MississippiMississippi MEMPHIS Oxford, MS - Opening day continues to be a thorn yards in 18 plays. And though the Rebels controlled the in the side of the Memphis Tigers. For the fifth straight ball just under two minutes longer than the Tigers in the SCORING SUMMARY year, the Tigers first quarter, the Tiger defense would see much more Memphis 0 0 3 7 10 dropped the action on the field in the second quarter. Ole Miss 0 14 3 13 30 opening day de- The Tigers started the second quarter having to punt cision as Mem- just after five plays. Ole Miss took over and put the first UM (4:41 re 2nd) Peterson 6 pass from Miller (Juneau phis lost to Ole points on the board. Rebel quarterback Romaro Miller PAT) completed seven of his eight passes to put Ole Miss on UM (2:11 re 2nd) Peterson 77 pass from Miller (Juneau Miss, 30-10, in PAT) Oxford, Miss. the Memphis five yard line. He threw two straight incom- UM (8:34 re 3rd) Juneau 38 FG The defeat plete passes to Corey Peterson and Deuce McAllister MEM (1:27 re 3rd) White 37 FG also marked the before connecting on a six-yard pass to Peterson for the UM (10:38 re 4th) McAllister 1 run (Juneau PAT) 10th consecutive score. The extra point was good, giving Ole Miss the 7-0 MEM (6:33 re 4th) Blevins 5 pass from Evans (White PAT) UM (1:02 re 4th) Stackhouse 3 run (Juneau PAT fail) loss to an away lead. With 4:41 left in the first half, Evans completed two opponent as the TEAM STATS MEM UM passes to Darrius Blevins and Dodson. Riley rushed for Vaught Hemingway Tigers were held First Downs 15 19 to just 235 offen- two yards to the Ole Miss 47 yard line, but on the very Rushes-Yds 20-59 40-209 Oxford, MS sive yards and next play, Evans was sacked for a loss of nine yards. He Passing Yds 214 332 gave up 523 missed a pass to Gerard Arnold, sending punter Jim Cande KO Return Yds 4-55 3-54 Sept. 5, 1998 Passes 24-39-1 26-40-0 yards to the back on the field for the fourth time in the first half. Att. 46,191 Punts-Avg 6-44.3 3-45.3 Rebels. With just 2:25 left in the half, Miller completed a 77 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 REVIEW '98 The game yard pass to Peterson, which would send the Tigers to the Penalties-Yds 3-35 6-60 kicked off in 96 lockerroom down by 14. Time of Poss. 23:44 36:16 degree weather The Tigers kicked off to Ole Miss to open the second Sacks by 1-5 3-29 in front of a half and the Rebels would drive the ball just 43 yards before having to punt. Three plays and another Memphis INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 record crowd of Rushing: MEM-Arnold 14-42-0, Riley 1-2-0, punt later, the Rebels had the ball back in their hands. Ole 46,191 at Vaught- Scruggs 1-0-0, Evans 4-(-23)-0. UM-McAllister 15-73-1, Game Hemingway Sta- Miss managed to get the ball to the 21 yard line, which set Gunn 10-54-0, Cannion 10-38-0, Miller 3-23-0, Stackhouse dium. The meet- Juneau up for his second field goal attempt of the day. 2-3-1. ing marked the Despite missing a 36-yard field goal earlier in the day, Passing: MEM-Evans 24-39-1-214-1. UM-Miller 26-40-0-332-2. first contest between the two squads since Ole Miss de- Juneau cleared his second attempt to push the Rebels' 93 lead to 17-0. Receiving: MEM- Dodson 8-80-0, Blevins 6-75- feated Memphis, 34-3, at the Liberty Bowl in 1995. 1, Arnold 3-18-0, Kendall 3-16-0, Floyd 2-14-0, Scruggs Memphis’ Teofilo Riley caught the opening kick off There was just 1:27 left on the clock in the third pe- 1-9-0, Sermon 1-2-0. UM-Peterson 9-164-2, Lucas 5-72- and returned the ball 21 yards to the Memphis 23 yard riod before Memphis was able to get on the board with a 0, Heard 5-70-0, Morris 3-(-3)-0, French 2-9-0, Bettis 1- line. The offense showed some hope in the opening plays 37-yard field goal by Ryan White. 11-0, Armstrong 1-9-0. as Gerard Arnold rushed for seven yards and Kenton It didn’t take long in the fourth quarter before Ole Interceptions: MEM-None. UM-Thigpen 1-(- Miss put the game even further out of the grasp of the 1). Evans completed his first pass to Damien Dodson for a A-46,191 (Weather: 96 degrees, sunny). first down. Evans completed one of his next two passes Tigers. The Ole Miss ground attack was in full force as before Memphis was flagged for pass interference, send- they rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown in their first NOTES ◆ Sophomore quarterback Kenton Evans' start ing them to the line in need of 20 yards for a first down. possession of the final quarter. Memphis answered that score with their first touch- against Ole Miss was the first of his career at Memphis. Two completions later, Jim Cande was sent in for the first Evans appeared in two games last season, completing 2- punt of the game. down of the game in a drive that started with 10:38 on the of-3 passes for 20 yards. Evans' 24 completions tied for the After an exchange of punts, Ole Miss took control of clock. Evans completed seven straight passes for 69 fourth highest total in a single game in Memphis history. His the clock and the game for most of the first and second yards, and though he missed his eighth completion of the four-yard TD pass to Darrius Blevins was the first of Evans' career and Blevins' 7th receiving TD of his career. quarters. Ole Miss strung together three first downs in the drive, he manged to connect on two more passes, one of next series, to put them in field-goal range, but the game which was a four yard touchdown pass to Darrius Blevins. ◆ Junior defensive back Reginald Howard, a walk- was kept scoreless as Donald Juneau shanked a kick White’s kick was good as Memphis cut the lead to 24-10. on who came to the Tigers in 1997, was given a scholarship wide left and missed the 36 yard field goal. Ole Miss would score again with just 1:02 left in the by coach Scherer after practice on Thursday afternoon, Memphis ran just 1:32 off the clock in their next se- game. Juneau’s kick didn’t split the uprights, giving Ole Sept. 3. Howard, a native of Memphis and a graduate of Miss the 30-10 victory. Kirby High School, signed with Henderson State after his ries of plays that saw the Tigers punt from their own 35 prep career and lettered for two years, He led HSU and yard line as Evans threw two incomplete passes. the conference in pass break-ups in 1996. He transferred The Rebels answered that series with two more first to Memphis and walked-on in 1997, sitting out the season downs, but they eventually were forced into their first under NCAA transfer rules. punt of the day. back Torri Harmon and defensive back Michael Stone. The Tigers ended the first quarter with just 69 yards of total offense in 15 plays, compared to Ole Miss’ 116 MississippiMississippi StateState MEMPHIS Memphis, TN - Some say a team makes its big- another first down with a three-yard run to the Memphis 21. gest improvement from its first game of the season to its The Tiger defense then held Johnson to a total of four yards SCORING SUMMARY second. For the on two carries before Wyatt tossed an incompletion. Place University of kicker Brian Hazelwood then missed a 34-yard field goal Miss State 7 0 0 7 14 Memphis, the Ti- attempt. Memphis 0 3 3 0 6 ger coaching The game seemed to sway in Memphis' favor as the staff may wish game moved into the second quarter. MSU (13:32 re 1st) Johnson 62 run (Hazelwood kick) that statement is Mississippi State's last series of the first quarter ended UM (13:14 re 2nd) White 44 FG only a half truth. when Wyatt was sacked by Kamal Shakir for an eight-yard UM (10:54 re 3rd) White 32 FG Following a loss back to the Mississippi State 22. Shakir had a pair of MSU (:29 re 4th) Prather 10 run (Hazelwood kick) 30-10 season- sacks to go with six tackles on the day. opening loss at As the second quarter began, Ryan White drilled a TEAM STATS MEM MSU Mississippi, career-high 44-yard field goal with 13:14 to play in the half First Downs 13 14 Memphis to cap an 11-play, 35-yard drive. However, the Tigers had Rushes-Yds 40-187 31-106 Liberty Bowl showed improve- to overcome a pair of penalties to set up its first points of Passing Yds 69 153 ment in a 14-6 set- the game. KO Return Yds 3-41 2-42 Memphis, TN back against Mis- Gerard Arnold picked up nine yards after Memphis Passes 8-21-0 13-31-1 Sept. 12, 1998 sissippi State be- was penalized for illegal motion on its first play and after Punts-Avg 7-39.6 9-39.2 Att. 28,467 fore a Liberty another motion penalty gave the Tigers' third-and-14, Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0 Bowl crowd of Kenton Evans tossed a 16-yard pass to Damien Dodson for Penalties-Yds 8-67 13-121 '98 REVIEW '98 28,467. a first down at the Mississippi State 40. Arnold also had an Time of Poss. 27:36 32:24 Penalties 11-yard run on the drive to move the ball inside the Bulldog Sacks by 2-16 3-32 marked off 30. against the Tigers The Tigers opened the second half with a nine-play, 2 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS proved costly 56-yard drive which was capped by a 32-yard White field Rushing: MSU-Johnson 25-192-1, Rainey 3-20-0, throughout the day goal. Prather 1-10-1. MEM-Arnold 16-95-0, Scruggs 5-17-0, Bailey 1- Game and allowed Mis- Evans kept the half's first series alive when he con- 5-0. sissippi State to verted a third-and-six from the Memphis 33 with a nine- Passing: MSU-Wyatt 6-17-0-53-0, Madkin 2-4-0-16- sustain its first scoring series. Flags also aided in keeping yard scramble. Two plays later he found Dodson for a 42- 0. MEM-Evans 13-31-1-153-0. 94 the Tigers out of the endzone as Memphis was penalized yard pass reception to the Mississippi State 14. From there, Receiving: MSU-Prentiss 4-44-0, Kelly 2-13-0, 13 times for 121 yards. The Bulldogs were penalized eight the drive stalled as Jeremy Scruggs lost a yard on first down Butler 1-7-0. MEM-Dodson 6-126-0, Blevins 3-16-0, Floyd 3- times for 67 yards. and Evans tossed a pair of incompletions. However, 15-0. A face mask call against Memphis on Mississippi White's field goal narrowed Mississippi State's lead to 7- Interceptions: MSU-Derricks 1-37. MEM-None. State's first series helped set up a 62-yard touchdown run 6 with 10:54 left in the third quarter. A-28,467 (Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy). by James Johnson on the game's third play from scrim- Neither team could muster much offense through mage. The Tigers looked to have held on its first defensive most of the second half following the Tigers' second field NOTES series when Keith Cobb tackled Mathew Butler for a two- goal. Through its next five series, Mississippi State's ◆Junior defensive back Mike McKenzie returned to the yard pass reception on third-and-five to the State 26. But average drive was just 3.2 yards while Memphis could do line-up for the first time this season but at a different position. the face mask penalty gave the Bulldogs a first down and not much better averaging just 8.6 yards of offense per McKenzie sat out the Ole Miss game but returned for the Missis- on the ensuing play Johnson got loose and raced down the series. sippi State contest as the free safety. right sideline for the score with 13:32 left to play in the first A Jim Cande 35-yard punt hemmed the Bulldogs back quarter. at their own 14. State's second quarterback, Wayne Madkin, ◆ Ryan White's 44-yard field goal in the second quarter Johnson finished the day with 25 carries for 192 completed an 11-yard pass to Prentiss for a first down at of the Mississippi State game was the longest of his career rushing yards accounting for a large portion of Mississippi the 31 on the first play of the fourth quarter but was then (which is just two games in length). State's 256 yards of total offense. sacked for a 17-yard loss by Corey Irby back to the 14. After the opening series score, the game turned into Mississippi State was also penalized for an unsportsman- ◆ Junior flanker Damien Dodson went over the 1,000 a defensive tussle. like conduct call and an illegal motion penalty before being yard mark in career receiving in the Mississippi State game. The Memphis went three-and-out on its first offensive forced to punt from its 16. Memphian entered the Miss. State game with 916 yards receiv- series before the Tiger defense held Mississippi State MSU would put the game away with a 80-yard drive ing over the past two seasons. He broke the 1,000 mark with a scoreless on its next drive which ended in the red zone. late in the game. Johnson had a 39-yard run down 42-yard grab in the third quarter. The Bulldogs started the drive at their own 38-yard line to the Tiger 10. On the next play Johnson was spelled by ◆Junior flanker Damien Dodson became the first Tiger and again were aided by a penalty. This time a roughing Pig Prather who found the end zone and Hazelwood's point receiver this season to break the 100 mark. He hauled in five the punter call gave the Bulldogs a first down at the Tiger after gave the Bulldogs a 14-6 lead with 29 seconds to passes for 108 yards, his highest since the 1997 Minnesota 44. Johnson rushed for two yards on first down before Matt play.Riley led the team in rushing with 74 yards on 17 game when he caught nine passes for 127 yards. Wyatt completed passes of 10 and seven yards to Kevin carries and Oden tacked on 38 yards on the ground. Prentiss and Reginald Kelly. Johnson gave the Bulldogs MinnesotaMinnesota MEMPHIS Minneapolis, MN - An early scoring spree by by Cockerham and an attempt by Hamner -- before set- Minnesota set the tone as the Golden Gophers defeated tling for a 17-yard Bailey field goal which gave the Go- SCORING SUMMARY the University of phers a 20-0 lead which they would take into the locker U of M 0 0 7 7 14 Memphis 41-14. room at halftime. Minnesota 20 0 7 14 41 Before Minnesota's defense also scored in the third quarter a crowd of when another turnover put seven more points on the board MN (13:10 re 1st) Hamner 36 run (Bailey Kick) 35,919 in the for the Golden Gophers. Tiger quarterback Evans, trying MN (12:01 re 1st) Graham 17 blocked punt return (Bailey Kick) Metrodome, the to find an open receiver down field, was hit from the blindside and fumbled in the pocket. The ball was picked MN (8:31 re 1st) Bailey 28 FG Gophers jumped MN (4:29 re 1st) Bailey 17 FG out to a 17-0 lead up at the five by Minnesota defensive back Tyrone Carter MN (9:50 re 3rd) Carter 5 fumble return (Bailey Kick) less than eight who ran into the end zone giving the Gophers a 27-0 lead UM (7:18 re 3rd) Arnold 6 pass from Galbraith (White Kick) minutes into the with 9:50 left in the third quarter. MN (12:07 re 4th) Mays 43 pass from Cockerham (Bailey Kick) game. Memphis broke a string of six quarters without a touchdown on its next series as the Tigers put together a MN (4:40 re 4th) Evans 93 run (Bailey Kick) Minne- MEM (2:12 re 4th) Sermon 52 pass from Suber (White Kick) Metrodome sota covered 76 seven-play, 65-yard drive. yards on its first Backup quarterback Stephen Galbraith, who first TEAM STATS U M MINN Minneapolis, MN five offensive entered the game midway through the first quarter, started First Downs 19 16 Sept. 19, 1998 plays, scoring on the drive with an eight-yard run. Gerard Arnold moved Rushes-Yds 39-98 44-269 the Tigers into Minnesota territory with a 31-yard run to Passing Yds 211 153 a 36-yard run by KO Return Yds 7-128 2-40 Att. 35,919 the 26. The Gophers were called for pass interference on tailback Thomas Passes 15-39-2 10-16-1 REVIEW '98 Hamner. The the next play giving Memphis first down at the 14. Arnold Punts-Avg 9-34.01 7-37.7 touchdown was carried for four yards on first down and after a Galbraith Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 set up after Go- incompletion the signal caller ran for four yards to the six. Penalties-Yds 2-20 7-58 Facing fourth-and-two, Galbraith tossed a pass outside to Time of Poss. 31:07 28:53 pher quarterback Sacks by 4-26 5-30 3 Billy Cockerham Arnold who scored to cut Minnesota's lead to 27-7. was sacked for a In addition to his only pass reception, Arnold had 21 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Game one-yard loss on carries for 102 yards on the afternoon. Galbraith, who Rushing: MEM-Arnold 21-102-0, Galbraith 10-8- second down by saw the first extensive playing time of his career, com- 0, Bailey 3-6-0, Riley 1-0-0, Evans 2-(-3)-0, Suber 1-(-5)- 0, Cande 1-(-10)-0. MINN- Hamner 22-128-1, Evans 4- Marquis Bowl- pleted 10 of 28 passes for 116 yards. Redshirt freshman quarterback Neil Suber also saw 95-1, Cockerham 9-38-0, Bruce 5-11-0, Bean 3-3-0, 95 ing. Facing third-and-10, Cockerham tossed a 28-yard Persby 1-(-6)-0. pass to Luke Leverson to the Memphis 36 yard line. playing time in the game, completing five-of-eight passes Passing: MEM-Evans 0-3-0-1-0, Galbraith 10- Hamner would score on the ensuing play, scampering to for 95 yards in the fourth quarter. Suber tossed a 52-yard 28-116-1-1, Suber 5-8-95-0-1. MINN-Cockerham 9-14- the right sideline and then cutting back across the field to touchdown strike to Al Sermon for the Tigers' other score. 145-1-1, Persby 1-2-8-0-0. the corner of the Tiger endzone. The game marked the first collegiate playing time of Receiving: MEM-Dodson 3-27-0, Floyd 2-34-0, Suber's career. Coutain 1-15-0, Blevins 3-38-0, Sermon 3-69-1, Arnold 1- The Tigers' first possession ended when punter Jim 6-1, Kendall 2-22-0. MINN-Johnson 4-34-0, Mays 2-51- Cande had a punt blocked by the Gophers' Delvin Jones. Defensively, Mike McKenzie registered nine tack- 1, Leverson 2-36-0, Hamner 1-18-0, Vevea 1-14-0. Trevis Graham picked up the ball at the 17 and raced into les and had a pass interception returned for 66 yards. His Interceptions: MEM-McKenzie 1-66. MINN- the end zone to give Minnesota a 14-0 lead with 12:01 left 66-yard return was the longest of his career. Dimmy 1-3, Hoffman 1-13. in the first quarter. Senior defensive end Marquis Bowling registered his A-35,919 (Weather: Indoor, 72 degrees) Just two plays into Memphis' next offensive series, first quarterback sack of the season and the 15th of his career, which ties him for fourth on the all-time career NOTES starting quarterback Kenton Evans was intercepted by ◆ Sophomore quarterback Stephen Galbraith saw Sean Hoffman. Hoffman's 13-yard return gave the Go- list. his first playing time of the season and threw his first collegiate phers a first-and-10 from the Tiger 20. touchdown pass. The Memphis defense held Minnesota to a 28-yard ◆ field goal by Adam Bailey after three carries by Hamner Tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for 102 yards bre- aking the century mark for the first time this season. produced just eight yards. On the day however, Hamner would amass 128 yards rushing on 22 carries. ◆ Freshman quarterback Neil Suber saw the first Memphis' defense also rose to the occasion after playing time of his career and threw a 52-yard touchdown another Tiger special teams' glitch in the first quarter. pass to Al Sermon. Cande, back to punt from the back of the Memphis ◆ Wide receiver Al Sermon caught his first career endzone, dropped a snap in the end zone and scrambled touchdown pass, a 52-yard strike from Neil Suber. near the sideline before being tackled at the one-yard line. ◆ Safety Mike McKenzie had his first pass interception The Tiger defense however held Minnesota to no of the season. He had six prior career pass interceptions.tions gain on three consecutive plays -- two quarterback sneaks HoustonHouston MEMPHIS

