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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:
Conference: American Athletic-

Temple

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	491-632-52
Winning Pct.	44%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	12
Adjusted Record	491-632-52
Winning Pct.	44%
National Championships	0
Conference Titles	2
Division Titles	3
Conference Record	83-155-0
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	282-251-20
Away Record	145-314-16

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	13-42
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

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	6-52 L
Sat., Nov. 16	vs. Florida Atlantic	18-15 W
Sat., Nov. 23	@ Texas San Antonio	27-51 L
Sat., Nov. 30	vs. North Texas	14-27 L

2024 Season Totals
Record	3-9
Scoring	232-428
Conference Record	2-6
Home Record	3-3
Away Record	0-6

2024 American Athletic Standings
Season		Conference
Army	12-2	8-1
Navy	10-3	7-2
Tulane	9-5	7-1
Memphis	11-2	6-2
East Carolina	8-5	5-3
Charlotte	5-7	4-4
South Florida	7-6	4-4
Texas San Antonio	7-6	4-4
North Texas	6-7	3-5
Rice	4-8	3-5
Alabama Birmingham	3-9	2-6
Temple	3-9	2-6
Florida Atlantic	3-9	1-7
Tulsa	3-9	1-7

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	0-50
10 or more	119-130
20 or more	108-65
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	89-177
20 or more	38-165
30 or more	11-128
40 or more	4-68

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.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.