American Conference Week 11 Football Postgame Notes

IRVING – Week 11 of American Conference football saw UTSA take down UNT to create a three-way tie atop the league standings along with Memphis, UAB, East Carolina and Tulsa reach bowl eligibility and three teams produce second-half shutouts on the road.

With three more teams hitting the six-win mark, the American now has eight bowl eligible teams, tied with the ACC and Big 12 and trailing only the Big Ten (12) and the SEC (11) for the third-most bowl eligible teams of any league.

Starting on Thursday night, Memphis scored the final 14 points of the game in a 52-41 road win at South Florida. Then in the early slate on Saturday, UAB and East Carolina both reached the six-win threshold as UAB…