Houston, TX - Within a matter of a minute in the during the drive. Early in the series, quarterback Jason third quarter, Houston scored twice to break open a 14-14 McKinley completed a nine-yard pass to Orlando Iglesias SCORING SUMMARY game en route to on a third-and-two situation. Sanford also got to the first- a 35-14 win over down marker with a two-yard run on third-and-two from U of M 14 0 0 0 14 The University of the 13. Sanford then scored from 11-yards out. In addition Houston 7 7 14 7 35 Memphis in both to his scoring run, Sanford also had carries of 10 and 16 teams' Confer- yards to move the ball into Memphis territory. UM (14:21 re 1st) Kendall 13 pass from ence USA Most of the game seemed to be played on the Galbraith (White kick) opener. Tigers' defensive side of the field. In fact, Memphis' av- UH (8:44 re 1st) Sanford 11 run (Waddell kick) After erage field position to start drives was their own 25 while UM (1:14 re 1st) Dodson 92 pass from Galbraith (White kick) playing to a 14-14 Houston had the fortune of starting its offensive series on UH (5:06 re 2nd) Iglesias 12 pass from tie through the average at its 40. After Houston tied the game at 7-7, Memphis went McKinley (Waddell kick) first half, Houston UH (8:57 re 3rd) DeGroot 24 pass from Sanford took advantage of three-and-out on its next offensive series. From their own 30, the Cougars mounted another (Waddell kick) a Tiger special UH (8:03 re 3rd) White 22 INT RET (Waddell Robertson Stadium drive. But after marching into the red zone, Memphis free teams' miscue in kick) safety Mike McKenzie came up to force a fumble and Houston, TX taking the lead for UH (8:12 re 4th) Sanford 5 run (Waddell kick) Oct. 3, 1998 good. Memphis Shank again recovered. Along with his two fumble recov- Att. 13,140 punter Ben eries, Shank also blocked a third-quarter field goal at- TEAM STATS MEM HOU Graves was tempt of 35 yards and had seven tackles. First Downs 8 31 whistled down With the Tigers gaining possession at the eight, Rushes-Yds 28--14 55-281 when he went to Galbraith led the offense back on the field and on the only Passing Yds 214 227 KO Return Yds 4-77 1-16 his knee to field a play of the Tigers' next series, tossed a 92-yard touch- down pass to Damien Dodson. The second-longest pass- Passes 12-22-2 20-34-1 low snap at the Punts-Avg 8-36.5 4-38.0 4 Tiger 40. ing touchdown in U of M history gave the Tigers a 14-7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 lead with 1:14 left in the first quarter. '98 REVIEW Cougar Penalties-Yds 8-56 16-149 Game running back Houston tied the game at 14-14 before halftime Time of Poss. 23:35 36:25 Ketric Sanford when McKinley completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Sacks by 1-4 7-51 had carries of two Iglesias with 5:06 remaining in the half. The series, like INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 96 and 14 yards before taking a pitch, rolling right and lofting Houston's first scoring drive, was aided by a pass interfer- Rushing: MEM-Riley 6-35-0, Arnold 8-19-0. a 24-yard touchdown pass to Jason DeGroot with 8:57 ence call on the Tigers deep in their own territory. On the night, McKinley completed 19 of 33 passes HOU-Sanford 29-177-2, Green 14-68-0, Penn 9-41-0. left in the third quarter. Mike Waddell tacked on the extra Passing: MEM-Suber 9-17-1-99-0, Galbraith 3- point to give Houston a 21-14 lead. for 203 yards for Houston. The Cougars' offense gener- 5-1-115-2. HOU - McKinley 19-33-1-203-1. On Memphis' next offensive series, Teofilo Riley ated a total of 508 yards while Memphis was held to just Receiving: MEM-Floyd 4-29-0, Dodson 3-111- lost five yards back to the 15 on first down before UM 200 yards of total offense. 1, Riley 1-22-0. HOU-Iglesias 9-101-1, James 6-78-0, Montgomery 2-16. starting quarterback Stephen Galbraith was intercepted Interceptions: MEM-Stiles 1-0-0. HOU-White 1- by Emile White who returned the ball 22 yards for a touch- 22-1, James 1-55-0. down. The turnover helped quickly turn a tied game into A-13,140 (Weather: 87, Partly cloudy/humid). Houston's favor, 28-14. In addition to throwing a touchdown pass, Cougar NOTES ◆ running back Sanford carried the ball for 177 yards and Sophomore quarterback Stephen Galbraith threw his second and third TD passes of the season hitting Damien rushed for two more scores. Dodson and Billy Kendall for scores. Memphis had not scored a point in the first quarter of its previous three games but took advantage of a pair of ◆ Flanker Damien Dodson's 92-yard touchdown Houston fumbles to take leads of 7-0 and later 14-7. catch against Houston was the second longest in school The Tigers scored on their first offensive play af- history. ter linebacker DeMorrio Shank forced and recovered a ◆ Linebacker DeMorrio Shank had two fumble re- fumble on the opening kickoff. The Tiger offense trotted coveries against Houston. Both of the recoveries led to onto the field and for his first play as a starting quarter- Memphis scores. back, Galbraith found Billy Kendall open in the middle of the field and after making the catch, the tight end dove ◆ Tight End Billy Kendall had his first career touch- into the end zone for the score. down reception against Houston. It came on a 13-yard pass from Stephen Galbraith. Houston however answered, marching 80 yards to tie the game at 7-7. ◆ Memphis was held to -14 yards rushing against The Cougars converted three, third-down plays Houston. That was a record low for the Tigers. ArkansasArkansas MEMPHIS

Memphis, TN - Arkansas quarterback Clint led the Razorbacks with 49 rushing yards, all coming in Stoerner passed for 296 yards and a touchdown as the the fourth quarter. Arkansas had just 105 yards on the SCORING SUMMARY 19th-ranked Ra- ground, almost 90 yards off its season average. Defensively, Kamal Shakir led the Tigers with 11 zorbacks de- Arkansas 3 10 7 3 23 tackles and had two pass breakups. Reginald Howard feated Memphis, Memphis 3 0 3 3 9 23-9. had 10 stops and also broke up four passes. Entering the game, Arkansas had thrown just one The UA (9:13 re 1st) Latourette 48 FG pass interception on the 1998 season. Memphis picked game marked the UM (4:50 re 1st) White 21 FG off two Razorback passes, one going to safety Jeremy Tigers' first in the UA (14:56 re 2nd) Hill 3 run (Latourette kick) Stewart and another to cornerback Keith Cobb. Liberty Bowl in UA (9:55 re 2nd) Latourette 31 FG Memphis' offense also struggled running the ball. almost a month UA (10:46 re 3rd) Williams 52 pass from Gerard Arnold accounted for 41 of the Tigers' 51 rushing but was the first Stoerner (Latourette kick) yards. of four at home in UM (6:35 re 3rd) White 29 FG White had two second-half field goals to account for the next five UA (9:09 re 4th) Latourette 22 FG the Tigers' final points. A 29-yarder by White with 6:35 weeks. UM (5:59 re 4th) White 32 FG The left to play in the third quarter was set up by Stewart's Liberty Bowl interception which was returned eight yards to the Arkan- big blow for Ar- TEAM STATS UA MEM Memphis, TN sas 34. White's 32-yard field goal with 5:59 remaining in kansas was a 52- First Downs 22 10 Oct. 10, 1998 yard Stoerner the game came after Kenton Evans completed a 43-yard Rushes-Yds 45-105 19-51 Att. 42,766 touchdown pass pass to Damien Dodson to the Arkansas five. From the Passing Yds 296 151

to Michael Will- five, the Tigers attempted three passes with the lone KO Return Yds 2-30 5-116 '98 REVIEW '98 iams early in the completion being for a five-yard loss to Arnold. Passes 19-42-2 13-35-1 Punts-Avg 7-33.3 8-425 second half. The Evans returned to the Tiger starting lineup after miss- Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 scoring-strike ing the previous week's game at Houston with a shoulder injury. The sophomore from Memphis completed 13-of- Penalties-Yds 8-58 11-72 with 10:46 left in Time of Poss. 39:19 20:41 35 passes for 151 yards and played every down on of- 5 the third quarter Sacks by 0-0 3-29 gave the Hogs a fense. Dodson caught four passes for 84 yards while Blevins had three receptions for 40 yards. 20-3 lead. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Stoerner's Rushing: UA-Ray 9-49-0, Hill 17-24-1, Loudermilk touchdown pass 1-19-0, Johnson 5-12-0, Branch 1-5-0, Stinson 2-4-0, Norman came after he was sacked by Memphis linebacker Caspor 1-1-0, Stoerner 8-(-6)-0. MEM-Arnold 14-41-0, Riley 1-8-0, 97 Stiles to set up a third-and-18 situation from near midfield. Scruggs 1-2-0, Evans 3-0-0. Stiles' sack was one of three by the Tigers. Tramont Law- Passing: UA-Stoerner 19-42-2-292-1. MEM-Evans less and Marquis Bowling also sacked Stoerner. Through 13-35-1-151-0. Arkansas' first four games, the Razorbacks' offensive line Receiving: UA-Williams 5-83-1, Snowden 4-49-0, had only allowed two sacks. Smith 3-66-0, Ludermilk 2-52-0, Davenport 2-28-0, Heringer 2- The Razorbacks attempted to set the tone early in 17-0, Branch 1-1-0. MEM-Dodson 4-84-0, Blevins 3-40-0, the game when Stoerner hooked up with Hubert Floyd 2-11-0, Arnold 2-1-0, Kendall 1-11-0, Middlebrooks 1-4-0. Loudermilk for a 47-yard pass down to the Memphis 26 Interceptions: UA-Painter 1-0-0. MEM-Stewart 1- on the game's first play from scrimmage. Memphis' de- 8-0, Cobb 1-6-0. fense held the Razorbacks to five yards on their next A-42,766 (Weather: 70, Wind N-8, Mild) three plays. The defensive stop forced a 38-yard field goal attempt by Todd Latourette which sailed wide. NOTES Both teams ended up trading field goals in the first ◆ Senior wide receiver Darrius Blevivns blocked his first quarter. career punt against Arkansas. The block of a Chris Akin's Latourette connected on a 48-yarder to cap Arkan- punt came in the first quarter of the game. sas' next series. Memphis answered later in the quarter ◆ when Ryan White drilled a 21-yarder with 4:50 remain- Redshirt freshman kicker Ryan White booted three field goals in the Arkansas game and remained perfect on the ing. Memphis' first points were set up when Boo Blevins season. The Georgia native kicked field goals of 21, 29 and blocked a Razorback punt and Michael Stone recovered 32 yards and is currently six-of-six on the season. at the Arkansas eight. Arkansas regained the lead on a three-yard touch- ◆ Senior defensive backs Jeremy Stewart and Keith down run by Madre Hill on the first play of the second Cobb got their first pass interceptions of the season against quarter capping a 12-play, 65-yard drive. The go-ahead Arkansas. series included a 23-yard pass from Stoerner to Emanuel ◆ Smith on third-and-10 from the UA 35. Loudermilk also The Memphis defense registered three quarterback sacks against Arkansas. Marquis Bowling, Tramont Law- had a 19-yard run to move the ball inside the Tiger 20. less and Caspor Stiles were all credited with sacks. Hill managed just 24 rushing yards while Alvin Ray CincinnatiCincinnati MEMPHIS

Memphis, TN - The University of Memphis dis- The Tigers opened the drive in a hole when they covered a running game and more in a 41-23 win over were called for holding, backing the ball back to their own SCORING SUMMARY Cincinnati. seven. But Jeremy Scruggs broke up the middle for a 29- yard run and Arnold followed with an 18-yard pick up to The Cincinnati 10 6 0 7 23 the UC 45. Arnold also had a 17-yard run during the drive Tigers rushed for Memphis 14 14 10 3 41 a season-high and Evans tossed a 20-yard pass to Darrius Blevins to the Bearcat four. 276 yards and UM (13:37 re 1st) Floyd 32 pass from Evans Cincinnati place kicker Joe Judge cut the lead to 14- scored their first (White kick) 10 with a 41-yard field goal late in the first quarter and the touchdown of the UC (11:47 re 1st) Ferguson 83 INT return Bearcats would take their lone lead when on the next UM season on the (Judge kick) series Evans was again intercepted by Ferguson who re- ground in the vic- UM (7:47 re 1st) Arnold 4 run (White kick) turned the ball 40 yards for a score. tory. In fact, three UC (:29 re 1st) Judge FG Trailing for the first time in the game, Memphis different Mem- UC (14:51 re 2nd) Ferguson 40 INT return engineered a 71-yard, eight-play drive to regain the lead phis players (Judge kick) midway through the second quarter. scored rushing UM (7:28 re 2nd) Riley 1 run (Blevins pass) Evans tossed a 13-yard pass to Blevins to convert on touchdowns, in- UM (5:44 re 2nd) White 30 FG Liberty Bowl third-down early in the series and the drive was sustained cluding Teofilo UM (:38 re 2nd) White 26 FG Memphis, TN by a pass interference call which gave the Tigers the ball Riley's 1-yard UM (11:41 re 3rd) White 32 FG at the UC 27. Jeremy Scruggs then reeled off runs of four Oct. 17, 1998 plunge which UM (7:26 re 3rd) Evans 1 run (White kick) and 20 yards to set up Riley's one-yard TD run. Evans gave the Tigers a UM (5:48 re 4th) White 52 FG Att. 17,252 completed a pass to Blevins for the two-point conversion 22-16 lead. From UC (:00 re 4th) Wize 11 pass from Kenner and Memphis was back on top, 22-16. that point, UM (Judge kick) would never trail White wrapped up the first half by making field goals of 30 and 26 yards to widen the lead to 28-16 by the break. as place-kicker TEAM STATS UC MEM Arnold had a 41-yard run on Memphis' opening drive Ryan White First Downs 19 20 of the third quarter before the Tigers settled for a 32-yard 6 would help stretch Rushes-Yds 35-104 45-245 the lead with a field goal by White to make it 31-16.

'98 REVIEW Passing Yds 281 161 Later in the third quarter, Jeremy Stewart intercepted Game school-record-ty- KO Return Yds 5-98 2-28 his second pass in as many weeks, returning the ball 21 ing four field Passes 21-35-2 10-24-2 yards to help set up another Memphis touchdown. After goals and Kenton Punts-Avg 0-0 3-42.7 completing an 11-yard pass to Blevins, Evans scored from Evans would score on a 1-yard run as Memphis built a Fumbles-Lost 6-5 0-0 98 a yard out to make it 38-16. Evans completed 10 of 23 41-16 lead. Penalties-Yds 4-34 2-12 passes for 161 yards while Blevins had three receptions White's fourth field goal, a 52-yarder with 5:48 to Time of Poss. 30:01 29:59 for 44 yards. Floyd led the Tiger receivers with four play, tied a school record for distance as the rookie re- Sacks by 0-0 3-29 mained perfect in 10 attempts. In the last two games White catches for 72 yards. Defensively, Memphis allowed 385 yards of total has made seven field goals and moved to 10th among INDIVIDUAL LEADERS offense but gave up just one touchdown, an 11-yard pass NCAA leaders. Rushing: UC-McCleskey 9-36-0, Beal 6-20-0, Garden from Deontey Kenner to Nathan Wize on the game's Memphis took advantage of the first of five Cincin- 4-20-0. MEM-Arnold 18-123-1, Riley 11-67-1, Scruggs 7-59-0. final play. Prior to that, the Tiger defense had held Cincin- nati fumbles to take an early lead. On the Bearcats' first Passing: UC-Kenner 21-35-2-281-1, Plummer 0-0-0-0- nati out of the end zone on two previous occasions inside play from scrimmage, Robert Cooper fumbled and line- 0. MEM-Evans 10-23-2-161-1, Galbraith 0-1-0-0-0. the UM 30 in the final quarter. Cincinnati had an 18-play, backer Kamal Shakir recovered for the Tigers at the UC Receiving: UC-Plummer 6-100-0, Bonner 4-68-0, 82-yard drive end at the one when Marcus Bell and George 28. Evans completed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Richie Archie 3-41-0. MEM-Floyd 4-72-1, Blevins 3-44-0, Dodson 2- Harper stuffed UC running back Eric Beal at the line of Floyd in the back of the end zone and the Tigers were on 42-0. scrimmage with the Cats facing fourth and goal. the board less than two minutes into the game. Interceptions: MEM-Sumter 1-7-0, Stewart 1-21-0. UC- Cincinnati started its second series with a handoff to Ferguson 2-123-2. Cooper and this time T.J. Frier forced the Bearcat back to A-17,252 (81, Wind SSE-7, Weather: Cloudy) fumble again with Tramont Lawless pouncing on the ball at the UC 18. This time the Tigers turned it right back over NOTES with Evans being intercepted by Shawn Ferguson who ◆ The Memphis defense recorded seven takeaways in returned the ball 83 yards for a game-tying touchdown the win over Cincinnati. with 11:47 left to play in the first quarter. ◆ Memphis regained the lead by answering with one Redshirt freshman kicker Ryan White booted four field of its longest scoring drives of the year. UM covered 85 goals in the Cincinnati game and remained perfect on the season at 10-for-10. The Georgia native kicked field goals yards on eight plays with Gerard Arnold capping the se- of 30, 26, 32 and 52 yards. His 52-yarder tied the Memphis ries with a four-yard touchdown run to make it 14-7 with record for longest FG and his four FG's made also ties the 7:47 left to play in the first quarter. Arnold finished with record for most in a game. 123 yards on 18 carries and went over the 1,000-yard mark for his career. LouisvilleLouisville MEMPHIS

Louisville, KY - The Louisville Cardinals would for 74 yards. need every one of quarterback Chris Redman's Confer- The series included a fake field goal by Ryan White SCORING SUMMARY ence USA- from 52 yards out as holder Michael Harris completed a 17-yard pass to Billy Kendall on fourth-and-two from the record 506 yards Memphis 0 13 8 11 32 35. in a 35-32 win Louisville 7 14 7 7 35 over the Univer- Louisville regained the lead, 28-21, as Redman completed a four-yard touchdown pass to Green. Redman sity of Memphis. UL (3:45 re 1st) Parker 2 pass from Redman (Hilbert kick) started the drive with consecutive passes to Lavell Boyd Redman com- UL (11:55 re 2nd) Collins 3 run (Hilbert kick) for gains of 24 and 19 yards. Two plays later running back pleted 32-of-49 UM (9:02 re 2nd) White 32 FG Leroy Collins set up the touchdown strike with an 18-yard and threw four UM (5:09 re 2nd) Riley 11 run (White kick) run. touchdown UL (2:17 re 2nd) Parker 43 pass from Redman (Hilbert kick) After falling behind early 14-0, Memphis rallied passes, the last a UM (:21 re 2nd) White 35 FG and cut the lead to 14-10 as White drilled a 32-yard field 14-yarder to Ibn UM (11:22 re 3rd) Arnold 16 run (Arnold run) goal and Riley wrapped up an 80-yard drive with an 11- Green which UL (2:25 re 3rd) Green 4 pass from Redman (Hilbert kick) yard scoring run. gave Louisville a UM (12:22 re 4th) White 34 FG In addition to closing out the series with the touch- 35-24 lead with UL (8:51 re 4th) Green 14 pass from Redman (Hilbert kick) Papa John's Stadium down run, Riley also had a 42-yard run up the middle to 8:51 to play. UM (3:10 re 4th) Riley 11 run (Dodson run) Louisville, KY But the 11. On the following play, he followed a couple of key blocks and found the corner of the end zone for the score Oct. 24, 1998 trailing a good TEAM STATS MEM UL with 5:09 left in the first half. Att. 39,247 part of the game, First Downs 24 30 Memphis rallied Louisville came right back with Redman throwing

Rushes-Yds 48-244 30-107 REVIEW '98 a 43-yard touchdown pass to Parker to wrap up a six-play, in the final min- Passing Yds 215 506 85-yard drive with 2:17 left in the half. During the series, utes. KO Return Yds 4-91 7-117 Redman connected with an open Collins coming out of After Passes 13-32-0 32-49-0 the backfield for a 25-yard pickup with Louisville facing Redman's touch- Punts-Avg 7-37.4 4-39.5 third-and-four. 7 down gave the Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-1 The Tigers however would gain a little momentum Cards a two-pos- Penalties-Yds 8-81 13-103 before heading to the locker room. Game session lead, Time of Poss. 31:32 28:28 Memphis quickly moved the ball down field start- Memphis engi- Sacks by 1-4 1-7 neered a 13-play, ing with an 11-yard pass from Kenton Evans to Dodson. Two plays later Evans found Dodson for a 40-yard recep- 76-yard drive which culminated with an 11-yard touch- INDIVIDUAL LEADERS tion to the Cardinal 27. 99 down run by Teofilo Riley. The junior running back proved Rushing: UM-Riley 17-152-2, Arnold 22-74-1, The Tigers would settle for a 35-yard field goal by to be the workhorse during the drive as well as much of Dodson 1-18-0. UL-Collins 18-91-1, Moreau 8-31-0. White after Evans threw a pair of incompletions on sec- the day, rushing for 152 yards and two touchdowns against Passing: UM-Evans 12-30-0-198-0. UL-Redman 32- ond and third down. the Cardinals. During the Tigers' series Riley carried the 49-0-506-4. Early in the game Louisville shot out to a 14-0 lead. ball eight times for 37 yards. Receiving: UM-Floyd 4-84-0, Dodson 4-68-0, The Cardinals' first touchdown came when Redman Memphis' drive was aided when Louisville was Kendall 2-42-0. UL-Parker 6-159-2, Green 6-83-2, Jackson 6-3- hooked up with Parker for a 72-yard touchdown pass. flagged for pass interference on third-and-nine from the 0, Boyd 5-74-0. The play came with Louisville staring at third-and-26 from 12. Still, it took Riley busting outside on third-and-goal Interceptions: UM-none. UL-none. their own 28 following a holding penalty which cost the from the nine and scoring. The Tigers converted for two A-39,247 (Weather: 62, Wind S-5, Clear) points when Damien Dodson scored on a reverse cutting Cards 20 yards. Louisville's lead to 35-32. To start the second quarter, Louisville drove 74 yards with Collins scoring from three yards out. Redman had Louisville sent out its "hands" team but Memphis NOTES four pass completions of 11 or more yards during the elected to kick the ball deep. Arnold Jackson returned the ◆ Tailback Teofilo Riley's 152 yards rushing against ball 14 yards to the 23 but the Tigers were whistled for scoring series. The fourth, a 14-yarder to Ibn Green, got Louisville were the most by a Tiger back this season and unsportsmanlike conduct giving Louisville the ball at the the Cardinals down to 15. From there Frank Moreau had the most since John "Tweet" Martin gained 164 yards 38. Redman completed a third-and-8 pass from the Mem- runs of eight and four yards before Collins' scoring scam- rushing against East Carolina in 1992. phis 47 to Charles Sheffield to keep Memphis' offense off per. ◆ Redshirt freshman kicker Ryan White booted three field the field and seal the victory. goals in the Louisville game and remained perfect on the On the day, Redman completed five or more passes season at 13-for-13. The Georgia native kicked field goals to five different receivers including Zek Parker who had of 32, 36 and 35 yards. six catches for 159 yards and two touchdowns and Green who also hauled in six passes for 83 yards and two scores. ◆ Teofilo Riley's 42 yard run in the third period was the The Tigers trailed 21-13 at halftime but opened the longest run of the season for a Tiger. It was also Riley's second half driving 80 yards and scoring on a 16-yard run career long run. by Gerard Arnold. Memphis converted the first of a school- ◆ Freshman offensive tackle David Sherrod saw ex- record two, two-point conversions when Arnold again tended duty at tackle when Tavares Middlebrooks was found the end zone. Arnold rushed a game-high 22 times injured. ArkansasArkansas StateState MEMPHIS

