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This fall will mark the 10th anniversary of the highest scoring football team in Memphis Tiger history. Led by junior tailback DeAngelo Williams, the 2004 Tigers scored 430 points over the course of their 8-4 season.

Before Williams arrived in 2002, only five Memphis teams scored as many as 300 points in a season. Name those years.

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• 1950: 374 points (team finished 9-2)
• 1960: 303 points (8-2)
• 1961: 332 points (8-2)
• 1969: 328 points (8-2)
• 1992: 312 points (6-5)

By Frank Murtaugh

Frank Murtaugh is the managing editor of Memphis magazine. He's covered sports for the Flyer for two decades. "From My Seat" debuted on the Flyer site in 2002 and "Tiger Blue" in 2009.