Memphis Football Memphis 34, Usf 33 • Post Game Notes • November 7, 2020
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2014, 2019 AAC CHAMPIONS • 2017, 2018, 2019 AAC WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONS MEMPHIS FOOTBALL MEMPHIS 34, USF 33 • POST GAME NOTES • NOVEMBER 7, 2020 KICKING IT OFF • Coin Flip: USF won the coin flip and deferred to the second half. Memphis elected to defend the north endzone. • Memphis Captain: QB Brady White • Official Kickoff:11:02 a.m. CST • Weather: 73 degrees, wind SE 7, clear • Attendance:10,300 GENERAL NOTES • Memphis set a program record with its 13th consecutive win at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. • The Tigers have won 25 of their last 26 at home. • Head Coach Ryan Silverfield is 4-0 as head coach at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. • Memphis has won 16 straight home games against unranked opponents. • Memphis has won its last 14 games in the month of November. • QB Brady White became the all-time winningest starting quarterback in Memphis history. • With his four passing TD today, QB Brady White matched a program-record 81 career passing TD. • The Tigers trailed by 13 points with 4:36 left in the game before completing the come-from-behind win. • Today marked the third time this season Memphis erased a second-half deficit to win (UCF, Temple, USF). • Saturday’s game marked the fourth time this season Memphis has run 80-plus offensive plays. • The Tigers are now 40-21 in conference games since joining the league in 2013. • Memphis improved to 7-4 all-time against USF. • Memphis tallied 535 total yards of offense (437 pass, 98 rush). • The Tigers featured two 100-yard receivers for the third time this season (Sean Dykes, 147; Calvin Austin, 102). INDIVIDUAL NOTABLES OFFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE CALVIN AUSTIN III, WR BRADY WHITE, QB JOSEPH DORCEUS, DL • Tallied 102 yards and two TD. • Threw for 437 yards on 30-for-50 • Made a season-high six tackles. • Tied career-long reception of 65 yards. passing and four TD. • Also registered a sack and two TFL. • Third career 2-TD game and second of • Tied the all-time career passing TD the season. record with 81. O’BRYAN GOODSON, DL • Has now posted a program-record • Is now the all-time winningest starting • Tallied a TFL. four straight 100-yard receiving games QB in program history (24). (Anthony Miller, 2016). • Third career game with 50-plus pass QUINDELL JOHNSON, DB • Etched his second game-winning TD in attempts and second of the season. • Led the defense with 8 tackles. the last four games. His TD grab against • Third career game with 30-plus UCF came with 1:08 on the clock, with completions and second of the season. SYLVONTA OLIVER, DB today’s TD coming at the 1:03 mark. • Recorded his third 400-yard passing • Tallied three tackles. game of his career and second of the • Registered a PBU and TFL. SEAN DYKES, TE season. • Tallied a season-high 147 receiving yards • His 437 yards ranks sixth all-time in JJ RUSSELL, LB and two TD. single-game passing. White holds three • Matched a season-high with four stops. • Became the third tight end in program of the top-10 single-game passing • Added a QBH and PBU. history to surpass 1,000 career records. receiving yards. • Cracked the Top-20 for completions in a • Posted second 100-yard receiving game single-season (155). SPECIAL TEAMS of the season and third of his career. • Now has 9,438 career passing yards, RILEY PATTERSON, PK • Season-long reception of 48 yards. which is 777 shy of the career passing • Was 2-for-2 on FG attempts, including a • Season-high 147 yards. yards record (Danny Wimprine, 10,215). long of 52, and 4-for-4 on PAT. • Now has 22 double-digit scoring games for his career. ALL IN • MEMPHIS TIGERS FOOTBALL • #GOTIGERSGO.