Memphis, TN- University of Memphis running 67-yard pass to Robert Kilow to the Memphis six. On the backs Teofilo Riley and Gerard Arnold each rushed for following play, running back Lamont Zachery scored on SCORING SUMMARY over 100 yards as a six-yard run. Place-kicker Andy McPherson had a streak the Tigers posted of 16 straight PATs come to an end when he missed the Arkansas State 0 7 12 0 19 a 35-19 home- point-after but Arkansas State had pulled to within a touch- Memphis 7 7 7 14 35 coming win over down of the Tigers, 21-13 with 8:20 left in the third quar- Arkansas State. ter. UM (9:21 re 1st) Scruggs 14 run (White kick) Riley A-State picked up more momentum when it held ASU (12:53 re 2nd) Teat 6 pass from Lemon (McPherson kick) led Memphis Memphis to three-and-out on its next drive and took pos- UM (6:19 re 2nd) Riley 17 run (White kick) with 190 yards session at the Arkansas State 16 after a 49-yard Ben UM (9:56 re 3rd) Arnold 8 run (White kick) and two touch- Graves punt. ASU (8:20 re 3rd) Zachery 6 run (kick failed) downs while Lemon completed a 35-yard pass to Lennie Johnson ASU (4:52 re 3rd) Zachery 13 run (pass failed) Arnold rushed for to put the ball at midfield. After a seven-yard run by UM (13:58 re 4th) Riley 21 run (White kick) 119 yards and Zachery, Lemon tossed a 29-yard completion to J.J. Wash- UM (8:57 re 4th) Arnold 27 run (White kick) two scores. The ington to the Memphis 13. Zachery, who rushed for 72 Liberty Bowl game marked the yards on the day, scored from 13 yards out to make the TEAM STATS ASU MEM first time two Ti- score 21-19 with 4:52 left in the third quarter. The Indians First Downs 12 28 Memphis, TN ger running elected to go for two but Lemon's pass attempt fell in- Rushes-Yds 23-85 55-321 Oct. 31, 1998 backs had over complete. Passing Yds 248 180 Att. 18,142 100 yards since Two fourth-quarter touchdowns would ice the Ti- KO Return Yds 153 59 1983 when ger win. Passes 11-25-2 16-24-1 James Punkin Memphis' first series of the fourth quarter began on Punts-Avg 5-49.0 3-43.3 Williams and Jeff the A-State 35 after the Indians were flagged for a per- Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Womak both sonal foul at midfield. Penalties-Yds 8-77 10-84 went over the Suber completed a nine-yard pass to Boo Blevins Time of Poss. 23:36 36:24 8 century mark on first down. Arnold would pick up five yards on second- Sacks by 1-7 1-10 and-one before Riley busted up the middle for a 21-yard

'98 REVIEW against Louis- Game ville. touchdown run. Ryan White's point-after gave Memphis INDIVIDUAL LEADERS After a 28-19 lead. Rushing: ASU-Zachery 16-72-2, Walker 3-13-0, trading touch- Arkansas State would pin Memphis inside its own Lemon 3-1-0. MEM-Riley 24-190-2, Arnold 23-119-2, Scruggs 100 downs, Riley gave Memphis a 14-7 lead with 6:19 left in one-yard line for its next offensive series with a 53-yard 1-14-1. the first half when he scored on a 17-yard run. The Tigers Ryan Smith punt but the Tigers would take the ball from Passing: ASU-Lemon 11-24-1-248-1. MEM-Suber called Riley's number eight times. The series started with there and run with it. 16-24-1-180-0. Riley losing a yard on first down at the 21 but the Mem- Suber picked up two yards to move the ball to the Receiving: ASU-Washington 3-69-0, Johnson 3- phian junior exploded for 15 yards on the following play. three before Riley carried for gains of six and four yards 56-0, Kilow 2-109-0. MEM-Dodson 5-37-0, Blevins 4-48-0, Freshman quarterback Neil Suber converted a fourth- and a Tiger first down. Riley then broke free for a 55-yard Floyd 3-52-0. and-one from the Memphis 44 with a two-yard run and gain to the Arkansas State 32. Interceptions: ASU-Ajigbeda 1-11-0. MEM-Cobb also tossed three pass completions to Damien Dodson Arnold gained two yards on first down before Suber 1-0-0, Sumter 1-0-0. during the drive. Riley, who accounted for 63 yards during completed a nine-yard pass to Dodson and again move A-18,142 (74, Wind SSE-7, Weather: Clear) the series, closed out the drive with carries of seven and the chains. Arnold rebounded from losing six yards and two yards before the 17-yard scoring run. on his next carry cut through a gaping hole and ran for 27 Leading 14-7 at halftime, Memphis engineered yards and Memphis' final touchdown. NOTES another lengthy drive, this time Arnold providing a fair Suber, who made his first start at quarterback, com- ◆ Tailback Teofilo Riley's 190 yards rushing against share of the offense. The junior from Lexington carried pleted 16 of 24 passes for 180 yards. Memphis' offense Arkansas State were the most by a Tiger back this season the ball seven times during the nine-play, 85-yard drive accounted for 501 yards — 321 rushing and 180 passing and the most since Larry Porter gained 206 yards rushing scoring from eight yards out to give the Tigers a 21-7 lead — while controlling the clock for 36:24. against Arkansas State in 1992. with 9:56 left in the third quarter. Arnold had runs of seven, ◆ Tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for 119 yards and two six, four, three and 12 yards before the offense mixed it touchdowns in the ASU game. It was the first time since the up with Suber completing consecutive passes of 14 and 1983 season that two Memphis backs had rushed for more 18 yards to Richie Floyd and Billy Kendall which moved than 100 yards in a single game. In 1983, Punkin Williams the ball from the Memphis 47 to the A-State 39. Arnold and Jeff Womack rushed for 100 yards in the win over carried for 13 yards on the next play before scoring. Louisville. With its offense clicking and the defense holding ◆ Arkansas State to 111 first-half yards, Memphis looked to True freshman safety Glenn Sumter registered his second career pass interception against Arkansas State. have the game in hand. But the Indians would make a bid to come from behind. ◆ Redshirt freshman quarterback Neil Suber gained his Quarterback Cleo Lemon surpassed the old A-State first career start against Arkansas State and responded by mark for yards passing in a season when he completed a completing 16-of-24 pass attempts for 180 yards. TulaneTulane MEMPHIS

Memphis, TN - Tulane quarterback Shaun King All told, the Tigers scored 21-unanswered points in threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as the the fourth quarter and left themselves with plenty of time SCORING SUMMARY 15th-ranked to continue the comeback as Arnold scored on a seven- yard run to make it 41-31 with 4:28 to play. Green Wave de- Tulane 21 6 14 0 41 Arnold finished the day with 165 yards and two feated the Uni- Memphis 7 0 3 21 31 versity of Mem- touchdowns on 23 carries. It was the junior’s fourth, 100- yard game of the year. phis 41-31. TU (12:47 re 1st) Turner 3 pass from King (Palazzo kick) Following the touchdown, place-kicker Ryan White’s King TU (8:50 re 1st) King 5 run (Palazzo kick) on-side kick attempt was recovered by the Green Wave completed his UM (6:06 re 1st) Kendall 51 pass from Suber (White kick) and returned to the Memphis 33. first 14 passes as TU (1:14 re 1st) Wilson 6 pass from King (Palazzo kick) A missed field goal by Brad Palazzo from 44 yards Tulane scored on TU (1:45 re 2nd) Palazzo 42 FG out left the Tigers needing two scores with 3:19 to play. its first two pos- TU (0:00 re 2nd) Palazzo 39 FG Suber completed a 13-yard pass to Dodson on the first sessions to UM (11:31 re 3rd) White 44 FG play from scrimmage and a pass interference call on quickly jump out TU (5:06 re 3rd) Dawson 30 pass from King (Palazzo kick) fourth-and-11 from the Memphis 39 gave the Tigers a first to a 14-0 lead. On TU (1:19 re 3rd) Dawson 10 pass from King (Palazzo kick) down at the Tulane 46. Suber completed a five-yard pass the Wave’s open- UM (14:52 re 4th) Arnold 30 run (White kick) Superdome to Kendall on first down. After an incompletion, a four-yard ing drive, King UM (9:09 re 4th) Floyd 31 pass from Suber (White kick) New Orleans, LA pass to Patrick Willis left the Tigers in a fourth-and-1 was 6-for-6 end- UM (4:28 re 4th) Arnold 7 run (White kick) Nov. 8, 1997 ing the drive with situation. Suber attempted to get the first down on the ground but came up short and Tulane took over on downs Att. 23,494 a three-yard scor- TEAM STATS TU MEM ing pass to Mike with 1:38 left to play. The Wave was able to run out the First Downs 30 19 REVIEW '98 clock and remain undefeated, improving to 8-0. Turner. After Rushes-Yds 46-204 36-175 Suber finished the game completing 17-of-31 passes forcing Memphis Passing Yds 293 279 for 279 yards and two touchdowns. Floyd had three recep- to punt on the Ti- KO Return Yds 4-74 7-130 tions for 93 yards in the game. gers’ first series, Passes 28-39-0 17-31-0 Also White remained perfect in field goal attempts. 9 King directed Punts-Avg 5-37.2 6-34.0 The freshman ran his string to 14 straight with a 44-yarder Tulane back Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 in the third quarter. Game down the field, Penalties-Yds 10-64 5-44 Defensively, senior Marquis Bowling regiastered his completing all Time of Poss. 33:26 26:34 fourth quarterback sack of the season and moved into a tie four of his passing Sacks by 1-4 2-12 attempts before scoring on a five-yard run with 8:50 left to for second in career sacks with 18. Bowling is now tied with former Tiger and NFL great Tim Harris for second with 101 play in the first quarter. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 18. The Memphis record for career sacks is 19 by Marlon On the day, King completed 27-of-38 passes for 285 Rushing: TU-Converse 16-119-0, King 19-62-1, Dartez Brown. yards and four touchdowns. The senior quarterback also 9-19-0. UM-Arnold 23-165-2, Scruggs 3-11-0. The Tiger defense was dealt a blow when freshman ran for 62 yards. Passing: TU-King 27-38-0-285-4. MEM-Suber 17-31- safety Glenn Sumter was injured in the third quarter. Memphis’ only points of the first half came when tight 0-279-2. Sumter, a true freshman who had become a starter, end Billy Kendall caught a slant pass from Neil Suber Receiving: TU-Dawson 10-127-2, Franklin 7-72-0. sustained torn ligaments in his right knee and will be lost across the middle on fourth down and raced 51 yards for MEM-Kendall 4-68-1, Dodson 4-50-0, Floyd 3-93-1, Blevins 3-57- for the season. the score to cut the Green Wave’s early lead to 14-7. 0. Tulane built a 41-10 lead by the end of the third quarter Interceptions: TU-none. MEM-none. with King completing touchdown passes of 30 and 10 yards A-18,192 (50, Wind E-9, Weather: Overcast) to JaJuan Dawson in the period. In the fourth quarter however, Memphis came back NOTES to turn the contest into a close game. ◆ Tailback Gerard Arnold's 165 yards rushing were a Gerard Arnold ended a 90-yard drive with a 30-yard career high for the junior and marked his fourth 100 yard scoring run on the first play of the fourth quarter as the game of the season. Tigers cut Tulane’s lead to 41-17. The scoring series began ◆ with freshman quarterback Neil Suber tossing a 33-yard Tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for two touchdodwns marking the second consecutive week he has tallied two pass to Richie Floyd to the Memphis 43. Arnold ran for 12 touchdodwns on the ground. He now has six on the season. yards and Suber later converted a third-and-10 from the Green Wave 45 with a 15-yard pass to Damien Dodson. ◆ Senior defensive end Marquis Bowling recorded his The next time Memphis got the ball, Suber quickly fourth quarterback sack of the season and the 18th of his directed the Tigers back down the field and cut the lead to career in the Tulane game. He is now tied iwth Tim Harris 41-24 with 9:09 left to play. A 31-yard touchdown pass from for second on the all-time sack list. Suber to Floyd capped a six-play, 80-yard drive that ◆ consumed 2:21. Suber was 4-for-4 during the drive, includ- Sophomore defensive tackle Clavin Lewis recorded his first quarterback sack of the season. ing a 24-yard pass to Boo Blevins to move the ball into Wave territory at the 44. SouthernSouthern MissMiss MEMPHIS

Hattiesburg, MS - The University of Southern logging its fourth score of the half. After two Roberts pass Mississippi unleashed a powerful offensive attack and completions, Nix blasted the final two yards for his third SCORING SUMMARY paid little atten- score of the half. USM would add a 29-yard field goal with :45 seconds remaining in the half to close out the tion to the rain Memphis 3 0 0 0 3 scoring, 31-3. soaked condi- Southern Miss 7 24 7 7 45 tions in handing The Eagles amassed 307 yards of total offense in the first half compared to just 97 yards for the Tigers. the Tigers their USM (5:21 re 1st) Gideon 53 pass from Roberts (Hardaway Arnold rushed for 85 yards on 15 first half attempts. eighth loss of the kick) The second half became a repeat of the first. USM season. USM Mem (1:26 re 1st) White 28 FG got a 44-yard touchdown run from Nix at the 6:58 mark of amassed 512 USM` (14:55 re 2nd) Nix 7 run (Hardaway kick) the third quarter, his fourth score of the game. The fresh- yards of total of- USM (9:48 re 2nd) Nix 28 pass from Roberts (Hardaway man from Attalia, Alabama, gained 184 yards on the night fense and held kick) and tallied four touchdowns. Memphis to just USM (3:07 re 2nd) Nix 2 run (Hardaway kick) Memphis started a drive in the third quarter with 149 total yards on USM (:45 re 2nd) Hardaway 29 FG Arnold picking up the majority of the yardage on the ground. the night. USM (6:58 re 3rd) Nix 43 run (Hardaway kick) But after a pass to Boo Blevins moved the ball to the USM M.M. Roberts Stadium South- USM (2:39 re 4th) Woods 1 run (Hardaway kick) ern Mississippi 9 yard line, the drive stalled and Memphis was held on Hattiesburg, MS took the opening fourth down. Nov. 14, 1998 kickoff after The fourth quarter became an exchange of punts TEAM STATS MEM USM Att. 19,132 Memphis won and errors as both teams battled around midfield. The First Downs 12 24 the toss and de- Golden Eagles were able to put one final score on the Rushes-Yds 36-98 43-241 ferred until the board when DeWayne Woods ran in from one yard out to Passing Yds 51 271 second half. Un- make the fianl margin of victory, 45-3. KO Returns Yds 5-140 1-14 able to move the Defensively, tackle Calvin Lewis and Kamal Shakir Passes 6-22-0 16-25-0 ball in wet condi- were credited with 10 tackles each. Senior defensive end Punts-avg 7-45.6 3-41.3 10 tions, both teams Marquis Bowling registered his fifth quarterback sack of Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 exchanged punts the season and the 19th of his career, tying him for first in Penalties-Yds 9-90 9-75 '98 REVIEW Game in the opening pe- career quarterback sacks. Time of Pos 29:47 30:13 riod before USM Sacks by 1-13 5-34 struck paydirt. 102 With 8:32 remaining in the first, Southern started a drive INDIVIDUAL LEADERS at their own 25 yard line. After several key runs by Der- Rushing: Mem-Arnold 22-119-0, Riley 3-7-0, Bailey rick Nix, Roberts found Sherrod Gideon racing down the 1-4-0, Scruggs 2-2-0, Galbraith 2-(-13)-0, Suber 6-(-21)-0; right sideline and hit him for a 53-yard touchdown. USM-Nix 32-184-3, Woods 7-71-1, Kelly 1-6-0, Roberts 3-(- Memphis kick returner Keith Cobb took the ensuing 20)-0. kickoff for 59 yards, the longest return of the season for Passing:Mem- Suber 6-22-0-51-0; Galbraith 0-0-0-0. Memphis, to set up a Tiger drive to the USM 19 yard line. USM - Roberts 16-25-2-271-0 From there, freshman place kicker Ryan White booted a Receiving: Mem- Blevins 2-19-0, Sermon 1-14-0, 29 yard field goal, his 15th consecutive of the season. The Floyd 1-10-0, Kendall 1-5-0, Riley 1-3-0. USM - Gideon 4-107- Golden Eagle lead was cut to 7-3. 1, Pinkston 7-110-0, Nix 2-34-1, Fowler 2-5-0, Shaw 1-15-0. Southern Mississippi turned up the offensive inten- Interceptions: Mem - none, USM- none sity on its next series. Roberts completed two passes to Gideon and Nix banged the ball up the middle. As the A-19,132 (Weather: 66 degrees and rain) second half opened Nix rumbled six yards for a score to up the lead to 14-3. NOTES The Tigers only bright spot continued to be the run- ◆ Junior tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for 119 yards marking ning of tailback Gerard Arnold who ground out 46 yards in his third consecutive game over 100 yards rushing. He now has the first quarter. Arnold's totals moved him over the 800 five 100 yard games this season. yard mark for the year. After several penalty flags stopped any Memphis ◆ Freshman kicker Ryan White remained perfect on the sea- momentum early in the second quarter, USM again drove son when he connected on a 29 yard field goal in the first quarter. the ball down field with Roberts hitting receiver Todd White tied the Memphis record for consecuitve field goals made Pinkston. When he connected on a 29-yard scoring strike by hitting his 15th in a row. Don Glosson set the record in 1984. to Nix in the right corner of the end zone, Memphis sud- denly found itself on the short side of a 21-3 score. ◆ Senior defensive end Marquis Bowling tied the school record Memphis' defensive woes continued in the second for career sacks by registering his 5th of the season and 19th of quarter. After Memphis tailback Teofilo Riley fumbled at his career in the USM game. the U of M 35, Southern Mississippi took little time in EastEast CarolinaCarolina MEMPHIS

Memphis, TN - Andrew Bayes connected on the fourth quarter when Garrard tossed a 23-yard a 41-yard field goal attempt with seven seconds scoring strike to J.J. McQueen to give the Pirates SCORING SUMMARY to play as East a 28-24 lead with 13:26 to play. Memphis quickly regained the lead however Carolina came East Carolina 7 14 0 13 34 with an 80-yard drive sparked by the running of from behind to Memphis 14 10 0 7 31 defeat the Uni- Arnold and Teofilo Riley. Arnold started the series with gains of seven versity of UM (12:27 re 1st) Blevins 22 pass from Suber (White kick) and 10 yards. Riley came on to pick up seven and Memphis 34- UM (6:52 re 1st) Dodson 82 pass from Suber (White kick) four yards on successive plays before Suber 31 in the Ti- ECU (1:00 re 1st) McQueen 6 pass from Garrard (Bayes kick) tossed a 37-yard pass to Damien Dodson down gers’ finale. UM (13:30 re 2nd) White 40 FG to the ECU 15. From there, Riley picked up three Bayes had UM (10:46 re 2nd) Scruggs 6 run (White kick) yards before busting free for a 12-yard scoring tied the game ECU (5:28 re 2nd) Collins 43 pass from Garrard (Bayes kick) run with Ryan White tacking on the point-after with an 18- ECU (:09 re 2nd) Wilson 1 run (Bayes kick) for a 31-28 U of M lead. yard chip shot ECU (13:26 re 4th) McQueen 23 pass from Garrard (Bayes Memphis began the game by scoring on its with 3:48 re- kick) first series as Suber tossed a 22-yard touchdown maining. UM (9:37 re 4th) Riley 12 run (White kick) Liberty Bowl pass to Boo Blevins. Later in the first quarter, After ECU (3:48 re 4th) Bayes 18 FG Memphis, TN Suber hooked up with Dodson for an 82-yard TD ECU tied the ECU (:07 re 4th) Bayes 41 FG Nov. 21, 1998 game, Mem- pass to give the Tigers a 14-0 lead with 6:52 left in the first quarter. Att. 16,052 phis was un- TEAM STATS ECU MEM able to pick up ECU got on the board as Garrard completed

