I believe the premise is not necessarily best w/l or highest ranking, but best season. For example Temple won the American in 2016, which IMO beats 2015 which was another great season for different reasons.
One interesting note is that I believe Temple lost to Tulane in the 1939 Sugar Bowl which is noted as Tulanes best season.
Anyway it’s a subjective list on an interesting football topic with 800 days until football starts again.

(07-12-2018 09:02 AM)vick mike Wrote:  I believe the premise is not necessarily best w/l or highest ranking, but best season. For example Temple won the American in 2016, which IMO beats 2015 which was another great season for different reasons.
One interesting note is that I believe Temple lost to Tulane in the 1939 Sugar Bowl which is noted as Tulanes best season.
Anyway it’s a subjective list on an interesting football topic with 800 days until football starts again.

Don't do that to me, I had to check the calendar to make sure that wasn't true.

(07-11-2018 11:26 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Houston finished #4 as an independent... how is 2015 are best season lol?


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Yeah we have finished higher than 2015 twice.

#5 1979
#4 1976

(07-12-2018 09:02 AM)vick mike Wrote:  I believe the premise is not necessarily best w/l or highest ranking, but best season.

Even by that metric as good as 2015 was we were better in 1976, 1978, 1979, 1990, and 2011 at the least.

2015 was no worst than our 6th best season and an argument could be made for top 5 but #1?

Nope.............

(07-12-2018 09:25 AM)GO Coogs GO!!! Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 09:02 AM)vick mike Wrote:  I believe the premise is not necessarily best w/l or highest ranking, but best season.

Even by that metric as good as 2015 was we were better in 1976, 1978, 1979, 1990, and 2011 at the least.

2015 was no worst than our 6th best season and an argument could be made for top 5 but #1?

Nope.............

Yes it seems the list badly misjudged Houston.

(07-12-2018 09:25 AM)GO Coogs GO!!! Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 09:02 AM)vick mike Wrote:  I believe the premise is not necessarily best w/l or highest ranking, but best season.

Even by that metric as good as 2015 was we were better in 1976, 1978, 1979, 1990, and 2011 at the least.

2015 was no worst than our 6th best season and an argument could be made for top 5 but #1?

Nope.............

2011 is pure subjective and opinion....the 2015 finished higher, had a way harder schedule and had more players drafted....i get that 2011 was statisticall the best offense in the history of college football

but 2011 vs 2015 is pure opinion and subjective

(07-12-2018 07:48 AM)Sellular1 Wrote:  I don't think the writer is referring to final record as the metric for greatest season. For USF, the 2007 season was great because of being ranked #2 in the country. The last 2 years we've had 10+ wins each season.

Should add an asterisk because it was only for a week and you finished unranked. 2007 was a weird year with a lot of top teams losing in succession. That ranking was clearly an anomaly.

(07-12-2018 07:39 AM)mikeinoki Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 06:02 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Memphis went 10-0 in 1938 and 9-0-1 in 1963.

Not sure 1963 was better than 2014. The only teams with a pulse Memphis beat in '63 were Miss. St. and Southern Miss. In 2014 it was Cincy, Temple and BYU, with a bowl win and a national ranking. The 1938 season I don't recognize most of the teams.

He might have gotten that one right.

Say wut? You are terribly mistaken. I saw both seasons.

We played Ole Miss that year, when they were ranked #2 in the country, and tied them 0-0. Ole Miss finished the season as #3. Regardless of strength, that same year, we also beat South Carolina, Houston and Tulsa.

And we finished the year ranked #14, our highest poll finish ever.

Several of our players made first team AA that year.

The 2014 season (10-3) was not comparable to that performance.

(07-12-2018 08:52 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  I do not know for certain the best season in Tiger football history, but Memphis is presently in the best era of program history. Laissez le bon temps rouler....

IF we have another really good season, I would agree. But right now, the run from 1960-63 is arguably better than our last 4 years.

Ancient history. 1 good season 20 years ago is not a winning culture/tradition.

The only his I care about is the league champion being a consistent top10. The AAC champions need to be respected year in and year out. Programs can have down years but the league needs to be viable.

(07-12-2018 10:39 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:52 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  I do not know for certain the best season in Tiger football history, but Memphis is presently in the best era of program history. Laissez le bon temps rouler....

IF we have another really good season, I would agree. But right now, the run from 1960-63 is arguably better than our last 4 years.

It is difficult comparing eras - especially when spaced by over a half century. However, I think the present era beats out the 1960-1963 era based on results, quality of schedules, and resource disparity.

The reader may judge for his or her self by reviewing the game results from the 1960 through 1963 seasons.

