MEMPHIS POSTGAME NOTES

Sep 26, 2009 | Football

Sept. 26, 2009

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MISCELLANEOUS TEAM NOTES

· Captains for Memphis were seniors Will Hudgens, Steven Turner and Matt Reagan.

· Sophomore receiver Cam Baker made his first career start today.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

· Senior Duke Calhoun logged an 80-yard reception for a touchdown with 4:24 remaining in the first quarter to notch his second reception of 80 or more yards in consecutive games. He hauled in an 85-yard reception for a TD last week against UT Martin. Calhoun's 80-yard reception ranks tied for 13th in all-time long receptions. Calhoun is now tied for fourth (with Bill Robertson, 1947-50) all-time with 16 TD receptions.

· This is only the third time in school history that Memphis has had two or more 80-yard passing plays in a season. The other two seasons were 1998 and 2003.

· With the 80-yard reception, Duke Calhoun extended his receiving streak to 41 games. He came into today's game ranked third nationally in active receiving streaks. Calhoun has caught a pass in each of his 41 career games played for the Tigers.

· Steven Joachim caught a 16-yard pass in the second quarter to mark his fourth straight game with a reception of 13 or more yards.

· With his 62 yards receiving today, Carlos Singleton became only the fourth Tiger in school history to amass 2,000 yards receiving. He came into the game with 1,970 yards, and continues to rank fourth all-time with 2,032 yards. Singleton achieved his 2,000th yard in his 41st career game, which ranks third all-time. He is behind Calhoun, who logged his 2,000th yard in his 35th game, and Damien Dodson, who amassed 2,000 yards in 39 games. Singleton also ranks fourth with 136 career receptions.

· With his 141 yards on five catches, Duke Calhoun extended his school record to nine career games over the century mark in receiving. He has also accomplished this in consecutive games after totaling 174 yards last week versus UT Martin. Calhoun's last series of consecutive games of 100 yards was in 2007 (three games in Nov. vs ECU, USM & UAB).

DEFENSIVE NOTES

· True freshman Dontari Poe dropped Brian Anderson for a loss of a yard on 2nd-and-9 from the Memphis 33 in the first quarter for his second career sack. Poe also forced a fumble on the play, but the ball was recovered by Marshall.

· D.A. Griffin tackled Darius Marshall at the Marshall 35 and popped the ball loose for his second career forced fumble; his first for 2009. The ball was recovered by Greg Jackson at the 35, marking his second career fumble recovery; his first of '09. The Tigers turned the ball over on an interception on the ensuing drive.

· Junior transfer Tim McGee sacked Brian Anderson for a loss of 11 yards in the third quarter for his first career sack with the Tigers. McGee also had a TFL for a loss of two yards in the game. He finished the game with three tackles, including two solo stops.

· Josh Weaver sacked Brian Anderson for a loss of seven yards in the fourth quarter, and also forced Anderson to fumble the ball at the Marshall 28. It is Weaver's eight career sack and his third career forced fumble. Marshall recovered the ball to continue their drive.

· Junior Darius Davis logged a career-best 12 tackles , which included five solo stops. He also had one pass breakup in the game.

· In his first game for the Tigers, Marcus Ball tallied five tackles and one pass breakup. Ball transferred to Memphis after previously playing at Florida State and Pearl River CC.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

· Matt Reagan booted field goals of 20, 22 and 25 yards today to give him five for the season and 40 for his career. For his career, Reagan is 25-of-27 in field goals from 20-29 yards. The three field goals are a season high for the senior whose career high is four set in 2007 against UAB.

· With the three field goals and the one PAT today, Reagan moved into fourth place in scoring by a kicker with 221 points. He surpassed John Butler who totaled 214 points from 1986-89. It is Reagan's second-consecutive 10+ point game after having 11 points kicking against UT Martin last week.

· Redshirt freshman Curtis Johnson was back on both kick returns and punt returns today. He logged a career-best 51 yards on two kick returns and had two punt returns for six yards.

· True freshman Marcus Hightower made his first career kick return in the fourth quarter and returned it 27 yards.

· Matt Reagan has continued to give the Tigers a chance at field position. Today, he dropped three of his six punts inside the 20 and had a career long punt of 65 yards. For the year, he has dropped 13 of his 26 punts inside the 20. His average of 44.3 currently ranks third all-time in school history in single season punting average.