Stung by the heartbreak of their last two title game appearances, Antonio Gibson made sure that Memphis was the team that was celebrating in this year's American Championship MEMPHIS — The strength of this high-scoring Memphis football team this season has been the number of skill position players who can take over a game. But there is no one who has been more of a game-changer than 6-2, 221- pound senior wideout Antonio Gibson. Gibson gave us a preview of coming attractions earlier this season when he piled up an American Athletic Conference-record 386 all-purpose yards that included a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown as the Tigers knocked off 15th-ranked, SMU, 54-48, before a massive crowd of 59,506 at the Liberty Bowl and an ABC national television audience.
by Dick Weiss
American Stories: Gibson, Tigers Change the Game
