Postgame Notes

Nov 27, 2010 | Football

Nov. 27, 2010

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MEMPHIS POSTGAME NOTES
Game 12 - vs. - November 27, 2010 - Memphis, Tenn.

TEAM GAME NOTES
 Captains for today's game were seniors Keenan Bratcher, Brad Paul, Charlie Bryant and Lester Lawson.

OFFENSIVE NOTES
 Redshirt freshman tight end Brooks Johnson hauled in a 29-yard reception in the first quarter for a career-high catch. The Tigers scored one play later on a 23-yard pass to Marcus Rucker.

 Marcus Rucker finishes the 2010 season on a 12-game receiving streak, having caught a pass in each game. Rucker's second catch today was a 23-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Williams with 3:38 remaining in the first quarter to tie the score, 7-7. It was Rucker's eighth TD catch of the season; the 10th of his career. It was Williams' 12th TD pass this season.

 Marcus Rucker has scored in four of the last six games and totals six TDs during that stretch.

 Billy Foster caught a pass and raced downfield for a 64-yard reception in the third quarter for the second-longest offensive play of the season. Memphis later scored on a 30-yard field goal on the drive.

 Ryan Williams totaled 272 yards and a touchdown on 21-of-34 passing for his fourth-straight game over 200 yards passing. He totals six 200-yard games this season. Williams finished with his second-highest passing performance of the season. Williams finished his first season having completed 165 of his 290 pass attempts for 2,075 yards and 13 TDs. His yardage ranks ninth in school history in the single-season records.

 The Tigers had 10 players with at least one reception in the game, marking the first time this has happened since 2008 against Louisville.

 Senior Deven Onarheim scored his first career touchdown on his 32nd career reception in his final game as a Tiger. The score came on a two-yard reception from Ryan Williams with :37 seconds left in the game. With his second touchdown pass of the game, Williams posted his fourth multiple touchdown game of his season.

DEFENSIVE NOTES
 Linebacker DeRon Furr was back in the lineup today after missing the UAB game with an injury. He recovered a fumble early in the second quarter for his second fumble recovery of the season.

 Defensive lineman Frank Trotter logged a tackle for a loss of a yard in the third quarter to give him 16 for the year and placing himself in the Top 5 in school history in single-season TFLs. Trotter added an assisted tackle for loss in the fourth quarter to give him 16.5 for the year and finishes the season in fourth place in school history after passing Marquis Bowling (1997) and Marcus Bell (2000) who both tallied 16 TFLs.

 Terrence Thomas dropped Jeff Godfrey for a loss of eight yards on 3rd-and-6 for his third sack of the season. The play forced UCF to go for a 45-yard field goal, which was blocked by true freshman Johnnie Farms and Jamon Hughes recovered the ball.

 Memphis blocked UCF's 45-yard field goal attempt in the third quarter for their first blocked field goal since 2008 against Tulane.

 True freshman Corey Jones dropped Jeff Godfrey for a loss of five yards with just 26 seconds remaining in the third quarter for his third sack of the season. Jones is now tied with Dasmine Cathey for the team-lead in sacks with three.

 Jamon Hughes tallied 147 tackles this season to rank tied for fourth in school history with Todd Ondra, who tallied 147 tackles in 1980. Hughes closes the season with 77 assisted tackles, which ranks third in single-season history. Hughes logged 11 tackles in today's game to lead the Tigers in stops for the 11th time this season. He has posted double-digit tackles in eight games, all of which were against C-USA opponents.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
 Kicker Paulo Henriques booted a 30-yard field goal with 10:35 remaining in the third quarter. Henriques is 14-of-18 on the year, and has converted his last nine-straight attempts since his last miss (a 42 yarder) against Louisville on Oct. 9. He is 8-for-8 in attempts under 40 yards.

 D.A. Griffin logged 100 yards on six kick returns for his third-straight game over the century mark. He has five games over 100 yards in kick return yards this season.

 Tom Hornsey had six punts for 237 yards in today's contest. The 80 punts ties the school record for most punts in a season, which was originally set in 1978 by Hugh Owens. Russell Richards also logged 80 punts in 1980. Hornsey is also the school season leader in yards punted with 3,416. His 42.7 season average ranks fifth all-time in school history.