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University, 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 two pass interceptions, onefumble recovery, two quarterback sacksand five tackles for lost yardage.

KENDALL TOP TIGHT ENDn University of Memphis senior tight

end Billy Kendall has spent most of his

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MEMPHIS TIGERS ( 2-1; 0-0)Next Game:Next Game:Next Game:Next Game:Next Game: Army, September 23, 2000SiteSiteSiteSiteSite: Michie Stadium (39,929); West Point, NY; 1:00 PM EDTRadio: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: 2-12000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record:2000 Conference Record: 0-0Last Meeting:Last Meeting:Last Meeting:Last Meeting:Last Meeting: Memphis 14, Army 10 (Memphis, TN; 1999)Notes: The last time Memphis played Army at West Point was during the 1985 season andthe contest was played in a snow storm...Sophomore rover Glenn Sumter recorded hissecond interception of the year against ASU... Memphis tight end Billy Kendall caught theTigers first TD pass of the season against ASU ... All-American kicker Ryan White bootedfour field goals in the win over ASU, the last coming with just 0:49 remaining.'00 Captains: Selected on a game by game basis

career 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 receptionfor 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 60 receptions

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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

TIGERS RETURN TO WEST POINTn The Memphis Tigers will try to run

their season record to 3-1 when the teamtravels to New York to take on the BlackKnights of Army on September 23rd. It is justthe third meeting between the two Confer-ence USA teams and Memphis' first game inWest Point since the 1985 season. Duringthat contest, the Tigers fought not only theArmy football team but a first half snowstorm that dumped four inches of heavysnow. Memphis lost the contest 49-7 beforea crowd of 34,000. The two teams met againin 1999 as Conference USA members andthe Tigers came away with a hard fought 14-10 win in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

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 four position in defen-sive ratings after week one of the collegefootball season and are now ranked sev-enth according to the NCAA. In the seasonopener against SEC foe Mississippi State

2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULE2000 TIGER SCHEDULESept.2 Mississippi State ................ L, 3-17Sept.9 Louisiana-Monroe ............ W, 28-0Sept.1 6 at Arkansas State ......... W, 19-17Sept.2 3 at Army .................................. 1 PMSept.3 0 at Southern Miss ................... 6 PMOct. 7 East Carolina ........................ 7 PMOct.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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places the Maryland native in a tie for 19thon the Tigers all-time reception list. He is theonly tight end to be listed among the school'stop 25 pass receivers. His 665 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.

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, the

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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 (20-38; 49-57-0) 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 ARMY} The ASU win was a huge victory in terms

of being behind late in the game and battling back . Itseems like over the past few years we have fallenshort so many times. This will be a confidence builderfor this team. We have another difficult road trip thisweek with Army. Coach Berry has installed a newoffensive scheme and each week you can see Armygetting better and better as they buy into his system.We will have to get out bumps and bruises and beready to play. Junior kicker Ryan White was named to the 2000 Playboy

All-American team.

(see page 4)

LAST MEETINGMemphis 14, ARMY 10

November 13, 1999Scoring Summary

Army 7 3 0 0 10Memphis 7 0 0 7 14

ARMY (11:26 re 1st) Alton 3 run (Parker kick)Mem (3:20 re 1st) Arnold 7 run (White kick)ARMY (8:49 re 2nd) Parker 38 FGMem (14:15 re 4th) Suber 1 run (White kick)

TEAM STATS ARMY MEMFirst Downs 16 17Rushes-Yds 64-231 35-161Passing Yds 16 157KO Returns Yds 1-14 3-60Passes 2-9-0 15-26-1Punts-avg 10-44.2 8-48.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties-Yds 3-30 7-66Time of Pos 32:44 27:16Sacks by 1-8 2-11

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: Mem-Arnold 22-138-1, Riley 2-24-0,

Bailey 1-0-0, Anglin 5-5-0, Suber 3-(-1)-0; ARMY-Smith 17-100-0, Wallace 18-53-0, Thompson 8-39-0, McCallum 6-19-1,Rooney 3-12-0, Johnson 3-10-0, Gerena 8-(-1)-0.

