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Things to Look For... THIS WEEK After a pair of close losses threatened the postseason, Temple recovered over the bye week en route - With a win over Cincinnati on Friday, Temple’s senior to a 34-26 signature victory over Navy, sinking the Midshipmen in front of a Thursday night national class will earn their 31st overall victory and vault them into a tie for winningest class in school history. audience. Next up, the Owls prep for a road trip to Cincinnati to face their division rival Bearcats, with the game set to kickoff Friday night at 7:00 p.m. EST and air nationally on ESPN2. - In Temple’s last two November campaigns, the Owls have compiled a strong 7-1 mark, with the lone loss coming at South Florida in 2015. This past Thursday, Temple (4-5, 2-3 American) put on an offensive and defensive clinic as the team dominated Navy in nearly every aspect of the game, earning the 34-26 victory to improve to within - Both Temple safeties Sean Chandler and Delvon two wins of being bowl eligible for the fourth straight season. Senior QB Frank Nutile, making just his Randall enter the game with 8 career interceptions, tied for 11th on the school’s all-time list. Their 9th INT second overall start, tossed a career-high four touchdown passes on 22-of-30 passing for 289 yards, will move them into a tie for 8th in the TU record connecting with fellow seniors WR Adonis Jennings (five catches for 127 yards & two TDs) and Keith books. Kirkwood (career-best seven receptions for 87 yards and & one score). - Temple currently leads the country in blocked kicks since Ed Foley took over the unit in 2015. The Owls Meanwhile, the well-rested Temple defense held Navy’s triple-option - the nation’s top-ranked rushing have 13 blocked kicks over that span and 18 over the attack - to a season-low 136 rushing yards, 240 yards below their previous average. Further, the Owls last four seasons. snuffed out the Midshipmen’s 69-game streak of at least one rushing touchdown, forcing the offense - With his four receptions against Army, wide receiver into uncomfortable passing situations throughout the game. Concordantly, junior S Delvon Randall Ventell Bryant jumped up into 9th all-time in recep- grabbed his fourth pick of the season late in the second half, once again vaulting him into a tie with tions (113). Further, his 29 receiving yards versus the fellow safety Sean Chandler on the all-time interception list at 11th overall. Black Knights helped Bryant climb into 9th in that category as well (1,659), and now has just one more catch and 34 yards to go in order to jump into 8th. Looking ahead to Cincinnati (3-6, 1-4 American), the Owls aim to pick up their first back-to-back confer- ence wins of the season on the road under the Friday night lights. The victory over Navy helped reorient Temple and restore confidence on both sides of the ball, especially as multiple players returned from GAMEDAY CENTRAL injuries throughout the roster. The complete performance from Nutile, combined with a harassing de- fensive showing that included 11 tackles-for-loss and five sacks, looked the part of a postseason team. Temple Football...... 475-580-52 (119th season) 2017...... 4-5, 2-3 American As for the Bearcats, Luke Fickell and company were finally able to earn their first conference victory this Head Coach...... Geoff Collins past Saturday on the road at Tulane, knocking off the Green Wave in a tight contest, 17-16. Career Record...... 4-5 (1st season) LAST TIME vs. CINCINNATI School Record...... same Temple last took on Cincinnati in late October of last season, cruising past the Bearcats in a 34-13 home Date ...... Friday, November 10, 2017 victory. With the win, the Owls improved to bowl eligible for the second consecutive year, eventually Kickoff ...... 7:00 p.m. serving as a jumping off point for the team’s run at the American Athletic Conference title. Stadium ...... Nippert Stadium (40,000) Multiple current Owls showed up in spades last season against Cincinnati with notable performances Series Results...... Temple, 11-7-1 coming from then-sophomore RB Ryquell Armstead, who picked up 61 yards and two touchdowns on 18 Last time...... W, 34-13, 10/29/16 carries, and then-redshirt sophomore Ventell Bryant, who grabbed three catches for 66 yards and a TD. Last at NS...... W, 34-26, 9/12/15 UP NEXT Streak...... Won Two The Owls return to Lincoln Financial Field for the final time this season on Saturday, November 18, fac- ing off against undefeated East Division leader UCF on Senior Day a noon.. Opponent...... Cincinnati 2017...... 3-6, 1-4 American 2017 TEMPLE OWLS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Head Coach...... Luke Fickell Date...... Time Opponent...... TV...... Result Career Record...... 9-13 (2nd season) Saturday, September 2...... 3:30pm @ Notre Dame...... NBC...... L, 16-49 School Record...... 3-6 (1st season) Saturday, September 9...... 3:30pm VILLANOVA...... ESPN3...... W, 16-13 Friday, September 15...... 7:00pm UMASS...... ESPNU...... W, 29-21 TV Broadcast...... ESPN2 Thursday, September 21...... 7:30pm * @ No. 21 USF...... ESPN...... L, 7-43 play-by-play...... Dave LaMont Saturday, September 30...... 12:00pm * HOUSTON...... ESPNU...... L, 13-20 analyst...... Mack Brown Saturday, October 7...... 12:00pm * @ ECU...... ESPNU...... W, 34-10 sideline...... Jen Lada Saturday, October 14...... 12:00pm * UCONN [HC]...... ESPNews...... L, 24-28 Saturday, October 21...... 12:00pm @ Army...... CBSSN.....L, 28-31 OT Radio ...... 97.5 The Fanatic Saturday, October 28...... ------BYE ------TuneIn Radio.... www.tunein.com/templefb Thursday, November 2...... 8:00pm * NAVY [CA]...... ESPN...... W, 34-26 play-by-play...... Harry Donahue Friday, November 10...... 7:00pm * @ Cincinnati...... ESPN2...... analyst...... Paul Palmer Saturday, November 18...... 12:00pm * UCF...... ESPNU...... sideline...... Colin Thompson Saturday, November 25...... TBD * @ Tulsa...... TBD...... Saturday, December 2...... TBD TBD [CCG]...... ABC/ESPN...... Live Stats .www.sidearmstats.com/cincinnati/football TBD...... TBD Bowl Game...... TBD...... All times Eastern Tickets ...... 1-215-204-TIXX or owlstix.com * = American Athletic Conference game; CCG = American Athletic Conference Championship [HC] - Homecoming; [CA] - Cancer Awareness Game

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QUICK FACTS COACHING STAFF Compliance School...... Temple University Geoff Collins ...... Head Coach TBD...... Taver Johnson...... Defensive Coordinator / Safeties ...... Asst. AD - Compliance & Student-Athlete Affairs Location...... Philadelphia, Pa. Dave Patenaude...... Offensive Coordinator / QBs Founded ...... 1884 Ed Foley...... Tight Ends / Special Teams Communications Enrollment ...... 40,240 Stan Hixon...... Wide Receivers Rich Burg...... Asst. AD - Football Communications President...... Richard M. Englert Tony Lucas...... Running Backs Ed LeFurge...... Communications Assistant Jim Panagos...... Defensive Line Jim Sullivan...... Communications Assistant School Website...... www.Temple.edu Cory Robinson...... Defensive Backs Nickname...... Owls Andrew Thacker...... Linebackers Equipment School Colors...... Cherry (201C) & White Chris Wiesehan...... Offensive Line Kenny Slough...... Head Equipment Manager Joe Battaglia...... Graduate Assistant - Offense Kane Ivers-Osthus... Assistant Equipment Manager - FB Athletics Website...... www.OwlSports.com Cody Booth...... Graduate Assistant - Offense Director of Athletics ...... Dr. Patrick Kraft Reggie Garrett...... Graduate Assistant - Defense Operations Conference...... American Athletic Ronell Williams...... Graduate Assistant - Defense Vince Sinagra...... Chief of Staff Website...... www.theAmerican.org Tim Conner...... Offensive Analyst/Operations Asst. Scott Wallace...... Director of Football Operations Josh Linam...... Defensive Analyst/Operations Asst. Dave Gerson...... Creative Director/SWAG Coordinator Bobby James...... Special Teams Analyst/Ops. Asst. FOOTBALL INFORMATION Pat Boyle...... Strategic Specialist/Operations Asst. Recruiting Stadium...... Lincoln Financial Field Lee Dagon...... Student Assistant Tom Pajic...... Director of Player Personnel Brian Fallon...... Student Assistant Adam DiMichele...... Quality Control Off. & Recruiting Surface ...... Natural grass Nadia Harvin...... Executive Assistant - Head FB Coach Larry Knight...... Quality Control Defense & Recruiting Capacity ...... 69,596 Ameena Soliman...... Graduate Assistant First Season of Football...... 1894 Academics Da’Mon Merkerson...... Academic Advisor All-Time Record Strength & Conditioning ...... 475-580-52 Reid Vanderlinden...... Academic Advisor David Feeley...... Head Strength & Conditioning Head Coach...... Geoff Collins (Western Carolina ‘94) Emily Williams...... Academic Advisor Jordan Barber...... Asst. Strength & Conditioning Career Record...... 4-5 Ryan Horton...... Asst. Strength & Conditioning 2016 Record...... 10-4 overall Athletic Trainers Kyle Seger...... Strength & Conditioning Assistant Al Bellamy...... Director of Athletic Training American Conference Record (finish)...... 7-1 (1st-East) Masahiro Takahagi...... Assistant Athletic Trainer Video Offensive Alignment...... Pro Style Zac White...... GA — Sport Medicine Kyle Lane...... Video Coordinator Defensive Alignment...... 4-3 Ryan Anderson...... Athletic Trainer Fellow Connor Ellis ...... Video Assistant

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PM Practice AM Practice AM Practice 8:30-11:00am 10:00-11:00am 7:00pm No Practice Practice Practice Kickoff at Cincinnati No media availability 11:00am-1:00pm 11:15am AAC Conference Call Player interviews No media availability No media availability No media availability

12:20-12:30pm 12:03pm Geoff Collins Geoff Collins press conference

Mid Week Media Parking On the Airwaves Interview Requests Media parking at Lincoln Financial Field is available on a Temple University will produce a radio broadcast of all All interview requests for players, coaches or staff mem- limited basis. Please contact Rich Burg in Athletic Com- football games. This season, the broadcast can be heard bers should be directed to the Football Communications munications at (215) 204-0876 for availability. on 97.5 The Fanatic. The Fanatic, a Greater Media sta- staff. tion powered by ESPN, is Philadelphia’s first FM sports Media Will-Call / Entrance station and is home to the Philadelphia Flyers and Phil- Practice Regulations Media attending games at Lincoln Financial Field must adelphia 76ers. For additional information about The Fa- Head coach Geoff Collins and select players will be avail- enter on the west side of the stadium (facing 11th St.) natic and to listen online, visit the station’s website at: able for brief interviews following Tuesday practices. Ad- across from the Wells Fargo Center. Credentials left at www.975thefanatic.com vance notice is required to the Football Communications will-call must be picked up at that entrance only. department. Photographers and videographers are per- On the Internet mitted to shoot the last 15 minutes of practice. Otherwise, Press Box Phone: (267) 570-4453 For the latest info on Owl Football, log on to Temple all practices are closed to all individuals except Temple Athletics’ web site, www.OwlSports.com. In addition to football personnel. Telephone Services live stats and audio of all games, fans can watch video All seat locations and photographer work areas at Lin- of weekly press luncheons, head coach Geoff Collins’ Please make interview requests by Monday evenings. coln Financial Field have complimentary lines for high- post-game press conferences, and the most up-to-date The Owls practice on Chodoff Field at the Edberg-Olson speed Internet access as well as local and 800 tele- information on the Owls. Hall facility, located at 10th and Diamond Streets. phone service. Wireless internet access is also available and pool phones will be accessible in the press box for Weekly Football Release outgoing calls. If you need more services, please contact To access Temple’s weekly football release, please vis- Athletic Communications. it www.OwlSports.com. The weekly release will include Football Communications updated game notes, schedule, depth chart, and game- Statistics by-game wrap-ups. Team and individual statistics will be Complete individual and team statistics and play-by-play posted to the website as well. will be distributed throughout the press box at the con- clusion of each quarter. Rich Burg Weekly Media Luncheon Assistant AD Football Geoff Collins’ weekly media luncheon is held each week Locker Room Policy Communications at Edberg-Olson Hall on the main campus (10th & Dia- Temple maintains a closed locker room policy. C: (215) 356-3952 mond Streets, 2nd floor). Please check the weekly game- [email protected] notes for luncheon schedule. Post-Game Interview Procedures Football Contact / Following games, head coaches and players from both Credential Requests Game Day teams are made available to the media. Please take the Credentials elevator to the street level and proceed across the lobby All requests for home games must be made through (to the right of the Touchdown Club). Follow the signs to the media conference rooms, located on the east side Football Communications. Season credentials should Jim Sullivan be requested in the preseason and game-by-game cre- of the stadium. Each team will utilize an interview room adjacent to its respective locker room. Please address Athletic Comm. dentials must be requested at least one week prior to Assistant the game. Local media requesting credentials for a road player requests to the Temple Football Communications staff and the visiting school’s sports information repre- C: (210) 683-7717 game must have that request into Football Communica- james.sullivan@ tions two weeks prior to the contest (preceding Monday) sentative by the 10-minute mark of the fourth quarter. temple.edu by submitting in writing on company letterhead by e-mail Secondary ([email protected]). Taxi Cabs For transportation to and from Lincoln Financial Field, it Football Contact is suggested that you call either Checker Cab Co. at (215) 744-8294 or Olde City Taxi at (215) 338-0838. GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 2 • OwlSports.com

THE 9 Wearing a single-digit jersey is considered to be one of the highest honors an Owl can earn. These are awarded to the student-athletes deemed by their teammates to be the toughest members of the team. Three players have carried over the honor from last season. Sean Chandler, Nick Sharga, and Jacob Martin. Sharga has donned his number since 2015 and Chandler since 2014. Randall and Kirkwood earned theirs this spring. Three vacancies were filled during the summer as Sharif Finch, Ryquell Armstead and Artrel Foster rounded out The 9. Coach Geoff Collins decided this season to make the number one a jersey that is given out on a week-to-week basis. See page 18 for a list of this season’s honorees. Here is a list of Temple’s TUFF Guys:

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9

Delvon Sean Nick Keith Sharif Ryquell Artrel Jacob RANDALL CHANDLER SHARGA KIRKWOOD FINCH ARMSTEAD FOSTER MARTIN ? Junior Senior r-Senior r-Senior r-Senior Junior r-Senior Senior This Week PRIME COMPETITION DEEP THREAT DON The backend of the Temple defense - safeties Delvon Randall (#2) and Sean Chandler The Temple wide receiving unit has showcased its depth all season behind a slew of (#3) - has been one of Owls’ strongest links since season kickoff, anchoring a veteran pass catchers making contributions every game. One who stands out in particular fol- unit in both the passing and rushing games. Chandler, the senior, entered the season lowing the victory over Navy is Adonis Jennings, whose deep-threat ability has been with seven interceptions and tied for 12th all-time in school history. Early during the deadly to opposing defenses throughout the season. The senior picked up his third ca- UConn game though, Randall grabbed his third pick of the year, tying his fellow safety reer 100-yard receiving game versus the Midshipmen, grabbing two touchdowns along on the leaderboards. Chandler responded a week later against Army to retake the lead, the way. On the year, Jennings’ four total scores have come from a distance of at least moving up into 11th. Following the bye week, Randall knotted the category at eight 30 yards out, with the two against Navy sitting at 37 & 34, respectively. interceptions apiece as he snared his fourth of the season versus Navy, sliding up into NIGHT HUNTERS a tie, once again, with his senior mentor. In perhaps a coincidental tribute to Temple’s beloved mascot, Stella, the Owls have BEHIND ENEMY LINES performed particularly well at night, scoring a 14-9 mark since 2013 in games kicking off Unnoticed by most, Sharif Finch has compiled a career year rushing the passer, silently after 6:00 pm. In an unrelated note, Temple also plays solid football on Fridays, going picking up a tackle-for-loss here and a sack there. Against Navy alone, the redshirt 5-1 in Friday night contests dating back to 2015. senior picked up two sacks on a usually run-focused Midshipmen offense, expanding on his already season-best 5.5 sacks. On the year, Finch ranks 31st nationally and fourth in the conference in tackles for loss per game (1.3) and 44th nationally and fifth in the Geoff Collins conference in sacks per game (.61) SWEET HOME ALABAMA YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST First-year head coach Geoff Collins may have learned a thing or two from Cincinnati On a weekly basis, head coach Geoff Collins can be seen and heard on a variety of head coach Luke Fickell while the pair worked together on the 2007 Alabama defen- platforms in the Philadelphia area. Below are a list of his weekly media appearances: sive staff, a group that took home a national title that season. While each took different paths to a head coaching position - Fickell through the Big Ten and Collins via the SEC Date/Time Station Show - the two will finally have an opportunity to face off against one another. Mondays KYW Radio ”Reporters Roundup” with Matt Leon afternoons weekly report THE DESTABILIZATION EFFECT Tuesdays TUTV “Inside the Nest” In terms of destabilizing opposing offenses, the Owls have been particularly disruptive, 12:03 p.m. weekly report and press conference tackling opponents for a loss an average of eight times per game. On the year, Temple Thursdays 97.5 The Fanatic “Meat Locker” with Anthony Gargano has racked up an impressive 72 tackles-for-loss totaling 290 yards, good for 10th na- 6:45-6:55 a.m. weekly call-in tionally and second in the American Athletic Conference. This past Thursday against Saturdays 6ABC “Temple Football Playbook” Navy, the Owls were especially harassing, shutting down the Midshipmen with 11 TFLs 9:45-10:00 a.m. weekly highlights and preview and 5.5 sacks. SEC-OND TO NONE THE CONQUEST OF OHIO Long thought of as the best conference in college football, the SEC was home to Geoff Since 2006, Temple has wreaked havoc upon programs hailing from the state of Ohio, Collins for seven of the last 10 seasons. Collins served on Nick Saban’s original Ala- earning a 17-14 overall record. When facing Cincinnati alone, the Owls have been par- bama staff in 2007 and then spent four seasons at Mississippi State and two at Florida ticularly potent as of late, outscoring the Bearcats 78-39 the past two matchups. before taking the head coaching position at Temple.

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS TEMPLE (4-5, 2-3) 2017 STATISTICAL COMPARISON CINCINNATI (3-6, 1-4) Category ...... No.....NCAA/AAC Avg. NCAA/Conf...... Category...... NCAA/Conf. Avg DE Sharif Finch 374.9 90/10...... Total Offense...... 106/12 350.6 Sacks/Game...... 0.61...... 44/5 115.3 112/11...... Rushing Offense...... 103/10 129.4 TFLs/Game...... 1.3...... 31/4 WR Adonis Jennings 259.6 41/7...... Passing Offense...... 71/9 221.1 Receiving TDs...... 5...... 63/6 126.37 78/9...... Pass Efficiency Offense...... 109/12 113.21 Receiving Yards...... 498...... 104/15 22.3 106/11...... Scoring Offense...... 114/12 20.6 CB Mike Jones 393.8 65/3...... Total Defense...... 82/5 409.6 Combined Kick Returns...... 623...... 10/1 172.7 73/6...... Rushing Defense...... 105/9 201.6 Kickoff Returns Average...... 22.0...... 56/7 221.1 64/4...... Passing Defense...... 48/2 208.0 All Purpose Yards/Game...... 83.3...... 166/19 133.96 83/5...... Pass Efficiency Defense...... 116/8 152.68 WR Keith Kirkwood Receiving Yards...... 432...... 146/18 26.8 70/4...... Scoring Defense...... 95/7 30.9 QB Logan Marchi -0.33 92/8...... Turnover Margin...... 101/9 -0.56 Passing Yards...... 1,658...... 62/7 42.4% 44/8...... 3rd Down Conversion Pct...... 78/11 38.1% Passing TDs...... 9...... 74/7 41.7% 97/11...... 4th Down Conversion Pct...... 39/7 60.0% DE Jacob Martin 39.8% 72/3...... 3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense...... 75/5 40.3% Sacks/Game...... 0.67...... 33/2 46.7% 52/6...... 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense...... 119/12 69.2% Fumble Recoveries...... 2...... 11/2 76.7% 103/10...... Red Zone Offense...... 120/12 72.2% DB Delvon Randall Total Interceptions...... 4...... 12/1 85.4% 77/8...... Red Zone Defense...... 61/5 82.9% Solo Tackles/Game...... 5.1...... 38/7 34.2 120/12...... Net Punting...... 35/1 39.6 DE Quincy Roche 5.4 89/7...... Punt Returns...... 78/4 6.2 Sacks/Game...... 0.67...... 33/2 7.7 76/9...... Punt Return Defense...... 29/1 4.5 LB Chapelle Russell 21.0 66/7...... Kickoff Returns ...... 100/10 18.8 Total Tackles/Game...... 7.8...... 100/12 19.3 41/5...... Kickoff Return Defense...... 22/4 18.2 WR Isaiah Wright 8.0 10/2...... Tackles For Loss...... 93/8 5.1 Receiving Yards...... 502...... 100/14 All Purpose Yards/Game...... 83.3...... 166/19

• 3 • 2017 Temple Football A BRONX TALE Among Geoff Collins’ first coaching stops was tutoring the linebackers at Fordham Uni- ALL THE WRIGHT STUFF versity in the Bronx in 1996 under head coach Nick Quartaro. Three of Collins’ top hires Sophomore WR Isaiah Wright has provided a spark for the Owls’ offense whenever he since coming to Temple were part of that same staff. Chief of staff Vinny Sinagra was the touches the field. While his primary position is receiver, he has lined up in the backfield defensive coordinator, director of player personnel Tom Pajic handled receivers, and as a running back and also as the QB in a Wildcat formation. “He’s a touchdown waiting offensive coordinator Dave Patenaude was the special teams and quarterbacks coach. to happen,” said WR coach Stan Hixon. WHAT’S IN A NAME MOVING ON UP WITH GEORGE AND WIESE-Y Geoff Collins has been creative with titles for new staff members and has received Temple returns a number of offensive linemen and they will have a familiar face coach- some attention for it. He named former college head coach Vinny Sinagra his “Chief ing them. Chris Wiesehan, who coached the position from 2014-15, returns to coach of Staff” and promoted two graduate assistants into full-time positions - Dave Gerson the offensive line after spending a season with the running backs. Last season, 46-year was named “S.W.A.G. Coordinator” (Specialist With Advanced Graphics) and Pat Boyle coaching veteran George DeLeone tutored the linemen before departing. to “Strategic Specialist.” MAYHEM IS COMING Defense Geoff Collins came to Philadelphia with the title “Minister of Mayhem” and the Temple community quickly learned why. His Mississippi State and Florida defenses were de- signed to confuse offenses, cause havoc and create turnovers. However, his workouts APEX PREDATOR and practices, for those not in the planning, look chaotic complete with fire engines, Senior DE Jacob Martin has been harassing quarterbacks since he stepped on the field Easter bunnies, national flags, water guns, and more. three seasons ago. Over the past seven games, however, Martin has gone beyond his usual standard, accumulating a career-high six sacks, including two back-breaking ones POSITION FLEXIBILITY against ECU. Overall, three of Martin’s sacks shifted the course of the games, as his One of Geoff Collins’ coaching philosophies is to incorporate position flexibility through- first against the Pirates forced a turnover-on-downs, his one against USF served as the out his roster. He has always taught his defense globally so that players know what the Owls’ lone score and his one against Villanova was for a 17-yard loss. man next to him is doing and so they can play each other’s positions. Now that he con- trols the whole roster, that has led to many players being given the chance to play on SACK MACHINES both sides of the ball. Some of those are: Shaun Bradley (LB/RB), Keith Kirkwood (WR/ In their week three matchup against the UMass Minutemen, the Owls’ defense regis- DE), Freddie Booth-Lloyd (DL/FB), Dan Archibong (DL/OL), and Derrek Thomas (CB/WR). tered nine total sacks. This is the highest by a Temple defense since the team recorded 10 sacks in a 27-10 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions on Sept. 5, 2015. This was MONEY DOWN the second highest by the team dating back to 2000. The performance against UMass Head coach Geoff Collins believes that third down is where teams and players earn also propelled Temple to the top of the leaderboard for team sacks in the American with their money. For Temple, third down is now known as ‘money down.’ Throughout the 14 - four more than the second-place SMU Mustangs. game, fans will see Temple staff jumping up and down on the sidelines with money down signs. To show their support at home games, fans will be throwing fake money in WILD BOYZ the air on third down. The fake dollar bills will feature the face of Collins. Temple’s defensive line has been nicknamed “Wild Boyz” over the past decade and the unit has lived up to the special billing. Two NFL first round draft choices - Muhammad Wilkerson (2011, NY Jets) and Haason Reddick (2016, Cardinals) - and a handful of other Offense pro players have learned their trade at Temple. DT Michael Dogbe, and DEs Sharif Finch and Jacob Martin lead a solid young group who hope to follow in their footsteps. TOTE THE RYQ SHARIF DON’T LIKE IT RB Ryquell Armstead entered the season out of the shadows of Jahad Thomas, Tem- The 1982 hit record, “Rock the Casbah,” by The Clash foresaw the attitude an unborn ple’s leading ground gainer the past two seasons. Armstead led the Owls with 14 rush- Sharif Finch had on punting. “Sharif don’t like it...,” is the lead line of the chorus and ing touchdowns in 2016 and finished slightly behind Thomas in rushing yards (919/953). Finch has proven that he doesn’t like opponents to punt, blocking five in his career, the Last season, the duo were the only pair of running backs in FBS to each rush for 900+ most among active FBS players. yards and 13+ TDs. A-E-I-O-U SHARG-NATO Former Temple basketball player Bill Mlkvy lives in school folklore as “The Owl Without One of the smartest players on the team with a 3.79 GPA in kinesiology, Nick Sharga is a Vowel.” Now Temple University can also claim “The Owl with Every Vowel.” Sopho- also one of the best fullbacks in the nation. His bone-crushing blocks led the way for more DT Karamo Dioubate’s surname is complete with all five vowels. Dioubate hopes both Jahad Thomas and Ryquell Armstead to each rush for 900+ yards and 13+ TDs in one day to not just live alongside Mlkvy in uniqueness but in Temple’s Hall of Fame. 2016, becoming the only pair of running backs in FBS to accomplish that feat. Sharga FIGHT IN THE DOGBE wears a single-digit (#4) awarded to Temple’s toughest players. However, Sharga, one The lone remaining starter on the defensive line from a year ago, Michael Dogbe is of 11 children - all single births - insists that his mother is tougher than him. expected to continue his own development and emerge as a leader for the group. Not CAPTAIN KIRK an easy job for a unit that lost two players to the professional levels - Haason Reddick (Arizona Cardinals) and Avery Ellis (Ottawa Redblacks). A workout warrior with a 495 Keith Kirkwood has become the benchmark by which Geoff Collins’ players will be mea- bench press and 705 squat, Dogbe is used to hard work. sured. A solid player with a great work ethic on and off the field, Kirkwood impressed the new head coach throughout the winter/spring workouts so much that he was award- UNDISPUTED CHAMP ed one of the prestigious single-digit jerseys. Not only was it the first one handed out The nickname “Champ” belongs to the two-time second team all-conference safety in the Collins’ era but it was #5, Collins’ old college number. Kirkwood was also the first Sean Chandler. He has quickly become one of the most important players on Temple’s player to exhibit “position flexibility” producing at his receiver spot and collecting a sack roster. In fact, he was moved from corner to safety last offseason to take advantage of as a defensive end in the spring game. his playmaking skills. He entered 2017 ranked among the school’s all-time leaders with WORLD WIDE LEADER seven interceptions and is the active leader with 186 tackles and three fumble recover- Not only is Bristol, Conn. home to ESPN, the World Wide Leader in Sports, but it’s also ies. He’s also earned the respect of his teammates as being the first freshman ever to home to redshirt sophomore quarterback Logan Marchi. Following a 245 passing yard, be given one of the prestigious single digit numbers. two touchdown performance in the season opener against Notre Dame, Marchi earned every start through Week 7 before an injury sidelined him prior to Army. THE ULTIMATE WEAPON Philadelphia football fans are familiar with a guy named Randall being “the ultimate UNDER THE HOOD weapon.” Randall Cunningham was dubbed that in 1990 on the cover of Sports Illus- @TrizzyTreHood is the Twitter moniker for RB David Hood. That makes sense for a bud- trated. Now, Temple’s Delvon Randall takes on the role. Randall was a ball-hawking ding rap artist who is one of four in his family with the name David - he has a father, takeaway machine a year ago with 65 tackles, 6.0 TFLs, four interceptions, and two brother and son with the same name. While there is little confusion in the Temple locker fumble recoveries - most among returning Owls. He earned a prestigious single-digit room for the redshirt junior who entered the 2017 season second among active Owls jersey (#2) awarded on the eve of the spring game. with 329 career rushing yards, it was a bit confusing at Absegami High where both he and his brother David were running backs. BODY BLOWS MENTALITY The idea of body blows, boxing terminology rooted in the concept of absorbing pun- ishment while dealing out more than you’re taking, serves as the foundation of the collegepressbox.com is the official media website for Division I football. blue-collar psychology ingrained into the Temple football program. Junior RB Ryquell Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media Armstead has taken this mindset to heart, showcasing his best work when he has more guides, headshots, logos and more for each conference and its member opportunities in the ground game. Per his career numbers, Armstead averages 6.7 schools. Login information will be distributed to accredited media or you yards per carry when his number is called 15-plus times a game, compiling nine touch- can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to password@college- downs with an average of 118 yards per game. The most recent example of this trend came versus Army, as Armstead rushed for 151 yards and two scores on 18 carries. pressbox.com. GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 4 • OwlSports.com EIGHT IS ENOUGH At the start of the 2017 season, Temple ranked eighth amongst all of Div. I college SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS football, for fewest starts by linebackers on a team’s current roster. For the Owls, the Super Bowl 50 saw the Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in a combined seven starts came from Jared Folks (5 starts) and Chapelle Russell (2 starts). low-scoring battle. A huge key to the success of the Broncos that day was the kicking of Here is the list: Ball State, Old Dominion, Kansas State, UNLV (0), Troy (4), Boise State Brandon McManus who went 3/3 on field goals and tacked on one extra point. He also (5), Georgia Southern (6), Temple, Louisiana-Lafayette (7) happens to be a proud Temple grad. Like McManus, Temple has a number of alumni who have experienced success on the NFL’s biggest stage. Out of the 21 times that an alum from Temple has played in the Super Bowl, 16 of them happen to be on the Special Teams winning team. Notable names include former Ravens’ RB Bernard Pierce (2011), former Patriots’ DL Dan Klecko (2004, 2005) and former Redskins’ DB Todd Bowles (1983), who is now a head coach for the New York Jets. Former Owls head coach Bruce Arians was ISN’T THAT SPECIAL? also an offensive coordinator for the Steelers in 2009, helping head coach Mike Tomlin Ed Foley joined Temple’s football program in 2008 and is now working under his fourth win his first Super Bowl that year. head coach. He has held many roles, including interim head coach for the 2016 Mili- BEST OF CLASS tary Bowl, and continues as the special teams coordinator for the third straight season. Temple’s senior class entered its fourth season with 26 victories. That ranked tied for During that time, the kicking game has flourished with both Austin Jones and Aaron ninth all-time in school history over a four-year span. However, with a full season re- Boumerhi among the most accurate kickers in the nation. Since 2015, the Owls lead the maining, this year’s class has a chance to become the all-time winningest in school nation with 12 blocked kicks. history [31 wins (2011), 30 (2012, 2017). AUSTIN POWERS TEMPLE MADE In 2015, Temple received so many team and individual awards that most overlook the “Temple Made and Temple Proud,” has been a mantra from recent graduates of Phila- record breaking season kicker Austin Jones had. That year, Jones broke the Temple delphia’s largest university. Two current football players truly embody that ideal. Red- record for most field goals made in a season (23), most points by a kicker (113), and best shirt sophomore DB Kareem Ali is the son of two former Temple student-athletes, Tasha, field goal percentage for anyone with over 20 attempts (82.1 %). He carried that over to a track star, and Kareem Sr., a football player. Freshman DL Casey Williams was born at 2016 setting the school record with 19 consecutive field goals made before suffering a Temple University Hospital. torn ACL in game six at Memphis. He currently ranks seventh in school history with 186 career points and third in field goals with 37. IT’S ALL ACADEMIC While excelling on the field, Temple football student-athletes have also performed well BOOM BOOM in the classroom. Enrolled in 41 different majors, the team posted a combined cumula- Aaron Boumerhi entered the 2016 season as a walk-on freshman and didn’t play tive GPA of 2.88 in 2016-17. That was the highest in two years, although it marked nine through the first five games. Following Austin Jones’ ACL injury in the fourth quarter consecutive semesters of 2.7+. Temple remains one of two (Purdue) football programs of game six, Boumerhi was thrust into the leading role and made the most of his op- in the nation whose multi-year Academic Progress Rate has never decreased and its re- portunity, finishing the year 15-17 on field goals, 74 points, second team all-conference cent Graduate Success Rate (86) ranked 14th in the nation amongst all FBS institutions. honors and a scholarship. In the past two bowl seasons, Temple ranked in the top three in number of graduates BLOCK PARTY on the roster and this year should be no different – nine players enter the season with degrees in hand and an additional 14 students will complete their degrees prior to Since the start of Ed Foley’s tenure as the team’s special teams coordinator, the Owls possibly competing in a bowl game - thus marking our third consecutive year of 20+. have led the NCAA in block kicks (punts, field goals and PATs). Over the last three years, the Owls have registered at least five blocked kicks per season. SMARTY PANTS On its current roster, Temple has nine players that have already graduated with their Total 2017 2016 2015 2014 Punts FG/PATs bachelors degrees. This ranks Temple in the top 20 nationwide. Those players are OL Temple...... 18 1 5 7 5 0-3-5-3 1-2-2-2 Cole Boozer, OL Brian Carter, DL Sharif Finch, DB Artrel Foster, OL Leon Johnson, DB BYU...... 16 1 4 8 3 0-1-3-1 1-3-5-2 Mike Jones, WR Keith Kirkwood, OL Adrian Sullivan, and DL Julian Taylor. Alabama...... 13 3 2 6 2 1-1-3-0 2-2-3-2 Air Force...... 13 4 3 3 3 2-2-0-1 3-1-3-2 Northwestern (18), Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina (14), Toledo (13), TCU, Ala- Georgia Tech...... 12 0 3 3 6 0-0-2-2 0-3-1-4 bama, Oregon, Virginia (12), Georgia State, Kansas State, Maryland, UCF, USF (11), Kent State, Nevada, New Mexico, South Alabama, Texas Tech, West Virginia (10), Houston, Iowa State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Temple (9) Miscellaneous TO BE YOUNG AGAIN According to Phil Steele in his annual publication, the Owls entered the 2017 season as the 111th ranked team in all of FBS in terms of experience. Additionally, the Owls are TEMPLE TUFF more inexperienced than all AAC teams and any FBS team on their 2017 schedule. The phrase “Temple Tuff” is synonymous with the fight and grit of Temple’s football Steele takes a plethora of information into consideration when calculating his results team. However, it was coined by legendary Temple basketball coach John Chaney such as using returning seniors in a teams two deep (not counting K/P) along with whose teams also were commended for their hard-nosed, lunch-pail passion by which freshman, sophomores, juniors; percentage of passing; rushing and receiving yards re- they played. turning; percentage of tackles returning; and the offensive line career starts. The team scores range from 0-100 with 100 being a perfect score. Temple comes in with a score REPEAT CHAMPIONS of 49.3. Temple football has played in both American Athletic Conference Championship games since the conference instituted one in 2015. Temple joins UConn women’s basketball, REMEMBERING HARDIN USF men’s tennis, and Houston baseball to participate in every one of the AAC Cham- The 2017 season opener was the first game that the Temple Owls played since the pionships in their respective sports. passing of Hall of Fame coach Wayne Hardin. The winningest football coach in Temple WE’RE MOVIN’ ON UP history, Hardin had an 80-52-3 record for 13 seasons (1970-82). He led the 1979 team to the Garden State Bowl where the Owls defeated California for their first The Owls saw seven players go to the pros after a very successful 2015 season topped bowl win. That 1979 squad finished 10-2 for the University’s most wins ever by 10 more players in 2016. Three players in each year were drafted, including DE/LB in a season. That team also was ranked No. 17 in both the AP and UPI polls, Haason Reddick who was selected by Arizona with the #13 overall pick in 2016. OL Dion Dawkins and CB Nate Hairston joined Reddick in 2016 while CB Tavon Young, DL Matt the first time the Owls were in the national wire service polls. The Owls Ioannidis, and LB Tyler Matakevich were the 2015 draft choices. There are currently 13 will be wearing a ‘WH’ sticker on their helmets this season to remember former Owls playing in the NFL. Coach Hardin.

