CINCINNATI, Ohio – That win clinches it.
For the first time since 1975 and only the third time in the modern era of Tigers football (since World War II), a first-year University of Memphis head coach will post a winning season. The 2016 Tigers team gave head coach that gift Friday with a convincing 34-7 American Athletic Conference road victory at Cincinnati.
The win improved Memphis' overall record to 7-4 and assured the Tigers of a winning campaign in 2016. The Tigers are 4-3 in league play. The Bearcats fell to 4-7 overall and 1-6 in The American.