First Downs 28 15 REVIEW '98 a six-yard touchdown pass to McQueen. The a first down on Rushes-Yds 46-144 39-189 score was set up by a 35-yard pass from Garrard its next series. Passing Yds 414 226 to Harris with the Pirates facing third-and-15 A nine-yard KO Return Yds 4-74 7-159 from the Memphis 42. Gerard Arnold Passes 33-44-0 8-21-2 White, a red-shirt freshman, remained per- 11 run was ne- Punts-Avg 4-35.2 5-39.8 fect for the season in field goals as he extended gated by a hold- Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1 the Tigers’ lead to 17-7 with a 40-yarder to start Game ing penalty on Penalties-Yds 4-49 4-36 the second quarter. White set a school record the Tigers. Time of Poss. 35:27 24:33 with his 16th field goal of the year, breaking the Arnold, who Sacks by 0-0 7-38 set a U of M record with 1,059 season rushing former mark set by Lou Groza Award winner Joe Allison in 1992. White was also perfect in point- 103 yards, picked up three on first-and-11 before a INDIVIDUAL LEADERS after tries this season. pair of Neil Suber passes fell incomplete forcing Rushing: ECU-Henry 18-61-0, Ochoa 1-35-0, After his field goal, White dribbled an on- the Tigers to punt. Jim Cande drilled a 59-yard Garrard 19-24-0. MEM-Arnold 27-160-0, Riley 6-23-1, Scruggs side kick which was recovered by the Tigers at kick which was downed at the East Carolina 2-8-1. the Memphis 47. The Tigers would turn the play four. Passing: ECU-Garrard 33-44-0-414-3. MEM- into points as Jeremy Scruggs scored on a six- Pirate quarterback David Garrard engineered Suber 8-21-2-226-2. yard touchdown run giving the Tigers a 24-7 lead a 72-yard drive to put ECU in field goal range, Receiving: ECU-McQueen 6-54-2, Collins 5- with 10:46 to play in the second quarter. completing six of nine passes during the series. 94-1, Chappell 5-36-0. MEM-Dodson 3-128-1, Kendall 2-41-0, During the series, Arnold got loose for a 34- ECU converted a third-and-10 with a 13-yard Floyd 1-23-0, Blevins 1-22-1. yard run and had a five-yard carry before Scruggs’ draw by fullback Jamie Wilson. Facing third-and- Interceptions: ECU-Foster 1-8-0, Suggs 1-0- scoring run. Arnold recorded his school-record, eight, the Pirates moved the chains with an eight- 0. MEM-none. eighth 100-yard game in the season finale finish- yard pass from Garrard to Jamie Wilson coming A-16,052 (56, Wind N-5, Weater: Clear) out of the backfield which gave ECU the ball at ing with 160 yards on the day. their 42. A 22-yard pass from Garrard to Travis Garrard tossed a 43-yard touchdown pass to Buck Collins and Wilson capped a 10-play, 58- Mazyck to the Memphis 42 along with a 13-yard NOTES completion to Marcellus Harris moved the ball yard drive with a one-yard run to cut Memphis’ ◆ Junior tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for 160 yards marking within Bayes’ range. lead to 24-21 with nine seconds to play in the first his fourth consecutive game over 100 yards rushing. In doing so, The Pirates had tied the game at 31-31 with half. he broke the 36-year old Memphis single season rushing record a 74-yard drive which ended with Bayes’ 18- Wilson’s touchdown run ended a series which of Dave Casinelli. Arnold finished the season with 1,059 yards. yard field goal. The Tigers forced ECU to settle was set up when Neil Suber was intercepted by for the tie by stopping the Pirates at the one-yard Forrest Foster. The Tigers were called for a face ◆ Freshman kicker Ryan White remained perfect on the sea- line on consecutive plays. Running back Leonard mask penalty on the play giving ECU the ball on son when he connected on a 40 yard field goal in the second Henry was stuffed at the line by Mike McKenzie its own 42. quarter. White broke the Memphis record for consecuitve field and Manny Santibanez on second-and-goal from Defensively, Kamal Shakir led the Tigers goals made by hitting his 16th in a row. Don Glosson had set the the one while a Garrard pass on third down fell with 12 tackles, while DeMorrio Shank and record in 1984. incomplete. Santibanez each had a pair of quarterback sacks ECU took its first lead of the game early in in the game. 19981998 FinalFinal StatisticsStatistics MEMPHIS Overall Record: 2-9; C-USA Record: 1-5; Home: 2-4; Away: 0-5; Neutral: 0-0 RUSHING G ATT YDG YDL YDS AVG TD LG 1998 RESULTS Gerard Arnold 11 208 1113 54 1059 5.1 6 41 Teofilo Riley 11 78 509 24 485 6.2 6 55 Date Opponent Score Attendance Jeremy Scruggs 10 24 119 6 113 4.7 2 29 9/5 at Mississippi L, 10-31 46,191 Rashad Bailey 6 10 17 2 15 1.5 0 6 9/12 Mississippi State L, 6-14 28,467 Damien Dodson 10 3 20 11 9 3.0 0 18 9/19 atMinnesota L, 14-41 35,919 Brandon Tucker 11 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 10/3 at Houston L,14-35 13,140 Torri Harmon 7 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Richie Floyd 11 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 10/10 Arkansas L, 9-23 42,766 Jim Cande 6 1 0 10 -10 -10.0 0 0 10/17 Cincinnati W, 41-23 17,252 Ben Graves 7 1 0 13 -13 -13.0 0 0 10/24 at Louisville L, 32-35 39,247 Step. Galbraith 5 17 40 58 -18 -1.1 0 12 10/31 Arkansas State W, 35-19 18,142 Kenton Evans 7 27 46 77 -31 -1.1 1 9 Neil Suber 7 24 13 86 -73 -3.0 0 2 11/7 Tulane L, 31-41 18,192 MEM 11 396 1878 344 1534 3.9 15 55 11/14 at Southern Miss L,3-45 19,132 OPP 11 447 2242 324 1918 4.3 18 93 11/21 East Carolina L, 31-34 16,052 Overall Attendance: 294,500 (26,773) PASSING G ATT COM INT YDS PCT TD LG Home Attendance: 140,871 (23,478) Kenton Evans 7 161 72 6 877 44.7 2 43 Away Attendance: 153,269 (30,726) Neil Suber 7 124 61 4 930 49.2 5 82 Steph. Galbraith 5 34 13 2 231 38.2 3 92 SCORE BY QUARTERS Michael Harris 11 1 1 0 17 1.000 0 17 1 2 3 4 Total Game MEM 11 320 147 12 2055 45.9 10 92 U of M 62 47 44 73 226 20.5 OPP 11 370 224 8 3090 60.5 21 77 OPP 89 102 71 78 340 30.9 '98 REVIEW TEAM STATISTICS RECEIVING U of M OPP G NO YDS AVG T D LG AVG/G First Downs 184 244 Damien Dodson 10 42 753 17.9 2 92 75.3 104 Rushing/Passing 84/89 95/132 Boo Blevins 10 30 375 12.5 2 29 37.5 Penalty 11 17 Richie Floyd 11 29 437 15.1 2 34 39.7 Total Net Yards 3589 5008 Billy Kendall 11 19 252 13.3 2 51 25.2 Total Plays 716 817 Al Sermon 7 8 122 15.2 1 52 17.4 Plays per Game 65.1 74.3 Gerard Arnold 11 8 30 3.8 1 9 2.7 Avg per Play 5.0 6.1 Patrick Willis 4 3 16 5.3 0 9 4.0 Avg per Game 326.3 455.3 Net Rushing Yards 1534 1918 Teofilo Riley 11 2 25 12.5 0 22 2.3 Rushing Yds Gained 1878 2242 Ken Coutain 4 2 20 10.0 0 15 5.0 Rushing Yds Lost 344 324 Jeremy Scruggs 10 2 18 9.0 0 9 1.8 Total Attempts 396 447 Tavares Middlebrooks 8 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 Avg per Play 3.9 4.3 Rashad Bailey 6 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.5 Avg per Game 139.5 174.4 MEM 11 147 2055 14.0 10 92 186.8 Net Passing Yards 2055 3090 OPP 11 224 3090 13.8 21 77 280.9 Att/Comp/Int 320/147/12 370/224/8 Avg per Att 6.4 8.4 Avg per Comp 14.0 13.8 Avg per Game 186.8 280.9 PUNTING Punts/Avg/Blk 71/39.4/1 49/39.1/1 G NO YDS AVG LG BK IN20 Avg Punts per Game 6.4 4.5 Ben Graves 7 40 1551 38.8 51 0 8 Punt Ret/Yds/Avg 13/72/5.5 36/293/8.1 Jim Cande 6 30 1249 41.6 59 1 4 Net Punting 35.3 37.6 Team 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Kickoff Ret/Yds/Avg 50/1025/20.5 38/711/18.7 MEM 11 71 2800 39.4 59 1 12 Returns Per Game 4.5 3.5 OPP 11 49 1916 39.1 57 1 14 Interceptions/Yds 8/108 12/271 Avg Yds Per Ret 13.5 22.3 Fumbles/Lost 17/7 17/12 Penalties/Yds 75/651 93/794 Yds Penalized/Game 59.1 72.1 3rd Dwn Cnv/Att/Pct 42/158/27.0 72/168/43.0 Time of Possession 28:13 31:47 2 PT Safety 00 1997 Final Statistics PUNT RETURNS SCORING G NO YDS AVG T D LG G TDS EXP 2XP FG SAF TP Ryan White 11 0 22-22 0 16-16 0 70 Damien Dodson 10 12 56 4.7 0 15 Gerard Arnold 11 7 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 44 Boo Blevins 10 1 16 16.0 0 16 Teofilo Riley 11 6 0-0 0 0-0 0 36 MEM 11 13 72 5.5 0 16 Damien Dodson 10 2 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 14 OPP 11 36 293 8.1 1 31 Boo Blevins 11 2 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 14 Richie Floyd 11 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 12 Billy Kendall 11 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 12 FIELD GOALS Jeremy Scruggs 10 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 12 G 10-29 30-39 40-49 50+ TOT LG BLK Al Sermon 7 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 6 Ryan White 11 4-4 8-8 3-3 1-1 16-16 52 0 Kenton Evans 7 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 6 MEM 11 4-4 8-8 3-3 1-1 16-16 52 0 MEM 11 25 22-22 3-3 16-16 0 226 OPP 11 44 40-43 0-0 12-20 0 340 OPP 11 5-5 3-8 4-6 0-1 12-20 48 1 ALL-PURPOSE KICKOFF RETURNS RUN REC PR KOR OTH YPG TOT G NO YDS AVG T D LG Gerard Arnold 1059 30 0 0 0 99.0 1089 Keith Cobb 10 19 432 22.7 0 58 Damien Dodson 9 753 56 0 0 81.8 818 P.T. Jones 7 15 314 20.9 0 37 Teofilo Riley 485 25 0 114 0 56.7 624 Boo Blevins 10 5 91 18.2 0 24 Boo Blevins 0 375 16 91 0 48.2 482 Teofio Riley 11 5 114 22.8 0 38 Kevin Cobb 0 0 0 432 0 39.8 438 Richie Floyd -2 437 30 0 0 39.5 435 Torri Harmon 11 4 56 14.0 0 21 P.T. Jones 0 0 0 314 0 44.9 314 Jeremy Scruggs 10 1 18 18.0 0 18 Billy Kendall 0 252 0 0 0 25.2 252 Jeremy Stewart 11 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jeremy Scruggs 113 18 0 18 0 14.9 149 MEM 11 50 1025 20.5 0 58 Al Sermon 0 122 0 0 0 17.4 122 OPP 11 38 711 18.7 0 36 Jeremy Stewart 0 0 0 0 83 7.5 83 Mike McKenzie 0 0 0 0 66 6.6 66 Torri Harmon -1 0 0 56 0 7.9 55 TOTAL OFFENSE Ken Coutain 0 20 0 0 0 5.0 20 Rashad Bailey 15 3 0 0 0 3.0 18 REVIEW '98 G PLYS RUSH PASS T O T AVG Patrick Willis 0 16 0 0 0 4.0 16 Gerard Arnold 11 208 1059 0 1059 96.3 Others -144 4 0 0 14 -11.4 -126 Neil Suber 7 148 -73 930 857 122.4 MEM 1534 2055 72 1025 108 442.0 4862 Kenton Evans 7 188 -31 877 846 120.9 OPP 1918 3090 293 711 271 571.6 6288 Teofilo Riley 11 78 485 0 485 44.1 Steph. Galbraith 5 51 -18 231 213 42.6 DEFENSE Jeremy Scruggs 10 24 113 0 113 11.3 G U T A T O T TFL SACK FR PB Michael Harris 11 1 0 17 17 1.6 Kamal Shakir 11 54 33 87 4-18 0-0 1-0 5 Rashad Bailey 6 10 15 0 15 2.5 Mike McKenzie 10 65 15 80 1-2 0-0 0-0 6 Caspor Stiles 11 43 29 72 5-18 1-9 0-0 3 Damien Dodson 10 3 9 0 9 0.9 Reginald Howard 11 52 17 69 4-9 1-9 2-0 2 105 Brandon Tucker 11 1 1 0 1 0.1 DeMorrio Shank 11 35 26 61 2-14 0-0 2-0 2 Torri Harmon 11 1 -1 0 -1 -0.1 Idrees Bashir 9 28 23 51 0-0 0-0 1-0 3 Richie Floyd 11 1 -2 0 -2 -0.2 Calvin Lewis 11 31 20 51 4-17 0-0 0-0 1 Jim Cande 6 1 -10 0 -10 -1.7 Jeremy Stewart 11 29 20 49 0-0 0-0 1-54 6 Marquis Bowling 11 23 20 43 4-36 5-36 1-0 2 Ben Graves 7 1 -13 0 -13 -1.9 Marcus Bell 11 20 22 42 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 MEM 11 716 1534 2055 3589 326.3 Michael Boatman 11 22 19 41 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 OPP 11 817 1918 3090 5008 455.3 T.J. Frier 11 27 11 38 4-12 2-8 1-0 1 Keith Cobb 11 32 2 34 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 Manny Santibanez 11 21 10 31 3-14 3-16 0-0 0 INTERCEPTIONS Tramont Lawless 8 18 12 30 3-25 4-38 1-0 2 Glenn Sumter 7 20 6 26 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 G POS NO YDS TD LG Corey Irby 9 16 10 26 2-18 0-0 0-0 0 Jeremy Stewart 11 DB 2 29 0 21 Ian Williams 9 13 13 26 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 Keith Cobb 10 DB 2 6 0 6 Kosha Irby 5 15 2 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 Glenn Sumter 7 DB 2 7 0 7 Keydrin Ward 8 10 4 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Mike McKenzie 11 DB 1 66 0 66 Fred Powell 9 11 1 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 Andre Arnold 4 8 2 10 2-6 2-3 0-0 0 Caspor Stiles 11 LB 1 0 0 0 Jarvis Slaton 10 7 2 9 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 MEM 11 8 108 0 66 Michael Stone 6 6 2 8 0-0 0-0 1-14 0 OPP 11 12 271 3 83 Jeff Bazemore 5 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Rodney Lanctot 4 1 3 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 Ross Estes 2 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Ryan White 11 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Chance Nesbitt 2 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Joe Rocconi 11 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Tommy Vollmar 2 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Jim Cande 6 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 TOTAL 11 623 328 951 45-200 25-190 12-68 41

Blocked Field Goal (1): Shank 19981998 SuperlativesSuperlatives MEMPHIS INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes...... 27, Arnold vs East Carolina Rushes...... 55 vs Arkansas State Yards Rushing ...... 190, Riley vs Arkansas State Yards Rushing ...... 321 vs Arkansas State TD Rushes... 2, Arnold vs Arkansas State; Riley vs Louisville & ASU TD Rushes...... 5 vs Arkansas State Long Rush ...... 55, Riley vs Arkansas State Pass Attempts ...... 39 vs Mississippi & Minnesota Pass Attempts ...... 39, Evans vs Mississippi Pass Completions ...... 24 vs Mississippi Pass Completions ...... 24, Evans vs Mississippi Yards Passing...... 279 vs Tulane Yards Passing...... 279, Suber vs Tulane Yards Per Pass ...... 10.8 vs East Carolina TD Passes ...... 2, Suber vs ECU & Tulane; Galbraith vs Houston TD Passes ...... 2 vs four teams Long Pass...... 92, Galbraith vs Houston Total Plays ...... 80 at Louisville Receptions ...... 8, Dodson vs Mississippi Total Offense ...... 501 vs Arkansas State Yards Receiving ...... 128, Dodson vs East Carolina Yards Per Play ...... 6.9 vs East Carolina TD Receptions ...... 1, by six receivers Points ...... 41 vs Cincinnati Long Receptions ...... 92, Dodson vs Houston Sacks By ...... 7 vs East Carolina Field Goals ...... 4, White vs Cincinnati First Downs ...... 28 vs Arkansas State Long Field Goal ...... 52, White vs Cincinnati Penalties ...... 13 vs Mississippi State Punts ...... 9, Cande vs Mississippi State Penalty Yards...... 121 vs Mississippi State Punting Average ...... 45.6, Cande vs Southern Miss Turnovers ...... 4 vs Minnesota Long Punt ...... 59, Cande vs East Carolina Interceptions By ...... 2 vs Arkansas State, Arkansas, Cincinnati Long Punt Return ...... 15, Dodson vs Arkansas State Long Kickoff Return ...... 58, Cobb vs Southern Miss OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Tackles ...... 15, Howard vs Houston Rushes...... 55, Houston Sacks ...... 2, Shank, Santibanez, Lewis vs ECU Yards Rushing ...... 281, Houston

'98 REVIEW Interceptions ...... 1, 8 players TD Rushes...... 4, vs Southern Miss Pass Attempts ...... 49, Louisville Pass Completions ...... 33, East Carolina 106 Yards Passing...... 506, Louisville OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Yards Per Pass ...... 10.8, Southern Miss Rushes...... 32, Derrick Nix (Southern Miss) TD Passes ...... 4, Louisville & Tulane Yards Rushing ...... 192, James Johnson (Mississippi State) Total Plays ...... 90, East Carolina TD Rushes...... 3, Derrick Nix (Southern Miss) Total Offense ...... 613, vs Louisville Long Rush ...... 93, Byron Evans (Minnesota) Yards Per Play ...... 7.8, vs Louisville Pass Attempts ...... 49, Chris Redman (Louisville) Points ...... 45, Southern Miss Pass Completions ...... 33, David Garrard (East Carolina) Sacks By ...... 7, Houston Yards Passing...... 506, Chris Redman (Louisville) First Downs ...... 31, Houston TD Passes ...... 4, Chris Redman (Louisville)& Shaun King (Tulane) Penalties ...... 16, Houston Long Pass...... 77, Romaro Miller (Mississippi) Penalty Yards...... 149, Houston Receptions ...... 10, JaJuan Dawson (Tulane) Turnovers ...... 7, Cincinnati Yards Receiving ...... 164, Corey Peterson (Mississippi) Interceptions By ...... 2, Minnesota; Houston; Cincinnati; ECU TD Receptions ...... 2, by five players Long Receptions ...... 77, Corey Peterson (Mississippi) NCAA TEAM RANKINGS Field Goals ...... 3, Todd Latourette (Arkansas) Rushing Offense ...... 73 Long Field Goal ...... 48, Todd Latourette (Arkansas) Passing Offense ...... 73 Punts ...... 7, Ryan Rindels (Minnesota) Total Offense ...... 81 Punting Average ...... 49.2, Ryan Smith (Arkansas State) Net Punting ...... 61 Punt Returns ...... 107 Long Punt ...... 57, Reagan King (Mississippi) Kickoff Returns ...... 56 Long Punt Return ...... 31, Kevin Prentiss (Mississippi State) Scoring...... T83 Long Kickoff Return ...... 36, Lennie Johnson (Arkansas State) Rushing Defense ...... T78 Tackles ...... 12, T.J. Slaughter (Southern Miss) Pass Efficiency Defense ...... 102 Sacks ...... 3, Louis Hampton (Houston) Total Defense ...... 106 Scoring Defense ...... 92 Interceptions ...... 2, Shawn Ferguson (Cincinnati) Turnover Margin ...... T47 MiscellaneousMiscellaneous StatsStats MEMPHIS In the RED ZONE Turnovers Third Down Conversions Total Scores Takeaways 20, Giveaways 19 (Diff. +1) Yards Made/Att. Pct. Touchdowns 23 Field Goals 12 1-3 13-30 .433 Points Off Turnovers 4-6 10-36 .278 Non-Scores Memphis 40 (TD 4, FG 4) 7-10 13-48 .271 Missed Field Goals 0 Opponent 55 (TD 7, FG 2) 11+ 6-44 .136 Loss of Downs 3 Total 42-158 .265 Clock 1 Points Off Turnovers Per Game Turnovers 4 (fumbles 2, Interceptions 2) Memphis 3.6 Opponents 5.0 Fourth Down Conversions Opponent Total Scores Yards Made/Att. Pct. Touchdowns 29, Field Goals 10 1-3 8-12 .667 4-6 0-3 .000 Opponent Non-Scores 7-10 0-2 .000 Missed Field Goals 3 11+ 1-2 .500 Loss of Downs 2 Total 9-19 .473 Turnovers 2 (fumbles 1, Interceptions 1)

Drive Chart Drives Drives Ended By Points Pts./ Drive '98 REVIEW '98 Quarterback Started TD FG FGA PUNT DOWN TURN CLOCK Scored Drive Efficiency Suber 58 14 3 3 27 3 6 5 107 1.84 0.29 Galbraith 22 3 0 0 11 3 3 2 21 0.82 0.13 Evans 70 8 13 13 34 1 10 3 98 1.40 0.30

