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2016 Temple Football Game Notes Temple Football | Edberg Olson Hall 1001 W OwlSports.com 2016 Temple Football Game Notes Temple Football | Edberg Olson Hall 1001 W. Diamond Street | Philadelphia, PA 19122 Rich Burg | Asst. AD Football Communications [email protected] | 215-204-0876 (o) | 215-356-3952 (c) Conor Semple | Graduate Assistant [email protected] | 516-236-0070 (c) Five Things to Look For... THIS WEEK Temple (6-3, 4-1 American) is now on a three-game winning streak and will head to Hartford, Conn., to take on Eastern - RB Ryquell Armstead has scored two or more TDs in two straight games and four of the last six. Division rival UConn (3-6, 1-5 AAC). The game is scheduled for Friday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m. and will air on ESPN2 and 97.5 The Fanatic, Temple football’s flagship radio station. The Owls continued their stellar play last week with - With a win, head coach Matt Rhule will be 7th all- a 34-13 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats, and control their own destiny in an attempt to finish first in the American time with the most wins by a Temple head coach (25). Athletic Conference East Division for the second straight year. The offense continues to improve drastically, and has - DL Avery Ellis has blocked a punt in two straight averaged 34.6 PPG during the three-game winning streak. A big reason for that is the unquestioned leadership of games and Temple has eight blocked punts in the past two seasons. senior QB Phillip Walker, who now has 13 passing TDs on the year, while the offense has managed 405.3 yards per game. The rushing attack continues to serve as a big strength as senior RB Jahad Thomas ran for a season-high 151 - DL Haason Reddick has 16.5 TFLs and needs 2.5 yards in the win over Cincinnati while sophomore RB Ryquell Armstead’s two scores on the ground now have him tied TFL to break the American Athletic Conference single season record in TFLs (19.0, Elandorn Roberts, Hous- for 10th in the nation for rushing touchdowns. The trio of playmakers will have their hands full with a UConn defense ton, 2015). that only allows 125.3 rushing yards per game, good for second in the conference. The Owls’ defense has played exceptionally well, only allowing 306.0 yards per game, which ranks 11th in the nation and second in the conference. - Temple’s DL Praise Martin-Oguike is currently sec- ond among active NCAA players in forced fumbles The unit will go against a UConn offense that averages 234.7 passing yards per game. (10) and tied for fourth among active players in forced fumbles per game (0.24). LAST WEEK GAMEDAY CENTRAL Temple continues to roll through conference play as they pulled out a 34-13 win over Cincinnati in front of 29,763 fans at Lincoln Financial Field. A key performance was turned in by senior QB Phillip Walker, who notched two passing scores on the afternoon and did not have a turnover. The ground game was sensational once again as senior RB Temple Football ............468-574-52 (118th season) Jahad Thomas compiled a season-high 151 yards while sophomore RB Ryquell Armstead had his second consecutive 2016 ...................................6-3, 4-1 American game with two touchdowns. The defense continues to hold its own as well, limiting the Bearcats to just 13 points, the Head Coach ................................. Matt Rhule lowest against any FBS opponent this year. Senior LB Avery Williams led the team in tackles for the second time this Career Record .... 24-23 (24-23 at Temple) season (7) and had a forced fumble. Special teams continues to play a huge factor for the Owls as senior DL Avery Date ............................. Friday, November 4, 2016 Ellis notched a blocked punt for the second consecutive week and junior DB Cequan Jeferson had a fumble recovery Kickoff .........................................................7:00pm ET on a kickoff. Stadium .............................Rentschler Field (40,000) LAST TIME During last season’s matchup with the Huskies, Temple won 37-3 and clinched the American Athletic Conference Series Results................................. ..............................11-5 East Division title, helping the Owls to the school’s first conference championship appearance since 2009. Standout Last time ............................... W, 27-3 (2015) performances came from RB Jahad Thomas, who had 119 yards and two touchdowns on the ground, and QB Phillip Last time at ........................ Rentschler Field Walker, who went 19-for-29 and had a passing touchdown to TE Romond Deloatch. ................................................. W, 36-10 (2014) UP NEXT Temple gets a rest with its only bye week of the season following the matchup with UConn. The Owls will then get Opponent ......................................................... UConn ready to travel down to New Orleans for the final road game of the regular season to take on Tulane. 