Team: Memphis Tigers
Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Conference: Conference USA
Sport: College Football
Background: The University of Memphis was
founded in Memphis, TN in 1912 as the West Tennessee Normal
School. Today it spreads over 1,160 acres (4.7 km²) and
nearly 200 buildings at four sites throughout West Tennessee.
Today the school's enrollment is approximately 20,000. 15,000
of which are undergraduate students.
History:
In 1909 the Tennessee Legislature enacted the General
Education Bill. Three years later the West Tennessee Normal
School opened in Memphis. The name was changed in 1925 to
West Tennessee State Teachers College. Another name change
followed in 1941, this time the school was renamed Memphis
State College. The school received the status of an University
in 1957. In 1966, the school started awarding doctoral degrees.
In 1994 the University changed its name to the current version.