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The stadium is the site of the annual Liberty Bowl, the annual Southern Heritage Classic, and is the home field of the University of Memphis Tigers football team of the American Athletic Conference. It has also been the host of several attempts at professional sports in the city, as well as other local football games and other gatherings.
The Memphis Tigers are the athletic teams that represent the University of Memphis, located in Memphis, Tennessee.The teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the American Athletic Conference, except for the rifle team, which is a member of the single-sport Great America Rifle Conference.
The Memphis Tigers' football rivalry with bordering-state opponent Southern Miss is officially named the Black and Blue Bowl and dates back to 1935. [25] Southern Miss is tied with Ole Miss as Memphis' most-played football opponent all-time. [26] Southern Miss leads the all-time series 40–22–1 with the last game played in 2012. [27]
Paul Finebaum, a Memphis native, riffed on the Tigers' conference realignment hopes, Ryan Silverfield and more during a Memphis Touchdown Club appearance.
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Memphis football knows its conference opponents for 2025.
Stadiums are ordered by seating capacity. This is intended to represent the permanent fixed seating capacity, when the stadium is configured for football. Some stadiums can accommodate larger crowds when configured for other sports, or by using temporary seating or allowing standing-room only attendance.
The 2019 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee , and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference .