The Temple Owls football team represents Temple University in a college football sport. The Temple Owls competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They played their home game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Owls was a football-only member of the Big East Conference from 1991 to 2004. Temple was expelled from the league due to a lack of commitment to football programs from university officials. Temple played the 2005 and 2006 seasons as an independent player before playing at the Mid-America Conference (MAC) from 2007 to 2011. In March 2012, the Owls joined the Big East Conference, with football membership starting in the 2012 season and all other sports. began playing the conference in 2013. That same year, the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference after several basketball-only schools broke away to form a new conference that retained the Great East name. Temple is the last member of Big East football that is still at the American Athletic Conference, as well as the only former BCS AQ original conference team that is not part of the 5 conference powers of the college playoffs.
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History
Beginner
Temple began to play organized soccer in 1894, a decade after school was founded. Physical education instructor and basketball coach Charles M. Williams organized an 11-man squad that won their first game against Philadelphia Dental College. During the first few years, the football team played in small schools and there were few notes about the game.
The Owls' modern era began in 1925. It was the year that Henry J. "Heinie" Miller was hired as head coach, and for the time being, the Owls were a regional power. In the 1927 season, after a highly ill-fitting victory over Blue Ridge College (110-0), Juniata (58-0), Gallaudet (62-0) and Washington College (75-0), Temple seemed to increase its schedule. Their only loss of the season came from Dartmouth, and the 44-year rivalry with Bucknell College began with Temple posting a 19-13 victory. To start the 1928 season, Owls moved to Temple Stadium, and won his first six home games at shutouts. Miller coached eight seasons and drew a 50-15-8 record, with two notable victories over Penn State's regional footballing power.
The Warner Era (1934-1938)
After Miller's departure in 1933, the Owls made a national splash by hiring the next coach, the legendary Glenn "Pop" Warner. Warner had spent 19 years earlier in Pittsburgh and Stanford, winning three national championships. He ended his career at Temple, going 31-18-2 in six seasons. In 1934, the Owls went 7-0-2 in the regular season and were invited to play in the inaugural Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, 1935, where they lost to unbeaten Tulane, 20-14. In 1936, Owl was ranked in the Poll AP in the first year for two weeks. In Warner's last game, Temple tempered Florida 20-12, who was coached by future Josh Cody Temple coach.
Post Warner Era
From the time Warner retired at the end of the 1938 to 1963 season, the Owls only had four seasons of victory. Warner's boss, Fred H. Swan, took over as head coach in 1939. He survived a season before Temple hired high school coach, Ray Morrison. During this time, Temple has had several successful seasons and has an All-American (honorable mention) and All-Star player. The Owls descended to a 6-1 start in 1941, beating rivals Penn State, Bucknell and Villanova that season. The 1945 season brought 6-0 up and hope to go to one of two bowl games: the prestigious Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl. However, even with a 7-1 season record, Temple did not accept a good offer. After the 1940s, Temple's program began to decline. The team reached a nadir point in the late 1950s, maintaining a record of 21 consecutive games lost from the last four games of the 1957 season and throughout the 1958 and 1959 seasons. George O'Makris_era_ (1960-1969) "> George Makris era (1960-1969) The Wayne Hardin Era (1970-1982)
After the 1969 season, the Owls became independent again to improve their schedule and compete against the top teams in the East. Under new coach Wayne Hardin, who trains six years in the Navy, Temple is up to the challenge. Temple went 9-1 in 1973 and 8-2 in 1974 and won 14 straight games at one point. Temple played regular season games at the Japanese Mirage Bowl twice, losing 35-32 to Grambling State in 1977 and defeating Boston College 28-24 in 1978.
In 1979, the Owls had a 10-2 record and the most wins in school history. The Owls opened the season with a 38-16 win in West Virginia and then beat Rutgers (41-20) and Syracuse (49-17). The only temple loss during the regular season is for the Pittsburgh national rankings (10-9) and Penn State (22-7). In the match at Penn State, before the record-setting crowd, the Owls lead 7-6 in half. After the 1979 season, the Owls beat California 28-17 in the second Garden State Bowl. The crowds who watched Temple defeat California (55,952) were the largest in the short history of the bowl.
Hardin led the Owls to an 80-52-3 record for 12 years. Under Hardin, the Owls are one of the more volatile Eastern football powers and often beat local rivals West Virginia, Rutgers and Syracuse. In the 1970s, Temple went 4-4 against West Virginia, 2-1 against Rutgers, 1-1 against Syracuse, 4-1-1 against Cincinnati and 2-0 against Connecticut. They also came closest to defeating Penn State since the 1940s, losing a point in 1975 and 1967.