2016 ............................................ 3-6, 1-5 AAC Head Coach ..................................Bob Diaco Career Record .........11-23 (11-23 at UConn) 2016 TEMPLE OWLS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE TV Broadcast ................................................... ESPN2 Date ........................................ Time Opponent .........................TV ........Result play-by-play .................................Adam Amin Friday, September 2 ................7:00pm ARMY ................................ CBSSN ........L, 13-28 analyst ........................................ Mack Brown Saturday, September 10 ..........1:00pm STONY BROOK ...............ESPN3 .......W, 38-0 Sideline .................................. Molly McGrath Saturday, September 17 ........ 12:00pm @ Penn State .............................BTN .......L, 27-34 Saturday, September 24 ....... 12:00pm CHARLOTTE ................ASN/CSN .....W, 48-20 Radio .........................................97.5 The Fanatic Saturday, October 1 ................ 12:00pm * SMU ...............................ESPNews .....W, 45-20 TuneIn Radio ... www.tunein.com/templefb Thursday, October 6 ................8:00pm * @ Memphis ............................ ESPN .......L, 27-34 play-by-play ..........................Harry Donahue Saturday, October 15 ...............7:00pm * @ UCF ..................................... ESPN .....W, 26-25 analyst ......................................... Paul Palmer Friday, October 21 ....................7:00pm * USF ....................................... ESPN ..... W, 46-30 sidelines .....................................Harry Mayes Saturday, October 29 ..............3:30pm * CINCINNATI ..................... CBSSN .......W, 34-13 Friday, November 4 .................7:00pm * @ UConn ................................ESPN2 Student Radio .....................................................WHIP Saturday, November 12 .......................... -------------------BYE ------------------- play-by-play ................................. Greg Frank analyst ............................................ John Cole Saturday, November 19 ................. TBD * @ Tulane .....................................TBD Saturday, November 26................ TBD * EAST CAROLINA ..................TBD Saturday, December 3 .......... 12:00pm TBD [CCG]..................ABC/ESPN TBD .................................................... TBD Bowl Game ............................TBD All times Eastern; * = American Athletic Conference game; CCG = American Athletic Conference Championship All games broadcast on 97.5 FM The Fanatic Follow OwlSports Twitter Facebook Instagram Temple .com @Temple_FB Temple-University- Temple_FB Football Football • 1 • 2016 Temple Football QUICK FACTS COACHING STAFF Communications Rich Burg ...............Asst. AD - Football Communications School....................................................... Temple University Matt Rhule ......................................................... Head Coach Conor Semple ........................Communications Assistant Location ......................................................Philadelphia, Pa. Ed Foley ......... Asst. Head Coach / TEs / Special Teams Matt Stainthorpe ..........................Communications Intern Founded ..........................................................................1884 Phil Snow ..................... Defensive Coordinator / Safeties Madison Dishman ........................Communications Intern Enrollment .................................................................. 39,000 Glenn Thomas .................... Offensive Coordinator / QBs Jim Sullivan ...................................Communications Intern President................................................. Richard M. Englert Francis Brown.......................... Assoc. Head Coach / DBs Cam Ecker .....................................Communications Intern School Website ........................................www.Temple.edu George DeLeone ..........................Run Game Coord. / OL Nickname .........................................................................Owls Frisman Jackson .................Passing Game Coord. / WRs Development/Recruiting Evan Cooper ........................Director of Player Personnel School Colors ................................. Cherry (201C) & White Elijah Robinson.............Defensive Run Game Coord. DL Adam DiMichele .......... Director of Player Development Athletics Website ..............................www.OwlSports.com Mike Siravo ..................... Def. Passing Game Coord. LBs E.J. Barthel .........Coordinator of On-Campus Recruiting Director of Athletics ..................................Dr. Patrick Kraft Chris Wiesehan ...........................Sr.
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