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sive ratings after two weeks of the collegefootball season and are now ranked sev-enth according to the NCAA. In the seasonopener against SEC foe Mississippi StateUniversity, the Tiger defense limited theBulldogs to just 127 yards in total offense.Mississippi State managed a mere 45 yardsrushing and 82 yards passing. In the Loui-siana-Monroe contest, the defensive unitgave up 176 yards in total offense and just44 yards on the ground. The stop troopsregistered three pass interceptions, onefumble recovery, four quarterback sacksand eight tackles for lost yardage in the

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MEMPHIS TIGERS ( 3-2; 1-1)Next Game:Next Game:Next Game:Next Game:Next Game: East Carolina, October 7, 2000SiteSiteSiteSiteSite: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (62,380); Memphis, TN; 2:00 PM CDTRadio:Radio:Radio:Radio:Radio: WMC AM 79 (Dave Woloshin; Bob Rush; Carrie Anderson)2000 Season Record:2000 Season Record:2000 Season Record:2000 Season Record:2000 Season Record: 3-22000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record: 1-1Last Meeting:Last Meeting:Last Meeting:Last Meeting:Last Meeting: East Carolina 34, Memphis 31 (Memphis, TN; 1998)Notes: This will be the 10th meeting between Memphis and ECU and the Pirates hold a7-2 lead in the series...Sophomore rover Glenn Sumter recorded his third inter-ception of the year against Army... Memphis tight end Billy Kendall caught two passesrunning his consecutive streak to 21 games ... All-American kicker Ryan White booted fourfield goals in the win over ASU, the last coming with just 0:49 remaining.'00 Captains: Game-by-Game

Army win.

KENDALL TOP TIGHT ENDn University of Memphis senior tight

end Billy Kendall has spent most of hiscareer utilized as a blocker for runningbacks and quarterbacks. However, in be-tween the blocks, the 6'5 Kendall has man-aged to grab more pass receptions for moreyards than any other tight end in Memphisfootball history. Entering his final season atthe U of M, Kendall had caught 53 passesfor 601 yards and four touchdowns. Heopened the 2000 season with one reception

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1999 TIGER RESULTS1999 TIGER RESULTS1999 TIGER RESULTS1999 TIGER RESULTS1999 TIGER RESULTSSept.4 Mississippi ............................ L, 3-0Sept.1 1 at Mississippi St. (Fox) .... L, 13-10Sept.1 8 Arkansas State .............. W, 31-26Sept.2 5 at Tennessee #7 ............. L, 17-16Oct. 2 Missouri (Fox) ................... L, 17-27Oct. 9 at UAB ............................ W, 38-14Oct.1 6 Louisville .......................... L, 32-31Oct.3 0 at Tulane ........................... W, 49-7Nov.6 Southern Miss (Fox) ............ L, 5-20Nov.1 3 Army .............................. W, 14-10Nov.2 0 at Cincinnati .................. W, 21-13

THE PIRATES ARE COMING TOTOWN

n The University of Memphis foot-ball team will have to put the bruises left bythe Black & Blue Bowl aside and prepare foran invasion by the Pirates of East Carolina.ECU brings a league leading 3-1 record toMemphis and had last week off to begin theirpreparations. Led by junior quarterbackDavid Gerrard, ECU has knocked off Syra-cuse, Duke and Tulane en route to their 3-1 record. In their last trip to Memphis, Gerrardbrought his team back from a 31-27 deficit tohand the U of M a 34-31 loss in the 1998season finale. The Pirates booted the gamewinning field goal with :07 seconds remain-ing in the contest. Memphis last win overECU came in 1993 when the Tigers won 34-7 in Greenville, NC.

TIGER DEFENSE EXCELSn The University of Memphis de-

fense, which climbed from a 106 ranking in1998 to the 23rd spot in the nation in 1999,jumped to the number two position in defen-

2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULESept.2 Mississippi State ....... L, 3-17 (Fox)Sept.9 Louisiana-Monroe ............ W, 28-0Sept.1 6 at Arkansas State ......... W, 19-17Sept.2 3 at Army .......................... W, 26-16Sept.3 0 at Sou. Miss #21 ..... L, 3-24 (Fox)Oct. 7 East Carolina ............... 2 PM (Fox)Oct.1 4 at UAB .............................. 2:30 PMOct.2 1 Houston ................................. 7 PMNov. 4 Tennessee ............................. 1 PMNov.1 1 Cincinnati ............................. 1 PMNov.1 8 at Tulane ................................ 5 PM

Nose tackle Marcus Bell anchored the line on one of themost improved defenses in the nation in 1999.

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for nine yards against Mississippi State andadded two catches for 15 yards in the winover LA-Monroe. Kendall had a team lead-ing 40 yards on four receptions in the Tigers'win over Arkansas State. His 62 receptionsplaces the Maryland native in a tie for 17thon the Tigers all-time reception list. He is theonly tight end to be listed among the school'stop 25 pass receivers. His 690 yards rankshim first among all Memphis tight ends inyards receiving and his five touchdowncatches gives him the record for most TDcatches by a tight end. Rich Coady andChris Powers had four touchdown recep-tions as Tigers.

WHITE RECEIVES HONORn Junior kicker Ryan White, who set

several Memphis field goal records in 1999,was named to the 2000 Playboy All-AmericaTeam. The Georgia native became just thethird Tiger player in school history to benamed to the prestigious team. Former Ti-ger offensive tackle Harry Schuh was se-lected to the 1964 squad and All-Americankicker Joe Allison received the honor in1993. White's selection to the Playboy All-America team marked the third AA team thatthe soccer-styled kicker has been selectedon in the past two seasons.

RIP SCHERER RED ZONE SCORING IN '00RED ZONE SCORING IN '00RED ZONE SCORING IN '00RED ZONE SCORING IN '00RED ZONE SCORING IN '00Inside 20 Scores TDs Total Pct.

16 12 8 .750

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Head Coach u 5 Years

u Univer-sity of Memphis headcoach Rip Scherer(William & Mary '74)completed his fifth fullseason at the helmof the Tiger footballprogram in 1999.

Scherer became Memphis' 20th headcoach on January 13, 1995. The 48-year-old Scherer has instilled a familyphilosophy and a winning attitude in aprogram hungry to reach the next level.Scherer (21-38; 50-57-0) made an im-mediate impact on the University and thecommunity and vows to elevate the Tigerprogram. He established himself as anoutstanding collegiate coach at JamesMadison where he guided the Dukes to afour-year record of 29-19-0 and led themto three winning campaigns and an NCAAplayoff appearance. Scherer employs avaried and productive offense and em-phasizes a disciplined style that mini-mizes penalties and turnovers. His JMUteams set numerous offensive records,and twice set school marks for fewestyards penalized in a season. Scherer'sbackground is impressive and has in-cluded associations with some of thenation's top coaches and programs. Hewas an assistant at Penn State, Ala-bama, Arizona, Georgia Tech, Hawaii,North Carolina State, Virginia and Loui-siana State. Scherer and his wife, Michele,have three children: sons Scott, a red-shirt sophomore quarterback for the Ti-gers and Ryan and daughter Melanie, afreshman at Georgia.

RIP ON USM} As I have said all season, we may not win

pretty but we a

Junior kicker Ryan White was named to the 2000 PlayboyAll-American team.

(see page 4)

LAST MEETINGECU 34, Memphis 31

November 21, 1998Scoring Summary

East Carolina 7 14 0 13 34Memphis 14 10 0 7 31

UM (12:27 re 1st) Blevins 22 pass from Suber (White kick)UM (6:52 re 1st) Dodson 82 pass from Suber (White kick)ECU (1:00 re 1st) McQueen 6 pass from Garrard (Bayeskick)UM (13:30 re 2nd) White 40 FGUM (10:46 re 2nd) Scruggs 6 run (White kick)ECU (5:28 re 2nd) Collins 43 pass from Garrard (Bayes kick)ECU (:09 re 2nd) Wilson 1 run (Bayes kick)ECU (13:26 re 4th) McQueen 23 pass from Garrard (Bayeskick)UM (9:37 re 4th) Riley 12 run (White kick)ECU (3:48 re 4th) Bayes 18 FGECU (:07 re 4th) Bayes 41 FG

TEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATS ECUECUECUECUECU MEMMEMMEMMEMMEMFirst Downs 28 15Rushes-Yds 46-144 39-189Passing Yds 414 226KO Return Yds 4-74 7-159Passes 33-44-0 8-21-2Punts-Avg 4-35.2 5-39.8Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1Penalties-Yds 4-49 4-36Time of Poss. 35:27 24:33Sacks by 0-0 7-38

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing:Rushing:Rushing:Rushing:Rushing: ECU-Henry 18-61-0, Ochoa 1-35-0,

Garrard 19-24-0. MEM-Arnold 27-160-0, Riley 6-23-1,Scruggs 2-8-1.

Passing:Passing:Passing:Passing:Passing: ECU-Garrard 33-44-0-414-3. MEM-Suber 8-21-2-226-2.

Receiving:Receiving:Receiving:Receiving:Receiving: ECU-McQueen 6-54-2, Collins 5-94-1, Chappell 5-36-0. MEM-Dodson 3-128-1, Kendall 2-41-0,Floyd 1-23-0, Blevins 1-22-1.

Interceptions:Interceptions:Interceptions:Interceptions:Interceptions: ECU-Foster 1-8-0, Suggs 1-0-0. MEM-none.

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NOTESu Junior tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for 160 yards markinghis fourth consecutive game over 100 yards rushing. In doingso, he broke the 36-year old Memphis single season rushingrecord of Dave Casinelli. Arnold finished the season with 1,059yards.

u Freshman kicker Ryan White remained perfect on the sea-son when he connected on a 40 yard field goal in the secondquarter. White broke the Memphis record for consecuitve fieldgoals made by hitting his 16th in a row. Don Glosson had setthe record in 1984.}

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Team C-USA PCT ALLSouthern Miss 1-0 .000 3-1East Carolina 1-0 1.000 3-1Houston 1-0 1.000 2-3MEMPHISMEMPHISMEMPHISMEMPHISMEMPHIS 1-1 .500 3-2Tulane 1-1 .000 2-2Cincinnati 1-1 .500 2-3Louisville 0-0 .000 3-1UAB 0-1 .000 3-1Army 0-3 .000 0-4

THIS WEEK'S ACTIONEast Carolina @ Memphis (Fox Sports)

Army @ New Mexico StateSouth Florida @ Southern Miss

Louisville @ UABHouston @ Cincinnati

Tulane @ Louisiana-Lafayette

LAST WEEK'S RESULTSSouthern Miss 24, Memphis 3Tulane 24, Cincinnati 19

UAB 47, Louisiana-Lafayette 2Louisville 41, Connecticut 22

Houston 17, SMU 15

C-USAPLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Offense:Defense:

Special Teams:

DateDateDateDateDate OpponentOpponentOpponentOpponentOpponent UM ScoreUM ScoreUM ScoreUM ScoreUM Score Opp RecordOpp RecordOpp RecordOpp RecordOpp Record Last GameLast GameLast GameLast GameLast GameSept. 2 Mississippi State 3-17 3-1 Bulldogs defeat Florida 47-35Sept. 9 Louisiana-Monroe 28-0 1-4 Indians lost to SW Texas 27-0Sept. 16 at Arkansas State 19-17 0-5 Indians stopped by Richmond 30-27Sept. 23 at Army 26-16 0-4 Knights were open & have ECU nextSept. 30 at Southern Miss 3-24 3-1 Golden Eagles stop Tigers, 24-3Oct. 7 East Carolina - 3-1 Pirates were open, come to Memphis nextOct. 14 at UAB - 3-1 Blazers defeat LA-Lafayette 47-2Oct. 21 Houston - 2-3 Cougars take out SMU 17-15Nov. 4 Tennessee - 2-2 Vols lose to LSU in OT 38-31Nov. 11 Cincinnati - 2-3 Bearcats lose to Tulane 24-19Nov. 18 at Tulane - 2-2 Green Wave wins over Bearcats 24-19

QUICKIE NOTESCONFERENCE USA 2000 STANDINGS

n Tiger quarterback Travis Anglin was named as the Conference USA Freshman Co-Offensive Player of the Year for 1999. Anglin threw for over 850 yards last season and ledthe Tigers to wins in three of the final four games of the season.n The Tigers are 14-5 all-time under Rip Scherer, when scoring 21 points or more in agame.n Six Tigers became first-time starters in the Mississippi State game. Offensively, guardJosh Eargle will gain his first career start as will center Jimond Pugh. New faces starting atthe skill positions include wide receiver Tripp Higgins and tailback Dernice Wherry. Defen-sively, two freshmen joined the nine returning starters. Outside linebackers Derrick Ballardand Greg Harper started their first games as Tigers. Harper was replacing injured seniorDeMorrio Shank. Ballard was the only true freshman to start.n Junior safety Glenn Sumter, who registered his first interception of the season in theTigers' win over LA-Monroe, picked off his second pass in the win over ASU and his thirdin the win over Army.n Junior free safety Idrees Bashir played a large part in the Tigers' win over Army. TheGeorgia native had ten tackles and a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown.n Tiger junior kicker Ryan White was named to The Football News Preseason All-America team (3rd team) in 1999 and was tabbed on the 2000 Playboy Magazine All-America squad in August.n Freshman linebacker Coot Terry was a one-man highlight film against ULM. TheGeorgia native recorded six tackles (5 solos), one pass interception, one pass blockand two tackles for lost yardage.n Tiger punter Ben Graves set several personal career highs against Mississippi State.The senior set marks for most punts (10), most yards punted (442), highest single gameaverage (44.2), and longest punt (54). He had 11 punts vs. USM to set a new mark.n Junior defensive end Andre Arnold registered three quarterback sacks (-15 yards)against Mississippi State and matched that total against Army. Three sacks are apersonal high for the Columbus, GA, native.n Ryan White booted four field goals in leading Memphis to a 19-17 win over ArkansasState. It was White's seventh multiple field goal game of his career and the first gamethat White has won for the Tigers with a last minute field goal.n Memphis tight end Billy Kendall continued his streak of consecutive games with atleast one pass reception by grabbing two passes against USM. Kendall has now caughtpasses in his last 21 games. He was ranked 15th in the nation last week.

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MEDIA INFO BOX

TIGERS ON RADIOn All Tiger football games can be heard

on WMC-AM 79 in Memphis, as the U of Mreturns to WMC for the second year. WMC-AM79, a 5,000-watt station located in Memphis,sends out Tiger football in a 100-mile radius.Dave Woloshin is in his fourth season as theTigers' play-by-play announcer, while former Ti-ger center Bob Rush is handling the color com-mentary for the 13th year. Carrie Anderson is thesideline reporter and Forrest Goodman is thestudio host.

RIP SCHERER RADIO SHOWn Coach Rip Scherer's weekly call-in show

airs each Monday night from 6 PM to 7 PM atThe Sports Pub in East Memphis. The showwill be aired on AM 790 WMC News, Talk andTigers. The show, hosted by Dave Woloshin,allows callers to talk directly with Scherer bycalling 901-274-7979 or 1-800-759-6279 or*790 if you are a BellSouth Mobility customer.

SCHERER TELEVISION SHOWn Coach Rip Scherer's television show is

aired each week on WPTY-TV 24 in Memphis.The show can be seen each Sunday night at10:30 PM with Coach Scherer and host GregGaston. Scherer and Gaston will review the pre-vious week with commentary and highlights aswell as preview the week ahead.

WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCEn Tiger head coach Rip Scherer will hold

a weekly football press luncheon on Monday'sat 11:30 AM. The luncheon will be held in theAssembly Room of the AOB. Members of themedia are invited to lunch at 11:30 AM. Thepress conference will officially begin at 12 noonwith Tiger players being available for interviewsfollowing Scherer's opening remarks.

C-USA TELECONFERENCE CALLn Head coach Rip Scherer participates in

the weekly Conference USA Teleconferencecall each Monday during the season. The tele-conference begins at 1 PM CST with Scherergoing on from 1:45 to 1:53. The number for themedia to call and listen to C-USA's nine coachesis 913-981-5508.

TIGERS ON INTERNETn The University of Memphis athletic

department's official website carrier is FansOnly.Fans seeking information on U of M athleticscan enter www.gotigersgo.com on their com-puters and get current information, statistics andeven broadcasts of Tiger games.

MEDIA INFO WHITE SETS MEMPHIS & C- USA MARKn With four field goals made in the

first half of the 1999 UAB game and a schoolrecord fifth made in the third period, RyanWhite set the Memphis record for the mostfield goals made in a half, in a game, themost field goals attempted in a game andalso set the record for the most points by aTiger kicker in a game. He set a new Mem-phis record becoming the first Tiger in schoolhistory to kick four field goals in a half.White, who had booted four field goals in the'98 Cincinnati game, shared the old Mem-phis single game record of four field goalswith Joe Allison (1992 vs Ole Miss) andRusty Bennett (1977 vs NTSU). His 16 pointsvs UAB broke the old record for points (15)by a kicker set by White in last year's Cincin-nati game. His five field goals made also tiedthe Conference USA record for FGs in agame.

KENDALL CONTINUES STREAKn Memphis senior tight end Billy

Kendall has proven himself to be the bestreceiving tight end in Memphis history. His64 career pass receptions ties him for 15thon the Tigers all-time receiving list. As im-pressive is the fact that the Bowie, Mary-land, native has now caught passes in theTigers last 21 consecutive games and wasranked 15th in the nation last week. Thelast game that Kendall failed to catch a passwas the 1998 Cincinnati contest.

TIGERS CREATING TURNOVERSn The Tiger defense was able to

force four turnovers, one fumble recoveryand three interceptions, against Army. TheTigers have forced at least one turnover in66 of their last 74 games. Memphis has alsointercepted a pass in 43 of its last 65 con-tests but has not returned an interceptionfor a touchdown since Scott Singler ran backa pick 55 yards against Arkansas State in1994.

BLOCK PARTYn Since 1990, Memphis' special

teams have found a way to change the lookof a game in a hurry. Over the last 124games, Memphis has blocked 43 kicks (27punts, 12 field goals, 4 PAT) and hasblocked 23 punts in the last 83 contests.Under Scherer, the Tigers have blocked 21

NOTES & STUFF4ALL-TIME

LEADING RECEIVERS(by receptions)

Player Catches1. Damien Dodson 1472. Russell Copeland 1163. Isaac Bruce 1134. Richie Floyd 1105. James Thompson 1056. Earnest Gray 9 77. Stan Davis 7 98. Ryan Roskelly 7 89. Keith Wright 7 4

10. Darrius Blevins 7311. Jerry Harris 7 212. Bobby Ward 7 113. Chancy Carr 6 9

Wayne Pryor (FB) 6 915. Billy Kendall (TE) 6415. Mac Cody 6 417. Derrick Crawford 6 318. Bob Sherlag 6 219. John Bush 6 120. Jerry Knowlton 6 021. Charles Wilson 5 322. Enis Jackson 4 923. Frank Blackwell 4 724. Larry Porter (RB) 4 625. Chris Martin 4 526. Frank Smith (TE) 4 2

Edwin Lovelady 4 2

NCAA RANKINGSIndividual

Interceptions ------------------ Glenn Sumter, 16Field Goals ---------------------- Ryan White, 32Punt Returns ------------------ Ryan Johnson, 50

TeamRushing Offense --------------------------------- 75Passing Offense -------------------------------- 100Total Offense ------------------------------------ 104Net Punting --------------------------------------- 71Punt Returns -------------------------------------- 64Kickoff Returns ----------------------------------- 80Scoring --------------------------------------------- 98Rushing Defense ---------------------------------- 5Passing Defense -------------------------------- 24Pass Interceptions ---------------------------- T15Pass Efficiency Defense ----------------------- 24Total Defense -------------------------------------- 7Scoring Defense --------------------------------- 20Turnover Margin ------------------------------- T56

(2000 Rankings/Through 9/30)

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5NOTES & STUFFTIGERS ON THE WEBn Memphis' athletic web page debut on

Oct. 5th. Developed by FansOnly in Carlsbad,CA, the site carries information on all Tigerteams.

www.gotigersgo.com

'00 RECEIVING LEADERS'00 RECEIVING LEADERS'00 RECEIVING LEADERS'00 RECEIVING LEADERS'00 RECEIVING LEADERSName Catches Yards TDsKendall 11 104 1Sermon 9 82 0Higgins 10 112 0Perkins 12 101 0Johnson 9 57 0Cameron 4 33 0

ALL-TIMELEADING PASSERS

Player Yards1. Danny Sparkman 4,3112. Lloyd Patterson 4,2013. Steve Matthews 3,9804. Tim Jones 2,7225. Bernard Oden 2,6866. Keith Benton 2,4687. Billy Fletcher 2,3118. David Fowler 2,2839. NEIL SUBERNEIL SUBERNEIL SUBERNEIL SUBERNEIL SUBER 2,230

10. Qadry Anderson 2,04711. Danny Pierce 1,97412. Kevin Betts 1,51113. Russ Vollmer 1,45414. Al Harvey 1,40515. Rusty Trail 1,37016. Joe Borich 1,36917. Trell Hooper 1,19418. Darrell Martin 1,15719. Ricky Thurow 1,06720. TRAVIS ANGLIN 1,05721. Andy Whitwell 1,024

'00 TIGER PASSING BREAKDOWN'00 TIGER PASSING BREAKDOWN'00 TIGER PASSING BREAKDOWN'00 TIGER PASSING BREAKDOWN'00 TIGER PASSING BREAKDOWNWide Receivers Backs Tight Ends

42 21 17

ALL-TIMELEADING RECEIVERS

(by yards)

Player Yards1. Earnest Gray 2,1232. Damien Dodson 2,0963. Russell Copeland 1,7534. Richie Floyd 1,6545. Isaac Bruce 1,5866. Keith Wright 1,2487. Jerry Harris 1,1868. James Thompson 1,1839. Derrick Crawford 1,117

10. Stan Davis 1,10511. Bobby Ward 1,05612. Bob Sherlag 1,04113. John Bush 1,02314. Darrius "Boo" Blevins 1,01715. Jerry Knowlton 97316. Charles Wilson 97117. Ryan Roskelly 96318. Chancy Carr 94419. Mac Cody 87920. Frank Blackwell 86921. Ray Craft 84522. Enis Jackson 81423. Ricky Rivas 75324. Don Coffee 74725. Billy KendallBilly KendallBilly KendallBilly KendallBilly Kendall 70570570570570526. Preston Riley 68227. Chris Martin 678

LONG INTERCEPTIONS1. 100 Idrees Bashir vs Army, '002. 99 Robert Lyles vs Miss St., '583. 95 Marty Hammock vs USM, '733. 95 Chris Hobbs vs Tenn. '915. 93 Bob Sherlag vs Wake Forest, '646. 91 Bob Orians vs USM, '777. 90 Domonic Calloway vs ECS, '937. 90 Preston Watts vs MTSU, '41

kicks (11 punts, 6 field goal, 4 PATs). Mem-phis last blocked punt was by QuincyStephenson and it came against LA-Mon-roe this season. Stephenson also recordedthe Tigers' final block of the '99 campaignagainst Southern Mississippi. Memphis hadthree blocked kicks in last season's Louis-ville game when Tramont Lawless andMichael Stone each knocked down field goalattempts and the team was credited with ablock. Memphis again registered threeblocks in the last contest of the year. Law-less, Stone and nose tackle Marcus Bell hadblocked kicks against Cincinnati in the sea-son finale.

TIGER TIDBITSn Tiger punter Ben Graves set sev-

eral personal bests in the season openeragainst Mississippi State. He hit career highsfor number of punts (10), game average(44.2) and yards (442). His 442 yards werethe second highest single game total in Mem-phis football history. The 442 yards sur-passed Hugh Owens' 433 yards againstTexas A&M in 1978. The all-time Tiger recordis 492 yards, also by Owens against TexasA&M in 1979. Graves punted 11 times inthe USM game, which tied for the fifth mostin a single game in Tiger history.

n Ben Graves' 61 yard punt againstLA-Monroe was a career long for the Mis-sissippi native.

n Neil Suber's 930 yards passing in1998 marked the most yards passing by aTiger freshman in the history of the school.

n Over the past seven years, Mem-phis has a record of 38-9 when leading atthe half.

n The Memphis Tigers had sevenplayers named to Lindy's Football MagazinePreseason All-Conference USA Team.Tabbed on the first unit were offensive tackleArtis Hicks, nose tackle Marcus Bell, line-backer Kamal Shakir, safety Idrees Bashirand All-American kicker Ryan White. Offen-sive tackle DeCorye Hampton and strongsafety Fred Powell were named to the sec-ond team.

n Tiger tailback Dernice Wherrystarted his first game as a Tiger when Mem-phis opened the season against MississippiState. The former all-state (TN) runningback responded with 35 yards rushing onon 13 attempts against the number onedefense in the nation from '99. The speed-ster led the U of M in rushing against ULMwith 75 yards on 17 carries but was injured.Wherry missed the ASU and Army gamesbut returned for USM.

n Tiger linebacker Kamal Shakir wasnamed to The Sporting News Freshman All-America Team in 1997. His first team selec-tion by TSN was the first by a rookie Tigerin the school's history. He is a preseasonAll-Conference USA selection at linebacker

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CHAMPIONSof the WEEK

Each week during the 2000 football season, the Memphis coach-ing staff will select an offensive, defensive and special teams

Champion of the Week.Week #1 - Mississippi StateOffense: noneDefense: Marcus Bell (NT)Specialist: Ben Graves (P)

Week #2 - Louisiana-MonroeOffense: DeCorye Hampton (OT)Defense: Coot Terry (OLB)Specialist: Ben Graves (P)

Week #3 - Arkansas StateOffense: Billy Kendall (TE)Defense: Kamal Shakir (LB)Specialist: Ryan White (K); Michael Harris (H); Jared Pigue (DS)

Week #4 - ArmyOffense: Neil Suber (QB)Defense: Idrees Bashir (FS)Specialist: Glenn Sumter (DB)

Week #5 - Southern MissOffense:Defense:Specialist:

Week #6 - East CarolinaOffense:Defense:Specialist:

Week #7 - UABOffense:Defense:Specialist:

Week #8 - HoustonOffense:Defense:Specialist:

Week #9 - TennesseeOffense:Defense:Specialist:

Week #10 - CincinnatiOffense:Defense:Specialist:

Week #11 - TulaneOffense:Defense:Specialist:

6 NOTES & STUFF

MEMPHIS TIGEROFFENSIVE LINEMAN STATISTICS

Opponent Hicks Eargle Pugh Esposito HamptonMississippi St. 63-76 65-76 76-76 75-76 73-76LA-Monroe 71-75 52-75 75-75 73-75 73-75at Arkansas St. 66-66 DNP 66-66 64-66 66-66at Army 67-72 DNP 72-72 71-72 72-72at USM - - - - -East Carolina - - - - -at UAB - - - - -Houston - - - - -Tennessee - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - -at Tulane - - - - -

Opponent O'Dell Eyre Celaj Austin Gerda GehrkeMississippi St. 13-76 13-76 DNP DNP 3-76 DNPLA-Monroe 2-75 21-75 2-75 2-75 2-75 2-75at Arkansas St. DNP 62-66 2-66 DNP 2-66 DNPat Army 3-72 11-72 DNP DNP 59-72 DNPat USM - - - - - -East Carolina - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - -Houston - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - -

plays/total plays

this year and is listed as a Dick Butkus can-didate.

n The U of M may have the most tal-ented defensive secondary the squad hasfielded since the 1970s. Four starters re-turn for the 2000 season including pre-season All-Conference USA selection IdreesBashir at free safety. Joining Bashir arecorners Marcus Smith and Michael Stoneand strong safety Glenn Sumter. Stone isthe only senior starting in the secondary.

n Ryan White's 52-yard field goalagainst Cincinnati in 1998 tied for the long-est field goal made in Memphis history. Therecord was shared by Luis Tejada (vs OleMiss, 1994) and Don Glosson (vs FloridaState, 1985). The kick was White's first 50plus yard attempt of his career.

n Placekicker Ryan White set sev-eral Memphis kicking records during his

freshman season in 1998. He booted 16consecutive field goals setting a new Mem-phis benchmark. The old Tiger record forconsecutive field goals was 15 by formerkicker Don Glosson (1983-85). Glossonbooted his 15 consecutive FGs in 1994.

n The University of Memphis willhave six graduates playing for the squadthis season. That number tied the Univer-sity for third in the nation for number of stu-dents in graduate school.

n Tiger All-American placekickerRyan White booted four field goals in theTigers' 19-17 win over Arkansas State. Thefour FGs made marked the seventh mul-tiple FG game in White's career. His last fieldgoal of the ASU contest came with 0:49 re-maining in the game and gave the Tigerstheir second win of the season. It wasWhite's first career last second winning kick.

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TIGER ALL-TIMEPASSING MARKS

Pass Completions - GamePlayer Total

1. Steve Matthews vs Miss State 292. Bernard Oden vs Minnesota 252. Steve Matthews vs Louisvile 254. Steve Matthews vs Tulsa 244. Kenton Evans vs Ole Miss 246. Neil Suber vs Sou. Miss 236. Steve Matthews vs ECU 23

Pass Attempts - GamePlayer Total

1. Steve Matthews vs Miss State 452. Bernard Oden vs Minnesota 442. Steve Matthews vs Louisvile 444. Rusty Trail vs Sou. Miss 415. Billy Fletcher vs Wake Forest 406. Tom Branner vs LA-Lafayette 396. Kenton Evans vs Ole Miss 398. Neil Suber vs Sou. Miss 388. Steve Matthews vs LA-Lafayette 388. Steve Matthews vs Tulsa 38

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TIGER SEASONFIELD GOAL LEADERS

Player FG Made1. Joe Allison (1992) 232. RYAN WHITE (1998) 162. John Butler (1989) 164. Don Glosson (1984) 155. John Butler (1988) 145. Don Glosson (1983) 147. RYAN WHITE (1999) 137. Luis Tejada (1994) 13

UM'S MOST POINTSKICKING - GAME

Player PTs1. RYAN WHITE (1999) vs UAB 182. RYAN WHITE (1998) vs Cincinnati 153. Joe Allison (1992) vs Tulane 144. RYAN WHITE (1999) vs Tennessee 134. RYAN WHITE (1998) vs Louisville 134. RYAN WHITE (2000) vs Ark. State 134. Don Glosson (1983) vs Ole Miss 134. Rusty Bennett (1977) vs North Texas138. Don Glosson (1983) vs Miss State 128. Joe Allison (1992) vs Tulsa 128. Joe Allison (1992) vs Ole Miss 12

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Memphis punter Ben Graves is ranked 21st in the nationwith a 43.9 yard average after two games.