Kickoffs No. Ret. OB TB FC OSK Avg. Depth Avg. Drive Start White 51 36 1 10 0 4 6.3 (325) 22.3 (1142)

107 Game-By-Game Team Comparisons

Game Score 1st Downs T.O.P Rushing Passing Total Offense 3rd Down (No.-Yds-TD) (Cmp-Att-Yds-TD) (TP-Yds-TD) Conversions Memphis 10 15 23:44 20-21-0 24-39-214-1 59-235-1 2-13 at Ole Miss 30 19 36:16 40-191-2 26-40-332-2 80-523-4 10-20 Memphis 6 14 32:24 31-133-0 13-31-153-0 62-259-0 6-17 vs Mississippi State 14 13 27:36 40-236-2 8-21-69-0 61-256-2 3-15 Memphis 14 19 31:07 39-98-0 15-39-211-2 78-309-2 4-18 at Minnesota 41 16 28:53 44-269-2 10-16-153-1 60-422-3 2-13 Memphis 14 8 23:35 28-(-14)-0 12-22-214-2 50-200-2 3-13 at Houston 35 31 36:25 55-281-2 20-34-227-2 89-508-4 12-19 Memphis 9 10 20:41 19-51-0 13-35--151-0 54-202-0 2-13 vs Arkansas 23 22 39:19 45-105-1 19-42-296-1 87-401-2 12-24 Memphis 41 20 29:59 45-245-3 10-24-161-1 69-406-4 6-15 vs Cincinnati 23 19 30:01 35-104-0 21-35-281-1 70-385-1 7-13 Memphis 32 24 31:32 48-244-3 13-32-215-0 80-459-3 4-16 at Louisville 35 30 28:28 30-107-1 32-49-506-4 79-613-5 5-12 Memphis 35 28 36:24 55-321-5 24-16-180-0 79-501-5 7-14 vs Arkansas State 19 12 23:36 23-85-2 25-11-248-1 48-333-3 2-9 Memphis 31 19 26:34 36-175-2 31-17-279-2 67-454-4 2-14 vs Tulane 41 30 33:26 46-204-1 39-28-293-4 85-497-5 4-12 Memphis 3 12 29:47 36-98-0 6-22-51-0 58-149-0 3-15 at Southern Miss 45 24 30:13 43-241-4 16-25-271-2 68-512-6 6-15 Memphis 31 15 24:33 39-189-2 8-21-226-2 60-415-4 3-10 vs East Carolina 34 28 35:27 46-144-1 33-44-414-3 90-558-4 9-18 Game-by-GameGame-by-Game StatsStats MEMPHIS Game-by-Game Rushing No.-Yds-TD 31 Arnold 35 Riley 34 Bailey 36 Scruggs 22 Harmon 46 Tucker 19 Galbraith 14 Suber at Ole Miss 14-42-0 1-2-0 DNP 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP Mississippi State 16-95-0 1-(-2)0 1-5-0 5-17-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 DNP DNP at Minnesota 21-102-0 1-0-0 3-6-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 10-8-0 1-(-5)-0 at Houston 8-19-0 6-35-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-(-13)-0 8-(-42)-0 Arkansas 14-41-0 1-8-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP Cincinnati 18-123-1 11-67-1 3-2-0 7-59-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP at Louisville 22-74-1 17-152-2 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP Arkansas State 23-119-2 24-190-2 1-(-2)-0 1-14-1 1-(-1)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-0 Tulane 23-165-2 7-3-0 DNP 3-11-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-(-4)-0 at Southern Miss 22-119-0 3-7-0 1-4-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-(-13)-0 6-(-21)-0 East Carolina 27-160-0 6-23-1 1-0-0 2-8-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-(-2)-0 Game-by-Game Rushing No.-Yds-TD 10 Evans 9 Dodson 5 Floyd 89 Cande 85 Graves at Ole Miss 4-(-23)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP Mississippi State 7-(-10)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP at Minnesota 2-(-3)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-10)-0 0-0-0 at Houston DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-(-13)-0 Arkansas 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 Cincinnati 5-5-1 1-(-11)-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 at Louisville 6-0-0 1-18-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 Arkansas State DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 Tulane DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Southern Miss DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP East Carolina DNP 1-2-0 1-(-2)-0 0-0-0 DNP

'98 REVIEW Game-by-Game Receiving No.-Yds-TD 9 Dodson 5 Floyd 33 Blevins 88 Kendall 35 Riley 31 Arnold 22 Harmon 13 Sermon at Ole Miss 8-80-0 2-14-0 6-75-1 3-16-0 0-0-0 3-18-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 108 Mississippi State 6-126-0 3-15-0 3-16-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-4)-0 DNP 0-0-0 at Minnesota 3-27-0 2-34-0 3-38-0 2-22-0 0-0-0 1-6-1 0-0-0 3-69-1 at Houston 3-111-1 4-29-0 0-0-0 1-13-1 1-22-0 1-9-0 DNP 1-21-0 Arkansas 4-84-0 2-11-0 3-40-00 1-11-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Cincinnati 2-42-0 4-72-1 3-44-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Louisville 4-68-0 4-84-0 2-16-0 2-42-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Arkansas State 5-37-0 3-52-0 4-48-0 3-34-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Tulane 4-50-0 3-93-1 3-57-0 4-68-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-4-0 at Southern Miss 0-0-0 1-10-0 2-19-0 1-5-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-14-0 East Carolina 3-128-1 1-23-0 1-22-1 2-41-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-12-0

Game-by-Game Receiving cont. No.-Yds-TD 87 Willis 46 Tucker 1 Coutain 36 Scruggs 83 Burns 24 Jones Others at Ole Miss DNP 0-0-0 DNP 1-9-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 Mississippi State DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Minnesota 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-15-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Houston 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-9-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Arkansas DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-4-0 Cincinnati 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-3-0 at Louisville 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 Arkansas State 1-9-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 Tulane 2-7-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 at Southern Miss 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 East Carolina 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1998 Game-by-Game Statistics Game-by-Game Passing Game-by-Game Field Goals Game-by-Game Punting Cmp-Att-Yds-TD-Int 10 Evans 19 Galb. 14 Suber Made Missed 82 White No.-Avg.-In 20 89 Cande 85 Graves at Ole Miss 24-39-214-1-1 DNP DNP at Ole Miss 37 at Ole Miss 6-44.3-1 DNP Mississippi State 13-31-153-1-0 DNP DNP Mississippi State 44,32 Mississippi State 9-39.2-0 DNP at Minnesota 0-3-0-1-0 10-28-116-1-1 5-8-95-0-1 at Minnesota - at Minnesota 0-0-0 8-38.4-3 at Houston DNP 3-5-115-1-2 9-17-99-0-1 at Houston - at Houston DNP 8-36.5-0 Arkansas 13-35-151-0-1 DNP DNP Arkansas 21,29,32 Arkansas DNP 8-42.5-3 Cincinnati 10-23-161-1-2 0-1-0-0-0 DNP Cincinnati 30, 26, 32, 52 Cincinnati DNP 3-42.7-0 at Louisville 12-32-198-0-0 DNP 0-1-0-0-0 at Louisville 32,35,34 at Louisville DNP 7-37.4-1 Arkansas State DNP 0-0-0-0-0 16-24-180-0-1 Arkansas State - Arkansas State DNP 3-43.3-0 Tulane DNP DNP 17-31-279-2-0 Tulane 44 Tulane 3-37.3 3-30.7 at Southern Miss DNP 0-0-0 6-22-51-0-0 at Southern Miss 28 at Southern Miss 7-45.6 DNP East Carolina DNP DNP 8-21-226-2-2 East Carolina 40 East Carolina 5-199-39.8 DNP

Scoring Drives Long Drives Plays-Yds-Time of Possession 1. 9 Plays, 99 Yards, TOP 3:43 (4th Quarter) vs Arkansas State at Ole Miss 11-80-4:05 (TD); 5-16-0:59 (FG) 2. 1 Play, 92 Yards, TOP :17 (1st Quarter) vs Houston Mississippi State 11-35-4:30 (FG); 9-56-4:06 (FG) 3. 6 Plays, 90 Yards, TOP 1:27 (3rd Quarter) vs. Tulane at Minnesota 7-65-2:32 (TD); 6-84-2:28 (TD) 4. 8 Plays, 85 Yards, TOP 4:00 (1st Quarter) vs Cincinnati at Houston 1-13-:23 (TD); 1-92-:17 (TD) 9 Plays, 85 Yards, TOP 3:53 (3rd Quarter) vs Arkansas State Arkansas 4-4-1:28 (FG); 7-22-2:10 (FG); 8-55-3:10 (FG) 5. 6 Plays, 84 Yards, TOP 2:28 (4th Quarter) vs Minnesota Cincinnati 3-28-1:07 (TD); 8-85-4:00 (TD); 8-71-2:30 (TD); 5-23-1:25 (FG); 6-21-2:06 (FG); 7-65-3:19 (FG); Opponent 7-36-2:04 (TD); 7-37-3:37 (FG) 1. 9 Plays, 87 Yards, TOP 4:40 (3rd Quarter) by USM at Louisville 9-47-2:53 (FG); 5-80-1:37 (TD); 7-63-1:56 (FG); 2. 7 Plays, 85 Yards, TOP 1:21 (1st Quarter) by USM 8-80-3:38 (TD); 8-46-2:53 (FG); 13-76-5:41 (TD) 3. 6 Plays, 85 Yards, TOP 2:52 (2nd Quarter) by Louisville REVIEW '98 Arkansas State 13-79-5:39 (TD); 14-79-6:34 (TD); 9-85-3:53 (TD) 4. 4 Plays, 84 Yards, TOP 1:45 (3rd Quarter) by Arkansas State 3-35-:49 (TD); 9-99-3:43 (TD) 5. 9 Plays, 83 Yards, TOP 3:31 (4th Quarter) by Louisville Tulane 6-75-2:44 (TD); 7-42-3:29 (FG); 6-90-1:27 (TD); 6-80-2:21 (TD); 6-64-2:14 (TD) at Southern Miss 7-30-3:43 (FG) East Carolina 5-44-1:21 (TD); 2-83-:50 (TD); 8-37-2:30 (FG); 7-53-2:44 (TD); 7-80-3:49 (TD) Tackles Game-by-Game Defense 109 UT-AT-TT Ole Miss MSU Minn. UH ARK CIN. UL ASU TUL USM ECU Lawless 3-0-3 (37) 4-0-4 (43) 1-1-2 (34) 3-0-3 (63) 5-2-7 (64) 2-3-5 (44) 0-2-0 (55) 0-4-4 (38) 0-0-0 (3) 0-0-0 (20) 0-0-0 Slaton 0-1-1 (12) 1-0-1 (14) 1-0-1 (22) 2-0-2 (24) 1-0-1 (18) 2-0-2 (18) 0-0-0 (13) 0-0-0 (10) 2-0-2 (15) 1-0-0 (16) 0-0-0 Frier 0-0-0 (36) 1-1-2 (31) 4-3-7 (34) 1-0-1 (45) 4-1-5 (60) 3-1-4 (39) 3-1-4 (48) 2-1-3 (36) 4-1-4 (38) 3-2-5 (45) 3-0-3 Lewis 0-4-4 (34) 0-2-2 (37) 2-1-3 (39) 1-2-3 (47) 3-4-7 (46) 1-0-1 (39) 3-1-4 (43) 4-5-9 (36) 2-1-3 (35) 9-2-11 (42) 3-1-4 Bell 3-4-7 (30) 0-1-1 (22) 1-1-2 (27) 0-0-0 (34) 3-4-7 (33) 3-0-3 (24) 1-2-3 (20) 1-2-3 (12) 5-4-9 (24) 2-2-4 (31) 1-2-3 Vollmar 0-0-0 (1) DNP 1-0-1 (3) DNP DNP 0-0-0 (11) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Santibanez 0-1-1 (31) 0-0-0 (21) 2-0-2 (22) 1-0-0 (38) 3-2-5 (30) 2-1-3 (24) 0-1-1 (36) 0-1-1 (21) 4-2-6 (65) 5-2-7 (50) 4-1-5 Bowling 3-0-3 (38) 4-2-6 (48) 5-4-9 (42) 4-2-6 (50) 1-2-3 (69) 0-0-0 (56) 4-0-4 (64) 0-2-2 (43) 5-2-7 (67) 5-2-7 (55) 0-1-1 Shakir 5-3-8 (55) 2-5-7 (49) 5-1-6 (37) 2-1-3 (55) 7-2-9 (70) 5-5-10 (38) 6-2-8 (66) 3-2-5 (43) 5-3-8 (54) 6-5-11 (59) 8-4-12 C. Stiles 6-5-11 (61) 3-1-4 (51) 1-3-4 (39) 7-3-10 (68) 6-5-11 (83) 3-3-6 (51) 2-0-2 (44) 2-1-3 (46) 4-4-8 (66) 3-2-5 (30) 6-2-8 Shank 1-4-5 (51) 4-1-5 (34) 2-3-5 (34) 4-5-9 (6) 2-3-5 (58) 2-1-3 (29) 0-0-0 (5) 2-1-3 (28) 6-3-9 (50) 4-3-7 (42) 7-2-9 Williams 1-2-3 (34) 1-3-4 (23) 0-2-2 (27) 0-0-0 (2) DNP 4-1-5 (32) 1-0-1 (26) 1-1-2 (21) 1-1-2 (33) 3-3-6 (29) 1-0-1 Boatman 1-2-3 (21) 2-1-3 (13) 2-1-3 (21) 2-5-7 (49) 2-3-5 (50) 1-0-1 (22) 3-3-6 (24) 1-2-3 (15) 3-0-3 (22) 1-2-3 (30) 4-0-4 C. Irby 4-4-8 (26) 1-0-1 (19) 3-0-3 (24) 3-1-4 (39) 2-1-3 (21) 1-1-2 (20) 0-0-0 (15) 0-0-0 (12) 1-3-4 (27) 0-0-0 (9) 1-0-1 Stewart 3-2-5 (74) 1-0-1 (55) 1-0-1 (41) 5-3-8 (69) 4-2-6 (89) 4-0-4 (51) 0-2-2 (81) 1-0-1 (51) 6-2-8 (84) 8-1-9 (64) 2-1-3 McKenzie DNP 6-4-10 (61) 9-1-10 (54) 7-2-9 (70) 6-1-7 (63) 7-0-7 (52) 5-0-5 (72) 5-2-7 (49) 5-3-8 (83) 4-0-4 (45) 7-1-8 Kei. Cobb 2-0-2 (23) 3-1-4 (60) 1-3-4 (54) 5-0-5 (71) 4-0-4 (39) 1-0-1 (24) 2-0-2 (71) 1-1-2 (27) 4-0-4 (40) 1-0-1 (27) 3-0-3 Howard 4-1-5 (70) 8-1-9 (62) 1-0-1 (51) 9-6-15 (74) 11-1-12 (76) 2-1-3 (47) 4-2-6 (81) 1-1-2 (28) 4-1-5 (44) DNP 7-3-10 K. Irby 0-1-1 (25) 0-0-0 (1) 0-0-0 (3) 5-2-7 (24) DNP 0-0-0 (9) 6-0-6 (25) DNP DNP DNP DNP Ward 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 (7) 1-1-2 (10) 1-0-1 (10) 2-0-2 (12) 1-0-1 (3) 3-3-6 Sumter 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 (5) DNP 0-0-0 (22) 6-3-9 (44) 7-2-9 (50) 1-0-1 (48) DNP DNP Stone 1-1-2 (12) 0-0-0 0-0-0 (3) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 (7) 0-0-0 2-1-3 (12) DNP DNP DNP Lanctot 0-1-1 (21) 0-0-0 (3) 1-1-2 (12) 0-1-1 (20) DNP 0-0-0 (7) 0-0-0 (4) DNP 0-0-0 (2) 0-0-0 (2) 0-0-0 Estes DNP DNP 0-0-0 1-1-2 (16) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Harris 0-0-0 (4) 0-0-0 0-0-0 (1) 0-0-0 (1) DNP 1-0-1 (2) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Powell 2-0-2 (55) 0-0-0 0-0-0 (9) 3-0-3 (36) 1-0-1 0-0-0 (7) 2-0-2 (11) 1-0-1 (10) DNP 1-1-2 (4) 0-0-0 A. Arnold DNPDNP 2-0-2 (15) DNP DNP 0-0-0 (7) DNP DNP 3-1-4 (32) 0-0-0 (10) 3-1-4 Bashir 6-4-10 (58) 0-1-1 (5) 1-1-2 (30) 3-1-4 (24) 6-1-7 (87) 4-5-9 (48) DNP DNP 4-3-7 (81) 3-5-8 (65) 1-2-3 (Number of plays are in parenthesis) (Game leaders are in bold) TACKLES ARE COMPUTED FOLLOWING COACHES REVIEW OF GAME FILM ON SUNDAY NIGHT TigerTiger ParticipationParticipation MEMPHIS

OPPONENTName Miss.QBMiss. TB St. Minnesota FBHouston SEArkansas TECincinnati FLLouisville LT Ark. LG St. Tulane C Sou. RG Miss. E. Carolina RT Travis Anglin DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP at Mississippi Evans Arnold Tucker Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells Andre Arnold DNP DNP ✔ DNP DNP ✔ DNP DNP ✔✔ ✔ Mississippi State Evans Arnold Floyd (WR) Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells Gerard Arnold ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ atJason Minnesota Austin DNP DNP DNP ✔ DNP ✔ DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP James Bailey DNP DNP DNP ✔✔✔DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Rashad Bailey DNP ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Idrees Bashir ✔✔✔✔✔✔DNP DNP ✔✔ ✔ Jeff Bazemore ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Marcus Bell ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Darrius Blevins ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Michael Boatman ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Kevin Bohannon DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Marquis Bowling ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Brad Britt DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ✔ DNP Tony Brown DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jeran Burns ✔ DNP ✔✔DNP ✔ DNP ✔✔✔ ✔ Jeff Cameron DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jim Cande ✔✔✔DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ✔✔ ✔ Baki Celaj DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Keith Cobb ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Ken Coutain ✔ DNP ✔✔DNP ✔✔✔✔✔ DNP Damien Dodson ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Josh Eargle DNP DNP DNP ✔✔✔DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP Darche Epting DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Lou Esposito ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Ross Estes DNP DNP DNP ✔✔DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Kenton Evans ✔✔✔DNP ✔✔ ✔DNP DNP DNP DNP Trrey Eyre DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Richie Floyd ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ '98 REVIEW T.J. Frier ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Stephen Galbraith DNP DNP ✔✔DNP ✔ DNP ✔ DNP ✔ DNP Joey Gerda DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Matt Gehrke DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 110 Julian Gibson DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Ben Graves DNP DNP ✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔DNP DNP Ben Grear DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Draper Hall DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DeCorye Hampton DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ✔ DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP Andrew Harden DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Anthony Harden DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Derrick Harmon DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Tori Harmon ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ George Harper DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jason Harris ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔DNP ✔✔ ✔ Michael Harris ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Artis Hicks ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Reginald Howard ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Garrick Hrivnak DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Riccardo Hunter DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ✔✔✔ ✔ Corey Irby ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Kosha Irby ✔✔✔✔DNP ✔✔DNP DNP DNP ✔ Marcus Jack DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Alanda Jones DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP P.T. Jones DNP DNP ✔✔✔✔ ✔✔DNP DNP DNP Billy Kendall ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Rodney Lanctot ✔✔✔✔DNP ✔✔DNP ✔✔ DNP Tramont Lawless ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Calvin Lewis ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Gerald Massey DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Aaron Meadows DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Mike McKenzie DNP ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Tavares Middlebrooks ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔DNP DNP ✔ DNP Vernet Morency DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Justin Morris DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1997 Game-by-Game Statistics

Name Miss. Miss. St. Minnesota Houston Arkansas Cincinnati Louisville Ark. St. Tulane Sou. Miss. E. Carolina Trey Munson DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Chance Nesbitt ✔ DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ✔✔ Austin O'Dell DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP Boris Penchion DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Fred Powell ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Chris Powers ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Teofilo Riley ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Joe Rocconi ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Mowbray Rowand DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jeff Sanders DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Manny Santibanez ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Scott Scherer DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jeremy Scruggs ✔✔DNP ✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Ron Sells ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Al Sermon ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Tim Seymour ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Kamal Shakir ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ DeMorrio Shank ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ David Sherrod ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Jeremy Stewart ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Jarvis Slaton ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Quincey Stephenson DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Marcus Smith DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Caspor Stiles ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Cortez Stokes DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Michael Stone ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔DNP DNP ✔ Neil Suber DNP DNP ✔✔DNP DNP ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Glenn Sumter ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔DNP DNP Nick Tsatsaronis DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Brandon Tucker ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ '98 REVIEW '98 Tommy Vollmar ✔ DNP ✔ DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Keydrin Ward ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Ian Williams ✔✔✔✔DNP ✔✔✔✔✔✔ Dernice Wherry DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Ryan White ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Patrick Willis ✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔ ✔ Roberto Young DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

