2012 Memphis Tigers football team

2012 Memphis Tigers football
2012 Memphis Tigers football
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
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
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Conference USA football standings
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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "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.
^ "Memphis Tigers Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2012.

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