Passing: Mem- Suber 4-6-0-39-0; Anglin 11-20-1-118-0. ARMY - Gerena 2-9-0-16-0.

Receiving: Mem- Dodson 6-72-0, Sermon 1-3-0,Arnold 2-23-0, Kendall 5-51-0, Johnson 1-8-0. ARMY - Smith2-16-0.

Interceptions: Mem - none, ARMY- McNally 1-0-0.

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NOTESu Junior tailback Gerard Arnold rushed for 138 yards markinghis third game this season to break the 100 yard barrier.

u Quarterback Neil Suber rushed for his first career touch-down in leading Memphis over Army 14-10. Suber came in inrelief of Travis Anglin.

u Tailback Gerard Arnold moved into second place on theTigers career rushing list. His 138 yards moved ahead of formerTiger Paul "Skeeter" Gowen.

u Linebacker Kamal Shakir recorded a season and careerhigh 20 tackles in the win over Army. It was Shakir's 7th double-digit tackle game of the season.

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Team C-USA PCT ALLEast Carolina 1-0 .000 2-1Cincinnati 1-0 1.000 2-1Houston 1-0 .000 1-2Louisville 0-0 .000 2-0MEMPHISMEMPHISMEMPHISMEMPHISMEMPHIS 0-0 .000 2-1Southern Miss 0-0 .000 1-1UAB 0-1 .000 1-1Tulane 0-1 .000 0-2Army 0-2 .000 0-3

THIS WEEK'S ACTIONMemphis @ Army

Southern Miss @ Oklahoma StateSyracuse @ East Carolina

UAB @ LSUHouston @ Texas

Cincinnati @ IndianaTulane @ SMU

LAST WEEK'S RESULTSMemphis 19, Arkansas State 17

Wisconsin 28, Cincinnati 25 OTEast Carolina 37, Tulane 17

Kansas 23, UAB 20 (C-USA game)Houston 31, Army 30

Southern Miss 21, #15 Alabama 0

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 2-0 Bulldogs defeated BYU 44-28 on ESPNSept. 9 Louisiana-Monroe 28-0 1-2 Indians ldefeat Nicholls State 27-21Sept. 16 at Arkansas State 19-17 0-3 Indians stopped by Tigers 19-17Sept. 23 at Army - 0-3 Knights lose to Houston 31-30Sept. 30 at Southern Miss - 1-1 Golden Eagles stop #15 Alabama, 21-0Oct. 7 East Carolina - 2-1 Pirates take out Tulane 37-17Oct. 14 at UAB - 1-1 Blazers lose to Kansas 23-20Oct. 21 Houston - 1-2 Cougars win over Army 31-30Nov. 4 Tennessee - 1-1 Vols drop Florida contest 27-23Nov. 11 Cincinnati - 2-1 Bearcats lose in OT to Wisconsin 28-25Nov. 18 at Tulane - 0-2 Green Wave loses to East Carolina 31-17

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 are prepared to join the nine returning starters. Outside linebackersDerrick Ballard and Greg Harper started their first games as Tigers. Harper was replacinginjured senior DeMorrio 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 Arkansas State.n True freshman deep snapper Jared Pigue made the most of his first opportunity to playcollegiate football. The Nashville, TN., native snapped on the Tigers first punt of the season,raced downfield and aided Scott Scherer in the recovery of a MSU fumble by Dicenzo Miller.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).n Junior defensive end Andre Arnold registered three quarterback sacks (-15 yards)against Mississippi State. Three sacks were a personal 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 four passes against ASU. Kendall has now caughtpasses in his last 19 games.

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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 most 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. His60 career pass receptions ties him for 19thon 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 19 consecutive games. The lastgame that Kendall failed to catch a pass wasthe 1998 Cincinnati contest.

TIGERS CREATING TURNOVERSn The Tiger defense was able to

force three turnovers, one fumble recoveryand two interceptions, against Louisiana-Monroe. The Tigers have forced at least oneturnover in 64 of their last 72 games. Mem-phis has also intercepted a pass in 42 of itslast 63 contests but has not returned an in-terception for a touchdown since ScottSingler ran back a pick 55 yards againstArkansas State in 1994.