1960 (8-2)
Texas-Arlington
WIN 35 - 0

Tennessee Tech University
WIN 37 - 6

University of Mississippi
LOSS 20 - 31

North Texas State
WIN 44 - 0

Hardin-Simmons
WIN 42 - 7

Mississippi State University
LOSS 0 - 21

VMI
WIN 21 - 8

Abilene Christian
WIN 55 - 6

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
WIN 42 - 0

University of Southern Mississippi
WIN 7 - 6

1961 (8-2)
The Citadel
WIN 40 - 0

University of Tulsa
WIN 48 - 12

vs Hardin-Simmons
WIN 56 - 0

University of Louisville
WIN 28 - 13

University of Southern Mississippi
WIN 21 - 7

Abilene Christian
WIN 35 - 0

Mississippi State University
LOSS 16 - 23

Furman University
LOSS 6 - 7

North Texas State
WIN 41 - 0

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
WIN 41 - 13

1962 (8-1)
Tennessee Tech
WIN 12 - 6

University of Mississippi
LOSS 7 - 21

North Texas State
WIN 14 - 6

University of Louisville
WIN 49 - 0

University of Southern Mississippi
WIN 8 - 6

Mississippi State University
WIN 28 - 7

The Citadel
WIN 60 - 13

Texas-Arlington
WIN 50 - 0

Detroit Mercy
WIN 33 - 8

1963 (9-0-1)
Southern Miss
WIN 28 - 7

University of Mississippi
TIE 0 - 0

University of Tulsa
WIN 28 - 15

North Texas State
WIN 21 - 0

West Texas State
WIN 29 - 14

Mississippi State University
WIN 17 - 10

University of Louisville
WIN 25 - 0

University of South Carolina
WIN 9 - 0

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
WIN 13 - 0

University of Houston
WIN 29 - 6

Tulsa's best season was the last season with Burns as our coach....It made us make a clear decision on turning the program around....I might have been the worst record in our history but it was our best season because the coach got the ax!!!!

(07-12-2018 08:21 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:08 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 07:39 AM)mikeinoki Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 06:02 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Memphis went 10-0 in 1938 and 9-0-1 in 1963.

Not sure 1963 was better than 2014. The only teams with a pulse Memphis beat in '63 were Miss. St. and Southern Miss. In 2014 it was Cincy, Temple and BYU, with a bowl win and a national ranking. The 1938 season I don't recognize most of the teams.

He might have gotten that one right.

That tie, the only blemish, was against Ole Miss who finished #7 in both polls and went to the Sugar Bowl. Anyway, that isn't the only problem with the OPs list by a long shot.

Btw - that '63 team finished ranked #14. And not sure why you assert that the 10-0 Memphis team doesn't count - especially when the OPs list includes teams that predate that. Sounds all made-up on the fly to be honest.

Not discounting the '63 team at all, just noting some similarities. Memphis beat 2 teams with a winning record that year, and tied Ole Miss 0-0. They finished #14 in the coaches poll that year. The AP only counted the top 10 at that time. If they counted the top 25 or even top 20 like they did from '68-'88, Memphis would likely have been in. Going undefeated in any era isn't easy.

(07-12-2018 11:46 AM)TUCandoit Wrote:  Tulsa's best season was the last season with Burns as our coach....It made us make a clear decision on turning the program around....I might have been the worst record in our history but it was our best season because the coach got the ax!!!!

Amen, when our tradition paid off and all those good lettermen came back and said enough. When big O walked Kragthorpe's resume into the AD's office and said talk to this guy. Jerry O will forever be one of my favorite TU stars ever. Shea Seals, Glenn Dobbs, Paul Smith up there too.

(07-12-2018 06:45 AM)Tigers2B1 Wrote:  I know Tulane went 12-0 and finished in the top 10. OP has a lot of this wrong.

I don't know how much time the writer put into this (he also did the SEC), but did anybody even read his comments?

Quote:Tulane (1939)
Red Dawson's Green Wave crew in 1939 won a share of the SEC title with a 5-0 conference record and suffered only one blemish in the regular season -- a 14-14 tie with North Carolina. Led by tackle Harley McCollum, the fifth-ranked Green Wave lost the Sugar Bowl in their own stadium top-ranked and eventual national champion Texas A&M. Polls were taken prior to bowl games in 1939, and the season marks the only time in program history it finished with a top five ranking.

Record: 8-1-1 (5-0 SEC) | Final ranking: No. 5
Coach: Red Dawson | MVP: T Harley McCollum
Championships won: SEC
Accolades: Consensus All-American (McCollum)
NFL Draft picks on the roster: 9
Did you know? Tulane posted five shutouts during the regular season, including a 13-0 win over No. 20 Alabama. The only other top 10 finish in program history was in 1998, when Tommy Bowden's team finished 12-0 and ranked No. 7.

Sounds like he had some valid arguments. The '98 team played no one ranked. On the other hand, 12-0 is a valid argument.