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Memphis Football Game 4 // Military Appreciation Day // Sept Memphis Football Game 4 Military appreciation Day sept 22 7 PM CT Liberty Bowl memorial stadium // // . // // SOUTH ALABAMA SOUTH OVERALL AMERICAN 2-1 | 0-1 1-2 OVERALL | 1-0 SUN BELT JAGUARS Streak: W1 | Ranking: NA THE Streak: W1 | Ranking: NA Last Result: Memphis 59, GSU 22 MATCHUP Last Result: USA 41, Texas State 31 HEAD COACH MIKE NORVELL HEAD COACH STEVE CAMPBELL TIGERS Alma Mater: Central Arkansas, 2005 Alma Mater: Troy, 1988 MEMPHIS Record at UofM: 20-9 | Third Season Record at USA: 1-2 | 1st Season Career Record: Same Career Record: 160-55 | 20th Season A LITTLE OFF THE TOP... Memphis faces its first opponent from the state of Alabama since playing Auburn in the 2015 Birmingham FOLLOW THE GAME Bowl. Prior to the Birmingham Bowl, the last time the Tigers faced a team from Alabama was against UAB in 2012. TELEVISION // WMC5 // WATCHESPN.COM Memphis has an all-time 45-30-5 record (.594 winning percentage) against current football-playing Sun Belt Play-by-Play ......................................... Pete Pranica Conference members and is playing back-to-back games against teams from the Sun Belt this season. The Analyst ................................................ Greg Gaston Tigers defeated Georgia State Sept. 14 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Memphis plays its third first-time opponent of the season. The Tigers had never faced Mercer, Georgia State or South Alabama before this season. The last time Memphis faced three first-time opponents in the same RADIO // MEMPHIS TIGERS NETWORK season was 2005 against Marshall, UTEP and Akron. Play-by-Play ..................................... Dave Woloshin Memphis has posted 39 victories over the last five seasons, giving the Tigers the 14th-most wins in the FBS Analyst ................................................. Jarvis Greer since 2014. The 39 wins are tied with Houston for the most among American Athletic Conference schools Sideline..............................................Jeff Brightwell during that stretch. Pregame/Postgame Host ............ Forrest Goodman RB Darrell Henderson is the nation’s most explosive back through the first three games, with an FBS-best 14.47 Pregame/Postgame Analyst ................. Matt Dillon yards per carry. He also leads the FBS with 521 rushing yards, 173.7 rushing yards per game and four rushes of 50-plus yards this season. He is tied for second in the FBS with six rushing TD and seven total TD. Flagship: 600 WREC AM, Memphis Henderson is the second player in program history to log back-to-back 200-yard rushing efforts (DeAngelo Wil- Rock 103 FM, Memphis liams, three-straight games in 2005). Henderson’s nine 100-yard rushing games are the fourth-most in school Affiliates: WJAK-AM 1460 Jackson, Tenn. history and his two 200-yard games are the third-most. WJAK-FM 96.1 Jackson, Tenn. QB Brady White put together the greatest debut by a Tigers QB in program history, completing 22-of-28 WNQM-AM 1300 Nashville, Tenn. passes for 358 yards and five TD against Mercer. White now has 10 passing TD after throwing five in the win Online: GoTigersGo.com/Listen over Georgia State. Head Coach Mike Norvell recorded his 20th win Sept. 14 vs. Georgia State, matching Ralph Hatley for the fastest TWITTER // #GOTIGERSGO to reach 20 wins by a Memphis head coach (29 games). Hatley won 21 games through his first three seasons as Official Account ............................ @TigersAthletics head coach at Memphis from 1947-49 (30 games). The most wins over a three-year stretch by a Tiger head coach Updated News & In-Game Posts ......@MemphisFB is 25 by Billy J. Murphy from 1961-63 (29 games). Over the last three seasons, the Memphis defense is one of just seven FBS programs to have 60-plus combined takeaways. The Tigers have the second-most forced turnovers from 2016-18 with 64. Memphis has recorded OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT at least one takeaway in 19-consecutive games. The last Tigers’ game without a takeaway was in 2016 vs. USF. Facebook ....................................... /MemphisTigers Top Tiger Performers Instagram ................................@MemphisAthletics WHAT’S INSIDE? QB rB LB Page 2 ............................ Head Coach Mike Norvell Page 3 .....................................RB Darrell Henderson Page 4 .............................................Media Policies Pages 5-7 .............................................Team Notes Page 8 ...........................................Offensive Notes Page 9 .......................................... Defensive Notes Page 10...................................Special Teams Notes Page 11..................Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Page 12............................................... Depth Chart Page 13........................................Numerical Roster Page 14.................................... Alphabetical Roster Pages 15-30 .............................................Player Bios brady white DARRELL HENDERSON Bryce Huff Pages 31-41 ........................................ The Last Time Pages 42-48 .......................................... Season Stats 772 YDS | 10 TD 36 CAR | 521 YDS | 6 TD 9 TACKLES | 3 SACKS | 3 QBH 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GEORGIA SOUTH AMERICAN MERCER at Navy STATE ALABAMA at Tulane UCONN UCF at Missouri ECU TULSA at SMU HOUSTON CHAMPIONSHIP Sat. 9/1 Sat. 9/8 Fri. 9/14 Sat. 9/22 Fri. 9/28 Sat. 10/6 Sat. 10/13 Sat. 10/20 Sat. 11/3 Sat. 11/10 Fri. 11/16 Fri. 11/23 Sat. 12/1 W, 66-14 L, 22-21 W, 59-22 7 PM CT 7 PM CT TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 8 PM CT TBA TBA PAGE 2 MEMPHIS VS. SOUTH ALABAMA GAME 4 NOTING MIKE NORVELL MEMPHIS HEAD COACH MIKE NORVELL Mike Norvell came to Memphis with an ability to develop to stop there, Norvell’s special teams ran back two more Norvell at a Glance dynamic offenses, and his first two seasons with the Tigers kickoffs for scores and set the program’s season record for Born: Oct. 11, 1981 in Dallas, Texas did not disappoint. • kick returns for touchdowns with three. Pollard had a second • Alma Mater: Central Arkansas, 2005 Year One of the Norvell-era offense was the second kick-return score (100 yards vs. Navy), and Darrell Henderson • Playing Experience: most-prolific in program history behind only 2015, rolling up the second-most total yards (6,028) and scoring the sec- added another (99 yards vs. SMU). The three kick returns for Four-year letterman at WR at Central Ark. (2001-05) ond-most points (505) for a season in school history. Year touchdowns were tied for the FBS lead in 2016. • Wife: Maria Two shattered those marks with 6,917 total yards, and 592 Pollard continued his special teams prowess in 2017, re- • Daughter: Mila points scored. The Memphis offense also scored the most turning four kickoffs for touchdowns and earning first team touchdowns (74) for a campaign in program history, includ- Walter Camp All-American honors after leading the country Coaching Experience ing a single-season school record 39 touchdown passes. The in yards per kickoff return (40.0) and kickoff return touch- 2016- Head Coach, Memphis Tigers’ 4,355 passing yards were the first 4,000-plus passing 2012-15 Offensive Coord./QBs, Arizona State season in school history and the 307 completions was the downs (four). Pollard also grabbed his second consecutive third-most for a season in school history. 2011 Co-Offensive Coord./WRs/Recruiting, Pitt. American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Under Norvell’s direction, Riley Ferguson and Anthony Year honor in 2017. 2010 Passing Game Coord./WRs/Recruiting, Tulsa Miller blossomed at quarterback and receiver, respectively. In 2016, Memphis had the second-best kick return 2009 Passing Game Coord./WRs, Tulsa Ferguson finished his career at Memphis with 7,955 passing 2007-08 Graduate Assistant/WRs, Tulsa yards, ranking third in program history despite only being defense in the country, allowing opponents a mere 16.04 2006 Graduate Assistant, Central Arkansas on the roster for two seasons. Ferguson’s 70 passing touch- yards per return and none returned for touchdowns. A downs ranks second only to four-year starter Danny Wim- major reason for the Tigers’ success on kick return defense Noteworthy prine in the Memphis record book. was Lou Groza semifinalist Jake Elliott’s 64 touchbacks out Miller became just the third Tiger and the first skill position • Most wins in first two seasons as head coach in pro- of 92 kickoffs (69.6 percent). Elliott’s 64 touchbacks led The player in school history to earn NCAA consensus All-America gram history (18) honors after finishing his career with 3,590 receiving yards American and was third nationally. After Elliott graduated • Most wins by a first-year head coach in program history (8) and 238 catches. The 238 catches set a new Memphis career and moved on to the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles • First head coach to lead the Tigers to bowl eligibility in mark and his 3,590 yards in three seasons made Miller the roster in his rookie year, Norvell and his rookie season first Tiger in school history to have over 3,000 career receiv- his staff tapped freshman Riley ing yards. Miller’s 37 receiving touchdowns are 15 more than • First rookie head coach since 1984 to win his Tigers’ Patterson to handle kicking duties the previous career mark at Memphis and helped him earn debut (35-17 over Southeast Missouri) the Touchdown Club of Columbus’ Paul Warfield honor. and the Tigers still ranked among First rookie head coach to have a win over a ranked op- • While the offense flourished in Norvell’s first two seasons, the country’s best, finishing 14th in ponent since 1975 (48-44 win over No. 18/21 Houston) the Tigers defense and special teams were not to be over- kickoff return defense (17.75 ypr). First rookie head coach to start 3-0 in program history • shadowed. After turning opponents over 29 times in 2016, Off the field, Norvell’s • Tied for third-most wins (8) by an FBS first-year head the Tigers forced 31 turnovers in 2017, ranking third in the Tigers are excelling in coach in 2016 (Toledo’s Jason Candle, BYU’s Kalani Sitake nation.
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