BLOCK PARTYn Since 1990, Memphis' special

teams have found a way to change the lookof a game in a hurry. Over the last 122games, Memphis has blocked 43 kicks (27punts, 12 field goals, 4 PAT) and hasblocked 23 punts in the last 81 contests.Under Scherer, the Tigers have blocked 21kicks (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 and

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. Mac Cody 6 416. Derrick Crawford 6 317. Bob Sherlag 6 218. John Bush 6 119. Billy Kendall (TE) 6019. 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, T12Net Punting ---------------------- Ben Graves, 28Field Goals --------------------- Ryan White T11

TeamRushing Offense --------------------------------- 61Passing Offense -------------------------------- 108Total Offense ------------------------------------ 106Net Punting --------------------------------------- 20Punt Returns -------------------------------------- 70Kickoff Returns ----------------------------------- 42Scoring ------------------------------------------- T92Rushing Defense -------------------------------- 10Passing Defense -------------------------------- 18Pass Interceptions ---------------------------- T15Pass Efficiency Defense ------------------------- 9Total Defense -------------------------------------- 7Scoring Defense ------------------------------- T14Turnover Margin ------------------------------- T77

(2000 Rankings/Through 9/17)

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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 7 64 1Higgins 5 48 0Johnson 5 45 0Sermon 5 38 0Cameron 3 26 0Wherry 3 25 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. Qadry Anderson 2,047

10. Danny Pierce 1,97411. NEIL SUBERNEIL SUBERNEIL SUBERNEIL SUBERNEIL SUBER 1,88212. 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

20 7 10

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. Preston Riley 68226. Chris Martin 67827. Billy KendallBilly KendallBilly KendallBilly KendallBilly Kendall 665665665665665

TOUGH SCHEDULE

The University of Memphis' 1999 foot-ball schedule was ranked as the seventhmost difficult in the nation. The Tigersfaced seven bowl teams from the 1998season, including the defending nationalchampion, the University of Tennessee.Memphis will face four '99 bowl teamsduring the 2000 schedule.

Michael 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 best 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 six times andaveraged 43.5 yards per punt against LA-Monroe.

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 37-9 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 in 1999. The speed-ster led the U of M in rushing against ULMwith 75 yards on 17 carries. Wherry letteredas a linebacker in 1999 but was moved totailback in the spring of 2000.

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 linebackerthis 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 Idrees

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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:Defense:Specialist:

Week #4 - ArmyOffense:Defense:Specialist:

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. - - - - -at Army - - - - -at 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. - - - - - -at Army - - - - - -at USM - - - - - -East Carolina - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - -Houston - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - -

plays/total plays

Bashir 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 hisfreshman 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 will

have 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.

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-

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TIGER ALL-TIMELEADING RUSHERS

Player Yards1. Dave Casinelli 2,6362. Gerard Arnold 2,3783. Paul Gowen 2,2274. Larry Porter 2,1945. Terdell Middleton 1,9706. Wayne Pryor 1,9247. Jeff Womack 1,7648. Teofilo Riley 1,7149. Dornell Harris 1,641

10. Jay McCoy 1,53711. Reuben Gibson 1,47012. Richard Locke 1,41713. Punkin Williams 1,37814. Ray Jamieson 1,32115. Marcus Holliday 1,27516. Leon Bosby 1,24417. Herb Covington 1,23618. Tony Wiley 1,21519. Billy Fletcher 1,14720. Leo Cage 1,13721. Richard Williams 1,09222. Eddie Hill 1,07623. Marvin Cox 1,07424. James King 1,02025. Gerald White 1,013

7NOTES & STUFF

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 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.

ary to begin his college career.

n Linebacker Kamal Shakir's 16tackle effort against Ole Miss marked theseventh time in his career that the Georgianative logged double-digit tackles. Shakirtotaled eight double-digit games in 1999and has 14 career games with ten or moretotal hits. His all-time single game high is a20 tackle (12 solos & eight assist) effortagainst Army in 1999.

