GGSM{Memphis} 10/17-present

The loss at Southern Miss ran the Memphis Tigers recond to 2-5 on the season, with the victories over UT-Martin and UTEP.

October 27--Memphis had 4 turnovers against East Carolina. The Pirates scored two first quarter touchdowns and never looked back. ECU won 38-19.

November 7--While UT's QB Jonathon Crompton had struggled earlier in the season, he had worked the kinks out of his system by the time the Memphis Tigers visited Knoxville. Crompton was 21-27 for a career high 331 yards and tied his career high with five touchdowns. The Vols led 42-7 at halftime. Memphis held their own with the second- and third-team Vols in the second half en route to a final score of Tennessee 56, Memphis 28.

November 14--UAB led 31-7 at the end of the third quarter at Memphis. The Tigers tried to rally, scoring two fourth quarter touchdowns, but UAB held on to win 31-21.

November 21--Houston's QB Cotton Turner was 13/16 for 173 yards and a touchdown against Memphis. The problem for Memphis was that he entered the game early in the third quarter. In the first half and one drive in the third quarter, Houston's other QB Case Keenum was 29/39 for 405 yards, and his 5 touchdown passes gave him 94 for his career, breaking David Klingler's school record. Houston won 55-14, which was the score with five minutes left in the third quarter.

November 27--Memphis really did not want to end the 2009 campaign with a six-game losing streak and a 2-10 record. Their final game took them to Tulsa, who was riding a six-game losing streak of their own and assured of their first losing season since 2004, and coming off two straight seasons with at least ten victories. Each team got a first quarter touchdown and a second quarter field for a 10-10 halftime tie. In the third quarter, Tulsa got a field goal and touchdown to go up 20-10, but Memphis counterpunched with a 77-yard TD run from Curtis Steele on the very next play. After another Tulsa field goal, Steele struck again early in the fourth quarter from 27 yards, but this time the extra point was blocked leaving the score even 23-23. Then a quick interception set up Steele for another touchdown to give the Tigers a 30-23 lead with four minutes remaining. Tulsa's QB G.J. Kinne drove his team down the field and hit Trae Johnson for a 2-yard TD with 32 seconds lieft to send the game to overtime. Memphis got the ball first in overtime, but they quickly threw an interception. Tulsa then kicked a 37-yard field goal to win 33-30.

It will be a shameful offseason in Memphis.