American college football season
The2017 Memphis Tigers football team represented theUniversity of Memphis in the2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Tigers played their home games at theLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium inMemphis, Tennessee and competed in the West Division of theAmerican Athletic Conference . They were led by second-year head coachMike Norvell . They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in AAC play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division inThe American Championship Game where they lost to East Division championsUCF . They were invited to theLiberty Bowl where they lost toIowa State .
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]
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 hosted AAC foesEast Carolina ,Navy ,SMU , andTulane , and traveled toUConn ,Houston ,Tulsa , andUCF .[ 2]
The Tigers hosted three of the four non-conference opponents,Louisiana-Monroe from theSun Belt Conference ,Southern Illinois from theMissouri Valley Football Conference andUCLA from thePac-12 Conference . Memphis was supposed travel toGeorgia State from the Sun Belt Conference beforeHurricane Irma caused their conference opener at UCF to be rescheduled over the Georgia State game.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 8:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe * CBSSN W 37–2910,263 September 16 11:00 a.m. No. 25UCLA * 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. atUCF ESPN2 L 13–4034,022 September 30 atGeorgia State * Cancelled October 6 6:00 p.m. atUConn ESPN W 70–3119,230 October 14 2:45 p.m. No. 25Navy Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNU W 30–2740,177 October 19 7:00 p.m. atHouston 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. atTulsa 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 55–622OT 41,433 December 30 11:30 a.m. Iowa State * No. 20 ABC L 20–2157,266
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1 2 3 4 Total Warhawks 7 0 7 15 29 Tigers 7 13 17 0 37
1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Bruins 7 17 14 7 45 Tigers 7 20 14 7 48
1 2 3 4 Total Salukis 14 7 3 7 31 Tigers 7 10 17 10 44
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 7 0 0 6 13 Knights 6 17 7 10 40
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 7 28 21 14 70 Huskies 14 10 0 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Midshipmen 10 0 9 8 27 Tigers 7 3 10 10 30
1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Tigers 0 0 21 21 42 Cougars 7 10 14 7 38
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 0 12 7 7 26 No. 24 Tigers 14 21 0 21 56
1 2 3 4 Total No. 22 Tigers 14 7 10 10 41 Golden Hurricane 7 7 0 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 10 14 14 7 45 No. 18 Tigers 10 21 14 21 66
1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 0 0 13 0 13 No. 17 Tigers 28 21 14 7 70
[ edit ] 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
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 7 7 7 0 21 No. 19 Tigers 7 3 10 0 20
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