MEMPHIS – Tigers head football coach talks about recruiting within a tank of gas drive of Memphis. Tiger fans will also be able to cheer on their team in the region with Monday's announcement of a four-year series with Arkansas State. The two regional foes will face off four times, beginning in 2020. Memphis will host ASU in 2020 and 2022 and will play in Jonesboro in 2021 and 2023.
Memphis and Arkansas State have squared off 58 times, and Memphis leads the overall series 29-24-5, including a 31-7 win in Memphis in the series' last meeting in 2013.