Rivalry leaderboard
Paint Bucket Bowl Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 35/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 31
- Series record
- Arkansas State 8-20-3 Memphis
- Tracked years
- 1914-2023
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
1 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1990Week 2
Memphis at Arkansas State
Memphis 24, Arkansas State 24
Result: Tie
Unranked Memphis vs. Unranked Arkansas State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1987Week 10
Memphis at Arkansas State
Memphis 21, Arkansas State 21
Result: Tie
Unranked Memphis vs. Unranked Arkansas State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1983Week 13
Memphis at Arkansas State
Memphis 14, Arkansas State 14
Result: Tie
Unranked Memphis vs. Unranked Arkansas State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 2000Week 4
Memphis at Arkansas State
Memphis 19, Arkansas State 17
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Memphis vs. Unranked Arkansas State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1988Week 3
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 7, Memphis 9
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1989Week 2
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 17, Memphis 13
Winner: Arkansas State
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1999Week 4
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 26, Memphis 31
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1994Week 8
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 6, Memphis 15
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 9-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
26
Game score
- 1991Week 4
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 21, Memphis 31
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 10-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
25
Game score
- 2004Week 4
Memphis at Arkansas State
Memphis 47, Arkansas State 35
Winner: Memphis
No. 25 Memphis vs. Unranked Arkansas State · 12-point margin
Ranking 1/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
24
Game score
- 1982Week 13
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 0, Memphis 12
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 12-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
23
Game score
- 1984Week 2
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 2, Memphis 17
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 15-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
20
Game score
- 1998Week 10
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 19, Memphis 35
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 16-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
19
Game score
- 1975Week 4
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 29, Memphis 10
Winner: Arkansas State
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 19-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
16
Game score
- 1986Week 3
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 30, Memphis 10
Winner: Arkansas State
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 20-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
15
Game score
- 1953Week 8
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 20, Memphis 0
Winner: Arkansas State
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 20-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
15
Game score
- 1980Week 6
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 3, Memphis 24
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 21-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
14
Game score
- 2003Week 6
Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State 16, Memphis 38
Winner: Memphis
Unranked Arkansas State vs. Unranked Memphis · 22-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15
13
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.