After playing their first game in a monsoon and seeing their second rescheduled, Riley Ferguson and Anthony Miller helped Memphis put its best foot forward in its biggest showcase of the young season
by Dick Weiss
MEMPHIS - It took three weeks, but we finally saw how good this Memphis football team can be.
The Tigers opened their season with a 37-29 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in a tropical storm. Their next game against UCF in Orlando was rescheduled because of Hurricane Irma. But they finally got to showcase their talents on a beautiful sunny day at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Saturday, defeating 25th-ranked UCLA, 48-45, in a wild nationally televised game here before a crowd of 46,291.