1998 START CHART 111 OFFENSE OPPONENT QB TB FB SE TE FL LT LG C RG RT at Mississippi Evans Arnold Tucker Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells Mississippi State Evans Arnold Floyd (WR) Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells at Minnesota Evans Arnold Tucker Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells at Houston Galbraith Arnold Tucker Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Esposito Sells Arkansas Evans Arnold Floyd (WR) Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells Cincinnati Evans Arnold Floyd (WR) Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells at Louisville Evans Arnold Floyd (WR) Blevins Kendall Dodson Middle. Seymour Powers Hicks Sells Arkansas State Suber Arnold Willis (TE) Blevins Kendall Dodson Sherrod Seymour Powers Hicks Sells Tulane Suber Arnold Scruggs Blevins Kendall Dodson Sherrod Seymour Powers Hicks Sells at Southern Miss Suber Arnold Willis (TE) Blevins Kendall Dodson Sherrod Seymour Powers Hicks Sells East carolina Suber Arnold Floyd (WR) Blevins Kendall Dodson Sherrod Seymour Powers Hicks Sells

DEFENSE OPPONENT DE LT RT DE SLB MLB WLB CB CS FS FC at Mississippi Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Bashir Stewart Cobb Mississippi State Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart McKenzie Cobb at Minnesota Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart McKenzie Cobb at Houston Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart McKenzie Cobb Arkansas Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart Bashir McKenzie Cincinnati Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart Bashir McKenzie at Louisville Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir McKenzie Howard Sumter Stewart Cobb Arkansas State Bowling Lewis Frier Lawless C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Sumter Stewart McKenzie Tulane Bowling Lewis Frier Santibanez C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart Bashir McKenzie at Southern Miss Bowling Lewis Frier Santibanez C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart Bashir McKenzie East Carolina Bowling Lewis Frier Santibanez C. Stiles Shakir Shank Howard Stewart Bashir McKenzie '98'98 KeyKey DeparturesDepartures MEMPHIS

JEFF BAZEMORE, Defensive Back KEITH COBB, Defensive Back 20 5-10, 194, 4L, Montgomery, AL ( R.E. Lee) 6 5-10, 174, 4L, Cleveland, TN (Cleveland) Played in all 44 games in his career, including 16 as a starter ... Played both tailback and Played in 40 games, working as a member of the special teams ... Worked primarily as defensive back in his career ... Played with his twin brother in the secondary ... Had a a member of the kick cover teams ... Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown in 1997 career high of 11 tackles in a game (Michigan) ... Recorded four career pass intercep- Louisville victory ... Also worked as a flanker for a season ... Received the 1996 Glenn tions. Jones 12th Man Award and was named the 1997 Special Teams Player of the Year. COBB'S CAREER STATISTICS BAZEMORE'S STATISTICS Defense G UT AT Tot. Loss Sack Defense G UT AT Tot. Loss Sack 1995 11 22 16 38 0-0 0-0 1995 11 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 1996 11 12 4 16 1-1 0-0 1996 7 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 1997 11 26 19 45 1-1 0-0 1997 11 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1998 11 32 2 34 1-1 0-0 1998 11 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 Totals 44 92 41 133 3-3 0-0 Total 40 9 2 11 0-0 0-0 RICHIE FLOYD, Receiver DARRIUS BLEVINS, Receiver 5 6-0, 219, 4L, Franklin, TN (Franklin) 33 6-3, 215, 4L, Morristown, TN (East) Played in 34 games for the Tigers ... Was a starter in 27 of his 34 career games ... Was the team's third leading receiver in 1998 with 29 receptions for 437 yards and two Played in 34 career games, including 21 as a starter ... Was the team's second leading touchdowns ... Finished his career as the Tigers' third leading receiver in both number of receiver in 1998 and finished his career ranked 14th ... Had 30 receptions for 335 yards catches and in yards ... Had 110 career catches for 1,654 yards ... Averaged 15.03 yards and two touchdowns in 1998 ... Had 1,017 career yards receiving on 73 receptions ... per catch as a Tiger ... Missed most of his freshman season with two major leg injuries. Also worked as fullback one season. FLOYD'S STATISTICS BLEVIN'S STATISTICS '98 REVIEW Receiving G No. Yds. Avg. TD LG Receiving G No. Yds. Avg. TD LG 1995 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 1994 5 2 48 24.0 0 40 1996 11 43 600 14.0 1 56 112 1995 10 24 326 13.6 2 68 1997 11 38 617 16.2 1 67 1997 9 17 268 15.8 4 57 1998 11 29 437 15.1 2 34 1998 10 30 375 12.5 2 29 Total 34 110 1654 15.0 4 67 98 Total 34 73 1017 13.9 8 68 MARQUIS BOWLING, Defensive End 91 6-2, 250, 4L, Memphis, TN (East) Played in all 41 games as a Tiger ... Set the U of M record for career quarterback sacks ... Recorded 20 career sacks ... Registered 138 career tackles from his defensive end position ... Was twice named to the All-Conference USA Team and was selected to The Football News All-America Team (2nd) ... Came to Memphis as a walk-on and earned a scholarship. BOWLING'S STATISTICS

Defense G UT AT Tot. Loss Sack 1995 8 4 1 5 1-4 1-4 1996 11 21 5 26 6-34 2-17 1997 11 50 14 64 16-80 11-88 1998 11 23 20 43 4-36 6-36 Totals 41 98 40 138 27-154 20-145

JERAN BURNS, Receiver 83 511, 175, 1L, Memphis, TN (South Side) Played in 19 games for the Tigers during his career ... Worked as a receiver and special teams member ... Had two career pass receptions, one as a sophomore and one as a junior. 1998 Key Departures T.J. FRIER, Defensive Tackle 96 6-3, 305, 4L, Newbern, TN (Dyer County) Played in 42 games as a Tiger and was a starter in 19 of those contests ... Recorded a career best seven tackles vs Minnesota in '98 ... Had six solo tackles in the 1997 Michi- gan State game ... Finished his senior season with 38 tackles and two quarterback sacks ... Had 92 career tackles. FRIER'S STATISTICS

Defense G UT AT Tot. Loss Sack 1995 11 5 1 6 0-0 0-0 1996 11 11 4 15 2-4 1-2 1997 9 24 9 33 3-9 1-3 1998 11 27 11 38 4-12 2-8 Totals 42 67 25 92 9-25 4-13

P.T. JONES, Kick Returner/Receiver 246-1, 191, 2L, Laurel, MS (Jones JC) Played in 14 games during his career as a Tiger ... Was utilized as a kick returner and also worked as a tailback and wide receiver ... Highlight of his career was a 65-yard touchdown reception against Mississippi State in 1997 ... Averaged 27.3 yards per kick- MANNY SANTIBANEZ, Defensive End

off return in 1997 and 20.9 yards in 1998. 696-3, 241, 4L, Miami, FL (Columbus) '98 REVIEW '98 JONES' STATISTICS Appeared in 42 games, including 14 as a starter at defensive end ... Had a career high seven tackles in the 1997 UAB game ... Recorded 31 tackles during the 1998 season ... Returns G No. Yds Avg TD LG 1997 8 8 218 27.3 1 65 ... Finished his career with 98 total tackles and eight quarterback sacks ... Registered a 1998 6 15 314 20.9 0 37 64-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the 1997 Southern Mississippi game. Totals 14 23 532 23.1 1 68 SANTIBANEZ'S STATISTICS

MIKE McKENZIE, Defensive Back Defense G UT AT Tot. Loss Sacks 4 6-1, 190, 3L, Miami, FL (Norland) 1995 9 10 7 17 1-4 3-14 1996 11 16 5 21 3-20 0-0 Played in 32 games, including 26 as a starter ... Was twice named to the All-Conference 1997 11 24 5 29 6-47 2-30 1998 11 21 10 31 3-14 3-16 113 USA first team defensive unit and received The Football News All-America honors in Total 42 71 27 98 13-85 8-60 1998 ... Was the team's second leading tackler in '98 ... Had 80 tackles, six blocked passes and one pass interception which he returned for 66 yards ... Finished career with 99 206 tackles and five pass interceptions ... Gave up senior season to enter the draft. RON SELLS, Offensive Tackle 646-5, 290, 4L, Pikeville, TN (Bledsoe Co.) McKENZIE'S STATISTICS Appeared in all 44 career games, including 39 as a starter ... Was a starter in every Defense G UT AT Tot. Loss Sacks position in the offensive line during his career ... Was a tackle as a freshman ... Moved 1996 11 41 13 54 2-2 0-0 to offensive guard as a sophomore and to center as a junior ... Started all 11 games at 1997 11 45 27 72 5-7 0-0 tackle as a senior ... Was twice named to The Successful Farmer's All-America team. 1998 10 65 15 80 1-2 0-0 Total 32 151 55 206 8-11 0-0 JEREMY STEWART, Defensive Back CHRIS POWERS, Center 2 6-0, 200, 4L, Memphis, TN (Oakhaven) 61 6-4, 260, 4L, Winter Park, FL (Winter Park) Played in 43 career games for the Tigers ... Was a starter in the defensive secondary in Played in 44 games during his career and was a starter at both tight end and center ... 28 of his 43 career games ... Had a career high nine tackles in the 1998 Southern Played three seasons at tight end ... Caught the game winning touchdown pass against Mississippi game and registered eight tackles four times in his career ... Recorded a Tennessee in 1996 ... Had four career touchdown receptions ... Was moved to center in career high two pass interceptions in 1998 and had five during his career ... Finished his 1998 and started all 11 games. career with 169 tackles. POWERS' STATISTICS STEWART'S STATISTICS

Receiving G No Yds Avg. TD LG Defense G UT AT Tot. Loss Sacks 1995 11 5 83 16.6 2 42 1995 10 9 7 16 1-2 0-0 1996 11 10 87 8.7 2 24 1996 11 38 14 52 3-9 0-0 1997 11 19 201 10.6 0 36 1997 11 22 30 52 1-1 0-0 1998 11 Moved to center 1998 11 29 20 49 0-0 0-0 Total 44 34 371 10.9 4 42 Total 43 98 71 169 5-12 0-0 19981998 DiaryDiary MEMPHIS January 2, 1998 pus this weekend. It is expected to be one of the 255 defensive lineman from Kennesaw, Geor- Tiger head coach Rip Scherer and members of largest recruiting weekends in Tiger history. gia, both announced that they would sign with his staff left Memphis today to attend this year's the Tigers. Football Coaches Convention in Dallas, Texas. January 16, 1998 The city of Memphis was hit with a snow and January 19, 1998 January 4, 1998 ice storm just prior to the Tigers having their The Tigers picked up two more commitments Tiger coach Rip Scherer received a verbal com- largest recruiting weekend. The city received when quarterback Travis Anglin, of Columbus, mitment from Darche Epting, a 6'1, 225 pound approximately three inches of snow and ice Georgia, and Marcus Smith, a defensive back running back from Dallas, Texas. Epting had blocking the streets and closing all city and from Hamilton High School in Memphis, an- also visited Texas A&M and Kansas State be- county schools. The Tigers also received two nounced that they would sign with Memphis on fore opting for the Tigers. commitments from high school players. Matt February 4th. Gehrke, an offensive lineman from Mesquite, January 6, 1998 January 21, 1998 The Tiger football staff returned from Dallas, The Tigers received two commitments for the Texas, and this year's Football Coaches Con- With recruiting being so vital to a program, head coach Rip 1998 football season. Linebacker Ross Estes of Scherer spends most of January on the road. vention. A staff meeting is planned for Wednes- Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia an- day morning. nounced that he would attend the U of M as did defensive back Anthony Harden of Lake High- January 7, 1998 lands High School in Dallas, Texas. Harden has The Tigers received their fifth football commit- a twin brother, Andrew, who is also considering ment when Shaun Wynn, a defensive lineman the University of Memphis. from Tyler, Texas, announced that he would at- tend the University of Memphis. January 22, 1998 Tiger football recruiting received a major boost

TIGER DIARY January 9, 1998 when All-State tailback Dernice Wherry an- The Tigers had just two players in for official nounced that he would sign with the Tigers on visits, Matt Gehrke, a lineman from Texas and February 4th. Wherry was the top 5-A running 114 Jason Thomas, a wide receiver from Florida. back in the state last season rushing for over 2,000 yards. He led his Munford team to the January 11, 1998 state 5-A championship game. Wherry was be- The Tigers received their first local commit- ing recruited by Ole Miss, Colorado, Arkansas ment when East High's Derrick Harmon an- and Mississippi State. nounced that he would sign with Memphis. Harmon played quarterback and defensive back January 23, 1998 for the Mustangs. He had visited Nebraska, and Texas, and Mowbry Rowand, a tight end from Boris Penchion, a 6'3, 220 pound tight end from turned down visits to Arkansas, Texas and BYU Memphis Kirby High School, announced that Alabama, committed to the Tigers. Penchion is before committing to the Tigers. they would attend the University of Memphis. the nephew of former Tiger defensive lineman Gehrke was named as one of the Top 100 Play- Anthony Penchion. January 12, 1998 ers in Dallas. Rip Scherer left Memphis for Atlanta to home January 24, 1998 visit several recruits. Scherer is expected to January 17, 1998 Seven high school football prospects came to return to Memphis on Wednesday. The Tigers opened their largest recruiting week- campus for their official visit. The group in- end in the history of the school when 27 high cluded Keydrin Ward, a defensive back from January 14, 1998 school prospects came to visit. Attending were Memphis Melrose High School and Trey Eyre, Rip Scherer traveled to Munford, Tennessee, to such notable players as tailback Dernice an offensive lineman. home visit Munford High School tailback Wherry, fullback Barry Rivers and quarterback Dernice Wherry. Wherry was the state's top Travis Anglin. January 25, 1998 running back in 1997. Keydrin Ward of Melrose High School and January 18, 1998 Bashkim Celaj, an offensive lineman from January 15, 1998 Before they left campus to return home, two of Armonk, New York, committed to the Tigers. Rip Scherer returned to Memphis after a re- the recruits visiting Memphis this weekend com- Ward is listed as a cornerback, while Celaj will cruiting trip to Atlanta, Georgia. Scherer and mitted to the Tigers. Roberto Young, a linebacker work as a tackle. Ward visited Arkansas and his coaches will welcome 33 recruits to cam- from St. Louis, Missouri, and Joe Gerda, a 6'5, Ole Miss. Celaj, 6'5, 280, was recruited by Ole 1998 Diary Miss, Rutgers and Boston College. February 6, 1998 was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Rip Scherer and his staff hosted a reception at January 27, 1998 the Fogelman Executive Center for all of the February 23, 1998 Marcus Smith, a defensive back from Hamilton individuals involved with this year's recruiting The Tiger football team officially started win- High School in Memphis made his commitment class. The reception was designed as a "thank ter conditioning which will run through the start known by having a press conference at you" for the administration, staff, faculty, air- of spring practice on March 27th. The Tigers Hamilton. Smith confirmed what he had told line and hotel staff that aided in weekend re- are now meeting at 5 AM at Murphy Athletic Tiger coaches a week earlier. cruiting visits to campus. Over 60 people at- Complex for running and weightlifting. tended the one hour reception. January 28, 1998 February 24, 1998 The Tigers gained their 22nd football commit- February 7, 1998 A press conference was held at The U of M ment when Trey Eyre, a 6'3, 265 lineman from Rip Scherer left Memphis to attend the Ameri- today announcing that the capital campaign was Baton Rouge, Louisiana, announced that he can Football Coaches Association meeting in complete and that construction of three new ath- would sign with Memphis. Eyre had considered Dallas, Texas. letic facilities would begin this spring. An addi- Southern Miss and Oklahoma State. tion of office space will be added to the AOB February 12, 1998 for use by the football and basketball depart- January 29, 1998 The Tigers added their 26th signee for the 1998 ments. A new basketball training facility will A press conference was held at Melrose High season when Ben Graves, a punter from Jones be built on Spottswood, adjacent to the HPER School to announce college choices for six Building. The third project will be a new ath- Golden Wildcat players. Three of the players letic training facility at the Billy J. Murphy Ath- committed to the Tigers including tailback Hank Hughes, the defensive line coach at Harvard, joined letic Training Complex on south campus. The the Memphis staff in February. Dushaun Harris, and defensive backs Jeremy facility will have new meeting rooms, training Baptist and Keydrin Ward. Ward had actually and equipment rooms and offices for Tiger ath- committed to the Tigers on January 25th but held letic teams. The press conference featured

his decision for the Melrose press conference. former Shelby County mayor Bill Morris, Uni- TIGER DIARY TIGER Harris was an all-state tailback who gained over versity President Dr. V. Lane Rawlins and ath- 1,700 yards and scored 24 rushing touchdowns letic director R.C. Johnson. The capital cam- in 1997. paign is being spearheaded by chairman Fred Smith, the CEO of FDX Corporation, the hold- January 30, 1998 ing company for FedEx. Tommy Vollmar, a transfer from the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, was given a scholarship by February 27, 1998 Rip Scherer and was added to this year's list of A going-away party was held by the football football signees. Vollmar, a native of Memphis, staff for defensive line coach Wayne Weedon, was a prep standout at CBHS. He is the Tigers' who was leaving the University to become the 115 25th signee for 1998. Director fo Athletics for the Memphis City School System. Weedon, who was a football February 3, 1998 player for the Tigers from 1975-78, had coached East High School standout Derrick Harmon, who at Memphis for eight years. had earlier committed to the Tigers, stated that he was still interested in the University of Ne- County Junior College, inked a scholarship. March 1, 1998 braska and was unsure where he would sign on Graves was a two-year starter for Jones County Hank Hughes, the defensive line coach at Wednesday, February 4th. JC and averaged 40.8 yards per punt in 1997. Harvard, was on campus visiting and interview- ing for the position vacated by Wayne Weedon. February 4, 1998 February 13, 1998 The Tigers landed a full complement of 25 Head Coach Rip Scherer attended the North- March 7, 1998 signees on the first day of national signing day. west Florida All-Sports Dinner as the guest The Commercial Appeal reported that Rip The group included highly touted tailback speaker. Scherer had recommended Hank Hughes to the Dernice Wherry and wide receiver Derrick State Board of Regents for approval as the Ti- Harmon, who became the subject of a fierce February 17, 1998 gers' new defensive line coach. Hughes will recruiting battle with the University of Ne- Rip Scherer and members of the Tiger staff trav- replace Wayne Weedon who left the U of M to braska. A Signing Party was hosted later in the eled to the University of Georgia to meet with become the athletic director for the Memphis day by the Highland Hundred at the Adams Mark Jim Donnan's staff and observe their football City School System. Hotel. Rip Scherer and his staff attended the operation. booster only event that was attended by over March 8, 1998 250 Tiger fans. Scherer spent the evening an- February 20, 1998 Jonathan Brooks, a freshman defensive back swering questions from fans about the new Rip Sherer traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, for who lettered last season as a member of the class. the annual Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Din- Tiger special teams, has been suspended ner. Former Tiger quarterback Russ Vollmer indefinately from the football team for viola- 1998 Diary tion of team policies. workouts. expedite healing. March 26, 1998 March 10, 1998 Twelve Tiger seniors will participate in Pro Day April 1, 1998 Tiger linebacker coach Keith Butler has resigned at Murphy Athletic Complex. Numerous pro- The Tiger football team put on the pads for the to become the defensive coordinator at Arkan- fessional scouts will work out Tiger seniors prior first time this spring. The two-hour practice was sas State University. Butler, who had coached to the start of their final seasons at Memphis. highlighted by the play of the Memphis offense. for the Tigers for eight years, was an all-Ameri- WPTY-TV's Greg Gaston interviewed Rip Sophomore quarterback Kenton Evans had per- can linebacker for Memphis in the mid 1970s. Scherer one day prior to the opening of spring haps his best practice as a Tiger, hitting on sev- Following his playing career at Memphis, But- practice. The Tigers will open practice on March eral long passes to Damien Dodson and Boo ler was a second round draft choice of the Se- 28. Blevins. Tailbacks Gerard Arnold, Jeff Sand- attle Seahawks and spent nine years in the NFL. ers and Riccardo Hunter had impressive runs March 28, 1998 during 3-on-3 drills. Linebacker Kamal Shakir March 11, 1998 The Tigers opened spring football practice on and defensive back Jason Harris registered in- Hank Hughes, who had been recommended to Saturday morning with three scholarship quar- terceptions. replace Wayne Weedon on the Tiger football terbacks battling for the number one position. staff, was officially approved by the Tennessee Kenton Evans, Stephen Galbraith and Neil Suber April 4, 1998 State Board of Regents. appear locked in competition this spring for quar- The Tiger football team went through its first terback. The team worked out in shorts and hel- controlled scrimmage at Murphy Athletic Com- March 12, 1998 mets and will put on the pads on Wednesday. plex on a cold, windy morning. Sophomore quar- Russ Huesman, the defensive coordinator at terbacks Kenton Evans and Stephen Galbraith William & Mary College in Virginia, was on The jersey of former Tiger and NFL veteran David Bran- were impressive passing, while junior tailback campus interviewing for the coaching position don was retired at Mitchell High School in Memphis. Gerard Arnold led all rushers. Galbraith com- vacated by Keith Butler. pleted 6-of-8 pass attempts for 69 yards and one touchdown. Evans hit on 6-of-9 attempts for 51 March 13, 1998 yards. Arnold rushed for 51 yards and one touch- Rip Scherer traveled with the Lady Tiger bas- down on 11 carries and freshman running back ketball team to Raleigh, North Carolina, for the Sugar Sanders gained 31 yards and also scored NCAA East Regional. Scherer traveled to NC a touchdown. State to observe the Wolfpack football opera- tion. April 7, 1998

