Matt Rhule’S 913-312-0653 Locker Room Policy Weekly Tuesday News Conferences Is Broad- Temple Maintains a Closed Locker Room Policy
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2014 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 w rich.burg temple.edu 215-204-0876 (o) 215-356-3952 (c) @ w w Shanna Kate Moser w Graduate Extern - Football Communications w shanna.moser temple.edu 267-664-0112 @ w Larry Dougherty w Sr. Associate AD - Communications w larrydoc temple.edu 215-204-2588 (o) 215-651-1822 (c) @ w w 2014 Temple Football Schedule Date Opponent . .TV . .Results/Time AT MUST SEE Thur., Aug. 28 at Vanderbilt . .SEC . .W, 37-7 Television......................ESPN2 Sat., Sept. 6 Navy . .ESPN3 . .L, 24-31 Mark Jones............Play-by-Play Sat., Sept.13 BYE Rod Gilmore ........Color Analyst Jessica Mendoza.........Sidelines Sat., Sept. 20 delaware State . .ESPN3 . .W, 59-0 Sat., Sept. 27 * at Connecticut . .ESPNews . .W, 36-10 TEMPLE-TULANE Sat., Oct. 4 BYE KICKOFF INFO EASY LISTENING Sat., Oct. 11 * Tulsa [HC] . .ESPNews .W, 35-24 Date: December 6, 2014 Radio .............1210 AM WPHT Fri., Oct. 17 * at Houston . .ESPNU . .L, 10-31 Kickoff: 7:30 pm ET/ 6:30 pm CT Harry Donahue......Play-by-Play Sat., Oct. 25 * at UCF . .CBSSN . .L, 14-34 Paul Palmer .........Color Analyst Stadium: Yulman Stadium; New Harry Mayes...............Sidelines Sat., Nov. 1 * East Carolina [BC] . .ESPNews .W, 20-10 Orleans, LA Fri., Nov. 7 * Memphis . .ESPNU . .L, 13-16 Sat., Nov. 15 at Penn State . .ESPN2 . .L, 13-30 Sat., Nov. 22 BYE This Week Sat., Nov. 29 * Cincinnati . .ESPNews . .L, 6-14 In the 2014 season finale, the Temple Owls travel to New Orleans Sat., Dec. 6 * at Tulane . .ESPN2 . .7:30pm to take on the Tulane Green Wave. The last time the teams met was in the inaugural Sugar Bowl in 1935. Home games in Cherry Temple looks to become bowl eligible after dropping three * American Athletic Conference games . straight games. The Owls (5-6, 3-4), dropped their final home game HC = Homecoming BC = Breast Cancer Awareness Game of the season last week vs. Cincinnati, 14-6, finishing 3-3 at the All times Eastern and subject to change. Linc. Tulane (3-8, 2-5) had a bye last week, after suffering a 34-6 loss to East Carolina on November 22. LAST GAME: Cincinnati 14, Temple 6 Temple's defense held the American Athletic Conference's most po- tent offense to season lows for points and yards, but the Owls' of- fense could only muster two field goals in falling to Cincinnati, 14-6. The Bearcats (8-3, 5-1) posted their sixth straight win and fos- tered a three-way tie atop the conference standings. The Owls defense held the Bearcats to 255 total yards, nearly 100 yards below their previous season low of 352 yards and over 200 yards below its season average of 473.8. Cincinnati also had a season low 14 first downs and tied a low with 14 points. On Senior Day, RB Kenneth Harper and WR Jalen Fitzpatrick led the rushing and receving corps, respectively. Harper had 40 yards on nine carries, while Fitzpatrick had a game-high nine catches for 77 yards. Watch Us Temple has a number of players on National Watch Lists The Temple University football team will honor the KENNETH HARPER P.J. WALKER KYLE FRIENd TYLER MATAKEvICH SENIOR - RB SOPHOMORE, QB JUNIOR, OL JUNIOR, LB memory of long-time Board of Trustee member Lewis Doak Walker Maxwell Rimington Bednarik Katz this season with commemorative "LEW" decals AFCA Good Works Manning Nagurski on the players' helmets. Davey O’Brien Butkus Katz, a vibrant member of the Temple community from CFPA QB Trophy Rotary Lombardi his time as a student in the early 1960s to his receipt of an hon- CFPA LB Trophy orary degree on May 15, 2014, was killed May 31, 2014, in a plane crash. Katz had served as a Temple trustee since 1998. He is known for his long-time support of student scholarships, athletics, entrepreneurship and medicine. Social Media Hub Website Facebook Twitter Instagram www.TUdiamonds.com www.owlsports.com/ www.facebook.com/ @Temple_FB Temple_FB football TempleOwlsFoot- ball OWLSPORTS.COM 1 #WETHET Interview Requests Credentials ON THE AIR All interview requests for players, coaches or staff mem- All requests for credentials to cover Temple Football bers should be directed to the Athletic Communications games and practices must be made through Athletic staff. To insure that your request is facilitated, please con- Communications. Season credentials should be re- This season, all of the Owls football games tact the Athletic Communications staff in advance. There quested in the preseason and game-by-game creden- are broadcast on 97.5 The Fanatic. Joining will be no player or coach availability the day after a game. tials must be requested at leastone week prior to the the broadcast team of Harry Donahue and game. Local media requesting