No time in the University of Memphis' football history has the program experienced back-to-back, 10-win seasons. That is one of the benchmarks the 9-3 Tigers will seek Wednesday morning at Legion Field as the team battles Auburn in the 10th Birmingham Bowl.
Auburn is 6-6 on the year after a regular season in which the team never won or lost more than two straight games. The Auburn Tigers ended the year losing four of its last six and were 2-6 in Southeastern Conference play.
Memphis is 2-0 in its series with Auburn and will be looking to win multiple games against Southeastern Conference opponents for the first time since beating both Arkansas and Ole Miss during the 1994 season.