He finished at Memphis with a four year record of 26–23. The Tigers were led by interim head coach Darrell Dickey in the Birmingham Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 PM	Missouri State*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN3	W 63–7	41,730
September 12	6:00 PM	at Kansas*		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	JTV/ESPN3	W 55–23	37,798
September 19	2:00 PM	at Bowling Green*		Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ASN	W 44–41	21,178
September 24	6:30 PM	Cincinnati		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	W 53–46	45,172
October 2	6:00 PM	at South Florida		Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	W 24–17	22,546
October 17	11:00 AM	No. 13 Ole Miss*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Rivalry)	ABC/ESPN2	W 37–24	60,241
October 23	7:00 PM	at Tulsa	No. 18	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN	W 66–42	20,216
October 31	6:00 PM	Tulane	No. 16	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	CBSSN	W 41–13	30,381
November 7	6:00 PM	Navy	No. 15	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN2	L 20–45	55,212
November 14	6:00 PM	at No. 16 Houston	No. 25	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN2	L 34–35	42,159
November 21	11:00 AM	at Temple		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	L 12–31	31,708
November 28	11:00 AM	SMU		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNews	W 63–0	30,075
December 30	11:00 AM	vs. Auburn*		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Birmingham Bowl)	ESPN	L 10–31	59,430
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Rankings

Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	18	16	15	25	RV	NR	RV	RV	NR
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	17	16	16	25	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released									13	21	21	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Game notes

Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	7	0	7
Tigers	28	14	14	7	63

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1942	MEM, 6–0

at Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	14	24	7	55
Jayhawks	10	3	7	3	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	7	17	10	44
Falcons	14	13	7	7	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2004	BGSU, 52–35

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	10	20	3	13	46
Tigers	14	14	3	22	53

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–13	2014	MEM, 41–14

at South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	10	7	24
Bulls	7	3	0	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2014	MEM, 31–20

Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Rebels	14	0	10	0	24
Tigers	7	17	7	6	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–48–2	2014	MISS, 24–3

at Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Tigers	14	21	17	14	66
Golden Hurricane	7	14	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–10	2014	MEM, 40–20

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	6	7	0	0	13
#16 Tigers	0	15	12	14	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–11–1	2014	MEM, 38–7

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	7	10	14	14	45
#15 Tigers	10	0	10	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

at Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Tigers	3	17	7	7	34
#16 Cougars	0	7	7	21	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–14	2014	UH, 28–24

at Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	6	3	0	12
Owls	0	14	0	17	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	MEM, 16–13

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	28	28	7	0	63

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2014	MEM, 48–10

vs. Auburn–Birmingham Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn Tigers	10	0	7	14	31
Memphis Tigers	0	10	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1976	MEM, 28–27

References

↑ http://www.richmond.com/sports/college/football/article_52875be9-9455-57d4-8efe-6f75b0cc857a.html
↑ "2015 Memphis Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 25, 2015.

Memphis Tigers football

Venues	Crump Stadium (1934–64) Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (1965–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas State: Paint Bucket Bowl Louisville Ole Miss Southern Miss: Black and Blue Bowl

Culture & lore	Pouncer TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South Miami Beach Brawl

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1922 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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