Football
Hogs adding Memphis to future schedule could be positive recruiting tool
Arkansas will meet Memphis on the football field for the first time since 1998 when the two schools open a three-game series at Memphis on Sept. 20, 2025.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas will meet Memphis on the football field for the first time since 1998 when the two schools open a three-game series at Memphis on Sept. 20, 2025.
Memphis will come to Fayetteville the next year and again in 2028.
It’s a move that helps the Razorbacks in an area Chad Morris and his staff have targeted as a high priority with a decent-size number of quality players in the area each year.
The Razorbacks and Tigers have met only five times on the gridiron previously with all five games coming between 1992-98.
The 1998 matchup also came inside Memphis’ Liberty Bowl with the Hogs winning 23-9 in head coach Houston Nutt’s debut season.
The two teams met in four consecutive seasons from 1992-95 with the Tigers claiming the first three games and the Razorbacks winning the 1995 game inside Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium 27-20.
“I am excited for our fans throughout Arkansas and extending into Memphis that this series has come to fruition,” athletics director Hunter Yurachek said in a press release. “Based on the proximity of the two institutions and their respective fan bases, I believe these games will generate tremendous interest.”
Arkansas now has two non-conference games scheduled for the 2025 season with Notre Dame’s first-ever visit to Fayetteville joining the Tigers on the schedule.
(Information from Razorback Sports Communications included in the report)