n Memphis quarterback Travis Anglinscored the Tigers' first touchdown of the2000 season on a 13-yard quarterbackdraw in the opening period of the LA-Mon-roe game. He later added his second scoreof the night on a one-yard rush. The Geor-gia native now has five career rushing TDs.

n Sophomore quarterback TravisAnglin threw his first career touchdown passagainst Arkansas State in 1999. Duringfourth quarter action, Anglin connected withformer wide receiver Damien Dodson for a

32-yard touchdown. Ironically, Anglin tossedhis first touchdown pass of the 2000 sea-son against Arkansas State in Jonesboro.

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 four starts in his brief career and allhave resulted in wins for the Tigers. In hisfirst collegiate start ('99) Sanders rushedfor 94 yards against Arkansas State. It wasjust his second collegiate game and his firstextended playing time. Sanders was calledon to 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.

n Two Tiger defensive backs re-corded their first career pass interceptionsin the Tigers win over Arkansas State in1999. Cornerback Michael Stone, now asenior starter, had his first interception inthe opening quarter. The former walk-ongrabbed a Cleo Lemon pass at the Tigersix yard line to stop a possible ASU scoringdrive. In the fourth stanza, senior safetyFred Powell picked off a Lemon pass andreturned it 23 yards. Both are back for the2000 season and Powell added his fourthcareer interception in the season openeragainst MSU.

n Tiger quarterback Travis Anglinscored his first career touchdown on a oneyard run against Mississippi State in 1999.The scoring drive was setup by a blockedpunt by the Tiger special teams playerDarche Epting. He scored the team's firstTD this season on a 13-yard run.

n Neil Suber's 222 yards passingagainst Tennessee in 1999 ranks as the

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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

QUARTERBACKQUARTERBACKQUARTERBACKQUARTERBACKQUARTERBACK15 Travis Anglin * 6-4 200 r-So.14 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.

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)20 Sugar Sanders * 5-11 210 r-So.

3 Dernice Wherry * 6-0 200 Jr.47 Aaron Meadows * 6-0 195 r-Jr.11 Andrew Harden * 5-9 178 Jr.22 Jeremiah Bonds 5-9 175 Fr.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)74 Trey Eyre * 6-3 278 r-So.63 Josh Eargle * 6-3 282 r-Jr.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.67 Matt Gehrke 6-3 282 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 Ivy 5-11 175 r-Fr.

DEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPERDEEP SNAPPER52 Jared Pigue 6-2 210 Fr.77 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

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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-STARSence USA ... Registered 143 tackles in 1999 including87 solo stops ... Had 12 tackles for lost yardage (-67yards) and six quarterback sacks (-54 yards) ... Hadeight double-digit tackle games in 1999 ... Recordeda season and career high 20 tackles in the win over Army... Registered three quarterback sacks in the Louisvillegame ... Opened the 1999 season with 16 tackles in theOle Miss game ... Had 10 tackles and three QB sacksvs Louisville ... Was named to the All-ConferenceAll-ConferenceAll-ConferenceAll-ConferenceAll-ConferenceUSA TeamUSA TeamUSA TeamUSA TeamUSA Team (2nd) in 1999 ... Was credited with 10tackles in the win over Cincinnati in 1998 ... Had aseason high 11 stops in the '98 Southern Mississippigame ... Was named to 1997 The Sporting NewsFreshman All-America Team (1st team) ... Re-ceived first team C-USA All-Freshman honors in1997 ... Became a starter for the Tigers at linebacker thefourth game of the '97 season ... Finished the season asthe team's fourth leading tackler ... Credited with 67stops ... Had six tackles for lost yardage and two passbreakups ... Had a season-high 15 tackles in theCincinnati game and recorded 11 tackles.

