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2015 Temple Football GAME NOTES Temple Football w Edberg Olson Hall w 1001 W. Diamond Street w Philadelphia, PA 19122 Rich Burg w Asst. AD - Football Communications VS [email protected] w 215.204.0876 (o) w 215.356.3952 (c) Marco Cerino w Athletic Communications Assistant [email protected] w 609.413.2631 (c) Larry Dougherty w Sr. Associate AD - Communications [email protected] w 215.204.2588 (o) w 215.651.1822 (c) This Week TEMPLE VS. MEMPHIS #22 Temple returns to Lincoln Financial Field where the Owls will close Date: November 21, 2015 out the 2015 regular season with two home dates. Up first is Memphis, Kickoff: 12:00 PM ranked 21st in the College Football Playoff. Both teams played key di- Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field, OVER THE AIRWAVES visional match-ups on the road. Temple lost to South Florida, 44-23, in Philadelphia, PA (69,176) Radio......................94.1 WIP Tampa, while Memphis fell in Houston to the Cougars, 35-34. Ed Benkin..........Play-by-Play Paul Palmer......Color Analyst Temple is approaching a record season thanks to a balanced attack. ON THE CALL Harry Mayes ..........Sidelines Junior Jahad Thomas became the first running back under head coach Television ....................ESPN Matt Rhule to gain 1,000 yards in a season. His high school teammate, Anish Shroff ......Play-by-Play Ahmad Brooks..Color Analyst Student Radio..............WHIP junior quarterback P.J. Walker has his third consecutive 2,000-yard sea- Zach Gelb..........Play-by-Play son. They are the first duo to hit these marks for Temple in the same National Radio..TuneIn Radio Michael Zahn ...Color Analyst season since 1979. Walker has also improved his accuracy from 2014 TJ Rivers............Play-by-Play Carly Mascitti.........Sidelines and minimized errors. With his 15 touchdowns on the season and 48 Raheem Brock..Color Analyst in his career, he only needs one more to surpass Henry Burris for the top spot in career touchdown passes. He also has reduced his inter- ceptions from 15 last season to five. The return of redshirt senior wide 2015 Temple Football Schedule receiver Robby Anderson has helped this resurgence, as has the emer- gence of redshirt freshman Ventell Bryant. Memphis brings a challeng- Date Opponent . .TV . .Results/Time ing defense that forced three takeaways three different times this Sat., Sept. 5 PENN STATE . .ESPN . .W, 27-10 season. Sat., Sept. 12 * at Cincinnati . .ESPNews W, 34-26 Sat., Sept. 19 at UMass . .ESPN3 . .W, 25-23 Memphis’ explosive offense, led by redshirt junior quarterback Paxton Sat., Sept. 26 ----- BYE ----- Lynch, has garnered national attention. Lynch leads the conference in Fri., Oct. 2 at Charlotte . .CBSSN . .W, 37-3 yards and completions per game. He brings an imposing 6’7 frame and Sat., Oct. 10 * TULANE [HC] . .ESPNU . .W, 49-10 reads the field well. He’ll face a veteran Temple defense, led by Bed- Sat., Oct. 17 * UCF [CA] . .CBSSN . .W, 30-16 narik, Rotary Lombardi, and Lott IMPACT Award semifinalist Tyler Thur., Oct. 22 * at East Carolina . .ESPN2 . .W, 24-14 Matakevich. The senior linebacker is just four tackles from becoming Sat., Oct. 31 NOTRE DAME . .ABC . .L, 20-24 the first Owl and seventh college player ever to make 100 tackles in his Fri., Nov. 6 * at SMU . .ESPN2 . .W, 60-40 four collegiate seasons. He also has five interceptions on the season, Sat., Nov. 14 * at USF . .CBSSN . .L, 23-44 leading the team. Senior defensive back Tavon Young and sophomore Sat., Nov. 21 * MEMPHIS . .ESPNU . .12:00 pm Sean Chandler will be charged with defending the Tigers’ potent pass- Sat., Nov. 28 * UCONN . .ESPNU . .7:00 pm ing. Chandler has returned two interceptions for touchdowns this sea- Sat., Dec. 5 * American Championship ABC/ESPN 12:00pm son and leads the Owls’ in passes defended. Home games in CHERRY The Last Time * American Athletic Conference games . Memphis defeated Temple 16-13 in the schools’ first meeting in HC = Homecoming CA = Cancer Awareness Game All times Eastern and subject to change. Philadelphia on November 7, 2014. The game was back and forth but decided by Jake Elliot’s 31-yard field goal as time expired. The Owls limited Lynch to 230 yards and just one touchdown on the day. WHAT TO LOOK FOR.. Up Next The Owls host UConn for Senior Day on the 28th. ...the Owls clinch the East Division of the American Athletic Con- ference with a win and a USF loss last Week ...P.J. Walker needs one TD to tie the school record (49) Temple dropped a divisional match against South Florida, 44-23. P.J. ...Tyler Matakevich needs four tackles to become the first Owl Walker threw for 259 yards, eclipsing 2,000 yards for the third consec- and seventh player in college football history with 100 tackles utive season, while Jahad Thomas surpassed 1,000 yards