# Paint Bucket Bowl

The Paint Bucket Bowl is the name given to the Arkansas State–Memphis football rivalry. It is a college football rivalry between the Arkansas State Red Wolves and the Memphis Tigers.

## History

The name of the rivalry was created when officials from the two schools decided to create a trophy for the winner of the game out of some buckets of paint and some paint brushes. The losing school also designed a particular area on its campus that the winner could smear with paint, in an attempt to eliminate the defacing of each campus and the "kidnapping" of opposing football players during game week. The tradition evolved into the winning school being given a trophy from the other—a paint bucket decorated in the colors of the two schools and inscribed with the game score. The two teams have met 62 times on the football field, with Memphis currently holding a 33–23–5 edge in the all-time series. The last meeting between the schools was in 2023. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that a further four-year extension of the series will begin in 2026.

## Game results

| Arkansas State victories | Memphis victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 1 | October 27, 1914 | Jonesboro, AR | First District | 18–6 |
| 2 | October 8, 1915 | Jonesboro, AR | First District | 41–0 |
| 3 | November 30, 1916 | Jonesboro, AR | First District | 27–0 |
| 4 | October 19, 1917 | Jonesboro, AR | First District | 19–0 |
| 5 | November 28, 1918 | Jonesboro, AR | West Tennessee | 37–6 |
| 6 | October 17, 1919 | Jonesboro, AR | First District | 6–0 |
| 7 | October 11, 1920 | Jonesboro, AR | First District | 13–0 |
| 8 | November 11, 1921 | Jonesboro, AR | First District | 19–0 |
| 9 | November 24, 1922 | Memphis, TN | West Tennessee | 68–0 |
| 10 | October 27, 1923 | Jonesboro, AR | West Tennessee | 6–0 |
| 11 | October 9, 1925 | Jonesboro, AR | First District A&M | 19–0 |
| 12 | October 9, 1926 | Memphis, TN | First District A&M | 7–0 |
| 13 | November 5, 1927 | Jonesboro, AR | First District A&M | 9–6 |
| 14 | November 3, 1928 | Memphis, TN | West Tennessee State | 19–14 |
| 15 | November 1, 1929 | Jonesboro, AR | West Tennessee State | 6–0 |
| 16 | November 1, 1930 | Memphis, TN | First District A&M | 13–6 |
| 17 | October 30, 1931 | Jonesboro, AR | First District A&M | 14–6 |
| 18 | November 2, 1932 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State | 12–6 |
| 19 | November 24, 1933 | Jonesboro, AR | Tie | 0–0 |
| 20 | October 13, 1934 | Memphis, TN | West Tennessee State | 18–0 |
| 21 | October 4, 1935 | Jonesboro, AR | Arkansas State | 18–0 |
| 22 | October 1, 1938 | Jonesboro, AR | West Tennessee State | 38–2 |
| 23 | September 29, 1939 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State | 7–6 |
| 24 | November 17, 1947 | Memphis, TN | Tie | 19–19 |
| 25 | November 19, 1948 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 34–13 |
| 26 | November 12, 1949 | Jonesboro, AR | Memphis State | 61–7 |
| 27 | November 11, 1950 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 60–7 |
| 28 | November 7, 1953 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State | 20–0 |
| 29 | October 30, 1954 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 26–7 |
| 30 | October 29, 1955 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State | 21–20 |
| 31 | November 3, 1956 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 34–0 |
| 32 | November 9, 1957 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 34–0 |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 33 | September 27, 1975 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State | 29–10 |
| 34 | October 4, 1980 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 24–3 |
| 35 | November 27, 1982 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 12–0 |
| 36 | November 19, 1983 | Memphis, TN | Tie | 14–14 |
| 37 | September 1, 1984 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 17–2 |
| 38 | September 13, 1986 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State | 30–10 |
| 39 | October 31, 1987 | Memphis, TN | Tie | 21–21 |
| 40 | September 10, 1988 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 9–7 |
| 41 | September 9, 1989 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State | 17–13 |
| 42 | September 1, 1990 | Memphis, TN | Tie | 24–24 |
| 43 | September 21, 1991 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 31–21 |
| 44 | October 17, 1992 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 37–7 |
| 45 | October 9, 1993 | Memphis, TN | Memphis State | 45–3 |
| 46 | October 15, 1994 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 15–6 |
| 47 | October 11, 1997 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 38–9 |
| 48 | October 31, 1998 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 35–19 |
| 49 | September 18, 1999 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 31–26 |
| 50 | September 16, 2000 | Jonesboro, AR | Memphis | 19–17 |
| 51 | September 27, 2003 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 38–16 |
| 52 | September 18, 2004 | Jonesboro, AR | No. 25 Memphis | 47–35 |
| 53 | October 14, 2006 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas State† | 26–23 |
| 54 | September 27, 2007 | Jonesboro, AR | Arkansas State | 35–31 |
| 55 | September 27, 2008 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 29–17 |
| 56 | September 10, 2011 | Jonesboro, AR | Arkansas State | 47–3 |
| 57 | September 8, 2012 | Jonesboro, AR | Arkansas State | 33–28 |
| 58 | September 21, 2013 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 31–7 |
| 59 | September 5, 2020 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 37–24 |
| 60 | September 11, 2021 | Jonesboro, AR | Memphis | 55–50 |
| 61 | September 17, 2022 | Memphis, TN | Memphis | 44–32 |
| 62 | September 9, 2023 | Jonesboro, AR | Memphis | 37–3 |
| Series: Memphis leads 33–23–5 |||||
| † Arkansas State vacated game |||||