Temple Football Team History
Temple Owls
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Founded: 1884 Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field Capacity: 68,532 Colors: Cherry & White Coach: Stan Drayton Conference: American Athletic-
Team Timeline
First Team: 1894
1918 - Did not field a team from 1918-1921. 2016 - Ed Foley coached the Military Bowl after head coach Matt Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor. 2018 - Ed Foley coached the Independence Bowl after head coach Geoff Collins resigned to become the head coach at Georgia Tech.
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
1967, 2016
Division Championships
2009, 2015, 2016
Team Records
Overall Record 490-629-52
Winning Pct. 44%
Vacated Wins 0
Forfeit Games 12
Adjusted Record 490-629-52
Winning Pct. 44%
National Championships 0
Conference Titles 2
Division Titles 3
Conference Record 82-150-0
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record 281-250-20
Away Record 145-312-16
By The Numbers
Seasons 126
Winning Seasons (#1)
60
Losing Seasons (#1) 65
Most Wins in A Season 10 (2016)
Most Loses in A Season 11 (2006)
10 Win Seasons 3
Most Points Scored in a Game 110 (10/1/1927)
Most Points Scored in a Season 454 (2018)
Most Points Allowed in a Game 96 (1899)
Most Points Allowed in a Season 527 (1993)
Largest Margin of Victory 110 (10/1/1927)
Largest Margin of Defeat 96 (1899)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game 110 (10/1/1927)
Last Shutout 9/24/2022
Last Time Shutout 10/20/2023
Shutouts All-Time 151
Been Shutout All-Time 162
Streaks
Longest Win 14 (9/22/1973-10/26/1974)
Longest Losing
21 (11/2/1957-11/21/1959)
Bowl Records
Overall Record 3-6-0
Rose 0-0-0
Cotton 0-0-0
Orange 0-0-0
Fiesta 0-0-0
Sugar 0-1-0
By the Decade
2020-29 12-39
2010-19 72-55
2000-09 34-83
1990-99 22-88
1980-89 35-74
1970-79 67-33-3
1960-69 45-44-4
1950-59 23-60-3
1940-49 36-42-9
1930-39 53-30-12
1920-29 32-23-6
Next Game
11/9/2024 (Sat)
@ Tulane
in a Conference Game
Last Time: Temple lost 3-38 in 2020.
All-Time:
Temple vs. Tulane
4-2-0
66.7%
2024 Season
Fri., Aug. 30 @
Oklahoma
3-51 L Sat., Sep. 7 @
Navy
11-38 L Sat., Sep. 14 vs.
Coastal Carolina
20-28 L Sat., Sep. 21 vs.
Utah State
45-29 W Thu., Sep. 26 vs.
Army
14-42 L Sat., Oct. 5 @
Connecticut
20-29 L Sat., Oct. 12 OPEN Sat., Oct. 19 vs.
Tulsa
20-10 W Sat., Oct. 26 @
East Carolina
34-56 L Sat., Nov. 2 OPEN Sat., Nov. 9 @
Tulane
Sat., Nov. 16 vs.
Florida Atlantic
Sat., Nov. 23 @
Texas San Antonio
Sat., Nov. 30 vs.
North Texas
2024 Season Totals
Record 2-6
Scoring 167-283
Conference Record 1-1
Home Record 2-2
Away Record 0-4
Longest Running Rivalry
Temple & Bucknell have played 45 games.
Temple has won 17 games.
Bucknell has won 20 games.
with 8 tie games.
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring Record
less than 10 0-49
10 or more 118-128
20 or more
108-64
30 or more 75-12
40 or more 35-3
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed Record
less than 10 30-3
10 or more 88-174
20 or more 38-162
30 or more 11-126
40 or more 4-66
Some records may be incomplete.
NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season
game.
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