The 2023 season's largest margin: Memphis 56, Bethune-Cookman 14. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Ten-Win Year
Memphis's 2023 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
- Seth HeniganQB3,883 passing yards
- Blake WatsonRB1,152 rushing yards
- Sutton SmithRB305 rushing yards
- Roc TaylorWR1,083 receiving yards
- DeMeer BlankumseeWR901 receiving yards
- Joseph ScatesWR414 receiving yards
- Chandler MartinLB94 tackles
- Geoff Cantin-ArkuLB79 tackles
- Simeon BlairDB63 tackles
- Gregory RubinDB2.5 sacks
- William Whitlow Jr.DL2 sacks
- Cormontae HamiltonDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Memphis 21, Tulane 31. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Memphis beat Iowa State 36-26 in the postseason.
"Go Tigers Go"
2023 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.