LONG TD PASS PLAYS

Neil Suber's 82-yard touchdown pass toKen Coutain in last year's Tennessee game tiedfor the 6th longest pass play in Memphis foot-ball history. Suber also threw an 82-yard TD passto Damien Dodson in the 1998 ECU game.

n Freshman quarterback MattAdams, the grandson of former Tiger headcoach Fred Pancoast, entered fall camp notfully recovered from shoulder surgery inMay of 2000. He participated in fall campbut due to a lack of rehabilitation time, hasdecided to return to his home in Pensacola,FL. Adams will return to Memphis in Janu-ary to begin his college career.

n Linebacker Kamal Shakir's 18tackle effort against Army marked the sec-ond time this year that the Georgia nativelogged double-digit tackles. Shakir totaledeight double-digit games in 1999 and has16 career games with ten or more total hits.His all-time single game high is a 20 tackle(12 solos & eight assist) effort against Armyin 1999.

n Memphis quarterback Neil Subercompleted 20-of-31 pass attempts in Mem-phis' 26-16 victory over Army. His 20completions were a career high to date forthe Georgia native breaking his old mark of17 against Tulane in 1998. Suber's 31 passattempts were the second highest total of

his career at the time falling one shy of his32 attempts against Ole Miss in 1999.

n Junior quarterback Neil Suberquietly entered his name in the Memphisrecord book during the Southern Mississippigame. The Georgia native completed 23-of-38 pass attempts for 161 yards. His 23completions tie for the sixth highest total inschool history. Suber's 38 pass attemptsagainst the Golden Eagles tied for the eighthmost in a single game by a Tiger.

n Junior tight end Billy Kendall hasa personal best six pass receptions (for 66yards) in a single game. He accomplishedthe feat in the Tigers win over Arkansas Statein 1999. Kendall's 66 yards versus ASUranks as the third highest of his career. Histop career yardage performance came inthe '99 finale when he had 78 yards receiv-ing against Cincinnati.

n Tiger tailback Sugar Sanders hashad five starts in his brief career and all haveresulted in wins for the Tigers. In his firstcollegiate start ('99) Sanders rushed for 94yards against Arkansas State. It was just hissecond collegiate game and his first ex-tended playing time. Sanders was called onto start the UAB game in Birmingham andresponded by scoring his first career touch-down. The Miami native was slated to startthe 2000 season opener against MississippiState but was slowed in camp by an ankleinjury. He started the ULM contest andrushed for 43 yards and led the Tigers tovictory against ASU with 31 carries for 96yards. Sanders had a career long 62 yardtouchdown run in the UM win over Army.

n Tiger defensive back GlennSumter recorded his first career pass inter-ception of the 2000 season against Louisi-ana Monroe in the Tigers second game ofthe season. He came back the followingweek and had a pick against Arkansas Stateand registered his third interception of theseason in the Tigers' win over Army. Theredshirt sophomore now has three on theseason and is 16th in the nation. His threeconsecutive games with an interceptionmark the first time since the 1996 seasonthat a Tiger defensive back has had inter-ceptions in three consecutive games. KeithSpann had picks in the final three games of

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DEFENSIVE ENDDEFENSIVE ENDDEFENSIVE ENDDEFENSIVE ENDDEFENSIVE END97 Tony Brown * 6-3 262 Jr.87 Patrick Willis ** 6-2 265 Sr.50 Eric Taylor 6-3 250 Fr.59 Ross Estes 6-3 241 r-So.53 Jeremy Rone 6-3 220 Fr.

DEFENSIVE TDEFENSIVE TDEFENSIVE TDEFENSIVE TDEFENSIVE TACKLEACKLEACKLEACKLEACKLE70 Calvin Lewis *** 6-5 288 r-Sr.72 Jarvis Slaton ** 6-4 286 r-Sr.98 Garfield Garth 6-2 249 r-Fr.96 David McNair 6-3 230 Fr.

NOSE TNOSE TNOSE TNOSE TNOSE TACKLEACKLEACKLEACKLEACKLE54 Marcus Bell *** 6-2 299 Sr.69 Gerald Massey 6-3 287 r-Sr.84 Boris Penchion 6-4 259 r-So.79 Kenyun Glover 6-3 255 Fr.

DEFENSIVE END (Bandit)DEFENSIVE END (Bandit)DEFENSIVE END (Bandit)DEFENSIVE END (Bandit)DEFENSIVE END (Bandit)94 Andre Arnold ** 6-4 234 r-Jr.91 Stanely Jackson 6-6 235 So.95 Cornell Bazile 6-3 210 r-Fr.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Will)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Will)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Will)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Will)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Will)37 Coot Terry 6-0 210 r-Fr.58 Derrick Ballard 6-2 200 Fr.82 Draper Hall 6-0 215 r-Jr.

INSIDE LINEBACKER (Mike)INSIDE LINEBACKER (Mike)INSIDE LINEBACKER (Mike)INSIDE LINEBACKER (Mike)INSIDE LINEBACKER (Mike)48 Kamal Shakir *** 6-2 235 r-Sr.80 Mobray Rowand * 6-4 236 r-So.55 Vincent Brown 6-1 230 Fr.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Sam)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Sam)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Sam)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Sam)OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (Sam)42 Greg Harper 6-1 213 r-Fr.2 Ian Williams * 6-4 233 r-Sr.

57 Rodney Lanctot ** 6-3 218 r-Sr.40 George Harper * 6-2 226 r-Jr.

FIELD CORNERFIELD CORNERFIELD CORNERFIELD CORNERFIELD CORNER21 Marcus Smith * 5-10 183 Jr.18 Kosha Irby *** 6-1 195 r-Sr.43 Emery Bell 5-9 168 So.38 Anthony Harden 5-10 175 r-So.

STRONG SAFETY (Rover)STRONG SAFETY (Rover)STRONG SAFETY (Rover)STRONG SAFETY (Rover)STRONG SAFETY (Rover)24 Glenn Sumter * 6-2 192 r-So.23 Fred Powell *** 5-10 193 Sr.

FREE SAFETYFREE SAFETYFREE SAFETYFREE SAFETYFREE SAFETY5 Idrees Bashir ** 6-3 200 r-Jr.

25 Chance Nesbitt * 6-3 195 r-Jr.32 Brad Britt * 6-0 199 r-Sr.31 Sean Garris 5-11 180 Fr.

BOUNDARY CORNERBOUNDARY CORNERBOUNDARY CORNERBOUNDARY CORNERBOUNDARY CORNER44 Michael Stone ** 6-1 190 Sr.41 Jason Brown 5-10 170 r-Fr.29 Quincy Stephenson * 5-6 169 r-So.

PUNTERPUNTERPUNTERPUNTERPUNTER85 Ben Graves * 6-2 207 r-Sr.89 Jason Johnson 6-3 235 Fr.

HOLDERHOLDERHOLDERHOLDERHOLDER27 Michael Harris ** 5-10 186 r-Sr.12 Scott Scherer * 5-10 180 r-So.

KICKOFF RETURNKICKOFF RETURNKICKOFF RETURNKICKOFF RETURNKICKOFF RETURN6 Darche Epting * 6-1 232 r-So.9 Ryan Johnson * 5-11 185 So.

PUNT RETURNPUNT RETURNPUNT RETURNPUNT RETURNPUNT RETURN9 Ryan Johnson * 5-11 185 So.1 Bunkie Perkins 5-9 160 Jr.

DEPTH CHART8OFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSE DEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSE

QUARTERBACKQUARTERBACKQUARTERBACKQUARTERBACKQUARTERBACK14 Neil Suber ** 6-3 235 r-Jr.12 Scott Scherer * 5-10 180 r-So.19 Danny Wimprine 6-1 201 Fr.

7 Bran Webb 5-10 175 r-Fr.15 Travis Anglin * 6-4 200 r-So.

FULLBACK (B)FULLBACK (B)FULLBACK (B)FULLBACK (B)FULLBACK (B)6 Darche Epting * 6-1 232 r-So.

93 Nick Tsatsaronis 6-3 230 Sr.34 Robert Douglas 6-3 190 Fr.22 Tim Boam 6-0 222 r-Fr.

TTTTTAILBACK (A)AILBACK (A)AILBACK (A)AILBACK (A)AILBACK (A)3 Dernice Wherry * 6-0 200 Jr.

20 Sugar Sanders * 5-11 210 r-So.22 Jeremiah Bonds 5-9 175 Fr.47 Aaron Meadows * 6-0 195 r-Jr.11 Andrew Harden * 5-9 178 Jr.28 Quinton Coles 6-0 205 So.

FLANKER (X)FLANKER (X)FLANKER (X)FLANKER (X)FLANKER (X)81 Tripp Higgins * 6-3 193 So.13 Al Sermon *** 6-4 179 r-Sr.

1 Bunkie Perkins 5-9 160 Jr.16 Darren Garcia 6-1 185 Fr.36 Von Webb 6-0 180 Fr.17 Derrick Harmon * 6-1 197 r-So.35 Lloyd Patterson, Jr. 5-10 165 Fr.

TIGHT END (Y)TIGHT END (Y)TIGHT END (Y)TIGHT END (Y)TIGHT END (Y)88 Billy Kendall *** 6-5 235 r-Sr.90 Wade Smith * 6-4 256 So.86 Jeff Cameron 6-4 236 r-So.89 Jason Johnson 6-4 235 Fr.96 Joey Moore 6-3 220 Fr.

SPLIT END (Z)SPLIT END (Z)SPLIT END (Z)SPLIT END (Z)SPLIT END (Z)9 Ryan Johnson * 5-11 185 So.

10 Casey Rooney * 6-0 192 So.33 Antoine Harden 6-2 177 Fr.49 E.J. LeFlore 6-0 181 r-Fr.30 Devin Yarbrough 5-10 165 Fr.83 Chris Cowley 5-10 185 r-Fr.

QUICK TQUICK TQUICK TQUICK TQUICK TACKLE (Left)ACKLE (Left)ACKLE (Left)ACKLE (Left)ACKLE (Left)65 Artis Hicks ** 6-5 295 r-Jr.60 Austin O'Dell * 6-6 300 r-Sr.

QUICK GUARD (Left)QUICK GUARD (Left)QUICK GUARD (Left)QUICK GUARD (Left)QUICK GUARD (Left)68 Joey Gerda * 6-6 280 r-So.74 Trey Eyre * 6-3 278 r-So.73 Travis Triplett 6-5 300 Fr.64 Drew Harmon 6-4 245 Fr.

CENTERCENTERCENTERCENTERCENTER62 Jimond Pugh 6-3 298 r-So.51 Jason Austin 6-3 300 r-So.

STRONG GUARDSTRONG GUARDSTRONG GUARDSTRONG GUARDSTRONG GUARD (Right) (Right) (Right) (Right) (Right)76 Lou Esposito *** 6-5 310 r-Sr.67 Matt Gehrke 6-3 282 r-So.61 Jon Crews 6-4 271 r-Fr.

STRONG TSTRONG TSTRONG TSTRONG TSTRONG TACKLEACKLEACKLEACKLEACKLE75 DeCorye Hampton * 6-8 333 Sr.68 Joey Gerda * 6-6 280 r-So.78 Baki Celaj 6-4 296 r-So.

PLACEKICKERPLACEKICKERPLACEKICKERPLACEKICKERPLACEKICKER82 Ryan White ** 5-9 182 r-Jr.92 Ryan Ivey 5-11 175 r-Fr.

DEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPER77 Chris Moore 6-1 258 r-Fr.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

2000 MEMPHIS NUMERICAL ROSTERNO NAME POS HT WT CL B'DAY MAJOR HOMETOWN/HS/JC

1 Bunkie Perkins FL 5-9 160 Jr. 4-7-80 Business Vicksburg, MS/Hinds JC2 Ian Williams ** OLB 6-4 233 r-Sr. 11-18-76 Business Brampton, Ontario/Centenniel HS3 Dernice Wherry * RB 6-0 200 Jr. 3-16-79 Education Munford, TN/Munford HS5 Idrees Bashir * DB 6-3 200 r-Jr. 12-7-78 Business Decatur, GA/Dunwoody HS6 Darche' Epting * FB 6-1 232 r-So. 9-17-79 Undecided Dallas, TX/Bishop Lynch HS7 Bran Webb QB 6-0 182 r-Fr. 9-17-80 Undecided Gilmer, TX/Gilmer HS9 Ryan Johnson * WR 6-1 190 So. 2-13-81 Undecided St. Louis, MO/CBCHS

10 Casey Rooney * WR 6-2 197 So. 7-6-79 Undecided Souix City, IA/West High11 Andrew Harden * RB 5-10 183 r-So. 10-21-79 Undecided Dallas, TX/Lake Highlands HS12 Scott Scherer * QB 5-10 180 r-So. 7-14-79 Undecided Collierville, TN/Collierville HS13 Al Sermon *** WR 6-6 194 r-Sr. 12-16-77 Communications Daytona Beach, FL/Mainland HS14 Neil Suber ** QB 6-3 235 r-Jr. 11-22-78 Business Woodstock, GA/Etowah HS15 Travis Anglin * QB 6-4 200 r-So. 5-17-80 Undecided Columbus, GA/Shaw HS16 Darren Garcia WR 6-1 170 Fr. 4-14-81 Undecided Millington, TN/Millington HS17 Derrick Harmon * WR 6-1 197 r-So. 9-4-79 Undecided Memphis, TN/East HS18 Kosha Irby *** DB 6-1 195 r-Sr. 10-28-77 Business Nashville, TN/McGovock HS19 Danny Wimprine QB 6-1 201 Fr. 8-6-81 Undecided River Ridge, LA/J.T. Curtis HS20 Sugar Sanders * RB 5-11 210 r-So. 5-3-78 Undecided Coral Springs, FL/Coral Springs HS21 Marcus Smith * DB 5-10 183 Jr. 8-17-80 Education Memphis, TN/Hamilton HS22 Jeremiah Bonds RB 5-9 175 Fr. 10-9-81 Undecided Huntsville, AL/J.O. Johnson HS22 Tim Boam FB 6-2 231 r-Fr. 11-5-80 Undecided Memphis, TN/Overton HS23 Fred Powell *** DB 5-10 193 Sr. 1-27-79 Broadcast Jour. Kingsport, TN/Dobyns-Bennett HS24 Glenn Sumter * DB 6-2 192 r-So. 2-22-80 Undecided Detroit, MI/Cody HS25 Chance Nesbitt * DB 6-3 193 r-Jr. 8-6-79 Physical Ed. Columbia, SC/Columbia HS26 Henry Washington DB 5-9 165 Fr. 3-3-82 Undecided Dallas, TX/Kimball HS27 Michael Harris ** QB/H 5-10 186 r-Sr. 9-9-77 Business Hendersonville, TN/Beech HS28 Quinton Cole RB 6-0 205 So. 8-4-80 Undecided Dunwoody, GA/Dunwoody HS29 Quincy Stevenson * DB 5-6 167 r-So. 9-3-79 Undecided Memphis, TN/East HS30 Devin Yarbrough WR 5-10 165 Fr. 12-31-81 Undecided Memphis, TN/Whitehaven HS31 Sean Garris DB 5-11 180 Fr. 3-28-82 Undecided Tamarac, FL/Taravella HS32 Brad Britt * DB 6-1 201 r-Sr. 4-13-78 Communications Bartlett, TN/Bolton HS33 Antoine Harden WR 6-2 177 Fr. 7-31-81 Undecided Dallas, TX/Lake Highlands HS34 Robert Douglas FB 6-3 190 Fr. 7-25-82 Undecided St. Louis, MO/Lutheran North HS35 Lloyd Patterson, Jr. WR 5-10 165 Fr. 7-22-82 Undecided Memphis, TN/Whitehaven HS36 Von Webb WR 6-0 180 Fr. 11-11-81 Undecided Athens, AL/Athens HS37 Coot Terry OLB 6-0 210 r-Fr. 3-6-81 Undecided Manchester, GA/Manchester HS38 Anthony Harden DB 5-10 174 So. 10-21-79 Undecided Dallas, TX/Lake Highlands HS40 George Harper * OLB 6-2 226 r-Jr. 5-2-78 Business Norcross, GA/Norcross HS41 Jason Brown DB 5-10 169 r-Fr. 9-14-80 Undecided Baton Rouge, LA/Catholic HS42 Greg Harper OLB 6-1 213 r-Fr. 6-4-81 Undecided Memphis, TN/Wooddale HS43 Emery Bell DB 5-9 169 So. 7-9-80 Undecided Atlanta, GA/Tri-Cities HS44 Michael Stone ** DB 6-1 190 r-Sr. 2-13-78 Architecture Southfield, MI/Central State Univ.45 DeMorrio Shank *** OLB 5-11 225 Sr. 5-26-79 Special Ed. LaGrange, GA/LaGrange HS46 Nick Tsatsaronis FB 6-3 230 Sr. 11-24-76 Business Montreal, Quebec/Vanier HS47 Aaron Meadows * RB 6-0 195 r-Jr. 12-7-79 Business Somerville, TN/Millsaps College48 Kamal Shakir *** ILB 6-2 235 r-Sr. 4-17-78 Marketing Norcross, GA/Meadow Creek HS49 E.J. LeFlore WR 6-3 190 r-Fr. 7-8-81 Undecided Brighton, TN/Brighton HS50 Eric Taylor DE 6-3 250 Fr. 12-14-81 Undecided Winchester, TN/Franklin County HS51 Jason Austin * C 6-5 298 r-Jr. 12-8-78 Education Winder, GA/Winder-Barrow HS52 Jared Pigue DS 6-2 210 Fr. 5-1-81 Undecided Nashville, TN/Goodpasture Christian HS53 Jeremy Rone DE 6-3 220 Fr. 11-7-81 Undecided Texarkana, TX/Liberty Eylau HS54 Marcus Bell *** NT 6-2 299 Sr. 6-1-79 Education Memphis, TN/Kingsbury HS55 Vincent Brown ILB 6-1 230 Fr. 10-3-80 Undecided Lynchburg, VA/Fork Union Military56 Roberto Young OLB 6-1 229 r-So. 8-3-80 Electrical Eng. St. Louis, MO/Sumner HS57 Rodney Lanctot ** OLB 6-3 218 r-Sr. 1-26-77 Marketing Crescent City, FL/Crescent City HS58 Derrick Ballard OLB 6-2 200 Fr. 12-8-81 Undecided Madison, GA/Morgan County HS58 Treveco Lucas DE 6-1 228 r-Fr. 6-1-81 Undecided Memphis, TN/Westside HS59 Ross Estes * DE 6-3 241 r-So. 6-12-77 Undecided Cincinnati, OH/Hargrave Military60 Austin O'Dell * O T 6-6 300 r-Sr. 11-27-76 Exercise Science Memphis, TN/Westwood HS61 Jon Crews OG 6-4 271 r-Fr. 10-1-80 Undecided Snellville, GA/Brookwood HS62 Jimond Pugh C 6-3 298 r-So. 7-28-80 Undecided Pensacola, FL/Florida A&M University63 Josh Eargle * OG 6-2 270 r-Jr. 1-6-79 Education Sulphur Springs, TX/Sulphur Springs HS64 Drew Harmon OG 6-4 245 Fr. 11-12-81 Undecided Sharpsburg, GA/East Coweta HS65 Artis Hicks ** O T 6-5 296 r-Jr. 11-28-78 Business Jackson, TN/Central Merry HS66 William Martin O T 6-5 290 Fr. 4-13-82 Undecided Memphis, TN/Bishop Byrne HS67 Matt Gehrke OG 6-3 282 r-So. 8-9-80 Undecided Dallas, TX/North Mesquite HS68 Joe Gerda * O T 6-6 280 r-So. 12-21-79 Undecided Kennesaw, GA/Harrison HS

