#collegefootball – Temple Update

Temple Football Adds Two Power-5 Transfers

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:12:43 +0000

Temple football added two players to it’s roster by way of the transfer portal on Monday. Former University of Georgia redshirt freshman quarterback D’Wan Mathis and former Purdue University sophomore wide receiver Amad Anderson Jr. will each be taking their talents to Temple. Mathis, who stands at 6-foot-5 and 205 pounds, played in four games during the 2020 season, going 12-for-30 on passing…

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Former Temple Head Coaches, Arians & Rhule, go Head to Head Sunday

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:26:48 +0000

This Sunday, history will be made for Temple football when Matt Rhule of the Carolina Panthers takes on Bruce Arians of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who both previously coached at Temple before transitioning to the NFL. For the first time in 17 years, two head coaches who previously coached at the same college will be facing each other in an NFL game. The last time this occurred was September 21…

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Tracking which FBS conferences are postponing Fall 2020 seasons

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:46:03 +0000

8:30 P.M. – For the time being, the Big 12 presidents have opted to continue to try and play sports this fall. A revised schedule is in the works. Ross Dellenger from Sports Illustrated reported that all ten Big 12 Athletic Directors were briefed for 90 minutes by a medical panel, which “led to vigorous debate”. Decisions from the SEC and ACC have yet to come, but it looks like they’ll try to…

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Out of retirement – Fran Dunphy named Temple’s interim Athletic Director

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:38:56 +0000

Longtime former men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy has been named as the Owls’ interim athletic director. On June 3, it was announced that former AD Pat Kraft was hired for the same position at Boston College, but has agreed to stay at Temple until July 1 to help ease the transition for Dunphy and his staff. Dunphy, who retired in 2019 after coaching the men’s basketball team for 13 seasons…

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Knights Crush Temple’s Championship Hopes

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 17:31:28 +0000

The Temple Owls came into Saturday night’s matchup against the UCF Knights with conference championship implications on the line. With a win, they’d virtually knock UCF out of the conference championship conversation. Yet the opposite happened, and the Knight offense that came in averaging 43.8 points/game handed the Owls a big 63-21 defeat. “I don’t know if we lost today’s game or UCF beat us…

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Temple celebrate Homecoming with upset win over ranked Memphis

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:18:37 +0000

The Temple Owls (5-1, 2-0 The American) faced-off against the No. 23 Memphis Tigers (5-1, ) at Lincoln Financial Field Saturday afternoon in a conference game that had a lot riding on it. The Owls were able to squeeze out a 30-28 win, spoiling the Tigers perfect season and potentially their top 25 ranking. It’s the second time this season the Owls have defeated a top 25 opponent…

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