TIGER DIARY The University athletic department had to con- March 16, 1998 tact the NCAA and Conference USA to report Russ Huesman, the defensive coordinator at that an unknown number of football players had 116 William & Mary College in Virginia, has been made unauthorized long distance calls on a Uni- hired to replace Keith Butler who left to be- versity telephone access number. An in-house come coordinator at Arkansas State. Huesman, investigation has begun and the report will be who played at UT-Chattanooga, will coach the turned over to the NCAA. Tiger defensive ends. April 8, 1998 March 18, 1998 The Tiger football team was forced indoors due Mitchell High School in Memphis announced to rain and thunderstorms in the area. The team that the jersey of former Mitchell and Univer- worked out for three hours in split sessions. sity of Memphis standout David Brandon would be retired in a ceremony at the high school. March 29, 1998 April 9, 1998 Brandon went on after his Tiger career to star The Tigers returned to practice on Sunday af- The Tigers went through a "thud" practice on for several NFL teams and still plays with the ternoon and worked on passing drills and for- Thursday in preparation for Friday's scrimmage Atlanta Falcons. mations. The team will take off Monday and at the Liberty Bowl. Freshman defensive end Tuesday before putting on pads on Wednesday. Andre Arnold sustained a grade two sprain of March 21, 1998 Freshman tailback Jeff "Sugar" Sanders is re- the medial collateral ligament in his right knee A dinner was held at Frank Grisanti's Restau- ceiving attention from the coaches this spring. and could be out the remainder of the spring. rant for the Tiger football coaching staff. The He is expected to provide great depth at tail- coaches, support staff and their spouses attended back. April 10, 1998 the dinner. Stephen Galbraith threw for 81 yards and two March 30, 1998 touchdowns and tailback Gerard Arnold rushed March 25, 1998 Tailback Teofilo Riley, who injured his foot in for two scores in Friday's scrimmage at the Lib- Phil Stukenborg of the Commercial Appeal in- practice on Sunday, was discovered to have sus- erty Bowl. Arnold gained 91 yards including a terviewed newcomer Jeff "Sugar" Sanders for tained a broken bone in his foot and will miss 67 yard run that was the team's longest of the a prespring practice story. Sanders arrived on the remainder of the spring. Riley will undergo spring. Defensively, tackle T.J. Frier recorded campus in January and will go throrugh spring surgery to have a screw placed in the bone to 1998 Diary eight tackles, four quarterback sacks, one April 24, 1998 cruiting trips to check on the 1999 senior class fumble recovery and one tackle for lost yard- Over 60 former Tiger football players joined of high school players. Under NCAA rules col- age. Linebacker Caspor Stiles returned an in- with football staff members for the annual Foot- lege coaches can use the month of May to re- terception 46-yards for a touchdown. The team ball Lettermen's Golf Tournament at cruit. was given Easter weekend off. Wedgewood Golf Club. This year's event was won by former head coach Billy J. Murphy, Russ May 4, 1998 April 15, 1998 Vollmer, Barry Williams and Bill Gidden. Golf- Two members of the Tiger football team were Tiger wide receiver Richie Floyd was a one man ers left the course after the event and attended named to the College Sports News Preseason highlight film during a limited scrimmage at a cookout sponsored by the Highland Hundred All-America team. Marquis Bowling and Mike Murphy Athletic Complex. The senior caught at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. McKenzie were named to the honorable men- six passes for 113 yards and three touchdowns. tion team. Tiger tailback Marcus Jack was sus- Floyd hauled in two Kenton Evans passes for April 25, 1998 pended indefinitely from the football team for scores and grabbed one Neil Suber toss for an- The annual Blue-Gray Game was deemed a violation of team policy. Jack was listed as the other score. huge success after quarterback Kenton Evans number three tailback on the depth chart after threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns in spring practice but was expected to see most of April 17, 1998 leading the Blue squad to a 35-14 win. Evans his playing time on the special teams. Area high school football coaches came to cam- had a 68-yard TD pass to Ken Coutain and a pus for a two day Coaches Clinic hosted by Rip 61-yard scoring strike to Richie Floyd in win- May 5, 1998 Scherer and his staff. A limited practice was ning MVP honors. Tailback Gerard Arnold Rip Scherer, his wife Michele and Athletic Di- held at Murphy Complex on Friday afternoon rector R.C. Johnson and his wife Melba, at- and "chalk talks" were held during the evening. Over sixty former football lettermen joined in the annual tended the Fiesta Bowl Bash in Phoenix, Ari- Blue-Gray Golf Tournament prior to the spring game. zona. The event is hosted each year for 1-A April 18, 1998 Alliance football coaches and athletic adminis- The Memphis football team was to participate trators.

in the University's Spring Expo during the morn- TIGER DIARY TIGER ing and then traveled to the Liberty Bowl for May 11, 1998 the second major scrimmage of the spring, but Members of the athletic department staff par- rain in the area postponed both events. ticipated in the annual Tiger Clubs Golf Tour- nament at Germantown Country Club. The event April 19, 1998 is held annually to raise money for athletic The Tigers returned to the Liberty Bowl after a scholarships. A record crowd of 148 golfers 24-hour delay and had a 122-play scrimmage. played in this year's tournament including The Memphis offense had its best day of the former Tiger and Minnesota Viking lineman spring throwing for 326 yards and five touch- Scott Dill and New York Giant quarterback downs and rushing for 139 and four scores. Browning Nagle, who played collegiately at the 117 Quarterback Stephen Galbraith completed 11- University of Louisville. of-18 pass attempts for 137 yards and three touchdowns and Kenton Evans hit on 10-of-19 May 12, 1998 passes for 132 yards and one touchdown. Se- Tiger head coach Rip Scherer flew to New Jer- nior receiver Darrius Blevins caught 11 passes sey today to be inducted into the Jersey Shore for 124 yards and three scores. Gerard Arnold Athletic Hall of Fame. Scherer will be inducted led all rushers with 71 yards on 13 attempts and rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown and fresh- along with former football legends Jim Jeffcoat scored twice. man running back Jeff "Sugar" Sanders added (Dallas Cowboys), and Alex Webster (New 74 yards and a touchdown. Prior to the game, York Giants). April 21, 1998 Trey Dockery presented the Rex Dockery Schol- The Tiger practice set for the afternoon was arship to Stephen Galbraith. The Ralph Hatley May 18, 1998 rained out and moved to Wednesday afternoon. Scholarship went to Josh Eargle. The Chris Several current and former members of the Ti- The day was spent dividing the team into two Faros Most Improved Player Awards were given ger football program were inducted into the All- squads for the Blue-Gray game on Saturday, to Austin O'Dell and Chris Powers for offense American Football Foundation and Hall of April 25. The line-up is set to pit the starters and Kosha Irby and aspor Stiles on defense. The Fame. Former head coachs Billy J. Murphy, Rex against the remainder of the team. Glenn Jones Award was presented to Marcus Dockery, Ralph Hatley and Dr. C.C. Humphreys Jack and Ridney Lanctot. were inducted as were assistant coaches Murray April 22, 1998 Armstrong, Bob Patterson and Pete Cordelli. Junior fullback Jeremy Scrugggs, who was sus- April 28, 1998 Former players Russ Vollmer, Harry Schuh and pended during the 1997 season, was again sus- The Tiger football players participated in Pic- James Earl Wright were installed and Bob Winn pended from the team for failure to comply with ture Day at Murphy Athletic Complex. was inducted into the Hall of Fame receiving academic standards set forth by the football of- the Elmore "Scoop" Hudgins Award for Media fice. A decision will be reached this summer as May 1, 1998 Relations Directors. Rip Scherer and John Flow- to whether or not he will be allowed to return. Tiger football coaches began their annual re- ers attended the event in Tunica, Mississippi, 1998 Diary along with Bill Lofton and Kevin Grothe. June 4, 1998 Rodrigues, an SID at Mississippi State,joined Athlon Football Magazine hit the newsstands the UM staff of Bob Winn. May 19, 1998 today and several Tiger players were tabbed on Rip Scherer spent the day traveling to Destin, all-star lists. Offensive tackle Ron Sells was June 17, 1998 Florida, to attend the 1998 Conference USA named to the All-Conference USA offensive A local television station announced that Jeff Meetings. Mark Owens, the Associate Media unit. Defensive end Marquis Bowling and cor- "Sugar" Sanders had torn his ACL and would Relations Director, and his wife Jane, gave birth nerback Mike McKenzie were selected to the have surgery in July. If confirmed by team phy- to the newest little Tiger, Tanner Ryan Owens. defensive unit. Freshman signee Derrick sicians, Sanders could miss the 1998 season. Harmon was selected to the Top 25 Conference May 20, 1998 USA Signees for 1998. June 18, 1998 Construction fences were installed at the Ath- Rip Scherer and his wife Michele hosted mem- letic Office Building marking the beginning of June 5, 1998 bers of the Tiger football staff and their fami- construction for a new wing of the AOB which Athletic Media Relations Directors attending lies at a picnic outing at the home of Memphis will house the Tiger football and basketball of- their annual meetings in Tampa, Florida, voted fan Steve Oletia. fices. The projected completion date is Decem- on their expected finish to this year's C-USA ber of 1998. football race. The Tigers were tabbed in sixth June 26, 1998 place among the eight football playing league The Highland Hundred booster group hosted a May 21, 1998 schools. Southern Mississippi was selected as golf tournament at Wedgewood Golf Club in Rip Scherer spent the day in the same manner Olive Branch, Mississippi. Rip Scherer and his that he had spent most of May, he traveled to staff attended to greet players. A overflow turn- Defensive end Marquis Bowling was named to The Foot- area high schools to visit one-on-one with head ball News preseason All-America team. out produced a record 34 teams in this year's coaches. tournament.

May 31, 1998 June 27, 1998 The athletic department held a Family Day out- Rip Scherer, John Flowers, Russ Huesman, ing at an area amusement park. Rip Scherer Charlie Coe and Bob Winn traveled to Nash- and his son Ryan attended on the very hot after- ville, Tennessee, along with other athletic de- noon, as well as co-offensive coordinator Dave partment staff members to participate in a golf Magazu and his family. tournament hosted by the Alumni Association.

TIGER DIARY June 1, 1998 June 30, 1998 Members of the Tiger football staff participated Tiger defensive back Mike McKenzie was in the Steadline/U of M Golf Tournament in tabbed as the 15th best cornerback in the na- 118 West Memphis, Arkansas. Each year Steadline tion by Lindy's Football Magazine and defen- selects an area school to honor with a golf tour- sive end Marquis Bowling was ranked as the nament and dinner. number 24 defensive lineman in the nation.

June 2, 1998 July 2, 1998 The University of Memphis football coaches Tiger head coach Rip Scherer and his family and their families had their pictures made for left Memphis for a Scherer clan vacation at this year's Football Media Guide. Co-offensive Emerald Beach in North Carolina. The the favorite to win the conference title. coordinator Dave Magazu and his family added Scherer's will travel to Destin, Florida, before a member when they brought their Yellow Lab, June 10, 1998 returning to Memphis on July 17th. "Touchdown", to join them in the portrait. Lo- Tiger freshman tailback Jeff "Sugar" Sanders, cal photographer Gil Michael took the pictures. July 16, 1998 who was expected to press Gerard Arnold for a Tiger quarterback hopeful Kenton Evans was share of playing time this fall, injured his knee June 3, 1998 featured in a column by The Commercial while working out in Miami, Florida. It is an- Media Relations staff members Bob Winn and Appeal's Geoff Calkins. Evans is expected to ticipated that Sanders will miss some if not all Mark Owens left for Tampa, Florida, to attend enter fall camp as Memphis' number one quar- of the 1998 season. the Conference USA football meetings. This terback candidate. year's discussions centered around Fox Sports June 15, 1998 Television broadcast of conference football July 17, 1998 Tiger defensive end Marquis Bowling was games and the 1998 bowl situation. Fox Sports Several '98 Tiger football signees received their named to The Football News Preseason All- Network announcer Paul Kennedy attended the final ACT scores and were disappointed to find America Team. Bowling received second team meetings and spent an hour talking to the SIDs out that they would not be eligible for the up- honors along with East Carolina lineman Danny about the needs and goals of Fox Sports Net- coming season. Three signees were declared Moore. Bowling and defensive back Mike work. particial qualifiers which means they are eli- McKenzie were also named to The Football gible for scholarship aid and to practice with News All-Conference USA team. Jennifer the team this fall. This group included Chatta- 1998 Diary nooga linebacker Tony Brown, Dallas, Texas, to pay for the calls before allowing the players defensive back Anthony Harden and Memphis to enroll in the fall. In addition, six players will August 2, 1998 Hamilton High School defensive back Marcus be suspended for the season opener against Ole Scott Scherer, an All-Shelby Metro quarterback Smith. Two signees, DeShaun Harris and Jer- Miss and will have to do 25 hours of commu- from Collierville High School has announced emy Baptist of Melrose High, were non-quali- nity service. The group includes defensive back that he will walk-on with the Tigers this fall. fiers. The staff is waiting for a final ruling on Mike McKenzie, fullback Rashad Bailey, tail- Scherer, who visited Harvard, Davidson and Munford High School running back Dernice back Jeff Sanders, defensive end Andre Arnold, Rhodes College, has decided to attend Mem- Wherry. linebacker George Harper and former defen- phis. Scherer is the son of Memphis head coach sive back Jonathan Brooks, who is no longer Rip Scherer. July 19, 1998 with the team. Mike Slive and Brian Teter of Conference USA August 3, 1998 arrived in Memphis for the C-USA Football July 24, 1998 Rip Scherer and his staff left Memphis for a Media Days. The three -day event features golf Maurice Knight, who has served as tight end two day retreat at Bristol Hotel & Resorts in tournaments, a social gathering at the home of coach for the Tigers for the past four seasons, Olive Branch, Mississippi. Pat Meyer, a gradu- Liberty Bowl director Steve Ehrhart and a day has resigned citing health problems. Knight ate assistant coach for the Tigers last season, of interviews with C-USA coaches and play- joined the Tigers under former head coach was named as the interim tight end coach re- ers. Chuck Stobart and remained with the Tigers placing Maurice Knight. Knight resigned on July when Scherer was hired in 1995. The former 23rd citing health concerns. July 20, 1998 Conference USA released its preseason All- August 4, 1998 Defensive back Mike McKenzie was named to the Confer- Conference Team. Tiger defensive standouts ence USA preseason team for 1998. The Highland Hundred held its Kickoff Rally Marquis Bowling (defensive end) and Mike at Woodland Hills Dinner Club in Shelby McKenzie (cornerback) were both named to the County. The meeting, which featured Rip squad. Tulane University had eight players Scherer as guest speaker, drew another record

named among the league's 24 best. Memphis crowd. The Kickoff Rally drew 578 fans and TIGER DIARY TIGER was picked to finish fifth among the seven con- was highlighted by an Elvis Presley ference football teams. Southern Mississippi impersonater. Former Mayor Bill Morris updated was picked as the number one team with East the crowd on the athletic capital campaign which Carolina and Tulane tying for second. A social has now reached the $7 million mark. function was held at the home of Liberty Bowl director Steve Ehrhart for C-USA coaches and August 6, 1998 officials in town for Media Day activities. Rip Scherer and the members of his staff par- ticipated in the annual WREC/Rip Scherer Golf July 21, 1998 Tournament at Kirkwood National Golf Club in 119 Over 275 individuals participated in two Holly Springs, Mississippi. The event is held scramble golf tournaments at Stonebridge Golf for sponsors of the Rip Scherer Radio Show on Club for C-USA Media Day. The two full WREC-AM 79. scrambles form the largest golf outing in Mem phis. A dinner was held for all participants at August 10, 1998 the Adams Mark Hotel in the evening. Twenty-eight newcomers checked into South Memphis track All-American had coached at Hall to mark the start of 1998 Fall Camp. The July 22, 1998 East High in Memphis prior to joining the Ti- Tigers welcomed 21 scholarship players and More than 100 media members converged on gers. seven new walk-ons into camp. The group in- the Adams Mark Hotel for interviews with C- cluded all-state running back Dernice Wherry, USA coaches and players as the annual Media July 28, 1998 all-state receiver Derrick Harmon and Texas Day events came to a conclusion. Defensive Melrose High School all-state tailback DeShaun all-stater Darche Epting. After a team meet- end Marquis Bowling and tailback Gerard Harris has passed the ACT and has met all of ing, players had their physical examinations. Arnold attended representing the U of M. Both the qualifications for admission this fall. How- were members of the All-Conference team in ever, the Tigers are currently at the maximum August 11, 1998 1997. (85) scholarship limit. Harris may join the team Rains struck the Memphis area in the early in January of 1999. The speedy tailback rushed hours of the morning but it was not enough to July 23, 1998 for over 1,000 yards last year. stop the Tiger freshmen from practice. After a The NCAA stated that the U of M violated no conditioning test, the players were put through association rules when it was discovered that August 1, 1998 drills they will be participating in when the var- several football players used a school access Mark Owens, who had served as assistant Me- sity joins in on Saturday. Scherer singled out code number to make long distance telephone dia Relations Director for seven years, left the overall appearance and conditioning of fresh- calls. The University self-reported itself to the Memphis to become the Media Relations Di- men Travis Anglin, Mowbray Rowand, Boris NCAA after the calls were discovered. Mem- rector at Middle Tennessee State University. Penchion, Ross Estes, Glenn Sumter and Joey phis set up a restitution program for the athletes 1998 Diary Gerda. and tailback Gerard Arnold both scored touch- August 23, 1998 downs in goal line scrimmages. Reid Hedgepeth, a letterman tight end who was August 12, 1998 named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Senior offensive tackle Ron Sells was named August 20, 1998 team in 1997, has left the team and is not ex- to Successful Farming's All-America Farm Tiger starting center Chris Powers and fresh- pected to return. Hedgepeth was battling sopho- Team. The Pikeville, Tennessee, native was man tailback Dernice Wherry both sustained more Billy Kendall for the starting position this tabbed for the second time in his career to the ankle sprains during workouts at Murphy Ath- fall. A graduate of CBHS in Memphis, team which is made up of players who grew up letic Complex. Both players injured their right Hedgepeth caught four passes for 33 yards dur- on farms as youth. The Tiger freshman class ankles and were taken for x-rays, which were ing the 1997 season. continued with two-a-day sessions which again negative. Powers is expected to return to action were highlighted by the passing skills of Travis in approxiamtely four days and Wherry in about August 24, 1998 Anglin and the receiving abilities of Derrick 10 days. Freshman fullback Darche Epting sus- Patrick Willis, an all-state tight end from Mem- Harmon. tained a pulled muscle in his back and receiver phis Kingsbury High School, was moved from Darrick Harmon bruised his shoulder. defensive end to tight end in an effort to bolster August 13, 1998 depth at the position. Willis sat out last year The Memphis varsity reported to campus on August 22, 1998 under the guidelines of Prop 48. Thursday for a 3 pm team meeting with the The Tigers traveled to Liberty Bowl Memorial coaching staff. Seventy-four varsity team mem- Stadium for their first game type scrimmage of August 25, 1998 bers reported to camp. It was also reported that Flanker Damien Dodson, wide receiver Darrius freshman tailback Dernice Wherry would not Blevins and linebacker Ian Williams returned The new lights and towers at Murphy Athletic Complex be able to take the untimed ACT test at Munford were dedicated to Murray Armstrong at FanFest '98. to practice in preparation for Wednesday's High School on Friday. The high school had re- scrimmage at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. ceived some misinformation about testing dates It is expected that Rodney Lanctot, Dernice and that no test could be administered after June Wherry, P.T. Jones and Boris Penchion will be 30. Wherry plans an appeal with the NCAA. the only Tigers to miss the scrimmage.