for the first in all four collegiate years time in his career. However, the Owls defense couldn’t stop Marlon ...Jahad Thomas has a rushing TD every game this year Mack or Quinton Flowers, who combined for five touchdowns. ...Matakevich has led the team in tackles every game of 2015 Social Media Hub Website Facebook Twitter Instagram www.TUDiamonds.com owlsports.com/football /TempleOwlsFootball @Temple_FB Temple_FB 2015 TEMPLE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES #WETHET Quick Facts Coaching Staff Adam DiMichele ...........Director of Player Development School ..............................................Temple University Matt Rhule (Penn State ‘97)........................Head Coach Mike Wallace ....................................Student Assistant Location..............................................Philadelphia, PA Ed Foley .Asst. Head Coach / Tight Ends / Special Teams Equipment Founded ..............................................................1884 Marcus SatterfieldOffensive Coordinator / Running Greg Valenzisi.......................Head Equipment Manager Enrollment .......................................................39,000 Backs Derek Radaker ................Assistant Equipment Manager President .......................................Dr. Neil D. Theobald Phil Snow...................................Defensive Coordinator Operations School Website ..................................www.Temple.edu Francis Brown .....................................Defensive Backs Scott Wallace ................Director of Football Operations Nickname .............................................................Owls Frisman Jackson....................................Wide Receivers Ryan Kelly................... Asst. Dir. of Football Operations School Colors..............................Cherry (201C) & White Elijah Robinson......................................Defensive Line Chet Zukowski.................Football Operations Assistant Athletics Website..........................www.OwlSports.com Mike Siravo ...............................................Linebackers Sam Diamond ....Coordinator of Football Administration Director of Athletics .............................Dr. Patrick Kraft Glenn Thomas .........................................Quarterbacks Strength & Conditioning Conference........................................American Athletic Chris Wiesehan ......................................Offensive Line Jeremy Scott...................Head Strength & Conditioning Website......................................www.theAmerican.org Derek Carr ........................Graduate Assistant - Offense Brandon Washington ......Asst. Strength & Conditioning Eric Fargo.........................Graduate Assistant - Defense Kevin Kroboth.................Asst. Strength & Conditioning Football Information Bobby Maffei ...................Graduate Assistant - Defense Pat Boyle........................Asst. Strength & Conditioning Stadium .....................................Lincoln Financial Field Calvin Powell....................Graduate Assistant - Offense Buddy Brown ....................................Student Assistant Surface ...................................................Natural grass Rob Dvoracek....................................Student Assistant Video Capacity ...........................................................69,176 Brian Fallon......................................Student Assistant Matt Delgado....................................Video Coordinator First Season of Football.........................................1894 Damiere Shaw...................................Student Assistant Nate Friedman ...................Assistant Video Coordinator AllTime Record .........................................460-569-52 Nadia Harvin..........................Administrative Specialist Temple Football Communications Head Coach ........................Matt Rhule (Penn State ‘97) Academics Career Record ......................................................16-18 Emily DeRatt .....................................Academic Advisor RICH BURG Temple Record .....................................................16-18 Da’Mon Merkerson............................Academic Advisor Assistant AD - Football Communications 2014 Record.................................................6-6 overall Reid Vanderlinder .............................Academic Advisor O: (215) 204-0876 American Conference Record (finish) ...............4-4 (6th) Athletic Trainers C: (215) 356-3952 Offensive Alignment ....................................Pro Spread Al Bellamy..........................Director of Athletic Training [email protected] Defensive Alignment ...............................................4-3 Masahiro Takahagi.................Assistant Athletic Trainer Football Contact Credential Requests