2012 Memphis Tigers football team

The 2012 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by first year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They played in their final season as a member East Division of Conference USA in 2012 and moved to the Big East Conference in 2013. They finished the season 4–8, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.

2012 Memphis Tigers football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
2012 record	4–8 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Justin Fuente (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Dickey
Defensive coordinator	Barry Odom
Home stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 61,008)

2012 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
UCF xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
East Carolina x		7	–	1					8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
Memphis		4	–	4					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Southern Miss		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
Tulsa xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
SMU		5	–	3					7	–	6
Rice		4	–	4					7	–	6
Houston		4	–	4					5	–	7
UTEP		2	–	6					3	–	9
Tulane		2	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee–Martin*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 17–20	39,076[1]
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State*	Liberty Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR (Paint Bucket Bowl)	ESPN3	L 28–33	28,041
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 30–48	27,112
September 22	5:00 p.m.	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 14–38	23,658
October 6	6:00 p.m.	Rice	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	FCS	W 14–10	17,831
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CSS/CSNH	L 7–41	45,137
October 20	7:00 p.m.	UCF	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	CSS/CSNH	L 17–35	22,106
October 27	2:00 p.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX	TWC Texas	L 13–44	20,330
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		L 28–38	22,041
November 10	6:00 p.m.	Tulane	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 37–23	18,796
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Battle for the Bones)		W 46–9	9,219
November 24	2:30 p.m.	Southern Miss	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Black and Blue Bowl)	CSS/CSNH	W 42–24	21,305
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Tennessee–Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	7	7	6	20
Tigers	7	0	3	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2009	MEM, 41–14

@ Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	14	7	0	28
Red Wolves	3	14	10	6	33

See also: 2012 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–23–5	2011	ARST, 47–3

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	14	20	7	48
Tigers	3	14	6	7	30

See also: 2012 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–16–1	2011	MTSU, 38–31

@ Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	14	0	0	14
Blue Devils	0	17	7	14	38

See also: 2012 Duke Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	3	0	0	10
Tigers	0	0	14	0	14

See also: 2012 Rice Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2011	RICE, 28–6

@ East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	7	7
Pirates	14	3	17	7	41

See also: 2012 East Carolina Pirates football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–14	2011	ECU, 35–17

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Knights	14	0	7	14	35
Tigers	0	10	0	7	17

See also: 2012 UCF Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2011	UCF, 41–0

@ SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	10	3	0	13
Mustangs	13	3	7	21	44

See also: 2012 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2011	SMU, 42–0

@ Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	7	14	28
Thundering Herd	10	7	14	7	38

See also: 2012 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	2011	MARSH, 23–22

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	10	3	3	7	23
Tigers	6	10	7	14	37

See also: 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–11–1	2011	MEM, 33–17

@ UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	21	7	3	15	46
Blazers	0	3	0	6	9

See also: 2012 UAB Blazers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–10	2011	UAB, 41–35

Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	3	7	0	14	24
Tigers	0	21	21	0	42

See also: 2012 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team and Black and Blue Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–40–1	2011	USM, 44–7

References

1. "Tigers Fall to UT Martin, 20-17". Memphis Tiger Athletics. September 2, 2012. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)