The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame wants to congratulate both Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders and the University of Memphis Tigers for making it to their conference championships. Both teams are scheduled to play Saturday, December 1, 2018. We wish each team the best of luck as they fight for their conference titles!
The 2018 Conference USA Football Championship game will be played on Saturday, December 1, at Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, TN. The game will feature the East Division champion Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders against the West Division champion UAB Blazers. This match up will be the 7th all-time meeting against the Blazers and Blue Raiders. They last played each other the week before the game on November 24. Middle Tennessee defeated UAB, the winner of the West Division, 27-3. The win secured the Blue Raiders spot to host the 2018 conference title game. After the November 24 match up, Middle Tennessee broke the tie against UAB, and now leads the all-time series 4-3.
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship game will be played on Saturday, December 1, at Spectrum Stadium in Orlando, FL. The game will pit the champion of the Eastern Division, UCF Knights, against the champion of the Western Division, Memphis Tigers. Memphis has won four straight to overcome a 1-3 conference start and win the AAC West Division for the second straight year. This is the fourth meeting between the teams in two seasons. UCF has beaten the Tigers 12 consecutive times with Memphis winning the first matchup at home in 1990. Last year’s AAC championship game was the highest scoring conference title game in FBS history. The Knights and Tigers combined for 117 points and 1,479 yards total offense.