2008 Memphis Tigers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2008 Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers 2003-2021 wordmark.svg 250 Conference USA East Conference USA 6–7 4–4 Tommy West 8th Clay Helton 2nd Tim Walton 1st Spread Multiple 4–3 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium St. Petersburg Bowl L 14–41, vs. South Florida The 2008 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 6–6 record, which was enough to attain bowl eligibility. Memphis accepted a bid to play against South Florida in the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Tigers lost, 41–14. Schedule Eastern August 30 6:00 pm l y y Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS rivalry 24–41 56,127 September 6 7:00 pm l Rice Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN CBSCS 35–42 28,351 September 13 6:00 pm l y Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CSS 16–17 27,349 September 20 7:00 pm w y Nicholls State Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 31–10 22,167 September 27 1:00 pm w y Arkansas State Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN Paint Bucket Bowl 29–17 26,376 October 2 7:00 pm w y UAB Legion Field Birmingham, AL CBSCS 33–30 19,901 October 10 7:00 pm l y Louisville rivalry Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPN 28–35 40,248 October 18 11:00 am l y East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC CSS 10–30 41,216 October 25 7:00 pm w Southern Miss Black and Blue Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN CBSCS 36–30 24,034 November 8 2:00 pm w y SMU Gerald Ford Stadium University Park, TX 31–26 18,224 November 22 1:00 pm l UCF Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 21–28 18,836 November 29 2:30 pm w Tulane Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN CSS 45–6 15,012 December 20 3:30 pm l y y South Florida Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg Bowl ESPN2 14–41 25,205 Game summaries Mississippi Memphis 7 3 0 14 Ole Miss 14 13 7 7 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team Recap: Ole Miss tops Memphis to give Nutt win in debut Rice Rice 3 0 10 29 Memphis 0 14 7 14 2008 Rice Owls football team Recap: Rice 42, Memphis 35 Marshall Memphis 0 3 10 3 Marshall 7 3 7 0 2008 Marshall Thundering Herd football team Recap: Memphis 16, Marshall 17 Nicholls State Nicholls State 0 10 0 0 Memphis 3 7 7 14 2008 Nicholls State Colonels football team Recap: Nicholls State 10, Memphis 31 Arkansas State Arkansas St. 0 17 0 0 Memphis 13 3 3 10 2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team Recap: Memphis 29, Arkansas St. 17 Alabama-Birmingham Memphis 0 20 7 6 UAB 10 6 7 7 2008 UAB Blazers football team Recap: Memphis 33, UAB 30 Louisville Louisville 0 28 0 7 Memphis 7 7 14 0 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team Recap: Louisville's offense lags, so special teams and defense pick up slack vs. Memphis East Carolina Memphis 7 3 0 0 ECU 0 7 13 10 2008 East Carolina Pirates football team Recap: Memphis 10, East Carolina 30 Southern Mississippi Southern Mississippi 0 10 7 13 Memphis 14 6 3 13 2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team Recap: Steele (178 yards, 2 TDs) keys Memphis past Southern Miss Southern Methodist Memphis 14 0 7 10 SMU 7 6 7 6 2008 SMU Mustangs football team Recap: Memphis 31, SMU 26 Central Florida UCF 14 7 7 0 Memphis 7 0 7 7 2008 UCF Knights football team Recap: UCF 28, Memphis 21 Tulane Tulane 0 0 6 0 Memphis 14 14 10 7 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team Recap: Memphis 45, Tulane 6 South Florida (St. Petersburg Bowl) Memphis 7 7 0 0 South Florida 14 10 10 7 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl Recap: Grothe throws for 236 yards, three TDs as South Florida dominates Memphis References External links 2008 Memphis Tigers Football Media Guide, University of Memphis Memphis Category:Memphis Tigers football seasons Memphis Tigers football