The 2017 season's largest margin: Memphis 70, East Carolina 13. A 57-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Ten-Win Year
Memphis's 2017 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Riley FergusonQB4,257 passing yards
- Darrell HendersonRB1,154 rushing yards
- Patrick Taylor Jr.RB866 rushing yards
- Tony PollardRB230 rushing yards
- Anthony MillerWR1,462 receiving yards
- Phillip MayhueWR521 receiving yards
- Sean DykesTE346 receiving yards
- Curtis AkinsLB88 tackles
- Austin HallLB84 tackles
- Genard AveryLB80 tackles
- Christian JohnsonDL3.5 sacks
- Bryce HuffDE2 sacks
- Jonathan WilsonDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Memphis 13, UCF 40. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Memphis fell to Iowa State 20-21 in the postseason.
"Go Tigers Go"
2017 is a middle chapter for Memphis — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.