2012 MEMPHIS FOOTBALL
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GA M E 1 1 MEMPHIS TIGERS versus UAB BLAZERS N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 1 2 • T i m e - 1 :0 0 p . m . Birmingham, Ala. • Legion Field R a d i o - AM 6 0 0 W RE C ; T e l e v i s i o n - N o n e MEMPHIS UAB
2-8 Overall; 2-4 C-USA.................................3-7 Overall; 2-4 C-USA Head Coach Justin Fuente.................. Head Coach Garrick McGee First Year at Memphis............................................First Year at UAB 2-10, 2011 record................................................... 3-9, 2011 record THIS WEEK’S GAME Fresh off a 37-23 win over Tulane, the University of Memphis goes on the road for the final time this season as the Tigers take on UAB in the Battle for the Bones. Memphis will be in search of consecutive victories for the first time since 2008 which also marks the last time the Tigers beat the Blazers, posting a 33-30 win in Birmingham. In last week’s win over Tulane, Memphis slowed one of the hottest quarterbacks in the country, holding the Green Wave’s Ryan Griffin to 211 passing yards. Griffin came into the week having thrown for a combined 1,607 yards and 14 touchdowns in the previous four weeks. He had set a Tulane single-game passing record two straight weeks including 476 yards against Rice the week prior to the Memphis game. Memphis held Tulane to 291 yards of total offense. This week the Tigers take on a UAB team which is averaging 421 yards of total offense including 300 passing. While freshman quarterback Austin Brown has completed 166-of-286 passes for 2,283 yards, it has been the Blazers’ running game which has taken center stage in recent weeks. REAVES’ PERFORMANCE UAB running back Darrin Reaves had 389 rushing yards through the first seven games of the season (less than 50 yards per game). Over the last three weeks, Reaves has posted three straight 100-yard rushing games including a C-USA game-high 223 yards in the Blazers’ 27-19 road win at Southern Miss two weeks ago and 184 yards in last week’s 38-31 win over Marshall. Reaves has posted four straight multiple touchdown games and has nine rushing touchdowns over that stretch. For the season, Reaves has carried the ball 183 times for 928 yards and 13 touchdowns. UAB - MEMPHIS SERIES Saturday’s game is the 15th overall gridiron meeting between the two schools. The Blazers lead the series 10-4 and have won the last three encounters (31-21 in 2009; 31-15 in 2010; 41-35 in 2011). The Tigers’ last win in the series was a 33-30 victory in Birmingham in 2008. UAB holds a 5-2 series edge in games played at Legion Field. The Blazers posted a 31-15 win in the last game played in Birmingham in 2010.
2012 TIGER SCOREBOARD Date Opponent Result Score/Time TV Sept. 1 UT Martin L 20-17 Sept. 8 @Arkansas State L 33-28 ESPN3 Sept. 15 Middle Tennessee L 48-30 Sept. 22 @Duke L 38-14 ESPN3 Oct. 6 Rice W 14-10 FCS Oct. 13 @East Carolina L 41-7 CSS Oct. 20 UCF L 35-17 CSS Oct. 27 @SMU L 44-13 TW Nov. 3 @Marshall L 38-28 Nov. 10 Tulane W 37-23 Nov. 17 @UAB 1:00 p.m. Nov. 26 Southern Miss 3:30 p.m. CSS * - C-USA game All game times listed as Central Time
2011 TIGER SCOREBOARD Date Sept. 1 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 12 Nov. 17 Nov. 26
Opponent Result Score/Time TV Mississippi State L 59-14 FSN @Arkansas State L 47-3 ESPN3 Austin Peay W 27-6 SMU* (HC/Hall of Fame) L 42-0 FSN @Middle Tennessee L 38-31 ESPN3 @Rice* L 28-6 CSS East Carolina* L 35-17 WITN @Tulane* W 33-17 FCS @UCF* L 41-0 CSS UAB* (Senior Day) L 41-35 CSS Marshall* L 23-22 FSN @Southern Miss* L 44-7 CSS
* - C-USA game
CONTACT INFORMATION Memphis Ron Mears, Football Contact......................................... 901-678-2397 e-mail............................................................... rmears@memphis.edu cell................................................................................. 832-969-1310 fax.................................................................................. 901-678-4134 website......................................................................GoTigersGo.com Tulane Norm Reilly, Football Contact........................................ 205-934-0722 email...........................................................................nreilly@uab.edu cell................................................................................. 205-936-1793 fax.................................................................................. 205-934-7505 website......................................................................... uabsports.com
BATTLE FOR THE BONES Beginning in 2006, Memphis and UAB began playing for the “Battle for the Bones” trophy, a 100-pound bronze rack of ribs given annually to the winner of the game. Memphis claimed “The Bones” twice since the inception of the trophy – 2007 and 2008. w w w. G o Ti g e r s G o . c o m
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