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Game 12 SMU VS MEMPHIS Nov. 28, 2015 LIBERTY BOWL MEMORIAL STADIUM follow the game TV: ESPNEWS Play-by-Play ....................................... Mike Couzens Analyst .................................................Cole Cubelic Follow ...................... @MikeCouzens, @colecubelic Radio: MEMPHIS TIGERS NETWORK Play-by-Play ..................................... Dave Woloshin SMU MUSTANGS (2-9, 1-6) VS MEMPHIS TIGERS (8-3, 4-3) Analyst ................................................. Jarvis Greer SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 2015 u 11:00 AM (CT) u LIBERTY BOWL u MEMPHIS, TENN u ESPNEWS Sideline.................................................. Matt Dillon Flagship: AM 600 WREC Memphis Affiliates: WJAK-AM 1460 Jackson, Tenn. WJAK-FM 96.1 Jackson, Tenn. WNQM-AM 1300 Nashville, Tenn. Online: GoTigersGo.com All-Access SMU SUMMARY MEMPHIS SUMMARY Twitter: #GOTIGERSGO #REALMEMPHISFOOTBALL 2015 Overall Record ............................................. 2-9 2015 Overall Record ............................................. 8-3 Official Account ............................ @TigersAthletics American Athletic Conference ............................. 1-6 American Athletic Conference ...................... 4-3 Current Streak .......................................... Won 1 Current Streak ...........................................Loss 3 Updated News & In-Game Posts .....@TigersMedia Last Result .............................SMU 49, Tulane 21 Last Result .................... Temple 31, Memphis 12 More Football-Centric Posts .............@MemphisFB Head Coach ............................................Chad Morris Head Coach ...........................................Justin Fuente Alma Mater ..............................Texas A&M, 1992 Alma Mater ...........................Murray State, 1999 Aggregator: SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT Career Record ..................... 2-9 (.182) • 1 Season Career Record ................25-23 (.521) • 4 Seasons Facebook ....................................... /MemphisTigers Instagram ................................@MemphisAthletics MEMPHIS STORY LINES SMU 2015 SCHEDULE YouTube ............................................. /SIDMemphis u Sept. 4 Baylor L, 56-21 In his fourth season, UofM head coach Justin Fuente has Sept. 12 North Texas W, 31-13 turned around a program which was 5-31 in the three Contact US: ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 19 at TCU L, 56-37 seasons prior to his arrival in 2012. – Page 2 Football Contact .....................................Ron Mears Sept. 26 James Madison L, 48-45 u Memphis will honor its 14-member senior class prior to Office Number ..........................(901) 678-2397 Oct. 3 ^East Carolina L, 49-23 Saturday’s game. – Page 5 Mobile Number ........................(832) 969-1310 Oct. 8 ^at Houston L, 49-28 u Memphis will close out the regular season at home for Oct. 24 ^at USF L, 38-14 the third time in four seasons under Fuente. – Page 6 Email Address .............. [email protected] Secondary FB Contact .................... Tammy DeGroff Oct. 31 ^Tulsa L, 40-31 u After holding Temple to 0-for-3 on fourth down plays, Nov. 6 ^Temple L, 60-40 Memphis ranks second in 4th Down Defense. – Page 6 Office Number ..........................(901) 678-5787 Nov. 14 ^at Navy L, 55-14 Mobile Number ........................(901) 734-1504 u Memhis needs 23 more points to set a program record Nov. 21 ^Tulane W, 49-21 for points in a season. – Page 7 Email Address [email protected] ^ Nov. 28 at Memphis 11:00 a.m. Multi-Media ..................................... Gary Paczesny ^Denotes American Athletic Conference game. Times CT. u QB Paxton Lynch has passed for a school, season record 3,448 yards in 2015. – Page 8 Office Number ..........................(901) 678-4640 Mobile Number ........................(574) 210-4962 SMU COMMUNICATIONS u TE Alan Cross is one of 10 semi-finalists for the Burls- Email Address ........... [email protected] Football Contact ...................................... Brad Sutton worth Trophy. – Page 9 Follow: @BigCat_Memphis Office Number .............................(214) 768-1651 u Memphis has gone 227 games now without returning a @tdegroff Cell Number .................................(214) 914-8705 kickoff for a touchdown. – Page 10 @GaryPaczesny Email Address ........................... [email protected] u With 119 points scored, PK Jake Elliott is one of three Secondary Contact ...........................Herman Hudson Memphis players to score 100+ points in mutliple sea- Cell Number .................................(214) 924-0358 sons during a playing career. – Page 11 Email Address [email protected] u This week’s depth chart. – Page 15 Twitter .................