TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Seth Henigan threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns as Memphis beat Florida State 20-12 on Saturday, taking the Tigers of the American Athletic Conference to 3-0 and dropping the Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference to 0-3.
Henigan, a senior, connected with Greg Desrosiers Jr. and Anthony Landphere on the touchdown passes, and Caden Costa kicked field goals of 35 and 19 yards as Memphis jumped out to a 20-3 lead in the third quarter. It was Henigan’s 40th straight game with at least one touchdown toss. The touchdown drives for the Tigers covered 65 and 75 yards, and they finished 7-for-17 on third-down conversions and 2-for-3 on fourth downs in the game.
It all helped continue a terrific start to Ryan Silverfield’s fifth season as head coach — a role the former offensive assistant was promoted to when former Tigers boss Mike Norvell left the Tennessee team in December 2019 to take over at Florida State.
“Winning is hard, and I never want to minimize a win,” said Silverfield, a Jacksonville native who got the chance to celebrate in his home Sunshine State. “But this is monumental. Let’s call it what it is. To go on the road, regardless of the record, they were preseason No. 10 in the country. It’s huge for our program. This is a game that’s going to be remembered for a long time.”
Memphis players, coaches and fans won’t soon forget it, and the Tigers were taking home quite the bonus: a $1.3 million “guarantee game” paycheck from Florida State as well as a resumé-building victory road win over a power conference program.