OWL SCHOLARS

In an effort to recognize the outstanding academic University’s founder Russell Conwell, Acres of Dia- accomplishments of Temple University’s student-ath- monds. The three stars above the regal owl sym- letes, Temple Athletics introduced the Owl Scholars bolize the three different ways a student-athlete can Program in the Fall of 2016. Through team apparel, earn the honor of having the patch included on their student-athletes on all of Temple’s 19 sports regular- uniform/game warm-up: ly have the opportunity to wear items that represent their athletic lives while on campus or in the class- 1) 3.0 semester GPA in previous term room; the Owl Scholars Program aims to accomplish 2) 3.0 cumulative GPA prior to bringing of semester the reverse - provide an easily identifiable symbol of 3) Successfully completed his/her undergraduate de- academic success for student-athletes to wear on gree at Temple their respective field or court of competition. - 47 Football players will wear the patch this season The Owl Scholars Patch has been designed to pay - 43 Football players wore the patch last season homage to the rich history of the Temple Owls, while - 18 Football players have worn the patch in both invoking images of the infamous speech of Temple seasons

• 5 • 2017 Temple Football

ALL-TIME LEADERS Position by Position Roundup

QUARTERBACKS va, Bryant caught seven passes for 79 yards, moving him Scoring Name...... Years Unlike the past three years, there was an open competition into 11th place all-time with 100 receptions and 1,553 receiv- 338 Brandon McManus ...... 2009-12 for the 2017 starting quarterback after the departure of four- ing yards. Last season, Bryant led the team in receptions 324 Bernard Pierce ...... 2009-11 year starter Phillip Walker who broke nearly every passing (54), yards (895) and tied for second in receiving touch- 264 Paul Palmer ...... 1983-86 record at Temple. Heading the unit will be first-year offen- downs (4) while playing in just 11 games due to an injury he 252 Austin Jones...... 2014-17 sive coordinator David Patenaude. He comes off a five-year suffered early in the season. stint at Coastal Carolina, where he served in Against Notre Dame, redshirt senior Keith Kirkwood and the same role for the Catamounts. senior Adonis Jennings both got the start for the Owls. Kirk- FGM Name...... Years Emerging from camp was redshirt sopho- wood and Jenings are two former transfers who have really 60 Brandon McManus ...... 2009-12 more Logan Marchi, who started against No- stepped up big for the unit. Kirkwood was second on the 52 Austin Jones...... 2014-17 tre Dame and took up under center through team in receptions (42), receiving yards (648) and tied for game seven an injury sidelined him. The second in receiving touchdowns with four. He impressed Recepts Name...... Years young singal-caller has exceeded expecta- head coach Geoff Collins enough to be awarded a single tions in terms of pass distribution, hitting a Marchi digit (#5) this spring. Jennings finished the season with 27 165 Zamir Cobb...... 2000-03 number of his wide receivers per game. receptions for 474 yards and four touchdowns. He really 138 Bruce Francis...... 2005-08 Marchi started through week seven and set the TU mark came on strong towards the end of the season posting two 130 Sean Dillard...... 1999-02 for most passing yards (767) and fewest INTs through his 100-yard outings in his last three games. 126 Gerald Lucear...... 1978-81 first three career starts. Bursting onto the scene last year was true freshman 122 Rich Drayton...... 1987-90 Redshirt junior Frank Nutile took the reigns in game 8 af- Isaiah Wright. A multi-position threat, Wright saw action in ter Marchi was injured and has flourished as a starter. In his many different roles for the Owls last season including RB, 121 Jalen Fitzpatrick...... 2011-14 first two games as a starter he was 42-of-59 passing for 579 WR, punt returner and even QB in the Wildcat formation. He 120 Clint Graves...... 1970-72 yards and five TDs, including a 4TD performance vs. Navy. was the third-leading rusher on the team with 235 yards and 114 Robby Anderson...... 2011-13, 2015 “Frankie Juice” has steadied the offense and is expected to caught eight balls for 74 yards. 113 Ventell Bryant...... 2015-17 continue in the starting role at Cincinnati. Redshirt junior Brodrick Yancy has proven to be a 111 Willie Marshall...... 1983-86 Anthony Russo spent his freshman year redshirting. A tough slot receiver when healthy. Last year, he played in 11 local product from Archbishop Wood, Russo was a very games, starting four, with 24 receptions before suffering a 106 Van Johnson...... 1992-96 highly touted recruit for the Owls in 2016. The coaches ex- season-ending leg injury. Another redshirt junior, Marshall pect him to compete for the starting quarterback position. Ellick, provides much needed depth. Last year he played Rec Yds Name...... Years The 2017 recruiting class welcomes the addition of Todd in nine games with five starts and finished the year with 12 2,272 Willie Marshall...... 1983-86 Centeio (West Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer High ) who enrolled receptions and 141 yards. 2,035 Bruce Francis...... 2005-08 into school early and will benefit from working with the Owls Sophomore Randle Jones and redshirt sophomore 1,882 Gerald Lucear...... 1978-81 during the spring. Travon Williams provide sparks in the kick return and punt return game, and add much depth to a unit loaded with tal- 1,869 Van Johnson...... 1992-96 RUNNING BACKS ent. Jones served as a primary kick returner last year while 1,856 Zamir Cobb...... 2000-03 Leading the running backs this season will be Williams saw primarily special teams action. 1,780 Troy Kersey...... 1994-97 first-year coach Tony Lucas, who comes from Freddie Johnson and Brandon Mack are two players 1,730 Robby Anderson...... 2011-13, 2015 Georgetown serving in the same position. who were part of the 2016 recruiting class and ended up 1,693 Rich Drayton...... 1987-90 Returning for his junior year, Ryquell Arm- redshirting. Anthony Cruz and John Ruza were added on stead looks to lead the unit. His backfield as walk-ons in 2016, T.J. Backer and Eric Kiewiak were add- 1,659 Ventell Bryant...... 2015-17 mate from a year ago, Jahad Thomas, was ed in the spring of 2017 and Travis Hines and Thomas Mat- Armstead 1,632 Sean Dillard...... 1999-02 lost to graduation. Armstead led the team in tioni joined the unit in a similar capacity in the fall. 1,629 Steve Watson...... 1975-78 rushing touchdowns (14) and was second on The 2017 recruiting class welcomes the additions of the team in rushing yards (919) behind Thomas. In 2016, Jaden Blue (Hightstown, N.J./Peddie Prep), L’Jeron Holder INTs Name...... Years Armstead and Thomas were the only two backs to each [Marlboro, N.J./Manalapan], and Jeremy Jennings (Down- rush over 900 yards and 13 TDs. Armstead had four 100- ingtown, Pa./Downingtown East). 20 Anthony Young...... 1981-84 yard rushing games last season including vs. USF, where 15 Mark McCants...... 1977-80 he ran for a career-high 210 yards and a 76-yard touchdown OFFENSIVE LINE 13 Kevin Ross...... 1980-83 which was the longest play from scrimmage by any Owl last This unit will be headed by Chris Wiesehan. Entering his 13 Bob Salia...... 1975-77 season. His power, size and speed will help lead the Owls’ fourth year at Temple, he was the running backs coach 11 Sam Shaffer...... 1978-81 rushing attack once again. during the 2016 season but had spent the prior two sea- Junior and redshirt junior sons as the offensive line coach. Wiesehan has 22 years 11 Bob Mizia...... 1973-75 Jager Gardner David Hood have shined in the Owls’ offense when opportunities pre- of coaching experience, including 19 years in college and 10 Terrance Leftwich...... 1999-02 sented themselves. Hood looked impressive early in 2016 three years in the pros. He comes into a unit that lost first- 9 Jaiquawn Jarrett...... 2007-10 for the Owls before being sidelined with an injury. He had 16 team all-conference tackle Dion Dawkins (Buffalo Bills’ 2nd 9 Chonn Lacey...... 1998-01 carries for 87 yards on the season including a career-high round pick) and center Brendan McGowan, both of whom 9 Dominique Harris...... 2006-09 47 yards vs. Army in the opener. Gardner suffered an injury started every game for the Owls in 2016. 8 Sean Chandler...... 2014-17 at USF and will miss the remainder of the season. Both were top special teams performers. 8 Delvon Randall...... 2015-17 Bursting onto the scene last year was true freshman 8 Eddie Parker...... 1984-87 wide receiver Isaiah Wright. A multi-position threat, Wright saw action in many different roles for the Owls last season including RB, WR, punt returner and even QB in the Wildcat formation. He was the third leading rusher on the team with 235 yards and caught eight balls for 74 yards. He also had a Johnson Picozzi Hennessy Carter Boozer 31-yard touchdown at Tulane. Booker McLean joined the team as a walk-on in 2016 Even though this unit has suffered some big losses, it re- and will be entering his redshirt junior season. He transi- turns a lot of talent including Leon Johnson, Adrian Sullivan tioned to running back this fall. Meanwhile, freshman Mark and Jovahn Fair who are all returning starters. Johnson and DeRobertis joined the team as a walk-on in the fall and has Sullivan started every game for the Owls last season while seen reps with the scout team this season. Fair started 13 out of the 14 games and saw action in every Johnny Forrest and Tyliek Raynor both redshirted their game. They were all big parts of a unit that helped Ryquell freshman year and hope to make more of an impact for the Armstead and Jahad Thomas become the only pair of run- Owls during the 2017 campaign. ning backs in the country to each rush for over 900 yards and 13 TDs. WIDE RECEIVERS Brian Carter returns for his redshirt senior season where This unit is led by Stan Hixon who he got the start at right guard against Notre Dame. Carter brings 36 years of coaching ex- has the most game experience of any Owls’ offensive line- perience to Temple this season. man appearing in 36 games over his three-year career with Hixon inherits a very talented 12 starts, before entering this season. He was a big part of unit that returns everyone from the rotation last year and saw action in every game at guard. the 2016 squad. The success of Jaelin Robinson saw increased time as the season went on this unit starts with redshirt junior including in the last 10 games of the season rotating in at Kirkwood Jennings Ventell Bryant. Against Villano- right tackle. He hopes to see an increased role for the Owls GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 6 • OwlSports.com

Position by Position Roundup SINCE 2014, TEMPLE FOOTBALL HAS… this year with the absence of Dawkins, earning his first career by first-year coach Jim Panagos who spent the past 10 sea- start against Army due to injuries along the line. sons at UCF (2007-11), Rutgers (2012-15), and Pitt (2016). •Beaten an SEC team (Vanderbilt) for the first The Owls used a lot of multiple tight end packages to When healthy, seniors Sharif Finch and Jullian Taylor time in 76 years (Florida in 1938). open up big holes in the running game. Cole Boozer, a con- have been a force to be reckoned with. Over four years, verted tight end, played a huge role in the success of the Finch has played in 40 games and had 89 tackles, 16.5 TFLs, •Posted the largest margin of victory in 40 unit. He saw action in every game last year and has played 6.0 sacks and two interceptions. Last season Finch was side- seasons – a 59-0 shutout over Delaware in 27 games over his three seasons entering his final year. lined for most of the season due to a knee injury. Taylor had State. Boozer saw his first career start at right tackle in the Owls’ eight tackles in just three games last year before suffering a season opener and has held down that position season-ending injury as well. Both ended up redshirting, and •Beaten a ranked team at home for the first As true freshmen last year, Matt Hennessy and Vincent are making solid contributions this season time ever (#21 East Carolina in 2014 and Picozzi showed early promise before sitting the rest of the Jacob Martin is a tough kid who has provided the Owls #21 Memphis in 2015) and just the third and season and redshirting. Hennessey saw the start on opening with quality playing time throughout his three-year career. He fourth times ever beating a ranked team. day as the team’s center. Meanwhile, Picozzi has stepped earned a single-digit jersey, given Previous time was 16 years ago. into the starting left guard role following an early injury to to the nine toughest players on Fair, holding onto the spot from ECU on. the team as voted on by his team- •Beaten a ranked team in each of the past James McHale, Gordon Thomas, Aaron Ruff, Vaughn mates. He has played 37 games three seasons. Fulton and Nick Apostolu are all entering their redshirt ju- with three starts in his three years nior years and give the Owls much-needed depth across the with the program. •Beat Penn State for the first time in 74 years board at multiple positions. The quintet has played in a com- Two key defensive tackles and 40 tries. bined 22 games throughout the course of their careers. As a returning to this unit are redshirt Taylor Dogbe redshirt freshman, Benson Israel saw action in three games juniors Michael Dogbe and Fred- •Beat Cincinnati for the first time in 30 years last year. die Booth-Lloyd. Dogbe is the lone starter from the unit re- and six tries. Darian Bryant redshirted last season and hopes to earn turning from last year. He was tied for fifth on the team in an increased role in 2017. Senior Carrington Jones joined TFLs with 5.0. Booth-Lloyd’s size and quickness make him •Won three consecutive games on the road the team as a walk-on in the summer while redshirt freshman a difficult matchup to block having played in 26 games with for the first time in 45 years. Leon Pinto did the same come the fall, each creating valu- two starts throughout his career. able depth to the unit. Redshirt senior Greg Webb, sophomore Karamo Diou- •Started a season 7-0 for the first time ever. The 2017 recruiting class sees the addition of Griffin Ses- bate, and redshirt freshman Dan Archibong provide more tili (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny High). The Owls added depth to a talented unit. In their first year with the Owls, they •Became ranked in the Top 25 for the first Andrew Eisenson (Durham, N.C./Northern) as a walk-on played in a combined 27 games last season. A transfer from time since 1979 (36 years). freshmen this summer. Hutchinson College, Webb had seven tackles and 1.5 TFLs, while as true freshmen, Dioubate and Archibong combined •Won a game as a ranked team (at East Car- TIGHT ENDS & FULLBACKS for six tackles. olina, at SMU, vs. UConn) for the first time Ed Foley takes on leading the tight ends in his fifth year at Dana Levine, who made his first career start against Vil- in 74 years. the position. He has the longest lanova, and DeAndre Kelly are players who will be returning tenure at Temple of any coach on for their redshirt sophomore years. They add more depth •Had ESPN’s College Gameday broadcast the current staff as he enters his to the unit and have played in a combined seven games a Temple football game for the first time ninth year with the Owls. Foley throughout the course of their careers. ever….from Philadelphia, no less. will look to replace honorable Quincy Roche was part of the 2016 recruiting class and mention all-conference tight end ended up redshirting this past season. Roche made his first •Played in Temple’s first-ever ranked vs. Colin Thompson and leading career sack in the season opener against the Fighting Irish. Myarick Yeboah ranked football games – vs. Notre Dame pass catcher Romond Deloatch Roche had a career-best three sacks against UMass. Hez and at Houston. for the upcoming season. Trahan is a redshirt junior who joined as a walk-on and pro- Redshirt junior Chris Myarick and redshirt sophomore vides more depth to the unit. Redshirt sophomore Prosper •Ranked in the Top 25 for four consecutive Jake Robinson come back to the Owls as the most experi- Mekoba rejoined the team to add depth. weeks and for seven weeks total - both for enced players on the unit. Myarick had three starts last year Redshirt junior Zack Mesday is making the conversion to the first time ever. and recorded his first career reception at Penn State. The defensive end from linebacker. former walk-on was awarded a scholarship earlier this spring. The 2017 recruiting class sees the additions of Malik •Had a national award winner - Bronko Na- Robinson started the opener vs. Army. Both players saw ac- Burns (Marbury, Md./Lackey High), Arnold Ebiketie (Silver gurski and Chuck Bednarik Award - for the tion in every game last season in multiple tight end packages Spring, Md./Albert Einstein High), Ifeanyi Maijeh (Far Rock- first time since 1974 (when Steve Joachim and on special teams. away, N.Y./Poly Prep High), and Casey Williams [South Phil- won the Maxwell Award). Kenny Yeboah saw action in one game last year vs. Char- adelphia (Pa.) High]. Williams was an early enrollee and par- lotte before an injury forced him to redshirt. Redshirt soph- ticipated in spring practices. During the season, junior Rob •Had a player earn first-team All-American omore Domenic Nigrelli saw action in one game last year. Chander, Jr. (Camden N.J./Highland Regional) transferred in honors for the first time since 1986. Steve Petrick and Taiyir Wilson were sidelined with an injury from Ferrum College and will be eligible starting next season as true freshmen and ended up redshirting. following a redshirt. •Become bowl eligible for three consecutive The 2017 recruiting class sees the addition of Emil Moody season for the second time in school his- LINEBACKERS (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti High). tory. The fullback position is led by redshirt se- This unit will be headed by first-year coach Andrew Thack- nior Nick Sharga. Against Villanova, Sharga er who comes to Temple from Kennesaw State. Thacker will •Posted back-to-back road game shutouts scored his first career touchdown on a one- have his work cut out for him as he has to replace the starting for the first time since 1925. yard rush. As a sophomore, he was awarded trio of Jared Alwan, Stephaun Marshall, and Avery Williams. a single-digit jersey, a Temple tradition given The one player returning with the most experience is red- • Had three shutouts in a season for the first to the nine toughest players on the team vot- shirt junior Jared Folks. Last year, Folks started in five games time since 1945. ed on by the team. Last season he had 17 car- Sharga at middle linebacker and played in all but one game. He fin- ries for 98 yards with one reception and was a ished 12th on the team in tackles with 32 and had one inter- •Won 20 games in a two-year span for the major reason for the success of the running game. Redshirt ception. first time ever. junior Rob Ritrovato is the backup fullback who saw action Shaun Bradley played in 11 games as a true freshman in 13 games on special teams last year, but has an expanded and was in and out of the lineup as he battled a season-long •Posted 10 wins for only the second and third role as a ball carrier this season. Against ECU, he notched ca- injury. He showed enough promise to play at each of the times (1979, 2015, 2016). reer-highs in carries (14) and yards (48) while scoring his first linebacker positions. touchdown, and has been integral in the rush attack since. Bradley got the nod •Won its first Conference Championship at middle linebacker since 1967 and its first Conference Cham- DEFENSIVE LINE to start the season at pionship Game ever. The “Wild Boyz,” nickname of Notre Dame. Against Temple’s defensive line unit, will Villanova, Bradley be under new leadership this registered his first ca- season after suffering some key reer sack. Franklin Bradley Russell losses such as Haason Reddick, As a true freshman, Praise Martin-Oguike, Averee Sam Franklin saw action in every game on special teams Robinson, and Avery Ellis. The Finch Martin and finished the year with four tackles. He is converting to position is still loaded with talent linebacker after spending time at cornerback and wide re- and plenty of players to make a difference. They will be led ceiver last season. Franklin started at Notre Dame at strong- • 7 • 2017 Temple Football

2017 Lists Position by Position Roundup

side linebaker. Redshirt sophomore Chapelle Russell saw was tied most by an individual in the American Athletic Con- 2016 Starters Returning - Offense (5) action in 10 games and started in two before a knee injury ference. Randall earned a single-digit jersey this spring. OL Jovahn Fair (13), OL Leon Johnson (14), WR sidelined him for the remainder of the season. He had 25 Senior Cequan Jefferson made the transition to safety Keith Kirkwood (11), FB Nick Sharga (6), OL Adri- tackles and one sack on the season. this fall. Jeremiah Atoki, William Kwenkeu, and Chris Smith are Redshirt junior Jyquis Thomas and sophomore Benny an Sullivan (14) players on the unit who each saw action in 10+ games last Walls provide the Owls with depth at the position. Walls year on special teams, combining for 25 tackles. had 12 tackles on the season to go along with an intercep- 2016 Starters Lost - Offense (5) Junior Todd Jones saw action in seven games last sea- tion while Thomas finished the year with seven tackles. son, and show much talent for the future going forward. Keyvone Bruton and Amir Tyler are both freshmen who OL Dion Dawkins (14), OL Brendan McGowan Kevin DeCeasar and Mike DiFrancesco are both former ended up redshirting last year. (14), RB Jahad Thomas (12), TE Colin Thompson walk-ons who saw little game action last season. The 2017 recruiting class welcomes the additions of (12), QB Phillip Walker (14) Isaiah Graham-Mobley was part of the 2016 recruiting George Reid (Glenside, Pa./Abington) and Collin Wash- class and saw his first career game action when he started ington (Philadelphia Pa./Central High), while sophomore against Notre Dame at weakside linebacker. Sam Kramer Christian Martir (Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing) and fresh- 2016 Starters Returning - Defense (4) joined the team as a walk-on and ended up redshirting the man Peyton Jones (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) were walk-ons DB Sean Chandler (10), DL Michael Dogbe (9), 2016 season. Sophomore Shaun Gabriel (Harrisburg, Pa./ with unit this fall. DB Artrel Foster (12), DB Delvon Randall (14) Central Dauphin) and freshman Adian Rosa (Milltown, N.J./ Piscataway) joined the team as a walk-on in the fall, and SPECIAL TEAMS adds depth to the unit. Once again, Ed Foley will be heading the unit 2016 Starters Lost - Defense (7) The 2017 recruiting class sees the addition of Audley which he has done since 2015. The unit will LB Jarred Alwan (9), DB Nate Hairston (13), LB Isaacs (Philadelphia, Pa./Valley Forge High), and redshirt have to decide between two fabulous kick- freshman Boaz Pogue (Chambersburg, Pa./Fork Union Mil- ers in senior Austin Jones and sophomore Stephaun Marshall (13), DL Praise Martin-Ogui- itary Academy) transferred in from Morehead State midway Aaron Boumerhi. Jones kicked field goals ke (11), DL Haason Reddick (14), DL Averee Rob- through the season. for the Owls in their opener while Boumer- Boumerhi inson (14), LB Avery Williams (14) hi had the kick off duites. Jones started the CORNERBACKS 2016 season going 11-13 on field goals before This unit will be headed up by first-year coach Cory Robin- suffering a season-ending ACL tear at Memphis. In 2015, 2016 Lettermen Returning - Specialists (4) son. Robinson comes from the University of Toledo, where he set the school record for field goals made (23) and K Aaron Boumerhi, K Austin Jones, LS Corey he served the same position during the 2016 season. The points by a kicker (133). When Boumerhi filled in for Jones unit suffers the key loss of starting corner Nate Hairston (In- the second half of the season, he connected on 15-17 field Lerch, P Alex Starzyk dianapolis Colts’ 5th round pick). goals including a career-high four made in the Military Bowl Returning to the unit as a start- vs. Wake Forest. He earned second-team all-conference 2016 Lettermen Returning (41) ing corner is redshirt senior Ar- honors. Against Villanova, Boumerhi kicked a 49-yard Ryquell Armstead, Jeremiah Atoki, Freddie trel Foster. He started all but one game-winning field goal with one minute remaining. The game last year, led all corners in kick also sits as a career best. Booth-Lloyd, Cole Boozer, Aaron Boumerhi, total tackles with 34, and had one Freshman Will Mobley (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) walked on to Shaun Bradley, Ventell Bryant, Brian Carter, forced fumble. Redshirt junior Der- the team in the fall, and as already added valuable depth Sean Chandler, Linwood Crump, Michael Dog- rek Thomas hopes to provide the in the kicking game during practice. Owls with another big season as Foster M.Jones Senior Alex Starzyk was suspended by be, Karamo Dioubate, Marshall Ellick, Jovahn he saw action in 13 games last year the team in the spring and returned to the Fair, Jared Folks, Artrel Foster, Sam Franklin, and finished up with 29 tackles and seven pass breakups. team in August. Starzyk was the starter to Jager Gardner, David Hood, Cequan Jefferson, The unit also has really high expectations for graduate open the season against Notre Dame. He transfer Mike Jones, who comes to Temple from North Car- has been the Owls’ punter ever since his Adonis Jennings, Leon Johnson, Austin Jones, olina Central. Jones started in the team’s season opener freshman season. Last season, he had 44 Starzyk Keith Kirkwood, William Kwenkeu, Corey Lerch, against Notre Dame and also grabbed his first interception punts for an average of 39.5 yards, with 17 Jacob Martin, Chris Myarick, Delvon Randall, as an Owl. Over his career, he had 35 starts and racked up punts inside the 20. His longest punt of the 114 tackles, 36 pass breakups, and 11 interceptions with the season was 55 yards, but he excelled at the rugby-style Rob Ritrovato, Jaelin Robinson, Jake Robinson, Eagles. punt which left many kicks unreturnable. Walk-on freshmen Chapelle Russell, Nick Sharga, Chris Smith, Sophomore Linwood Crump saw a lot of time on special Connor Bowler (Glenmoore, Pa./Downingtown West), who Alex Starzyk, Adrian Sullivan, Derrek Thomas, teams last year and have played in a combined 42 games joined this past summer, Drew Levin (Voorhees, N.J./East- Greg Webb, Isaiah Wright, Brodrick Yancy throughout their careers. Kareem Ali is a talented individual ern) and Max Cavallucci (Wyncote, Pa./Cheltenham) will who suffered an injury in the second game last year and did take reps at the position as well. not return until the end of the season. The unit is also strengthened by long 2016 Lettermen Lost (21) Adding depth to the unit is Kimere Brown, part of the snapper Corey Lerch, who has held the spot Jarred Alwan, Tom Bradway, Dion Dawkins, 2016 recruiting class, who redshirted last season. down since his freshman season in 2014. The 2017 recruiting class sees the additions of Christian Redshirt senior Josh Lang and freshman Romond Deloatch, Avery Ellis, Nate Hairston, Braswell (Washington, D.C./Friendship Collegiate Acade- Cole Lerch add depth at long-snapper. Khiry Lucas, Stephaun Marshall, Praise Mar- my) and Ty Mason (Silver Spring, Md./James Hubert Blake In the return game, the Owls saw Mike Lerch tin-Oguike, Brendan McGowan, Jake O’Don- High). Freshmen walk-ons Joshua Allen (Sicklerville, N.J./ Jones and Sean Chandler pave the way for Winslow Township) and Aaron Adu (Worcester, Mass./ the unit in the opener against Notre Dame. nell, Haason Reddick, Semaj Reed, Averee Doherty Memorial) joined the team this summer. Jones was an All-MEAC First Team returner and saw time Robinson, Cortrelle Simpson, Nate L. Smith, returning kicks. Chandler carried the team last year as a Willie Smith, Jahad Thomas, Colin Thompson, SAFETIES punt returner and will see action again this season. First-year defensive coordinator Taver Johnson will also tu- Phillip Walker, Avery Williams tor the safeties. He has coached college football over 20 years with his most recent stops being the defensive backs Graduates on 2017 Roster (9) coach at Purdue and Ohio State. OL Cole Boozer, OL Brian Carter, DL Sharif Johnson’s job with the safe- ties will be infinitely easier as he Finch, DB Artrel Foster, OL Leon Johnson, DB returns one of the best tandems Mike Jones, WR Keith Kirkwood, OL Adrian Sul- in the country in Sean Chandler livan, DL Julian Taylor and Delvon Randall. Chandler is returning for his senior year as a two-time second team all-confer- Chandler Randall ence selection. In just 10 games last year, he had 51 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, a sack, two intercep- tions and three forced fumbles. He is also a “Temple Tuff” single-digit jersey member, which he has worn since his freshman year. Randall started every game for the Owls last season and finished tied for second on the team in tackles with 65. He also led the team in takeaways with six, which

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2017 HONOR ROLL

Watch Lists APEX Predator (Player of the Week) #theSTANDARD Doak Walker Award...... Ryquell Armstead Notre Dame - Boozer (O), M.Jones (D), Sharga (ST) Notre Dame - Carter, Chandler, Dogbe, Hennessy, Lou Garza Award...... Aaron Boumerhi Villanova - Kirkwood (O), Finch (D), Cor. Lerch (ST) M.Jones, Marchi, Starzyk Biletnikoff Award...... Ventell Bryant UMass - Sharga (O), Roche (D), Graham-Mobley (ST) Villanova - V. Bryant, Chandler, Hennessy, Kirkwood, Chuck Bednarik Award...... Sean Chandler USF - Martin (D), M.Jones (ST) Marchi, Martin, Randall, Sharga, Taylor, Walls Bronko Nagurski Award...... Sean Chandler Houston - Hennessy (O), M.Jones, Taylor (D), Boumerhi (ST) UMass - Ellick, Graham-Mobley, R.Jones, Levine, Mar- Lott IMPACT Award...... Sean Chandler ECU - Hood (O), Martin, Randall (D), Graham-Mobley (ST) tin, Roche, Sharga, Starzyk, J.Thomas, Yeboah Jim Thorpe Award...... Sean Chandler UConn - Carter (O), Russell (D), Mack (ST) USF - Archibong, Dogbe, M.Jones, Cor.Lerch, Martin, Rimington Award...... Matt Hennessey Army - Armstead (O), Taylor, Martin (D), T. Jones (ST) Russell Senior Bowl...... Sean Chandler, Leon Johnson, Navy - Nutile (O), Booth-Lloyd (D) Sharga (ST) Houston - Armstead, Carter, Dogbe, Graham-Mobley, ...... Mike Jones, Keith Kirkwood, Nick Sharga Hennessy, M.Jones, Kirkwood, Kwenkeu, Cor.Lerch, Scout Team Player of the Week Wuerffel Award...... Keith Kirkwood Levine, Mesday, Myarick, Randall, Sharga, Taylor Paul Hornung Award...... Keith Kirkwood Notre Dame - Blue (O), Braswell (D), Holder (ST) ECU - Archibong, Boumerhi, Bradley, Carter, Chandler, Villanova - Centeio (O), DeCaesar (D), Mesday (ST) Crump, Dogbe, Franklin, Graham-Mobley, Hennessy, UMass - Israel (O), Ebieketie (D), DiFrancesco (ST) Players of the Week Hood, F. Johnson, Kirkwood, Mack, Marchi, Martin, Pi- USF - Forrest (O), Mason (D), Holder (ST) Aaron Boumerhi, K ...... AAC Special Teams, 9/11 cozzi, Randall, Ritrovato, Webb, Wright Houston - Russo (O), Ebiiketie (D), Allen, J.Jennings (ST) Ventell Bryant, WR ...... AAC Weekly Honor Roll, 9/11 UConn - Archibong, Armstead, Carter, Chandler, Dogbe, ECU - Forrest (O), Reid (D), Issacs (ST) Sharif Finch, DL ...... AAC Defensive, 11/2 Graham-Mobley, Hood, Martin, Randall, Russell, Sharga, UConn - Blue (O), C. Williams (D), Atoki (ST) Quincy Roche, DE...... Co-AAC Defensive, 9/18 Yeboah Army - Sestili (O), Gabriel (D), Kramer (ST) Logan Marchi, QB...... AAC Weekly Honor Roll, 9/18 Army - Archibong, Armstead, Boozer, Chandler, Franklin, Navy - J.Jennings (O), C.Smith (D) Holder (ST) Logan Marchi, QB...... Temple Athlete of the Week, 10/7 Graham-Mobley, T.Jones, Kelly, Martin, Myarick, Nutile, Randall, Jae. Robinson, Sharga, Taylor, G. Thomas, Tyler Frank Nutile, QB ...... AAC Weekly Honor Roll, 11/2 Juice Boyz Navy - Archibong, Booth-Lloyd, Bradley, Chandler, Delvon Randall, DB ...... USF - Jefferson (D), DeCaesar (ST) Crump, Finch, Hennessy, A.Jennings, Kirkwood, ...... AAC Defensive, (College Football Madness) 11/2 Houston - Wilson (O), C.Williams (D), Webb (ST) Cor.Lerch, Levine, Martin, Nutile, Sharga, Taylor, Webb, ECU - Israel (O), D. Thomas (D), Lang (ST) Wright WR Keith Kirkwood UConn - J. Jennings (O), Maijeh (D), Pinto (ST) Jason Witten Man of the Year Award Semifinalist Army - Sestili (O), C. Williams (D), Tyler (ST) Navy - Levine, Maijeh, Mason FB Nick Sharga Campbell Trophy Semifinalist

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[as of October 30, 2017] Bruce Arians, HC (1983-89) Arizona Cardinals head coach Name (Years Lettered) Team Pos. Keith Armstrong, RB (1983-86) Atlanta Falcons special teams NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Todd Bowles, DB (1982-85) New York Jets head coach Robby Anderson (2011-13, 2015) New York Jets WR Clyde Christiansen, QB/WR (1983-85) Miami Dolphins off. coord. Dion Dawkins (2013-16) Buffalo Bills OL Andrew Dees, OL (2006-10) Buffalo Bills asst. off. line Kyle Friend (2012-15) Pittsburgh Steelers (PS) OL Mark DeLeone, GA (2011) Kansas City Chiefs asst. linebackers Nate Hairston (2014-16) Indianapolis Colts DB Kevin Gilbride, Jr., WR (2007-09) New York Giants tight ends Matt Ioannidis (2012-15) Washington Redskins DL Al Holcomb, GA (1996) Carolina Panthers linebackers Tyler Matakevich (2012-15) Pittsburgh Steelers LB Frisman Jackson, WR (2015-16) Tennessee Titans wide receivers Brandon McManus (2009-12) Denver Broncos K/P Amos Jones, ST (1983-88) Arizona Cardinals special teams Haason Reddick (2013-16) Arizona Cardinals DL/LB Nick Rapone, LB (1983-88, 1999-2005) Arizona Cardinals linebackers Jahad Thomas (2013-16) New York Jets (PS) RB Britt Reid, GA (2012) Kansas City Chiefs defensive line Phillip Walker (2013-16) Indianapolis Colts (PS) QB Kevin Ross, DB (1980-83) Arizona Cardinals secondary Martin Wallace (2011-12) New Orleans (IR) OL Tahir Whitehead (2008-11) Detroit Lions LB This Week’s Results Muhammad Wilkerson (2008-10) New York Jets DL With 4 catches for 48 yards and a TD, Jets’ WR Robby Anderson helped Tavon Young (2012-15) Baltimore Ravens (IR) DB the Jets to a 34-21 win over Dion Dawkins’ Buffalo Bills ... DT Muham- mad Wilkerson contributed 3 tackles in that game ... Haason Reddick CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE had a career-high 8 tackles in 20-10 win over SF ... Matt Ioannidis had Derek Dennis (2007-11) Saskatchewan Roughriders OL one tackle as the Redskins bested the Seahawks, 17-14 ... Nate Hairston Avery Ellis (2012, 2014-16) Ottawa RedBlacks DL made three tackles in a 20-14 win over Houston ... Tahir Whitehead and Eric Lofton (2013-15) Ottawa RedBlacks OL the Lions travel to Green Bay for a MNF match up. Romond Deloatch (2012, 14-16) Ottawa RedBlacks WR

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• 9 • 2017 Temple Football

Geoff COLLINS Head Coach Western Carolina '94

1st Season at Temple

Geoff Collins accepted the head coaching position at Temple University on December olina University, where he played defensive back and linebacker. Collins has coached 14, 2016, becoming the 27th head football coach in Owls’ history. Armed with 23 years all over, beginning at his alma mater, and most recently working in the SEC at both of coaching experience, Collins has proven to be a driven leader who is not Florida, where he helped the Gators to back-to-back SEC East Division Titles, and bashful about the word love. He has demonstrated a love for his players Mississippi State in the role of defensive coordinator. Over the course and they have reciprocated that passion in their actions and of his career, Collins has helped guide 31 of his student-athletes to words. careers in the National Football League.

