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] He finished at Memphis with a four-year record of 26–23. The Tigers were led by interim head coach Darrell Dickey in the Birmingham Bowl.
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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Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes 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
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 0 7 0 7 Tigers 28 14 14 7 63
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 10 14 24 7 55 Jayhawks 10 3 7 3 23
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 10 7 17 10 44 Falcons 14 13 7 7 41
1 2 3 4 Total Bearcats 10 20 3 13 46 Tigers 14 14 3 22 53
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 7 10 7 24 Bulls 7 3 0 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total #13 Rebels 14 0 10 0 24 Tigers 7 17 7 6 37
1 2 3 4 Total #18 Tigers 14 21 17 14 66 Golden Hurricane 7 14 14 7 42
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 6 7 0 0 13 #16 Tigers 0 15 12 14 41
1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 7 10 14 14 45 #15 Tigers 10 0 10 0 20
1 2 3 4 Total #25 Tigers 3 17 7 7 34 #16 Cougars 0 7 7 21 35
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 3 6 3 0 12 Owls 0 14 0 17 31
1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 0 0 0 0 0 Tigers 28 28 7 0 63
Vs. Auburn–Birmingham Bowl[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Auburn Tigers 10 0 7 14 31 Memphis Tigers 0 10 0 0 10
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