Claim: In 2017, led by coach Mike Norvell (who was also a coach for Arizona State, Pittsburgh, Tulsa and Central Arkansas) the Memphis Tigers only lost three scheduled games, two to UCF on September 30th and December 2nd and their final game to Iowa State on December 30th.
Evidence: They were led by second-year head coach Mike Norvell. He has coached at Arizona State, Pittsburgh, Tulsa, and Central Arkansas. Louisiana–Monroe* W 37–29 No. 25 UCLA* W 48–45 Southern Illinois* W 44–31 at UCF L 13–40 at Georgia State* Cancelled at UConn W 70–31 No. 25 Navy W 30–27 at Houston W 42–38 Tulane W 56–26 at Tulsa W 41–14 SMU W 66–45 East Carolina W 70–13 at No. 12 UCF L 55–62 Iowa State* L 20–21