Seth Henigan threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns in his final game for No. 25 Memphis, tying the American Athletic Conference career touchdown pass record with 104, as the Tigers beat West Virginia 42-37 in the Frisco Bowl on Tuesday night won.

Memphis (11-2) achieved just 11 wins for just the second time in its 109-year football history and improved to 4-0 in bowl games under fifth-year coach Ryan Silverfield.

West Virginia had scored on six consecutive possessions (four touchdowns) before another chance came in the final minute after the Tigers missed a 50-yard field goal. But the Mountaineers’ final push ended when Elijah Herring had an interception.

Henigan is currently the only FBS starting quarterback to play at the same school for four years, and his 50th game for the Tigers came just over 20 miles from his hometown of Denton, Texas. He completed 18 of 26 passes, including an 89-yard catch-and-run in the fourth quarter when DeMeer Blankumsee was brought down on the 1st.

Garrett Greene was 29 of 40 passing for 328 yards with two TD passes to Hudson Clement and also ran for 95 yards and a score for the Mountaineers (6-7). Clement finished with 11 catches for 166 yards and CJ Donaldson ran for 83 yards and two touchdowns.

West Virginia played five days after Rich Rodriguez was rehired for a second term as head coach at his alma mater, 17 years after he left. He was at the game while offensive coordinator Chad Scott served as interim coach.

Memphis never trailed, taking a 7-0 lead about 10 minutes into the game on Henigan’s first TD pass, after the quarterback had a 23-yard run on the next play and a 4-yard underhand scoop to Mario Anderson achieved. His AAC record score was an 18-yard throw to Blankumsee with 55 seconds left in the first half for a 28-14 lead.

Clayton Tune threw 104 TD passes for Houston from 2018 to 2022.

Henigan finished Memphis with a career high of 14,266 yards, 104 touchdowns and 1,147 completions. All of these records were previously held by Brady White, the quarterback he succeeded with the Tigers.

Less than five minutes into the second quarter, West Virginia trailed 17-0 after Green incompleted a fourth down and Greg Desrosier ran 46 yards for a Memphis TD on the next play. The Mountaineers then scored on six straight possessions.

Memphis scored at least 20 points in its 40th consecutive game since November 2021, by far the longest active streak in the country. Next on the list is Miami’s 16 straight games. … The Tigers already had a ten-win season for the first time. The only other time they had more wins was in 2019, when they went 12-2.

Rodriguez begins his second term as West Virginia’s head coach on August 30 at home against FCS team Robert Morris. His final game with the Mountaineers was a 13-9 loss to Pittsburgh in the regular season finale on December 1, 2007, the loss giving them a chance to play in the BCS national championship game. He then traveled to Michigan.

Memphis has won its last eight games at its home stadium, starting with a victory over Big 12 team Iowa State in the 2023 Liberty Bowl. Their 2025 opener is August 30 against FCS team Chattanooga.

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