1999 Memphis Tigers football team

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1999 Memphis Tigers football
Conference Conference USA
Record5–6 (4–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorRusty Burns (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator Mac McWhorter (1st season)
Defensive coordinator John Thompson (1st season)
Home stadium Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (capacity: 62,380)
Seasons
  1998
2000  
1999 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Southern Miss $  6 0   9 3  
East Carolina  4 2   9 3  
Louisville  4 2   7 5  
UAB  4 2   5 6  
Memphis  4 2   5 6  
Houston  3 3   7 4  
Army  1 5   3 8  
Tulane  1 5   3 8  
Cincinnati  0 6   3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA and were coached by Rip Scherer. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 47:00 pm Ole Miss *L 0–357,523
September 117:30 pmat Mississippi State * FSN L 10–1332,010
September 187:00 pm Arkansas State *
W 31–2621,454
September 253:00 pmat No. 7 Tennessee * PPV L 16–17107,261
October 22:30 pm Missouri *
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
FSNL 17–2729,248
October 96:00 pmat UAB
W 38–1418,176 [1]
October 167:00 pm Louisville
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN (rivalry)
L 31–3230,315
October 305:00 pmat Tulane W 49–717,847
November 62:00 pmNo. 25 Southern Miss
FSNL 5–2023,635
November 131:00 pm Army
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 14–1022,869
November 203:30 pmat Cincinnati W 21–1314,058
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

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