August 14, 1998 August 26, 1998 The football team spent the day cleaning up The Tigers went through their final scrimmage various odds-and-ends like finishing summer of preseason camp on Wednesday at the Lib- school exams, getting still pictures and televi- erty Bowl. Quarterback Kenton Evans put the

TIGER DIARY sion video shots made and participating in lock on the starting quaterback position but FanFest activities. It was expected that Melrose Stephen Galbraith stayed right on Evans' heels. High School tailback DeShaun Harris would join Tailback Teofilo Riley led all rushers with 18 120 the team today after a scholarship became avail- carries for 87 yards and one touchdown. Start- able. He still has to be processed by the NCAA ing tailback Gerard Arnold was held out of the Clearing House. scrimmage so as not to take a chance on a last minute injury. August 15, 1998 The long awaited first practice session became August 27, 1998 reality when 104 football players took to the Freshman linebacker Ross Estes was cleared fields at Murphy Athletic Complex. The Tigers the fall. Sophomore quarterback Kenton Evans by the NCAA Clearing House as to an English went through three workouts on Saturday. led the offense on two scoring drives while com- course he took in high school. pleting 7-of-13 pass attempts for 122 yards. August 17, 1998 Quarterback Stephen Galbraith hit on 5-of-7 pass August 28, 1998 The Tigers continued with conditioning prac- attempts for 87 yards and one touchdown. His Head coach Rip Scherer surprised the team by tice sessions at Murphy Complex. Scherer 53-yard TD strike to Jeran Burns was the long- giving the Tigers two days off to rest their legs. singled the leadership roles played by T.J. Frier, est pass completion of the afternoon. Junior tail- The team will not return to the field until Sun- Jeremy Stewart, Keith Cobb, Ron Sells, Chris back Gerard Arnold scored one of two rushing day afternoon for a light walk-thru session. Powers, Richie Floyd and Darrius Blevins. Jun- touchdowns, while rushing for 24 yards on four ior fullback Jeremy Scruggs was allowed to carries. Burns, a senior who had just one ca- August 31, 1998 return to the team after his summer school reer pass reception entering the fall, caught four The first Rip Scherer press conference of the grades were posted. Scruggs was suspened last passes for 101 yards and one touchdown. De- year was held at the Public Eye Restaurant in season by Scherer. fensively, end Manny Santibanez was credited Overton Square. Scherer announced that the with a safety and scored a touchdown on a two- team had decided to vote for permanent cap- August 19, 1998 yard fumble return. Linebacker Caspor Stiles tains prior to the start of the 1998 season. They The Tigers put on the pads for the first time this registered a fumble recovery and freshman selected offensive tackles Ron Sells, defensive fall but had limited hitting during the three-a- defensive back Anthony Harden had a pass in- end Marquis Bowling and defensive back Keith day practice sessions. Fullback Jeremy Scruggs terception. Cobb. Scherer reconfirmed that sophomore 1998 Diary Kenton Evans will start at quarterback against coaching staff would select a champion of the September 14, 1998 Ole Miss. week for each unit. This week Damien Dodson Rip Scherer announced at his weekly press lun- was selected as the offensive champion, cheon that Gerard Arnold and Damien Dodson September 1, 1998 Reginald Howard was named the defensive were named Offensive Champions of the Week The Memphis football team returned to the prac- champion and Ryan White was tabbed as the for the Mississippi State game. T.J. Frier and tice field after having several days off to rest special teams champion. Tramont Lawless received the Defensive Cham- their legs. The Tigers continued putting the Ole pion Award, while Ryan White and Joe Rocconi Miss game plan in place with work on the pass- September 8, 1998 were given the Special Teams Champion ing game and field goals and PATs. Just two Tiger head coach Rip Scherer announced that Award. Ron Mears, the former Nichols State members of the team were sidelined with inju- junior defensive back Mike McKenzie would SID joined the UM staff. ries. Flanker P.T. Jones and freshman linebacker start against Mississippi State at the free safety Boris Penchion spent practice running around position instead of his cornerback slot. September 15, 1998 the fields at Murphy Complex. McKenzie sat out the Ole Miss game and will Fullback Jeremy Scruggs, who was suspended be making his first start of the season. from the team last season for academic con- September 2, 1998 cerns, has been suspended for the Minnesota Tiger junior defensive back Mike McKenzie September 10, 1998 game for the same reason. If Scruggs corrects was named to the list of candidates for the Jim Rip Scherer and his staff received the most his problems, he will be allowed to return to the Thorpe Award and tailback Gerard Arnold was improved grade point average award at Dr. V. squad for the Houston contest. Scruggs rushed among the candidates for the Doak Walker for 17 yards in the Mississippi State game. Award. Defensive end Tramont Lawless was named a Defensive Champion for his play against Mississippi State. September 16, 1998 September 3, 1998 Starting offensive tackle Tavares Middlebrooks The University of Memphis band, cheerleaders sat out of practice this afternoon with an ankle and several former Tiger football players came sprain he sustained on Tuesday. Middlebrooks

to practice today to help inspire and motivate is expected to return by game time on Saturday. TIGER DIARY TIGER the team for the Ole Miss game this weekend. Jeremy Scruggs, who injured his ankle in the Former Tiger lettermen Russell Vollmer and Mississippi State game, was back at full speed Billy Fletcher spoke to the team and the band by Wednesday's practice. played the Tiger fight song. September 18, 1998 September 4, 1998 The Tigers left at 11 AM for a two-hour flight to The Memphis M Club held its annual Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team arrived in Letterman's Club Golf Tournament at Edmond the twin cities and went to the Metrodome for a Orgill Golf Club in Millington, Tennessee. The practice session in preparation for Saturday's annual event was attended by 100 former Tiger game with Minnesota. 121 lettermen. This year's winning team was made up of former Tiger baseball players. The Tiger September 19, 1998 football team left campus to stay in Olive The Minnesota Goden Gophers tallied two early Branch, Mississippi, in prepartation for the Ole scores and went on to defeat the Tigers 41-14. Miss game. The squad will not return to cam- Minnesota drove the length of the field for their pus until after the contest. Lane Rawlins' annual President's Award Break- first score and then blocked a Tiger punt for a fast. second score. Memphis did manage touchdown September 5, 1998 passes from quarterback Stephen Galbraith in The Tigers traveled to Oxford, Mississippi, to September 12, 1998 the third quarter and from freshman Neil Suber take on the Ole Miss Rebels and found them- The Memphis Tigers took on the Mississippi in the fourth period. selves on the losing end of a 30-10 score. The State Bulldogs in the first home game of the game, televised by Jefferson-Pilot, featured the season and came out on the losing end of a 14- September 20, 1998 debut of two new college quarterbacks, Kenton 6 score. The Tigers were in the game until the The Tiger football team and staff held a closed Evans of Memphis and Romaro Miller of Ole final horn and trailed by just one point, 7-6, with door team meeting at Murphy Athletic Com- Miss. Evans completed 24-of-39 pass attempts :29 seconds left in the game. However, a late plex to discuss the team's play in the first three for 214 yards and one touchdown. His touch- Mississippi State score brought all hopes to an games of the season. Everyone concerned left down pass was to receiver Darrius Blevins. end. White booted two field goals for Memphis' with a very positive attitude and a commitment Freshman kicker Ryan White booted a 37 yard only points of the day. White has yet to miss on to improve before the Houston game. field goal for Memphis' final points. a field goal attempt in 1998. Tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for a sesason high 95 yards and September 22, 1998 September 7, 1998 flanker Damien Dodson caught six passes for Tiger fullback Jeremy Scruggs was allowed to Rip Scherer announced at his weekly press con- 126 yards. return to the squad after being suspended for ference that each week of the season, the the Minnesota game over academic concerns. Deep snapper/linebacker Joe Rocconi, who has 1998 Diary had two previous knee injuries, had his right knee team's attitude was good and that the players October 10, 1998 scoped and a piece of cartlidge removed on still wanted to play hard and win. No one can- The Tigers took on the #19 ranked Arkansas Monday. Both Scruggs and Rocconi will be didate is in the lead in the quarterback race ac- Razorbacks at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium available for the Houston game on October 3rd. cording to Scherer but he was steadfast in his and despite a great defensive effort, came out search for one signal-caller. on the losing end of a 23-9 score. The Memphis September 23, 1998 defense held Arkansas tailback Madre Hill to The Tigers returned to basics during practice October 6, 1998 just 23 yards rushing and sacked quarterback working the first team offense against the first The Tigers participated in perhaps their best Clint Stoerner three times. Keith Cobb and Jer- team defense in full scrimmage action. The practice session on the year as a steady rain emy Stewart logged their first pass intercep- scrimmage work will continue until the week- fell at Murphy Athletic Complex. The enthusi- tions on the year. All of Memphis' points came end. The team will be off for two days before asm was evident as Memphis went through full- on Ryan White field goals. The U of M record beginning work on the Houston game. contact drills. fell to 0-5 on the season.

September 24, 1998 October 7, 1998 October 12, 1998 Football practice for the Tigers got more diffi- Artis Hicks was moved back to the starting quick Rip Scherer announced at his press luncheon cult as the hitting continued. Offensive tackle tackle position after being replaced in the Hous- that Gerard Arnold was named the Offensive Ron Sells was knocked out of action as was ton game by Lou Esposito. Scherer indicated Champion of the Week, Kamal Shakir and defensive back Mike McKenzie, defensive that there could be more changes before the Ar- Reginald Howard were named the Defensive tackle T.J. Frier and back-up defensive tackle kansas game. Champions and Darrius Blevins was named the Marcus Bell. All are expected to return to the Special Teams Champion. line-up before the weekend. Kicker Ryan White was named the C-USA Special Teams October 15, 1998 September 28, 1998 Player of the Week on October 19th. Offensive tackle Ron Sells injured his right ankle Rip Scherer updated the condition of Tiger quar- in practice and could be doubtful for this terback Kenton Evans stating that if Evans is weekend's game with Cincinnati. not available to practice on Tuesday, then he would be written out of the script for the Hous- October 17, 1998 ton game. It is expected that sophomore Stephen The Memphis offense scored four touchdowns Galbraith and redshirt freshman Neil Suber will and freshman kicker Ryan White booted four battle for the start this week. field goals in leading Memphis to a 41-24 win

TIGER DIARY over Cincinnati. Tiger quarterback Kenton October 2, 1998 Evans threw a touchdown pass to Richie Floyd The Tiger football team left for Houston, Texas, and ran for a score, and tailbacks Gerard Arnold 122 and this weekend's Conference USA opener and Teofilo Riley also added rushing scores for against the Houston Cougars. There was no Memphis. White either broke or tied three Ti- change in the announcement of the starting quar- ger kicking records with his four field goals. terback. It is expected that Neil Suber might He tied the record for the longest field goal (52 get the nod after stories written in the Com- yards) and the most field goals made in a game mercial Appeal during the past week. (4) and broke the record for the most points by a kicker in a Memphis game (15). October 3, 1998 The Memphis Tigers started the game by re- October 19, 1998 covering a fumble on the opening kickoff and October 8, 1998 Ryan White was named the Conference USA scored on the first play from scrimmage but it Kenton Evans, who missed the Houston game Special Teams Player of the Week for his ef- was not to be the night for Memphis to get its due to an AC seperation of his left shoulder, has fort against Cincinanti. He is the Tigers' first first win of the season and the Tigers fell 35-14 been named as the Tigers' number one quarter- Player of the Week this season. It was only an- to the U of H. Memphis got two touchdown back and all indications are that he will remain nounced that starting free safety Idrees Bashir passes from starting quarterback Stephen in that position as Memphis tries to lock in on a sustained a hairline fracture of his left ulna (arm Galbraith but were unable to mount additional single quarterback. Safety Mike Mckenzie, who bone) in the Cincinnati game. He is expected to offense in losing the fourth game of the season. played corner last year, will be moved back to be out of action for three-to-four weeks. Galbraith hit tight end Billy Kendall on a 13- corner replacing Keith Cobb. yard pass for one score and connected for 92 October 20, 1998 yards with Damien Dodson for a second tally. October 9, 1998 Starting strong safety Jeremy Stewart injured Dodson's score was the second longest pass play The FOX Sports crew arrived in Memphis and his left hamstring and could be doubtful for this in Memphis history. spent the morning interviewing head coach Rip weekend's game with Louisville. The Tigers Scherer, coordinators Jim Pletcher and Rusty have already lost starting free safety Idrees October 5, 1998 Burns and players Kenton Evans, Damien Bashir. Rip Scherer told members of the media attend- Dodson and Kamal Shakir. ing his weekly press luncheon that he felt the 1998 Diary October 23, 1998 Teams Champion of the Week Award. November 13, 1998 The Tiger football team departed at 1:30 pm for The Tiger football team left campus at 9:30 AM Louisville, Kentucky and will work out this after- November 3, 1998 for a bus trip to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The noon at the new PaPa John's Cardinal Stadium. Idrees Bashir, who had started two games at team worked out at 3:45 PM at M.M. Roberts free safety before sustaining a broken arm in Stadium on Southern Mississippi's campus. October 24, 1998 the Cincinnati game, has been cleared by team Tiger tailback Teofilo Riley rushed for a season physicians to play this weekend. It is unsure how November 14, 1998 high 152 yards and scored two touchdowns and much playing time Bashir will receive due to Tiger tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for 119 freshman kicker Ryan White booted three field the time he has missed. yards but the Southern Mississippi Golden goals but it was too little as Louisville handed Eagles used a strong defense and a powerful Memphis it's 12th consecutive road loss, 35-32. November 7, 1998 offense to destroy the Tigers, 45-3. On a rain Louisville quarterback Chris Redman passed for The Tigers welcomed the #13 ranked Tulane soaked night in Hattiesburg, USM got four 506 yards in stopping the Tigers. Former Balti- Green Wave to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium touchdowns from freshman tailback Derrick Nix more Colt and Louisville great Johnny Unitas but the visitors jumped to a 41-10 lead after three in winning their sixth game of the season. Nix attended the game and the grand opening of quarters and held on for a 41-31 victory. Tail- tallied three rushing touchdowns and caught a Cardinal Museum. back Gerard Arnold rushed for a career-high 28 yard TD pass from Lee Roberts in handing 165 yards and scored two rushing touchdowns, the Tigers their eighth loss of the year. October 26, 1998 while freshman quarterback Neil Suber passed Head coach Rip Scherer announced at his for 279 yards and one score. Freshman safety November 16, 1998 weekly press luncheon that Teofilo Riley was Glenn Sumter, who had become a regular in The Tiger coaching staff named Gerard Arnold named Memphis' Offensive Champion of the the secondary, sustained torn ligaments in his and Darrius Blevins as Offensive champions Week and Ryan White was named the Special Tailback Teofilo Riley rushed for 190 yards in the Tigers of the USM game. Mike McKenzie received Teams Champion of the Week for the Louis- win over Arkansas State on October 31st. the Defensive Award, while Jim Cande and ville game. Keith Cobb were named the Special Team

champs. Cande set a personal best by averag- DIARY TIGER October 28, 1998 ing 45.6 yards per punt against the Golden Tiger coach Rip Scherer announced that start- Eagles. ing quarterback Kenton Evans had been replaced in the starting line-up by freshman Neil Suber. November 19, 1998 Evans, who had been completing less than 40% The Tigers' redshirt freshmen and scout team of his passes through the first seven games, has members played in the first annual Scout Bowl also been nursing a turf-toe and sore shoulder. scrimage after practice today. Standouts included Suber, who is known for his strong arm, will be defensive end Tony Brown, defensive tackle starting his first collegiate game against Arkan- Cortez Stokes, cornerback Anthony Harden, 123 sas State. tailback Dernice Wherry and offensive tackle Baki Celaj. October 31, 1998 Neil Suber, starting his first game as the Tiger November 21, 1998 quarterback, completed 16-of-24 pass attempts The University of Memphis ended the 1998 sea- for 180 yards, in leading Memphis to a 35-19 son in much the same manner as the season win over Arkansas State University. Junior started, dropping a game that could have been tailbacks Teofilo Riley and Gerard Arnold won. The Tigers jumped out to a 24-7 lead over rushed for 190 and 119 yards respectively and East Carolina before losing on a last second field scored two touchdowns each in helping the Ti- right knee and will have surgery this week. goal, 34-31. Tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for gers to their second win of the season. Riley's 160 yards on the afternoon and became just the 190 yards rushing was the fourth highest total in November 9, 1998 second back in school history to rush for 1,000 school history and his performance along with Rip Scherer announced at his weekly press con- yards in a single season. Kicker Ryan White Arnolds marked the first time since the 1983 ference that Chris Powers and Ron Sells were booted his 16th field goal without a miss and season that two Tiger backs had rushed for over named this week's Offensive Champions. became the only kicker in college football to 100 yards in a single game. DeMorrio Shank received the Defensive Cham- have a perfect season in 1998. Eleven seniors pion Award and Richie Floyd was tabbed the were honored in pregame ceremonies. November 2, 1998 Special Teams Champion. Tiger head coach Rip Scherer announced at his November 23, 1998 weekly press luncheon that Teofilo Riley had November 12, 1998 Rip Scherer announced at his final press lun- been named the UM Offensive Champion of Freshman safety Glenn Sumter underwent sur- cheon of the season that he was considering the Week. Tackle Calvin Lewis was named the gery to repair a torn LCL and PCL. It is ex- some changes in his staff and would evaluate Defensive Champion of the Week and Fred pected that Sumter will be out of action for six every position on the staff including his own. Powell and Michael Stone received the Special months. He should be available for fall camp in The Tiger defense, which was 25th in the na- August. 1998 Diary tion in 1997, finished the 1998 season ranked December 4, 1998 McKenzie expressed to Media Relations Di- 104 in total defense. Attending the weekly lun- Ten football recruits arrived in Memphis for rector Bob Winn that he intended to to give up cheon were tailback Gerard Arnold and kicker their weekend official visits. The group included his final year of eligibility to enter the April draft. Ryan White. Arnold broke the single season rush- Kenny Hamlin of Frayser High School in Mem- ing record with 1,059 yards. phis, Stanley Jackson from White Station High December 15, 1998 School and Jamil Northcutt, a linebacker from Head coach Rip Scherer traveled to Atlanta, November 26, 1998 Tullahoma, Tennessee. The recruits were given Georgia, to visit recruits in the metropolitian John Thompson, the defensive coordinator at a tour of campus and the City of Memphis and area. He will remain in Atlanta for four days. Southern Mississippi, was in Memphis to talk attended the Tigers' basketball game against with Rip Scherer about a position on the Tiger Vanderbilt in The Pyramid. December 16, 1998 staff. A press conference was held in the Athletic December 6, 1998 Office Building to announce the completion of December 1, 1998 The University of Memphis football program the capital campaign that has raised $7.5 mil- Conference USA announced the selection of the held its annual football banquet on Sunday night lion for three new building projects. The kick- 1998 All-Conference and All-Freshman teams. at the Marriott Hotel in East Memphis. Tail- off of Phase II was also announced. Phase II Defensive end Marquis Bowling and defensive back Gerard Arnold was named the 1998 MVP will raise $3-4 million for additional projects. back Mike McKenzie were named to the 1st and Ryan White received the Special Teams team All C-USA defensive unit. Offensive Player of the Year Award, Marquis Bowling was December 18, 1998 tackle Ron Sells and tailback Gerard Arnold named the Defensive Lineman of the Year and Pat Meyer, who served as an interim position were selected to the C-USA 2nd team offen- Ron Sells was selected as the Offensive Line- coach for the Tigers in the fall of 1998, was sive squad. Freshman kicker Ryan White was man of the Year. interviewed for the assistant strength coach's voted the league's top kicker by being selected position under Todd Stoud. Meyer came to 1st team all-conference. The Tigers placed five December 7, 1998 Memphis as a graduate assistant coach in 1998. players on the 1998 All-Freshman squad. Of- Tiger freshman kicker Ryan White was named If hired, he would replace Jeff Reinardy who fensive linemen Artis Hicks and David Sherrod to The Football News Freshman All-America left the Tigers to become a strength coach at were selected to the Frosh offensive unit. Safety team. White was the nation's only perfect kicker Iowa State. Idrees Bashir and defensive lineman Andre in 1998. Arnold were named to the defensive team and December 21, 1998 White was again tabbed as the best kicker by December 8, 1998 The Tigers received a commitment from Na- being named to the All-Freshman team. John Thompson, the assistant head coach and val Academy Prep School wide receiver Tripp

TIGER DIARY defensive coordinator at the University of South- Higgins. Higgins became the first Memphis December 2, 1998 ern Mississippi, was named as the new defen- commitment of the 1999 signing period. Freshman kicker Ryan White, who was a semi- sive coordinator for the Tigers. Thompson re- 124 finalist for the Lou Groza Award, finished the places Jim Pletcher who will be reassigned as December 23, 1998 1998 season ranked 18th in the nation in kick- a position coach for the defense. Thompson has Head coach Rip Scherer and his family flew to ing. He was the nation's only perfect kicker in had numerous nationally ranked defenses while Pittsburgh to celebrate the Christmas holidays 1998 hitting all of his field goal attempts (16) at USM and his 1998 Golden Eagle defense led with his family. and all of his extra points (22). Junior tailback Conference USA. Gerard Arnold was the 33rd ranked running back December 25, 1998 in the country. Tiger head coach Rip Scherer December 10, 1998 Merry Christmas to all Tiger fans. Here's hop- announced that he would shake up his staff and John Thompson, the Tiger's new defensive co- ing that next year will bring a successful sea- realign the coaches with a new defensive coor- ordinator, arrived on campus to visit with the son and a bowl bid for the Tigers. dinator. Former defensive coordinator Jim staff and begin a search for a place for his fam- Pletcher will be reassigned to a position on the ily to live. defense and former defensive end coach Russ John Thompson was named as the Tigers new defensive Huesman will be moved to tight end coach. The December 11, 1998 coordinator on December 8th. search for a new defensive coordinator has al- Eighteen high school and junior college players ready begun. arrived on campus for their official visits. In- cluded in the group were Troy Albea, a wide December 3, 1998 receiver from Georgia Military, Jason Ball from Jack Hines, the former linebacker coach at Chattanooga and Dennis Alexander from Mem- Auburn University, was in Memphis to inter- phis Westwood. view with Rip Scherer for the defensive coordinator's position at the U of M. Hines, the December 14, 1998 son-in-law of Florida State coach Bobby Tiger cornerback Mike McKenzie called the Bowden, coached at Auburn for four years on Media Relations Office asking for assistance Terry Bowden's staff. in setting up a press conference to announce his intentions pertaining to this year's pro draft.