“I could not speak more highly of Coach Collins,” said “As soon as I met with Geoff I knew right away that this was the right Houston Texans’ LB Benardrick McKinney who played coach at the right time for Temple University,” said Director of Athlet- fro Collins at Mississippi State. “He has done so much ics Dr. Patrick M. Kraft. “Well beyond Geoff’s acumen as a coach of for shaping the player I am today. He coached aggres- hard, physical football, he shares our values of embracing the stu- sively with a tremendous amount of energy and fun. He dent-athlete and demanding excellence in all that we do.” loved his players. Coach Collins would do anything for us, on and off the field. Not only did he train us Collins first began at Florida in 2015, hired by Jim McElwain to be the best defensive players we could be on to be on his initial staff at the school. Collins’ opportunity to the field, but also the best men we would be off serve as defensive coordinator at Florida was his second de- the field.” fensive coordinator job in the SEC, as he held the same title at Mississippi State for two seasons. Collins’ creative spirit has paid dividends on and off the field. Whether devising original The Florida defense was relentless under the guidance of Col- game-plans, creating new methods to lins, finishing the season ranked eighth nationally in 2015. His teach, or splashy ways to pursue Gators’ defense was also ranked third in the SEC during recruits, Collins’ ideas are mim- that time, only allowing 310.2 yards per game. Collins’ icked throughout college defense also set a number of other records during football. his time in Gainesville, including being one of only seven FBS teams in the last 20 years to He has been recog- not allow a touchdown against three FBS nized as one of the Power 5 schools on the road, in a single leading assistant season. coaches in the nation numerous times and In the 2015 season alone, Collins is the only coach to helped prepare three players who be a Broyles Award eventually earned first-team All-SEC nominee, given to the honors, including CB Jalen “Teez” Ta- nation’s best assistant bor, DL Jon Bullard, and CB Vernon coach, at three schools Hargreaves. Hargreaves was also a con- [FIU (2010), MSU (2014) sensus first team All-American in 2015. In and Florida (2015)]. total, five of Collins’ defensive players were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft; two first “The excitement over round selections (CB Vernon Hargreaves Temple football has been and S Keanu Neal) along with DT Jonathan growing for years, and Bullard (3rd), LB Antonio Morrison (4th), and Geoff is going to ensure DE Alex McCalister (7th), along with Brian that Temple’s reputation Poole who started for the Falcons in the Su- for quality on the field and per Bowl after joining Atlanta as a rookie free in the classroom is going agent. to continue,” said Presi- dent Richard M. Englert. The Florida team capitalized on the success of “Our student-athletes are its defense in 2016, finishing 8-4 on the year and great representatives of earning its second straight SEC East Division this university and make Title. The unit finished among the nation’s best me proud every time I see in multiple categories - first in pass efficiency them play.” (92.87), second in pass defense (148.5), third in defensive scores (5), fourth in red zone de- “Geoff Collins is an fense (71.8), fifth in total defense (293.0), sixth in extraordinary leader, scoring defense (16.8 ppg), and seventh in first and it’s clear he is the downs allowed (206). Collins also helped three right person to take of his players earn All-SEC selections in the 2016 an already success- season. Florida's defensive unit developed seven ful program and more draft picks in 2017, including four in the first advance it to the two rounds. next level,” added the University’s Prior to his time at Florida, Collins was a mem- Board of Trustees ber of the coaching staff at Mississippi State. Chairman Patrick Originally hired to serve as the linebackers coach J. O’Connor. “We and co-defensive coordinator for the 2011 sea- are thrilled to son, Collins was promoted to the position of have him join the defensive coordinator in 2013. Temple Univer- sity community.” Mississippi State had tremendous suc- cess while he was on the coaching Collins is an staff, most notably the 2014 season, alumnus of when the Bulldogs when they were Western Car- ranked #1 in the country for most of the GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 10 • OwlSports.com

GEOFF COLLINS' BOWL HISTORY (13) Bowl...... Date...... Result THE GEOFF COLLINS FILE Gator...... Jan. 1, 2000...... Miami 28, Georgia Tech 13 Peach...... Dec. 29, 2000...... LSU 28, Georgia Tech 14 PERSONAL Seattle...... Dec. 27, 2001...... Georgia Tech 24, Stanford 14 Year Coaching ...... 23rd Gator...... Jan. 1, 2007...... West Virginia 38, Georgia Tech 35 Year Coaching College ...... 23rd Independence...... Dec. 30, 2007...... Alabama 30, Colorado 24 Year Coaching at Temple ...... 1st St. Petersburg...... Dec. 19, 2009...... Rutgers 45, UCF 24 College ...... Western Carolina ‘94 Little Caesars Pizza...... Dec. 26, 2010...... FIU 34, Toledo 32 . . B.A. in Sports Mgmt. & Exercise Science Music City...... Dec. 30, 2011...... Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 17 Hometown ...... Conyers, Ga. Gator...... Jan. 1, 2013...... Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20 High School . . .Rockdale County High School Liberty...... Dec. 31, 2013...... Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 Born ...... April 10, 1971 Orange...... Dec. 31, 2014...... Georgia Tech 49, Mississippi State 34 Family ...... Wife – Jennifer Citrus...... Jan. 1, 2016...... Michigan 41, Florida 7 Children ...... Astrid (1) Outback...... Jan. 2, 2017...... Florida 30, Iowa 3 PLAYING Western Carolina (1989-92) – Linebacker / Defensive season and finished with a 10-3 record. This 10-win sea- a berth in the St. Petersburg Bowl. Even though UCF Back son was the best finish at the school in 15 years, and con- did not make a bowl game in 2008, he had the defense cluded with a berth in the Orange Bowl. Collins’ defense ranked second in Conference USA in total and scoring COACHING EXPERIENCE was dominant that season, producing the most sacks in defense. Temple University (2017-present) the SEC (37), as well as the #1 ranked red zone defense 2017-present – Head Coach and ninth ranked scoring defense in the country. Collins also spent some time working at both the Univer- sity of Alabama and Georgia Tech. In 2007, he worked at University of Florida (2015-16) The season prior, Mississippi State went 7-6 and defeat- Alabama as the director of player personnel under head 2015-16 – Defensive Coordinator / Safeties ed Rice in the Liberty Bowl, 44-7. Collins’ unit was one of coach Nick Saban and had the #1 recruiting class in the the best in the SEC. In his first season as full-time defen- country. That class included Mark Ingram Jr., the 2008 Mississippi State (2011-14) sive coordinator, his defense ranked among the SEC’s Heisman Trophy winner and the first-ever by an Alabama 2013-14 – Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers top five in a number of categories, including fourth in player. He spent the 2006 season at Georgia Tech as 2011-12 – Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers total defense (349.3 yards per game), fourth in rushing director of player personnel. Georgia Tech secured their defense (144.2 yards per game) and fifth in passing de- best recruiting class in team history that year as well. Florida International (2010) fense (205.2 yards per game). He also held his last three 2010 – Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers opponents during the 2013 season to just 11.3 points per Between the years of 2002 and 2005, Collins was the game. defensive coordinator at his alma mater Western Caroli- UCF (2008-09) na. Collins’ defense was continually ranked near the top 2008-09 – Linebackers/ Recruiting Coordinator

In 2012, the Bulldogs finished the year 8-5 and made an nationally at the FCS level while under his guidance. In University of Alabama (2007) appearance in the Gator Bowl. That year, Collins tutored 2005, the team was ranked first nationally in pass de- 2007 – Director of Player Personnel DB Darius Slay, a second team All-SEC selection. Along fense and 18th in total defense. The team also led the with Slay, who was picked in the second round of the So-Con conference in rushing defense for the first time Georgia Tech (1999-01, 2006) NFL Draft, Collins helped prepare a number of other in program history in that season. 2006 – Director of Player Personnel Mississippi State players for careers in the NFL, includ- 2001 – Tight Ends ing Jim Thorpe Award winner CB Jonathan Banks (2nd From 1999-2000, Collins served as a graduate assistant 1999-00 – Graduate Assistant round), Will Redmond (3rd round), and DT Josh Boyd (5th at Georgia Tech under O’Leary. During that time, the round). Yellow Jackets had a 25-12 record, including reaching Albright College (1997-1998) three consecutive bowl games. In Collins’ last season at 1997-98 – Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers During his first season on the staff, Mississippi State fin- Georgia Tech he was promoted to tight ends coach un- ished the season 7-6 as the Bulldogs went to the Music der current Houston Texans’ head coach Bill O’Brien and Fordham University (1996) City Bowl, defeating Wake Forest, 25-17. In Collins’ first the Yellow Jackets defeated the Stanford Cardinal in the 1996 – Linebackers season as a co-defensive coordinator for the Bulldogs, 2001 Seattle Bowl, 25-12. he helped mentor DT Fletcher Cox, a first team All-Amer- Franklin (N.C.) High School (1995) ican and first team All-SEC selection in 2011. Cox was Collins got his chance at being a defensive coordinator 1995 – Assistant Coach selected 12th overall in the first round of the NFL draft at Albright College from 1997-1998. Before that, he was by the Philadelphia Eagles, and earned All-Pro honors a linebackers coach for the Fordham Rams for the 1996 Western Carolina University (1993-94, 2002-05) in 2014 and 2015. season. In 1995, he was an assistant coach for Franklin 2002-05 – Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs High School in North Carolina. He began he coaching 1993-94 – Student Assistant Collins’ ability to mold a defense was evident well pri- career at his alma mater, Western Carolina University, or to his time in Mississippi State and Florida. Before contributing as a student assistant during the 1993 and NFL PLAYERS COACHED (Round Drafted) coaching in the SEC, he sharpened his teeth as the 1994 seasons. CB Anthony Gaitor (7) – FIU '11 – Buccaneers DT Fletcher Cox (1) – MSU ’12 – Eagles defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Florida S Charles Mitchell (6) – MSU ’12 – Falcons International University in 2010. During that season, his Collins played college football at WCU as an outside line- CB Darius Slay (2) – MSU ’13 – Lions defense was ranked first in the Sun Belt Conference in backer and defensive back from 1989-1992. He totaled CB Johnathan Banks (2) – MSU ’13 – Buccaneers total defense, scoring defense, pass defense efficiency, 194 career tackles during his four year career with the S Johnathan Cyprien (2) – FIU '13 – Jaguars and turnover margin. This, off of the prior year when the Catamounts. As a junior, he was the team’s fifth-leading DT Josh Boyd (5) – MSU ’13 – Packers team was ranked 119th in total defense nationally. This tackler (68), while registering 6.0 tackles-for-loss. As a LB Tourek Williams (6) – FIU ’13 – Chargers dramatic turnaround led Collins to be named a finalist for senior, he helped Western Carolina to a 7-4 record, total- LB Preston Smith (2) – MSU '15 – Redskins the Broyles Award in 2010, an award for the top assistant ing 62 total tackles and 5.0 tackles-for-loss. LB Matt Wells (6) – MSU '15 – Patriots in college football. LB Deontae Skinner (FA) – MSU '15 – Patriots The Conyers, Ga., native was born April 10, 1971. He and CB Taveze Calhoun (FA) – MSU '15 – Bears Before joining the staff at FIU, Collins was a lineback- his wife, Jennifer (formerly Haynes), have one daughter, CB Vernon Hargreaves (1) – Florida ’16 – Buccaneers ers coach and recruiting coordinator under head coach Astrid (one). S Keanu Neal (1) – Florida ’16 – Falcons George O’Leary at UCF for two seasons. In 2009, he was DL Jon Bullard (3) – Florida ’16 – Bears part of a staff the led the Knights to an 8-5 record and DT Chris Jones (3) – MSU ’16 – Chiefs CB Will Redmond (3) – MSU ’16 – 49ers LB Antonio Morrison (4) – Florida ’16 – Colts DE Alex McCalister (7) – Florida ’16 – Eagles DB Brian Poole (FA) – Florida ’16 – Falcons LB Jarrad Davis (1) – Florida '17 – Lions S Marcus Maye (2) – Florida '17 – Jets CB Quincy Wilson (2) – Florida '17 – Colts CB Teez Tabor (2) – Florida '17 – Lions LB Alex Anzalone (3) – Florida '17 – Saints DT Caleb Brantley (6) – Florida '17 – Browns DT Joey Ivie (7) – Florida '17 – Cowboys DE Bryan Cox (FA) – Florida '17 – Panthers

• 11 • 2017 Temple Football

What They're Saying About Geoff Collins “I loved him man. One of the best defensive coordinators I’ve ever had, one of the best coaches I’ve ever had. You guys got a great coach in Coach Collins. I can’t say enough "Geoff Collins was a great hire for Temple University. He is a very organized and de- about him. I miss him. He’s got a winning attitude. You couldn’t have picked a better tailed coach who will get maximum effort from his team. Geoff also happened to be an person and a better coach. He’s going to change the program and make it a big time outstanding recruiter who evaluates talent very well. He will hit the ground running." program...Man, I mean he’s a super smart guy. He puts people in the perfect position to -- George O'Leary, former head coach Georgia Tech and UCF make plays. My one year that I did play under him, my junior year, I think I had my best season. I was All-American that year. I had five picks. Coach Collins, he’s going to do a "Geoff did an outstanding job for us during his time at the University of Alabama, and great job putting his players in the best position to succeed on the field.” we are very excited to see him get this head coaching opportunity. He is a fantas- - Johnathan Banks, MSU, Chicago tic hire for the Temple Owls. He brings an extraordinary amount of positive energy and enthusiasm to his job. Geoff is a very intelligent football coach and someone who “As a defensive coordinator, he was awesome. He’s an energetic coach; which every- works extremely hard to help his team be successful. We are very happy for Geoff and one likes to see. He’s going to bring a lot to the players. He’s going to give the guys a wish him the best of luck at Temple." - Nick Saban, Alabama head coach lot to play for...I feel like he’s going to bring a lot of knowledge to the team. I know play- ing against him, he knew just about everything as defensive coordinator and he heard "They're going to get a guy that motivates players. A guy that really understands the a lot of plays that could be very helpful to the offense. He’ll be a great head coach with game and understands both sides of the ball, not just the defensive side. A relentless, his knowledge of the game. He’s going to be a really great coach and I’m just excited competitive recruiter, and a guy that's now been around at some places to see how he for him at Temple, now that he’s a head coach there. He’s going to bring the guys a lot can establish his own kinds of ways of doing things." of life. They’ll love to play for him. They’re going to have a lot of edge when they go out - Jim McElwain, University of Florida head coach there and play. I’m confident in what he can make those guys do, with play-calling and everything else he brings to the table.” - Preston Smith, MSU, Washington "Geoff Collins is the perfect choice to be the head football coach at Temple University. Geoff is a tremendous person with a brilliant defensive mind. He is a relentless recruiter, “I could not speak more highly of Coach Collins. He has done so much for shaping the and he will always put the players first! I'm so excited that he and Jennifer are coming player I am today. He coached aggressively with a tremendous amount of energy and to Philadelphia and know that he will lead Temple into a brilliant and successful future." fun. He loved his players. Coach Collins would do anything for us, on and off the field. - Matt Rhule, Baylor head coach Not only did he train us to be the best defensive players we could be on the field, but also the best men we would be off the field. I took the same aggressive, energetic, ‘go "Geoff Collins is an outstanding, high-energy coach that is an even better person. He out and have fun’ mentality of football that Coach Collins instilled in us back at Missis- is a tremendous motivator, players love playing for him, and he gets the most out of all sippi State and applied that to how I play the game in the NFL. Coach Collins always of his guys. He is a tireless recruiter with an infectious personality. He's been a winner said ‘Go out and play with Juice’ and that is exactly what I do every time I step out on at every stop of his career, and it was only a matter of time before he became a head the field...Coach Collins has done a lot for my career and always pushed me to be a coach. I am extremely happy for Geoff, and I commend Temple for hiring one of the greater man. It was an honor to play for him and have the opportunity to be a student of bright, up-and-coming head coaches in the game." his game. Thank you, Coach Collins.” - Benardrick McKinney, MSU, Houston - Dan Mullen, Mississippi State head coach “Coach Collins is a guy who truly cares about the well-being of his players on and "Geoff Collins has a proven record of success in one of the best conferences in the off the field no matter where you are on the depth chart. He has high energy and country and he accomplished it by being innovative off the field and developing talent- his attention to detail is through the roof. Coach Collins is one of the best coaches ed football players on the field." - Kirby Smart, Georgia head coach I've had over my career.” - Alex Anzalone, Florida, New Orleans

"Going back to our time together at Alabama, it was evident that Geoff was very intel- “Geoff Collins passion for the game is unbelievable. He was more than a coach to me. ligent and very driven. He is a hard worker with an incredible motor and a great grasp He was more like family!” - Brian Poole, Florida, Atlanta for the game. He's another great addition to our league and I know Temple will be well prepared with an aggressive attitude each week." "Geoff Collins is a major reason I decided to attend UCF because he is a passionate and - Major Applewhite, University of Houston head coach enthusiastic coach who loves the game of football. His attitude and desire to improve are both infectious and can be felt throughout the team. He is extremely knowledgeable "Geoff was with us for one year [at Georgia Tech] and did a great job heading up our and I'll be rooting for him to succeed at Temple." - Blake Bortles, UCF, Jacksonville recruiting and was a very energetic, hard-working guy. I know he will do a great job at Temple." - Chan Gailey, former New York Jets' offensive coordinator "He’s an amazing guy. Most important, he’s not just a coach, he’s a friend. He’s a people person. He’s a great coach and a great mentor. I hope he coaches long enough that my “Coach Collins is one of the best. He has really helped my career in a big way…Very son can play for him.” - Chris Jones, MSU, Kansas City energetic…he demands excellence out of his players. He’s going to push you hard and love you hard at the same time. When we break down every meeting he tells us that he “Coach Collins always bring the juice and the swag! Always in a good mood, always loves us....I remember one play…I made a lot of good plays, interceptions, PBUs, tackles ready to help and always up tempo! He's the ultimate players coach. I loved my time but this one time I gave up a 60-yard touchdown and when I got to the sidelines he with him!” - Vernon Hargreaves, Florida, Tampa Bay wasn’t mad. He asked me what happened and I told him I messed up. He said ‘I love you.’ That’s not what you expect to hear from a coach in that moment.” “True definition of a player’s coach. As a player under him our relationship was always - Jalen "Teez" Tabor, Florida, Detroit deeper than just ball itself. Always ask genuinely about the family and how I was, and he did that with all his guys. During the combine I trained with a few guys he coached “Geoff is always thinking big and always spoke the truth. He helped everybody. He was previously at Mississippi State. All those guys would tell you the same thing. On defense big on teaching. Geoff is super competitive. He meant a lot to the guys he was coach- he brought a whole new meaning to third down with the energy and teaching the im- ing. That’s why the players loved him so much. He loves his guys. He will lay it all on portance field position. Just all around genius of a coach. I wish could've played under the line for his guys. He demands greatness out of everyone no matter whether you’re Collins as a head coach, Temple future is definitely bright with one of the best coaches the starter or the backup.” - Fletcher Cox, MSU, Philadelphia in the game running things.” - Alex McCallister, Florida, Philadelphia

PROMINENT PLAYERS COACHED

MISSISSIPPI STATE FLORIDA LB BENARDRICK MCKINNEY – Originally recruited as a two- CB VERNON HARGREAVES – Was a three-time All-American and DB BRIAN POOLE - Despite joining Atlanta as an undrafted free star quarterback out of high school, he developed into a 2014 All- SEC Selection at corner back. Played three seasons at UF agent, made the transition to the pro game quickly and helped First-Team All-SEC selection and 2012 Freshman All-SEC selec- prior to declaring for the NFL Draft after his junior year. Was se- the Falcons to the Super Bowl in his rookie year. Played in all 16 tion. Named an All-American by numerous media outlets and lected in the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the games with nine starts during the regular season and played in all left school after his junior year in 2014 for the NFL Draft. MSU’s 11th overall pick. three playoff games starting two, including SBLI. leading tackler in 2013 and 2014 and ended his career with 244 tackles. DB KEANU NEAL - Ranked third on the team with 96 total tackles, LB ALEX ANZALONE - A tremendous leader who, despite miss- including a team-high 51 solo grabs as a junior. Played in a total ing most of his freshman and junior years to shoulder injury, was CB DARIUS SLAY – Second Team All-SEC selection in 2012. of 34 games and made 19 starts for the UF secondary. Neal de- a second day draft choice by the New Orleans Saints. Played two seasons at MSU and finished his career with six in- clared for the NFL Draft after his junior season and was selected terceptions. Drafted 36th overall in the 2013 NFL Draft by the by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round with the 17th overall pick. CB TEEZ TABOR - Was a first team All-SEC player as a sopho- Detroit Lions. more in 2015 and junior in 2016. Declared for the NFL Draft as DL JON BULLARD - Was named a semifinalist for the Chuck Bed- a junior and was selected by Detroit in the second round (53rd DL FLETCHER COX – First Team All-American and All-SEC in narik Award, a first-team All-American by CBSSports.com and Pro overall). 2011. Amassed 114 tackles, 24.5 tackles-for-loss and 8.5 sacks Football Focus, and was a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection during his career. Selected with the 12th pick in the 2012 NFL his senior year. Bullard appeared in 50 games and made 36 starts CB QUINCY WILSON - Played in 39 games in three seasons re- Draft. Named a Second Team All-Pro after the 2014 season. as a Gator and was selected in the third round of the NFL Draft cording six interceptions. Earned second team All-SEC honors as with the 72nd overall pick by the Chicago Bears. a junior.

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2017 Opponent’s Schedules American Athletic Conference Communications NOTRE DAME (8-1) UCONN (3-6) 15 Park Row West S-02 TEMPLE [NBC]...... W, 49-16 A-31 HOLY CROSS [SNY]...... W, 27-20 Providence, RI 02903 S-09 GEORGIA [NBC]...... L, 19-20 S-16 @Virginia [ESPNU]...... L, 18-38 Phone: (401) 453-0660 S-16 @Boston College [ESPN]...... W, 49-20 S-24 ECU [ESPNU]...... L, 38-41 www.TheAmerican.org S-23 @Michigan St. [FOX]...... W, 38-18 S-30 @SMU [ESPNews]...... L, 28-49 S-30 MIAMI (OH) [NBC]...... W, 52-17 O-06 MEMPHIS [ESPN]...... L, 31-70 Chuck Sullivan (FB Contact) O-07 @North Carolina...... W, 33-10 O-14 @Temple [ESPNews]...... W, 28-24 Asst. Commissioner for Communications O-21 USC [NBC]...... W, 49-14 O-21 TULSA [ESPNU]...... W, 20-14 Office: (401) 641-8760 O-28 NC STATE [NBC]...... W, 35-14 O-28 MISSOURI [CBSSN]...... L, 12-52 Email: [email protected] N-04 WAKE FOREST [NBC]...... W, 48-37 N-04 USF [ESPNU]...... L, 20-37 N-11 @Miami...... 8:00pm N-11 @UCF [ESPNU]...... 12:00pm Call-in numbers are available through the American N-18 NAVY [NBC] ...... 3:30pm N-18 BOSTON COLLEGE [CBSSN].....7:00pm Athletic Conference and Temple communications of- N-25 @Stanford...... TBD N-25 @Cincinnati...... TBD fices.

First Teleconference: Mon., August 26 VILLANOVA (4-5) ARMY (7-2) Last Teleconference: Mon., November 20 S-02 @Lehigh...... W, 38-35 S-01 FORDHAM [CBSSN]...... W, 64-6 S-09 @TEMPLE [ESPN3]...... L, 13-16 S-09 BUFFALO [CBSSN]...... W, 21-17 S-16 LAFAYETTE...... W, 59-0 S-16 @Ohio State [FOX]...... L, 7-38 2017 American Athletic Conference S-23 @Albany...... L, 10-19 S-23 @Tulane[CBSSN]...... L, 17-21 Coaches Teleconference Schedule S-30 @Towson...... W, 24-9 S-30 UTEP [CBSSN]...... W, 35-21 11:00 Ken Niumatalolo, Navy O-07 MAINE...... W, 31-0 O-07 @Rice...... W, 49-12 11:10 Chad Morris, SMU O-14 @James Madison...... L, 8-30 O-14 EAST. MICHIGAN [CBSSN]...... W, 28-27 11:20 Randy Edsall, UConn O-28 ELON...... L, 14-19 O-21 TEMPLE [CBSSN]...... W, 31-28 OT 11:30 Scottie Montgomery, ECU N-04 RICHMOND...... L, 0-22 N-04 @Air Force [CBSSN]...... W, 21-0 11:40 Mike Norvell, Memphis N-11 @Rhode Island...... 12:00pm N-11 DUKE [CBSSN]...... 12:00pm 11:50 Major Applewhite, Houston N-18 DELAWARE...... 1:00pm N-18 @North Texas...... 6:30pm Noon Luke Fickell, Cincinnati D-09 Navy [CBS]...... 3:00pm 12:10 Charlie Strong, USF 12:20 Geoff Collins, empleT UMASS (2-7) NAVY (5-3) 12:30 Philip Montgomery, Tulsa A-25 HAWAII...... L, 35-38 S-02 @Florida Atlantic [ESPNU]...... W, 42-19 12:40 Scott Frost, UCF S-02 @Coastal Carolina [ESPN3]...... L, 28-38 S-09 TULANE [CBSSN]...... W, 23-21 12:50 Willie Fritz, Tulane S-09 OLD DOMINION...... L, 7-17 S-23 CINCINNATI [CBSSN]...... W, 42-32 S-15 @Temple [ESPNU]...... L, 21-29 S-30 @Tulsa [ESPNU]...... W, 31-21 Archived audio from each teleconference will be S-23 @Tennessee [SEC]...... L, 13-17 O-07 AIR FORCE [CBSSN]...... W, 48-45 available on The American website, generally by S-30 OHIO...... L, 50-58 O-14 @Memphis [ESPNU]...... L, 27-30 2:00pm Eastern each Monday. O-21 GEORGIA SOUTHERN...... W, 55-20 O-21 UCF [CBSSN]...... L, 21-31 O-28 APPALACHIAN STATE...... W, 30-27 OT N-02 @Temple [ESPN]...... L, 26-34 Weekly releases & statistics N-04 @Mississippi State [SEC]...... L, 23-34 N-11 SMU [CBSSN]...... 3:30pm N-11 MAINE...... 4:00pm N-18 @Notre Dame [NBC]...... 3:30pm Media members may access PDF versions of the N-18 @BYU [ESPN3]...... 3:00pm N-24 @Houston [ESPN]...... TBD complete weekly release, including conference and D-09 Army [CBS]...... 3:00pm team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org. Regular updates of the weekly release will be distributed via USF (8-1) CINCINNATI (3-6) e-mail from the conference office. To be included on A-26 @San Jose State [CBSSN]...... W, 42-22 A-31 AUSTIN PEAY [ESPN3]...... W, 26-14 the distribution list, send an e-mail request to Chuck S-02 STONY BROOK [ESPN3]...... W, 31-17 S-09 @Michigan...... L, 14-36 Sullivan. S-15 ILLINOIS [ESPN]...... W, 47-23 S-16 @Miami (OH)...... W, 21-17 S-21 TEMPLE [ESPN]...... W, 43-7 S-23 @Navy [CBSSN]...... L, 32-42 Video Content S-30 @ECU [CBSSN]...... W, 61-31 S-30 MARSHALL [ESPN3]...... L, 21-38 The American audio and video content — including O-14 CINCINNATI [ESPNU]...... W, 33-3 O-07 UCF [ESPNU]...... L, 23-51 game highlights and coaches’ press conferences — is O-21 @Tulane [ESPN]...... W, 34-28 O-14 @USF [ESPNU]...... L, 3-33 available to interested broadcast outlets through the O-28 HOUSTON [ESPNU]...... L, 24-28 O-21 SMU [ESPNU]...... L, 28-31 OT XOS Digital XChange platform. Send an email request N-04 @UConn [ESPNU]...... W, 37-20 N-04 @Tulane [ESPN3]...... W, 17-16 to Chuck Sullivan to receive access to the content. N-16 TULSA [ESPN]...... 8:00pm N-10 Temple [ESPN2]...... 7:00pm N-24 @UCF [ABC/ESPN]...... TBD N-18 @ECU...... 12:00pm Conference Championship Game N-25 UCONN...... TBD On Saturday, December 3, 2016, the American Athlet- ic Conference will hold its second Conference Cham- HOUSTON (6-3) UCF (8-0) pionship Game. Kickoff will be at 12:00 noon and will S-09 @Arizona...... W, 19-16 S-02 FIU [CBSSN]...... W, 61-17 be televised nationally by ABC or ESPN. The game S-16 RICE [ESPN3]...... W, 38-3 S-23 @Maryland [FS1]...... W, 38-10 S-23 TEXAS TECH [ABC/ESPN2]...... L, 24-27 S-30 MEMPHIS [ESPN2]...... W, 40-13 will pit the divisional champions from the East and S-30 @TEMPLE [ESPNU]...... W, 20-13 O-07 @Cincinnati [ESPNU]...... W, 51-23 West divisions. O-07 SMU [CBSSN]...... W, 35-22 O-14 ECU [CBSSN]...... W, 63-21 O-14 @TULSA [ESPNews]...... L, 17-45 O-21 @Navy [CBSSN]...... W, 31-21 The divisional champions will be the teams from each O-19 MEMPHIS [ESPN]...... L, 38-42 O-28 AUSTIN PEAY [ESPN3]...... W, 73-33 division with the highest winning percentage in all O-28 @USF [ESPNU]...... W, 28-24 N-04 @SMU [ESPN2]...... W, 31-24 conference games – both divisional and non-divi- N-04 ECU [CBSSN]...... W, 52-27 N-11 UCONN [ESPNU]...... 12:00pm sional. In the event of a two-team tie within a division, N-18 @Tulane...... 4:00pm N-18 @Temple [ESPNU]...... 12:00pm the head-to-head result between the tied teams will N-24 NAVY [ESPN]...... TBD N-24 @USF ...... TBD determine the divisional champion. The site of the American Athletic Conference Football Champion- ship will be the home venue of the divisional champi- ECU (2-7) TULSA (2-8) on with the best record in conference games. S-02 JAMES MADISON [ESPN3]...... L, 14-34 A-31 @Oklahoma State [FOX 1]...... L, 24-59 S-09 @West Virginia [FS2]...... L, 20-56 S-09 LOUISIANA [ESPN3]...... W, 66-42 Press Box Numbers S-16 VIRGINIA TECH [CBSSN]...... L, 17-64 S-16 @Toledo[ESPN3]...... L, 51-54 UCF...... (407) 882-0386 S-24 @UConn [ESPNU]...... W, 41-38 S-23 NEW MEXICO[ESPN3]...... L, 13-16 Cincinnati...... (513) 556-1010 S-30 USF [CBSSN]...... L, 31-61 S-30 NAVY [ESPNU]...... L, 21-31 UConn...... (860) 610-4778 O-07 TEMPLE [ESPNU]...... L, 10-34 O-07 @Tulane [ESPNU]...... L, 28-62 ECU...... (252) 328-4697 O-14 @UCF [CBSSN]...... L, 21-63 O-14 HOUSTON [ESPNews]...... W, 45-17 Houston...... (713) 743-0550 O-21 BYU [CBSSN]...... W, 33-17 O-21 @UConn [ESPNU]...... L, 14-20 Memphis...... (901) 272-0136 N-04 @Houston [CBSSN]...... L, 27-52 O-27 @SMU [ESPN2]...... L, 34-38 N-11 TULANE...... 7:00pm N-03 Memphis [ESPN2]...... L, 14-41 Navy...... (410) 293-8775 N-18 CINCINNATI...... 12:00pm N-16 @USF [ESPN]...... 8:00pm SMU...... (214) 768-7730 N-25 @Memphis...... TBD N-25 TEMPLE...... TBD South Florida...... (813) 350-6225 Tulane...... (504) 314-7490 Tulsa...... (918) 631-5513

• 13 • 2017 Temple Football

TEMPLE AT A GLANCE Temple is in the 4th largest media market in the coun- Temple is one of 11 institutions in the country with Temple’s athletic facilities are among the finest in the try, with over 2.9 million TV homes according to Niel- multi-year APR scores of 970 or greater for all teams country. The football team plays its games in the NFL sen. The designated market area (DMA) is 7.6 million. including a 2015 multi-years APR score of 971. Temple stadium operated by the Philadelphia Eagles and has over 300,000 alumni around the world including there are ongoing discussions to build an on campus Temple is located in a region of 6.53 million people, over 170,000 alumni that live in the Philadelphia DMA. football stadium as well. The basketball arena is a and is only 95 miles from NYC and 120 miles from state-of-the-art facility with a capacity crowd of 10,000. Washington DC. In fact, more than 40% of the US pop- Over the last four years Temple has spent over $50 ulation is within a day’s drive from Philadelphia. Temple has been bowl eligible six out of the last eight million for athletics multipurpose facilities with all the years. The Owls finished 10-4, won the AAC Eastern athletic facilities being state-of-the-art. Temple is the 26th largest public University in the Division and were ranked in the Top 25 each of the country with over 40,000 students founded in 1884 past two seasons. They won the American Athletic The University itself has over $400 million planned and has 404 academic programs including five profes- Conference Championship in 2016. for capital projects over the next five years including a sional schools of law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, $170 million state of the art library. and podiatry. Temple posted the largest attendance gain during the 2015 season, playing in front of an average home The men’s basketball team is led by two-time AAC Temple is a Research I institution, a Carnegie Clas- crowd of 44,159, an increase of 20,789 per game. This Coach of the Year, Fran Dunphy, and is the 2015-16 sification in 2015 as the highest level and ranked by excitement led ESPN to bring their popular pregame AAC regular season basketball champions. The bas- US News and World Report at 115 (6th) with an overall show, Game Day, to Philadelphia. ketball program is the 5th winningest program in the graduation rate of 70%, and has a full time retention history of college basketball. rate for undergraduate students at 89%. The Temple game played against Notre Dame in 2015 had a 3.9 national rating and an 18.1 local rating. It was Temple’s athletic department has 19 sports and 500 ABC’s highest ranking game ever in the Philadelphia student-athletes. area which is impactful given we are in the 4th largest media market in the country.