credentials for a road Paul Palmer this season will be The Fanatic’s Monday Teleconferences game must have that request into Athletic Communi- Harry Mayes, a Temple graduate. He will en- Each Monday the American Athletic Conference holds ten cations two weeks prior to the contest submitted in hance the production as a sideline reporter. minute conference calls with each of the Conferences writing on company letterhead by e-mail head coaches. The calls begin at 11:00am. Coach Rhule ([email protected]). will call in from 12:20-12:30pm. The number to call is: This season, for the first time, Matt Rhule’s 913-312-0653 Locker Room Policy weekly Tuesday news conferences is broad- Temple maintains a closed locker room policy. cast live by OwlSports Update. The weekly Tuesday Media Luncheon student-run show will air the news confer- Matt Rhule’s weekly media luncheon is held each week Postgame Interviews ences on TUTV from 12-12:45pm and will be at Edberg-Olson Hall on the main campus (10th & Dia- Following home and road games, Coach Rhule and a hosted by Chase Senior and Zach Gelb from mond Streets, 2nd floor). In most cases, the luncheon few selected players will be brought to an area outside the Kal & Lucille Rudman Media TV Studio in will take place at 12:00 noon on Tuesdays. However, of the locker room for postgame interviews after a please check the weekly game notes for luncheon brief cool down period. If you wish to speak with a Annenberg Hall. schedule. specific player, please make your request with the Ath- letic Communications staff at the start of the 4th quar- Practice Regulations ter. Head coach Matt Rhule and select players will be available for brief interviews following daily practices early in the week. Photographers and videographers are permitted to shoot the last 15 minutes of practice. Otherwise, all prac- tices are closed to all individuals except Temple football personnel. Practices the day before a game are closed to the media in its entirety. Upcoming Practice Schedule S m t w t f S Practice No Media Practice ends @11:30am Practice Practice Travel Day at Tulane 30Availability 10:40-11:40am1 Media2 Luncheon 9:30-11:30am3 8:00-11:00am4 5 6TBA 12:00 noon Further schedule to be determined by bowl eligibility. Quick Facts Starters Lost ............................................................... Academics School.. ..........................................Temple University ........................13 (7 offense, 4 defense, 2 specialist) Emily DeRatt..................................Academic Advisor Location............................................Philadelphia, PA Participants Returning ............................................... Andre Johnson ..............................Academic Advisor Founded ............................................................1884 ....................34 (14 offense, 19 defense, 1 specialist) Da’Mon Merkerson.......................Academic Advisor Enrollment .....................................................39,000 Participants Lost......................................................... Athletic Trainers President .........................................Neil D. Theobald ......................21 (14 offense, 5 defense, 2 specialist) Al Bellamy......................Director of Athletic Training Masahiro Takahagi .............Assistant Athletic Trainer School Website...............................www.Temple.edu Coaching Staff Nickname ...........................................................Owls Victor Szwanki.........................GA — Sport Medicine School Colors.........................Cherry (201C) & White Matt Rhule (Penn State ‘97) ...................Head Coach Compliance Athletics Website .....................www.OwlSports.com Ed Foley...............Assistant Head Coach / Tight Ends Quinton Smith .....................Asst. Dir. of Compliance Director of Athletics/Vice President.........Kevin Clark Marcus Satterfield ..................Offensive Coordinator Equipment Conference ....................................American Athletic Phil Snow ...............................Defensive Coordinator Greg Valenzisi ..................Head Equipment Manager Website..................................www.theAmerican.org Francis Brown ..................................Defensive Backs Operations Adam DiMichele................................Wide Receivers Sean Padden ............Director of Football Operations Football Information Tyree Foreman ...................................Running Backs Evan Cooper .......Asst. Dir. of Operations — External Stadium.. .................................Lincoln Financial Field Elijah Robinson...................................Defensive Line Scott Wallace ...... Asst. Dir. of Operations —Internal Surface .................................................Natural grass