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 2 7 3 10 1-2 0-0Total 34 183 124 307 23-97 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 2 7 3 10 2-4 0-0Total 33 89 69 161 20-50 5-20

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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 3 7 64 9.1 1 10Total 35 60 665 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 ... Was the Tigers' leading tacklerin 1999 and was the second leading tackler in Confer-

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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 to the 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 PlayboyPlayboyPlayboyPlayboyPlayboy All-Ameri- All-Ameri- All-Ameri- All-Ameri- All-Ameri-can teamcan teamcan teamcan teamcan team ... Twice named as a Lou Groza Awardcandidate ... Named by Lindy's Football Magazinewas the fourth ranked kicker in the country ... Booted lastsecond field goal against Arkansas State for Tiger win... Made four field goals in ASU victory ... Was the Tigers'starting kicker in 1999 ... Led the team in scoring with13 field goals and 25 PATs ... A preseason All-American selection by The Football News in1999 ... Was named the C-USA Special TeamsPlayer of the Week three times in 1999 ... Wasranked T-17th in the nation in FGs ... Missed his firstcollege FG in the '99 Ole Miss game ... Set fourMemphis records in the UAB game including most FGsin a game with 5, most FGs in a half with 4, mostattempts in a game with 6 and most points by a kickerwith 18 ... Was the only kicker in the nation in 1998 tohave a perfect season ... Connected on 16-of-16 fieldgoal attempts and 22-of-22 PATs ... Was a candidatefor the Lou Groza Award in 1998 ... Finished theseason ranked 18th in the nation in kicking ... Wasnamed The Conference USA Special TeamsPlayer of the Year ... Named to the All-Confer-ence USA Freshman Team, the All-ConferenceUSA Team (1st team), the Sporting News Fresh-man All-America Team, The Football NewsAll-Freshman Team and received the AcademicAchievement Award ... Tied Memphis records forthe most field goals made in a game (4) and the longestfield 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 3 5 7 5-5 20 42Total 25 34 43 52-52 154 52

OFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSEOFFENSE SPECIALTYSPECIALTYSPECIALTYSPECIALTYSPECIALTY

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

BIG PLAYSOFFENSE1. 32 - Dernice Wherry vs ULM (1st down)2. 28 - Travis Anglin vs Ark. State (1st down)2. 27- Travis Anglin vs Miss State (1st down)3. 20 - Travis Anglin vs ULM (1st down)

DEFENSE1. 32 - Glenn Sumter interception return vs ASU2. 31 - Glenn Sumter interception return vs ULM

(Number of plays over 20 yards in 2000)

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third best performance of his career. Suberthrew for a career high 279 yards againstTulane in 1998 and also had 226 yardspassing against East Carolina in 1998.

n Wide receiver Tripp Higgins wasinserted into the depth chart in 1999 as theTigers punter returner after an ankle injuryto Damien Dodson. He responded at UABby having the best game of the season bya Tiger returner. Higgins had a season higheight punt returns for 46 yards, including along return of 26 yards. He also returnedone kickoff for 28 yards.

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 quarterback ScottScherer, the son of head coach Rip Scherer,saw his first duty as a quarterback in the1999 UAB game. Scherer entered fall campas the Tigers number three signal-caller buthas now climbed into a tie for the backupspot with Neil Suber.

n In October of 1999, Tiger kickerRyan White was named the ConferenceUSA Special Teams Player of the Week forhis work against UAB. White booted a schoolrecord five field goals against the Blazers.

He received the honor three times last sea-son and has earned the Player of the WeekAward four times in his two-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.

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.

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

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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

Quarterback Travis Anglin threw for 221 yards and twotouchdowns in Tigers win over Tulane.

their first career blocked kick in last year'sLouisville game. Stone blocked a field goalattempt in the third period of the contest.

n Walk-on tailback Aaron Meadowsmade the most of his first career action wheninserted into last season's Tulane game. TheCollierville, TN, native rushed for 44 yardson the Tigers' final drive and capped thedrive with a six-yard touchdown run. Mead-ows is listed as the number three tailbackon this year's team. He saw considerableaction in the Mississippi State game.

n Sophomore quarterback ScottScherer, son of head coach Rip Scherer,entered the 1999 Tulane game for the finaldrive of the night and responded by lead-ing his team to a score. Scherer rushed twotimes for nine yards and completed his firstcollegiate pass, an eight yard attempt toAaron Meadows during the drive.

n Safety Fred Powell led the Tigersin interception in 1999 with three and thatfigure was the most by a Tiger defendersince the 1996 season when Keith Spannhad five. Powell opened the season with apick against Mississippi State.

