Paint Bucket Bowl

First meetingOctober 27, 1914
First District 18, West Tennessee 6

Latest meetingSeptember 9, 2023
Memphis 37, Arkansas State 3

Next meetingSeptember 5, 2026

Paint Bucket Bowl
Statistics
Arkansas State Red Wolves Memphis Tigers
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 27, 1914 First District 18, West Tennessee 6
Latest meeting	September 9, 2023 Memphis 37, Arkansas State 3
Next meeting	September 5, 2026
Trophy	None
Meetings total	62
All-time series	Memphis leads, 33–23–5
Largest victory	West Tennessee, 68–0 (1922)
Longest win streak	Memphis, 10 (1991–2004)
Current win streak	Memphis, 4 (2013–present)

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Memphis

Arkansas State

Locations of Arkansas State and Memphis

The Paint Bucket Bowl is the name given to the Arkansas State–Memphis football rivalry.^[1] It is a college football rivalry between the Arkansas State Red Wolves and the Memphis Tigers.

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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

Game results

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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^[5]

v t e Arkansas State Red Wolves football
Venues	Kays Stadium (1937–1973) Centennial Bank Stadium (1974–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Memphis: Paint Bucket Bowl
Culture & lore	Howl "ASU Loyalty Song" Sound of the Natural State
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National championship season in bold

v t e Memphis Tigers football
Venues	Normal Field (1912–1916) Russwood Park (1912–1915, 1918–1920, 1922–1924) Hodges Field (1917, 1919, 1921–1923, 1926–1929) Memorial Field (1925–1936) Fairgrounds Stadium (1937, 1940) Crump Stadium (1937–1964) Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (1965–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas State: Paint Bucket Bowl Cincinnati Louisville Ole Miss Southern Miss: Black and Blue Bowl UAB: Battle for the Bones
Culture & lore	History Pouncer TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South Miami Beach Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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