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Christopher Boan writes for BetTennessee.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
The fourth season of head coach Ryan Silverfield’s tenure with the Memphis Tigers football program ended in the program’s first double-digit-win season since 2019. The were 10-3 in 2023 and won a bowl inside their home stadium.
This fall, oddsmakers at DraftKings Sportsbook Tennessee have Memphis as the favorite to win the American Athletic Conference, with +220 odds. In an expanded College Football Playoff, the best Group of Five team is now guaranteed a berth in the 12-team field. The Tigers have +100000 CFP title odds as of July 18.
All fall, BetTennessee.com will update hypothetical odds on where the Tigers will play this bowl season.
Bowl | Location | Conference Opponent | Odds | Percentage Chance |
Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Boston, MA | vs. ACC | +200 | 33.3% |
Military Bowl | Annapolis, MD | vs. ACC | +250 | 28.6% |
Armed Forces Bowl | Fort Worth, TX | TBD | +600 | 14.3% |
Cure Bowl | Orlando, FL | vs. Group of Five | +1250 | 7.4% |
Myrtle Beach Bowl | Myrtle Beach, SC | vs. Group of Five | +1250 | 7.4% |
The Field / No Bowl | +1000 | 9.1% |
This initial installment of Memphis bowl odds – which you will not find at Tennessee sportsbook apps – includes Boston, Annapolis, Fort Worth, Orlando and Myrtle Beach.
Last fall, the Tigers ranked sixth nationally in points per game (39.4), with quarterback Seth Henigan throwing for 3,883 yards and 32 touchdowns to nine interceptions in 13 games.
In 2023, running back Blake Watson had 1,152 rushing yards and 17 total touchdowns (14 on the ground) and wide receiver Roc Taylor had 1,083 receiving yards and four scores. If the Tigers reproduce that level of offense, they should contend for the AAC title.
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Entering fall camp, Memphis’ best bowl game odds (exclusively at BetTennessee.com) are for Boston’s Wasabi Fenway Bowl, at +200 odds. The Tigers have never played in that one. The Military Bowl in Annapolis, Maryland, is second on our board at +250; Memphis has also never played in Maryland’s capital city during bowl season.
Next us is another destination Memphis has never visited in the postseason, the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas (though they have played bowl games in Dallas and Arlington). That game has +600 odds of landing the Tigers.
Year | Bowl | Result |
2023 | Liberty Bowl | Win, 36-26 against Iowa State |
2022 | First Responder Bowl | Win, 38-10 against Utah State |
2021 | No Bowl Game |
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2020 | Montgomery Bowl | Win, 25-10 against FAU |
2019 | Cotton Bowl | Loss, 53-39 against Penn State |
Since 2019, Memphis has played four bowl games, missing out during the 2021 season as the Tigers finished 6-6 and weren’t picked. Silverfield and company have made appearances in Memphis, metro Dallas (twice) and Montgomery in the last half-decade.
During that four-game stretch, Memphis has gone 3-1, with a 36-25 Liberty Bowl victory over Iowa State in 2023. That came on the heels of a 38-10 rout over Utah State at the 2022 First Responder Bowl.
Two years prior, Memphis bested Florida Atlantic, 25-10, in the Montgomery Bowl. The program’s lone postseason loss in the past five years came at the 2019 Cotton Bowl, when they ran out of steam against Penn State in a 53-39 defeat in the heart of Texas.
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Christopher Boan writes for BetTennessee.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.