2012 Conference USA football season | |
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League | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
Sport | Football |
Duration | August 30, 2012 through December 31, 2012 |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | Fox Sports, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, CSS, CST |
2013 NFL Draft | |
Top draft pick | CB D. J. Hayden, Houston |
Picked by | Oakland Raiders, 12th overall |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | QB Rakeem Cato, Marshall |
East champions | UCF & East Carolina (co-champions) |
West champions | Tulsa |
Championship Game | |
Champions | Tulsa |
Runners-up | UCF |
Finals MVP | RB Trey Watts, Tulsa |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UCF xy | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina x | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa xy$ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Conference USA football season was an NCAA football season that was from August 2012 through January 2013. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, UCF make up the eastern division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the western division.
The 2012 football season marks the 18th season of the conference's existence and 17th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996. In addition, the season will be the last to feature participation from Houston, Memphis, SMU and UCF, as the four schools intend to leave the conference for the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2013.
UCF will be eligible to compete for both the Conference USA championship and a bowl game this season with its appeal of a one-year football postseason ban not scheduled to be heard until next year. The NCAA has set the hearing for late January. Should UCF lose its appeal, it would serve its football ban in 2013 when it enters the Big East. [1]
Southern Miss won the conference championship for the first time, defeating the Houston Cougars 49–28.
Index to colors and formatting |
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Conference USA member won |
Conference USA member lost |
Conference USA teams in bold |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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August 30 | 6:30 pm | UCLA | Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | CBSSN | L UCLA 49-24 | 23,105 | |
August 30 | 7:00 pm | UCF | Akron | InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field • Akron, OH | ESPN3 | W UCF 56-14 | 12,616 | |
September 1 | 11:00 am | UAB | Troy | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL | FCS | L Troy 39-29 | 28,612 | |
September 1 | 12:00 pm | Appalachian State | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | FSN | W ECU 35-13 | 49,203 | [2] |
September 1 | 12:00 pm | Marshall | No. 11 West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | FX | L WV 69-34 | 59,120 | |
September 1 | 2:30 pm | Southern Miss | No. 16 Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | ABC | L UN 49-20 | 85,425 | |
September 1 | 2:30 pm | Tulsa | Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | FSN | L ISU 38-23 | 54,931 | |
September 1 | 6:00 pm | Tennessee–Martin | Memphis | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN | L UTM 20-17 | 39,076 | ||
September 1 | 7:00 pm | Texas State | Houston | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CSS | L TSU 30-13 | 32,207 | [3] |
September 1 | 7:00 pm | Rutgers | Tulane | Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA | CBSSN | L RU 24-12 | 26,059 | |
September 1 | 8:30 pm | No. 4 Oklahoma | UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX | FSN | L OU 24-7 | 40,137 | |
September 2 | 5:30 pm | SMU | Baylor | Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX | FSN | L UB 59-24 | 43,514 | |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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September 8 | 12:21 pm | Louisiana Tech | Houston | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CBSSN | L LT 56-49 | 29,142 | [4] |
September 8 | 7:00 pm | East Carolina | South Carolina | Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | SECN | L SCAR 48-10 | 77,006 | [5] |
September 8 | 7:00 pm | Marshall | Western Carolina | Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV | FCS | W MU 52-24 | 25,317 | |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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September 15 | 3:30 pm | East Carolina | Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS | CBSSN | ECU 24-14 | 34,140 | [6] |
September 15 | 3:30 pm | Houston | UCLA | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA | Pac-12 Network | L UCLA 6-37 | 53,723 | |
September 15 | 6:30 pm | Ohio | Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV | L Ohio 27-24 | 33,436 | ||
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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September 22 | 3:30 pm | East Carolina | North Carolina | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | ESPNU | L NC 27-6 | 59,500 | [7] |
September 22 | 3:30 pm | Marshall | Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX] | CSS | MU 54-21 | 14,204 | |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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September 29 | 3:15 pm | Marshall | Purdue | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, LA | BTN | L PU 51-41 | 45,481 | |