@smumustangs, @SMU_Football Memphis Tigers Schedule & Results (8-3, 4-3) Date Opponent Location Stadium Broadcast Time/Result Opponent Season Notes/vs. Memphis Notes/Last Time Notes Sept. 5 Missouri State Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium ESPN3 W, 63-7 Memphis amassed 519 yds total offense; 6 RBs accounted for 317 rushing yds Sept. 12 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium ESPN3 W, 55-23 Tigers’ 651 total yards 2nd-most in school history; QB Lynch passed for 354 yds Sept. 19 at Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio Doyt Perry Stadium ESPN3 W, 44-41 Memphis gave up 579 yards but held BGSU to no first downs on final 3 series Sept. 24 ^Cincinnati Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium ESPN W, 53-46 Game featured 11 lead changes; Two teams combined for 1322 yards Oct. 2 ^at USF Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium ESPN2 W, 24-17 Memphis scored 24 unanswered points after spotting USF a 10-0 first-half lead Oct. 17 #13 Ole Miss Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium ABC W, 37-24 Tigers come back from 14-0 deficit to notch first win vs Top 25 team since ‘96 Oct. 23 ^at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. H.A. Chapman Stadium ESPN W, 66-42 Tigers’ 704 yards of total offense establishes a new school record Oct. 31 ^Tulane Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium CBSSN W, 41-17 Memphis scored 41 straight points after falling behind 13-0 in the first half Nov. 7 ^Navy Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium ESPN2 L, 45-20 Middies run for 374 yards and 5 rushing TDs to snap Tigers’ 15-game win streak Nov. 14 ^at Houston Houston, Texas TDECU Stadium ESPN2 L, 35-34 Backup QB Kyle Postma came on to complete 21-of-33 passes for 236 yards Nov. 21 ^at Temple Philadelphia, Pa. Lincoln Financial Field ESPNU L, 31-12 Memphis held without TD for the only time in 2015; just 232 yards of offense Nov. 28 ^SMU Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium ESPNews 11:00 a.m. Memphis with 500+ yards of offense in 2014; held SMU to 251 yards ^Denotes American Athletic Conference game. All game times listed are Central Time. Page 2 SMU AT MEMPHIS GAME 12 NOTING JUSTIN FUENTE MEMPHIS COACH JUSTIN FUENTE With confetti swirling, the University of Memphis College Football Coach of the Year. Fuente at a Glance football program savored an American Athletic Con- Fuente’s team also received a number of hon- u Born: July 30, 1976 in Tulsa Okla. ference championship to close out the 2014 regular ors from the conference as Tank Jakes shared the u Alma Mater: Murray State, 1999 season. Weeks later, the Tigers were back on a podi- league’s Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Jake u Playing Experience: um and celebrating another championship as Mem- Elliott was named the Special Teams Player of the Two-year letterman at QB at Oklahoma (1996-97) phis defeated BYU 55-48 in double overtime to win Year. The Tigers had six players named to the league’s Two-year letterman at QB at Murray State (1998-99) the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl. first team – offensive lineman Al Bond, tight end Alan u Wife: Jenny Memphis’ first conference title in more than 40 Cross, defensive lineman Martin Ifedi and cornerback u Daughters: Cecilia, Caroline & Charlotte years, along with the come-from-behind bowl victory, Bobby McCain along with Elliott and Jakes. An addi- Coaching Experience are certainly mile markers on the road the Tigers are tional four players received second team honors. traveling under Justin Fuente who is his fourth season In two years as the Tigers’ starting quarterback 2012- Head Coach, University of Memphis as head coach in 2015. Paxton Lynch, a member of Fuente’s original signing 2009-11 Co-Offensive Coord./QBs, TCU Unquestionably, the Tigers have made momen- class, has become only the third Memphis player to 2007-08 Assistant Coach/RBs, TCU tous strides in Fuente’s first three seasons. He inher- pass for over 5,000 yards in a career. The 35 touch- 2004-06 Offensive Coord./QBs, Illinois State ited a program which had won just five combined downs he was responsible for in 2014 shattered the 2001-03 Assistant Coach/QBs, Illinois State games (2009-11) in the three years prior to his arrival. previous school season record of 26. When he was named the University’s 23rd head Offensively, Memphis scored 471 points in 2014, MORE MISSIVES football coach on Dec. 8, 2011, Fuente was not only shattering the old school record of 430 points set in u In June of 2015, Athlon ranked Justin Fuente No. 1 of charged with rebuilding Memphis’ football program, 2004. Defensively, Memphis allowed just 19.5 points 20 coaches under 40 ahead of the release of its pre- but simultaneously having oversight in the program’s per game, which ranked 11th in FBS Football. season publicaton. step up in competition. In his second year, the Tigers With a seven-game winning streak to conclude u Fuente is one of just seven