CURRENT STREAKS The Owls’ Record since 2013 when... Consecutive GP/GS Pos Total 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Overall...... 32-29 4-5 10-3 10-4 6-6 2-10 Corey Lerch...... 49/0 at Home...... 18-12 3-2 6-1 5-1 3-3 1-5 Alex Starzyk...... 49/0 Road...... 14-15 1-3 4-2 5-2 3-3 1-5 Delvon Randall...... 37/23 SS Neutral Site...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 Adonis Jennings...... 37/3 WR Conference...... 21-16 2-3 7-1 7-1 4-4 1-7 Nick Sharga...... 37/0 vs. Ranked Teams...... 3-6 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-0 0-3 Leon Johnson...... 34/0 Cole Boozer...... 23/9 RT Overtime...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Keith Kirkwood...... 23/4 WR Homecoming...... 4-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 Sam Franklin...... 23/2 SLB August...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 Linwood Crump...... 22/0 September...... 9-9 2-3 2-2 3-0 2-1 0-3 Rob Ritrovato...... 22/0 October...... 11-9 1-2 4-1 4-1 1-2 1-4 Isaiah Wright...... 20/5 WR November...... 9-7 1-0 3-0 3-1 1-3 1-4 Jaelin Robinson...... 20/0 December...... 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-2 1-0 0-0 Aaron Boumerhi...... 18/0 Thursday...... 3-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 Sean Chandler...... 15/15 FS Benny Walls...... 14/0 Friday...... 5-4 1-0 2-1 2-0 0-2 0-1 Artrel Foster...... 13/13 CB Saturday...... 24-21 2-4 8-1 7-3 5-4 2-9 Shaun Bradley...... 13/9 MLB Day Games (kickoff before 6:00pm)...... 18-20 2-4 6-2 4-1 4-4 2-9 David Hood...... 12/4 RB Night Games (kickoff after 6:00pm)...... 14-9 2-1 4-2 6-3 2-2 0-1 Ryquell Armstead...... 12/0 scoring first...... 25-10 3-1 8-2 7-2 5-2 2-2 Marshall Ellick...... 10/0 scoring on first drive...... 12-2 2-0 4-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 Dana Levine...... 10/0 opp scores on first drive...... 6-9 2-1 2-0 2-2 0-3 0-3 Mike Jones...... 9/9 CB winning coin toss...... 7-13 1-3 0-1 4-0 2-4 0-4 Chapelle Russell...... 9/8 WLB Jacob Martin...... 9/7 DE when leading at halftime...... 26-6 4-0 9-2 7-0 5-0 2-4 Dan Archibong...... 9/3 DT when tied at halftime...... 2-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 Sharif Finch...... 9/1 DE when trailing at halftime...... 3-21 0-4 1-1 2-4 0-5 0-6 Isaiah Graham-Mobley...... 9/0 vs. teams over .500 (*)...... 5-17 0-0 1-3 3-4 1-4 0-6 William Kwenkeu...... 9/0 vs. teams at .500 (*)...... 2-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 Branden Mack...... 9/0 vs. teams under .500 (*)...... 20-4 0-0 7-0 6-0 5-0 2-4 Quincy Roche...... 9/0 300+ total offensive yards...... 27-20 3-1 10-2 9-3 4-3 2-9 Kenny Yeboah...... 9/0 400+ total offensive yards...... 11-5 1-1 6-1 3-0 1-0 1-3 Freddie Booth-Lloyd...... 8/1 DT Randle Jones...... 8/0 500+ total offensive yards...... 6-4 0-1 3-1 1-0 0-0 1-2 Karamo Dioubate...... 7/0 200+ offensive passing yards...... 17-18 2-3 4-2 4-3 4-2 2-9 Freddie Johnson...... 7/0 300+ offensive passing yards...... 5-10 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-7 Jyquis Thomas...... 7/0 400+ offensive passing yards...... 2-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2 Vincent Picozzi...... 6/1 LG 100+ offensive rushing yards...... 25-15 3-1 9-0 8-2 3-2 2-8 Todd Jones...... 6/0 150+ offensive rushing yards...... 21-7 1-0 9-0 6-0 2-2 2-4 James McHale...... 5/2 LT 200+ offensive rushing yards...... 13-4 1-3 6-0 5-0 1-0 1-2 Jeremiah Atoki...... 4/0 offense scores 20+ points...... 29-16 2-2 10-2 10-2 5-1 2-8 Jake Robinson...... 4/0 Chris Myarick...... 3/2 TE offense scores 30+ points...... 22-2 2-0 8-0 6-0 4-0 2-2 Frank Nutile...... 2/2 QB offense scores 40+ points...... 7-1 0-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 DeAndre Kelly...... 2/0 takeaways/turnovers are plus...... 21-5 2-1 9-1 5-1 4-1 1-1 Aaron Ruff...... 2/0 takeaways/turnovers are even...... 7-5 2-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 Julian Taylor...... 2/0 takeaways/turnovers are negative...... 4-19 0-2 0-2 3-2 1-5 0-8 Greg Webb...... 2/0 <=300 total defensive yards...... 17-4 1-1 6-0 5-0 4-1 1-1 Brian Carter...... 1/1 RG <=400 total defensive yards...... 23-9 1-2 8-2 7-1 5-3 2-1 Matt Hennessy...... 1/1 C <=500 total defensive yards...... 27-16 2-1 9-3 9-3 5-5 2-4 Kimere Brown...... 1/0 Michael Dogbe...... 1/0 <=200 defensive passing yards...... 18-12 0-4 8-2 5-1 3-3 2-1 Zach Mesday...... 1/0 <=300 defensive passing yards...... 27-15 2-1 10-3 7-4 6-5 2-2 Travon Williams...... 1/0 <=400 defensive passing yards...... 28-21 2-0 10-3 8-4 6-6 2-8 <=100 defensive rushing yards...... 19-5 3-0 6-0 7-1 2-2 1-1 <=150 defensive rushing yards...... 21-9 1-1 7-2 8-1 4-3 1-2 <=200 defensive rushing yards...... 25-15 0-1 9-2 9-2 5-4 1-6 defense allows <=10 points...... 13-0 1-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 0-0 defense allows <=20 points...... 21-3 1-1 8-0 7-0 4-2 1-0 * - at season’s end

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 14 • OwlSports.com ABOVE THE LINE

Since he was first asked about depth charts and two-deeps, Geoff Collins has insisted that he doesn’t believe in them. He coaches his players to be “Above the Line” (ATL). Those who are ATL are ready to play and can see game action, while others work to get to that level. This season in place of a traditional two-deep that often omits some players who see action and lists others who seldom enter the game, Temple will list those players who are ATL (in numerical order by position). Those players who started the previous week, will be printed in bold.

OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS OL 53 Leon Johnson ...... 6-5, 325, r-Sr, 3L DE 6 Sharif Finch...... 6-4, 250, r-Sr, 3L K/P 43 Alex Starzyk (P)...... 6-2, 226, Sr, 3L 55 Brian Carter (RG)...... 6-1, 300, r-Sr, 3L 9 Jacob Martin...... 6-2, 250, Sr, 3L 97 Aaron Boumerhi (K)...... 6-0, 195, So, 1L 58 Matt Hennessy (C)...... 6-4, 295, r-Fr 51 Dana Levine...... 6-4, 225, r-So LS 57 Josh Lang...... 6-0, 210, r-Sr 63 Gordon Thomas...... 5-10, 296, r-Jr 90 Quincy Roche...... 6-4, 230, r-Fr 59 Corey Lerch...... 5-10, 200, Sr, 3L 69 Adrian Sullivan...... 6-3, 295, r-Sr, 1L 93 DeAndre Kelly...... 6-1, 260, r-So 71 Benson Israel ...... 6-1, 295, r-So DT 60 Greg Webb...... 6-1, 305, r-Sr, 1L H 12 Logan Marchi...... 6-0, 205, r-So 74 James McHale (LT)...... 6-6, 300, r-Jr 72 Karamo Dioubate...... 6-3, 295, So, 1L 15 Anthony Russo...... 6-4, 228, r-Fr 76 Vincent Picozzi (LG)...... 6-4, 300, r-Fr 94 Jullian Taylor...... 6-5, 280, r-Sr RET 3 Sean Chandler ...... 6-0, 195, Sr, 3L 77 Jaelin Robinson...... 6-6, 325, r-Jr, 1L 95 Dan Archibong...... 6-6, 285, r-Fr 10 Mike Jones (PR/KOR)...... 5-11, 187, r-Sr 79 Cole Boozer (RT)...... 6-5, 295, r-Sr, 1L 98 Michael Dogbe...... 6-3, 280, r-Jr, 2L 13 Isaiah Wright ...... 6-2, 212, So, 1L TE 82 Jake Robinson...... 6-2, 245, r-So, 1L 99 Freddie Booth-Lloyd...... 6-1, 325, r-Jr, 2L 17 Adonis Jennings...... 6-3, 205, Sr, 2L 84 Kenny Yeboah...... 6-5, 238, r-Fr LB 22 Chapelle Russell...... 6-1, 225, r-So, 1L 26 Travon Williams...... 5-8, 180, r-So 85 Chris Myarick...... 6-4, 255, r-Jr, 1L 23 Shaun Bradley...... 6-1, 225, So, 1L WR 5 Keith Kirkwood...... 6-3, 220, r-Sr, 2L 35 William Kwenkeu...... 6-1, 225, So, 1L 13 Isaiah Wright ...... 6-2, 212, So, 1L 36 Sam Franklin...... 6-3, 210, So, 1L 17 Adonis Jennings...... 6-3, 205, Sr, 2L 37 Isaiah Graham-Mobley...... 6-2, 215, r-Fr 19 Ventell Bryant...... 6-3, 200, r-Jr, 2L 40 Todd Jones...... 6-0, 221, Jr 27 Marshall Ellick...... 6-2, 191, r-Jr, 1L CB 8 Artrel Foster...... 5-11, 197, r-Sr, 3L 80 Freddie Johnson...... 6-1, 190, r-Fr 10 Mike Jones...... 5-11, 187, r-Sr 81 Randle Jones...... 6-0, 185, So 11 Linwood Crump...... 6-0, 180, So, 1L 88 Branden Mack...... 6-5, 205, r-Fr 21 Derrek Thomas...... 6-3, 193, r-Jr, 1L QB 12 Logan Marchi...... 6-0, 205, r-So 24 Kimere Brown...... 6-0, 170, r-Fr 15 Anthony Russo...... 6-4, 228, r-Fr S 2 Delvon Randall...... 6-1, 210, Jr, 2L 16 Todd Centeio...... 6-1, 212, Fr 3 Sean Chandler...... 6-0, 195, Sr, 3L 18 Frank Nutile...... 6-4, 225, r-Jr 20 Keyvone Bruton...... 5-11, 200, r-Fr FB 4 Nick Sharga...... 6-2, 240, r-Sr, 2L 32 Benny Walls...... 6-1, 208, So 45 Rob Ritrovato...... 5-11, 230, r-Jr, 1L RB 7 Ryquell Armstead...... 5-11, 205, Jr, 2L 24 David Hood...... 5-9, 190, r-Jr, 2L 26 Travon Williams...... 5-8, 180, r-So

P S R I E D Ed Foley Stan Hixon Chris Wiesehan Joe Battaglia Adam DiMichele S Dave Patenaude Tony Lucas Cody Booth E TEs / Sp. Teams Wide Receivers Offensive Line Grad Asst. Quality Control Offensive Coord. Running Backs Grad Asst. S L I B N O E X

Taver Johnson Jim Panagos Andrew Thacker Ronell Williams Cory Robinson Reggie Garrett Larry Knight Defensive Coord. Defensive Line Linebackers Grad. Asst. Defensive Backs Grad. Asst. Quality Control • 15 • 2017 Temple Football

TEMPLE OWLS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name...... Pos Ht Wt Elig Ltr.Hometown / High School / Last School No Name...... Pos Ht Wt Elig Ltr.Hometown / High School / Last School 33 Aaron Adu...... DB 5-10 175 Fr - Worcester, MA / Doherty Memorial 30 Eric Kiewlak...... WR 5-8 160 Fr - Fairless Hills, PA / Conwell-Egan Catholic 12 Kareem Ali...... DB 5-10 180 r-So - Pennsauken, NJ / Timber Creek 5 Keith Kirkwood...... WR 6-3 220 r-Sr 2L Neptune, NJ / Neptune / Hawaii 33 Josh Allen...... DB 6-3 176 Fr - Sicklerville, NJ / Winslow Township 50 Sam Kramer...... LB 6-3 225 r-Fr - Landisville, PA / Hempfield 62 Nick Apostolu...... OL 6-5 300 r-Jr - Springfield, AP / Springfield 35 William Kwenkeu...... LB 6-1 225 So 1L Waldorf, MD / St. Charles 95 Dan Archibong...... DL 6-6 285 r-Fr - Springfield, AP / Springfield 57 Josh Lang...... LS 6-0 210 r-Sr - Pt. Pleasant, NJ / Pt. Pleasant Beach / WVU 7 Ryquell Armstead...... RB 5-11 205 Jr 2L Millville, NJ / Millville 46 Cole Lerch...... LS 5-10 186 Fr - Rydal, PA / LaSalle College 19 Jeremiah Atoki...... LB 6-2 223 r-So 1L Vineland, NJ / Vineland South 59 Corey Lerch...... LS 5-10 200 Sr 3L Rydal, PA / La Salle College 47 T.J. Backer...... WR 6-3 208 So - St. Pen Argyl, PA / Stroudsburg / Bloomsburg Drew Levin...... P 6-2 185 Fr - Voorhees, NJ / Eastern 86 Jadan Blue...... WR 6-0 175 Fr - Randallstown, MD / Peddie Prep 51 Dana Levine...... DL 6-4 225 r-So - Hallandale Beach, FL / Hallandale 99 Freddie Booth-Lloyd...... DL 6-1 325 r-Jr 2L Cocoa, FL / Cocoa 88 Branden Mack...... WR 6-5 205 r-Fr - Wyncote, PA / Cheltenham 79 Cole Boozer...... OL 6-5 295 r-Sr 1L Hunt Valley, MD / Loyola Blakefield 88 Ifeanyi Maijeh...... DL 6-2 261 Fr - Far Rockaway, NY / Poly Prep 97 Aaron Boumerhi...... K 6-0 195 So 1L Philipsburg, PA / Philipsburg-Osceola 12 Logan Marchi...... QB 6-0 205 r-So - Bristol, CT / St. Paul Catholic 18 Connor Bowler...... P 6-3 191 Fr - Glenmoore, PA / Downingtown West 9 Jacob Martin...... DL 6-2 250 Sr 3L Aurora, CO / Cherokee Trail 23 Shaun Bradley...... LB 6-1 225 So 1L- Mt. Holly, NJ / Rancocas Valley Christian Martir...... DB 5-11 200 So - Reading, PA / Wyomissing / Lock Haven 41 Christian Braswell...... DB 5-10 170 Fr - Washington, DC / Friendship Collegiate Acad. 47 Ty Mason...... DB 5-10 172 Fr - Silver Spring, MD / James Hubert Blake 24 Kimere Brown...... DB 6-0 170 r-Fr - Penns Grove, NJ / Penns Grove 41 Thomas Mattioni...... WR 6-0 185 r-Fr - Downingtown, PA / Downingtown West 20 Keyvone Bruton...... DB 5-11 200 r-Fr - Norfolk, VA / Lake Taylor 74 James McHale...... OL 6-6 300 r-Jr - Dunmore, PA / Dunmore 75 Darian Bryant...... OL 6-5 325 r-Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Chestnut Hill Academy 34 Booker McLean...... RB 6-1 180 r-Jr - Montville, NJ / Montville / Valley Forge 19 Ventell Bryant...... WR 6-3 200 r-Jr 2L Tampa, FL / Jefferson 58 Prosper Mekoba...... DL 6-2 235 r-So - Hillside, NJ / Hillside 91 Malik Burns...... DL 6-3 245 Fr - Marbury, MD / Lackey 30 Zach Mesday...... DL 6-0 240 r-Jr - Bordentown, NJ / Nottingham / Canterbury 55 Brian Carter...... OL 6-1 300 r-Sr 3L Harrisburg, PA / Harrisburg 99 Will Mobley...... K/P 5-8 155 Fr - Lititz, PA / Warwick Max Cavalucci...... P 6-1 175 Fr - Wyncote, PA / Cheltenham 87 Emil Moody...... TE 6-4 205 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Neumann-Goretti 16 Todd Centeio...... QB 6-1 212 Fr - Palm Beach Gardens, FL / Dwyer 85 Chris Myarick...... TE 6-4 255 r-Jr 1L Elkins Park, PA / Cheltenham Rob Chandler...... DL 6-0 250 Jr - Camden, NJ / Highland Regional / Ferrum 83 Domenic Nigrelli...... TE 6-2 240 r-So - Wayne, PA / Valley Forge 3 Sean Chandler...... DB 6-0 195 Sr 3L Camden, NJ / Camden 18 Frank Nutile...... QB 6-4 225 r-Jr - Wayne, NJ / Don Bosco Prep 11 Linwood Crump...... DB 6-0 180 So 1L South Amboy, NJ / Piscataway 48 Steve Petrick...... TE 6-5 242 r-Fr - North Huntingdon, PA / Norwin 38 Anthony Cruz...... WR 6-2 185 r-So - Dingmans Ferry, PA/E. Stroudsburg N/St. Francis 76 Vincent Picozzi...... OL 6-4 300 r-Fr - Collegeville, PA / Lansdale Catholic 53 Kevin DeCaesar...... LB 6-0 215 r-So - Westville, NJ / West Deptford 66 Leon Pinto...... OL 6-3 278 r-Fr - Houston, TX / Lamar / LSU 31 Mark DeRobertis...... RB 5-8 185 Fr - Malvern, PA / Great Valley Boaz Pogue...... LB 6-2 220 r-Jr - Chambersburg, PA/Fork Union Military Acad./ 54 Mike DiFrancesco...... LB 6-0 230 r-So - Philadelphia, PA / Neumann-Goretti Morehead State 72 Karamo Dioubate...... DL 6-3 295 So 1L Philadelphia, PA / Prep Charter 2 Delvon Randall...... DB 6-1 210 Jr 2L Pittsburgh, PA / Gateway / East Coast 98 Michael Dogbe...... DL 6-3 280 r-Jr 2L Morris Plains, NJ / Parsippany Hills 34 Tyliek Raynor...... RB 5-10 185 r-Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Imhotep 97 Arnold Ebiketie...... DL 6-4 212 Fr - Silver Spring, MD / Albert Einstein 39 George Reid...... DB 6-2 190 Fr - Glenside, PA / Abington 65 Andrew Eisenson...... OL 6-4 294 Fr - Durham, NC / Northern 45 Rob Ritrovato...... FB 5-11 230 r-Jr 1L West Chester, PA / East 27 Marshall Ellick...... WR 6-2 191 r-Jr 1L Richmond, VA / Monacan / Air Force Prep 77 Jaelin Robinson...... OL 6-6 325 r-Jr 1L West Haven, CT / Wilbur Cross 70 Jovahn Fair...... OL 6-2 300 r-So 1L Akron, OH / Firestone 82 Jake Robinson...... TE 6-2 245 r-So 1L Haddonfield, NJ / Haddonfield Memorial 6 Sharif Finch...... DL 6-4 250 r-Sr 3L Henrico, VA / Henrico 90 Quincy Roche...... DL 6-4 230 r-Fr - Randallstown, MD / New Town 44 Jared Folks...... LB 6-1 235 r-Jr 1L Harrisburg, PA / Susquehanna Township Aidan Rosa...... LB 6-1 225 Fr - Milltown, NJ / Piscataway 39 Jonny Forrest...... RB 5-10 215 r-Fr - New Rochelle, NY / New Rochelle 78 Aaron Ruff...... OL 6-3 300 r-Jr - Philadelphia, PA / Imhotep 8 Artrel Foster...... DB 5-11 197 r-Sr 3L Meadville, PA / Meadville 22 Chapelle Russell...... LB 6-1 225 r-So 1L Lakewood, NJ/ Lakewood 36 Sam Franklin...... LB 6-3 210 So 1L Crystal River, FL / Citrus / East Coast Prep 15 Anthony Russo...... QB 6-4 228 r-Fr - Doylestown, PA / Archbishop Wood 61 Vaughn Fulton...... OL 6-6 265 r-Jr - Philadelphia, PA / Sun Valley / Valley Forge 89 John Ruza...... WR 6-0 182 r-Jr - Wallingford, PA / Strath Haven 59 Shaun Gabriel...... LB 6-2 225 So - Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin/Morgan St. 50 Griffin Sestili...... OL 6-3 277 Fr - Sewickley, PA / North Allegheny 21 Jager Gardner...... RB 6-2 219 Jr 2L Black Mountain, NC / Charles D. Owens 4 Nick Sharga...... FB 6-2 240 r-Sr 2L Cherryville, PA/Northampton/WV Wesleyan 37 Isaiah Graham-Mobley.....LB 6-2 215 r-Fr - King of Prussia, PA / Upper Merion 49 Chris Smith...... LB 5-10 225 r-Sr 1L North Plainfield, NJ / North Plainfield 58 Matt Hennessy...... OL 6-4 295 r-Fr - Bardonia, NY / Don Bosco Prep 43 Alex Starzyk...... P 6-2 226 Sr 3L Pleasant Valley, NY / Arlington / East Coast 25 Travis Hines...... WR 5-11 180 r-Fr - Stroudsburg, PA / Stroudsburg 69 Adrian Sullivan...... OL 6-3 295 r-Sr 1L Babylon, NY / Babylon / Worchester Acad. 43 L.J. Holder...... WR 6-2 214 Fr - Marlboro, NJ / Manalapan 94 Jullian Taylor...... DL 6-5 280 r-Sr - Glenside, PA / Williamstown (NJ) 24 David Hood...... RB 5-9 190 r-Jr 2L Galloway, NJ / Absegami 21 Derrek Thomas...... DB 6-3 193 r-Jr 1L Albany, NY / Bishop Maginn / Milford 52 Audley Isaacs...... LB 6-1 220 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Valley Forge Military 63 Gordon Thomas...... OL 5-10 296 r-Jr - Philadelphia, PA / Imhotep 71 Benson Israel...... OL 6-1 295 r-So - Spring Valley, NY / St. Joseph’s (NJ) 28 Jyquis Thomas...... DB 6-1 205 r-Jr 1L Plant City, FL / Plant City 15 Cequan Jefferson...... DB 5-10 192 Sr 2L Richmond, VA / Henrico / Fork Union 96 Hez Trahan...... DL 6-3 255 r-Jr - Philadelphia, PA/Roman Catholic/Pittsburgh 17 Adonis Jennings...... WR 6-3 205 Sr 2L Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek / Pittsburgh 25 Amir Tyler...... DB 6-0 195 r-Fr - Lakewood, NJ / Lakewood 29 Jeremy Jennings...... WR 5-10 180 Fr - Downingtown, PA / Downingtown East 32 Benny Walls...... DB 6-1 208 So - Cinnaminson, NJ / St. Joe’s Prep 80 Freddie Johnson...... WR 6-1 190 r-Fr - North Ft. Myers, FL / North Ft. Myers 31 Collin Washington...... DB 6-1 200 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Central 53 Leon Johnson...... OL 6-5 325 r-Sr 3L Plainfield, NJ / Bound Brook 60 Greg Webb...... DL 6-1 305 r-Sr 1L Sicklerville, NJ/Timber Creek/Hutchinson (KS) CC 29 Austin Jones...... K 5-10 205 Sr 3L Orlando, FL / Boone 46 Casey Williams...... DL 6-3 240 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / South Philadelphia 72 Carrington Jones...... OL 6-1 259 Fr - Leonardtown, MD / St. Mary’s Ryken 26 Travon Williams...... WR 5-8 160 r-So - Philadelphia, PA / New Foundations Charter 10 Mike Jones...... DB/RS 5-11 187 r-Sr - Baltimore, MD / Milford Mill / N.C. Central 42 Taiyir Wilson...... TE 6-2 245 r-Fr - Schwenksville, PA/Perkiomen Valley/Fork Union Peyton Jones...... DB 6-0 185 Fr - Berwyn, PA / Conestoga 13 Isaiah Wright...... WR 6-2 212 So 1L West Hartford, CT / Kingswood-Oxford 81 Randle Jones...... WR 6-0 185 So - Miami Beach, FL / Miami Beach Senior 14 Brodrick Yancy...... WR 5-10 195 r-Jr 2L Bradenton, FL / Manatee 40 Todd Jones...... LB 6-0 221 Jr - Philadelphia, PA / St. Joe’s Prep 84 Kenny Yeboah...... TE 6-5 238 r-Fr - Allentown, PA / Parkland Senior 93 DeAndre Kelly...... DL 6-1 260 r-So - Hyattsville, MD / DeMatha

PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS Coaches Karamo Dioubate...... Boaz Pogue...... BOE-az Poog Taver Johnson...... tay-ver ...... ka-rah-moe DEE-ooh-bah-tay Tyleik Raynor...... TIE-leak Dave Patenaude...... pat-en-ode Arnold Ebiketie...... ebb-uh-KAY-dee Rob Ritrovato...... rich-roe-vah-toe Jim Panagos...... pan-uh-ghose Jager Gardner...... JAG-er Quincy Roche...... roe-SHAY Chris Wiesehan...... WEEZ-uh-han Cequan Jefferson...... SEE-kwan Jyquis Thomas...... ja-KEESE Players Eric Kiewlak...... kev-lack Amir Tyler...... AY-meer Dan Archibong...... arch-EE-bong William Kwenkeu...... kwen-koo Taiyir Wilson...... TIE-ear Ryquell Armstead...... ra-KWELL Dana Levine...... DAY-na La-veen Kenny Yeboah...... ya-BOW-ah Aaron Boumerhi...... BOOM-ayr-ee Ifeanyi Maijeh...... ee-FINE my-JAY Kimere Brown ...... kah-mear Logan Marchi...... mar-she Keyvone Bruton...... KEY-vonn Chris Myarick...... MY-rick Todd Centeio...... sent-ay-oh Frank Nutile...... new-tile

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 16 • OwlSports.com

NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER BY CLASS GEOGRAPHICAL ROSTER No Name Pos No Name Pos RS-Senior (13) Junior (5) Thomas Mattioni Colorado (1) Florida (10) Max Cavaucci 2 Delvon Randall...... DB 48 Steve Petrick...... TE Cole Boozer Ryquell Armstead Steve Petrick Jacob Martin F. Booth-Lloyd Anthony Cruz 3 Sean Chandler...... DB 49 Chris Smith...... LB Brian Carter Rob Chandler Vincent Picozzi Ventell Bryant Mark DeRobertis Sharif Finch Jager Gardner Leon Pinto Massachusetts (1) Todd Centeio Mike DiFrancesco 4 Nick Sharga...... FB 50 Griffin Sestili...... OL Artrel Foster Todd Jones Boaz Pogue Aaron Adu Sam Franklin Karamo Dioubate 5 Keith Kirkwood...... WR 50 Sam Kramer...... LB Leon Johnson Delvon Randall Tyliek Raynor Freddie Johnson Jared Folks Mike Jones Quincy Roche Ohio (1) Austin Jones Artrel Foster 6 Sharif Finch...... DL 51 Dana Levine...... DL Keith Kirkwood RS-Soph. (15) Anthony Russo Jovahn Fair Randle Jones Vaughn Fulton Dana Levine Shaun Gabriel 7 Ryquell Armstead...... RB 52 Audley Isaacs...... LB Josh Lang Kareem Ali Amir Tyler Nick Sharga Jeremiah Atoki Taiyir Wilson Texas (1) Jyquis Thomas I.Graham-Mobley 8 Artrel Foster...... DB 53 Leon Johnson...... OL Chris Smith Anthony Cruz Kenny Yeboah Leon Pinto Brodrick Yancy Travis Hines Adrian Sullivan Kevin DeCaesar Audley Isaacs 9 Jacob Martin...... DL 53 Kevin DeCaesar...... LB Washington DC (1) Jullian Taylor Mike DiFrancesco Freshman (28) New Jersey (29) Jeremy Jennings Christian Braswell Kareem Ali Peyton Jones 10 Mike Jones...... DB/RS 54 Mike DiFrancesco...... LB Greg Webb Jovahn Fair Aaron Adu Josh Allen Todd Jones Benson Israel Josh Allen 11 Linwood Crump...... DB 55 Brian Carter...... OL North Carolina (2) Ryquell Armstead Eric Kiewlak Senior (7) DeAndre Kelly Jadan Blue Andrew Eisenson Jeremiah Atoki Sam Kramer 12 Logan Marchi...... QB 57 Josh Lang...... LS Sean Chandler Dana Levine Connor Bowler Jager Gardner Shaun Bradley Cole Lerch Cequan Jefferson Logan Marchi Christian Braswell 12 Kareem Ali...... DB 58 Matt Hennessy...... OL Prosper Mekoba Kimere Brown Corey Lerch Adonis Jennings Malik Burns Connecticut (3) Rob Chandler Branden Mack 13 Isaiah Wright...... WR 58 Prosper Mekoba...... DL Domenic Nigrelli Austin Jones Max Cavalucci Logan Marchi Sean Chandler Christian Martir Corey Lerch Jake Robinson Todd Centeio 14 Brodrick Yancy...... WR 59 Shaun Gabriel...... LB Chapelle Russell Jaelin Robinson Linwood Crump Thomas Mattioni Jacob Martin Mark DeRobertis Travon Williams Isaiah Wright Kevin DeCaesar James McHale 15 Anthony Russo...... QB 59 Corey Lerch...... LS Alex Starzyk Arnold Ebikeite Michael Dogbe Will Mobley Andrew Eisenson 15 Cequan Jefferson...... DB 60 Greg Webb...... DL Sophomore (12) Virginia (4) L.J. Holder Emil Moody RS-Junior (22) L.J. Holder T.J. Backer Keyvone Bruton David Hood Chris Myarick 16 Todd Centeio...... QB 61 Vaughn Fulton...... OL Nick Apostolu Audley Isaacs Aaron Boumerhi Marshall Ellick Adonis Jennings Domenic Nigrelli F. Booth-Lloyd Jeremy Jennings 17 Adonis Jennings...... WR 62 Nick Apostolu...... OL Shaun Bradley Sharif Finch Leon Johnson Steve Petrick Ventell Bryant- Carrington Jones Linwood Crump Cequan Jefferson Keith Kirkwood Vincent Picozzi 18 Frank Nutile...... QB 63 Gordon Thomas...... OL Michael Dogbe Peyton Jones Karamo Dioubate Josh Lang Boaz Pogue Marshall Ellick Eric Kiewlak New York (7) Drew Levin Delvon Randall 18 Connor Bowler...... P 65 Andrew Eisenson...... OL Sam Franklin Jared Folks Cole Lerch Jonny Forrest Booker McLean Tyliek Raynor Shaun Gabriel 19 Ventell Bryant...... WR 66 Leon Pinto...... OL Vaughn Fulton Drew Levin Matt Hennessy Prosper Mekoba George Reid Randle Jones David Hood Ifeanyi Maijeh Benson Israel Zach Mesday Rob Ritrovato William Kwenkeu 19 Jeremiah Atoki...... LB 69 Adrian Sullivan...... OL James McHale Ty Mason Ifeanyi Maijeh Frank Nutile Aaron Ruff Christian Martir Booker McLean Will Mobley Alex Starzyk Jake Robinson Anthony Russo 20 Keyvone Bruton...... DB 70 Jovahn Fair...... OL Benny Walls Zach Mesday Emil Moody Adrian Sullivan Aidan Rosa John Ruza Isaiah Wright 21 Jager Gardner...... RB 71 Benson Israel...... OL Chris Myarick George Reid Derrek Thomas Chapelle Russell Griffin Sestili Frank Nutile Aidan Rosa Chris Smith Nick Sharga 21 Derrek Thomas...... DB 72 Carrington Jones...... OL RS-Freshmen (22) Rob Ritrovato Griffin Sestili Maryland (10) Amir Tyler Jullian Taylor Dan Archibong 22 Chapelle Russell...... LB 72 Karamo Dioubate...... DL Jaelin Robinson Collin Washington Jadan Blue Benny Walls Gordan Thomas Kimere Brown Aaron Ruff Casey Williams Cole Boozer Greg Webb Hez Trahan 23 Shaun Bradley...... LB 74 James McHale...... OL Keyvone Bruton John Ruza Malik Burns Collin Washington Darian Bryant 24 David Hood...... RB 75 Darian Bryant...... OL Derrek Thomas Arnold Ebikeite Pennsylvania (53) Casey Williams Jonny Forrest Gordon Thomas Carrington Jones Nick Apostolu Travon Williams 24 Kimere Brown...... DB 76 Vincent Picozzi...... OL I.Graham-Mobley Jyquis Thomas Mike Jones Dan Archibong Taiyir Wilson Matt Hennessy 25 Travis Hines...... WR 77 Jaelin Robinson...... OL Hez Trahan DeAndre Kelly T.J. Backer Kenny Yeboah Travis Hines William Kwenkeu Aaron Boumerhi 25 Amir Tyler...... DB 78 Aaron Ruff...... OL Brodrick Yancy (players in cherry are Freddie Johnson Ty Mason Connor Bowler from Philadelphia) 26 Travon Williams...... WR 79 Cole Boozer...... OL Sam Kramer Quincy Roche Darian Bryant Branden Mack Brian Carter 27 Marshall Ellick...... WR 80 Freddie Johnson...... WR 28 Jyquis Thomas...... DB 81 Randle Jones...... WR SCHOOL PRIDE NAME GAME 29 Jeremy Jennings...... WR 82 Jake Robinson...... TE These players LaSalle College PREP SCHOOLS Aaron (3) Isaiah (2) Nick (2) attended the Cole Lerch East Coast 29 Austin Jones...... K 83 Domenic Nigrelli...... TE Adu, Boumerhi, Graham-Mobley Apostolu, Sharga same school Corey Lerch Sam Franklin Ruff Wright 30 Eric Kiewlak...... WR 84 Kenny Yeboah...... TE before coming Delvon Randall Rob (2) to Temple: Neuman-Goretti Alex Starzyk Anthony (2) Jacob/Jake (2) Chandler 30 Zach Mesday...... DL 85 Chris Myarick...... TE Ritrovato Mike DiFrancesco Cruz, Russo Jacob Martin Jake Robinson 31 Mark DeRobertis...... RB 86 Jadan Blue...... WR HIGH SCHOOLS Emil Moody Fork Union Chris/Christian (5) Sam (2) Cheltenham Cequan Jefferson Christian Braswell Jonny/John (2) Franklin, Kramer 31 Collin Washington...... DB 87 Emil Moody...... TE Max Cavallucci Piscataway Boas Pogue Christian Martir Jonny Forrest Shaun/Sean/Shawn (3) 32 Benny Walls...... DB 88 Branden Mack...... WR Brendan Mack Linwood Crump Taiyir Wilson Chris Myarick John Ruza Chris Smith Shaun Bradley Chris Myarick Aidan Rosa Sean Chandler 33 Aaron Adu...... DB 88 Ifeanyi Maijeh...... DL Josh (2) Valley Forge Cole (2) Allen, Lang, Shawn Gabriel Don Bosco Prep Springfield Vaughn Fulton Boozer, Lerch 33 Josh Allen...... DB 89 John Ruza...... WR Todd (2) Matt Hennessy Nick Apostolu Booker McLean Leon (2) Centeio, Jones 34 Booker McLean...... RB 90 Quincy Roche...... DL Frank Nutile Dan Archibong David (2) Johnson, Pinto Hood, Perkins Tom (2) 34 Tyliek Raynor...... RB 91 Malik Burns...... DL Michael (3) Downingtown West St. Joe’s Prep COLLEGE T.J. Backer Freddie (2) DiFrancesco Thomas Mattioni 35 William Kwenkeu...... LB 93 DeAndre Kelly...... DL Connor Bowler Todd Jones Pittsburgh Booth-Lloyd Dogbe 36 Sam Franklin...... LB 94 Jullian Taylor...... DL Thomas Mattioni Benny Walls Adonis Jennings Johnson Jones William (2) Hez Trahan Kwenkeu, Mobley 37 Isaiah Graham-Mobley..LB 95 Dan Archibong...... DL Henrico St. Joseph (NJ) 38 Anthony Cruz...... WR 96 Hez Trahan...... DL Sharif Finch Benson Israel LETTERWINNERS Cequan Jefferson Brandon McCann 39 Jonny Forrest...... RB 97 Arnold Ebiketie...... DL Three-Time (9) Two-Time (12) One-Time (21) Brian Carter R.Armstead Jeremiah Atoki 39 George Reid...... DB 97 Aaron Boumerhi...... K Imhotep Timber Creek Tyliek Raynor Kareem Ali Sean Chandler F. Booth-Lloyd Cole Boozer 40 Todd Jones...... LB 98 Michael Dogbe...... DL Aaron Ruff Adonis Jennings Sharif Finch Ventell Bryant Aaron Boumerhi Gordon Thomas Greg Webb Artrel Foster Michael Dogbe Linwood Crump 41 Thomas Mattioni...... WR 99 Freddie Booth-Lloyd..... DL Leon Johnson Jager Gardner Karamo Dioubate 41 Christian Braswell...... DB 99 Will Mobley...... K/P Lakewood Valley Forge Austin Jones David Hood Marshall Ellick Chapelle Russell Audley Isaacs Corey Lerch Cequan Jefferson Jovahn Fair 42 Taiyir Wilson...... TE Max Cavalucci...... P Amir Tyler Domenic Nigrelli Jacob Martin Adonis Jennings Jared Folks 43 L.J. Holder...... WR Rob Chandler...... DL Alex Starzyk Keith Kirkwood Sam Franklin Delvon Randall William Kwenkeu 43 Alex Starzyk...... P Peyton Jones...... DB Nick Sharga Chris Myarick 44 Jared Folks...... LB Drew Levin...... P Brodrick Yancy Rob Ritrovato Jaelin Robinson 45 Rob Ritrovato...... FB Christian Martir...... DB Jake Robinson 46 Casey Williams...... DL Boaz Pogue...... LB Chapelle Russell Chris Smith 46 Cole Lerch...... LS Aidan Rosa...... LB Adrian Sullivan 47 T.J. Backer...... WR Derrek Thomas Jyquis Thomas 47 Ty Mason...... DB Greg Webb Isaiah Wright

