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In December 1983, the playing field was renamed Rex Dockery Field in honor of Rex Dockery, a former Memphis Tigers football coach who had recently died in a plane crash. The field, which had been natural grass since its inception, was replaced with a FieldTurf surface before the 2005 season; this was subsequently replaced with the modern ...
On October 18, the Tigers lost a close 14–9 contest to rival Southern Miss. [234] Memphis State won its first game of the season on November 1 with a 22–21 victory over Vanderbilt. [235] The Tigers lost their last three games of the season, falling to Tennessee by a margin of 33–3, [ 236 ] Tulane by a margin of 15–6 [ 237 ] and New ...
A rare photo of Gene Bartow, Larry Finch and Ronnie Robinson inside the plane after making the Final Four in 1973. An action shot from Rex Dockery’s final game in 1982.
The Memphis native played from 1988-92 for former Tigers coach Larry Finch and was teammates with current coach Penny Hardaway. He spent the past five seasons as athletic director at New Orleans.
John "Rex" Dockery (February 7, 1942 – December 12, 1983) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas Tech University from 1978 to 1980 and at Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis , from 1981 to 1983, compiling a career college football record of 23–40–3.
Finch was an assistant coach with the Rockets from 2011-16. ... Dorsey's only formal coaching experience came at Memphis. Tigers coach Penny Hardaway brought Dorsey on as a volunteer assistant ...
The stands are relatively steep for a one-tier, true bowl stadium. Also, there is little space between the side and end lines of the playing surface and the stands. In December 1983, the playing field was renamed Rex Dockery Field in honor of Rex Dockery, a former Memphis Tigers football coach who died in a plane crash.
The Tigers did not have anyone selected in the 2024 NFL Draft. Memphis also did not have any draft picks in 2023, meaning the last Tigers selected were Dylan Parham and Calvin Austin III in 2022.