9ROSTER

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

ROSTER1069 Gerald Massey NT 6-3 287 r-Sr. 12-28-77 Engineering Southfield, MI/Southfield-Lathrup HS70 Calvin Lewis *** DT 6-5 288 r-Sr. 12-6-77 Education Riverdale, GA/Banneker HS72 Jarvis Slaton *** DT 6-4 286 r-Sr. 12-9-77 Business Tucker, GA/Tucker HS73 Travis Triplett O T 6-5 285 Fr. 10-25-81 Undecided St. Louis, MO/Parkway South HS74 Trey Eyre * OG 6-3 278 r-So. 2-4-80 Undecided Baton Rouge, LA/Catholic HS75 DeCorye Hampton * O T 6-8 330 Sr. 7-10-78 Education Memphis, TN/Westwood HS76 Lou Esposito *** OG 6-5 310 r-Sr. 9-13-76 Physical Ed. Manapalan, NJ/Manalapan HS77 Chris Moore DS 6-1 258 r-Fr. 12-29-80 Undecided Memphis, TN/Kirby HS78 Baki Celaj O T 6-6 294 r-So. 7-2-80 Undecided Armonk, NY/Byram Hills HS79 Kenyun Glover NT 6-3 255 Fr. 11-8-81 Undecided Memphis, TN/Overton HS80 Mowbray Rowand ILB 6-4 236 r-So. 6-8-80 Undecided Memphis, TN/Kirby HS81 Tripp Higgins * WR 6-3 190 So. 3-31-80 Undecided Marietta, GA/Pope HS82 Ryan White ** K 5-10 191 r-Jr. 2-6-79 Business Lilburn, GA/Shiloh HS83 Chris Cowley WR 5-10 175 r-Fr. Undecided Memphis, TN/Ridgeway HS84 Boris Penchion NT 6-4 259 r-So. 11-2-79 Undecided Muscle Shoals, AL/Colbert Cty HS85 Ben Graves * P 6-2 207 r-Sr. 9-3-77 Education Waynesboro, MS/Jones Cty JC86 Jeff Cameron TE 6-5 235 r-So. 8-7-80 Undecided Marietta, GA/Lassiter HS87 Patrick Willis ** DE 6-2 265 Sr. 8-14-78 Education Memphis, TN/Kingsbury HS88 Billy Kendall *** TE 6-6 240 r-Sr. 1-6-78 Marketing Bowie, MD/DeMatha HS89 Jason Johnson TE/P 6-4 235 Fr. 9-13-81 Undecided St. Louis, MO/Pattonville HS90 Wade Smith * TE 6-5 246 So. 4-26-81 Undecided Dallas, TX/Lake Highlands HS91 Stanley Jackson DE 6-6 235 So. 11-5-79 Undecided Memphis, TN/White Station HS92 Draper Hall OLB 6-0 215 r-Jr. 8-24-79 Arts & Science Little Rock, AR/J.A. Fair HS93 Eric Peterson TE 6-5 245 Fr. 3-28-81 Undecided Germantown, TN/Houston HS93 Ryan Mallory ILB 5-10 215 Fr. 8-12-81 Undecided Seattle, WA/O'Dea HS94 Andre Arnold ** DE 6-4 234 r-Jr. 7-23-78 Education Columbus, GA/ShaW HS95 Cornell Bazile DE 6-3 210 r-Fr. 5-26-80 Undecided LaPlace, LA/J.T. Curtis HS96 Joey Moore TE 6-3 215 r-So. 1-13-80 Undecided Germantown, TN/Mississippi College96 David McNair DT 6-3 230 Fr. 3-26-80 Undecided Dunn, NC/Hargrave Military97 Tony Brown * DE 6-3 262 Jr. 9-29-80 Education Chattanooga, TN/City HS98 Garfield Garth DT 6-2 249 r-Fr. 11-5-80 Undecided Amory, MS/Amory HS99 Will Hyden ILB 6-1 228 r-Fr. 5-15-81 Undecided Franklin, TN/Franklin HS

N ON ON ON ON O N A M EN A M EN A M EN A M EN A M E POSPOSPOSPOSPOS15 Travis Anglin QB94 Andre Arnold DE51 Jason Austin C58 Derrick Ballard OLB5 Idrees Bashir DB

95 Cornell Bazile DE43 Emery Bell DB54 Marcus Bell NT22 Tim Boam FB22 Jeremiah Bonds RB32 Brad Britt DB41 Jason Brown DB97 Tony Brown DE55 Vincent Brown ILB86 Jeff Cameron TE78 Baki Celaj OT28 Quinton Cole RB

61 Jon Crews OG34 Robert Douglas FB63 Josh Eargle OG6 Darche' Epting FB

76 Lou Esposito OG59 Ross Estes DE74 Trey Eyre OG16 Darren Garcia WR31 Sean Garris DB98 Garfield Garth DE67 Matt Gehrke OG68 Joey Gerda OT79 Kenyun Glover DT85 Ben Graves P92 Draper Hall LB75 DeCorye HamptonOT11 Andrew Harden FL38 Anthony Harden DB

33 Antoine Harden WR17 Derrick Harmon WR64 Drew Harmon OG40 George Harper OLB42 Greg Harper OLB27 Michael Harris QB65 Artis Hicks OT81 Tripp Higgins WR27 Shaka Hill FB99 Will Hyden ILB18 Kosha Irby DB91 Stanley Jackson DE89 Jason Johnson TE9 Ryan Johnson WR

88 Billy Kendall TE57 Rodney Lanctot OLB49 E.J. LeFlore WR70 Calvin Lewis DT

90 Treveco Lucas DE93 Ryan Mallory ILB66 William Martin OT69 Gerald Massey DT96 David McNair DT47 Aaron Meadows RB77 Chris Moore OG96 Joey Moore TE25 Chance Nesbitt DB60 Austin O'Dell OT35 Lloyd Patterson WR84 Boris Penchion DE1 Bunkie Perkins WR

93 Eric Peterson TE52 Jared Pigue DS23 Fred Powell DB62 Jimond Pugh C53 Jeremy Rone DE

10 Casey Rooney WR80 Mowbray Rowand ILB20 Sugar Sanders RB12 Scott Scherer QB13 Al Sermon WR48 Kamal Shakir ILB45 DeMorrio Shank OLB72 Jarvis Slaton DT21 Marcus Smith DB90 Wade Smith TE29 Quincy StephensonDB44 Michael Stone DB14 Neil Suber QB24 Glenn Sumter DB50 Eric Taylor DE37 DeMarquis Terry RB73 Travis Triplett OT46 Nick Tsatsaronis FB

Alphabetical Roster26 Henry Washington DB17 Bran Webb QB36 Von Webb WR3 Dernice Wherry RB

82 Ryan White K2 Ian Williams OLB

87 Patrick Willis NT19 Danny Wimprine QB30 Devin Yarbrough WR56 Roberto Young OLB

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

11ALL-STARSand was the second leading tackler in Conference USA... Registered 143 tackles in 1999 including 87 solostops ... Had 12 tackles for lost yardage (-67 yards) andsix quarterback sacks (-54 yards) ... Had eight double-digit tackle games in 1999 ... Recorded a season andcareer high 20 tackles in the win over Army ... Registeredthree quarterback sacks in the Louisville game ... Openedthe 1999 season with 16 tackles in the Ole Miss game... Had 10 tackles and three QB sacks vs Louisville ...Was named to the All-Conference USA TeamAll-Conference USA TeamAll-Conference USA TeamAll-Conference USA TeamAll-Conference USA Team (2nd)in 1999 ... Was credited with 10 tackles in the win overCincinnati in 1998 ... Had a season high 11 stops in the'98 Southern Mississippi game ... Was named to 1997The Sporting News Freshman All-AmericaTeam (1st team) ... Received first team C-USA All-Freshman honors in 1997 ... Became a starter for theTigers at linebacker the fourth game of the '97 season... Finished the season as the team's fourth leadingtackler ... Credited with 67 stops ... Had six tackles forlost yardage and two pass breakups ... Had a season-high 15 tackles in the Cincinnati game and recorded 11tackles.

SHAKIR'S STATISTICSG UT AT TOT LOSS SACK

1997 10 35 32 67 6-10 0-01998 11 54 33 87 4-18 0-01999 11 87 56 143 12-67 6-542000 4 23 16 39 3-5 0-0Total 36 199 137 336 25-100 6-54

54 MARCUS BELL54 MARCUS BELL54 MARCUS BELL54 MARCUS BELL54 MARCUS BELLNTNTNTNTNT, 6-2, 299, Senior, 6-2, 299, Senior, 6-2, 299, Senior, 6-2, 299, Senior, 6-2, 299, Senior

P Was the Tigers' second leading tackler in 1999... Anchored the defensive line as starter in all 11 gamesof the season ... Registered 85 tackles in 1999 including55 solo hits ... Was credited with 14 tackles for lostyardage (-31 yards) and four quarterback sacks (-11yards) ... Had a pass interception and a fumble recoveryin the Memphis victory over UAB ... Was responsible forone forced fumble and one fumble recovery and re-corded one blocked kick during the 1999 season ...Blocked kick came in win over Cincinnati ... Had aseason high 13 tackles in the win over Army ... Regis-tered 11 tackles in the Missouri game ... Was named tothe 1999 All-Conference USA Team (2nd)999 All-Conference USA Team (2nd)999 All-Conference USA Team (2nd)999 All-Conference USA Team (2nd)999 All-Conference USA Team (2nd) ...Played in all 11 games of the 1998 season ... Was theteam's 10th leading tackler ... Was named to the 19971997199719971997Conference USA All-Freshman TeamConference USA All-Freshman TeamConference USA All-Freshman TeamConference USA All-Freshman TeamConference USA All-Freshman Team.

BELL'S STATISTICSG UT AT TOT LOSS SACK

1997 9 11 11 22 3-14 1-91998 11 22 22 44 1-1 0-01999 11 55 30 85 14-31 4-112000 4 13 13 26 5-13 1-7Total 35 101 76 177 23-59 6-27

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Candidates

88 BILL88 BILL88 BILL88 BILL88 BILLY KENDY KENDY KENDY KENDY KENDALLALLALLALLALLTE, 6-6, 240, SeniorTE, 6-6, 240, SeniorTE, 6-6, 240, SeniorTE, 6-6, 240, SeniorTE, 6-6, 240, Senior

P Has been tabbed by several football maga-zines as the preseason All-CUSA selection at tight end... Was the Tigers' second leading receiver in the 1999with 28 receptions for 302 yards ... Is currently the Tigersall-time leading receiver among tight ends with 53catches for 601 yards ... His four TD receptions ties himfor first in most TD catches in a career by UM tight ends... Had four catches for 78 yards against Cincinnati inseason finale ... Had a 49 yard touchdown catch in thewin over the Bearcats ... Also had touchdown receptionin the Tigers' win over Tulane ... Has had at least onepass reception in each of the last 16 games.

KENDALL'S STATISTICSG No. Yds. Avg. TD LG

1997 11 6 47 7.8 0 121998 11 19 252 13.3 2 511999 11 28 302 10.8 2 492000 4 9 89 9.9 1 21Total 37 62 690 11.1 5 51

65 ARTIS HICKS65 ARTIS HICKS65 ARTIS HICKS65 ARTIS HICKS65 ARTIS HICKSOOOOOTTTTT, 6-5, 295, Junior, 6-5, 295, Junior, 6-5, 295, Junior, 6-5, 295, Junior, 6-5, 295, Junior

P Lettered for the second consecutive season asan offensive lineman ... Has now started 21 consecutivegames for Memphis ... Was the Tiger starter at quicktackle for all 11 games of the 1999 season ... Playedevery snap of the Ole Miss and Mississippi State games... After giving way to his backup late in the win overArkansas State, came back to play every snap againstTennessee, Missouri and UAB ... After suffering an ankleinjury in practice, still managed to play 48 of 65 playsin the Louisville game ... Did not miss a play in theSouthern Mississippi and Army contests ... Participatedin 685 of he Tigers 734 plays during the 1999 season... Became a starter in the second game of his freshmanseason and never gave up his position ... Started 10 ofthe 11 games in 1998 ... Was named to the Confer-Confer-Confer-Confer-Confer-ence USA All-Freshman Teamence USA All-Freshman Teamence USA All-Freshman Teamence USA All-Freshman Teamence USA All-Freshman Team in 1998 ... Wasnamed to The Football NewsThe Football NewsThe Football NewsThe Football NewsThe Football News Freshman All- Freshman All- Freshman All- Freshman All- Freshman All-America TeamAmerica TeamAmerica TeamAmerica TeamAmerica Team in 1998.

48 KAMAL SHAKIR48 KAMAL SHAKIR48 KAMAL SHAKIR48 KAMAL SHAKIR48 KAMAL SHAKIRLB, 6-2, 235, SeniorLB, 6-2, 235, SeniorLB, 6-2, 235, SeniorLB, 6-2, 235, SeniorLB, 6-2, 235, Senior

P Has been named as a Dick Butkus candidatefor the 2000 season ... Credited with 18 tackles in thewin over Army ... Was the Tigers' leading tackler in 1999

PPPDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSE

82 RY82 RY82 RY82 RY82 RYAN WHITEAN WHITEAN WHITEAN WHITEAN WHITEK, 5-10, 191, JuniorK, 5-10, 191, JuniorK, 5-10, 191, JuniorK, 5-10, 191, JuniorK, 5-10, 191, Junior

P Named the C-USA Special Teams Player ofthe Week for four FG's made vs Arkansas State ... Wonthe ASU game with :49 seconds left on 35-yard FG ...Named to the 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 PlayboyPlayboyPlayboyPlayboyPlayboy All-American team All-American team All-American team All-American team All-American team... Twice named as a Lou Groza Award candidate ...Named by Lindy's Football Magazine was thefourth ranked kicker in the country ... Booted last secondfield goal against Arkansas State for Tiger win ... Madefour field goals in ASU victory ... Was the Tigers' startingkicker in 1999 ... Led the team in scoring with 13 fieldgoals and 25 PATs ... A preseason All-Americanselection by The Football News in 1999 ... Wasnamed the C-USA Special Teams Player of theWeek three times in 1999 ... Was ranked T-17th in thenation in FGs ... Missed his first college FG in the '99 OleMiss game ... Set four Memphis records in the UABgame including most FGs in a game with 5, most FGsin a half with 4, most attempts in a game with 6 and mostpoints by a kicker with 18 ... Was the only kicker in thenation in 1998 to have a perfect season ... Connectedon 16-of-16 field goal attempts and 22-of-22 PATs ...Was a candidate for the Lou Groza Award in 1998... Finished the season ranked 18th in the nation inkicking ... Was named The Conference USA Spe-cial Teams Player of the Year ... Named to the All-Conference USA Freshman Team, the All-Con-ference USA Team (1st team), the SportingNews Freshman All-America Team, The Foot-ball News All-Freshman Team and received theAcademic Achievement Award ... Tied Memphisrecords for the most field goals made in a game (4) andthe longest field goal made (52 yards).