• 17 • 2017 Temple Football PARTICIPATION

2017 Cons. Career # Player GP-GS GP-GS GP-GS ND Nova UMass USF Hou ECU UConn Army Navy Cin UCF Tulsa 12 Ali, Kareem 0-0 0-0 5-0 ------62 Apostolu, Nick 0-0 0-0 2-0 ------95 Archibong, Dan 9-7 9-3 11-7 DT DT DT DT x x DT DT DT 7 Armstead, Ryquell 9-4 12-0 34-8 RB x RB RB RB x x x x 19 Atoki, Jeremiah 8-0 4-0 20-0 x x x x - x x x x 99 Booth-Lloyd, Freddie 8-1 8-1 34-3 - x x x x x x x DT 79 Boozer, Cole 9-9 23-10 36-10 RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT 97 Boumerhi, Aaron 9-0 18-0 18-0 x x x x x x x x x 23 Bradley, Shaun 9-9 13-9 20-9 MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB 24 Brown, Kimere 3-0 1-0 3-0 - - - - - x x - x 20 Bruton, Keyvone 0-0 0-0 0-0 ------19 Bryant, Ventell 7-3 0-0 32-14 - x WR x WR WR x x - 55 Carter, Brian 8-8 1-1 44-20 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG - RG 16 Centeio, Todd 2-0 0-0 2-0 - - x x - - - - - 3 Chandler, Sean 9-9 15-15 45-44 S S S S S S S S S 11 Crump, Linwood 9-3 22-0 22-3 x x x x CB CB CB x x 53 DeCaesar, Kevin 0-0 0-0 3-0 ------54 DiFrancesco, Mike 0-0 0-0 1-0 ------72 Dioubate, Karamo 8-0 7-0 20-0 x - x x x x x x x 98 Dogbe, Michael 8-6 1-0 37-15 DT DT x DT DT DT DT - x 27 Ellick, Marshall 9-0 10-0 24-5 x x x x x x x x x 70 Fair, Jovahn 3-3 0-0 17-16 LG LG LG ------6 Finch, Sharif 9-8 9-1 49-21 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE x DE 44 Folks, Jared 1-0 0-0 14-5 - - - x - - - - - 39 Forrest, Jonny 1-0 0-0 1-0 ------x - 8 Foster, Artrel 9-9 13-13 48-22 CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB 36 Franklin, Sam 9-5 23-2 23-4 SLB SLB SLB x x x x SLB SLB 21 Gardner, Jager 3-0 0-0 25-1 x x - x ------37 Graham-Mobley, Isaiah 9-1 9-0 9-1 WLB x x x x x x x x 48 Grimes, Daishaun 4-0 0-0 11-0 x x x x ------58 Hennessy, Matt 8-8 1-1 11-9 C C C C C C C - C 24 Hood, David 9-5 12-4 31-7 x RB x x x RB RB RB RB 71 Israel, Benson 0-0 0-0 3-0 ------15 Jefferson,Cequan 2-0 0-0 31-0 - - x x ------17 Jennings, Adonis 9-7 37-3 37-13 WR WR x WR WR x WR WR WR 80 Johnson, Freddie 8-0 7-0 10-0 x - x x x x x x x 53 Johnson, Leon 9-7 34-0 41-29 LT LT LT LT LT LT LT x x 29 Jones, Austin 4-0 0-0 36-0 x x x x ------10 Jones, Mike 9-9 9-9 9-9 CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB 81 Jones, Randle 8-0 8-0 17-0 - x x x x x x x x 40 Jones, Todd 7-0 6-0 14-0 x - - x x x x x x 93 Kelly, Deandre 8-1 2-0 11-1 x x x x x x - DE x 5 Kirkwood, Keith 9-8 23-4 32-21 WR WR WR WR x WR WR WR WR 35 Kwenkeu, William 9-0 10-0 22-0 x x x x x x x x x 57 Lang, Josh 0-0 0-0 3-0 ------59 Lerch, Corey 9-0 49-0 49-0 x x x x x x x x x 51 Levine, Dana 9-1 10-0 13-1 x DE x x x x x x x 88 Mack, Branden 9-0 9-0 9-0 x x x x x x x x x 12 Marchi, Logan 9-7 9-0 14-7 QB QB QB QB QB QB QB x x 9 Martin, Jacob 9-8 9-7 46-11 DE x DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 74 McHale, James 6-2 5-2 20-2 - - x - x x x LT LT 30 Mesday, Zach 4-0 1-0 5-0 - - - - x x x - - 85 Myarick, Chris 8-6 3-2 26-9 TE TE x TE TE - x TE TE 83 Nigrelli, Domenic 0-0 0-0 1-0 ------18 Nutile, Frank 4-2 2-2 10-2 - - - x - x - QB QB 48 Petrick, Steve 1-0 0-0 1-0 - - - - - x - - - 76 Picozzi, Vincent 6-3 6-1 6-3 - - - x x LG LG x LG 2 Randall, Delvon 9-9 37-23 37-23 S S S S S S S S S 45 Ritrovato, Rob 9-0 22-0 27-0 x x x x x x x x x 77 Robinson, Jaelin 9-1 20-1 24-1 x x x x x x x LG x 82 Robinson, Jake 7-0 4-0 21-1 - x x x - x x x x 90 Roche, Quincy 9-0 9-0 9-0 x x x x x x x x x 78 Ruff, Aaron 2-0 2-0 8-0 ------x x 22 Russell, Chapelle 9-8 9-8 19-10 x WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB 89 Ruza, John 0-0 0-0 2-0 ------4 Sharga, Nick 9-5 37-0 37-16 FB FB x FB FB x FB x x 49 Smith, Chris 0-0 0-0 14-0 ------43 Starzyk, Alex 9-0 49-0 49-0 x x x x x x x x x 69 Sullivan, Adrian 4-3 0-0 24-17 - - x LG LG - - RG - 94 Taylor, Jullian 8-4 2-0 16-7 x x DT x DT DT - DT x 21 Thomas, Derrek 4-1 0-0 23-3 - x x CB x - - - - 63 Thomas, Gordon 1-1 0-0 9-1 ------C - 28 Thomas, Jyquis 7-0 7-0 28-0 - - x x x x x x x 96 Trahan, Hez 0-0 0-0 0-0 ------25 Tyler, Amir 1-0 0-0 1-0 ------x - 32 Walls, Benny 9-0 14-0 20-0 x x x x x x x x x 60 Webb, Greg 6-0 2-0 19-0 - - x x x x x x x 26 Williams, Travon 8-0 1-0 13-0 x x x x x x x - x 13 Wright, Isaiah 9-5 20-5 21-6 x x x x WR WR WR WR WR 14 Yancy, Brodrick 7-2 0-0 33-6 x x WR x - WR x x - 84 Yeboah, Kenny 9-1 9-0 10-1 x x TE x x x x x x

CAPS - indicates starting position; x - played but did not start; “-” - did not play GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 18 • OwlSports.com

TEMPLE OWLS STARTERS OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR WR/RB/TE RB QB @Notre Dame L.Johnson Fair Hennessy Carter Boozer Myarick Kirkwood A.Jennings Sharga (FB) Armstead Marchi VILLANOVA L.Johnson Fair Hennessy Carter Boozer Myarick Kirkwood A.Jennings Sharga (FB) Hood Marchi UMASS L.Johnson Fair Hennessy Carter Boozer Yeboah Kirkwood V.Bryant Yancy (WR) Armstead Marchi @#21 USF L.Johnson Sullivan Hennessy Carter Boozer Myarick Kirkwood A.Jennings Sharga (FB) Armstead Marchi HOUSTON L.Johnson Sullivan Hennessy Carter Boozer Wright (WR) V.Bryant A.Jennings Sharga (FB) Armstead Marchi @ECU L.Johnson Picozzi Hennessy Carter Boozer Wright (WR) Kirkwood V.Bryant Yancy (WR) Hood Marchi UCONN L.Johnson Picozzi Hennessy Carter Boozer Wright (WR) Kirkwood A.Jennings Sharga (FB) Hood Marchi @Army McHale Ja.Robinson G.Thomas Sullivan Boozer Myarick Kirkwood A.Jennings Wright (WR) Hood Nutile NAVY McHale Picozzi Hennessy Carter Boozer Myarick Kirkwood A.Jennings Wright (WR) Hood Nutile @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa DEFENSE DE DT NT DE SLB MLB WLB FS SS CB CB @Notre Dame Finch Archibong Dogbe Martin Franklin Bradley Graham-Mobley Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster VILLANOVA Finch Archibong Dogbe Levine Franklin Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster UMASS Finch Archibong Taylor Martin Franklin Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster @#21 USF Finch Archibong Dogbe Martin D.Thomas (CB) Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster HOUSTON Finch Taylor Dogbe Martin Crump (CB) Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster @ECU Finch Taylor Dogbe Martin Crump (CB) Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster UCONN Finch Archibong Dogbe Martin Crump (CB) Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster @Army Kelly Archibong Taylor Martin Franklin Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster NAVY Finch Archibong Booth-Lloyd Martin Franklin Bradley Russell Chandler Randall M.Jones Foster @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa

WEEKLY STATISTICAL LEADERS

Rushing (Att-Yds-TDs) Passing (C-A-Yds-I-TD) Receiving (No-Yds-TD) Tackles (S-A-T) Sacks INTs @Notre Dame Armstead (19-67-0) Marchi (19-35-245-0-2) Wright (4-79-0) Randall (6-5-11) Randall M.Jones Roche (1.0) VILLANOVA Hood (4-21-0) Marchi (20-34-274-0-0) V.Bryant (7-79-0) Russell (6-4-10) Bradley, Levine - Martin (1.0) UMASS Armstead (17-91-0) Marchi (22-37-248-0-3) Wright (4-69-1) Randall (7-2-9) Roche (3.0) - @#21 USF Ritrovato (5-24-0) Nutile (4-12-57-1-0) A,Jennings (2-33-0) Russell (9-4-13) Martin (1.0) - HOUSTON Armstead (14-63-0) Marchi (20-41-182-3-1) Wright (5-53-0) Kwenkeu (7-1-8) - Randall (1) @ECU Hood (20-106-1) Marchi (19-31-321-1-2) Wright (6-91-1) Bradley (5-4-9) Martin (2.0) Randall (1) UCONN Armstead (9-31-1) Marchi (33-54-356-1-1) Hood (8-91-0) Russell (9-3-12) Franklin (1.0) Randall (1) @Army Armstead (18-151-2) Nutile (20-29-290-0-1) A.Jennings (4-62-1) Bradley (7-4-11) Finch, Martin (0.5) Chandler (1) NAVY Wright (4-40-0) Nutile (22-30-289-1-4) Kirkwood (7-87-1) Russell (7-18) Finch (2.0) Randall (1) @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa

UNIFORMS #1 JERSEY WEEKLY CAPTAINS (HELMETS-JERSEYS-PANTS)

@Notre Dame 19-V.Bryant 3-Chandler 5-Kirkwood 6-Finch 53-L.Johnson C-W-C VILLANOVA 98-Dogbe 4-Sharga 8-Foster 9-Martin 79-Boozer W-C-C UMASS 94-Taylor 17-A.Jennings 55-Carter 69-Sullivan 94-Taylor B-B-B @#21 USF 17-A.Jennings 4-Sharga (2) 7-Armstead 10-M.Jones 94-Taylor (2) C-W-W HOUSTON 22-Russell 6-Finch (2) 9-Martin (2) 58-Hennessy 59-Lerch C-C-W @ECU 10-M.Jones 5-Kirkwood (2) 10-M.Jones (2) 60-Webb 79-Boozer (2) B-W-B UCONN 13-Wright 2-Randall 3-Chandler (2) 17-A.Jennings (2) 55-Carter (2) C-C-C @Army 23-Bradley 4-Sharga (3) 8-Foster (2) 23-Bradley 43-Starzyk W-W-W NAVY 95-Archibong 5-Kirkwood (3) 9-Martin (3) 18-Nutile 22-Russell B-C-C @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa

• 19 • 2017 Temple Football TEAM STATISTICS

2017 Results Date Opponent...... Score Overall Conference Home Away Time Attendance Sep 2 at Notre Dame...... L 16-49 0-1-0 0-1-0 3:17 77,622 Sep 9 VILLANOVA ...... W 16-13 1-1-0 1-0-0 3:01 35,117 Sep 15 UMASS...... W 29-21 2-1-0 2-0-0 3:29 22,911 Sep 21 @ #21 USF...... L 7-43 2-2-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 3:23 24,325 Sep 30 HOUSTON...... L 13-20 2-3-0 0-2-0 2-1-0 3:25 24,024 Oct 7 @ECU...... W 34-10 3-3-0 1-2-0 1-2-0 3:17 313,26 Oct 14 UCONN...... L 24-28 3-4-0 1-3-0 2-2-0 3:19 29,849 Oct 21 @Army...... L (OT) 28-31 3-5-0 2-2-0 3:39 34,876 Nov 2 NAVY...... W 34-26 4-5-0 2-3-0 3-2-0 3:07 26,127 Nov 10 @Cincinnati...... Nov 18 UCF...... Nov 25 @Tulsa......

* - Conference game; # - American Athletic Conference Championship Game

TEAM STATISTICS...... TEMPLE...... OPP SCORE/QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot SCORING...... 201...... 241 Temple 26 79 40 56 0 201 Points Per Game...... 22.3...... 26.8 Opponents 44 61 65 68 3 241 Points Off Turnovers...... 34...... 49 FIRST DOWNS...... 180...... 184 Rushing...... 54...... 79 Playing With the Lead Passing...... 109...... 87 Ahead Behind Tied Penalty...... 17...... 18 @Notre Dame 0:00 59:27 0:33 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1038...... 1554 VILLANOVA 46:07 0:00 13:53 Yards gained rushing...... 1281...... 1835 UMASS 56:18 1:25 2:17 Yards lost rushing...... 243...... 281 @#21 USF 0:00 53:59 6:01 Rushing Attempts...... 308...... 363 HOUSTON 0:00 49:18 10:42 Average Per Rush...... 3.4...... 4.3 @ECU 37:01 8:06 14:53 Average Per Game...... 115.3...... 172.7 UCONN 10:33 35:17 14:10 TDs Rushing...... 8...... 14 @Army 9:55 12:13 37:52 PASSING YARDAGE...... 2336...... 1990 NAVY 56:18 0:00 3:42 Comp-Att-Int...... 187-324-10...... 159-269-6 @Cincinnati Average Per Pass...... 7.2...... 7.4 UCF Average Per Catch...... 12.5...... 12.5 @Tulsa Average Per Game...... 259.6...... 221.1 TOTAL 216:12 219:45 104:03 TDs Passing...... 14...... 14 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 3374...... 3544 Total Plays...... 632...... 632 Average Per Play...... 5.3...... 5.6 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR FR Tot Avg/G Average Per Game...... 374.9...... 393.8 WRIGHT,Isaiah 9 112 502 32 95 0 0 741 82.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards...... 34-713...... 29-560 JONES,Mike 9 0 0 50 573 43 0 666 74.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 17-91...... 10-77 JENNINGS,Adonis 9 22 498 0 41 0 0 561 62.3 INT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 6-102...... 10-161 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 9 454 38 0 0 0 0 492 54.7 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 21.0...... 19.3 HOOD,David 9 289 157 0 0 0 0 446 49.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 5.4...... 7.7 KIRKWOOD,Keith 9 0 432 0 4 0 0 436 48.4 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 17.0...... 16.1 BRYANT,Ventell 7 0 185 0 0 0 0 185 26.4 FUMBLES-LOST...... 10-4...... 16-5 YEBOAH,Kenny 9 0 120 0 0 0 0 120 13.3 PENALTIES-Yards...... 71-586...... 62-543 JONES,Randle 8 -2 118 0 0 0 0 116 14.5 Average Per Game...... 65.1...... 60.3 YANCY,Brodrick 7 0 108 0 0 0 0 108 15.4 PUNTS-Yards...... 44-1692...... 41-1792 RITROVATO,Rob 9 86 0 0 0 0 0 86 9.6 Average Per Punt...... 38.5...... 43.7 ELLICK,Marshall 8 0 82 0 0 0 0 82 10.2 Net punt average...... 34.0...... 39.5 SHARGA,Nick 9 51 4 0 0 0 0 55 6.1 KICKOFFS-Yards...... 46-2793...... 45-2747 CHANDLER,Sean 9 0 0 9 0 43 0 52 5.8 Average Per Kick...... 60.7...... 61.0 MYARICK,Chris 8 0 46 0 0 0 0 46 5.8 Net kick average...... 40.9...... 39.6 MARTIN,Jacob 9 0 0 0 0 0 44 44 4.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game...... 30:17...... 29:43 GARDNER,Jager 3 37 0 0 0 0 0 37 12.3 3RD-DOWN Conversions...... 61/144...... 53/133 MACK,Branden 9 0 23 0 0 0 0 23 2.6 3rd-Down Pct...... 42%...... 40% JOHNSON,Freddie 8 0 20 0 0 0 0 20 2.5 4TH-DOWN Conversions...... 5/12...... 7/15 WILLIAMS,Travon 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 2.6 4th-Down Pct...... 42%...... 47% RANDALL,Delvon 9 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 1.8 SACKS BY-Yards...... 27-172...... 16-130 BRADLEY,Shaun 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.8 MISC YARDS...... -9...... 0 ROBINSON,Jake 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.4 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 23...... 29 NUTILE,Frank 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 14-20...... 13-21 CENTEIO,Todd 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -1.0 ON-SIDE KICKS...... 0-0...... 1-4 HENNESSY,Matt 8 -3 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.4 RED-ZONE SCORES...... (23-30) 77%...... (35-41) 85% MARCHI,Logan 7 -30 0 0 0 0 0 -30 -4.3 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS...... (14-30) 47%...... (24-41) 59% TEAM -2 0 0 0 0 0 -2 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... (21-22) 95%...... (28-29) 97% Total 9 1038 2336 91 713 102 44 4324 480.6 ATTENDANCE...... 138028...... 168149 Opponents 9 1554 1990 77 560 161 50 4392 487.4 Games/Avg Per Game...... 5/27606...... 4/42037 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 20 • OwlSports.com OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Ls Net Avg TD Lg Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 9 118 504 50 454 3.8 3 56 50.4 MARCHI,Logan 7 271 -30 1658 1628 232.6 HOOD,David 9 67 307 18 289 4.3 2 22 32.1 NUTILE,Frank 4 84 1 659 660 165.0 WRIGHT,Isaiah 9 17 127 15 112 6.6 1 50 12.4 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 9 118 454 0 454 50.4 RITROVATO,Rob 9 21 94 8 86 4.1 1 19 9.6 HOOD,David 9 67 289 0 289 32.1 SHARGA,Nick 9 20 52 1 51 2.5 1 15 5.7 WRIGHT,Isaiah 9 19 112 -1 111 12.3 GARDNER,Jager 3 12 44 7 37 3.1 0 14 12.3 RITROVATO,Rob 9 21 86 0 86 9.6 JENNINGS,Adonis 9 1 22 0 22 22.0 0 22 2.4 SHARGA,Nick 9 20 51 0 51 5.7 WILLIAMS,Travon 7 5 18 0 18 3.6 0 11 2.6 GARDNER,Jager 3 12 37 0 37 12.3 BRADLEY,Shaun 9 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 0.8 JENNINGS,Adonis 9 1 22 0 22 2.4 NUTILE,Frank 4 11 27 26 1 0.1 0 13 0.2 WILLIAMS,Travon 7 5 18 0 18 2.6 CENTEIO,Todd 2 4 10 12 -2 -0.5 0 6 -1.0 CENTEIO,Todd 2 6 -2 20 18 9.0 JONES,Randle 8 2 4 6 -2 -1.0 0 4 -0.2 BRADLEY,Shaun 9 2 7 0 7 0.8 HENNESSY,Matt 8 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -0.4 JONES,Randle 8 2 -2 0 -2 -0.2 MARCHI,Logan 7 26 65 95 -30 -1.2 0 22 -4.3 HENNESSY,Matt 8 1 -3 0 -3 -0.4 TEAM 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 TEAM 3 -2 0 -2 Total...... 9 308 1281 243 1038 3.4 8 56 115.3 Total...... 9 632 1038 2336 3374 374.9 Opponents...... 9 363 1835 281 1554 4.3 14 66 172.7 Opponents...... 9 632 1554 1990 3544 393.8

PASSING G Eff C-A-I Pct Yds TD Lg Avg/G MARCHI,Logan 7 117.95 136-245-8 55.5 1658 9 48 236.9 NUTILE,Frank 4 158.71 48-73-2 65.8 659 5 51 164.8 |------PATs ------| CENTEIO,Todd 2 184.00 2-2-0 100.0 20 0 11 10.0 SCORING TD FGs Kck Ru Rc Pa DX Saf Pts WRIGHT,Isaiah 9 45.80 1-2-0 50.0 -1 0 0 -0.1 BOUMERHI,Aaron 0 10-15 16-16 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 46 TEAM 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 JENNINGS,Adonis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Total 9 126.37 187-324-10 57.7 2336 14 51 259.6 WRIGHT,Isaiah 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Opponents 9 133.96 159-269-6 59.1 1990 14 48 221.1 HOOD,David 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 KIRKWOOD,Keith 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 JONES,Austin 0 4-5 5-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 17 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Lg Avg/G RITROVATO,Rob 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 WRIGHT,Isaiah 9 33 502 15.2 3 51 55.8 ROBINSON,Jake 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 JENNINGS,Adonis 9 31 498 16.1 5 43 55.3 YANCY,Brodrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 KIRKWOOD,Keith 9 30 432 14.4 3 37 48.0 MARTIN,Jacob 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 BRYANT,Ventell 7 20 185 9.2 0 29 26.4 SHARGA,Nick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 HOOD,David 9 18 157 8.7 1 36 17.4 MARCHI,Logan 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 YEBOAH,Kenny 9 10 120 12.0 0 37 13.3 Total 23 14-20 21-22 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 201 ELLICK,Marshall 8 9 82 9.1 0 19 10.2 Opponents 29 13-21 28-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 241 JONES,Randle 8 8 118 14.8 0 45 14.8 YANCY,Brodrick 7 8 108 13.5 1 48 15.4 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 9 8 38 4.8 0 11 4.2 MYARICK,Chris 8 6 46 7.7 0 13 5.8 MACK,Branden 9 2 23 11.5 0 15 2.6 JOHNSON,Freddie 8 2 20 10.0 0 12 2.5 SHARGA,Nick 9 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 FIELD GOALS M-A Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ROBINSON,Jake 8 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.4 JONES,Austin 4-5 80.0 0-0 2-2 2-3 0-0 0-0 37 0 Total 9 187 2336 12.5 14 51 259.6 BOUMERHI,Aaron 10-15 66.7 0-0 4-5 2-3 3-5 1-2 52 1 Opponents 9 159 1990 12.5 14 48 221.1 FG SEQUENCE Temple: (36,36n)(22,48n,44,49)(24,43b,52,37)()(41,29)(52n,29,39) (21)(32n,27n)(22,33) INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents: (44n,47n)(42n,44,34)(23m,39m,32m)(44,28,25,37,44)(25,35) RANDALL,Delvon 4 16 4.0 0 16 (25,50n)(36n)(39)(48,24) CHANDLER,Sean 1 43 43.0 0 43 JONES,Mike 1 43 43.0 0 43 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Total 6 102 17.0 0 43 BOUMERHI,Aaron 46 2793 60.7 14 1 Opponents 10 161 16.1 1 34 Total 46 2793 60.7 14 1 560 40.9 24 Opponents 45 2747 61.0 10 2 713 39.6 25

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long STARZYK,Alex 42 1692 40.3 54 6 11 14 7 2 JONES,Mike 26 573 22.0 0 42 TEAM 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WRIGHT,Isaiah 5 95 19.0 0 27 Total 44 1692 38.5 54 6 11 14 7 2 JENNINGS,Adonis 2 41 20.5 0 24 Opponents 41 1792 43.7 65 4 5 13 11 0 KIRKWOOD,Keith 1 4 4.0 0 4 Total 34 713 21.0 0 42 Opponents 29 560 19.3 0 58 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long JONES,Mike 9 50 5.6 0 19 WRIGHT,Isaiah 6 32 5.3 0 8 CHANDLER,Sean 2 9 4.5 0 7 Total 17 91 5.4 0 19 Opponents 10 77 7.7 0 15 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long MARTIN,Jacob 2 44 22.0 1 44 Total 2 44 22.0 1 44 Opponents 4 50 12.5 0 35

• 21 • 2017 Temple Football DEFENSIVE STATISTICS |------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |-----Pass Def-----| |-----Fumbles-----| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Asst Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 22 RUSSELL,Chapelle 9 44 26 70 3.5-15 0.5-5 . 1 . . 2 . . 2 RANDALL,Delvon 9 46 14 60 6.5-16 1.0-1 4-16 ...... 23 BRADLEY,Shaun 9 35 22 57 9.0-27 1.0-7 . . 3 . 1 . . 3 CHANDLER,Sean 9 31 16 47 1.5-6 . 1-43 3 . . 1 . . 36 FRANKLIN,Sam 9 28 10 38 6.5-28 3.0-19 . 3 . . . . . 6 FINCH,Sharif 9 24 14 38 11.5-58 5.5-35 . . 5 1-0 1 . . 10 JONES,Mike 9 24 5 29 4.0-9 . 1-43 6 . . . . . 35 KWENKEU,William 9 19 5 24 1.0-2 ...... 90 ROCHE,Quincy 9 21 3 24 9.5-39 6.0-34 . . . 1-0 2 . . 9 MARTIN,Jacob 9 9 14 23 6.5-48 6.0-47 . . 1 2-44 1 . . 8 FOSTER,Artrel 9 18 3 21 1.0-5 . . . . 1-0 . . . 94 TAYLOR,Jullian 8 8 11 19 2.5-6 ...... 37 GRAHAM-MOBLEY,Isaiah 9 16 3 19 2.5-9 2.0-8 ...... 98 DOGBE,Michael 8 12 5 17 1.0-1 ...... 51 LEVINE,Dana 9 7 9 16 1.0-14 1.0-14 . . 4 . 1 1 . 32 WALLS,Benny 9 8 6 14 . . . 1 . . 2 . . 4 SHARGA,Nick 9 5 8 13 ...... 95 ARCHIBONG,Dan 9 3 9 12 0.5-1 . . 2 . . . . . 11 CRUMP,Linwood 9 9 1 10 . . . 3 . . . . . 28 THOMAS,Jyquis 7 8 . 8 1.0-1 ...... 40 JONES,Todd 7 5 1 6 ...... 99 BOOTH-LLOYD,Freddie 8 5 1 6 2.0-4 1.0-2 ...... 21 THOMAS,Derrek 4 4 1 5 . . . 3 . . . . . 93 KELLY,DeAndre 8 1 4 5 . . . 1 . . . . . 72 DIOUBATE,Karamo 7 2 2 4 0.5-1 . . . 3 . . . . 80 JOHNSON,Freddie 8 2 1 3 ...... 55 CARTER,Brian 8 1 1 2 ...... 59 LERCH,Corey 9 2 . 2 ...... 85 MYARICK,Chris 8 2 . 2 ...... 84 YEBOAH,Kenny 9 1 1 2 ...... 19 ATOKI,Jeremiah 7 1 . 1 ...... 24 BROWN,Kimere 2 1 . 1 ...... 48 GRIMES,Daishaun 3 1 . 1 ...... 27 ELLICK,Marshall 8 1 . 1 ...... 81 JONES,Randle 8 . 1 1 ...... 5 KIRKWOOD,Keith 9 1 . 1 ...... 24 HOOD,David 9 1 . 1 ...... 17 JENNINGS,Adonis 9 1 . 1 ...... 13 WRIGHT,Isaiah 9 . 1 1 0.5-0 ...... Total...... 9 410 192 602 72-290 27-172 6-102 23 16 5-44 11 1 . Opponents...... 9 379 224 603 60.0-237 16-130 10-161 33 8 4-50 7 3 .

1ST DOWN CONVERSIONS (Rushing-Receiving)

ND Nova UMass USF Hou ECU UConn Army Navy Cin UCF Tulsa TOTAL Wright 0-4 1-1 0-3 0-1 2-3 1-5 0-4 1-2 1-3 6-26 Armstead 1-0 4-0 4-1 1-0 7-2 2-0 19-3 Kirkwood 0-4 0-2 0-3 0-1 0-3 0-3 0-2 0-4 0-22 A.Jennings 0-1 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-3 0-4 1-18 Hood 1-0 0-1 2-0 3-0 2-3 1-1 1-0 10-5 V.Bryant 0-4 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-10 Yeboah 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-7 R.Jones 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-0 1-4 Sharga 2-0 2-0 1-0 5-0 Yancy 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-5 Ritrovato 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 Ellick 0-1 0-2 0-3 Gardner 1-0 1-0 2-0 F.Johnson 0-1 0-1 0-2 Marchi 2-0 2-0 Bradley 1-0 1-0 Centeio 1-0 1-0 Mack 0-1 0-1 Myarick 0-1 0-1 Nutile 1-0 1-0 J.Robinson 0-1 1-0 T.Williams 1-0 1-0

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 22 • OwlSports.com GAME BY GAME STATS |------RUSHING------| |------RECEIVING------| |------PASSING------| |------KICK RET------| |------PUNT RET------| tot Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off S-02 @Notre Dame 37 85 0 17 19 245 2 29 19-35-0 245 2 29 6 142 0 30 2 2 0 2 330 S-09 VILLANOVA 27 79 1 15 20 274 0 43 20-34-0 274 0 43 3 61 0 25 2 10 0 7 353 S-15 UMASS 34 119 0 56 24 268 3 30 24-39-0 268 3 30 4 72 0 23 1 12 0 12 387 S-21 @#21 USF 33 -4 0 19 7 89 0 19 7-25-4 89 0 19 8 165 0 36 2 17 0 19 85 S-30 HOUSTON 37 142 0 22 20 182 1 22 20-42-3 182 1 22 4 96 0 27 0 0 0 0 324 O-07 @ECU 46 179 2 22 21 344 2 48 21-33-1 344 2 48 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 8 523 O-14 UCONN 29 117 2 22 33 356 1 37 33-55-1 356 1 37 2 48 0 35 3 17 0 17 473 O-21 @Army 37 217 3 50 21 289 1 51 21-31-0 289 1 51 3 77 0 42 4 21 0 8 506 N-02 NAVY 28 104 0 29 22 289 4 40 22-30-1 289 4 40 4 52 0 21 1 5 0 5 393 N-10 @Cincinnati N-18 UCF N-18 @Tulsa Totals 308 1038 8 56 187 2336 14 51 187-324-10 2336 14 51 34 713 0 42 17 91 0 19 3374 Avg/rush: 3.4 Avg/catch: 12.5 Pass effic: 126.37 KR avg: 21.0 PR avg: 5.4

|------TACKLES------| |--SACKS--| |---FUMBLE--| Pass Blkd Kicks |---XPTS---| T Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts S-02 @Notre Dame 37 32 69 4.0-12 2.0-7 0 0-0 1-43 6 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 16 S-09 VILLANOVA 51 14 65 9.0-58 3.0-38 4 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 16 E S-15 UMASS 46 22 68 12.0-51 9.0-47 2 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 3-2 0 0 0 29 S-21 @#21 USF 53 18 71 9.0-21 1.0-6 1 2-44 0-0 1 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 S-30 HOUSTON 57 6 63 5.0-18 0.0-0 1 0-0 1-0 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 13 M O-07 @ECU 29 24 53 8.0-37 4.0-26 0 0-0 1-16 9 7 0 4-4 0 0 0 34 O-14 UCONN 46 18 64 9.0-40 2.0-17 2 1-0 1-0 0 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 O-21 @Army 34 44 78 5.0-17 1.0-5 0 0-0 1-43 0 0 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 P N-02 NAVY 58 12 70 11.0-36 5.0-26 1 0-0 1-0 0 0 1 4-4 0 0 0 34 N-10 @Cincinnati N-18 UCF L N-18 @Tulsa Totals 410 192 602 72.0-290 27.0-172 11 5-44 6-102 16 23 1 22-21 0 0 0 201 E

|------PUNTING------| |------FIELD GOALS------| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB S-02 @Notre Dame 6 226 37.7 46 0 0 3 0 2 2-1 36 0 4 232 58.0 1 0 S-09 VILLANOVA 5 221 44.2 49 0 1 1 0 2 4-3 49 0 5 298 59.6 1 0 S-15 UMASS 5 229 45.8 54 0 1 1 2 1 4-3 52 1 7 443 63.3 0 0 S-21 @#21 USF 10 362 36.2 54 1 1 2 2 3 0-0 0 0 2 106 53.0 1 0 S-30 HOUSTON 4 151 37.8 53 0 1 1 1 2 2-2 41 0 4 255 63.8 1 0 O-07 @ECU 2 79 39.5 48 0 0 0 0 2 3-2 39 0 7 437 62.4 5 0 O-14 UCONN 6 238 39.7 52 0 1 2 1 1 1-1 21 0 5 291 58.2 1 1 O-21 @Army 5 165 33.0 53 1 1 0 1 1 2-0 0 0 5 321 64.2 2 0 N-02 NAVY 1 21 21.0 21 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 33 0 7 410 58.6 2 0 N-10 @Cincinnati N-18 UCF N-18 @Tulsa Totals 44 1692 38.5 54 2 6 11 7 14 20-14 52 1 46 2793 60.7 14 1

|------RUSHING------| |------RECEIVING------| |------PASSING------| |------KICK RET------| |------PUNT RET------| tot Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off S-02 @Notre Dame 44 422 5 66 17 184 2 34 17-30-1 184 2 34 2 48 0 30 1 0 0 0 606 S-09 VILLANOVA 30 20 0 15 27 382 1 31 27-41-0 382 1 31 4 60 0 21 1 15 0 15 402 S-15 UMASS 33 81 1 29 23 377 2 37 23-39-0 377 2 37 7 147 0 28 1 1 0 1 458 S-21 @#21 USF 63 312 4 47 8 96 0 24 8-20-0 96 0 24 1 6 0 6 2 13 0 8 408 S-30 HOUSTON 31 162 1 35 25 226 1 39 25-36-1 226 1 39 3 55 0 25 0 0 0 0 388 O-07 @ECU 22 34 0 11 20 253 1 39 20-38-1 253 1 39 2 29 0 15 1 0 0 0 287 O-14 UCONN 38 139 0 49 18 105 3 16 18-28-1 105 3 16 3 60 0 23 1 6 0 6 244 O-21 @Army 50 248 3 44 8 141 1 32 8-18-1 141 1 32 3 64 0 23 3 42 0 13 389 N-02 NAVY 52 136 0 14 13 226 3 48 13-19-1 226 3 48 4 91 0 58 0 0 0 0 362 N-10 @Cincinnati N-18 UCF N-18 @Tulsa Opp. totals 363 1554 14 66 159 1990 14 48 159-269-6 1990 14 48 29 560 0 58 10 77 0 15 3544 O Avg/rush: 4.3 Avg/catch: 12.5 Pass effic: 133.969 KR avg: 19.3 PR avg: 7.7

P |------TACKLES------| |--SACKS--| |---FUMBLE--| Pass Blkd Kicks |---XPTS---| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts S-02 @Notre Dame 44 36 80 11.0-39 3.0-20 1 1-15 0-0 4 3 0 7-7 0 0 0 49 P S-09 VILLANOVA 38 16 54 7.0-16 1.0-3 0 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 13 S-15 UMASS 45 20 65 11.0-34 2.0-8 1 0-0 0-0 0 4 1 3-3 0 0 0 21 S-21 @#21 USF 32 32 64 12.0-62 5.0-43 1 2-0 4-50 1 5 1 4-4 0 0 0 43 O S-30 HOUSTON 48 10 58 4.0-35 1.0-24 2 0-0 3-46 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 20 O-07 @ECU 38 46 84 1.0-3 0.0-0 1 0-0 1-31 3 5 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 O-14 UCONN 50 18 68 5.0-20 2.0-15 1 1-35 1-34 0 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 N O-21 @Army 39 36 75 7.0-25 2.0-17 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 4-4 0 0 0 31 N-02 NAVY 45 10 55 2.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 0 1 0 3-2 0 0 0 26 N-10 @Cincinnati E N-18 UCF N-18 @Tulsa N Opp. totals 379 224 603 60.0-237 16.0-130 7 4-50 10-161 8 33 3 29-28 0 0 0 241 T |------PUNTING------| |------FIELD GOALS------| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB S S-02 @Notre Dame 2 104 52.0 54 0 0 0 2 0 2-0 0 0 8 505 63.1 2 0 S-09 VILLANOVA 3 125 41.7 46 0 0 0 0 1 3-2 44 0 3 185 61.7 0 0 S-15 UMASS 3 120 40.0 54 0 0 0 1 1 3-0 0 0 4 217 54.2 0 0 S-21 @#21 USF 6 275 45.8 54 0 1 2 2 3 5-5 44 0 10 614 61.4 1 1 S-30 HOUSTON 6 228 38.0 51 0 1 1 1 3 2-2 35 0 5 285 57.0 0 1 O-07 @ECU 6 272 45.3 65 0 2 0 1 1 2-1 25 0 3 195 65.0 3 0 O-14 UCONN 7 297 42.4 51 0 0 1 2 0 1-0 0 0 5 308 61.6 3 0 O-21 @Army 6 282 47.0 65 0 0 1 2 3 1-1 29 0 4 253 63.2 1 0 N-02 NAVY 2 89 44.5 46 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 48 0 3 185 61.7 0 0 N-10 @Cincinnati N-18 UCF N-18 @Tulsa Opp. totals 41 1792 43.7 65 0 4 5 11 13 21-13 48 0 45 2747 61.0 10 2

