Memphis·American Athletic

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.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Lost the Liberty Bowl
AP final #19 post-bowls
SP+ +3.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs UL Mon 37-29 W vs UCLA 48-45 W vs Sout Ill 44-31 L @ UCF 13-40 W @ UConn 70-31 W vs Navy 30-27 W @ Houston 42-38 W vs Tulane 56-26 W @ Tulsa 41-14 W vs SMU 66-45 W vs East Car 70-13 L @ UCF 55-62 L vs Iowa St 20-21 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Memphis 70, East Carolina 13. A 57-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Memphis 13, UCF 40. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Memphis fell to Iowa State 20-21 in the postseason.

"Go Tigers Go"
— Memphis fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

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.