2008 Memphis Tigers football team

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2008 Conference USA football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
East Carolina x$		6	–	2					9	–	5
Memphis		4	–	4					6	–	7
Southern Miss		4	–	4					7	–	6
UAB		3	–	5					4	–	8
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
Marshall		3	–	5					4	–	8
West Division
Tulsa xy		7	–	1					11	–	3
Rice x		7	–	1					10	–	3
Houston		6	–	2					8	–	5
UTEP		4	–	4					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					2	–	10
SMU		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 6–6 record, which was enough to attain bowl eligibility. Memphis accepted a bid to play against South Florida in the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Tigers lost, 41–14.

Schedule

August 306:00 PMat Mississippi*

• Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
• Oxford, MS

L 24–41 56,127 September 67:00 PMRice

• Liberty Bowl
• Memphis, TN

CBSCSL 35–42 28,351 September 136:00 PMat Marshall

• Joan C. Edwards Stadium
• Huntington, WV

CSSL 16–17 27,349 September 207:00 PMNicholls State*

• Liberty Bowl
• Memphis, TN

W 31–10 22,167 September 271:00 PMArkansas State*

• Liberty Bowl
• Memphis, TN (Paint Bucket Bowl)

W 29–17 26,376 October 27:00 PMat UAB

• Legion Field
• Birmingham, AL

CBSCSW 33–30 19,901 October 107:00 PMLouisville*

• Liberty Bowl
• Memphis, TN

ESPNL 28–35 40,248 October 1811:00 AMat East Carolina

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

CSSL 10–30 41,216 October 257:00 PMSouthern Miss

• Liberty Bowl
• Memphis, TN

CBSCSW 36–30 24,034 November 82:00 PMat SMU

• Gerald Ford Stadium
• University Park, TX

W 31–26 18,224 November 221:00 PMCentral Florida

• Liberty Bowl
• Memphis, TN

L 21–28 18,836 November 292:30 PMTulane

• Liberty Bowl
• Memphis, TN

CSSW 45–6 15,012 December 203:30 PMvs. South Florida*

• Tropicana Field
• St. Petersburg, FL (St. Petersburg Bowl)

ESPN2L 14–41 25,205

Game summaries

Mississippi

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	7	3	0	14	24
Ole Miss	14	13	7	7	41

See also: 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Recap: Ole Miss tops Memphis to give Nutt win in debut

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	3	0	10	29	42
Memphis	0	14	7	14	35

See also: 2008 Rice Owls football team

Recap: Rice 42, Memphis 35

Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	0	3	10	3	16
Marshall	7	3	7	0	17

See also: 2008 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Recap: Memphis 16, Marshall 17

Nicholls State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nicholls State	0	10	0	0	10
Memphis	3	7	7	14	31

See also: 2008 Nicholls State Colonels football team

Recap: Nicholls State 10, Memphis 31

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas St.	0	17	0	0	17
Memphis	13	3	3	10	29

See also: 2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Recap: Memphis 29, Arkansas St. 17

Alabama-Birmingham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	0	20	7	6	33
UAB	10	6	7	7	30

See also: 2008 UAB Blazers football team

Recap: Memphis 33, UAB 30

Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisville	0	28	0	7	35
Memphis	7	7	14	0	28

See also: 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team

Recap: Louisville's offense lags, so special teams and defense pick up slack vs. Memphis

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	7	3	0	0	10
ECU	0	7	13	10	30

See also: 2008 East Carolina Pirates football team

Recap: Memphis 10, East Carolina 30

Southern Mississippi

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern Mississippi	0	10	7	13	30
Memphis	14	6	3	13	36

See also: 2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Recap: Steele (178 yards, 2 TDs) keys Memphis past Southern Miss

Southern Methodist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	14	0	7	10	31
SMU	7	6	7	6	26

See also: 2008 SMU Mustangs football team

Recap: Memphis 31, SMU 26

Central Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCF	14	7	7	0	28
Memphis	7	0	7	7	21

See also: 2008 UCF Knights football team

Recap: UCF 28, Memphis 21

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	0	6	0	6
Memphis	14	14	10	7	45

See also: 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team

Recap: Memphis 45, Tulane 6

South Florida (St. Petersburg Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	7	7	0	0	14
South Florida	14	10	10	7	41

See also: 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl

Recap: Grothe throws for 236 yards, three TDs as South Florida dominates Memphis

References

• 2008 Memphis Tigers Football Schedule, ESPN.

External links

• 2008 Memphis Tigers Football Media Guide, University of Memphis.