• 23 • 2017 Temple Football

DRIVE PRODUCTION TEMPLE Drives TDs FGs MFGs Downs Punts Fumble INT Sfty Clock %Scores %TDs @Notre Dame (Marchi) 13 2 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 23.1 15.4 VILLANOVA (Marchi) 11 1 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 36.4 9.1 UMASS (Marchi) 12 3 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 50.0 25.0 @#21 USF 18 0 0 0 1 10 2 4 0 1 0.0 0.0 Marchi 10 1 5 1 3 0.0 0.0 Nutile 7 4 1 1 1 0.0 0.0 Centeio 1 1 0.0 0.0 HOUSTON (Marchi) 12 1 2 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 25.0 8.3 @ECU 12 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 50.0 33.3 Marchi 11 4 2 1 2 1 1 54.5 36.4 Nutile 1 1 0.0 0.0 UCONN (Marchi) 15 3 1 0 3 6 1 1 0 0 26.7 20.0 @Army (Nutile) 11 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 36.4 36.4 NAVY (Nutile) 9 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 66.7 44.4 @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL 113 22 14 6 6 44 4 10 0 7 31.9 19.5 Marchi 84 14 12 4 6 33 3 8 0 4 31.0 16.7 Nutile 28 8 2 2 0 10 1 2 0 3 35.7 28.6 Centeio 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OPPONENTS Drives TDs FGs MFGs Downs Punts Fumble INT Sfty Clock %Scores %TDs @Notre Dame 13 7 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 53.8 53.8 VILLANOVA 10 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 30.0 10.0 UMASS 13 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 2 23.1 0.0 @#21 USF 18 4 5 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 50.0 22.2 HOUSTON 11 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 36.4 18.2 @ECU 11 1 1 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 18.2 9.1 UCONN 15 3 0 1 0 7 1 1 0 2 20.0 20.0 @Army 12 4 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 41.7 33.3 NAVY 9 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 55.6 33.3 @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL 112 28 13 8 7 41 4 6 0 5 36.6 25.0

RED ZONE STATISTICS TEMPLE Times Times Total Rush Pass ------FGs ------Failed to score inside RZ ------Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made Missed Downs Int Fumb Half Game S-02 @Notre Dame L 16-49 4 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 S-09 VILLANOVA W 16-13 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 S-15 UMASS W 29-21 4 4 19 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 S-21 @#21 USF L 7-43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S-30 HOUSTON L 13-20 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 O-07 @ECU W 34-10 6 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 O-14 UCONN L 24-28 5 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 O-21 @Army L 28-31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 N-02 NAVY W 34-26 4 4 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 N-10 @Cincinnati N-18 UCF N-25 @Tulsa Totals 30 23 123 14 5 9 9 3 2 1 0 1 0 23 of 30 (76.7%) OPPONENTS Times Times Total Rush Pass ------FGs ------Failed to score inside RZ ------Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made Missed Downs Int Fumb Half Game S-02 @Notre Dame L 16-49 6 6 42 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S-09 VILLANOVA W 16-13 4 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 S-15 UMASS W 29-21 5 3 21 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 S-21 @#21 USF L 7-43 7 6 26 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 S-30 HOUSTON L 13-20 4 4 20 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 O-07 @ECU W 34-10 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 O-14 UCONN L 24-28 4 3 21 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 O-21 @Army L 28-31 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 N-02 NAVY W 34-26 4 4 23 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 N-10 @Cincinnati N-18 UCF N-25 @Tulsa Totals 41 35 200 24 10 14 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 of 41 (85.4%)

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 24 • OwlSports.com

3RD DOWN SITUATIONS TEMPLE 3rd-n-1 3rd-n-2 3rd-n-3 3rd-n-4 3rd-n-5 3rd-n-6 3rd-n-7 3rd-n-8 3rd-n-9 3rd-n-10 3d-n-10+ Total Pct @Notre Dame 3-4 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-2 2-6 5-17 29.4 VILLANOVA 1-1 1-1 1-4 0-3 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-2 5-14 35.7 UMASS 2-2 1-3 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-3 2-5 9-19 47,4 @#21 USF 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-4 1-7 3-15 20.0 HOUSTON 1-4 1-1 2-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-2 4-16 25.0 @ECU 1-1 2-2 5-6 2-4 1-2 2-3 1-1 0-1 14-20 70.0 UCONN 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-3 0-2 1-3 0-2 5-15 33.3 @Army 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-4 8-15 53.3 NAVY 2-2 3-3 1-2 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 8-13 61.5 @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL 6-9 11-12 12-15 3-12 5-15 5-10 5-9 2-7 1-5 5-20 6-30 61-144 66.7 91.7 80.0 25.0 33.3 50.0 55.6 28.6 20.0 25.0 20.0 42.4 OPPONENTS 3rd-n-1 3rd-n-2 3rd-n-3 3rd-n-4 3rd-n-5 3rd-n-6 3rd-n-7 3rd-n-8 3rd-n-9 3rd-n-10 3d-n-10+ Total Pct @Notre Dame 2-3 1-2 2-2 0-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 6-13 46.2 VILLANOVA 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 2-3 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-5 9-17 52.9 UMASS 1-2 0-1 0-1 2-3 1-1 0-4 4-12 33.3 @#21 USF 1-1 1-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-2 1-3 3-16 18.8 HOUSTON 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-2 1-2 0-4 6-14 42.9 @ECU 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-5 3-14 21.4 UCONN 0-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 0-6 7-15 46.7 @Army 4-4 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 2-2 1-3 8-16 50.0 NAVY 1-1 1-1 2-3 2-4 1-1 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-2 7-15 46.7 @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL 10-13 6-8 4-7 6-9 5-10 5-13 4-11 4-11 1-6 5-10 3-34 53-132 76.9 75.0 57.1 66.7 50.0 38.5 36.4 36.4 16.7 50.0 8.8 40.2

DRIVE LENGTH SITUATIONS (Drives-TDs-FGs) TEMPLE 90-99 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 20-29 10-19 1-9 Total @Notre Dame 10-2-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 13-2-1 VILLANOVA 1-0-0 2-0-0 4-1-3 3-0-0 1-0-0 11-1-3 UMASS 3-0-1 5-2-1 1-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 12-3-3 @#21 USF 3-0-0 5-0-0 5-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 18-0-0 HOUSTON 2-0-0 4-1-0 1-0-0 3-0-2 2-0-0 12-1-2 @ECU 1-1-0 2-1-0 3-0-0 1-0-1 3-1-0 2-1-1 12-4-2 UCONN 3-0-0 5-2-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-0 15-3-1 @Army 4-2-0 3-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 10-4-0 NAVY 3-3-0 1-0-1 2-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-1 9-4-2 @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL 7-1-0 44-7-1 37-8-6 19-1-4 13-2-0 3-0-1 4-1-2 1-1-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 112-22-14

OPPONENTS 90-99 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 20-29 10-19 1-9 Total @Notre Dame 4-1-0 5-3-0 2-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 13-7-0 VILLANOVA 2-1-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 2-0-1 1-0-1 10-1-2 UMASS 1-0-0 2-0-0 5-1-0 5-2-0 13-3-0 @#21 USF 3-0-1 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 3-1-1 6-2-3 1-0-0 18-4-5 HOUSTON 1-0-0 4-2-0 2-0-0 2-0-2 2-0-0 11-2-2 @ECU 1-0-0 2-0-0 5-1-0 3-0-1 11-1-1 UCONN 1-0-0 5-1-0 6-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 15-3-0 @Army 1-0-0 4-1-0 4-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 11-4-0 NAVY 2-0-0 2-1-0 3-1-1 2-1-1 9-3-2 @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL 9-1-0 28-6-1 35-7-1 18-5-4 4-2-1 5-1-1 3-2-1 7-3-3 0-0-0 2-1-0 111-28-12

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TAKEAWAYS = POINTS

TEMPLE Opponent Qtr Time Rem. Fumble INT YdLn TD FG Other Play @Notre Dame E 0 1 0 0 1 Scores:TA = 0:1 ... TD:TA = 0:1 ... Points = 0 3rd 6:47 1 ND14 1 B.Wimbush pass / INT: M.Jones VILLANOVA +1 1 0 0 0 1 Scores:TA = 0:1 ... TD:TA = 0:1 ... Points = 0 4th 0:09 1 V40 1 M,Gudzak reception / FF: S.Bradley / FR: S.Finch UMASS +1 1 0 1 0 0 Scores:TA = 1:1 ... TD:TA = 1:1 ... Points = 6 2nd 0:46 1 M18 1 A.Ford sacked / FF: Q.Roche / FR: Q.Roche @ #21 USF -4 2 0 1 0 1 Scores:TA = 1:2 ... TD:TA = 1:2 ... Points = 7 1st 5:56 1 SF39 1 C.Watt blocked punt return / FR: J.Martin 2nd 2:06 1 EZ 1 Q.Flowers sacked / FF: J.Martin / FR: J.Martin HOUSTON -2 0 1 0 0 1 Scores:TA = 0:1 ... TD:TA = 0:1 ... Points = 0 2nd 1:57 1 T13 1 K.Postma pass / INT: D.Randall @ECU E 0 1 1 0 0 Scores:TA = 1:1 ... TD:TA = 1:1 ... Points = 7 2nd 5:42 1 E34 1 T.Sirk pass / INT: D.Randall UCONN E 1 1 2 0 0 Scores:TA = 2:2 ... TD:TA = 2:2 ... Points = 14 1st 10:07 1 T22 1 B.Shirreffs pass / INT: D.Randall 3rd 1:39 1 C21 1 T.Beals reception / FF: C.Russell / FR: A.Foster @Army +1 0 1 0 0 1 Scores:TA = 0:1 ... TD:TA = 0:1 ... Points = 0 2nd 0:00 1 A30 1 L.Langdon pass / INT: S.Chandler NAVY E 0 1 0 0 1 Scores:TA = 0:1 ... TD:TA = 0:1 ... Points = 0 4th 8:21 1 T33 1 Z.Abey pass / INT: D.Randall @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL -3 5 6 5 0 6 Scores:TA = 5:11 ... TD:TA = 5:11 ... Points = 34

OPPONENTS Opponent Qtr Time Rem. Fumble INT YdLn TD FG Other Play @Notre Dame 1 0 1 0 0 Scores:TA = 1:1 ... TD:TA = 1:1 ... Points = 7 4th 8:11 1 T34 1 R.Armstead rush / FF: G.Martini / FR: D.Tranquill VILLANOVA 0 0 0 0 0 Scores:TA = 0:0 ... TD:TA = 0:0 ... Points = 0 UMASS 0 0 0 0 0 Scores:TA = 0:0 ... TD:TA = 0:0 ... Points = 0 @ #21 USF 2 4 1 4 1 Scores:TA = 5:6 ... TD:TA = 1:6 ... Points = 19 1st 11:08 1 T26 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: D.Nichols 2nd 9:50 1 T6 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: D.Nichols 2nd 6:45 1 50 1 A.Jennings reception / FF: D.Nichols / FR: T.Fullwood 3rd 13:10 1 T20 1 F.Nutile pass / INT: D.Abraham 3rd 11:33 1 T22 1 M.Hennessy snap /FR: N.Sawtelle 3rd 8:42 1 T26 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: N.Sawtelle HOUSTON 0 3 0 1 2 Scores:TA = 1:3 ... TD:TA = 0:3 ... Points = 3 2nd 10:59 1 H35 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: G.Davis 2nd 1:15 1 T40 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: I.Johnson 4th 0:00 1 H20 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: G.Davis @ECU 0 1 0 0 1 Scores:TA = 0:1 ... TD:TA = 0:1 ... Points = 0 1st 3:23 1 E33 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: A.Ramseur UCONN 1 1 2 0 0 Scores:TA = 2:2 ... TD:TA = 2:2 ... Points = 14 2nd 6:00 1 T9 1 B.Yancy reception / FF: J.Swann / FR: M.Terry 3rd 6:37 1 EZ 1 L.Marchi pass / INT: T.Coyle @Army 0 0 0 0 0 Scores:TA = 0:0 ... TD:TA = 0:0 ... Points = 0 NAVY 0 1 1 0 0 Scores:TA = 1:1 ... TD:TA = 1:1 ... Points = 6 4th 7:28 1 A30 1 F.Nutile pass / INT: M.Farrar @Cincinnati UCF @Tulsa TOTAL 4 10 5 5 4 Scores:TA = 10:14 ... TD:TA = 5:14 ... Points = 49

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 26 • OwlSports.com

BIG PLAYS RUSHING PLAYS OF 10+ YARDS; PASS PLAYS OF 20+ YARDS; RETURNS OF 30+ YARDS

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret NOTRE DAME 20 Logan Marchi to Adonis Jennings 30 C.J. Sanders (KOR) 25 Logan Marchi to Isaiah Wright 33 Brandon Wimbush to Equanimeous St. Brown 17 Ryquell Armstead 37t Josh Adams 29 Logan Marchi to Isaiah Wright 11 Josh Adams 10 Ryquell Armstead 13 Brandon Wimbush 43 Mike Jones (INT return) 12 Cam Smith 30 Mike Jones (KOR) 60 Josh Adams 17 Brandon Wimbush 34 Brandon Wimbush to Equanimeous St. Brown 16 Brandon Wimbush 12 Josh Adams 25 Brandon Wimbush to Durham Smythe 22 Josh Adams 40 Dexter Williams 11 Brandon Wimbush 24 Brandon Wimbush 66 Dexter Williams

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret VILLANOVA 12 David Hood 31 Zach Bednarczyk to Changa Hodge 26 Logan Marchi to Keith Kirkwood 25 Zach Bednarczyk to Ryan Bell 43 Logan Marchi to Adonis Jennings 28 Zach Bednarczyk to Changa Hodge 15 Nick Sharga 25 Zach Bednarczyk to Taurus Phillips 32 Logan Marchi to Isaiah Wright 24 Zach Bednarczyk to Taurus Phillips 14 Jager Gardner 28 Zach Bednarczyk to Zac Kerxton 29 Logan Marchi to Ventell Bryant 15 Zach Bednarczyk

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret UMASS 56 Ryquell Armstead 25 Andrew Ford to Sadiq Palmer 25 Logan Marchi to Isaiah Wright 29 Marquis Young 30t Logan Marchi to Adonis Jennings 20 Andrew Ford to Adam Breneman 30 Logan Marchi to Keith Kirkwood 35 Andrew Ford to Andy Isabella 20 Ryquell Armstead 12 Andrew Ford 11 Ryquell Armstead 29 Andrew Ford to Sadiq Palmer 29 Logan Marchi to Isaiah Wright 25 Andrew Ford to Jessie Britt 37 Andrew Ford to Brennon Dingle

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret #21 USF 36 Mike Jones (KOR) 13 Quinton Flowers 44t Jacob Martin (fumble return) 13 Darius Tice 19 Rob Ritrovato 47t Darius Tice 11 Rob Ritrovato 26 D’Ernest Johnson 24 Quinton Flowers to Tyre McCants 22t Quinton Flowers 16 Quinton Flowers 15 D’Ernest Johnson 15 Darius Tice 13 Darius Tice 10 D’Ernest Johnson 10 Darius Tice 13 Trevon Sands

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret HOUSTON 22 Logan Marchi to Isaiah Wright 12 D’Eriq King 22 Logan Marchi 13 Dillon Birden 20 Logan Marchi to Randall Jones 13 Dillon Birden 16 David Hood 13 D’Eriq King 20 Ryquell Armstead 35 Kyle Postma 13 David Hood 39 Kyle Postma to Keith Corbin 11 Travon Williams 23 Kyle Postma to D’Eriq King 21 Logan Marchi to Adonis Jennings 10 Duke Catalon 11 Kyle Postma 14 Duke Catalon

• 27 • 2017 Temple Football

BIG PLAYS RUSHING PLAYS OF 10+ YARDS; PASS PLAYS OF 20+ YARDS; RETURNS OF 30+ YARDS

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret ECU 13 David Hood 10 Davon Grayson 48 Logan Marchi to Brodrick Yancy 20 Thomas Sirk to Jimmy Williams 22 David Hood 11 Darius Pinnix 37 Logan Marchi to Keith Kirkwood 31 Aaron Ramseur (INT) 25 Logan Marchi to Adonis Jennings 31 Thomas Sirk to Quay Johnson 45 Logan Marchi to Randle Jones 39 Thomas Sirk to Jimmy Williams 10 David Hood 26 Thomas Sirk to Davon Grayson 29 Logan Marchi to Keith Kirkwood 35 Thomas Sirk to Jimmy Williams 32t Logan Marchi to Isaiah Wright

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret UCONN 35 Mike Jones (KOR) 10 Keyion Dixon 22 Adonis Jennings 18 Kevin Mensah 11 David Hood 35 Marshe Terry (fumble) 13 Logan Marchi 19 Arkeel Newsome 37 Logan Marchi to Kenny Yeboah 13 Arkeel Newsome 11 David Hood 34t Tyler Coyle (INT) 14 Rob Ritrovato 49 Bryant Shirreffs 10 Ryquell Armstead 21 Logan Marchi to Adonis Jennings 21 Logan Marchi to Kenny Yeboah 21 Logan Marchi to David Hood 25 Logan Marchi to David Hood

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret ARMY 19 Ryquell Armstead 19 Darnell Woolfork 50t Isaiah Wright 11t Darnell Woolfork 13 Frank Nutile 24 Ahmad Bradshaw to Jeff Ejekam 37t Frank Nutile to Adonis Jennings 19 Ahmad Bradshaw 43 Sean Chandler (INT) 13 Kell Walker 51 Frank Nutile to Isaiah Wright 14 Ahmad Bradshaw 36 Frank Nutile to David Hood 32 Ahmad Bradshaw to Kell Walker 43t Ryquell Armstead 44t Darnell Woolfork 17 Ryquell Armstead 11 Kelvin Hopkins Jr. 20 Frank Nutile to Isaiah Wright 21 Kelvin Hopkins Jr. to Kell Walker 12 Ryquell Armstead 10 Darnell Woolfork 21t Ryquell Armstead

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret NAVY 29 Isaiah Wright 58 Malcolm Perry (KOR) 24 Frank Nutile to Keith Kirkwood 12 Malcolm Perry 40t Frank Nutile to Adonis Jennings 12 Chris High 34t Frank Nutile to Adonis Jennings 22 Zach Abey to Darryl Bonner 33 Frank Nutile to Adonis Jennings 14 Zach Abey 26 Zach Abey to Malcolm Perry 10 Zach Abey 10 Zach Abey 31 Zach Abey to Tyler Carmona 48 Garrett Lewis to Malcolm Perry

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 28 • OwlSports.com THE LAST TIME....(TEAM) TEAM Temple Opponent Won in Overtime 10/12/13 at UConn, 17-14 10/21/17 at Army, 31-28 Won by Scoring in the Last Two Minutes of Regulation 9/9/17 vs. Villanova, 16-13 (last score at 1:00) 11/7/14 vs. Memphis, 16-13 (last score at 0:00) 49-yard FG by Aaron Boumerhi 31-yard FG by Jake Elliott Tied Game by Scoring in the 10/26/13 at SMU, 59-49 10/21/17 at Army, 31-28 Last Two Minutes of Regulation (tied game at 1:02 with Kenny Harper 2-yard (tied game at 0:01 with 16-yard TD pass run and Nick Visco kick) from Kelvin Hopkins Jr. to Jermaine Adams) Shutout 11/19/16 at Tulane, 31-0 11/10/07 vs. #25 Penn State, 31-0 Held Opponent without a Touchdown 11/19/16 at Tulane, 31-0 11/23/10 at Miami (OH), 23-3 Scoreless First Half 9/30/17 loss to Houston, 20-13 9/9/17 vs. Villanova, 16-13 Won by 20 or More Points 10/7/17 at ECU, 34-10 9/21/17 at #21 USF, 43-7 Won After Trailing by 20 or More Points n/a 11/23/13 vs. UConn, 28-21 (trailed 21-0 at 11:47 in 3rd Q) Held a 28 or More Point Lead 11/19/16 at Tulane, 31-0 (31) 9/21/17 at #21 USF, 43-7 (36) Held a 21 or More Point Lead 11/2/17 vs. Navy, 34-26 (21) 9/21/17 at #21 USF, 43-7 (36) Scored 20 or More Points in a Quarter 10/7/17 at ECU, 31-10 (24 point, 2nd Q) 9/2/17 at Notre Dame, 49-16 (21 point 1st Q) Scored 20 or More Points in a Half 10/7/17 at ECU, 31-10 (24 point 1st half) 11/2/17 vs. Navy, 34-26 (20 point 2nd half) Touchdowns Scored by Offense and Defense 10/1/16 vs. SMU, 45-20 (5 offense, 1 defense) 10/14/17 vs. UConn, 28-24 (3 offense, 1 defense) Touchdowns Scored by Off., Def. and Special Teams 9/20/14 win vs. Delaware State (5 off, 1 def, 2 st) 10/6/16 at Memphis, 34-27 (2 off., 1 def., 1 sp. teams) Safety Scored 10/21/16 vs. USF (team) 12/22/15 by Toledo (team) Two-Point Conversion 12/22/15 vs. Toledo (P.Walker pass to R.Anderson) 10/15/16 at UCF (N.Patti pass to A.Cochran) No Penalties in Game 11/26/16 vs. East Carolina 12/3/16 at #19 Navy [AACCG] 50 or More Points Scored in a Game 11/6/15 win at SMU, 60-40 10/26/13 win at SMU, 59-49 40 or More Points Scored in a Game 10/1/16 vs. SMU, 45-20 9/21/17 at #21 USF, 43-7 Touchdown Scored on First Drive 12/3/16 Jahad Thomas (15-yd. run) 9/2/17 Josh Adams (37-yard run) at #19 Navy [AACCG] (9:43) at Notre Dame (14:27) OFFENSE 500 or More Total Net Yards of Offense 10/21/17 at Army (506) 9/2/17 at Notre Dame (606) 400 or More Total Net Yards of Offense 10/21/17 at Army (506) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (408) 300 or More Net Yards Rushing by Team 10/21/16 vs. USF (319) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (312) 200 or More Net Yards Rushing by Team 10/21/17 at Army (217) 10/21/17 at Army (248) 400 Net Yards Passing by Team 10/6/16 at Memphis (445) 9/12/15 at Cincinnati (427) 300 Net Yards Passing by Team 10/14/17 vs. UConn (356) 9/15/17 vs. UMass (377) No Sacks Allowed 11/2/17 vs. Navy 9/30/17 vs. Houston No Turnovers 10/21/17 at Army 11/4/16 at UConn DEFENSE Held Opponent Under 200 Net Yards of Total Offense 11/19/16 at Tulane (142) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (85) Held Opponent Under 300 Net Yards of Total Offense 10/14/17 vs. UConn (244) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (85) Held Opponent Under 50 Yards Rushing 10/7/17 at ECU (34) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (-4) Held Opponent Under 75 Yards Rushing 10/7/17 at ECU (34) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (-4) Held Opponent Under 100 Yards Rushing 10/7/17 at ECU (34) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (-4) Held Opponent Under 100 Net Yards Passing 9/21/17 at #21 USF (96) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (89) Held Opponent Under 150 Net Yards Passing 10/21/17 at Army (141) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (89) Seven or More Sacks by Team 9/15/17 vs. UMass (9) 11/23/10 at Miami (FL) (7) Six or More Sacks by Team 9/15/17 vs. UMass (9) 11/23/10 at Miami (FL) (7) Five or More Sacks by Team 11/2/17 vs. Navy (5) 9/21/17 at #21 USF (5) SPECIAL TEAMS No Punts n/a n/a Blocked Punt 10/29/16 Avery Ellis vs. Cincinnati 10/21/17 Cole Christiansen at Army Missed Extra Point Attempt 9/15/17 Austin Jones vs. UMass 10/29/16 Josh Pasley vs. Cincinnati Blocked Extra Point Attempt 11/2/17 Dana Levine vs. Navy n/a Blocked Field Goal Attempt 11/4/16 Praise Martin-Oguike at UConn 9/15/17 Isaiah Rodgers vs. UMass Blocked Field Goal returned for a TD n/a n/a Blocked PAT returned for a score 9/19/15 Will Hayes at UMass (blocked by n/a P.Martin-Oguike & recovered by S.Marshall) RETURNS Interception Return for a Touchdown 11/6/15 Sean Chandler (41 yards) at SMU 10/14/17 Tyler Coyle (34 yards) vs. UConn Fumble Returned for Touchdown 9/21/17 Jacob Martin (44 yards) at #21 USF 10/20/12 Khaseem Green (20 yards) vs. Rutgers Kickoff Return for a Touchdown 9/12/15 Jahad Thomas (100 yards) at Cincinnati 10/6/16 Tony Pollard (95 yards) at Memphis Punt Return for a Touchdown 9/20/14 Khalif Herbin (84 yards) vs. Delaware State 11/6/10 Sam Kirkwood (recovered in EZ) at Kent State Blocked Punt, Returned for Touchdown 10/2/15 Sharif Finch at Charlotte 8/28/14 Oren Burks at Vanderbilt (rec./ret. by Nate L. Smith 16 yds for TD) (recovered in EZ)

• 29 • 2017 Temple Football THE LAST TIME....(INDIVIDUAL) OFFENSE Temple Opponent Individual 300-Yard Rushing Game 11/17/12 Montel Harris (36-351-7TDs) at Army n/a Individual 200-Yard Rushing Game 10/21/16 Ryquell Armstead (20-210-2TDs) vs. USF 11/14/15 Marlon Mack (21-230-2TDs) at USF Individual 150-Yard Rushing Game 10/21/17 Ryquell Armstead (18-151-2TDs) at Army 9/2/17 Josh Adams (19-161-2TDs) at Notre Dame Individual 100-Yard Rushing Game 10/21/17 Ryquell Armstead (18-151-2TDs) at Army 10/21/17 Darnell Woolfork (18-132-3TDs) at Army Two 100-Yard Rushers in the Same Game n/a 9/21/17 Darius Tice (15-117-2TDs) and D’Ernest Johnson (24-106-0TDs) at #21 USF Consecutive 100-Yard Rushing Games (Same Season) 9/12/15 Jahad Thomas (26-193-1TD) at Cincinnati 11/14/15 Marlon Mack (21-230-2TDs) at USF 9/5/15 Jahad Thomas (29-135-2TDs) vs. Penn State 11/6/15 Matt Davis (17-102-1TD) at SMU 10/31/15 DeShone Kizer (17-143-2TDs) vs. #9 Notre Dame Combined 200-Yard Rushing by Two Players 10/21/17 Ryquell Armstead (18-151-2TDs) and 9/21/17 Darius Tice (15-117-2TDs) and Isaiah Wright (4-52-1TDs) at Army D’Ernest Johnson (24-106-0TDs) at #21 USF Individual with 30 or More Carries 10/17/15 Jahad Thomas (31-199-3TDs) vs. UCF 10/11/14 Zack Langer (30-113-1TD) vs. Tulsa Individual with 25 or More Carries 10/15/16 Jahad Thomas (27-120-1TD) at UCF 11/2/17 Zach Abey (25-60-0TDs) vs. Navy Rushing Play of 60 or More Yards 10/21/16 Ryquell Armstead (76t) vs. USF 9/2/17 Dexter Williams (66) at Notre Dame Rushing Play of 40 or More Yards 10/21/17 Ryquell Armstead (43t) at Army 10/21/17 Darnell Woolfork (44t) at Army Individual with Three or More Rushing Touchdowns 10/17/15 Jahad Thomas (31-199-3TDs) vs. UCF 10/21/17 Darnell Woolfork (18-132-3TDs) at Army Individual with Two or More Rushing Touchdowns 10/21/17 Ryquell Armstead (18-151-2TDs) at Army 10/21/17 Darnell Woolfork (18-132-3TDs) at Army Individual with 50 or More Pass Attempts 10/14/17 Logan Marchi (33-54-356-1-1TD) vs. UConn 9/19/15 Blake Frohnapfel (29-55-393-3TDs-1INT) at UMass Individual with 40 or More Pass Attempts 10/14/17 Logan Marchi (33-54-356-1-1TD) vs. UConn 9/9/17 Zach Bednarczyk (27-41-382-0-1TD) vs. Villanova Individual with 30 or More Pass Completions 10/14/17 Logan Marchi (33-54-356-1-1TD) vs. UConn 10/22/15 Blake Kemp (31-48-272-1INT-1TD) at ECU Individual with 25 or More Pass Completions 10/14/17 Logan Marchi (33-54-356-1-1TD) vs. UConn 9/30/17 Kyle Postma (25-36-226-1-1TD) vs. Houston Individual 400-Yard Passing Game 10/6/16 P.Walker (36-59-445-2TD-2INT) at Memphis 9/12/15 Gunner Kiel (30-52-427-2-4INT) at Cincinnati Individual 300-Yard Passing Game 10/14/17 Logan Marchi (33-54-356-1-1TD) vs. UConn 9/15/17 Andrew Ford (23-37-377-0-2TDs) vs. UMass Consecutive 300-Yard Passing Games (Same Season) 2017 Logan Marchi (19-31-321-1-2TDs) at ECU (10/7); 2017 Zach Bednarczyk (27-41-382-0-1TD) vs. Villanova (33-54-356-1-1TD) vs. UConn (10/14) Andrew Ford (23-37-377-0-2TDs) vs. UMass Individual with Five or More Touchdown Passes 11/22/08 Adam DiMichele (21-37-370-0-6TDs) vs. EMU 11/3/12 T.Bridgewater (19-28-324-5 TD-0 INT) at Louisville Individual with Four or More Touchdown Passes 11/2/17 Frank Nutile (22-30-289-1-4TDs) vs. Navy 11/16/13 Blake Bortles (27-38-404-4-0INTs) vs. #15 UCF Individual with 10 or More Receptions 12/5/15 Robby Anderson (12-150-1TD) at #19 Houston 10/22/15 Isaiah Jones (10-106-1TD) at ECU Individual 200-Yard Receiving Game 10/28/13 Robby Anderson (9-239-2TDs) at SMU 10/26/13 Keenan Holman (10-209-3TDs) at SMU Individual 150-Yard Receiving Game 11/19/16 Ventell Bryant (9-168-1TDs) at Tulane 9/19/15 Tajae Sharpe (11-156-0TDs) at UMass Individual 100-Yard Receiving Game 11/2/17 Adonis Jennings (5-127-2TDs) vs. Navy 10/7/17 Jimmy Williams (5-110-0TDs) at ECU Two 100-Yard Receivers in the Same Game 10/11/14 Jalen Fitzpatrick (5-107, 1TD) & 9/19/15 Tajae Sharpe (11-156-0TDs) & Jamie Gilmore (2-100-0TDs) vs. Tulsa Rodney Mills (5-104-2TDs) at UMass Consecutive 100-Yard Receiving Games (Same Season) 2014 Jalen Fitzpatrick (6-108-1TD) at UConn 2017 Changa Hodge (4-100-0TDs) vs. Villanova and (5-107-1TD) vs. Tulsa Sadiq Palmer (7-117-0TDs) vs. UMass Pass Play of 80 or More Yards 10/26/13 Jalen Fitzpatrick to R.Anderson (83t) at SMU 12/22/15 Phillip Ely to Cody Thompson (80t) vs. Toledo Pass Play of 60 or More Yards 10/6/16 P.Walker to Jahad Thomas (61t) at Memphis 12/22/15 Phillip Ely to Cody Thompson (80t) vs. Toledo Pass Play of 40 or More Yards 11/2/17 Frank Nutile to Adonis Jennings (40t) vs. Navy 11/2/17 Zach Abey to Malcolm Perry (48) vs. Navy Individual with Four or More Touchdown Receptions 11/22/08 Bruce Francis (4) vs. Eastern Michigan 9/16/06 Logan Payne (4) at Minnesota Individual with Three or More Touchdown Receptions 11/30/13 Robby Anderson (7-96-3TDs) at Memphis 11/16/13 J.J. Worton (10-179-3TDs) vs. #15 UCF Led Team in Both Rush. & Rec. Yards in Same Game 10/6/15 Jahad Thomas at Memphis 10/2/15 Kalif Phillips at Charlotte (13-37-0TDs rush. & 6-121-2TDs rec.) (19-125-0TDs rush. & 2-41-0TDs rec.) 100-Yd. Rusher & 100-Yd. Receiver in the Same Game 11/26/16 Jahad Thomas (24-152-2TDs rush.) 11/14/15 Marlon Mack (21-230-2TDs rush.), Adonis Jennings (6-100-0TDs rec.) vs. ECU Rodney Adams (7-147-1TD rec.) at USF 100-Yd. Rush. & Rec. & 300-Yd. Passer in Same Game n/a 11/16/13 Storm Johnson (14-122-0TDs rush.), J.J. Worton (10-179-3TDs rec.), Rannell Hall (9-159-0TDs rec.), Blake Bortles (27-38-404-4-0INTs) vs. #15 UCF At Least One Rushing & Receiving TD in Same Game 11/19/16 Jahad Thomas at Tulane 11/14/15 Marlon Mack at USF (22-57-1TD rush. 2-46-1TD rec.) (21-230-2TDs rush. 3-42-1TD rec.) At Least One Rush. TD & One TD Pass in Same Game 11/6/15 Phillip Walker at SMU 9/15/17 Andrew Ford vs. UMass (18-25-268-4TDs pass, 7-49-1TD rush) (23-37-377-0-2TDs pass., 13-(-22)-1TD rush.)

