American college football season
The 2015 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Tigers were led by fourth-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee . The Tigers competed as a member of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference . They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in American Athletic play to finish in third place in the West Division. They were invited to the Birmingham Bowl where they lost to Auburn .
On October 17, the Tigers defeated Ole Miss which led them to a #18 ranking in polls after the Tigers began the season with an 8–0 record. Before they were defeated by Navy three weeks later, the Tigers were ranked as high as #13 in the polls, which was the highest ever ranking for the program in school history.
On November 29, head coach Justin Fuente resigned to become the head coach at Virginia Tech .[ 1] Darrell Dickey in the Birmingham Bowl.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 6:00 p.m. Missouri State * ESPN3 W 63–741,730 September 12 6:00 p.m. at Kansas * JTV /ESPN3W 55–2337,798 September 19 2:00 p.m. at Bowling Green * ASN W 44–4121,178 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPN W 53–4645,172 6:00 p.m. at South Florida ESPN2 W 24–1722,546 October 17 11:00 a.m. No. 13 Ole Miss * Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry ) ABC/ESPN2 W 37–2460,241 7:00 p.m. at Tulsa No. 18 ESPN W 66–4220,216 October 31 6:00 p.m. Tulane No. 16 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN CBSSN W 41–1330,381 November 7 6:00 p.m. Navy No. 13 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPN2 L 20–4555,212 November 14 6:00 p.m. at No. 24 Houston No. 21 ESPN2 L 34–3542,159 November 21 11:00 a.m. at Temple No. 21 ESPNU L 12–3131,708 November 28 11:00 a.m. SMU Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNews W 63–030,075 December 30 11:00 a.m. vs. Auburn * ESPN L 10–3159,430
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Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — — — RV RV RV RV 18 16 15 25 RV — RV RV — Coaches — RV RV RV RV 25 22 17 16 16 25 RV — RV RV RV CFP Not released 13 21 21 — — — Not released
Game summaries
Missouri State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
7
0
7
Tigers
28
14
14
7
63
At Kansas
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
10
14
24
7
55
Jayhawks
10
3
7
3
23
Bowling Green
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
10
7
17
10
44
Falcons
14
13
7
7
41
Cincinnati
1
2
3
4
Total
Bearcats
10
20
3
13
46
Tigers
14
14
3
22
53
At South Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
7
10
7
24
Bulls
7
3
0
7
17
Ole Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Rebels
14
0
10
0
24
Tigers
7
17
7
6
37
At Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Tigers
14
21
17
14
66
Golden Hurricane
7
14
14
7
42
Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
6
7
0
0
13
#16 Tigers
0
15
12
14
41
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
7
10
14
14
45
#15 Tigers
10
0
10
0
20
At Houston
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Tigers
3
17
7
7
34
#16 Cougars
0
7
7
21
35
At Temple
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
6
3
0
12
Owls
0
14
0
17
31
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
0
0
0
0
0
Tigers
28
28
7
0
63
1
2
3
4
Total
Auburn Tigers
10
0
7
14
31
Memphis Tigers
0
10
0
0
10
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