Bruce_Arians_era_.281983.E2.80.931988.29 "> Bruce Arian Era (1983-1988)
When Hardin retired in 1982, Owls hired Bruce Arians - who was then 30 years old - to replace him. The previous season, Arians worked under the leadership of Alabama legend Paul "Bear" Bryant as a walking back coach. At Temple, Arians succeeds, beating Pitt three times in six years at his job. Arians had two seasons of victory, going 6-5 in 1984 when the defense was ranked 21st in the country beating East Carolina, Pitt and West Virginia and 6-5 1986. Most of the success coming from Temple came from John Stravous, a great motivator on and off the field. Unfortunately, six Temple triumphs in 1986 were later canceled because the Owls list included unqualified players.
Reject (1989-2005)
Jerry Berndt, who took over for Arians in 1989, led Temple to their final victory season for almost twenty years in 1990, when the Owls went 7-4. Temple joined the Big East Conference in 1991, but had difficulty competing with teams with better facilities and larger budgets. The Owls would not win a conference match until 1995, In 1998, the Owls beat Virginia Tech's # 14 Hokies in their first win on the Big East road and their first win over opponents ranked in 11 years. In the game, Temple took advantage of their third quarterback and has 10 players who started their first season due to injury. However, Temple will only win 16 match conferences during their 14 years in the league. Temple won as many as three league games just once (1997: 3-8, 3-4 Big East) and went winless in the league play six times. Overall, they have a 14-80 record against Big East enemies during their time at the conference.
Berndt (11-33), Ron Dickerson (1993-97: 8-47) and Bobby Wallace (1998-2005: 19-71) were unable to stop the decline. Temple went 0-11 in Wallace's last year. The Big East voted in February 2001 to expel the Temple from the June 30, 2002 effective conference. The conference officials said that since 1996, Temple has not met the East Great membership standards including competitiveness, attendance and facilities. On September 7, 2001, the Great East and the Temple reached agreement for the Temple to remain through the 2004 season.
The Golden Age (2006-2010)
Defense co-ordinator Virginia Al Golden was appointed head coach ahead of the 2006 season. Owls lost their first 8 games under Golden before beating Bowling Green during their Homecoming game on October 28, stopping 20 successive defeats, one short game from school record. The Owls finished 1-11 in the first year of Golden.
The Owls won 4 games in 2007, including three consecutive wins at one point in mid-season. During Golden's second season, Temple's defense was ranked 49th in the country, compared to 118 in 2006. The offenses also increased from 118 to 113, but it is clear that the Temple defense, apart from their exceptional youth, is the heart of their team. The Owls won 5 games in 2008, the biggest since 1990. After his fourth season, Golden's record stood at 19-29.
In 2009, the Owls went 9-4, their best record since 1979 with three of four competitive losses including last-minute losses to national champions FCS Villanova. The single exception was the 31-6 defeat of the Penn State team that ended 11-2 with the # 8 ranking. Temple accepted an offer to play at the EagleBank Bowl, where they faced the UCLA Bruins. In the first post-season appearance of owls since the 1979 Garden State Bowl, the Owls lost 30-21 from the Bruins.
In 2010, the Owls missed an important game for the Ohio University that will seize their place of the MAC Championship. A week after that, Temple added another loss to Miami (Ohio), and coupled with losses to Penn State and Northern Illinois, the Owls finished at 8-4 for the season but did not accept the bowl offer.
In December 2010, Golden was hired as head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes.
The era of Steve Addazio (2011-2012)
Steve Addazio trained the Owls from 2011-12 before becoming head coach of Boston College. During the 2011 season, the Owls reached their fourth bowl game after posting a 9-4 record. In the dominating victory over Wyoming, the Owls secured their second bowl victory in team history. The following season, Temple went 4-7 in the first season back in the Great East. After the season, Addazio left Temple to become head coach at Boston College.
Matt Rhule era (2013-2016)
Matt Rhule, who served as assistant coach of Temple from 2006 to 2011, was named the head coach of Temple in December 2012. Rhule previously served as Offensive Line Coach Assistant for NFL New York Giants. Rhule defeated his former colleague, the University of Miami defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio for the job.
In Rhule's first season as head coach, Temple struggled and won just two games. However, Rhule and her staff gathered the number 2 recruitment class at the American Athletic Conference for Class 2014.
During Rhule's second year as head coach, Temple showed a considerable increase over the previous season's record. Temple defeated Vanderbilt University, 37-7, in its opening match for the first win of the program against SEC opponents since 1938. Later in the season, Temple disappointed 21 East Carolina Pirates for his first victory over a national ranking opponent since 1998. Overall, the ball of Temple Owls 2014 finishes on a bowl mark that qualifies 6-6 but does not secure the bowl offer. The Rhule contract is extended to the 2019-20 season in July 2015.
