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Game Preview: Arkansas State at Memphis

ARKANSAS STATE at MEMPHIS
Saturday, Sept. 5 • 8 p.m. • ESPN
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (58,318/FieldTurf)
Memphis, Tennessee

Television
ESPN
Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky and Cole Cubelic

Radio
WREC-AM 600 (Memphis flagship)
SiriusXM 84

THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 59th meeting between Memphis and Arkansas State in a series that dates to 1914 … Memphis holds a 29-24-5 series lead and took the most recent matchup with a 31-7 decision in the 2013 season … The Tigers won 10 straight in the series between 1991-2004

ARKANSAS STATE
0-0, 0-0 Sun Belt

Head Coach
Blake Anderson (Sam Houston State ’92)
47-30, eighth season

Notes
Arkansas State was picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference’s West Division in the league’s preseason coaches’ poll … The Red Wolves had six players named to the Sun Belt’s preseason all-conference teams, including three first-team picks … WR Jonathan Adams Jr.