American college football season
The 2017 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference . They were led by second-year head coach Mike Norvell . They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in AAC play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in The American Championship Game where they lost to East Division champions UCF . They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they lost to Iowa State .
Preseason
In the preseason AAC media poll, the Tigers were picked to finish first in the West Division of the AAC, receiving 22 of 30 first place votes.[ 1]
Schedule
Memphis announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host AAC foes East Carolina , Navy , SMU , and Tulane , and will travel to UConn , Houston , Tulsa , and UCF .[ 2]
The Tigers will host three of the four non-conference opponents, Louisiana-Monroe from the Sun Belt Conference , Southern Illinois from the Missouri Valley Football Conference and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference . Memphis was supposed travel to Georgia State from the Sun Belt Conference before Hurricane Irma caused their conference opener at UCF to be rescheduled over the Georgia State game.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 8:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe * CBSSN W 37–2910,263 September 16 11:00 a.m. No. 25 UCLA * Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ABC W 48–4546,291 September 23 7:00 p.m. Southern Illinois * Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN WMC W 44–3141,584 September 30 6:00 p.m. at UCF ESPN2 L 13–4034,022 September 30 at Georgia State * Cancelled October 6 6:00 p.m. at UConn ESPN W 70–3119,230 October 14 2:45 p.m. No. 25 Navy Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNU W 30–2740,177 October 19 7:00 p.m. at Houston No. 25 ESPN W 42–3830,001 October 27 7:00 p.m. Tulane No. 24 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN CBSSN W 56–2617,989 November 3 7:00 p.m. at Tulsa No. 23 ESPN2 W 41–1417,383 November 18 11:00 a.m. SMU No. 21 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNews W 66–4535,329 November 25 11:00 a.m. East Carolina No. 20 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNU W 70–1341,517 December 2 11:00 a.m. at No. 14 UCF No. 20 ABC L 55–62 2OT 41,433 December 30 11:30 a.m. Iowa State * No. 20 ABC L 20–2157,266
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Game summaries
1
2
3
4
Total
Warhawks
7
0
7
15
29
Tigers
7
13
17
0
37
UCLA
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Bruins
7
17
14
7
45
Tigers
7
20
14
7
48
Southern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
14
7
3
7
31
Tigers
7
10
17
10
44
At UCF
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
0
0
6
13
Knights
6
17
7
10
40
At UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
28
21
14
70
Huskies
14
10
0
7
31
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Midshipmen
10
0
9
8
27
Tigers
7
3
10
10
30
At Houston
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Tigers
0
0
21
21
42
Cougars
7
10
14
7
38
Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
0
12
7
7
26
No. 24 Tigers
14
21
0
21
56
At Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Tigers
14
7
10
10
41
Golden Hurricane
7
7
0
0
14
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
10
14
14
7
45
No. 18 Tigers
10
21
14
21
66
East Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
0
0
13
0
13
No. 17 Tigers
28
21
14
7
70
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
No. 16 Tigers
7
24
3
14 7 0
55
No. 12 Knights
17
7
21
3 7 7
62
1
2
3
4
Total
Cyclones
7
7
7
0
21
No. 19 Tigers
7
3
10
0
20
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 25 24 22 20 18 17 16 19 25 Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 19 17 16 14 18 24 CFP Not released 23 22 21 20 20 20 Not released
Players in the 2018 NFL Draft
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