Rhule started the 2015 season by defeating Penn State, her own alma mater, 27-10 ahead of the 69,176 bestselling crowd - a record for college football at Lincoln Financial Field. The victory against Penn State was the first school since 1941. The Owls also set the record for the American Athletic Conference to sack in a match by recording 10 against the highly praised Christian Hackenberg NFL prospect. One of the 10 sacks comes with a two-man rush against the Penn State offensive line and is featured on ESPN's "Not Top 10." The Owls follow up their historic victory by going on the road and defeating the pre-season favorite of the Cincinnati Athletics Conference 34-26.
The Owls continued their hot start with a 25-23 victory in Massachusetts. After a week, Temple went to Charlotte and stepped on 49ers with a score of 37-3. Robby Anderson caught 2 goals and Nate L Smith recovered a blocked shot to a goal in a win that sent Temple into the first 4-0 start since 1974.
Temple defeated Tulane 49-10 in the 5th week, followed by a 30-16 home win against UCF. Playing at the sold-out Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Temple won a terrible victory in a nationwide television show against East Carolina, marking the start of the first 7-0 program since its inception in 1894. Temple is in the national spotlight as GameDay ESPN College takes place in Temple for the first time in school history. The # 21 Owls later that night took # 9 Notre Dame in primetime on ABC. This game is widely regarded as the biggest game program since the 1935 Sugar Bowl. Although Owl leads 20-17 with 2:30 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Irish Fought a rally with a final touchdown to defeat Temple 24-20, ending Temple's unbeaten start.
Temple follows up on a nationally significant game vs. Notre Dame with a victory vs. SMU, an away loss to USF and wins in both remaining home games vs. # 21 Memphis and UConn. Completed 10-2 in the regular season for the second time in school history, the Owls earned a place in the inaugural AAC Championship vs Houston Cougars, where they lost 24-13. They ended the season with a 32-17 loss against the Toledo Rockets in the Boca Raton Bowl.
Rhule led the Owls' 2016 campaign to a 10-3 overall record (7-1 AAC) and other AAC East titles, becoming the first team in league history to repeat as division champion. In the 2016 Athletics Football Championship Games, Owls defeated # 19 Navy Midshipmen 34-10 to win their first major conference title and first conference title since 1967 in the Central Atlantic Conference position. Owls play Wake Forest Demon Deacons football in the 2016 Military Bowl in Annapolis, Maryland.
After two seasons with 10 wins, on December 6, it was announced that Rhule was named the new coach of Baylor Bears. Ed Foley serves as a temporary trainer for the 2016 Military Bowl.
Geoff_Collins_era_.282017.E2.80.93present.29 "> Geoff Collins Era (2017-present)
On December 16, 2016, Geoff Collins was named successor to Matt Rhule. Collins has spent the last two years as a defensive coordinator in Florida.
In Collins's first year, Temple went 7-6 and won the Gasparilla Bowl 2017. The winning bowl was Temple's first time since 2011 and won only the third bowl ever.
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Championship
Conference Championships
Division Championships
- Degree sharing with Ohio. Due to losing them in a head-to-head battle, Bobcats represented the division in the 2009 MAC Game Championship.
Bowl game
Owls have played in seven bowl matches, and they have a 3-4 record.
Awards and honors
National awards
- Maxwell Award
- Steve Joachim - 1974
- Chuck Bednarik Award
- Tyler Matakevich - 2015
- Trophy Bronko Nagurski
- Tyler Matakevich - 2015
Conference awards
Big East Conference
- Biggest Larger East Conference of the Year
- And Klecko - 2002
- Great Eastern Student of the Year
- Tyler Matakevich - 2012
- Big Team Team of the Eastern Conference of the Year
- Matt Brown - 2012
Mid-America Conference
- Best MAC Coach of the Year
- Al Golden - 2009
- MAC Freshman of the Year
- Bernard Pierce - 2009
- Players Hold MAC This Year
- Adrian Robinson - 2009
American Athletic Conference
- Defender American Athletic Conference of the Year
- Tyler Matakevich - 2015
High Level Football Hall of Fame
- Glenn Warner - Head Coach
- Ray Morrison - Head Coach
- Wayne Hardin - Head Coach
- Paul Palmer - Running Back
Consensus All-Americans
- John Rienstra - 1985
- Paul Palmer - 1986
- Tyler Matakevich - 2015
Owls in pro football
Pro Bowl Options
Through the 2017 NFL season, 10 former Temple players have been selected to perform at the NFL Pro Bowl with a total of 18 Pro Bowl selections of all time.