WHITE'S STATISTICSG FG FGA PAT TP LG

1998 11 16 16 22-22 70 521999 11 13 19 25-25 64 472000 4 5 7 7-7 22 42Total 26 34 43 54-54 156 52

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Junior Artis Hicks started all 11 games in 1999 at offensivetackle.

BIG PLAYSOFFENSE1. 62 - Sugar Sanders run vs Army (Touchdown)2. 33 - Bunkie Perkins pass from Neil Suber vs USM

(1st down)3. 32 - Dernice Wherry run vs ULM (1st down)4. 31 - Jeremiah Bonds pass from Neil Suber vs

Army (Touchdown)5. 28 - Travis Anglin run vs Ark. State (1st down)6. 27- Travis Anglin run vs Miss State (1st down)7. 22 - Jeremiah Bonds run vs Southern Miss (1stdown)8. 21 - Billy Kendall pass from Neil Suber vs Army

(1st down)8. 21 - Will Hyden pass from Ben Graves vs Army

(fake punt & lost ball on downs)10. 20 - Travis Anglin run vs ULM (1st down)

DEFENSE1. 100 - Idrees Bashir interception return vs Army2. 32 - Glenn Sumter interception return vs ASU3. 31 - Glenn Sumter interception return vs ULM

(Number of plays over 20 yards in 2000)

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1996.

n Tiger quarterback Neil Suberthrew for 187 yards in the Army victory rais-ing his career total for passing yards to2,069. In doing so, the junior became the10th Tiger player in the history of the schoolto throw for more than 2,000 yards in a ca-reer.

n Junior flanker Bunkie Perkins hasshown continued improved with each gamehe has played this season. The Vicksburg,Mississippi, native had a season high fivepass receptions for a season high 50 yardsin the Tigers game with Southern Mississippi.He leads the team in number of receptionswith 12.

n Wide receiver Ryan Johnson tookover the punt return duties for the Armygame in 1999 and has maintained that rolefor the Tigers in 2000. The sophomore hada career best 62 yards in returns againstSouthern Mississippi this season breakinghis old mark of 19 yards against Army in1999. The 62 yards is the most since by aTiger since Damien Dodson's 94 yards inpunt returns against Houston in 1997.

n Memphis' win over UAB in Bir-mingham last season broke a streak of 16consecutive road losses. Prior to the UABvictory, Memphis had not won a road gamesince September 14, 1996, when the U ofM defeated Missouri 19-16 in Columbia.Since the UAB win, the Tigers have now wonfour consecutive road contests for the firsttime since the 1983 season when Memphisstopped Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Cin-cinnati and Louisville in consecutive roadgames.

n Memphis quarterback TravisAnglin returned for fall camp 2000 after hav-ing spent the summer rehabilitating his rightshoulder. Anglin missed most of spring prac-tice after having shoulder surgery to repaira torn capsular in his throwing shoulder. TheGeorgia native remained in Memphis allsummer working with Tiger trainer EdCantler to rehab and strengthen his shoul-der. He completed eight passes in the sea-son opener and improved with 11 comple-tions in the win over ULM. Anglin was 6-of-10 against Arkansas State before being in-

jured.

n Sophomore tailback Sugar Sand-ers' 62-yard touchdown run in the first quar-ter of the Army game was the longest of hiscareer and marked the longest run by a Ti-ger back since Larry Porter ran 66-yardsfor a score against Arkansas State in 1993.

n On September 16th, Ryan Whitewas named the C-USA Special Teams Playerof the Week for his four FGs against Arkan-sas State. In October of 1999, White wasnamed the Conference USA Special TeamsPlayer of the Week for his work against UAB.White booted a school record five field goalsagainst the Blazers. He received the honorthree times last season and has earned thePlayer of the Week Award five times in histwo plus-year career.

n Junior cornerback Marcus Smithregistered his first career pass interceptionagainst UAB in 1999. Smith came into thegame to replace injured defensive backReginald Howard, who suffered a brokenneck. He finished the contest with five tack-les and one interception. Howard recoveredand was signed by the Carolina Panthers(NFL) and Smith, who was pressed intoservice, is considered one of the best covercorners in Tiger history. Smith had threetackles and a pass breakup against Missis-sippi State.

Nation's Consecutive CatchLeaders

Memphis tight end Billy Kendall is currentlyranked 15th in the nation in consecutive gameswith at least one pass reception.

1. Arnold Jackson (Louisville) 381. Mel Long (Toledo) 383. Orlando Inglesias (Houston) 324. Khori Ivy (WVA) 315. Margin Hooks (BYU) 286. Kevin Coffey (Virginia) 276. James Jordan (La. Tech) 276. John Simon (La. Tech) 279. Ron Johnson (Minnesota) 2610. Latef Grim (Pitt) 2511. Delwyn Daigre (La. Tech) 2411. Kendall Newsom (MTSU) 2413.Kurt Gerling (Bowling Green) 2314. Tim Stratton (Purdue) 2315. BILLY KENDALL (Memphis) 21

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UM'S LONG FUMBLE RETURNS

Player YDs1. Corey Irby (1999) vs Louisville 842. Manny Santibanez (1997) vs USM 643. Idrees Bashir (1999) vs Tennessee443. Keith Spann (1995) vs S.W. La 294. Jerome Woods (1995) vs Michigan 285. Britton Wilkins (1994) vs Tulsa 16

n Tiger kicker Ryan White finishedthe 1999 season as the 33rd ranked kickerin the country according to NCAA statistics.White averaged 1.18 field goals made pergame. He made his long attempt of 36 yardsagainst Mississippi State to provide Mem-phis with its only points. White connectedon four-of-four field goal attempts in the winover ASU. The All-American kicked a 36-yarder against Southern Miss for the Tiger'sonly points.

n Idrees Bashir's 44-yard fumble re-turn against Tennessee last season standsas the third longest fumble return in Mem-phis school history.

n Cornerback Michael Stone had hisfirst career blocked kick in last year's Lou-isville game. Stone blocked a field goal at-tempt in the third period of the contest.

n Sophomore fullback/tailbackDarche' Epting registered his career highfor rushes and yards in the Memphis winover Army. The redshirt from Dallas, Texas,had 19 carries for 66 yards against the BlackKnights. The 19 attempts broke his old markof 10 vs Mississippi State this year. His 66yards were also a career high surpassinghis old total of 22 yards against the Bull-dogs. Epting also tallied his third rushingtouchdown of the season against Army.

n Freshman tailback JeremiahBonds, who was pressed into service in theArkansas State game due to injuries to tail-back Sugar Sanders and Dernice Wherry,has become an impressive member of theTiger backfield. The true freshman rushedthe ball 11 times for 44 yards against theGolden Eagles and caught three passes for34 yards. His rushing totals representedcareer highs for the Huntsville, Alabama,native.

n Flanker Bunkie Perkins came toMemphis with great junior college creden-tials. After a slow start, Perkins set careerhighs for receptions and yards against Army.The Mississippi native caught four passesfor 37 yards in the Memphis win. Perkinsbroke those marks against USM with fivecatches for 50 yards.

n Senior tight end Billy Kendall wasnamed to Lindy's Preseason All C-USATeam.

n The Tigers have several nation-ally ranked players on this year's squad. Ac-cording to Lindy's Football Magazine nosetackle Marcus Bell is the 15th ranked de-fensive lineman in the nation. Inside line-backer Kamal Shakir is the 15th ranked line-backer and safety Idrees Bashir is ranked18th defensive back in the country. Mem-phis' highest ranked player is kicker RyanWhite who is tabbed as the 4th best kickerin the country.

n Tiger quarterback and specialteams member Scott Scherer, the son ofhead coach Rip Scherer, gained the team'sfirst turnover of the 2000 season. When theTigers were forced to punt on the first se-ries of the game, Scherer and freshmansnapper Jared Pigue raced downfield andjumped on a fumbled ball by MississippiState's Dicenzo Miller. Scherer came out ofthe pile with the ball.

ANGLIN HAD GOOD STARTn Memphis quarterback Travis

Anglin made his first collegiate start againstTulane University in 1999 and the Colum-bus, Georgia, native made the most of hisopportunity. Showing the poise of a vet-eran, Anglin set career highs as he com-pleted 16-of-23 pass attempts for 221 yardsand two touchdowns. Anglin started thefinal four games of the season and helpedthe Tigers win three of the four contests.The redshirt sophomore started his fifthconsecutive contest when he opened theseason against Mississippi State and gainedhis fourth victory in six starts when he led theTigers to a 24-0 win over Louisiana-Mon-roe. Anglin led the Tigers to a win over ASUin his seventh start but was injured in thesecond half and has missed several games.

WHITE TWO TIME GROZACANDIDATE

n Junior kicker Ryan White was againnamed as one of twenty semifinalists for lastyear's Lou Groza Award. It marked thesecond consecutive year that the Tiger kickerreceived the honor.

ANGLIN CLIMBS CAREER LIST ATEARLY AGE

n University of Memphis sophomorequarterback Travis Anglin has started justseven games in his young career. However,he has already notched his name on theMemphis career passing list and is set tostart passing some legendary Tiger signal-callers. In the Louisiana-Monroe victory,Anglin threw for just 80 yards and added 55yards in the ASU win, but those yards,coupled with his 922 yards entering thegame, give the Georgia native 1,057 careerpassing yards. He is now in 20th place onthe Memphis career passing list movingahead of Andy Whitwell. He needs just 11yards to surpass Ricky Thurow (1,067/1967-69).

WHITE CLOSES IN ON C-USARECORD BOOK

Junior kicker Ryan White is currentlyranked eighth on Conference USA's careerscoring list. The junior kicker has 154 careerpoints. Former Tulane kicker Brad Palazzois the Conference's all-time leading scorerwith 255 points. White is ranked fourth infield goals attempted on C-USA's career listand second in career field goals made. Hecurrently holds the conference career recordfor field goal percentage (82.9%).

UM'S TOP TIGHT ENDS

Player No. Yds TDs1. Billy Kendall 64 705 52. Rich Coady 39 582 43. Frank Smith 42 528 24. Chuck Brooks 27 383 35. David Vaughn 24 372 06. Chris Powers 34 371 47. Steve DeLong 28 366 28. Mike Fuhrman 20 314 19. Gary Bouldin 24 274 0

10. John Kirschner 24 264 0

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UM'S ALL-TIME SACK LEADERSPlayer No.

1. Tramont Lawless 212. Marquis Bowling 203. Marlon Brown 194. Tim Harris 185. Marvin Thomas 176. Brian Barnett 157. James Logan 147. Charles King 147. Chris Hobbs 147. Cedric Wright 14

11. Pat Jansen 12.512. Andre Arnold 11

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Safety Idrees Bashir is rated among Lindy's FootballMagazines top defensive backs in the nation.

SHAKIR COULD SETCONFERENCE TACKLE MARK

Senior middle linebacker Kamal Shakircould become Conference USA's all-timeleading tackler by the end of his final sea-son. The Georgia native has registered 297tackles during his first three seasons. His143 tackle effort last year moved him intofourth place on the C-USA career list. FormerSouthern Mississippi linebacker T.J. Slaugh-ter is the current record holder with 383 hits.Shakir will need 87 tackles this season toovertake Slaughter. He now has 41 on theseason.

SUBER CLIMBS RECORD LISTn Junior quarterback Neil Suber

doesn't talk a lot. He lets his play on thefootball field speak for itself. This year hehas quietly climbed in the Tiger's careerpassing record categories. Suber's 379career pass attempts ranked him sixth andhis 194 career completions are the fifthhighest in school history. With his 38 at-tempts against Southern Miss, he overtookDavid Fowler (1972-74) for sixth in careerattempts. Suber's 23 completions againstthe Golden Eagles vaulted him into fifthplace ahead of Fowler for career comple-tions.

SANDERS HAS BIG NIGHTn Sophomore tailback Sugar Sand-

ers set career highs for rushes and yards inthe Tigers' win over Arkansas State. TheMiami, FL, native rushed the ball 31 times for96 yards, both career benchmarks. Sand-ers' 31 rushes tied for the ninth-highestsingle game total in school history.

SANDERS HAS LONG RUNn Sophomore tailback Sugar Sand-

ers 62-yard touchdown run in the first quar-ter of the Army game was the longest run bya Tiger back since Larry Porter raced 66-yards against Arkansas State in 1993.

ARNOLD LEADS SACK ATTACKn Memphis junior defensive end

Andre Arnold is trying to fill the shoes offormer UM defensive ends Tramont Law-less and Marquis Bowling. Both Lawlessand Bowling raised the bar for career sacks.Bowling set a new record during his senioryear when he registered his 20th sack.Lawless surpassed Bowling during his se-nior year when he got his 21st career sack.Now Arnold is hot on their trail as he hasrecorded nine QB sacks in five games andhas 11 career sacks.

Memphis MillenniumTeam

The University of Memphis has addeda new feature to its Athletic Depart-ment website "www.gotigersgo.com".Tiger football fans will be asked eachweek to vote for their all-time favoriteMemphis player at each position. Thelist of the top 24 players (each posi-tion as well as punter and kicker) willbe tabulated throughout the seasonand the all-time Memphis MillenniumTeam, as selected by the fans, will befeatured in the 2001 Tiger FootballMedia Guide.

Quarterback (1): 1.) Steve Matthews;Other receiving votes Lloyd PattersonJames Earl Wright, Tim Jones, BillyFletcherTailback (1): 1.) Paul "Skeeter" Gowen& Terdell Middleton tied; Other re-ceiving votes Marcus Holliday, GerardArnoldFullback (1): 1.) Dave Casinelli;Other receiving votes Wayne PryorOffensive Line (5): 1.) Harry Schuh,Bob Rush, Jeff Walker, Scott Dill &Tony Semple; Other receiving votesBill Hudson, Mike Stark, Tim Borcky,Tim LongTight End (1): 1.) Billy Kendall; Otherreceiving votes Ken Dunek, DwightBlalock, Darrell Nelson, Chris Pow-ers, Jeff Cameron

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OFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSEOPPONENTOPPONENTOPPONENTOPPONENTOPPONENT QBQBQBQBQB TBTBTBTBTB FBFBFBFBFB SESESESESE TETETETETE FLFLFLFLFL LLLLLTTTTT LGLGLGLGLG CCCCC RGRGRGRGRG RTRTRTRTRTMiss State Anglin Wherry W.Smith (TE)Johnson Kendall Higgins Hicks Eargle Pugh Esposito HamptonLouisiana-Monroe Anglin Sanders Epting Johnson Kendall Higgins Hicks Eargle Pugh Esposito Hamptonat Arkansas State Anglin Sanders Epting Johnson Kendall Higgins Hicks Eyre Pugh Esposito Hamptonat Army Suber Sanders Sermon (WR) Perkins Kendall Higgins Hicks Gerda Pugh Esposito Hamptonat Southern Miss Suber Wherry Smith (TE) Perkins Kendall Higgins Hicks Gerda Pugh Esposito HamptonEast Carolina - - - - - - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - - - - - - -Houston - - - - - - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - - - - - - -

DEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEOPPONENTOPPONENTOPPONENTOPPONENTOPPONENT DEDEDEDEDE DTDTDTDTDT NTNTNTNTNT BANDITBANDITBANDITBANDITBANDIT WLBWLBWLBWLBWLB MLBMLBMLBMLBMLB SLBSLBSLBSLBSLB CBCBCBCBCB RRRRR FSFSFSFSFS FCFCFCFCFCMiss State T.Brown Lewis Bell Arnold Ballard Shakir Gr.Harper Stone Sumter Bashir SmithLouisiana-Monroe T.Brown Lewis Bell Arnold Terry Shakir Gr.Harper Stone Sumter Bashir J.Brownat Arkansas State T.Brown Lewis Bell Willis Terry Shakir Gr.Harper Stone Sumter Bashir J.Brownat Army T.Brown Lewis Bell Arnold Ballard Shakir Gr.Harper Stone Sumter Bashir J.Brownat Southern Miss T.Brown Lewis Bell Arnold Ballard Shakir Gr.Harper Stone Sumter Bashir SmithEast Carolina - - - - - - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - - - - - - -Houston - - - - - - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - - - - - - -

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15MISC. STATS

In the RED ZONETotal Scores

Touchdowns 8 Field Goals 6

Non-ScoresMissed Field Goals 2

Loss of Downs 1Clock 0

Turnovers 2 (Fumbles 2, Interceptions 0)

Opponent Total ScoresTouchdowns 4, Field Goals 5

Opponent Non-ScoresMissed Field Goals 1

Loss of Downs 1Turnovers 1 (fumbles 0, Interceptions 1,)

Clock 0

TurnoversTakeaways 12 Giveaways 12 (Diff. 0)

Points Off TurnoversMemphis 14 (TD 2, FG 0)Opponent 31 (TD 4, FG 1)

Points Off Turnovers Per GameMemphis 3.5

Opponents 6.2

Third Down ConversionsYards Made/Att. Pct.1-3 15-24 .6254-6 11-21 .5247-10 2-20 .10011+ 1-16 .062Total 30-83 .361

Drive Chart Drives Drives Ended By Points Pts./ DriveQuarterback Started TD FG FGA PUNT DOWN TURN CLOCK Scored Drive EfficiencyAnglin 35 4 3 5 18 1 6 1 34 0.97 .200Suber 41 4 3 3 19 4 6 5 36 0.88 .171Scherer 1 - - - - - - 1 - - .000

Kickoffs No. Ret. OB TB FC OSK Avg. Depth Avg. Drive StartWhite 20 12 2 4 1 1 5.75 (115) 22.0 (440)

Fourth Down ConversionsYards Made/Att. Pct.1-3 2-4 .5004-6 - .0007-10 0-2 .00011+ 0-3 .000Total 2-8 .250

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GameGameGameGameGame ScoreScoreScoreScoreScore 1st Downs1st Downs1st Downs1st Downs1st Downs T.O.PT.O.PT.O.PT.O.PT.O.P RushingRushingRushingRushingRushing PassingPassingPassingPassingPassing Total OffenseTotal OffenseTotal OffenseTotal OffenseTotal Offense 3rd Down3rd Down3rd Down3rd Down3rd Down(No.-Yds-TD)(No.-Yds-TD)(No.-Yds-TD)(No.-Yds-TD)(No.-Yds-TD) (Cmp-Att-Yds-TD)(Cmp-Att-Yds-TD)(Cmp-Att-Yds-TD)(Cmp-Att-Yds-TD)(Cmp-Att-Yds-TD) (TP-Yds-TD)(TP-Yds-TD)(TP-Yds-TD)(TP-Yds-TD)(TP-Yds-TD) ConversionsConversionsConversionsConversionsConversions

Memphis 3 13 31:57 41-87-0 10-34-81-0 75-168-0 5-19vs Mississippi State 17 7 28:03 35-45-2 10-20-82-0 55-127-2 2-14Memphis 28 14 35:04 46-180-4 13-24-98-0 70-278-4 8-16vs Louisiana-Monroe 0 10 24:56 19-44-0 17-43-132-0 62-176-0 3-15Memphis 19 17 34:10 44-163-0 14-23-122-1 67-269-1 7-16at Arkansas State 17 14 25:50 28-127-1 17-30-222-1 58-324-2 5-14Memphis 26 20 29:19 40-130-2 21-32-208-1 72-338-3 5-14at Army 16 18 30:41 30-38-0 31-45-269-0 75-307-0 6-17Memphis 3 12 34:58 36-67-0 23-38-161-0 74-228-0 5-19at Southern Miss 24 13 25:02 32-99-1 15-31-163-0 63-262-1 3-16Memphisvs East CarolinaMemphisat UABMemphisvs HoustonMemphisvs TennesseeMemphisvs CincinnatiMemphisat Tulane

Game-by-Game RushingNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TD 20 Sanders20 Sanders20 Sanders20 Sanders20 Sanders 6 Epting6 Epting6 Epting6 Epting6 Epting 3 Wherry3 Wherry3 Wherry3 Wherry3 Wherry 47 Meadows47 Meadows47 Meadows47 Meadows47 Meadows 11 Harden11 Harden11 Harden11 Harden11 Harden 15 Anglin15 Anglin15 Anglin15 Anglin15 Anglin 14 Suber14 Suber14 Suber14 Suber14 Suber 22 Bonds22 Bonds22 Bonds22 Bonds22 BondsMississippi State DNP 10-22-0 13-35-0 0-0-0 DNP 15-32-0 3-(-2)-0 DNPLouisiana-Monroe 8-43-0 7-19-2 17-75-0 1-3-0 1-6-0 12-34-2 0-0-0 DNPat Arkansas State 31-96-0 6-16-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 2-32-0 4-0-0 1-3-0at Army 7-73-1 19-66-1 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 6-(-6)-0 4-8-0at Southern Miss 1-(-5)-0 14-38-0 5-11-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 4-(-19)-0 11-44-0East Carolina - - - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - - - -Houston - - - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - - - -

Game-by-Game ReceivingNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TD 9 Johnson9 Johnson9 Johnson9 Johnson9 Johnson 1 Perkins1 Perkins1 Perkins1 Perkins1 Perkins 10 Rooney10 Rooney10 Rooney10 Rooney10 Rooney 81 Higgins81 Higgins81 Higgins81 Higgins81 Higgins 20 Sanders20 Sanders20 Sanders20 Sanders20 Sanders 6 Epting6 Epting6 Epting6 Epting6 Epting 88 Kendall88 Kendall88 Kendall88 Kendall88 Kendall 13 Sermon13 Sermon13 Sermon13 Sermon13 SermonMississippi State 3-32-0 1-(-1)-0 1-5-0 2-17-0 DNP 1-9-0 1-9-0 DNPLouisiana-Monroe 2-13-0 1-5-0 1-11-0 1-11-0 2-11-0 0-0-0 2-15-0 DNPat Arkansas State 0-0-0 1-10-0 0-0-0 2-20-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-40-1 5-38-0at Army 1-4-0 4-37-0 0-0-0 2-22-0 0-0-0 4-14-0 2-25-0 4-44-0at Southern Miss 3-8-0 5-50-0 0-0-0 3-42-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 2-15-0 0-0-0East Carolina - - - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - - - -Houston - - - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - - - -

Game-by-Game Receiving cont.No.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TDNo.-Yds-TD 90 W.Smith90 W.Smith90 W.Smith90 W.Smith90 W.Smith 86 Cameron86 Cameron86 Cameron86 Cameron86 Cameron 11 Ad.Harden11 Ad.Harden11 Ad.Harden11 Ad.Harden11 Ad.Harden 33 At. Harden33 At. Harden33 At. Harden33 At. Harden33 At. Harden 36 V.Webb36 V.Webb36 V.Webb36 V.Webb36 V.Webb 16 Garcia16 Garcia16 Garcia16 Garcia16 Garcia 47 Meadows47 Meadows47 Meadows47 Meadows47 Meadows 22 Bonds22 Bonds22 Bonds22 Bonds22 BondsMississippi State 0-0-0 1-10-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNPLouisiana-Monroe 0-0-0 1-7-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNPat Arkansas State 0-0-0 1-9-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 1-5-0at Army 1-16-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 1-(-6)-0 1-31-1at Southern Miss 1-1-0 1-7-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 2-7-0 3-34-0East Carolina - - - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - - - -Houston - - - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - - - -

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Game-by-Game DefenseUT-AT-TTUT-AT-TTUT-AT-TTUT-AT-TTUT-AT-TT Miss StMiss StMiss StMiss StMiss St ULMULMULMULMULM ASUASUASUASUASU ArmyArmyArmyArmyArmy USMUSMUSMUSMUSM ECUECUECUECUECU UABUABUABUABUAB HoustonHoustonHoustonHoustonHouston TennTennTennTennTenn CincyCincyCincyCincyCincy TulaneTulaneTulaneTulaneTulaneA. Arnold 5-1-6 2-0-2 1-1-2 3-0-3 2-0-2 - - - - - -Taylor DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 1-0-1 - - - - - -S.Jackson DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP - - - - - -T.Brown 4-1-5 0-0-0 4-0-4 2-1-3 2-1-3 - - - - - -Willis 2-1-3 1-1-2 5-1-6 1-0-1 0-0-0 - - - - - -Estes 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 0-0-0 - - - - - -Lewis 4-2-6 2-0-2 0-3-3 2-4-6 4-1-5 - - - - - -Slaton 2-1-3 1-0-1 2-1-3 1-2-3 0-1-1 - - - - - -Garth DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP - - - - - -M.Bell 6-3-9 1-1-2 4-2-6 5-2-7 4-1-5 - - - - - -Massey DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP - - - - - -Penchion DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP - - - - - -Shakir 3-2-5 6-1-7 6-5-11 10-8-18 6-1-7 - - - - - -Terry 4-2-6 5-3-8 4-4-8 DNP 1-1-2 - - - - - -Williams 0-2-2 0-2-2 1-0-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 - - - - - -Lanctot DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 - - - - - -Gr.Harper 0-1-1 2-3-5 5-1-6 6-1-7 3-3-6 - - - - - -Shank DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - - - -Ballard 0-0-0 2-1-3 0-2-2 6-6-12 5-2-7 - - - - - -Rowand 0-1-1 1-0-1 DNP DNP 0-1-1 - - - - - -Geo.Harper 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 - - - - - -Hyden DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - -K. Irby 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 - - - - - -Sumter 3-2-5 2-0-2 1-2-3 2-1-3 1-1-2 - - - - - -Stone 2-2-4 2-1-3 4-3-7 6-4-10 6-0-6 - - - - - -Powell 3-0-3 3-1-4 1-3-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 - - - - - -M.Smith 3-0-3 0-0-0 DNP DNP 2-0-2 - - - - - -Bashir 2-2-4 2-2-4 1-2-3 8-6-14 6-1-7 - - - - - -Nesbitt 1-0-1 DNP DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 - - - - - -J.Brown 1-1-2 3-1-4 1-2-3 5-0-5 1-0-1 - - - - - -E. Bell 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - - - -A.Harden 0-0-0 3-0-3 DNP DNP 0-0-0 - - - - - -TACKLES ARE COMPUTED FOLLOWING COACHES REVIEW OF GAME FILM ON SUNDAY NIGHT (Game leaders are in bold)

STATISTICS

Game-by-Game PassingCmp-Att-Yds-TD-Int 14 Suber 15 Anglin 12 SchererMississippi State 2-7-15-0-0 8-27-66-2-0 0-0-0-0-0Louisiana-Monroe 2-2-18-0-0 11-22-80-0-0 0-0-0-0-0at Arkansas State 8-13-67-0-0 6-10-55-1-0 0-0-0-0-0at Army 20-31-187-1-1 DNP 0-0-0-0-0at Southern Miss 23-38-161-0-3 DNP 0-0-0-0-0East Carolina - - -at UAB - - -Houston - - -Tennessee - - -Cincinnati - - -at Tulane - - -

Game-by-Game FGsMade Missed

82 WhiteMississippi State 36 -Louisiana-Monroe - 41,34at Arkansas State 19,26,42,35 -at Army - -at Southern Miss 36 -East Carolina - -at UAB - -Houston - -Tennessee - -Cincinnati - -at Tulane - -

Game-by-Game PuntingNo.-Avg.-In 20 85 Graves 89 J.JohnsonMississippi State 10-44.2-4 DNPLouisiana-Monroe 6-43.5-3 DNPat Arkansas State 5-40.0-4 DNPat Army 4-40.0-2 DNPat Southern Miss 11-35.4-4 DNPEast Carolina - -at UAB - -Houston - -Tennessee - -Cincinnati - -at Tulane - -

Scoring DrivesPlays-Yds-Time of Possession-ScoreMississippi State 15-62-3:41-FGLouisiana-Monroe 6-78-2:55-TD; 4-3-0:53-TD; 6-23-2:54-TD; 8-41-3:35-TDat Arkansas State 3-17-0:43-TD; 7-14-3:27-FG; 14-75-6:31-FG; 8-42-2:55-FG;

13-58-5:46-FGat Army 6-90-1:51-TD; 15-78-6:50-TD; 10-69-4:09-TDat Southern Miss 10-43-4:46-FGEast Carolina -at UAB -Houston -Tennessee -Cincinnati -at Tulane -

Tackles

Long Drives1. 6 plays, 90 yards, TOP 1:51 (1st quarter) TD vs Army2. 15 plays, 78 yards, TOP 6:50 (2nd quarter) TD vs Army2. 6 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:55 (1st quarter) TD vs ULM4. 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:31 (2nd quarter) FG vs ASU5. 10 plays, 69 yards, TOP 4:09 (4th quarter) TD vs Army4. 15 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:41:00 (2nd quarter) FG vs Miss State

Opponent1. 6 plays, 81 yards, TOP 1:52 (3rd quarter) TD by ASU2. 13 plays, 74 yards, TOP 5:03 (1st quarter) missed FG by Army3. 6 plays, 67 yards, TOP 2:37 (4th quarter) TD by ASU3. 12 plays, 67 yards, TOP 5:07 (4th quarter) interception for TD by Bashir

vs Army5. 2 plays, 65 yards, TOP 0:19 (4th quarter) TD by USM

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UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

SCORING SUMMARY

Memphis 0 3 0 0 0MS State 0 10 0 7 17

MSU (10:53 re 2nd) Westerfield 43 FGMSU (3:47 re 2nd) Walker 1 run (Westerfield kick)UM (:06 re 2nd) White 36 FGMSU (1:55 re 4th) Miller 6 run (Westerfield kick)

TEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATS MEMMEMMEMMEMMEM MSUMSUMSUMSUMSUFirst Downs 13 7Rushes-Yds 41-87 35-45Passes 10-34-2 20-201Passing Yds 81 82KO Return Yds 2-57 1-41Punts-Avg 10-44.2 10-45.5Fumbles-Lost 5-3 3-1Penalties-Yds 8-45 13-105Time of Poss. 31:57 28:03Sacks by 4-24 5-40

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: MEM-Wherry 13-35-0, Anglin 15-32-0,

Epting 10-22-0, Suber 3-(-2)-0. MSU- Miller 11-31-1,Walker 10-9-1, Madkin 13-7-0, Team 1-(-2)-0.

Passing: MEM-Anglin 8-27-2-66-0, Suber 2-7-0-15-0. MSU-10-20-1-82-0.

Receiving: MEM-Johnson 3-32-0, Higgins 2-17-0, Cameron 1-10-0, Epting 1-9-0, Kendall 1-9-0, Rooney1-5-0, Perkins 1-(-1)-0. MSU-Grindle 3-17-0, Miller 2-15-0, Jenkins 1-18-0, Butler 1-10-0, Lee 1-9-0, Hutington 1-9-0, Walker 1-4-0.

Interceptions: MEM-Bell 1-0-0. MSU-Smoot 1-24-0, Haggan 1-7-0.

A-34,113 (Weather: 99 degrees, Wind NNE 12, partlycloudy).

NOTESu True freshman deep snapper Jared Pigue made

the most of his first appearance on the field in a collegiategame. Following his first collegiate snap to punter BenGraves, Pigue raced downfield and recovered a fumble byBulldog return specialist Dicenzo Miller. Pigue had 10snaps in his first game.

u Junior defensive end Andre Arnold recorded threequarterback sacks against Mississippi State, a career highfor the Columbus, GA, native.

u Redshirt sophomore tight end Jeff Cameron regis-tered his first career pass reception.

u Senior safety Fred Powell had his first pass inter-ception of the season. It was Powell's fourth career intercep-tion.

u The University of Memphis defense created twoturnovers against Mississippi State and allowed the Bull-dogs just 127 yards of total offense. The Memphis defensegave up just 45 yards rushing to Mississippi State.

GAME 1Mississippi State 17, Memphis 3

Sept. 2, 2000; Memphis TN

GAME REVIEWS18

Memphis, TNMemphis, TNMemphis, TNMemphis, TNMemphis, TN - The play of the Univer-sity of Memphis and Mississippi State de-fenses matched record, Mid-South tempera-tures in both teams� season opener, a 17-3 Bull-dog victory in the Liberty Bowl.