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 against

Tulane 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 may be forced to missseveral 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).

SCHERER REVAMPS STAFFn The University of Memphis foot-

ball coaching staff has had a face lift sincethe conclusion of the 1999 season. Six newcoaches have come on board and broughta positive new approach to the team. FormerClemson head coach Tommy West was hiredas associate head coach and defensivecoordinator to replace John Thompson. TimWalton, a former defensive captain at OhioState and the secondary coach at BowlingGreen State University, was hired to re-place David Lockwood. Rick Whitt, the de-fensive coordinator at UT-Chattanooga,

UM'S TOP TIGHT ENDS

Player No. Yds TDs1. Billy Kendall 56 625 42. 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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Safety Idrees Bashir is rated among Lindy's FootballMagazines top defensive backs in the nation.

UM'S ALL-TIME SACK LEADERS

Player 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 12.5

came in to replace Jim Pletcher as outsidelinebacker coach. Hank Hughes remainedon the staff as defensive line coach. Offen-sively, Jimmy Kiser, the long time quarter-back coach and offensive coordinator atNorth Carolina State University, took overfor Rusty Burns as Memphis' quarterbackcoach. Clay Helton, who coached the Uni-versity of Houston running backs last sea-son, was hired in the same capacity at the Uof M. Helton replaces Charlie Coe who wasnamed as the Tigers' assistant head coachand wide receiver coach for Rip Scherer.The final piece of the coaching puzzle wasput into place when Rick Mallory was hiredas the Memphis offensive line coach. Mal-lory, a five year NFL veteran offensive line-man, had served as five seasons as anassistant coach at the University of Wash-ington where he played collegiately. RussHuesman, the tight end coach and recruit-ing coordinator, remained from last year'sstaff.

WHITE CLOSES IN ON CUSARECORD 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%).

SHAKIR COULD SETCONFERENCE TACKLE MARK

Senior middle linebacker Kamal Shakir

could 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 10 on theseason.

TIGERS WERE 2nd IN NATIONn The University of Memphis special

teams attained a lofty mark in the categoryof blocked kicks during the 1999 season.The block units registered nine blocks onthe season and finished the season rankedin a tie for second in the nation. ConferenceUSA foe Southern Mississippi had oneblocked kick in the annual AXA Liberty Bowlagainst Colorado State to tie Memphis forsecond. The Nebraska Cornhuskers led thenation in blocked kicks with 10 during 1999.

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.

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.) Steve Matthews;2.) Lloyd Patterson; 3.) James EarlWrightTailback: 1.) Paul "Skeeter" Gowen &Terdell Middleton; 2.) MarcusHolliday; 3.) Gerard ArnoldFullback: 1.) Dave Casinelli

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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 - - - - - - - - - - -at Southern Miss - - - - - - - - - - -East 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 - - - - - - - - - - -at Southern Miss - - - - - - - - - - -East Carolina - - - - - - - - - - -at UAB - - - - - - - - - - -Houston - - - - - - - - - - -Tennessee - - - - - - - - - - -Cincinnati - - - - - - - - - - -at Tulane - - - - - - - - - - -

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15MISC. STATS

In the RED ZONETotal Scores

Touchdowns 5 Field Goals 5

Non-ScoresMissed Field Goals 2

Loss of Downs 0Clock 0

Turnovers 2 (Fumbles 2, Interceptions 0)

Opponent Total ScoresTouchdowns 4, Field Goals 2

Opponent Non-ScoresMissed Field Goals 0

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

Clock 0

TurnoversTakeaways 6 Giveaways 7 (Diff. -1)

Points Off TurnoversMemphis 7 (TD 1, FG 0)

Opponent 17 (TD 2, FG 1)

