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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] Darrell Dickey in the Birmingham Bowl.
Schedule September 56:00 PMMissouri State *
ESPN3 W 63–7 Kansas *
JTV /ESPN3W 55–23 Bowling Green *
ASN W 44–41 Cincinnati
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPN W 53–46 South Florida
ESPN2 W 24–17 Ole Miss *
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Rivalry ) ABC/ESPN2 W 37–24 Tulsa No. 18
ESPNW 66–42 Tulane No. 16
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN CBSSN W 41–13 Navy
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPN2 L 20–45 Houston No. 25
ESPN2L 34–35 Temple
ESPNU L 12–31 SMU
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNews W 63–0 Auburn *
ESPN L 10–31
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Schedule Source: [2] Rankings Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — — — RV RV RV RV 18 16 15 25 RV — RV RV — Coaches — RV RV RV RV 25 22 17 16 16 25 RV — RV RV RV CFP Not released 13 21 21 — — — 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
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