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2024 Memphis Tigers College Football Betting

Following records of 6-6 and 7-6 in the previous two years, head coach Ryan Silverfield led the Memphis Tigers to a 10-3 season capped off by a win in the Liberty Bowl. Silverfield cooled the temperature on a seat that was getting warm. Now comes the challenge of maintaining such success. Specifically, maintaining success has been a challenge for Memphis. Usually, when a coach hits it big, he moves on to more prestigious programs. Silverfield returns and will attempt to become the first coach in Memphis history to post consecutive 10-win seasons. Memphis will be one of the top contenders in the American Athletic Conference in 2024.

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Memphis will be one of the favorites, if not the outright favorite, to win the AAC. Coach Ryan Silverfield just had his contract extended. Seth Henigan is one of the most experienced starting quarterbacks in FBS, and the defense is making progress. Still, progress might need to happen a little faster. Things are trending the right way in Memphis, and a highly successful season could even mean a playoff berth in the newly expanded format.

The Tigers return the top-scoring offense in the American Athletic Conference from last season at 39.4 points per game. Memphis scored 55 of 63 trips inside the red zone in 2023. It’s a major reason why they won 10 games, their best record yet under head coach Ryan Silverfield, and their 10th consecutive season of bowl eligibility.

Seth Henigan, one of seven returning starters on offense for the Tigers, enters his fourth season as Memphis’ starting quarterback. He already has an extremely impressive body of work, including ranking fourth in FBS with 3,883 passing yards in 2023.

Memphis also returns two of the top receivers in the AAC this season in Roc Taylor (1,083 yards in 2023) and Demeer Blankumsee (901).

The Tigers have room for improvement on the defensive side of the ball. They allowed 423.2 yards and 28.8 points per game in 2023. This problem was a regression from 2022 when they allowed 363.4 yards per game.

Past the midway point of last season, the Tigers’ pass defense became particularly susceptible, as they allowed five touchdown passes in back-to-back weeks and at least three in three of the last six weeks of the season. The Tigers allowed 80 plays longer than 20 yards last season and 38 plays of 30-plus yards. That needs to change as the quarterback play continues to elevate across the AAC.

Veteran kicker Tanner Gillis enters yet another season with the Tigers after hitting 47-of-49 extra points and 10-of-13 field goals. Former UTEP punter Joshua Sloan transfers in after averaging 44.2 yards per punt for the Miners.

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Memphis does not have an impressive college football history but it does have its moments that indicate success is possible. Furthermore, Memphis has had nearly all of its success in the past decade, which is indicative of its commitment to the sport. FedEx is located in Memphis and has become a major sponsor of the football program. The ultimate goal is for Memphis to earn an invite into one of the Power Four conferences.

The best finish in Memphis history was 17th in 2019 when head coach Mike Norvell led the Tigers to the Cotton Bowl. It was the third time in Memphis history that the Tigers finished ranked in the Top 25. Those three seasons were 2014, 2017, and 2019. Last year, head coach Ryan Silverfield led the Tigers to the fourth double-digit win season in its history.

Problematic is that until Memphis becomes a Power Four program, it will remain a stepping stone job in which its best coaches eventually move on. Mike Norvell is the best example of that, leaving after that epic 2019 season to take the job at Florida State, skipping the Memphis Cotton Bowl matchup in the process.

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