September 29 | 7:00 pm | UTEP | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | WITN | ECU 28-18 | 47,817 | [8] |
September 29 | 7:00 pm | Hoston | Rice | Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry) | FSN | UH 35-14 | 32,718 | |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 4 | 8:00 pm | East Carolina | UCF | Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL | CBSSN | UCF 40-20 | 32,181 | [9] |
October 6 | 3:30 pm | Tulsa | Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV | CBSSN | TU 45-38 | 27,189 | |
October 6 | 6:00 pm | North Texas | Houston | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | FSN | UH 44-21 | 25,476 | [10] |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 13 | 11:00 AM | UAB | Houston | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CSNH | UH 39-17 | 25,242 | [11] |
October 13 | 4:30 pm | Memphis | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | WITN | ECU 41-7 | 45,137 | [12] |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 18 | 7:00 pm | Houston | SMU | Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (rivalry) | FSN | SMU 72-42 | 16,459 | [13] |
October 20 | 7:00 pm | East Carolina | UAB | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL | FCS | ECU 42-35 | 12,403 | [14] |
October 20 | 7:00 pm | Marshall | Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS | CBSSN | MU 59-24 | 24,093 | |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 27 | 11:00 AM | UTEP | Houston | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CSS/CSNH | UH 45-35 | 27,433 | [15] |
October 27 | 3:30 pm | Navy | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | FSN | Navy 56-28 | 48,327 | [16] |
October 27 | 3:30 pm | UCF | Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV | CBSSN | UCF 54-17 | 22,563 | |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 3 | 12:00 pm | Houston | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | FSN | ECU 48-28 | 45,455 | [17] |
November 3 | 2:00 pm | Memphis | Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV | MU 38-28 | 22,041 | ||
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 10 | 4:00 pm | Tulsa | Houston | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CBSSN | UT 41-7 | 25,827 | [18] |
November 10 | 4:30 | Marshall | UAB | Legion Field] • Birmingham, AL | CSS/CSNH | UAB 38-31 | 11,981 | |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 17 | 3:30 pm | East Carolina | Tulane | Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA | WITN | ECU 28-23 | 14,041 | [19] |
November 17 | 11:00 pm | Houston | Mashall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV | CSS/CSNH | MU 44-41 | 18,831 | [20] |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 23 | 2:00 pm | Marshall | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | CBSSN | ECU 65-59 | 46,317 | [21] |
November 24 | 2:30 pm | Tulane | Houston | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | FSN | UH 40-17 | - | [22] |
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Week | Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
1 – Sep. 3 | Nathan Jeffery, RB | UTEP | Jeremy Grove, LB | East Carolina | Cameron Nwosu, LB | Rice |
2 – Sep. 10 | David Piland, QB | Houston | Kenneth Acker,DB | SMU | Chris Boswell, K | Rice |
3 – Sep. 17 | Nick Lamaison, QB | UTEP | Montese Overton, LB | East Carolina | Trent Tignor, P | East Carolina |
4 – Sep. 24 | Taylor McHargue, QB | Rice | Dexter McCoil, DB | Tulsa | Tyler Williams, P | Marshall |
5 – Oct. 1 | Tommy Shuler, WR | Marshall | Chip Thompson,S | East Carolina | Autrey Golden, KR | UTEP |
6 – Oct. 8 | Charles Sims, RB | Houston | Randall Joyner, LB | SMU | Quincy McDuffie, KR | UCF |
7 – Oct. 15 | Shane Carden, QB | East Carolina | DeAundre Brown, LB | Tulsa | Matt Hogan, K | Houston |
8 – Oct. 22 | Latavius Murray, RB | UCF | A. J. Bouye, DB | UCF | Kevin Pope, LB, | SMU |
9 – Oct. 29 | Ryan Griffin, QB | Tulane | D. J. Hayden, DB | Houston | Quincy McDuffie, KR | UCF |
10 – Nov. 5 | Shane Carden, QB Rakeem Cato, QB | East Carolina Marshall | Troy Davis, LB | UCF | Cairo Santos, K | Tulane |
11 – Nov. 12 | Darrin Reaves, RB | UAB | Cory Dorris, DE | Tulsa | Jackie Williams, PR | UAB |
12 – Nov. 19 | Keyarris Garrett, WR | Tulsa | DeAundre Brown, LB | Tulsa | Chris Boswell, K | Rice |
Improvement in ranking | ||
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Not ranked previous week | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
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Houston Cougars | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
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Marshall Thundering Herd | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Memphis Tigers | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Rice Owls | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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SMU Mustangs | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
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UAB Blazers | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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UCF Knights | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
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UTEP Miners | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Conference | Wins | Losses |
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ACC | 0 | 2 |
Big 12 | 1 | 5 |
Big East | 0 | 2 |
Big Ten | 0 | 5 |
Independents | 0 | 1 |
MAC | 1 | 1 |
