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American college football season
The 2014 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Tigers were coached by third-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 American Athletic Conference . Memphis began the year with low expectations since they finished at the bottom of the American Athletic Conference and posted a 3–9 (1–7 The American) record in 2013. However, the Tigers turned completely around. First, they finished in a three-way tie with Cincinnati and UCF for the conference title by posting a 10–3 (7–1 The American) record. It was their first conference championship (shared) since 1971 when Memphis was part of the Missouri Valley Conference . The 2014 10-win season equaled the total number of wins Memphis posted over the 2010–2013 seasons. Also, the 10-win season was the first time Memphis had posted double digit wins in a season since 1938. The Tigers also won their first bowl game since 2005 by beating BYU 55–48 in double OT in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl . Memphis also finished #25 in the final AP Poll for the first time since 2004.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. Austin Peay * ESPN3 W 63–027,361
September 6 9:00 p.m. at No. 11 UCLA * P12N L 35–4272,098
September 20 6:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee * Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPN3 W 36–1746,378
September 27 6:30 p.m. at No. 10 Ole Miss * SECRN L 3–2461,291
October 4 6:00 p.m. at Cincinnati CBSSN W 41–1425,456
October 11 6:00 p.m. Houston Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN CBSSN L 24–2832,784
October 25 11:00 a.m. at SMU ESPNews W 48–1019,498
October 31 8:00 p.m. Tulsa Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNU W 40–2026,846
November 7 6:30 p.m. at Temple ESPNU W 16–1323,882
November 15 2:30 p.m. at Tulane ESPNU W 38–728,614
November 22 3:00 p.m. South Florida Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNews W 31–2034,635
November 29 3:00 p.m. UConn Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNews W 41–1035,102
December 22 1:00 p.m. vs. BYU * ESPN W 55–48 2OT 20,761
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [1]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP — — — — — — — — — — — — — — RV RV 25 Coaches — RV RV RV RV — RV — — — — — — RV RV RV 25 CFP Not released — — — — — — — Not released
Game summaries
Austin Peay
1
2
3
4
Total
Governors
0
0
0
0
0
Tigers
21
21
14
7
63
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
7–0
2011
MEMP, 27–6
UCLA
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
14
0
14
35
#11 Bruins
13
15
7
7
42
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1st Meeting
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
0
3
7
17
Tigers
9
10
3
14
36
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–5
2013
MTSU, 17–15
Ole Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
0
0
0
3
Rebels
7
0
0
17
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
10–47–2
2009
MISS, 38–14
Cincinnati
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
24
3
14
0
41
Bearcats
7
0
7
0
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
17–14
2013
CIN, 34–21
Houston
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
14
7
7
28
Tigers
7
14
0
3
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–13
2013
UH, 25–15
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
24
10
7
48
Mustangs
0
7
3
0
10
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–3
2013
SMU, 34–29
Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Hurricane
7
7
0
6
20
Tigers
0
20
6
14
40
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
14–10
2010
TULS, 48–7
Temple
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
10
3
3
16
Owls
10
0
0
3
13
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2013
TEMP, 41–21
Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
3
21
7
38
Green Wave
0
0
0
7
7
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
18–11–1
2012
MEMP, 37–23
South Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulls
3
10
0
7
20
Tigers
14
7
7
3
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–3
2013
MEMP, 23–10
UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
0
3
0
7
10
Tigers
6
7
21
7
41
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2013
Michigan, 45–10
BYU (Miami Beach Bowl)
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Cougars
14
14
0
17 3 0
48
Tigers
17
7
14
7 3 7
55
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First Meeting
Depth chart
Defense
SS
15 Fritz Etienne
17 Chris Morley
CB
10 Dontrell Nelson
12 Chauncey Lanier
DE
NT
DE
48 Ernest Suttles
56 Terry Redden
97 Martin Ifedi
91 Ricky Hunter
93 Cortez Crosby
14 Latarius Brady
CB
21 Bobby McCain
23 BJ Ross
Offense
"Z" WR
7 Keiwone Malone
2 Joe Craig
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
77 Taylor Fallin
63 Tyler Uselton
71 Gabe Kuhn
75 Micheal Stannard
54 Al Bond
65 Christopher Roberson
76 Patrick Winfield
70 Micah Simmons
66 Tony Mays
79 Nykiren Wellington
"S" WR
11 Sam Craft
5 Mose Frazier
RB
38 Brandon Hayes
22 Doroland Dorceus
Special teams
PK 46 Jake Elliot
PK 36 Spencer Smith
P 36 Spencer Smith
P 47 Nick Jacobs
KR 2 Joe Craig
PR 21 Bobby McCain
H 35 Evan Micheal
References
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