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It took R.C. Johnson 20 days from the time he fired former Memphis football coach Tommy West before he announced the hiring of the Tigers' new coach.

G.J. Kinne tossed a game-tying, 2-yard touchdown pass to Trae Johnson with 30 seconds and Kevin Fitzpatrick 's fourth field goal was the game-winner in overtime as Tulsa rallied to beat Memphis 33-30 in coach Tommy West's last game for the Tigers.

The Tiger Football team will close out its 2009 season with a Friday afternoon Conference USA matchup at Tulsa.

Senior receiver Tigers' career leader in catches and receiving yards . Trying to become only the 10th player in Conference USA history to reach 3,000 career receiving yards.

The Tiger Football team will close out the 2009 season with its final two games on the road, including this weekend's Conference USA matchup at the University of Houston.

HOUSTON - Case Keenum threw for 405 yards and five touchdowns in just more than two quarters, and No.

The Memphis Tigers are 2-8 on the season and have played their final home game of the year.

Houston remains the only Conference USA team in the AP Top 25. It hasn't appeared worthy of that position recently.

The 24th-ranked Houston Cougars open a regular- season ending two-game homestand this weekend, as they try to bounce back against the Memphis Tigers in Conference USA play at Robertson Stadium.

MEMPHIS - One play does not a season make. But a pair of first half turnovers cost the University of Memphis dearly in its 31-21 loss to the University of Alabama-Birmingham Saturday at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Memphis head coach Tommy West has a little fun with his players before taking the field for his last home game at Liberty Bowl Stadium on Saturday.

Joe Webb passed for 378 yards, threw three touchdowns and rushed for another score to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 31-21 win over Memphis on Saturday.

The first quarter was still in progress when it became clear to even the most casual observer at Neyland Stadium that Tennessee didn't take Memphis seriously.

It wasn't a fair fight. A struggling University of Memphis football team, reeling from lopsided back-to-back Conference USA losses to Southern Miss and East Carolina, couldn't stop its mid-season freefall against a Bowl Championship Series conference opponent: the fast-improving Tennessee Volunteers.

Jonathan Crompton threw for a career-high 331 yards and five touchdowns and ran for another as Tennessee routed Memphis 56-28 on Saturday night.

The University of Memphis Football Team sounds off about the firing of head coach Tommy West.

Memphis' Chris Hobbs fumbles the ball as he is hit by Tennessee's Shane Reveiz during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov.

Tennessee cornerback Eric Berry intercepts a pass from Memphis quarterback Will Hudgens and is one interception and 8 yards away from breaking an NCAA record on Saturday, Nov.

For the University of Memphis football program, its 11 trips to east Tennessee since the late 1960s to play the Volunteers have produced a shutout.

It's November. And after two months of collisions, Tennessee is looking deeper down the depth chart than ever when Memphis visits Neyland Stadium Saturday night.