MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Cody Sandlin kicks a 43-yard field goal with four seconds left to give Tennessee-Martin a 20-17 win over Memphis in the season opener for both teams.
It looked like the game - which was delayed several hours by bad weather - was headed to overtime when Memphis' Keiwone Malone fumbled a punt. The Skyhawks recovered the miscue at the Tigers' 27-yard line with 17 seconds to play. Then Sandlin connected on the game-winner to ruin Justin Fuente's coaching debut with the Tigers.
Memphis had tied the game at 17 with 52 seconds to play when Jacob Karam connected with Marcus Rucker on a 20-yard TD pass.
Karam was 12 for 28 and threw for 157 yards and a touchdown for the Tigers. Memphis' Jerell Rhodes added 106 rushing yards on 24 carries.
UT-Martin quarterback Derek Carr passed for 211 yards and finished 19-for-38 with a touchdown.
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| Scoring Summary |
| MEMP | Jerrell Rhodes 3 yd run (Paulo Henriques kick) |
| TNMART | Quentin Sims 9 yd pass from Derek Carr (Cody Sandlin kick) |
| MEMP | Paulo Henriques 33 yd FG |
| TNMART | DJ McNeil 5 yd run (Cody Sandlin kick) |
| TNMART | Cody Sandlin 26 yd FG |
| MEMP | Marcus Rucker 20 yd pass from Jacob Karam (Paulo Henriques kick) |
| TNMART | Cody Sandlin 43 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| TNMART | MEMP | |
| First Downs | 25 | 20 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 2-13 | 8-17 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-2 | 2-3 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 77-392 | 72-359 |
| Rushes-Yds | 38-181 | 44-202 |
| Passing Yds | 211 | 157 |
| Kick Return Yds | 0 | 52 |
| Punt Return Yds | 0 | -3 |
| Passes | 19-39-2 | 12-28-0 |
| Punts | 3-110 | 4-177 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-1 | 3-3 |
| Penalties-Yds | 2-13 | 6-68 |
| Time of Poss. | 30:54 | 29:6 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| TNMART: Jason McNair 15-82, Tevin Barksdale 11-50, DJ McNeil 10-42, Derek Carr 2-7 |
| MEMP: Jerrell Rhodes 24-106, Jacob Karam 10-52, Jaquise Cook 9-40, Eric Mathews 1-4 |
| PASSING |
| TNMART: Derek Carr 19-38-211-2, James Satterfield 0-1-0-0 |
| MEMP: Jacob Karam 12-28-157-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| TNMART: Quentin Sims 8-70, Dylan Davis 4-62, Jason McNair 4-35, Tevin Barksdale 2-29, Ben Everett 1-15 |
| MEMP: Kevin Wright 4-29, Marcus Rucker 3-45, Keiwone Malone 2-33, Alan Cross 1-36, Jaquise Cook 1-10, Jerrell Rhodes 1-4 |
