Memphis Tigers

The Memphis Tigers represent the University of Memphis in Division I of the NCAA. They are members of C-USA until 2013 when they will move to the Big East Conference and currently feature nine women's sports and nine men's sports. These include: When the Memphis State University first fielded a football team in the fall of 1912, no one had selected a nickname for the squad. Early references to the football team tabbed them only as the Blue and Gray Warriors. After the final game of the 1914 season, there was a student parade. During this event, several University students shouted, "We fight like Tigers!" The nickname was born. As time passed, the nickname "Tigers" was increasingly used, particularly in campus publications, but did not...