Player draft
Home stadium
When Temple first started his football program, the team did not have an official home court, eventually settling in Vernon Park in Germantown. From 1928 to 1977, Owls played at the Temple Stadium, also referred to as the Owl Stadium and Beury Stadium. The Temple Stadium includes 32 acres of land in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of North Philadelphia, with a capacity of nearly 20,000 people. In 1978, the team moved to the Veteran Stadium. During the 1986 season, the Owls averaged a high of 34,543 fans for their matches at the Veteran Stadium and their match, regularly televised, worked well in the local Nielsen ratings. While at the Veterans Stadium, Phillies Phillies have priorities for the field for Saturday during the baseball season. When Temple's home game goes against Phillies's home game, Temple will play at Franklin Field. The Veterans Stadium remains their field during the 2002 season. Lincoln Financial Field has been Temple's home field since 2003, with the first home game being the inaugural collegiate match at Lincoln Financial Field between Temple and Villanova, which attracts over 30,000 fans.
The most visited Temple game, with 105,950 participants, occurred November 11, 2006 at Beaver Stadium, home to Penn State. Temple lost the game was 47-0. Nine of the ten most visited Temple games take place in Penn State.
The largest house game attended was October 31, 2015, at Lincoln Financial Field, when the Owls played host to Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which had announced the presence of 69,280, while the real presence was north of 70,000. Temple lost 24-20 games. The 2015 season marks the first time two Temple home games (season opener against Penn State and ABC primetime match against Notre Dame) sold out at Lincoln Financial Field since the team moved there in 2003.
Media coverage
Eight Temple games were broadcast via Philadelphia television in 2005, the most in school history at the time. At one point, the Owls football game aired on 12 stations from the north as far as Sayre, Pennsylvania to the south as far as Baltimore. After that, the game only aired on one station, WPHT 1210 (AM) in Philadelphia. Harry Donahue handles a play-by-play game with former Owl Shrine Steve Joachim does color. WHAT 1340 AM airs in Spain. Broadcasters in the past playing-by-play have included Dave Sims, who currently includes college football and basketball for ESPN; Ron Menchine, a former Navy play-by-play broadcaster and Howie Herman, is currently a sports columnist in Massachusetts.
Since rejoining the Great Eastern Conference in 2012, and remain in the conference when it became the American Athletic Conference, every Temple game has appeared on television. Radio-wise, the game is broadcast on WPEN 97.5 The Fanatic. Harry Donahue continues to handle play-by-play while former Heisman Trophy runners-up and Temple walks back Paul Palmer handles color comments. Harry Mayes is a side reporter.
The temple football is covered by a number of outlets, including the student newspaper, The Temple News; traditional newspapers such as The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News ; and online outlets like CSN Philadelphia, OwlScoop.com, and OwlsDaily.com. On October 31, 2015, ESPN College GameDay came to Philadelphia for the first time since 2002, and the first for the Owls Football team (in 2013, Temple Men's Basketball hosted ESPN College GameDay along with LaSalle University in The Palestra). GameDay College will return to Philadelphia later that year to cover the Navy-Navy Game. The game is also a primetime Saturday Night Ball game on ABC, the first time a game of Temple football is featured in the program.
In poll
Temple first entered the AP poll in 1936, the first year of existence, at # 19 after week 4. It fell to # 20 the following week, and fell out of the poll after week 6. In 1941, Temple again ranked in the poll AP for two weeks; # 17 after week 2 after winning 14-0 against Penn State (their last win against Nittany Lions for 74 years), and # 13 after a 41-14 win over Bucknell Bison. By 2015, this is their highest AP rank. They fall out of the AP polls after week 5. Owls will not return to AP polls until 1974, when they are ranked # 19 for a week.
During the 1979 season, Temple entered the AP poll at # 18 after the 10th week after a home win against Akron Zip. They fall out of polls next week but return after week 13, and finish the season ranked # 17 in both Coach and AP polls.
During the 2009 season, Temple received votes in an AP poll for four weeks and Coaches poll for two, but did not reach the top 25 in the polls. They received votes in an AP poll for four weeks and Coaches polls for eight during the 2010 season, including preseason, but remained unrepresented. During the 2011 season, the Owls received votes in the Coaches poll for three weeks and received votes for the 2014 season preseason for the same poll.
Temple finally gets polling exposure during the 2015 breakthrough season. Owls is ranked sixth out of 14 weeks in AP & amp; Train polls, and receive votes for another six weeks. Those weeks were the nation's first national rank since 1979. Also in 2015, Temple was ranked in the Playoff College Football rankings, marking the first time every Pennsylvania college team was upgraded by the College Football Playoff selection committee. Owls were ranked # 22 in the week in a row during their 7-1 and 8-1 record. Temple was ranked # 24 on CFP rankings last regular season.
After winning seven consecutive wins to end the 2016 regular season including a victory over # 19 Navy in an American championship game, Owls was ranked # 23 in Poll AP and # 24 at Coach and last rank Playoff Football College. It marks the second year in a row that the Owls are ranked in the final CFP rankings, at # 24 in both 2015 and 2016.
Level 2015
Rank 2016
2017 Rating
Non-conference opponents in the future
Announce the schedule on August 30, 2017
References
External links
- Official website
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