Memphis Tigers
Current season
First season 1912
Athletic director R. C. Johnson
Head coach
Justin Fuente
Home stadium
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Year built 1965
Stadium capacity
62,380
Stadium surface
Field Turf
Location Memphis , Tennessee
Conference
C-USA
Division Eastern
Past conferences Mississippi Valley SIAA Missouri Valley
All-time record
432–449–33
Postseason bowl record
3–3–0
Claimed national titles
0
Conference titles
6
Division titles
0
Heisman winners
0
Colors
Blue and Gray
Fight song Go Tigers Go
Mascot Pouncer
Marching band Mighty Sound of the South
Rivals UAB Southern Miss
Website gotigersgo.com
The Memphis Tigers football team represents the University of Memphis in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. The Tigers compete in Conference USA until June 2013. Beginning in July of 2013, the Tigers will join the Big East Conference as an all-sports member. [1] Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium . Justin Fuente was formally introduced as the Tigers' head coach on December 8, 2011, as the replacement for former head coach Larry Porter .[2]
Nickname [ ] When the University of Memphis first fielded a football team in the fall of 1912, no one had selected a nickname for the squad. Early references to the football team tabbed them only as the Blue and Gray Warriors of West Tennessee Normal School. After the final game of the 1914 season, there was a student parade. During this event, several Normal students shouted, "We fight like Tigers." The nickname was born. More and more the nickname "Tigers" was used, particularly in campus publications. But it did not catch on with the newspapers downtown. They continued to use "Normals" or the "Blue and Gray" when referring to the University. In the late 1920s, student publications and downtown newspapers began referring to the football team as the "Teachers" or "Tutors." The Tiger nickname would return, but not until 1939 was it finally adopted as the official nickname for the University of Memphis.[3]
School colors [ ] The University of Memphis' official school colors of Blue and Gray were selected in the early 1900s. The colors were chosen in an effort to show unity in a nation that was still recovering from the effects of the Civil War. The student body thought that by picking the colors of the North and the South, the school would show a togetherness among all students.[4]
Current staff [ ]
Name
Position
Justin Fuente Head Coach
Darrell Dickey
Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
Barry Odom
Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach
Holman Wiggins
Wide Receivers Coach
James Shibest
Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Vance Vice
Offensive Line Coach
Tim Billings
Defensive Line Coach
Brad Cornelsen
Quarterbacks Coach
Chris Vaughn
Cornerbacks Coach
Galen Scott
Linebackers Coach
Stadium [ ] Memphis home games have been played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium [5] Crump Stadium .
Retired jerseys [ ] [6]
Rivalries [ ]
Rivalries
Name of rivalry
Rival
First meeting
Last meeting
Overall record
Black and Blue Bowl Southern Miss Golden Eagles
1935
2009
Southern Miss Leads 39–21–1
Battle for the Bones UAB Blazers
1997
2009
UAB Leads 8–4
No Name
Cincinnati Bearcats
1966
2004
Memphis Leads 18–12
No Name
Louisville Cardinals
1948
2010
Louisville Leads 23–19
[6]
Bowl games [ ] The Memphis Tigers currently hold a record of 3–3 in bowl games. The Burley Bowl was not an NCAA sanctioned Division I FBS bowl game.
Future Non-Conference Opponents[7] [ ] References [ ] External links [ ] v · d · e Memphis Tigers football Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore
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