Memphis Tigers Triumph at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Football Showdown Against North Texas Mean Green
The Memphis Tigers and the North Texas Mean Green faced off in a competitive game that ended with the home team, the Memphis Tigers, securing a victory with a score of 44-34. The Tigers improved their season record to 7-6, while the Mean Green's record now stands at 7-7.
The game held at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium saw an attendance of 23,203 fans who witnessed the Memphis Tigers' offense amass a total of 332 yards. The rushing attack contributed significantly with 191 yards on the ground over 44 attempts, averaging about four yards per carry. Two rushing touchdowns were scored by the Tigers, one being just two yards out. The passing game was also effective; despite three sacks for a loss of twelve yards overall, they managed to complete nineteen passes from twenty-nine attempts for a total of 141 passing yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively, the Memphis Tigers were formidable as well. They recorded two interceptions returned for seventy-six yards in total and both resulted in touchdowns; one interception return was notably long at thirty-nine yards. The defense also tallied two sacks totaling fifteen lost yardage for North Texas and six tackles for loss which pushed back their opponents by twenty-two yards.
Special teams played their part too; punting eight times for four hundred total punt yardage and an average net yardage close to fifty per punt helped control field position effectively. Three kickoffs resulted in touchbacks out of eight attempts totaling four hundred eighty-seven kickoff yardage.
The efficiency within scoring range was impeccable as well – achieving success on all five redzone attempts and both tries when it came down to goal-to-go situations showed clinical finishing ability by the offense.
As for penalties, discipline was maintained throughout as only four penalties were committed by Memphis amounting to thirty-six penalty yardage – far below any concerning threshold that could have impacted their performance negatively.
On special teams returns front, kick returns yielded eighty-one return yardage from three opportunities with one return stretching forty-three long yards while punt returns added sixteen more return yardage across two instances.
Looking ahead after this impressive performance against North Texas Mean Green, fans can anticipate another exciting game when University of Memphis will host Temple Owls at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on October first at eleven AM local time (4 PM GMT). This upcoming contest will be broadcasted live on ESPNU satellite channel number two hundred eight where supporters can tune in to follow all action live from Memphis.