DEFENSE Individual with Three or More Interceptions n/a n/a Individual with Two or More Interceptions 9/12/15 Tyler Matakevich (2) at Cincinnati 9/30/17 Garrett Davis (2) vs. Houston 9/12/15 Alex Wells (2) at Cincinnati Individual with Four or More Sacks 10/19/02 Dan Klecko (4.0) at UConn n/a Individual with Three or More Sacks 9/15/17 Quincy Roche (3.0) vs. UMass 9/14/13 DeAndre Slate (3.0) vs. Fordham Individual with Two or More Sacks 11/2/17 Sharif Finch (2.0) vs. Navy 9/2/16 Alex Aukerman (2.0) vs. Army

SPECIAL TEAMS Individual with Five or More Field Goals n/a 9/21/17 Emilio Nadelman (5-5) at #21 USF Individual with Four or More Field Goals 9/3/10 Brandon McManus vs. Villanova 9/21/17 Emilio Nadelman (5-5) at #21 USF Individual with Three or More Field Goals 10/21/16 Aaron Boumerhi vs. USF (3-3) 9/21/17 Emilio Nadelman (5-5) at #21 USF Individual with 60-yard or More Punt 12/22/15 Alex Starzyk (71) vs. Toledo 10/21/17 Nick Schrage (65) at Army Individual with 50-yard or More Field Goal 9/15/17 Aaron Boumerhi (52) vs. UMass 9/12/15 Andrew Gantz (53) at Cincinnati

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 30 • OwlSports.com 2017 HIGH & LOWS

Best...... TEMPLE...... Worst 34 (2x) last vs. Navy...... Points...... 7 at #21 USF 28 vs. UConn...... First Downs...... 7 at #21 USF 523 at ECU...... Total Offense...... 85 at #21 USF 217 at Army...... Net Yards Rushing...... -4 at #21 USF 356 vs. UConn...... Net Yards Passing...... 89 at #21 USF 84 vs. UConn...... Plays...... 58 (2x) last vs. Navy 46 at ECU ...... Rushing Attempts...... 27 vs. Villanova 55 vs. UConn...... Pass Attempts...... 25 at #21 USF 33 vs. UConn...... Pass Completions...... 7 at #21 USF 0 (2x) last vs. Navy...... Sacked...... 5 at #21 USFe 0 (4x) last at Army...... Intercepted...... 4 at #21 USF 0 (2x) last vs. Navy...... Fumbles...... 2 (3x) last at ECU 0 (5x) last vs. Navy...... Fumbles Lost...... 2 at #21 USF 0 (3x) last at Army...... Total Turnovers...... 6 at #21 USF 6 (3x) last vs. Navy...... Penalties...... 12 vs. UConn 42 at Notre Dame...... Yards Penalized...... 117 vs. UConn 37:20 at ECU...... Time of Possession...... 25:56 vs. Villanova 20 at ECU...... Third Down Conversions (att)...... 13 vs. Navy 14 at ECU...... Third Down Conversions (conv)...... 3 at #21 USF

Worst...... OPPONENT...... Best 10 ECU...... Points...... 49 Notre Dame 15 (2x) last by UConn...... First Downs...... 26 Notre Dame 287 ECU...... Total Offense...... 606 Notre Dame 20 Villanova...... Net Yards Rushing...... 422 Notre Dame 105 UConn...... Net Yards Passing...... 382 Villanova 60 ECU...... Plays...... 83 #21 USF 22 ECU...... Rushing Attempts...... 63 #21 USF 18 Army...... Pass Attempts...... 41 Villanova 8 (2x) last by Army...... Pass Completions...... 27 Villanova 9 UMass...... Sacked...... 0 Houston 1 (6x) last by Navy...... Intercepted...... 0 (4x) last vs. Houston 4 Villanova ...... Fumbles...... 0 (2x) last by Army 2 #21 USF ...... Fumbles Lost...... 0 (5x) last by Navy 2 (2x) last by UConn...... Total Turnovers...... 0 Houston 12 Houston...... Penalties...... 4 Notre Dame 108 Houston...... Yards Penalized...... 20 Notre Dame 22:40 ECU...... Time of Possession...... 34:04 Villanova 12 UMass...... Third Down Conversions (att)...... 17 Villanova 3 (2x) last by ECU...... Third Down Conversions (conv)...... 9 Villanova

Temple...... INDIVIDUAL...... Opponent 151 Ryquell Armstead at Army...... Yards Rushing...... 161 Josh Adams, Notre Dame 20 David Hood at ECU...... Rushing Attempts...... 25 Zach Abey, Navy 2 Ryquell Armstead at Army...... Rushing TDs...... 3 Darnell Woolford, Army 8 David Hood vs. UConn...... Receptions...... 7 (2x) last by D’Eriq King, Houston 127 Adonis Jennings vs. Navy ...... Yards Receiving...... 117 Sadiq Palmer, UMass 2 Adonis Jennings vs. Navy...... Receiving TDs...... 1 (14x) last by Z.Abey, T.Carmona, B.Colon, Navy 166 Ryquell Armstead at Army...... Combined Yards (rush/rec)...... 161 Josh Adams, Notre Dame 182 Mike Jones at #21 USF...... All-Purpose Yards (rush/rec/ret)...... 203 Malcom Perry, Navy 356 Logan Marchi vs. UConn...... Yards Passing...... 382 Zach Bednarczyk, Villanova 54 Logan Marchi vs. UConn...... Pass Attempts...... 41 Zach Bednarczyk, Villanova 33 Logan Marchi vs. UConn...... Pass Completions...... 27 Zach Bednarczyk, Villanova 4 Frank Nutile vs. Navy...... TD Passes...... 3 Bryant Shirreffs, UConn 3 (2x) last by Logan Marchi vs. Houston...... Interceptions Thrown...... 1 (6x) last by Zach Abey, Navy 56 Ryquell Armstead vs. UMass...... Longest Run...... 66 Dexter Williams, Notre Dame 51 Frank Nutile to Isaiah Wright at Army...... Longest Pass Completion...... 48 Garret Lewis to Malcolm Perry, Navy 42 Mike Jones at Army...... Longest Kickoff Return...... 58 Malcolm Perry, Navy 19 Mike Jones at #21 USF...... Longest Punt Return...... 15 Trey Johnson, Villanova 43 (2x) last by Sean Chandler at Army...... Longest Interception Return...... 34t Tyler Coyle, UConn 54 (2x) last by Alex Starzyk at #21 USF...... Longest Punt...... 65 (2x) last by Nick Schrage, Army 52 Aaron Boumerhi vs. UMass...... Longest Field Goal...... 48 Bennett Moehring, Navy 2 (2x) last by Adonis Jennings vs. Navy...... Touchdowns Scored...... 3 Darnell Woolford, Army 12 (2x) last by Adonis Jennings vs. Navy...... Points Scored...... 19 Emilio Nadelman, #21 USF 13 Chapelle Russell at #21 USF...... Tackles...... 13 James Nachtigal, Army 3.0 Quincy Roche vs. UMass...... Sacks...... 1.5 (2x) last by M.Love and A.Sanchez, #21 USF 1 (6x) last by Delvon Randall vs. Navy...... Interceptions...... 2 (2x) last by Garrett Davis, Houston

• 31 • 2017 Temple Football Notre Dame 49, Temple 16 Saturday, September 2, 2017 Temple (0-1) 3 7 0 6 16 Notre Dame (1-0) 21 7 7 14 49 Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Ind. TEMPLE FALLS TO IRISH IN COLLINS’ DEBUT Attendance: 77,622 Kickoff time: 3:42 pm Temperature: 74 SOUTH BEND, Ind. man DL Quincy Roche End of Game: 6:59 pm Wind: NW 9mph – Temple could not each registered their first Total elapsed time: 3:17 Weather: Sunny start the Geoff Collins career sacks. Officials: Referee: Jeff Heaser; Umpire: Mark Wilson; era in the win column > Sophomore WR Isaiah Linesman: Joseph Griesser; Line judge: Richard Mis- Saturday afternoon as Wright had a career ner; Back judge: Jacques Hooper; Field judge: C. the Owls lost, 49-16, at day with four catches Clougherty; Side judge: Jerry Hocker; Center judge: Notre Dame Stadium and 79 yards receiv- Larry Saunders against the Fighting ing - both game highs. Irish. This completes Team Stats TEM ND the three-game series First Downs 18 26 between the schools. Quoatable Rushes-Yards (Net) 37-85 44-422 “I love them, I’m proud of Passing Yards (Net) 245 184 the way they competed, Passes Att-Comp-Int 35-19-0 30-17-1 Keys to the Game the way they fought, they Total Offense Plays-Yards 72-330 74-606 > Notre Dame jumped never quit,” said Collins. Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-15 out to an early 14-0 lead Punt Returns-Yards 2-2 1-0 on the Owls and scored “Logan [Marchi] came Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-142 2-48 touchdowns on four of in and played admirably Interception Returns-Yards 1-43 0-0 their first five drives to in- and moved the offense Punts (Number-Avg) 6-37.7 2-52.0 crease the lead to 28-3. really well at times, threw Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 > Redshirt freshman some really nice balls Penalties-Yards 6-42 4-20 QB Logan Marchi, who and threw some balls Possession Time 33:49 26:11 started and played the that not a lot of kids in Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 6 of 13 entire game, found the country can make. Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 2 redshirt senior WR Keith And I thought the rest of Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 6-6 Kirkwood for a 12-yard the offense kind of rallied Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-7 3-20 touchdown to cut the around him,” said Collins. margin to 28-10 prior to RUSHING: Temple - Armstead 19-67; Gardner 6-19; halftime. Hood 6-14; Sharga 2-6; Marchi 4-(-21). Notre Dame > Following Kirkwood’s TD, Temple held Notre Dame - J.Adams 19-161; Williams 6-124; Wimbush 12-106; T. scoreless until Tony Jones, Jr. rushed in from sev- Scoring Summary TU-ND Jones 6-19; C.Smith 1-12. en-yards out to make it 35-10. 1st > Marchi then connected with redshirt junior WR 14:27 J.Adams 37 run 0-7 PASSING: Temple - Marchi 19-35-0-245. Notre Dame Brodrick Yancy for an 11-yard score to cut the margin (J.Yoon kick), 2-70 0:33 - Wimbush 17-30-1-184. to 35-16, early in the fourth quarter, but two late Irish 5:50 B.Wimbush 8 run 0-14 scores sealed the win. (J.Yoon kick), 7-59 2:44 0-14 RECEIVING: Temple - Wright 4-79; Kirkwood 4-60; > Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush was impressive in 2:23 A. Jones 36 FG, 9-57 3:27 3-14 A.Jennings 2-30; Ellick 2-25; Yancy 2-22; Hood 2-7; his first start, throwing for 184 yards and two TDs while 1:13 B.Wimbush 12 pass to N.Weishar 3-21 Yeboah1-10; Armstead 1-8; Sharga 1-4. Notre Dame - also rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown. (J.Yoon kick), 3-72 1:10 St. Brown 4-80; Weishar 3-20; C.Smith 3-10; Smythe > On the day, Marchi went 19 of 35 for 245 yards and 2nd 2-34; Mack 2-17; Claypool 1-16; Canteen 1-7; T.Jones two touchdowns, while distributing the ball to nine 11:09 B.Wimbush 5 pass to E.St.Brown 3-28 1-0 different receivers. (J.Yoon kick), 8-76 3:40 6:09 L.Marchi 12 pass to K.Kirkwood 10-28 INTERCEPTIONS: Temple - M.Jones 1-43. Notre Dame (A.Jones kick), 11-75 5:00 - None Game Notes 3rd > Five Temple players made their first career starts 1:22 FUMBLES: Temple - Armstead 1-1. Notre Dame - None. – linebacker Isaiah Graham-Mobley, center Matt T.Jones 7 run 10-35 Hennessy, Marchi, defensive tackle Dan Archibong, and (J.Yoon kick), 8-80 3:03 SACKS: Temple - Randall 1.0; Roche 1.0. Notre Dame - linebacker Sam Franklin. 4th Coney 1.0; D.Hayes 1.0; Okwara, J. 1.0. > Three Owls saw their first game action of their careers 12:05 L.Marchi 11 pass to B.Yancy 16-35 – Graham-Mobley, wide receiver Branden Mack, and (L.Marchi pass failed), 11-70 4:17 TACKLES (UA-A): Temple - Randall 6-5; Chandler defensive lineman Quincy Roche. 5:44 J.Adams 1 run 16-42 4-3; Bradley 2-5; Franklin 4-1; Russell 3-2; M.Jones > In his first game at Temple, Jones also made his first (J.Yoon kick), 6-34 2:27, 4-0; Foster 3-1; Roche 2-2; Walls 1-2; Finch 1-2; Gra- interception as an Owl. 2:29 D.Williams 1 run 16-49 ham-Mobley 2-0; Dogbe 1-1; Martin 0-2; Yeboah 1-0; > Marchi’s TD pass to Kirkwood was the first of his (J.Yoon kick), 3-69 0:53 Myarick 1-0; Atoki 1-0; Levine 1-0; T.Jones 0-1; Sharga career. 0-1; Taylor 0-1; Wright 0-1; Archibong 0-1; Dioubate > Redshirt junior S Delvon Randall and redshirt fresh- 0-1. Notre Dame - Morgan 4-4; Coney 3-3; Martini 1-5; Coleman 4-1; Hayes 1-4; Love 4-0; D.Hayes 3-1; Tillery 3-1; Bonner 2-2; Tranquill 1-3; Studstill 0-4; Elliott 2-1; Tagovailoa-Amos 2-1; T.Jones 2-1; Bilal 2-0; Trumbet- ti 1-1; Pride 1-0; Kareem 1-0; Watkins 1-0; Vaughn 1-0; Crawford 1-0; Okwara 1-0; Genmark-Heath 1-0; Clay- pool 1-0; Hainsey 1-0; Hinish 0-1; Tiassum 0-1; Williams 0-1; Robertson, I. 0-1.

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 32 • OwlSports.com Temple 16, Villanova 13 Saturday, September 9, 2017 Villanova (1-1) 0 0 3 10 13 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa Temple (1-1) 3 7 3 3 16 TEMPLE BREAKS TIE WITH LAST MINUTE FG TO WIN Attendance: 35,117 Kickoff time: 3:35 pm Temperature: 71

PHILADELPHIA – Sopho- OwlSports.com the win. End of Game: 6:36 pm Wind: NNW 12mph more Aaron Boumheri Total elapsed time: 3:01 Weather: Partly Cloudy connected on a career Game Notes Officials: Referee: Chas. Lamertina; Umpire: Ken Huff- long 49-yard field goal > Sharga scored his first hines; Linesman: Jim Casey; Line judge: Stephen with one minute remain- career touchdown on a Ray; Back judge: James Downey; Field judge: Mark ing to lift Temple to a one-yard run. Windham; Side judge: Jim Smith; Center judge: Joe hard-fought 16-13 win Clarkson over Villanova in front > Redshirt sophomore of 35,117 Saturday at Dana Levine made his Team Stats Nova TEM Lincoln Financial. The career start. First Downs 19 17 win was the first for Owls Rushes-Yards (Net) 30-20 27-79 (1-1) and new head coach > Sophomore line- Passing Yards (Net) 382 274 Geoff Collins. backer Shaun Bradley Passes Att-Comp-Int 41-27-0 34-20-0 registered his first career Total Offense Plays-Yards 71-402 61-353 Keys to the Game sack. Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 > The first half was a Punt Returns-Yards 1-15 2-10 defensive battle as the > Redshirt sophomore Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-60 3-61 only score on the board QB Logan Marchi had a Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 was a 22-yard field goal strong game, completing Punts (Number-Avg) 3-41.7 5-44.2 from senior kicker Austin 20 of 34 passes for 274 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 0-0 Jones, until redshirt se- yards Penalties-Yards 5-35 8-59 nior fullback Nick Sharga Possession Time 34:04 25:56 plowed forward for a > Bryant made Third-Down Conversions 9 of 17 5 of 14 one-yard touchdown run seven catches for 79 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 0 with one second remain- yards while senior WR Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 2-2 ing in the half to give the Presented By Adonis Jennings had Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 3-38 Owls a 10-0 lead. three catches for 75 yards. Bryant’s seventh RUSHING: Villanova - Gudzak 11-17; Forbes 5-15; Mc- > The Temple defense TEMPLE vs. VILLANOVA reception of the game Clenton 3-0; Shaud 1-(-3); Bednarczyk, Z. 10-(-9). Tem- held Villanova to 31 SEPTEMBER 9, 2017 was the 100th of his ple - Hood 4-21; Armstead 12-19; Gardner 4-18; Sharga rushing yards and 98 career. 4-17; Wright 1-9; Team 1-(-2); Marchi 1-(-3). passing yards in the • 1 • first half. > Villanova (1-1) entered PASSING: Villanova - Bednarczyk 27-41-0-382. Tem- the game ranked #6 in the latest STATS FCS poll. ple - Marchi 20-34-0-274. > On their first drive of the second half, the Owls marched into field goal range and sophomore kicker RECEIVING: Villanova - Phillips 6-94; Bell 6-88; Aaron Boumerhi nailed a 44-yard field goal to extend Scoring Summary TU-Nova Hodge 4-100; Gudzak 4-42; Kerxton 2-31; Forbes 2-0; the Owls’ lead to 13-0. 1st Padovani 1-15; Shaud 1-7; McGrigg 1-5. Temple - V.Bry- 1:13 A.Jones 22 FG, 8-68 3:29 3-0 ant 7-79; Kirkwood 4-61; A.Jennings 3-75; Yancy 2-22; > In the third quarter, the Temple defense buckled down 2nd Armstead 2-5; Wright 1-32; Hood 1-0. and forced a Villanova change of possession as the 0:01 N.Sharga 1 run 10-0 Wildcats were threatening in the redzone. (A.Jones kick), 8-75 1:59 INTERCEPTIONS: Villanova - None. Temple - None. 3rd > Villanova then scored 13 straight points, tying the 12:01 A.Boumerhi 44 FG, 9-46 2:59 13-0 FUMBLES: Villanova - Gudzak 1-1; T.Johnson 1-0; Rolle game on a 34-yard Drew Kresge field goal with 3:29 0:49 D.Kresge 44 FG, 11-34 6:18 13-3 1-0; Bednarczyk 1-0. Temple - None. remaining. 4th 10:18 Z.Bednarczyk 10 pass to T.Phillips 13-10 SACKS: Villanova - Steeb 1.0. Temple - Levine 1.0; > Redshirt junior WR Ventell Bryant made a one-handed (D.Kresge kick), 8-91 3:43 Bradley 1.0; Martin 1.0. 29-yard reception on the ensuing possession to help 3:29 D.Kresge 34 FG, 9-36 4:40 13-13 set up Boumheri’s winning kick. 1:00 A.Boumerhi 49 FG, 7-42 2:23 16-13 TACKLES (UA-A): Villanova - Steeb 6-2; T.Johnson 6-0; Hunter 4-2; Reaves 3-3; Wiley 5-0; Rolle 1-4; > Sophomore LB Shaun Bradley forced a Villanova Shockley 3-1; Fallon 2-1; Stewart 1-2; Amos 2-0; Seigle fumble with senior DE Sharif Finch recovering to seal 2-0; Anderson 1-0; J.Williams 1-0; Cohen 1-0; J.John- son 0-1. Temple - Russell 6-4; Randall 8-0; Chandler 7-1; Bradley 6-1; Finch 5-1; Franklin 2-2; M.Jones 2-1; Crump 2-0; Taylor 2-0; Walls 2-0; Foster 2-0; Kwen- keu 1-1; Levine 1-1; Booth-Lloyd 1-0; Dogbe 1-0; Martin 1-0; Roche 1-0; Lerch 1-0; Archibong 0-1; Kelly 0-1.

• 33 • 2017 Temple Football Temple 29, UMass 21 Friday, September 15, 2017 UMass (0-4) 0 7 7 7 21 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa Temple (2-1) 3 13 6 7 29 TEMPLE SACKS UMASS 29-21 Attendance: 22,911 Kickoff time: 7:02 pm Temperature: 80

PHILADELPHIA – Tem- OwlSports.com End of Game: 10:31 pm Wind: SW 7mph ple (2-1) took down the Game Notes Total elapsed time: 3:29 Weather: Partly Cloudy UMass Minutemen (0-4) > Roche’s three sacks is Officials: Referee: Charles Lewis; Umpire: Ken Huff- under the Friday night the first time a Temple hines; Linesman: Jeremy McCurley; Line judge: Jake- lights, 29-14. Quarter- player had a multi-sack Weatherford; Back judge: Eric Hermick; Field judge: back Logan Marchi game since DL Praise Ken Bushey; Side judge: Joel Moenkhoff; Center finished the day 22 of 37 Martin-Oguike against judge: StephenDiSangro for 248 yards and three ECU on Oct. 21, 2016. touchdowns, completing It is also the first time a Team Stats UMass TEM passed to 11 different re- Temple player had three First Downs 25 20 ceivers. On the ground, sacks in a game since Rushes-Yards (Net) 33-81 34-119 junior RB Ryquell Arm- Tyler Matakevich against Passing Yards (Net) 377 268 stead saw his best game Penn State on Sept. 5, Passes Att-Comp-Int 39-23-0 39-24-0 of the season, rushing 2015. Total Offense Plays-Yards 72-458 73-387 for 91 yards on 17 carries, > For the second week Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 averaging 5.4 yards in a row, Boumerhi made Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 1-12 per carry. The defense his career long field goal. Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-147 4-72 amassed nine sacks with This was the longest by Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 redshirt freshman DE a Temple kicker since Punts (Number-Avg) 3-40.0 5-45.8 Quincy Roche account- Brandon McManus hit Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0 ing for a career-high a 53-yard field goal Penalties-Yards 6-48 7-74 three solos. against Villanova on Possession Time 28:22 31:38 Sept. 3, 2010. Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 9 of 19 Keys to the Game > Linebackers Sam Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1 > Temple started off Franklin and Isaiah Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 4-4 fast out of the gate with Graham-Mobley both Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-8 9-47 Armstead picking up 60 registered their first yards on the first drive, career sacks. RUSHING: UMass - Young 15-77; Isabella 2-8; Team including a 56-yard rush TEMPLE vs. UMASS > Kirkwood and Marshall 1-(-1); Ally 1-(-1); Comis 1-(-9); Ford 13-(-22); Orekoya up the right sideline. SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 Ellick both saw season 0-29. Temple - Armstead 17-91; Sharga 4-12; Centeio The drive ended with highs in receptions and 2-10; Hood 3-7; Marchi 7-5; R.Jones 1-(-6). an Austin Jones 24-yard • 1 • receiving yards. Kirk- field goal to put the Owls wood caught four passes PASSING: UMass - Ford 23-37-0-377; Team 0-2-0-0; on the board, 3-0. for 64 yards, while Ellick had four catches for 33 yards. Comis 0-0-0-0. Temple - Marchi 22-37-0-248; Centeio > The Minutemen looked to get on the board, but kicker > The nine sacks today are the most by Temple since 2-2-0-20. Michael Schreiner missed a 23-yard field goal on their recording 10 vs. Penn State on Sept. 5, 2015. opening drive. > Redshirt freshman TE Kenny Yeboah made his first RECEIVING: UMass - Palmer 7-117; Isabella 4-60; Britt > The Owls were looking to extend their lead to 6-0, but career start. 3-57; Breneman 3-46; Dingle 2-46; Herring 2-33; Ore- an Aaron Boumerhi 43-yard field goal was blocked by > Freshman QB Todd Centeio saw his first ca- koya 1-10; Young 1-8. Temple - Wright 4-69; Kirkwood Isaiah Rodgers. reer action. The Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 4-64; Ellick 4-33; A.Jennings 3-41; V.Bryant 2-28; > Schreiner attempted a 39-yard field goal to tie up the native, went two of two for 20 yards. Hood 2-7; R.Jones 1-11; Myarick 1-7; Yancy 1-5; Yeboah game at three, however kicked it wide left. 1-4; Armstead 1-(-1). > UMass bounced back after QB Andrew Ford found RB Nick Orehoya for a 10-yard score to go ahead 7-6. Scoring Summary TU-UM INTERCEPTIONS: UMass - None. Temple - None. > It wasn’t long before Temple struck again. Marchi 1st found WR Adonis Jennings for a 30-yard touchdown on 12:43 A.Jones 24 FG, 6-65 2:17 3-0 FUMBLES: UMass - Ford 2-1; Comis 1-0. Temple - M. a fly route. The Owls took the lead 10-7. 2nd Jones 1-0. > Quincy Roche sacked Ford, forcing a fumble. The 2:29 A.Ford 10 pass to N.Orekoya 3-7 Randallstown, Md. native would end up recovering the (M.Schreiner kick), 5-64 2:20 SACKS: UMass - Downey 1.0; Casali 1.0. Temple - fumble which would lead to a Marchi 12-yard TD pass to 1:04 L.Marchi 30 pass to A.Jennings 10-7 Roche 3.0; Finch 2.0; Franklin 2.0; Graham-Mobley Keith Kirkwood to make it 16-7. (A.Jones kick), 8-73 1:19 1.0; Martin 1.0. > The Owls continued their unanswered scoring run as 0:10 L.Marchi 11 pass to K.Kirkwood 16-7 Boumerhi booted a 52-yard career long field goal to put (A.Jones kick failed), 3-18 0:36 TACKLES (UA-A): UMass - Casali 4-5; Rodgers 7-0; Temple up 19-7. 3rd Montero 3-4; Downey 4-2; Barr 3-3; Ali-Musa 4-0; > The Minutemen answered four minutes later as Ford 10:18 A.Boumerhi 52 FG, 9-53 3:30 19-7 Llowery 3-1; Addo 3-0; McCubrey 3-0; Lebeau 2-1; R. found Jessie Britt for a 20-yard touchdown to cut the 5:56 A.Ford 20 pass to J.Britt 19-14 Jones 1-2; Holines 2-0; Moses 2-0; Hayes 1-1; Calhoun deficit to five, 19-14. (M.Schreiner kick), 9-66 4:15 1-0; Horn 1-0; Byczko 1-0; Previte 0-1. Temple - Randall > The Owls would add another 10 straight points with 1:52 A.Jones 37 FG, 10-44 3:56 22-14 7-2; Roche 7-1; Franklin 6-2; Graham-Mobley 5-1; Rus- another field goal by Jones and a touchdown from 4th sell 3-3; M.Jones 4-1; Bradley 2-2; Levine 2-2; Finch Marchi to Isaiah Wright. 3:48 L.Marchi 13 pass to A.Wright 29-14 3-0; Martin 1-2; Sharga 1-2; Chandler 2-0; D.Thomas > In the waning minutes of the game, UMass marched (A.Jones kick), 10-72 4:51 2-0; Foster 1-0; Taylor 0-1; R.Jones 0-1; Crump 0-1; Ar- down the field to cut the Temple lead to 29-21. 1:41 A.Ford 3 run 29-21 chibong 0-1. > The Minutemen had one final chance after holding the (M.Schreiner kick), 8-76 2:00 Owls to a three-and-out, but Sharif Finch’s second sack of the game ended the threat.

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 34 • OwlSports.com #21 USF 43, Temple 7 Thursday, September 21, 2017 Temple (2-2) 0 7 0 0 7 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla. USF (4-0) 3 17 13 10 43 #21 USF’S DEFENSE SMOTHERS TEMPLE Attendance: 24,325 Kickoff time: 7:351pm Temperature: 85 TAMPA – #21 USF > Flowers scored from End of Game: 10:54 pm Wind: NE 7mph (4-0, 1-0) proved to one yard out, his second Total elapsed time: 3:23 Weather: Clear be too much for the rushing TD of the game, Officials: Referee: Michael Roche; Umpire: Hilbert visiting Temple Owls to finish the scoring. Byers; Linesman: Dan Harrington; Line judge: Lance (2-2, 0-1) Thursday night Thompson; Back judge: Michael Griffith; Field judge: at Raymond James Game Notes Ben Vasconcells; Side judge: Ryan Robinson; Center Stadium. Noted for their > Marchi’s streak of pass judge: Jon Baden; high-powered offense, attempts without an it was the Bulls’ defense interception ended at Team Stats TEM USF that led the way in the 108 attempts with USF First Downs 7 22 lopsided 43-7 win in the cornerback Deatrick Rushes-Yards (Net) 33--4 63-312 conference opener for Nichols’ first quarter pick. Passing Yards (Net) 89 96 both teams. > The Owls utilized three Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-7-4 20-8-0 QBs during the contest Total Offense Plays-Yards 58-85 83-408 Keys to the Game with Marchi starting, Fumble Returns-Yards 2-44 2-0 > Temple struggled freshman Todd Centeio Punt Returns-Yards 2-17 2-13 offensively all game, playing a series in the Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-165 1-6 amassing just 85 total first quarter, and Nutile Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 4-50 yards while turning the making his first appear- Punts (Number-Avg) 10-36.2 6-45.8 ball over six times. ance of the season. Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2 > Temple’s defense was > USF accumulated Penalties-Yards 6-51 9-70 tough, especially in the 408 total yards of total Possession Time 27:16 32:44 first quarter, holding the offense with Tice (117 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 15 3 of 16 explosive USF offense yds, 2 TDs) and D’Er- Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 2 to just 36 yards and an nest Johnson (106 yds) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 6-7 Emilio Nadelman 44- each eclipsing the centu- Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 5-43 yard field goal. That ry mark on the ground. score came after Logan > Temple redshirt RUSHING: Temple - Ritrovato 5-24; Hood 5-13; Arm- Marchi’s first intercep- sophomore LB Chapelle stead 11-3; Sharga 2-2; Gardner 2-0; Hennessy 1-(-3); tion of the season at the Russell led all defend- Nutile 3-(-7); Centeio 2-(-12); Marchi 2-(-24). USF - Tice Owls’ 26. ers with 13 tackles, 15-117; D.Johnson 24-106; Flowers 16-59; Sands 6-32; > Darius Tice exploded including nine solo. Team 1-(-1); Barr 1-(-1). up the middle for a 47-yard touchdown run PASSING: Temple - Marchi 3-13-3-32; Nutile 4-12-1-57; on the first play of the Centeio 0-0-0-0. USF - Flowers 8-20-0-96. second quarter to give the Bulls a 10-0 lead. RECEIVING: Temple - A.Jennings 2-33; V.Bryant 2-13; > The Owls defense R.Jones 1-17; Wright 1-14; F.Johnson 1-12. USF - D. again came up big fol- Johnson 2-29; McCants 2-29; Scantling 2-26; Alaka lowing Marchi’s second 1-8; Wilcox 1-4. interception, holding USF off the scoreboard INTERCEPTIONS: Temple - None. USF - Nichols 2-14; on four plays from the Abraham 1-26; Sawtelle 1-10. TU six-yard line. Delvon Randall had the big FUMBLES: Temple - Hennessy 1-1; A.Jennings 1-1. USF stop on third down with - Flowers 2-1; Watts 1-1. a solo tackle of Mitch Wilcox at the two. The defensive front then stuffed the Scoring Summary TU-USF SACKS: Temple - Martin 1.0. USF - Sanchez 1.5; Love Bulls fourth down rush. 1st 1.5; Wilkins 0.5; Abraham 1.0; V.Jackson 0.5. > USF quarterback Quinton Flowers broke free for a 22- 8:59 E.Nadelman 44 FG, 5-(-1) 2:09 0-3 yard touchdown following a short punt from Temple’s 2nd TACKLES (UA-A): Temple - Russell 9-4; Chandler 5-2; end zone to make it 17-0. 14:53 D.Tice 47 run 0-10 Randall 5-2; Kwenkeu 5-0; Bradley2-3; Graham-Mo- > Redshirt junior QB Frank Nutile, seeing his first action (E.Nadelman kick), 3-54 0:46 bley 3-1; Levine 1-3; T,Jones 3-0; Taylor 2-1; M.Jones of the season, completed his first pass to Adonis 6:55 Q.Flowers 22 run 0-17 2-0; Sharga 2-0; Martin 2-0; J.Thomas 2-0; Archibo- Jennings, but the Owls’ wide receiver fumbled for TU’s (E.Nadelman kick), 2-25 0:33 ng 1-1; Finch 1-0; Grimes 1-0; Crump 1-0; Franklin 1-0; third turnover of the half. 4:45 E.Nadelman 28 FG, 6-39 2:00 0-20 Roche 1-0; Dioubate 1-0; Dogbe 1-0; Booth-Lloyd 1-0; > That fumble led to another Nadelman field goal (28 2:06 J.Martin 44 fumble return 7-20 Myarick 1-0; D.Thomas 0-1. USF - Wilkins 5-2; Sanchez yds) to increase the Bulls lead to 20-0. (A.Jones kick) 3-4; Fullwood 2-3; McGee 4-0; D.Thomas 2-2; Sands > Senior DL Jacob Martin gave the Owls life in the final 3rd 3-0; Nichols 2-1; V.Jackson 1-2; Sawtelle 1-2; Senat minutes of the first half, stripping Flowers and then 11:47 D.Tice 3 run 7-27 0-3; Reaves 2-0; Love 1-1; Sutton 1-1; K.Johnson 1-1; returning the fumble 44 yards for the touchdown. (E.Nadelman kick), 4-20 1:23 Abraham 1-1; Hoggins 1-0; Hector 1-0; Cronkrite 1-0; > Temple’s defense forced a three-and-out on the first 8:58 E.Nadelman 25 FG, 7-14 2:35 7-30 Sanders 0-1; Kegler 0-1; Bronson 0-1; Bayes 0-1; Watts USF possession of the second half, but Nutile was 7:23 E.Nadelman 37 FG, 4-6 1:19 7-33 0-1; Livingstone 0-1; Black 0-1; Ferguson 0-1; Hampton picked off on the Owls’ opening drive. That led to a Tice 4th 0-1. three-yard touchdown to make it 27-7. 12:33 E.Nadelman 44 FG, 12-56 4:12 7-36 > Turnovers on consecutive drives led to two more 7:45 Q.Flowers 1 run 7-43 Nadelman field goals, making it 33-7. (E.Nadelman kick), 8-49 3:01 > Nadelman added a fifth field goal, coming from 44 yards out, on the Bulls first drive of the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 36-7.

