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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: Charles M. Williams
Conference: Independent-

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1894 <-- 1897 <- 1898 -> 1899 --> 2024

1898 Season Highlights

Charles M. Williams enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Temple.

1898 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
	Oak Lane AC (PA)	0	12	L
	West Chester (PA)	6	20	L
	Philadelphia	3	0	W
	Schuylkill Navy AC (PA)	12	8	W
	Widener (PA)	8	15	L
	New Jersey (NJ)	3	40	L
	Beverly AC (NJ)	0	38	L

1898 Season Totals
Record	2-5
Points Scored	32
Scoring Average	4.6
Points Allowed	133
Defense Average	19.0
Opponents Record	0-0
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1898 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1898 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kansas	7-1	129	24					Wylie G. Woodruff
Indiana	4-1-2	90	30					James H. Horne
Iowa State	3-2	49	50					Bert German
Connecticut	0-3	0	89					E.S. Mansfield
California	8-0-2	221	5					Garrett Cochran
Nebraska	8-3	270	88					Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Syracuse	8-2-1	192	69					Frank E. Wade
Navy	7-1	130	56					Richard Bill Armstrong
Buffalo	6-0	126	0					No Coach
Penn State	6-4	174	91					Dr. Samuel B. Newton
Virginia	6-5	117	70					Joseph A. Massie
West Virginia	6-1	51	28					Harry M. Anderson
Cincinnati	5-1-3	141	40					Frank W. Cavanaugh
Pittsburgh	5-2-1	74	34					Dr. Frederick A. Robinson
Southern California	5-1-1	97	28					No Coach
Stanford	5-3-1	93	62					Harry P. Cross
Marshall	4-1	41	11					No Coach
Nevada	4-1	121	18					F.F. Ellis
Notre Dame	4-2	155	34					Frank E. Hering
San Jose State	4-1-1	81	22					Thad McKay
Texas A&M	4-2	117	50					H.W. Williams
Army	3-2-1	90	51					Herman J. Koehler
Iowa	3-4-2	67	98					Alden Knipe
Ohio State	3-5	80	121					Jack Ryder
Oregon	3-1	167	21					Frank W. Simpson
Arkansas	2-1	37	42					B.N. Wilson
Boston College	2-5-1	22	41					John Dunlop
Maryland	2-6-1	80	153					Frank Kenly
New Mexico State	2-1	57	6					Charles M. Barber
Ohio	2-2-1	59	51					Peter McLaren
Oklahoma	2-0	29	0					Vernon L. Parrington
Temple	2-5	32	133					Charles M. Williams
Utah	2-1	6	6					Mr. Wilson
Central Michigan	1-2	37	32					Carl Pray
Kansas State	1-1-2	32	16					W.P. Williamson
Louisiana State	1-0	37	0					Edmond A. Chavanne
Mississippi	1-1	18	16					T.G. Scarbrough
Missouri	1-4-1	33	98					David L. Fultz
Oregon State	1-2-1	36	78					No Coach
Rutgers	1-6-1	11	105					William V.B. Van Dyke, Jr.
South Carolina	1-2	16	35					William Bill Wertenbaker
Texas Christian	1-3-1	41	61					Dr. James Morrison
Tulsa	1-0	0	0					Fred Taylor
Washington	1-1	24	18					Ralph Nichols
Miami Ohio	0-2	6	33					No Coach
Utah State	0-1	5	12					Lt. Dunning
Washington State	0-0-1	0	0					Frank Shively
Wyoming	0-4	8	95					Fred Hess

1898 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1898 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

While playing for the University of Hawaii from 2000 to 2004, quarterback Timmy Chang set an NCAA passing record with 17,072 yards.