American college football season
The 2016 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by first-year head coach Mike Norvell and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers competed as a member of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Western Kentucky.
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State* | | ESPN3 | W 35–17 | 42,876 |
September 17 | 11:00 a.m. | Kansas* | - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
- Memphis, TN
| ESPNU | W 43–7 | 34,448 |
September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Bowling Green* | - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
- Memphis, TN
| ESPNews | W 77–3 | 38,713 |
October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Ole Miss* | | ESPN2 | L 28–48 | 65,889 |
| 7:00 p.m. | Temple | - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
- Memphis, TN
| ESPN | W 34–27 | 34,743 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Tulane | | ESPNU | W 24–14 | 21,098 |
October 22 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 24 Navy | | CBSSN | L 28–42 | 35,943 |
October 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Tulsa | - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
- Memphis, TN
| ESPNews | L 30–59 | 36,894 |
November 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at SMU | | ESPNews | W 51–7 | 24,379 |
November 12 | 6:00 p.m. | South Florida | - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
- Memphis, TN
| CBSSN | L 42–49 | 37,218 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Cincinnati | | CBSSN | W 34–7 | 25,796 |
| 11:00 a.m. | No. 18 Houston | - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
- Memphis, TN
| ABC | W 48–44 | 36,527 |
December 20 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. Western Kentucky* | | ESPN | L 31–51 | 24,726 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries[edit]
Southeast Missouri State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Redhawks | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Tigers | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 35 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Jayhawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Tigers | 13 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 43 |
Bowling Green[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tigers | 35 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 77 |
At Ole Miss[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
#23 Rebels | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 48 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Owls | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
Tigers | 0 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 34 |
At Tulane[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
Green Wave | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
At Navy[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
#24 Midshipmen | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Golden Hurricane | 14 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 59 |
Tigers | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 21 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 51 |
Mustangs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
South Florida[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
Tigers | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
At Cincinnati[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 13 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
Bearcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Houston[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#18 Cougars | 10 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 44 |
Tigers | 21 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 48 |
Vs. Western Kentucky–Boca Raton Bowl[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Hilltoppers | 14 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 51 |
Personnel[edit]
Depth chart[edit]
Defense | | | SS | 15 Fritz Etienne | 17 Chris Morley | | CB | 10 Dontrell Nelson | 12 Chauncey Lanier | | | DE | NT | DE | 48 Ernest Suttles | 56 Terry Redden | 97 Martin Ifedi | 91 Ricky Hunter | 93 Cortez Crosby | 14 Latarius Brady | | | | Offense | | "Z" WR | 7 Keiwone Malone | 2 Joe Craig | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | 77 Taylor Fallin | 63 Tyler Uselton | 71 Gabe Kuhn | 75 Micheal Stannard | 54 Al Bond | 65 Christopher Roberson | 76 Patrick Winfield | 70 Micah Simmons | 66 Tony Mays | 79 Nykiren Wellington | | | | | | | | | | RB | 38 Brandon Hayes | 22 Doroland Dorceus | | | | | | |
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