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Wolves can't catch hot-starting Tigers

JONESBORO -- For a fleeting moment, it appeared as if Arkansas State was going to author an eerily similar script: Starting quarterback comes out in the third quarter, backup enters and helps the Red Wolves to a come-from-behind win.

The only thing different was going to be who'd emerged from the ASU sideline.

Then the Memphis offense decided to shred those pages and render them useless.

Gallery: ASU vs Memphis Football

In the 60th edition of the Paint Bucket Bowl, the Tigers mauled the Red Wolves' defense, hanging on for a 55-50 shootout victory in their first trip to Centennial Bank Stadium in nine years.