West Virginia will take on No. 25 Memphis in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl; this will be the first matchup between those two teams.
Memphis started the 2024 season with three straight wins over North Alabama, Troy, and Florida State, scoring at least 20 points in each of the first three games.
The three-game winning streak was snapped the next week in week four against Navy in a shootout, which they would end up losing 56-44 and picking up their first conference loss of the season.
Immediately after that Navy game, they would once again go on a winning streak, winning each of their next four over Middle Tennessee, South Florida, North Texas, and Charlotte, once again scoring at least 20 points, improving their record to 7-1 and 3-1 in the American Conference
They lost their next game to UTSA by a score of 44-36, making their record 7-2 and 3-2 in conference play.
They would win their next three over Rice, UAB, and No. 17 Tulane to finish the season 10-2 and finished 6-2 in the conference to finish fourth in the American Conference.
The Memphis offense was dominant in 2024, averaging 35.2 points per game, 442.1 total yards, 268.5 passing yards and 173.6 rushing yards per game.
Memphis appeared in the AP poll for the first time since 2019 and the first time under Ryan Silverfield, who was named the 25th head coach in the program’s history in 2020.
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