• 35 • 2017 Temple Football Houston 20, Temple 13 Saturday, September 30, 2017 Houston (3-1) 7 6 7 0 20 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa Temple (2-2) 0 0 3 10 13 TEMPLE’S SECOND HALF COMEBACK FALLS SHORT Attendance: 24,024 Kickoff time: 12:02pm Temperature: 62 PHILADELPHIA – After OwlSports.com ing the Cougar offense End of Game: 3:27pm Wind: NNW 16mph struggling through a for the remainder of the Total elapsed time: 3:25 Weather: Cloudy tough first half, laced game. The excellent field Officials: Referee: Anthony Calabrese; Umpire: Jef- with close calls and no position set up Boumerhi frey Akers; Linesman: Brian Perry; Line judge: Baron points, Temple (2-3, with a 29-yard chip shot, Ballester; Back judge: James Sima; Field judge: Glen 0-2 AAC) battled back finally closing the gap to Wilson; Side judge: Bruce Williams; Center judge: throughout the remain- one possession, 20-13. Charles Lewis der of the game, coming > Throughout the final up short, 20-13, to vis- minutes of the game, the Team Stats Hou TEM iting American Athletic Owls had two offensive First Downs 23 22 Conference foe Houston opportunities to knot Rushes-Yards (Net) 31-162 37-142 (3-1, 1-0 AAC) on Satur- the score at 20, but Passing Yards (Net) 226 182 day afternoon at Lincoln came up short each Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-25-1 42-20-3 Financial Field. The time. With time expiring, Total Offense Plays-Yards 67-388 79-324 Owls defense competed Houston intercepted Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 spectacularly, holding Marchi for the third Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 the high-powered Cou- time, sealing the 20-13 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-55 4-96 gar offense to just 388 victory over Temple. Interception Returns-Yards 3-46 1-0 total yards on the day. Punts (Number-Avg) 6-38.0 4-37.8 Meanwhile, the Temple Game Notes Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0 rushing attack got back > The first half shutout Penalties-Yards 12-108 10-83 on its feet, racking up composed by the Hous- Possession Time 28:35 31:25 142 yards on 37 carries. ton defense marked the Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 4 of 16 first time in 51 games Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 3 of 4 Keys to the Game Temple was unable to Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-3 > Following a string of find the scoreboard in Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-24 0-0 scoreless possessions Presented By the opening two periods. to kickoff the game, The stretch dates back RUSHING: Houston - Postma 15-81; Birden 6-34; Cat- Houston found the to October 7, 2013, alon 6-32; King 4-15. Temple - Armstead 14-63; Hood endzone on a 13-yard vs. when the Owls fell to 8-53; T.Williams 1-11; Wright 6-8; Marchi 7-7; Sharga TEMPLE HOUSTON 1-0. misdirection rush up SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 then-No. 7 Louisville. the left sideline midway > Boumerhi went through the first quarter. • 1 • perfect for the first PASSING: Houston - Postma 25-36-1-226. Temple - The touchdown came time this season, Marchi 20-41-3-182; Team 0-1-0-0. one play after a Temple interception was re- going 2-of-2 on fields goal (35, 29). versed in lieu of a pass interference call, set- > Sophomore LB William Kwenku recorded a ca- RECEIVING: Houston - King 7-51; Dunbar 6-78; Bon- ting up the Cougars deep in the red zone. reer-best in tackles with seven, topping his previ- ner 6-43; Catalon 3-5; Birden 2-10; Corbin 1-39. Tem- > As the second quarter began, Houston extended ous high of five earlier this season against USF. ple - Wright 5-53; A.Jennings 4-41; Hood 3-8; R.Jones its lead to 10-0 off a 25-yard field goal from Ca- > Similarly, redshirt senior DB Mike Jones racked 2-36; V.Bryant 2-11; Kirkwood 1-15; Yeboah1-8; Arm- den Novikoff, capping a 10-play, 55-yard drive. up a season-high in tackles, notching six on the stead 1-7; Myarick 1-3. > Novikoff returned less than five minutes lat- game. Previously this year, Jones had two games (at er to knock through another attempt, this Notre Dame & vs. UMass) with four total tackles. INTERCEPTIONS: Houston - Davis 2-36; I.Johnson time from 35-yards out, pushing the Cougars 1-10. Temple - Randall 1-0. to an eventual 13-0 halftime advantage. Scoring Summary TU-UH > Houston continued the second half just as they 1st FUMBLES: Houston - Catalon 1-0. Temple - Hood 2-0. had the first: with a scoring drive. The Cougars 4:18 D.King 13 run 0-7 maneuvered their way 85 yards on nine plays, (C.Novikoff kick), 8-80 2:54 SACKS: Houston - Egbule 1.0. Temple - None. sealing the possession with a nine-yard touchdown 2nd pass from QB Kyle Postma to WR Linell Bonner III. 13:58 C.Novikoff 25 FG, 10-55 3:14 0-10 TACKLES (UA-A): Houston - Adams 8-1; Hines 7-2; > The ensuing Temple drive proved fruitful for the first 7:57 C.Novikoff 35 FG, 9-47 3:02 0-13 Davis 4-1; Egbule 4-0; Kh.Williams 4-0; T.Williams 4-0; time in the matchup, as the Owls moved the ball 41 3rd Winchester 3-1; Turner 3-1; I.Johnson 2-2; Doubenmi- yards before K Aaron Boumerhi drilled a 41-yard field 11:34 K.Postma 9 pass to L.Bonner 0-20 er 3-0; Chevis 2-1; Thurman 1-1; Fleming 1-0; Oliver goal, cutting the lead down to a 20-3 Houston edge. (C.Novikoff kick), 9-85 3:26 1-0; Gilbert 1-0. Temple - Kwenkeu 7-1; M.Jones 6-0; > One unsuccessful Cougar possession later, Temple 8:56 A.Boumerhi 41 FG, 8-41 2:32 3-20 Randall 5-0; Foster 4-0; Chandler 3-1; Franklin 3-0; managed an 11-play, 85-yard drive all the way into the 4th Crump 3-0; Finch 3-0; Roche 3-0; Dogbe 3-0; Taylor endzone. Following a touchdown overturned on second 14:53 L.Marchi 1 pass to D.Hood 10-20 3-0; Russell 1-2; Graham-Mobley 2-0; D.Thomas 2-0; down and a stuffed run on third, QB Logan Marchi (A.Boumerhi kick), 11-85 4:37 A,Jennings 1-0; Levine 1-0; Bradley 1-0; Kirkwood 1-0; shoveled the ball to RB David Hood for the one-yard 8:47 A.Boumerhi 29 FG, 11-50 4:21 13-20 Booth-Lloyd 1-0; Ellick 1-0; Walls 1-0; F.Johnson 1-0; score, moving the Owls within striking distance. Dioubate 1-0; Yeboah 0-1; Carter 0-1. > The Temple defense proceed to come alive, dominat-

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 36 • OwlSports.com Temple 34, ECU 10 Saturday, October 7, 2017 Temple (3-3) 0 24 7 3 34 ECU (1-5) 3 0 7 0 10 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, N.C. OWLS PLAY COMPLETE GAME ON ROAD, Attendance: 31,326 SHUT DOWN PIRATE FOR COLLINS’ FIRST CONFERENCE WIN Kickoff time: 12:01 pm Temperature: 76 GREENVILLE, N.C. Temple finished the End of Game: 3:18 pm Wind: SSE 7mph – Highlighted by a game with a drive Total elapsed time: 3:17 Weather: Cloudy much-improved offen- inside the ECU red Officials: Referee: Todd laPenta; Umpire: Bill Lamkin; sive performance, Tem- zone, running out the Linesman: Jim Casey; Line judge: Jeffrey Cooney; ple routed ECU in a 34- clock with a play to the Back judge: Victor Firth; Field judge: James Reif; Side 10 victory on the road, Pirate four-yard line. judge: Ken Bushey; Center judge: Terry Killens dominating throughout on both sides of the ball. Game Notes Team Stats TEM ECU The Owls revved their > For first-year Temple First Downs 24 15 offensive engine early head coach Geoff Rushes-Yards (Net) 46-179 22-34 and often, balancing Collins, the win marks Passing Yards (Net) 344 253 the unit via strong his first road and Passes Att-Comp-Int 33-21-1 38-20-1 efforts from redshirt conference victory with Total Offense Plays-Yards 79-523 60-287 sophomore QB Logan the Owls, his third try Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Marchi, who finished the in both categories. Punt Returns-Yards 2-7 1-0 game 19-of-31 passing > Meanwhile, senior DE Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 2-29 for 321 yards and two Jacob Martin racked up Interception Returns-Yards 1-16 1-31 touchdowns, and his fourth and fifth sacks Punts (Number-Avg) 2-39.5 6-45.3 redshirt junior RB David of the season, forcing an Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Hood, who powered ECU turnover-on-downs Penalties-Yards 8-65 8-96 his way for 106 rushing with his first bout into Possession Time 37:20 22:40 yards and one touch- the Pirate backfield. Third-Down Conversions 14 of 20 3 of 14 down on 20 carries. > After years playing Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2 power blocker in the Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-6 2-3 Keys to the Game Temple backfield, Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-26 0-0 > Both the Temple and Ritrovato found the end ECU offenses got to zone for the first time RUSHING: Temple - Hood 20-106; Ritrovato 14-48; strong starts, as each set in his career late in the Sharga 3-10; T.Williams 2-4; Marchi 1-3; Armstead 4-3; up field goal attempts first half, forcing his Wright 1-3; Nutile 1-2. ECU - Pinnix 7-30; Grayson 1-10; on their opening pos- way in on a two-yard Howe 4-10; Dye 1-(-2); Sirk 9-(-14). sessions. After driving 41 rush up the middle. yards on nine plays, Owl > Meanwhile, Hood PASSING: Temple - Marchi 19-31-1-321; Nutile 2-2-0- kicker Aaron Boumerhi racked up 106 23. ECU - Sirk 20-38-1-253. missed a 52-yarder wide left, setting up the Pirates yards rushing, a career-high, breaking the 100- to march 57 yards back the opposite direction and yard plateau for his first time along the way. RECEIVING: Temple - Wright 6-91; Kirkwood 4-79; A. chip shot in a 25-yard attempt for the early 3-0 lead. > Throughout the game, Marchi completed a 25- Jennings 3-37; R.Jones 2-47; Yancy 1-48; Mack 1-15; > As the second quarter began, Temple was able yard or better pass to five different Owl receivers: Hood 1-8; F.Johnson 1-8; Yeboah 1-6; V.Bryant 1-5. to find the board behind a 29-yard field goal from Yancy (48), Jones (45), Keith Kirkwood (37 & 29), ECU - J.Williams 5-110; Howe 5-24; Q.Johnson 3-51; Boumerhi, leveling the score at 3-3. Earlier that drive, Isaiah Wright (32) and Adonis Jennings (25). Grayson 2-40; T.Brown 2-19; Pinnix 2-6; Marshmon the Owls converted on a crucial third-and-long with > Further, Marchi finished the game with 321 1-3. a 48-yard pass to redshirt junior Brodrick Yancy, yards passing, topping the 300-yard mark for the setting up the eventual short kicking attempt. first time in his short career with the Owls. INTERCEPTIONS: Temple - Randall 1-16. ECU - Ram- > After the Owls’ defense forced a punt deep inside > Yancy’s 48-yard first quarter reception, a catch seur 1-31. their own territory, Marchi orchestrated an eight-play, that set up a game-tying field goal, now sits as the 91-yard touchdown drive, giving Temple its first lead longest in the wideout’s career with the Owls. FUMBLES: Temple - Hood 1-0; Armstead 1-0. ECU - of the day, 10-3. Marchi wrapped up the season’s > Similarly, Jones grabbed a 45-yard reception of Howe 1-0. longest scoring drive with a five-yard connection to WR his own, a career-best, setting up the Owls inside Adonis Jennings, his second TD catch on the year. the red zone for their third score of the game. SACKS: Temple - Martin 2.0; Roche 1.0; Finch 1.0. ECU > A Delvon Randall interception on the ensuing > Finally, redshirt freshman Branden Mack grabbed - None. Pirate possession gave Temple excellent field his first career reception with Temple, a 15-yard position on ECU’s side of the 50, setting up a two- toss from Nutile late in the fourth quarter. TACKLES (UA-A): Temple - Bradley 5-4; Randall 4-1; yard TD rush by Hood and a 17-3 Owls edge. Finch 2-3; Russell 3-1; Chandler 2-2; Roche 3-0; M. > Another defensive stand gifted the Temple offense Jones 1-2; Taylor 0-3; Martin 2-0; Franklin 1-1; Fos- with a short field, a position Marchi and company Scoring Summary TU-ECU ter 1-1; Levine 0-2; Dogbe 0-2; Crump 1-0; Walls 1-0; immediately sought to take advantage of. After a 1st Kwenkeu 1-0; Hood 1-0; Cor.Lerch 1-0; Kelly 0-1; Diou- 45-yard bomb found sophomore WR Randle Jones 7:52 J.Verity 25 FG, 9-57 3:39 0-3 bate 0-1. ECU - Ramseur 6-5; Wiggins 5-6; Gore 5-1; inside the five-yard line, redshirt junior Rob Ritrovato 2nd D.Robinson 3-3; Gibbs 1-5; Love 4-1; Irvin 3-2; Sutton powered his way into the end zone on a two-yard rush, 14:44 A.Boumerhi 29 FG, 7-55 1:59 3-3 2-3; Anderson 2-2; Gutierrez 1-3; Hickerson 0-4; J.Wil- surging Temple to a 24-3 lead heading into halftime. 7:01 L.Marchi 5 pass to A.Jennings 10-3 liams 1-2; Fulp 1-2; Elmore 1-1; Myers 1-1; Holton 1-0; > Following the halftime break, the ECU of- (A.Boumerhi), 8-91 4:45 Howe 1-0; James 0-1; Owens 0-1; Turner 0-1; Price 0-1; fense came out hitting on all cylinders, driv- 4:34 D.Hood 2 run 17-3 Purvis 0-1. ing 11-plays and 75 yards for a touchdown and (A.Boumerhi kick), 5-34 1:08 cutting the Temple lead down to 24-10. 1:05 R.Ritrovato 2 run 24-3 > Two unsuccessful possessions later, Marchi and (A.Boumerhi kick), 5-53 2:33 the Owls’ offense returned looking to recapture 3rd their 21-point advantage. The redshirt sophomore 10:47 T.Sirk 11 pass to Q.Johnson 24-10 quarterback was impressive, finding WR Isaiah (J.Verity, Jake kick), 11-75 4:13 Wright up the right sideline on a 32-yard touch- 2:04 L.Marchi 32 pass to I.Wright 31-10 down pass late in the drive, securing Temple a (A.Boumerhi kick), 7-80 2:56 31-10 edge near the end of the third quarter. 4th > An ECU turnover-on-downs on their side of 14:54 A.Boumerhi 39 FG, 4-8 1:04 34-10 the 50-yard line set up yet another Boumer- hi field goal attempt, this time from 39 yards out, for a 34-10 Temple lead. > Under the supervision of back-up QB Frank Nutile,

• 37 • 2017 Temple Football UConn 28, Temple 24 Saturday, October 14, 2017 UConn (2-4) 0 14 14 0 28 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa Temple (3-4) 7 0 7 10 24 OWLS FALL TO UCONN IN HOMECOMING GAME Attendance: 29,849 Kickoff time: 12:02pm Temperature: 67 PHILADELPHIA – De- ered his way 10-yards for End of Game: 3:21pm Wind: N 15-10mph spite admirable perfor- a touchdown, cutting the Total elapsed time: 3:19 Weather: Cloudy mances on both sides UConn lead, 28-21. Officials: Referee: Charles Lamertina; Umpire: Ken- of the ball, Temple came > Another quick pos- neth Huffhines; Linesman: Jim Casey; Line judge: up short in a comeback session from UConn set Stephen Ray; Back judge: Tom Fimmen; Field judge: bid against division rival up the Temple offense Mark Windham; Side judge: Alex Moore; Center UConn, falling 28-24 with a chance to knot judge: Joe Clarkson Saturday afternoon at the game at 28 apiece. Lincoln Financial Field. The Owls drove inside Team Stats UConn TEM The Owls’ defense com- the five-yard line before First Downs 15 28 peted particularly well, finding a brick wall in Rushes-Yards (Net) 38-139 29-117 forcing two turnovers the form of the Huskies’ Passing Yards (Net) 105 356 and slowing down the front seven, leading to Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-18-1 55-33-1 potent UConn passing sophomore K Aaron Total Offense Plays-Yards 66-244 84-473 attack throughout Boumerhi’s first attempt Fumble Returns-Yards 1-35 0-0 the game. Redshirt and success from 21 Punt Returns-Yards 1-6 3-17 sophomore LB Chapelle yards out, leaving UConn Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-60 2-48 Russell led the unit with up just 28-24. Interception Returns-Yards 1-34 1-0 12 tackles, one for loss, > After UConn missed Punts (Number-Avg) 7-42.4 6-39.7 while fellow junior S on a 36-yard field goal Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Delvon Randall picked attempt, Marchi worked Penalties-Yards 6-51 12-117 up five tackles with one to lead Temple down the Possession Time 30:01 29:59 interception. field in the final minute Third-Down Conversions 7 of 15 5 of 15 of the matchup. The red- Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 3 Keys to the Game shirt sophomore came Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 4-5 > The Temple defense up just short on a fourth Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-15 2-17 went to work early down hail mary, as the against the high-pow- ball was knocked down RUSHING: UConn - Newsome 18-56; Shirreffs 7-39; ered UConn passing in the end zone before Mensah 7-25; Dixon 2-12; D.Williams 1-6; Hopkins 1-5; attack, as Randall picked it could reach redshirt Team 2-(-4). Temple - Armstead 9-31; Hood 6-29; A. off a pass up the left junior WR Ventell Bryant. Jennings 1-22; Ritrovato 1-14; Bradley 2-7; R.Jones 1-4; sideline midway through Sharga 2-4; T.Williams 2-3; Marchi 4-3; Wright 1-0. the Huskies’ opening Game Notes drive. > As UConn moved the PASSING: UConn - Shirreffs 18-28-1-105. Temple - > Despite a slow start on their first drive, the Owls’ of- ball into Temple territory on its initial drive, Randall inter- Marchi 33-54-1-356; Team 0-1-0-0. fense hit on all cylinders following the turnover, driving rupted the Huskies’ progress with his third interception 78 yards over 10 plays for a touchdown. Redshirt ju- on the year. The timely turnover means the junior now RECEIVING: UConn - Mayala 4-28; McLean 3-30; nior RB David Hood capped the possession with two has one pick in each of the past three games (Houston, Skanes 3-18; Newsome 3-(-4); Dixon 2-13; Bloom 1-11; impressive runs: an 11-yard bulldozer followed up by a ECU & UConn), and moves him into a tie for eighth all- Beals 1-9; Davis 1-0. Temple - Hood 8-91; Wright 6-50; one-yard surge into the end zone, giving Temple the time in career interceptions at Temple (7). A.Jennings 5-52; Yeboah 4-73; Kirkwood 4-46; V.Bry- 7-0 advantage. > Down two scores, Marchi found a wide-open Yeboah ant 2-20; Myarick 1-13; Ellick 1-8; Armstead 1-4; Yancy > Even with a long field and its backs up against the for 37-yards up the right sideline, setting up an eventual 1-(-1). goal line, the UConn offense managed an 88-yard touchdown later in the possession. The catch-and-run scoring drive to knot the game at a touchdown apiece surpassed Yeboah’s previous long (15 yards vs. Char- INTERCEPTIONS: UConn - Coyle 1-34. Temple - Ran- to start the second quarter, leaving the game a 7-7 tie. lotte) by an impressive 22 yards. With Yeboah’s later dall 1-0. > The Huskies followed up the score with a string of 21-yard reception, the redshirt freshman also topped his positive plays, beginning with a forced fumble on Owls’ career-best in catches (2). FUMBLES: UConn - Beals 1-1; Newsome 1-0. Temple WR Brodrick Yancy that was returned to the Temple > Despite the low point total, Marchi and the passing - Yancy 1-1. nine-yard line. The offense took advantage soon after, game performed above expectations, notching a ca- as QB Bryant Shirreffs found WR Hergy Mayala on a reer-best 356 yards through the air. The mark surpass- SACKS: UConn - Fatukasi 1.0; Joseph 1.0. Temple - short six-yard fade into the right corner of the end zone, es last week’s former career-best against ECU, when Franklin 1.0; Russell 0.5; Martin 0.5. setting up UConn with its first lead of the game, 14-7. the redshirt sophomore tossed for 321 passing yards. > After holding the one-score edge through halftime, TACKLES (UA-A): UConn - Joseph 7-4; Swann 7-0; UConn kick-started the second half with an 11-play, Scoring Summary TU-UC Diggs 4-3; Brown 6-0; Coyle 3-3; Britton 3-2; Carrezo- 63-yard touchdown possession, jumping out to a 21-7 1st la 3-1; Terry 3-1; Fortt 3-0; Bell 2-1; Fatukasi 2-1; Bloom lead over the Owls. Shirreffs threw his third score of the 6:23 D.Hood 1 run 7-0 1-1; Hahn 1-0; Lawley 1-0; Freeborn 1-0; Tarbutt 1-0; game, this time a screen to RB Arkeel Newsome. (A.Boumerhi kick), 10-78 3:44 J.Robinson 1-0; Buss 1-0; Mayala 0-1. Temple - Russell > The Temple offense rebounded immediately behind a 2nd 9-3; Bradley 5-2; Dogbe 4-2; Randall 4-1; Franklin 3-2; few quick-strike tosses from QB Logan Marchi, cutting 10:44 B.Shirreffs 6 pass to .SkanesQ 7-7 Chandler 3-2; Foster 3-1; J.Thomas 2-0; Roche 2-0; the lead back to one-score, 21-14. The redshirt sopho- (M.Tarbutt kick), 15-88 5:57 Finch 2-0; Kwenkeu 1-1; Archibong 1-1; Martin 1-1; M. more initially found redshirt freshman TE Kenny Yeboah 5:17 B.Shirreffs 6 pass to H.Mayala 7-14 Jones 1-0; T.Jones 1-0; Carter 1-0; F.Johnson 1-0; Shar- for 37 yards to set up the Owls inside the red zone, (M.Tarbutt kick), 2-9 0:43 ga 1-0; Crump 1-0; Walls 0-1; Booth-Lloyd 0-1. allowing Marchi to find sophomore WR Isaiah Wright 3rd wide open in the back of the end zone on a perfect 9:30 B.Shirreffs 6 pass to A.Newsome 7-21 nine-yard pass. (M.Tarbutt kick), 11-63 5:30 > Despite Temple holding UConn to a quick three-and- 7:54 L.Marchi 9 pass to I.Wright 14-21 out, the tables quickly turned as Marchi’s initial pass (A.Boumerhi kick), 6-75 1:36 of the drive was intercepted and taken 34 yards for a 6:37 T.Coyle 34 INT return 14-28 pick-six by DB Tyler Coyle, re-extending the Huskies’ (M.Tarbutt kick) lead back to two touchdowns, 28-14. 4th > Following a failed fourth-down conversion inside the 14:55 R.Armstead 10 run 21-28 UConn red zone, the Temple defense stepped up for (A.Boumerhi kick), 4-21 1:44 the Owls, as senior DB Artrel Foster recovered a fumble 11:14 A.Boumerhi 21 FG, 6-44 1:58 24-28 on the Huskies’ first play of the drive. The offense an- swered with haste, as junior RB Ryquell Armstead pow-

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 38 • OwlSports.com Army 31, Temple 28 Saturday, October 21, 2017 Temple (3-5) 0 14 0 14 0 28 Army (6-2) 7 7 0 14 3 31 Michie Stadium, West Point, N.Y. ARMY OUTLASTS TEMPLE IN OVERTIME THRILLER Attendance: 34,876 Kickoff time: 12:02 pm Temperature: WEST POINT, N.Y. – In a opening possession, End of Game: 3:41 pm Wind: matchup that showcased drilling a 29-yard field Total elapsed time: 3:39 Weather: Sunny two squads unwilling goal for the three-point Officials: Referee: Stuart Mullins; Umpire: Johnnie to back down, Temple lead. Forte; Linesman: John Hoffman; Line judge: Robert failed to convert on > Despite the Temple Zivkovic; Back judge: Scot Maslin; Field judge: Ryan an overtime field goal, offense performing Flynn; Side judge: George Liotus; Center judge: Jeff falling to Army in a similar to their counter- Tomlin tight 31-28 OT contest part, Boumerhi failed to Saturday afternoon at convert on a 27-yard at- Team Stats TEM Army Michie Stadium. The tempt, ending the game First Downs 24 19 Owls performed well in Army’s favor, 31-28. Rushes-Yards (Net) 37-217 50-248 despite a slew of injuries Passing Yards (Net) 289 141 and first-time starters on Game Notes Passes Att-Comp-Int 31-21-0 18-8-1 both sides of the ball, ul- > On the game, the Owls Total Offense Plays-Yards 68-506 68-389 timately coming up short saw five new players Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 on the road against a make their first career Punt Returns-Yards 4-21 3-42 relentless Black Knights starts: redshirt junior Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-77 3-64 unit. Frank Nutile at QB, Interception Returns-Yards 1-43 0-0 redshirt junior James Punts (Number-Avg) 5-33.0 6-47.0 Keys to the Game McHale at LT, redshirt Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 > Army kicked off the junior Jaelin Robinson Penalties-Yards 8-45 5-46 scoring on the Black at LG, redshirt junior Possession Time 28:41 31:19 Knights’ second posses- Gordon Thomas at C Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 8 of 16 sion of the game, taking and redshirt sophomore Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 the ball 68 yards over 12 DeAndre Kelly at DE. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-2 4-4 plays before wrapping > Redshirt freshman Jon- Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 2-17 up the drive with an 11- ny Forrest stepped onto yard touchdown rush by the field for the first time RUSHING: Temple - Armstead 18-151; Wright 4-52; Darnell Woolfolk. as a Temple Owl, earning Hood 8-11; Nutile 5-3; Sharga 1-0; Ritrovato 1-0. Army - > The Black Knights’ time on special teams Woolfolk 18-132; Bradshaw 13-49; Walker 7-36; David- special teams came throughout the game. . son 3-11; Slomka 3-9; Hopkins Jr. 2-6; Holt 2-3; Trainor through to set up their > Senior S Sean Chan- 1-2; Asberry 1-0. following offensive drive, dler, a four-year veteran as a blocked punt placed Army at the Owls’ 28-yard in the Temple secondary, grabbed his first interception PASSING: Temple - Nutile 20-29-0-290; Wright 1-2-0- line. Two plays later, including a 24-yard pass, Army ex- of the year on the final play of the opening half. With (-1). Army - Hopkins Jr. 5-12-0-67; Bradshaw 3-5-0-74; tended its lead out to 14-0 early in the second quarter. the pick, Chandler jumps up another spot to seventh all- Langdon 0-1-1-0. > Temple took over its next possession with purpose, time in career interceptions (8) with Temple. responding behind WR Isaiah Wright’s 50-yard touch- > Do-it-all sophomore Isaiah Wright compiled two 50- RECEIVING: Temple - A.Jennings 4-62; V.Bryant 4-29; down run. The sophomore broke away under the guise yard plus plays on the day, as he picked up a 50-yard Wright 3-79; Myarick 3-23; Kirkwood 2-20; Armstead of a unique formation, drifting between defenders en rush in the second quarter and a 51-yard reception in 2-15; Hood 1-36; Yeboah 1-13; Yancy 1-12. Army - Walk- route to the end zone. the third. er 3-59; Adams 2-25; Ejekam 1-24; Asberry 1-18; > After the Temple defense shut down Army near > The joint sack on the Black Knights’ final drive by Trainor 1-15. midfield, the Owls’ took over deep in their own territory. Temple seniors DE Jacob Martin and DE Sharif Finch First-time starter QB Frank Nutile then proceeded to marked the first Army has given up all year. INTERCEPTIONS: Temple - Chandler 1-43. Army - orchestrate an 83-yard touchdown drive to knot the > Temple advanced to an overtime match- None. game at 14 apiece, culminating with a 37-yard bomb to up for the first time since 2012, when the Owls senior WR Adonis Jennings for the score. dropped UConn in a 17-14 victory on the road. FUMBLES: Temple - Wright 1-0. Army - None. > The third quarter proved nearly as uneventful as the first, as the only highlight came as Temple K Aaron Scoring Summary TU-Army Boumerhi clanged a 32-yard field goal off the right 1st SACKS: Temple - Martin 0.5; Finch 0.5. Army - Voit 1.0; upright. 0:51 D.Woolfolk 11 run 0-7 Nachtigal 1.0. > Near the start of the final period, the Owls were finally (B.Wilson kick), 12-68 7:07 able to earn their first lead of the day. Nutile kickstarted 2nd TACKLES (UA-A): Temple - Bradley 7-4; Russell 4-5; the drive with a 36-yard toss to redshirt junior RB David 12:30 D.Woolfolk 4 run 0-14 Franklin 5-2; Martin 0-7; Chandler 4-2; Taylor 1-5; Hood before junior RB Ryquell Armstead broke loose (B.Wilson kick), 2-28 0:48 Sharga 1-4; Finch 1-4; Randall 2-2; Archibong 1-3; Fos- on a 43-yard scamper for the Temple touchdown and 10:05 I.Wright 50 run 7-14 ter 3-0; Graham-Mobley 2-0; M.Jones 2-0; Kwenkeu the 21-14 edge. (A.Boumerhi kick), 6-80 2:19 1-1; Kelly 0-2; Walls 0-2; F.Johnson 0-1. Army - Nachti- > Late in the fourth quarter, the Black Knights found a 3:38 F.Nutile 37 pass to A.Jennings 14-14 gal 8-5; Aukerman 4-6; Christiansen 5-3; Regan 3-4; response of their own, as Woolfolk sprinted 44 yards for (A.Boumerhi kick), 6-83 2:50 Gibson 3-2; McClinton 1-4; Bourdeau 1-3; Jones 3-0; a game-tying score, 21-21. 4th Reynolds 2-0; Brinson 2-0; Voit 1-1; Lynch 1-1; Wright > The ensuing Temple possession saw a very method- 13:21 R.Armstead 43 run 21-14 1-1; Oyetuga 1-1; Bassett 1-0; Ramirez 1-0; Asberry ical offensive drive by the Owls, as Nutile guided his (A.Boumerhi kick), 4-78 1:21 1-0; Coates 0-1; Parker 0-1; Schrage 0-1; Davis. 0-1; unit down the field for their fourth touchdown of the 5:03 D.Woolfolk 44 run 21-21 A.Jones 0-1. game. Armstead again showed his toughness, breaking (B.Wilson kick), 5-80 2:31 multiple tackles on a 21-yard push into the end zone, 1:38 R.Armstead 21 run 28-21 giving Temple a 28-21 advantage with less than two (A.Boumerhi kick), 8-58 3:16 minutes to play. 0:01 K.Hopkins, Jr. 16 pass to J.Adams 28-28 > With just one second remaining, Army once again (B.Wilson kick), 14-79 1:30 closed the gap on the Owls, scoring on a 16-yard OT touchdown pass from back-up QB Hopkins to WR Ad- 15:00 B.Wilson 29 FG, 5-13 0:00 28-31 ams. With the late score tying the game 28 all, Temple advances to its first overtime matchup since 2012. > With the Owls winning the coin toss, they elected to play defense to kickoff OT. Army took advantage of the

• 39 • 2017 Temple Football Temple 34, Navy 26 Thursday, November 2, 2017 Navy (5-3) 3 3 7 13 26 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa Temple (4-5) 10 7 14 3 34 TEMPLE KNOCKS OFF NAVY Attendance: 26,127 IN REMATCH OF 2016 AAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Kickoff time: 8:02pm Temperature: 66 PHILADELPHIA – In a OwlSports.com after an interception of End of Game: 11:09pm Wind: SSE 8mph dominant performance Nutile snapped Temple’s Total elapsed time: 3:07 Weather: Partly Cloudy reminiscent of last streak of scoring pos- Officials: Referee: Todd LaPenta; Umpire: Bill Lamkin; season’s conference title sessions, finding the end Linesman: Todd Riddick; Line judge: Jeffrey Cooney; game, QB Frank Nutile zone on a 16-yard pass. Back judge: Victor Firth; Field judge: James Reif; Side and the Temple offense The touchdown would judge: Ken Bushey; Center judge: Terry Killens took care of business cut the Owls’ lead down in a 34-26 victory over to 34-19 with just under Team Stats Navy TEM Navy in front of a nation- six minutes to play. First Downs 20 20 ally-televised audience > Under guidance of a Rushes-Yards (Net) 52-136 28-104 Thursday night at Lin- back-up quarterback, the Passing Yards (Net) 226 289 coln Financial Field. The Midshipmen would cut Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-13-1 30-22-1 senior signal-caller guid- the lead one more time Total Offense Plays-Yards 71-362 58-393 ed the Owls’ offense on with a late touchdown Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 six consecutive scoring pass, finalizing the score Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-5 drives throughout the at 34-26 in Temple’s Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-91 4-52 win, including four for favor. Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-0 touchdowns, ending just Punts (Number-Avg) 2-44.5 1-21.0 two on negative plays Game Notes Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 (interception & punt). > The Owls’ 10 first Penalties-Yards 7-69 6-50 quarter points marks Possession Time 33:35 26:25 Keys to the Game the team’s best showing Third-Down Conversions 7 of 16 8 of 13 > After receiving the in the opening period Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 5 0 of 0 opening kickoff, the this season, as they had Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-4 Owls offense went previously combined for Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 5-26 to work immediately, just 16 points in the first driving the field behind a Presented By eight matchups. RUSHING: Navy - Abey 25-60; High 12-38; Perry 5-23; methodical composition > Nutile carried a streak J.Brown 3-10; Makekau 1-3; Walker 3-2; Bonner 1-1; of air attack and ground of 10 consecutive com- G.Lewis 2-(-1). Temple - Wright 4-40; Hood 7-35; Arm- game. The possession TEMPLE vs. NAVY pletions from midway stead 14-26; Nutile 2-3; Sharga 1-0. would sizzle out inside NOVEMBER 2, 2017 through the first quarter the Navy five-yard line, all the way to his first PASSING: Navy - Abey 6-9-1-111; G.Lewis 6-9-0-110; setting up K Aaron • A • attempt of the third, the Perry 1-1-0-5. Temple - Nutile 22-30-1-289. Boumerhi for a 22-yard longest of his career. field goal and an early 3-0 edge. > For the game, Jennings grabbed five receptions for RECEIVING: Navy - Perry 4-94; Carmona 4-63; Bonner > The Naval Academy took advantage on the ensuing 127 yards and two touchdowns. The pair of scores 2-40; Colon 1-16; J.Brown 1-8; Abey 1-5. Temple - Kirk- kickoff, as the return team set up the Midshipmen stand out in particular, as each was 30-yards or more, wood 7-87; A.Jennings 5-127; Wright 3-35; Ellick 2-16; offense on the Temple 36-yard line. The Owls’ defense meaning all four of his TD catches this year came from R.Jones 2-7; Mack 1-8; Yeboah 1-6; Jak.Robinson 1-3. proved stout, however, forcing a 48-yard field goal as that distance or greater. Further, the 127 yards marks Navy knotted the game at 3-3. Jennings’ third career 100-yard receiving game. INTERCEPTIONS: Navy - Farrar 1-0. Temple - Randall > Under the guidance of Nutile, Temple responded on > Early in the fourth quarter, redshirt freshman Isaiah 1-0. its next possession in quick-strike fashion. On a short Graham-Mobley picked up his first career sack. third-and-three, Nutile dropped a 40-yard dime to > Late in the final period, junior S Delvon Randall FUMBLES: Navy - N.Smith 1-0; Abey 1-0. Temple - senior WR Adonis Jennings as he streaked up the left grabbed his fourth pick of the season and eighth over- None. sideline, recapturing the lead, 10-3. all, tying him once again with fellow safety and senior > Following a defensive stand, Nutile and the Owls’ Sean Chandler on the all-time Temple leaderboards at SACKS: Navy - None. Temple - Finch 2.0; Graham-Mo- offense once again put on a clinic against the Midship- 11th in program history. bley 1.0; Booth-Lloyd 1.0; Roche 1.0. men defense. The senior quarterback went 5-for-5 > Redshirt sophomore Dana Levine broke through throughout the drive, finishing off the possession with the Navy offensive front to earn special teams coach TACKLES (UA-A): Navy - M.Thomas 6-4; Thompson two straight to senior WR Keith Kirkwood for the TD and Ed Foley and his unit their first blocked kick of the 5-1; Palmore 5-1; Merchant 5-0; Howard 4-1; Webb 3-0; a 17-3 advantage. year, helping the team hold onto title as the NCAA Polu 3-0; S.Williams 2-1; Hailey 2-0; K.Williams 2-0; > With one second remaining in the first half, Navy was leader in the category over the past four seasons. Pittman 2-0; Farrar 2-0; Ryan 1-1; Norton 1-0; N.Smith forced into a short field goal after the Temple defense 1-0; Laster 1-0; Obanor 0-1. Temple - Finch 6-3; Rus- made a stand inside the five-yard line, ending the initial Scoring Summary TU-Navy sell 7-1; Randall 5-1; Bradley 5-1; Martin 2-2; J.Thomas two periods up 17-6. 1st 4-0; Kwenkeu 3-1; Walls 3-1; Chandler 1-3; Franklin 3-0; > The Temple offense continued its scoring streak 11:18 A.Boumerhi 22 FG, 11-73 3:42 3-0 Graham-Mobley,I 2-1; M.Jones 2-1; Dogbe 2-0; Roche on its opening possession of the second half, as the 8:51 B.Moehring 48 FG, 5-6 2:17 3-3 2-0; Booth-Lloyd 2-0; Levine 1-1; K.Brown 1-0; T.Jones Nutile-to-Jennings connection remained in-sync. This 5:31 F.Nutile to A.Jennings 40 pass 10-3 1-0; Crump 1-0; Foster 1-0; Kelly 1-0; Archibong 0-1; time around, the signal-caller found his fellow senior on (A.Boumerhi kick), 6-84 3:13 Sharga 0-1. a 34-yard pass in the end zone, jumping Temple out to 2nd a 24-6 lead. 9:35 F.Nutile to K.Kirkwood 8 pass 17-3 > On the ensuing Navy drive, the Midshipmen finally (A.Boumerhi kick), 12-88 6:06 found some traction as they drove 75 yards over 10 0:00 B.Moehring 24 FG, 19-68 9:35 17-6 plays for their first touchdown of the day, cutting their 3rd deficit to a 24-13 difference. 11:22 F.Nutile to A.Jennings 34 pass 24-6 > Nutile’s career night continued one possession later (A.Boumerhi kick), 4-60 1:03 as he once again led the Owls on a scoring drive, their 6:05 Z.Abey to M.Perry 5 pass 24-13 fifth consecutive of the night. After once again finding (B.Moehring kick), 10-75 5:17 Jennings on a 33-yard pass, this time down to the one- 0:57 F.Nutile to Jak.Robinson 3 pass 31-13 yard line, Nutile tossed a three-yard gem to redshirt (A.Boumerhi kick), 11-81 5:01 sophomore TE Jake Robinson for the score, both the 4th first catch and TD of his career. 10:27 A.Boumerhi 33 FG, 7-22 3:00 34-13 > Midway through the final period, Boumerhi drilled 5:51 G.Lewis to B.Colon 16 pass 34-19 a field goal attempt from 33 yards out, extending (B.Moehring kick blocked), 4-37 1:37 Temple’s streak of scoring drives to six and its lead over 2:12 G.Lewis to T.Carmona 8 pass 34-26 Navy to 34-13. (B.Moehring kick), 10-80 2:38 > The Navy offense was able to generate some points

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