After a week of record temperatures inMemphis, the season opener played in front of34,113 began with the temperature again hov-ering near the century mark.

State came into the 2000 football cam-paign as the defending Division I statisticalleader in total defense and shutdown the U ofM�s offensive attack. The Memphis defensewas also impressive, limiting MississippiState�s offense to just 127 total yards, almost200 yards below the Bulldogs� 1999 total of-fense average (323.8 ypg).

Mississippi State�s three scoring drives,which were set up by three of the Tigers� fiveturnovers, went for minus-two, 25 and sixyards.

On Memphis�s first series of the secondquarter Tiger quarterback Travis Anglin�s third-down pass was intercepted by MSU�s FredSmoot near midfield and returned 24 yards tothe Memphis 24.

Junior defensive end Tony Brown stoppedBulldog running back Dicenzo Miller after aone-yard gain on first down and following anincomplete pass, tackled MSU quarterbackWayne Madkin for a three-yard loss. Brownled the Tigers with eight tackles, including twofor losses.

Mississippi State settled for a 43-yard fieldgoal by Scott Westerfield to take a 3-0 leadwith 10:53 remaining in the first half.

Darche� Epting�s 24-yard return and a 15-yard personal foul penalty tagged on the end ofthe ensuing kickoff gave the Tigers� their bestfield possession of the game, starting at theState 41. It was the only time a Memphis drivebegan on the short side of midfield.

MSU�s Toby Golliday sacked Anglin onthird-and-six and the Tigers were forced topunt.

The Bulldogs� Mario Haggan interceptedan Anglin pass on the Tigers� next drive,returning the ball seven yards to the U of M 25.

Madkin picked up 12 yards on a third-and-11 from the Tiger 26. Miller hauled in an eight-yard pass from Madkin to move the ball inside10 and following a five-yard Miller run, DontaeWalker punched it in from the one as Missis-sippi State took a 10-0 lead with 3:47 to play in

the half.Memphis�s longest drive led to the Tigers�

only points just before the end of the first half.Ryan White�s 36-yard field goal with six

seconds to play in the half capped a 15-play,62-yard drive.

Anglin had a hand in picking up all four ofthe Tigers� first downs on the drive, includingthree, third-down conversions after Memphishad failed on its previous five, third-downattempts. The sophomore quarterback ran for12 yards on third-and-11 from the 19. Hewould complete a 14-yard pass to Ryan Johnsonon third-and-six from the 35. Later, an 11-yardAnglin run moved the ball into State territorywhile a 10-yard pass on third-and-10 from the40 put the ball into White�s field goal range.

Neither offense could muster much in thethird quarter.

But in the fourth, it looked as if the Tigerdefense had changed the momentum withabout nine minutes to play in the game. WithMississippi State facing second-and-four fromits own 43, Madkin began to drop back and washit by Andre Arnold forcing the ball to theground. U of M linebacker Kamal Shakirpicked up the apparent fumble and didn�t stopuntil he crossed the goal line. Despite instantreplay showing the ball obviously being fumbled,the play was ruled down by the SoutheasternConference officiating crew and Arnold wascredited with one of his three quarterbacksacks on the day.

Memphis had one last offensive opportu-nity after the defense once again came up witha big play. Mississippi State faced third-and-one from its 23 with less than three minutes toplay when Calvin Lewis stopped Miller for nogain, forcing the Bulldogs to punt.

With 2:08 to play, backup quarterback NeilSuber entered the game for the second timeafter Anglin was sacked for a four-yard loss.A false start penalty moved the ball back to the21 where the Tigers faced fourth-and-17. Suberwas sacked by Haggan, fumbling on the playat the six.

Haggan had 12 tackles, two sacks anddeflected a pair of passes in addition to hisinterception which led to the Bulldogs� firsttouchdown.

Miller would score from six yards out onthe Bulldogs� next play and take a 17-3 leadwith 1:55 remaining.

Anglin finished the game 8-of-27 for 66yards and netted 32 of the Tigers� 87 rushingyards. Mississippi State was held to 45 yardsrushing on 35 attempts (1.3 yards per carry).Miller led the Bulldogs with 31 yards on 11carries.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

19GAME REVIEWSSCORING SUMMARY

Memphis 7 0 14 7 28UL-Monroe 0 0 0 0 0

UM (4:58 re 1st) Anglin 13 run (White kick)UM (12:58 re 3rd) Anglin 1 run (White kick)UM (:36 re 3rd) Epting 4 run (White kick)UM (2:59 re 4th) Epting 6 run (White kick)

TEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATS MEMMEMMEMMEMMEM ULMULMULMULMULMFirst Downs 14 10Rushes-Yds 46-180 19-44Passes 13-24-0 17-43-2Passing Yds 98 132KO Return Yds 1-17 3-44Punts-Avg 6-43.5 11-31.3Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1Penalties-Yds 9-71 10-103Time of Poss. 35:04 24:56Sacks by 2-11 2-10

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: MEM-Wherry 17-75-0, Sanders 8-43-

0, Anglin 12-34-2, Epting 7-19-2, Harden 1-6-0, Meadows1-3-0. ULM-Chance 12-29-0, Jacobs 4-12-0, Henderson3-3-0.

Passing: MEM-Anglin 11-22-0-80-0, Suber 2-2-0-18-0. ULM-Chance 42-17-2-132-0.

Receiving: MEM-Wherry 3-25-0, Kendall 2-15-0, Johnson 2-13-0, Sanders 2-11-0, Higgins 1-11-0,Rooney 1-11-0, Cameron 1-7-0, Perkins 1-5-0. ULM-Brown 5-44-0, Stevenson 4-13-0, Zimmerman 3-38-0,Wynn 2-18-0, Greer 1-7-0, Adams 1-6-0, Vincent 1-6-0.

Interceptions: MEM-Sumter 1-31-0, Terry 1-0-0. ULM-none.

A-20,801 (Weather 83 degrees, Wind SE 9, MostlyCloudy).

NOTESu Sophomore rover Glenn Sumter had his first pass

interception of the season in the first quarter of the ULM game.He returned the ball 31 yards to the ULM six. It was Sumter'sthird career interception and the Tigers' second in two games.

u Junior tailback Dernice Wherry's 32 yard run in the firstquarter of the ULM game was the longest run by a Tiger backthis season and the longest since Gerard Arnold popped off a 51yard scamper against Tulane in 1999.

u Freshman linebacker Coot Terry is playing like a sea-soned veteran for the Tiger defense. The Georgia had a "highlightfilm" game against ULM. He made a devastating tackle on apass play, intercepted a pass on the ensuing play, logged sixtackles, including five solo stops, had two tackles for lost yard-age and blocked a ULM pass attempt.

u Quarterback Travis Anglin scored the Tigers' first touch-down of the season on a 13-yard run in the first quarter againstULM. Anglin later added a score on a one yard run.

u Running back Darche' Epting, who plays both tailbackand fullback, scored his first career TD against ULM and lateradded a second score.

GAME 2Memphis 28, LA-Monroe 0Sept. 9, 2000; Memphis, TN

Memphis, TNMemphis, TNMemphis, TNMemphis, TNMemphis, TN - The University of Mem-phis used field position and ball control tocruise to a 28-0 shutout over Louisiana-Mon-roe and even its record to 1-1.

The shutout was the Tigers� first in 62games. The last was a 13-0 victory againstTulane on Oct. 8, 1994

The Tigers� average field position for thegame was its own 49 while the ULM 23 provedto be the average start for four, third-quarterdrives as Memphis turned a 7-0 halftime leadinto a 21-0 advantage. The U of M rushed for180 yards and its ball control led to 35:05advantage in possession time.

Leading 7-0 after the first half, Memphisgained some needed momentum early in thethird quarter when Quincy Stephenson blockeda Steven Hunnicutt punt inside the ULM 20.Hunnicutt retrieved the ball and made a des-peration pass down field and was flagged forintentional grounding. The Tigers took controlof the ball at the three. Travis Anglin�s one-yard touchdown run and Ryan White�s point-after extended the U of M�s lead to 14-0 with12:58 to play in the quarter.

On the ensuing kickoff, White lifted anonside kick past ULM�s first series of blockersand Idrees Bashir made a diving catch, recov-ering the kick at the Indian 44. Memphis�sdrive would stall inside the 10 and Ryan White�s24-yard field goal attempt was blocked. It wasthe second of two blocked field goals by theLouisiana-Monroe special teams.

Memphis would add to its lead later in thethird quarter when Darche� Epting scoredfrom four yards out with 36 seconds to play inthe period, capping a six-play, 23-yard drive,and giving the Tigers a 21-0 lead. The seriesbegan after a Ryan Johnson punt return of 15yards to the ULM 23 and included a passinterference call when the Tigers faced third-and-six.

Helping to set up the short, scoring drivewas the Memphis defense which a seriesearlier had forced one of three ULM turn-overs. Coot Terry�s pass interception gave theTigers the ball at the ULM 21. Memphishowever would turn the ball back over whenDernice Wherry fumbled at the ULM 7.

The Memphis defense would keep theIndians pinned back, beginning with a tacklefor a two-yard loss by Pat Willis and MarcusBell on first down. Hunnicutt would be forcedto punt from his endzone and settled for a 35-

yard kick which Johnson returned to the 23.In addition to his pass interception, Terry

had a quarterback sack, another tackle for lostyardage and broke up a pair of passes to goalong with six tackles.

In the fourth quarter, U of M quarterbackNeil Suber engineered the Tigers� final scor-ing drive. He completed passes of 11 yards toTrip Higgins and seven yards to Jeff Cameronwhile Epting accounted for 14 yards on fourcarries, including a six-yard scoring run with2:59 to play as Memphis built a 28-0 lead.

Wherry�s fumble inside the 10 in the thirdquarter was the second of two after the Tigerdefense had picked off passes.

Glenn Sumter intercepted a pass on Loui-siana-Monroe�s first play from scrimmage,returning it 31 yards to the ULM 11. However,Sugar Sanders would fumble at the five on theTigers� first play and the Indians would regainpossession.

Memphis would take a 7-0 lead with 4:58left in the first quarter when Anglin scored ona 13-yard touchdown run, capping a six-play,78-yard drive.

The series began with a 32-yard run byWherry to near midfield. Wherry led the U ofM with 75 yards rushing on 17 attempts beforesuffering a collarbone injury in the third quar-ter. Sanders, who aggravated a sprained anklewhich sidelined him for the Mississippi Stategame, finished with 43 yards on eight carries.

In addition to rushing for 34 net yards,Anglin was 11-of-22 for 80 yards passing.

Memphis�s defense held Louisiana-Mon-roe to 176 yards of total offense, including just44 yards rushing. ULM quarterback AndyChance was 17-of-42 for 132 yards and twointerceptions. The Indians managed to movethe ball into Memphis territory just twice onthe night, with one drive ending at the Tiger 49and the other capped by a missed, 42-yard fieldgoal attempt.

Aiding in the field position game was theU of M punting unit. Memphis punter BenGraves followed up a 44.2 yard punting aver-age a week earlier in the Tigers� seasonopener with a 43.5 average on six punts againstthe Indians.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

SCORING SUMMARY

Memphis 7 6 3 3 19A-State 3 0 0 14 17

UM (12:13 re 1st) Kendall 12 pass from Anglin(White kick)ASU (7:08 re 1st) Gatto 25 FGUM (12:14 re 2nd) White 19 FGUM (1:31 re 2nd) White 26 FGUM (5:51 re 3rd) White 42 FGASU (14:02 re 4th) Walker 8 run (Gatto kick)ASU (6:44 re 4th) Kilow 50 pass from Lemon (Gattokick)UM (:49 re 4th) White 35 FG

TEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATS MEMMEMMEMMEMMEM ASUASUASUASUASUFirst Downs 17 14Rushes-Yds 44-147 28-102Passes 14-23-0 17-30-1Passing Yds 122 222KO Return Yds 3-59 4-83Punts-Avg 5-40.0 6-29.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yds 2-9 5-25Time of Poss. 34:10 25:50Sacks by 3-24 1-6

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: MEM-Sanders 31-96-0, Anglin 2-32-0,

Epting 6-16-0, Bonds 1-3-0, Suber 4-0-0. ASU-Walker 4-38-1, Adams 13-37-0, Hickenbotham 3-22-0, Smith 3-18-0, Lemon 5-(-13)-0.

Passing: MEM-Suber 8-13-0-67-0, Anglin 6-10-0-55-1. ASU-Lemon 17-30-1-222-1.

Receiving: MEM-Sermon 5-38-0, Kendall 4-40-1, Higgins 2-20-0, Perkins 1-10-0, Cameron 1-9-0, Bonds1-5-0. ASU-Kilow 7-156-1, Walker 4-13-0, Hickenbotham2-34-0, Pegues 2-17-0, Smith 1-2-0, Adams 1-0-0.

Interceptions: MEM-Sumter 1-32-0. ASU-none.A-19,022 (Weather 78 degrees, Wind NE 5, Clear).

NOTESu Sophomore quarterback Travis Anglin threw his

first touchdown pass of the 2000 season when he con-nected with tight end Billy Kendall from 12 yards out duringthe first quarter.

u Senior tight end Billy Kendall's 12 yard touchdownreception against ASU was the fifth of his career and set anew Memphis career record for TD receptions by a tightend. Kendall was tied with Rich Coady and Chris Powersat four career TD catches.

u Tailback Sugar Sanders set personal bests for numberof carries and for yards in the win over ASU. Sanders had 31 rushesfor 96 yards. The 31 rushes tied the Tiger record for the ninth mostin a game.

u All-American kicker Ryan White had his seventhmultiple field goal game of his career. White booted four fieldgoals in the win.

u Defensive backs Glenn Sumter had his secondinterception of the season.

GAME 3Memphis 19, Arkansas State 17Sept. 16, 2000; Jonesboro, AR

Jonesboro, ARJonesboro, ARJonesboro, ARJonesboro, ARJonesboro, AR - The University of Mem-phis engineered a 58-yard drive late in thefourth quarter, culminating with a 35-yardRyan White field goal as the Tigers escapedArkansas State with a 19-17 win. Memphistrailed ASU 17-16 following a pair of Indian,fourth-quarter touchdowns.

Jacquis Walker capped a six-play, 81-yarddrive with an eight-yard touchdown run earlyin the quarter, while Robert Kilow hauled in a50-yard touchdown pass from Cleo Lemonwith 6:44 remaining.

Lemon and Kilow would spark the Indi-ans� comeback with the final two plays of thethird quarter. The tandem teamed up for passreceptions of 21 and 25 yards to the UM 35.Walker ran for 26 yards on the first play of thefourth quarter and would score on a handoffwith ASU facing third down from the eight.

Memphis moved the ball to near midfieldon its next possession before being forced topunt.

The Indians needed just 2:37 to cover 67yards, culminating in Kilow�s 50-yard touch-down reception.

The U of M offense came alive on its finaldrive as the Tigers used a brand of powerfootball to move into field goal range for thegame-winning score.

The Tigers stayed on the ground and be-tween the tackles for all but two plays duringthe 13-play drive. The U of M set the tone onthe first play of the series when Sugar Sandersran for eight yards. He had 24 yards on fourcarries early in the series and along with a 14-yard pass from Neil Suber to Al Sermon, theTigers moved the ball into ASU territory.

Sermon, making his first appearance ofthe season after suffering a sprained ankleduring preseason camp, led the Tigers withfive receptions for 38 yards. Sanders had 31carries for 96 yards.

Darche Epting would later convert a third-and-two from the 30 with a three-yard run andthe Tigers would go on to move the ball insidethe 20 before White came on to drill the game-winning field goal with 49 seconds to play.

Memphis almost left Arkansas State toomuch time on the clock.

Lemon would hook up with Kilow for a 21-yard gain to midfield on the Indians� first playfrom scrimmage after a short kick. The Indi-ans converted a fourth-and-one from the U ofM 41 when Danny Smith picked up six yards

GAME REVIEWS20to the 35. Lemon would intentionally groundthe ball with four seconds to play and give A-State one final chance.

Arkansas State kicker Nick Gatto�s 52-yard field goal attempt would come up shortand the Tigers held on to improve to 2-1 for theteam�s best start since 1984.

