The 2021 season's largest margin: Memphis 42, Nicholls 17. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The 2021 Season
Memphis's 2021 season (6-6) 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
- Seth HeniganQB3,322 passing yards
- Brandon ThomasRB669 rushing yards
- Rodrigues ClarkRB387 rushing yards
- Calvin Austin IIIWR1,149 receiving yards
- Sean DykesTE657 receiving yards
- Javon IvoryWR413 receiving yards
- JJ RussellLB123 tackles
- Quindell JohnsonDB104 tackles
- Rodney OwensDB78 tackles
- Jaylon AllenDL5 sacks
- Wardalis DucksworthDL4 sacks
- Maurice WhiteDL3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Memphis 13, Houston 31. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Tigers Go"
2021 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.