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Temple Football Team History

Temple Owls

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Founded: 1884
Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field
Capacity: 68,532
Colors: Cherry & White
Coach: Horace Butterworth
Conference: Independent-

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1894 <-- 1906 <- 1907 -> 1908 --> 2024

1907 Season Highlights

Horace Butterworth enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Temple.

1907 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
	Schuylkill College (PA)	21	5	W
	Widener (PA)	17	6	W
	Girard (PA)	14	0	W
	Saint Josephs (PA)	5	5	T
	Loyola (MD)	13	12	W
	Philadelphia Pharmacy (PA)	12	12	T

1907 Season Totals
Record	4-0 -2
Points Scored	82
Scoring Average	13.7
Points Allowed	40
Defense Average	6.7
Opponents Record	0-0
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1907 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1907 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Iowa State	6-2	138	40					Clyde Williams
Connecticut	2-5	71	158					George Lamson
New Mexico	1-0	44	0					Martin F. Angel
Louisiana Tech	10-1	259	37					George L. Watkins
Navy	9-2-1	118	34					Cmdr. Joseph M. Joe Reeves
Pittsburgh	8-2	147	27					James A. Moorhead
Louisiana State	7-3	266	52	Won 56-0				Edgar R. Wingard
Virginia Tech	7-2	157	30					C.R. Williams
Washington State	7-1	282	18					John R. Chief Bender
Army	6-2-1	125	24					Henry C. Smither
Miami Ohio	6-1	115	37					Amos P. Foster
Notre Dame	6-0-1	137	20					Thomas A. Barry
Oregon State	6-0	138	0					Fred S. Norcross
Penn State	6-4	251	64					Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Texas	6-1-1	154	53					W.E. Metzenthin
West Virginia	6-4	236	38					Clarence W. Russell
Kansas State	5-3	135	56					Mike F. Ahearn
Michigan	5-1	107	6					Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Oregon	5-1	100	14					Gordon B. Frost
Southern California	5-1	182	20					Harvey R. Holmes
Syracuse	5-3-1	133	64					Frank J. Buck ONeill
Arkansas	4-4-1	90	122					Frank C. Shorty Longman
Baylor	4-3-1	91	105					Luther F. Burleson
Florida	4-1-1	53	10					Jack Forsythe
Michigan State	4-2-1	127	60					Chester L. Brewer
Oklahoma	4-4	181	75					Bennie Owen
Temple	4-0-2	82	40					Horace Butterworth
Texas Christian	4-2-2	90	69					E.J. Hyde
Washington	4-4-2	95	48					Victor M. Place
Marshall	3-2-1	38	35					No Coach
Maryland	3-5	45	61					Charles W. Melick
New Mexico State	3-0	88	6					John O. Miller
Ohio	3-4-1	76	137					Arthur McFarland
Rutgers	3-5-1	76	99					Frank H. Gorton
South Carolina	3-0	30	4					Douglas McKay
Western Michigan	3-2-1	44	8					William H. Bill Spaulding
Central Michigan	2-4	18	130					Ralph W. Thacker
Northern Illinois	1-4-1	67	62					Nelson A. Kellogg
Oklahoma State	1-3-1	24	35					Edwin Parry
Cincinnati	0-0	0	0					No Team
Stanford	0-0	0	0					No Team

1907 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1907 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.