While Memphis scored its lone touchdownearly on a short drive set up by a 32-yard GlenSumter interception return, it was White whoprovided the balance of the Tigers� points. TheAll-America kicker was four-for-four withfield goals of 19, 26, 42 and 35 yards.

White�s four field goals marked the junior�sseventh, multi-field goal game and third gamewith four or more field goals.

Memphis jumped out to a 7-0 lead follow-ing Sumter�s interception return to the A-State17.

Billy Kendall capped the short drive witha 12-yard touchdown pass from Travis Anglin.White�s point-after gave the Tigers a 7-0 leadwith 12:13 to play in the first quarter. Kendallhad four receptions for 40 yards.

ASU answered with a 51-yard, 11-playdrive resulting in a 25-yard Gatto field goal.The Indian drive started from near midfield asJames Hickenbotham returned the ensuingkickoff 41 yards.

Twice in the second quarter the Tigersmoved inside the 10-yard line but managedonly a pair of field goals.

The first field goal was set up when ASUpunter Andy Shatley�s shanked a punt frominside the Indian end zone resulting in a four-yard kick to the A-State 16.

Sanders would carry for a total of 11 yardson the first four plays of the short series beforeAnglin ran for four yards to the one. Sanderswould be stuffed for a one-yard loss by RussellSeaton and Tyshon Reed on third and goal andthe Tigers settled for a 19-yard field goal byWhite.

Later in the quarter, the U of M wouldsettle for a 26-yard White field goal aftermoving the ball 75 yards on 14 plays with thehelp of Tiger tight ends.

Anglin found Kendall for a 13-yard gain onthe second play of the drive and later toss anine-yarder to Kendall to midfield. JeffCameron�s seven-yard pass reception fromAnglin gave the Tigers a first down at the A-State 35. Anglin suffered a high ankle sprainon the following play when he was chased outof the pocket and ran 28 yards to the ASUseven.

Sanders would pick up two yards on firstand goal and Suber picked up another twoyards on second down before being sacked fora six-yard loss on third down forcing the Tigersto bring on the field goal unit.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

21GAME REVIEWSSCORING SUMMARY

Memphis 7 7 0 12 26Army 0 7 7 2 16

UM (11:17 re 1st) Sanders 62 run (White kick)Army (9:53 re 2nd) Thompson 72 punt return(Mullen kick)UM (3:30 re 2nd) Epting 1 run (White kick)Army (14:48 re 3rd) Miller 23 fumble recovery(Mullen kick)Memphis (8:56 re 4th) Bonds 31 pass from Super(kick failed)Memphis (3:49 re 4th) Bashir 100 interceptionreturn (pass failed)Army (2:08 re 4th) Safety

TEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATS MEMMEMMEMMEMMEM ARMYARMYARMYARMYARMYFirst Downs 20 18Rushes-Yds 40-130 30-38Passes 21-32-1 31-45-3Passing Yds 208 269KO Return Yds 3-47 3-54Punts-Avg 5-33.8 5-38.4Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1Penalties-Yds 9-90 8-50Time of Poss. 29:19 30:41Sacks by 4-27 3-20

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: MEM-Sanders 7-73-1, Epting 19-66-1,

Bonds 4-8-0, Perkins 1-6-0, Suber 6-(-6)-0, Team 3-(-17)-0. Army-Wallace 17-44-0, Todd 1-5-0, McCallum 4-3-0, Gerena 1-(-4)-0, Zervic 7-(-10)-0.Passing: MEM-Suber 20-31-1-187-1, Graves 1-1-0-21-0. Army-Zervic 28-38-3-246-0, Gerena 3-7-0-23-0.

Receiving: MEM-Sermon 4-44-0, Perkins 4-37-0, Epting 4-14-0, Kendall 2-25-0, Higgins 2-22-0, Bonds1-31-1, Hyden 1-21-0, Smith 1-16-0, Johnson 1-4-0,Meadows 1-(-6)-0. Army-Wallace 8-68-0, Thompson 7-41-0, Dodson 6-41-0, Bruenton 4-57-0, Bowdish 3-50-0,Smith 2-14-0, McCallum 1-(-2)-0. Interceptions:MEM-Sumter 1-0-0, Stone 1-0-0, Bashir 1-100-1. Army-Zickefoose 1-0-0.

A-38,375 (Weather 65 degrees, Wind SW 5, Over-cast).

NOTESu Sophomore tailback Sugar Sanders' 62 yard touch-

down run against Army was the longest of his career andthe longest by a Tiger back since Larry Porter's 66-yardrun against Arkansas State in 1993.

u Neil Suber's 20 pass completions against Armywere a career high for the redshirt junior.

u True freshman tailback Jeremiah Bonds had his firstcareer touchdown on a 31 yard pass from Neil Suber.

u Safety Glenn Sumter registered his third passinterceptions in as many games.

u Free safety Idrees Bashir set a new Memphisrecord for the longest pass interception return when hepicked off a Curtis Zervic pass and raced 100 yards for hisfirst career TD. The return broke the old mark of 99 yardsset by Robert Lyles vs Mississippi State in 1958.

GAME 4Memphis 26, Army 16

Sept. 23, 2000; West Point, NY

WWWWWest Pest Pest Pest Pest Point, NYoint, NYoint, NYoint, NYoint, NY � It was a backbreaker.Plays which go the distance of the field tendto do that and Idrees Bashir�s 100-yard inter-ception return was no different as Memphisdefeated Army 26-16.

Bashir�s return came with the BlackKnights threatening to come back from a 20-14 deficit late in the fourth quarter.

After a 31-yard touchdown pass from NeilSuber to Jeremiah Bonds with 8:56 to play, thedeep snap on the point-after attempt sailedover the head of holder Michael Harris andwas recovered near midfield.

Trailing by six points, Army began whatproved to be a time-consuming, 12-play drivemoving from its own 19 to inside the Memphis20.

Black Knight backup quarterback CurtisZervic moved the Army offense down field,completing five consecutive passes. Armyhad the ball first-and-10 at the 14 following an11-yard pass from Zervic to Clint Dodson.

Army running back Michael Wallacegained a yard on first down before Tony Brownsacked Zervic for a one-yard loss. Facingthird-and-10, Zervic was picked off by Bashirtwo yards deep in the end zone and the Tigerjunior raced the distance of the field for thescore. Memphis�s two-point conversion failedbut the Tigers suddenly had a 26-14 lead with3:49 to play.

Bashir�s 100-yard return was the longest inMemphis history, breaking the old mark of 99yards set by Robert Lyles against MississippiState in 1958.

Zervic was 28-of-38 for 246 yards againstMemphis but was also intercepted three times.One of the Tiger picks was by Glenn Sumter,the sophomore�s third interception in as manygames.

The Tigers had broken a 14-14 deadlockearlier in the fourth quarter when Suber hookedup with Bonds, capping a 10-play, 69-yarddrive.

Memphis jumped out to a 7-0 lead with ascoring drive on its first series. Offensivelineman Lou Esposito�s block on a draw playsprung Sugar Sanders for a 62-yard touchdownrun with 11:17 to play in the first quarter. Theplay capped a 90-yard drive for the Tigers.

Sanders re-aggravated a sprained ankleearly in the second quarter and left the gamewith seven carries for 73 yards.

Army tied the game at 7-7 on a 72-yard

punt return by Omari Thompson with 9:53 toplay in the first half but twice failed to scorein the half despite facing first and goal frominside the five yard line.

The Black Knights drove from their own18 to the Tiger three when they faced first-and-goal.

Alton McCallum was tackled for a one-yard loss by Marcus Bell on first down whilethe U of M�s Derrick Ballard and KamalShakir held Michael Wallace to a gain of twoyards. After a Zervic incompletion on thirddown, Brendan Mullen missed a 24-yard fieldgoal attempt wide left.

A blocked punt which was recovered atthe Memphis 30 began Army�s next drive intothe red zone.

With Army facing third-and-nine fromthe 17, Zervic completed a 12-yard pass toBruenton after Thompson had deflected theball. Wallace gained a yard on first downbefore Zervic lost a yard on the first play of thesecond quarter. Bashir stopped Wallace justshy of the end zone after the Cadet had hauledin a pass from Zervic near the line of scrim-mage at the four.

Facing fourth down, Zervic was stackedup at the line of scrimmage by Derrick Ballardand Andre Arnold shy of the end zone and theTigers took over.

Following Army�s punt return for a score,the Tigers moved right back down the field,engineering a 15-play, 78-yard drive culmi-nating with a one-yard touchdown run byDarche� Epting with the Tigers� facing fourth-and-goal from inside the one. The Tigerswould lead 14-7 with 3:03 left in the first half.

Memphis had to recover from both apersonal foul and a holding penalty on con-secutive plays during the drive.

Facing first-and-20, Suber tossed an eight-yard completion to Epting. Suber then hookedup with Tripp Higgins for a 15-yard gain.Army would also be flagged for a roughing thepasser penalty on the play which gave theTigers the ball first-and-10 from the 13.

Later, the Black Knights would be calledfor holding in the end zone giving the Tigersfirst-and-goal at the four. It would take Eptingfour straight carries to get the ball over thegoal line.

With Memphis leading 14-7 at intermis-sion, the Black Knights turned the tide withthe kickoff to begin the second half.

The U of M�s Wade Smith took the kick-off and was hit by Jason Milton forcing the ballto the turf. Anthony Miller picked up the balland raced 23 yards for the score as the BlackKnights tied the game at 14-14.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

GAME REVIEWS22SCORING SUMMARY

Memphis 0 0 3 0 3USM 3 6 0 15 24

USM (5:18 re 1st) Hanna 37 FGUSM (8:22 re 2nd) Hanna 41 FGUSM (:11 re 2nd) Hanna 24 FGUM - (:55 re 3rd) White 36 FGUSM - (1:34 re 4th) Woods 52 run (Handy pass)USM - (1:15 re 4th) Barnes 31 INT return (Hannakick)

TEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATSTEAM STATS MEMMEMMEMMEMMEM USMUSMUSMUSMUSMFirst Downs 12 13Rushes-Yds 36-67 32-99Passes 23-38-3 15-31-0Passing Yds 161 163KO Return Yds 1-0 1-18Punts-Avg 11-35.4 9-41.1Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2Penalties-Yds 8-70 3-14Time of Poss. 34:58 25:02Sacks by 3-19 2-14

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: MEM-Bonds 11-44-0, Epting 14-38-0,

Wherry 5-11-0, Sanders 1-(-5)-0, Suber 4-(-19)-0. USM-Woods 15-88-1, Nance 4-6-0, Nix 5-4-0, Kelly 8-1-0.

Passing: MEM-Suber 23-38-3-161-0. USM-Kelly15-30-0-163-0.

Receiving: MEM-Perkins 5-50-0, Higgins 3-42-0, Bonds 3-34-0, Johnson 3-8-0, Kendall 2-15-0, Mead-ows 2-7-0, Epting 2-10, Cameron 1-7-0, Smith 1-1-0,Wherry 1-(-4)-0. USM-Mills 4-84-0, Fowler 4-44-0, Handy3-20-0, Dantzler 1-5-0, Woods 1-5-0, Nix 1-3-0, Blackwell1-2-0.

Interceptions: MEM-None. USM-Barnes 1-31-1, Moore 1-(-4)-0, Davis 1-2-0.

A-30,658 (Weather 81 degrees, Wind ESE 8, PartlyCloudy).

NOTESu Junior quarterback Neil Suber set personal bests

for pass attempts and pass completions against SouthernMississippi. Suber connected on 23-of-38 attempts againstUSM.

u True freshman tailback Jeremiah Bonds had hisbest performance as a Tiger against Southern Mississippi.Bonds led the team in rushing with 11 carries for 44 yards.He also had a season high three pass receptions for 34yards.

u Nose tackle Marcus Bell had his first fumble recov-ery on the season and just the second of his career againstUSM. Bell recovered a Derrick Nix fumble in the first quarterof the USM game.

u Cornerback Michael Stone gained his first fumblerecovery of the 2000 season when he recovered a DerrickNix fumble during the first quarter of play.

u Ryan Johnson's 62 yards in punt returns againstSouthern Miss were the most by a Tiger since DamienDodson's 94 yards against Houston in 1997.

GAME 5Southern Miss 24, Memphis 3

Sept. 30, 2000; Hattiesburg, MS

Hattiesburg, MSHattiesburg, MSHattiesburg, MSHattiesburg, MSHattiesburg, MS � Heading into the finalminutes on the road against a Top 25 program,all you can ask is to be in the game and havean opportunity.

Despite a 24-3 loss to 21st-ranked SouthernMississippi, the University of Memphis hadthat prospect heading into the waning mo-ments of its game at M.M. Roberts Stadium.

Trailing 9-3, Memphis regained possessionnear midfield with 3:40 to play. It was asituation the Tigers were familiar with. The Uof M had started its three-game road standwith a come-from-behind 19-17 win at Arkan-sas State, scoring the game-winning field goalwith less than a minute to play.

Against Southern Mississippi late in thefourth quarter, Neil Suber completed a seven-yard pass to Bunkie Perkins on first down andDarche� Epting picked up five yards for a firstdown at the Southern Miss 36. Epting wouldgain a yard on the following play before threeincompletions turned the ball back over ondowns to the Golden Eagles.

Two plays later, USM's Dwayne Woodsbroke a couple tackles up the middle for a 52-yard touchdown run and suddenly the GoldenEagles enjoyed a 17-3 lead with 1:34 left. Andon the Tigers� ensuing series, Leo Barnesintercepted a Suber pass, returning it 31 yardsfor USM�s final score.

Memphis managed just 34 total yards on 32offensive plays in the first half. After the slowstart, the Tigers began to generate some of-fense in the third quarter and finally got the ballacross midfield for the first time in the gamemidway through the period.

Suber�s 33-yard pass to Perkins quieted thecrowd and moved the ball out to the 43.Memphis moved the ball across midfield forthe first time when Suber found Tripp Higginsopen for an 11-yard pickup. The Tigers how-ever were forced to punt as the pass comple-tion came up a half yard shy of a first down atthe Southern Miss 48.

Southern Miss quarterback Jeff Kelly wouldbe sacked by Kamal Shakir during the GoldenEagles� next drive and the Tigers would havedecent field position to start its next drive at theMemphis 39. Shakir had seven tackles, includ-ing two quarterback sacks on the day.

The Golden Eagles had just 114 yards oftotal offense in the second half.

Perkins, who had five receptions for 50yards in a return to his home state, would catch

an eight-yard pass early in the series to movethe ball back into USM territory before JeremiahBonds rolled off a 17-yard run. Suber wouldalso complete a nine-yard pass to Billy Ken-dall during the drive to move the ball into thered zone before the Tigers settled for a 36-yardRyan White field goal with 55 seconds to playin the third quarter, cutting USM�s lead to 9-3.

While Memphis�s offense was completelyshutdown in the first half, the Tiger defensewas also limiting USM�s offensive output.The U of M kept the Golden Eagles� out of theend zone as USM settled for three, first-halffield goals en route to a 9-0 halftime lead.

Two of the Golden Eagles� field goals wereset up by special teams.

A 33-yard punt return by USM�s KennetJohnson to the Memphis 42 set up a short driveculminating in a 37-yard Brant Hanna fieldgoal with 5:18 to play in the first quarter.Southern Miss put itself in field goal rangewith a 19-yard completion from Kelly to ShawnMills on a third-and-10 from the 42.

Kelly�s 31-yard pass down the middle of thefield to Mills on another third-and-10 wouldhelp set up a 41-yard Hanna field goal with8:22 to play in the first half.

Southern Miss had a golden opportunity toput the ball in the end zone late in the first half.Memphis punter Ben Graves pulled down ahigh snap in his own end zone and managedjust a 17-yard kick to the Tiger 29 with 48seconds to play in the half.

Kelly scrambled for 11 yards to the Mem-phis 18 on first down. The Golden Eagleswould later have first-and-goal from the sixbut three incompletions would lead to a 24-yard Hanna field goal with 11 seconds to playin the half and a 9-0 USM lead.

After its slow offensive start, Memphisgenerated 194 second-half yards. Suber was23-of-38 for 161 yards. Freshman runningback Jeremiah Bonds ran for 44 yards in hismost extensive action of the year and caughtthree passes for 34 yards.