Mountain West | 1 | 1 |
Pac-12 | 0 | 2 |
SEC | 0 | 7 |
Sun Belt | 2 | 6 |
WAC | 2 | 3 |
All FCS | 5 | 1 |
Overall | 12 | 36 |
(C-USA teams in bold)
Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | Television | Time (EST) | Away Team | Home Team | Score | Attendance | Payout (US$) |
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St. Petersburg Bowl | December 21, 2012 | Tropicana Field | St. Petersburg, FL | ESPN | 7:30 P.M. | Ball State | UCF | W 17–38 | ||
New Orleans Bowl | December 22, 2012 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans, LA | ESPN | 12:00 P.M. | East Carolina | Louisiana–Lafayette | L 34–43 | ||
Hawai'i Bowl | December 24, 2012 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, HI | ESPN | 8:00 P.M. | SMU | Fresno State | W 43–10 | ||
Armed Forces Bowl | December 29, 2012 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, TX | ESPN | 11:45 A.M. | Rice | Air Force | W 33–14 | ||
Liberty Bowl | December 31, 2012 | Liberty Bowl | Memphis, TN | ESPN | 3:30 P.M. | Iowa State | Tulsa | W 17–31 |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Gm 1 | Gm 2 | Gm 3 | Gm 4 | Gm 5 | Gm 6 | Gm 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
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East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium | 50,000 | 49,023 | 47,817 | 45,137 | 48,327 | 45,455 | 46,317 | 282,076 | 47,013 | 94.03% | |
Houston | Robertson Stadium | 32,000 | 32,207 | 29,142 | 25,476 | 25,242 | 27,433 | 25,827 | 25,402 | 190,729 | 27,247 | 85.1% |
Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium | 38,016 | 25,317 | 33,436 | 27,189 | 22,563 | 22,041 | 18,831 | 149,377 | 24,896 | 65.5% | |
Memphis | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | 61,000 | 39,076 | 27,112 | 17,831 | 22,106 | 18,796 | 21,305 | 146,226 | 24,371 | 39.9% | |
Rice | Rice Stadium | 47,000 | 23,105 | 14,204 | 28,677 | 14,927 | 20,710 | 101,623 | 20,325 | 43.2% | ||
Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts Stadium | 36,000 | 34,140 | 23,492 | 25,337 | 24,093 | 22,874 | 23,757 | 153,693 | 25,987 | 71.2% | |
SMU | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | 32,000 | 20,122 | 32,016 | 28,436 | 16,459 | 20,330 | 16,343 | 15,336 | 149,042 | 21,292 | 66.5% |
Tulane | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | 76,468 | 26,059 | 28,913 | 18,063 | 12,531 | 15,467 | 11,519 | 14,041 | 126,593 | 18,085 | 23.7% |
Tulsa | H. A. Chapman Stadium | 30,000 | 17,880 | 19,139 | 24,236 | 18,961 | 22,567 | 19,725 | 122,508 | 20,418 | 68.1% | |
UAB | Legion Field | 71,594 | 28,612 | 13,196 | 16,212 | 12,403 | 11,981 | 9,219 | 91,623 | 15,271 | 21.3% | |
UCF | Bright House Networks Stadium | 45,323 | 40,478 | 35,835 | 32,181 | 34,514 | 36,036 | 28,602 | 207,646 | 34,608 | 76.4% | |
UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium | 51,500 | 40,137 | 32,933 | 34,073 | 23,234 | 25,483 | 20,384 | 176,244 | 29,374 | 57.04% | |
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The 2014 American Athletic Conference football season was the 24th NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football season of the American Athletic Conference. The season was the second since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until 2013.
The 2015 American Athletic Conference football season is the 25th NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference. The season is the third since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, and the second season with the new College Football Playoff in place. Under the playoff system, The American is no longer an Automatic Qualifying conference (AQ), and is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5) with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Whereas under the previous system the champion of the conference was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, now the highest-ranked member of the G5 will receive a bid to one of the six major bowls.
The 2016 American Athletic Conference football season was the 25th NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference. The season was the third since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, and the third season with the College Football Playoff in place. The American was considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5) with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Whereas under the previous system the champion of the conference was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, the highest-ranked champion member of the G5 received a bid to one of the six major bowls.
The 2019 American Athletic Conference football season is the 28th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference. The season is the seventh since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the sixth season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA (C–USA), the Mid-American Conference (MAC), the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.
The 2021 American Athletic Conference football season was the 30th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference. The season was the ninth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the eighth season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American was considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA (C–USA), the Mid-American Conference (MAC), the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.
This page documents the history of the Memphis Tigers football program.