Remembering the 2003 Tigers, the team that ended a 31-year drought
Memphis quarterback Danny Wimprine (18) in action during the New Orleans Bowl against North Texas in the Louisiana Superdome Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003. Wimprine and the 2003 Memphis Tigers football team will be honored at Saturday’s Memphis-Boise State game. (Andrew J. Cohoon/AP file)
Memphis hadn’t qualified for a bowl game in three decades before the 2003 season. The Tigers won nine games, breathing life into the struggling program and catapulting it into what it is today.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.
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