Points Off Turnovers Per GameMemphis 2.3

Opponents 5.7

Third Down ConversionsYards Made/Att. Pct.1-3 10-15 .6674-6 7-12 .5837-10 2-13 .15411+ 1-8 .125Total 20-50 .400

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 9 1 2 2 3 - 1 2 13 1.4 .333Scherer 1 - - - - - - 1 - - .000

Kickoffs No. Ret. OB TB FC OSK Avg. Depth Avg. Drive StartWhite 13 8 1 2 1 1 5.1 (66) 23.2 (302)

Fourth Down ConversionsYards Made/Att. Pct.1-3 1-2 .5004-6 - .0007-10 0-1 .00011+ 0-1 .000Total 1-4 .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 5-14Memphisat ArmyMemphisat Southern MissMemphisvs 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 - 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 - - - - - - - -at Southern Miss - - - - - - - -East 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 - - - - - - - -at Southern Miss - - - - - - - -East 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 - - - - - - - -at Southern Miss - - - - - - - -East 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 0-2-2 - - - - - - - -Taylor DNP 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -S.Jackson DNP 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -T.Brown 4-1-5 0-0-0 1-4-5 - - - - - - - -Willis 2-1-3 1-1-2 0-3-3 - - - - - - - -Estes 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -Lewis 4-2-6 2-0-2 0-2-2 - - - - - - - -Slaton 2-1-3 1-0-1 1-3-4 - - - - - - - -Garth DNP 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -M.Bell 6-3-9 1-1-2 3-2-5 - - - - - - - -Massey DNP 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -Penchion DNP 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -Shakir 3-2-5 6-1-7 2-7-9 - - - - - - - -Terry 4-2-6 5-3-8 3-5-8 - - - - - - - -Williams 0-2-2 0-2-2 1-0-1 - - - - - - - -Lanctot DNP 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -Gr.Harper 0-1-1 2-3-5 2-6-8 - - - - - - - -Shank DNP DNP DNP - - - - - - - -Ballard 0-0-0 2-1-3 1-0-1 - - - - - - - -Rowand 0-1-1 1-0-1 DNP - - - - - - - -Geo.Harper 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -Hyden DNP DNP DNP - - - - - - - -K. Irby 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 - - - - - - - -Sumter 3-2-5 2-0-2 1-2-3 - - - - - - - -Stone 2-2-4 2-1-3 4-3-7 - - - - - - - -Powell 3-0-3 3-1-4 1-3-4 - - - - - - - -M.Smith 3-0-3 0-0-0 DNP - - - - - - - -Bashir 2-2-4 2-2-4 1-2-3 - - - - - - - -Nesbitt 1-0-1 DNP DNP - - - - - - - -J.Brown 1-1-2 3-1-4 1-2-3 - - - - - - - -E. Bell 0-0-0 DNP DNP - - - - - - - -A.Harden 0-0-0 3-0-3 DNP - - - - - - - -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 - - -at Southern Miss - - -East 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 - -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 -at Army - -at Southern Miss - -East 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 -at Army -at Southern Miss -East Carolina -at UAB -Houston -Tennessee -Cincinnati -at Tulane -

Tackles

Long Drives1. 6 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:55 (1st quarter) TD vs ULM2. 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:31 (2nd quarter) FG vs ASU3. 15 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:41:00 (2nd quarter) FG vs Miss State4. 13 plays, 58 yards, TOP 5:55 (4th quarter) FG vs ASU5. 8 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:55 (3rd quarter) FG vs ASU6. 8 plays, 41 yards, TOP 3:35 (4th quarter) TD vs ULM

Opponent1. 6 plays, 81 yards, TOP 1:52 (3rd quarter) TD by ASU2. 6 plays, 67 yards, TOP 2:37 (4th quarter) TD by ASU3. 11 plays, 59 yards, TOP 4:51 (1st quarter) FG by ASU4. 13 plays, 51 yards, TOP 4:07 (3rd quarter) missed FG by ULM5. 6 plays, 25 yards, TOP 2:29 (2nd quarter) TD by Miss State

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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).

NOTES

u Sophomore quarterback Travis Anglin threw hisfirst 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.