2016 Temple Owls football team

2016 Temple Owls football

The American champion The American East Division co-champion
American Championship, W 34–10 vs. Navy
Military Bowl, L 26–34 vs. Wake Forest
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
2016 record	10–4 (7–1 The American)
Head coach	Matt Rhule (regular season, 4th year) Ed Foley (interim HC, bowl game)
Offensive coordinator	Glenn Thomas (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Snow (4th season)
Home stadium	Lincoln Financial Field (Capacity: 69,176)

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Temple xy$		7	–	1		10	–	4
No. 19 South Florida x		7	–	1		11	–	2
UCF		4	–	4		6	–	7
Cincinnati		1	–	7		4	–	8
Connecticut		1	–	7		3	–	9
East Carolina		1	–	7		3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy		7	–	1		9	–	5
Tulsa		6	–	2		10	–	3
Memphis		5	–	3		8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3		9	–	4
SMU		3	–	5		5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7		4	–	8
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls wereled by fourth-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference.

On December 6, Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor.^[1] Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Army*		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	CBSSN	L 13–28	34,005
September 10	1:00 p.m.	Stony Brook*		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	W 38–0	22,296
September 17	12:00 p.m.	at Penn State*		Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	BTN	L 27–34	100,420
September 24	12:00 p.m.	Charlotte*		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ASN	W 48–20	27,786
October 1	12:00 p.m.	SMU		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	W 45–20	22,401
October 6	8:00 p.m.	at Memphis		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	L 27–34	34,743
October 15	7:30 p.m.	at UCF		Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPNU	W 26–25	38,299
October 21	7:00 p.m.	USF		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN	W 46–30	25,950
October 29	3:30 p.m.	Cincinnati		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	CBSSN	W 34–13	29,763
November 4	7:00 p.m.	at Connecticut		Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	W 21–0	22,316
November 19	3:30 p.m.	at Tulane		Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ASN	W 31–0	16,497
November 26	7:30 p.m.	East Carolina		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	W 37–10	28,373
December 3	12:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Navy		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (The American Championship)	ABC	W 34–10	22,815
December 27	3:30 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest*	No. 23	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Military Bowl)	ESPN	L 26–34	26,656
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[3]

Game summaries

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	7	7	14	28
Owls	0	10	3	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–4	2014	TEM, 33–14

Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	0	0	0	0	0
Owls	14	14	10	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	3	7	10	27
Nittany Lions	14	7	3	10	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–39–1	2015	TEM, 27–10

Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	7	0	7	6	20
Owls	3	28	14	3	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	TEM, 37–3

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	7	7	0	6	20
Owls	21	14	3	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1–2	2015	TEM, 60–40

at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	6	7	0	14	27
Tigers	0	3	17	14	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	TEM, 31–12

at UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	7	6	6	26
Knights	11	14	0	0	25

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2015	TEM, 30–16

South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	6	10	7	30
Owls	3	17	14	12	46

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	USF, 44–23

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	13	0	0	13
Owls	10	7	3	14	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–7–1	2015	TEM, 34–26

at Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	21	0	0	0	21
Huskies	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–5	2015	TEM, 27–3

at Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	3	14	7	31
Green Wave	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	TEM, 49–10

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	0	0	3	10
Owls	7	14	6	10	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8	2015	TEM, 24–14

at Navy–American Athletic Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	14	10	0	10	34
#20 Midshipmen	0	3	7	0	10

The Owls dominated a Navy Midshipmen football offense that was ranked in the top 10 in the country, coming off a 75-point victory the week before to win the first major conference title in Temple history. Temple sent one of its largest away crowds ever, with nearly half the fans in attendance supporting the Owls. Temple was ranked in all three major polls following the game and were invited to the Military Bowl vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons football on December 27, 2016.

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–6	2014	NAVY, 31–24

Wake Forest–Military Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Owls	7	3	10	6	26
Demon Deacons	14	17	0	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1930	TEM, 36–0

Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

First Team

Dion Dawkins, OT
Haason Reddick, DL

Second Team

Jahad Thomas, RB
Praise Martin-Oguike, DL
Avery Williams, LB
Sean Chandler, S
Aaron Boumerhi, K

Honorable Mention

Colin Thompson, TE
Stephaun Marshall, LB
^[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	23	RV
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	24	RV
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	Not released

NFL Players

NFL Draft Combine

Four Temple players were invited to participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.

#	Name	POS	HT	WT	Arms	Hands	40	Bench Press	Vert Jump	Broad Jump	3 Cone Drill	20-yd Shuttle	Ref
#5	Jahad Thomas	RB	5-10	190 lbs	30 1/8	9	4.62	11	32.0 in	116.0			^[5]
#7	Haason Reddick	LB	6-1	237 lbs	32 3/4	10 1/8	4.52†	24	36.5 in†	133.0 in†	7.01	4.37	^[6]
#15	Nate Hairston	CB	6-0	196 lbs	31	9 1/2	4.52	14	35.5 in	118.0 in			^[7]
#66	Dion Dawkins	OL	6-4	314 lbs	35	9 7/8	5.11	26	26.0 in	106.0 in	7.30†	4.78	^[8]

† Top performer

2017 NFL Draft

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.

#	Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
#7	Haason Reddick	1	13	Linebacker	Arizona Cardinals
#66	Dion Dawkins	2	63	Offensive lineman	Buffalo Bills
#15	Nate Hairston	5	158	Cornerback	Indianapolis Colts

^[9]

Undrafted Free Agents

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.

#	Name	POS	HT	WT	NFL Club	Ref
#2	Avery Williams	LB	5-10	224 lbs	Houston Texans	^[10]
#5	Jahad Thomas	RB	5-10	188 lbs	Dallas Cowboys	^[11]
#8	Phillip Walker	QB	5-11	205 lbs	Indianapolis Colts	^[12]
#11	Romond Deloatch	TE	6-4	245 lbs	New York Giants	^[13]
#50	Praise Martin-Oguike	DL	6-1	255 lbs	Miami Dolphins	^[14]
#86	Colin Thompson	TE	6-4	255 lbs	New York Giants	^[15]

References

Temple Owls football
Venues	Vernon Park (?–1927) Temple Stadium (1928–1977) Veterans Stadium (1978–2002) Franklin Field (alternate, 1978–2002) Lincoln Financial Field (2003–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Villanova (Mayor's Cup)
Culture & lore	Hooter T. Owl "T For Temple U"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

American Athletic Conference football champions
UCF (2013) Cincinnati, Memphis, & UCF (2014) Houston (2015) Temple (2016)

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