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2016 Temple Football Game Notes Temple Football | Edberg Olson Hall 1001 W. Diamond Street | , 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 - With a win, head coach will move up to Temple will take to the road for the first time this season against rival Penn State at Beaver Stadium in State College, 9th on the all-time list of wins by a Temple coach with 20. Pa. Both teams enter the contest sporting a 1-1 record, with Temple coming off a 38-0 shutout of Stony Brook, the second of head coach Matt Rhule’s career, while Penn State stumbles in fresh off a 42-39 loss to in-state rival Pitt. - is tied for 17th on Temple’s all time ca- Senior QB Phillip Walker, who threw for three touchdowns and 118 yards against the Seawolves, led the charge for reer list with 6. His next pick will catapult him into a tie at 12th. the Owls this past weekend. The senior will face off against a Penn State defense that allows 27.5 points per game on average. Owls’ defensive coordinator ’s defense saw 28 players make a tackle against Stony Brook, but - Sharif Finch is the active leader in punt blocks in the he will have his work cut out for him against a Penn State offense led by QB Trace McSorely and RB Saquon Barkley. NCAA with five. The Nittany Lions are guided by head coach James Franklin, now in his third season with the team, who took over the - Temple’s DL Praise Martin-Oguike is currently tied program after moving on from Vanderbilt. The game is scheduled for Saturday, September 17th at 12:00 p.m. and will for first among active NCAA players in forced air on the Big Ten Network and 97.5 The Fanatic, Temple football’s flagship radio station. (8) and fifth among active players in forced fumbles per game (.23). LAST WEEK - One touchdown from Jahad Thomas would tie him Temple bounced back with the team’s first win of the season against visiting Stony Brook in the initial meeting be- for 5th on Temple’s all-time individual touchdown list. tween the two schools. The defense posted a shut out for the second time in the Matt Rhule era. Senior QB Phillip Walker turned in a strong performance, as he threw for three touchdowns, two of which were delivered to redshirt junior WR , a career high for the wideout. Phil Snow’s defense was spectacular in the winning effort, GAMEDAY CENTRAL holding Stony Brook to just 133 total yards. The defense was also able to force four takeaways, three of which came on interceptions recorded by junior CB Sean Chandler, sophomore FS Delvon Randall and freshman CB Benny Walls. A pair of defensive linemen, freshman Dana Levine and senior Sharif Finch, also turned in sacks, while seniors Haa- Temple Football...... 463-571-52 (118th season) son Reddick and Averee Robinson each recorded a half sack. The defense now averages 12.0 PPG and will have its 2016...... 1-1, 0-0 American hands full next week with a Penn State offense that averages 36.0 PPG. Head Coach...... Matt Rhule Career Record...... 19-21 (19-21 at Temple) LAST TIME Date ...... Saturday, September 17, 2016 The last time these two teams met, it marked one of the most significant wins in Temple football history. The Owls Kickoff ...... 12:00pm were victorious by a score of 27-10, defeating Penn State for the first time since 1941. The defense sacked quarterback Stadium ...... Beaver Stadium (106,572) Christian Hackenberg 10 times, which was the most for any defense in a single game all of last season. After Penn Series Results...... (4-39-1) State scored a touchdown, the Owls responded with 27 unanswered points. Senior RB Jahad Thomas turned in a Last time ...... 2015 spectacular performance, as he rushed for 135 yards and two scores. Thomas looks to see his first game action of the season against Penn State, as he was sidelined with a hand injury for the first two games. Head coach Matt Rhule is ...... W, 27-10 now 1-1 all-time against his alma mater. Last time at Beaver Stadium...... 2014 UP NEXT ...... L, 13-30 The Owls return home the following week to face Charlotte (9/24) for Homecoming before opening up conference Opponent...... Penn State play against SMU (10/1). 2016...... 1-1, Big Ten Head Coach...... James Franklin Career Record...... 39-28 (15-13 At PSU) 2016 TEMPLE OWLS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE TV Broadcast...... BTN Date...... Time Opponent ...... TV...... Result play-by-play...... Eric Collins Friday, September 2...... 7:00pm ARMY...... CBSSN...... L, 13-28 analyst...... Glen Mason Saturday, September 10...... 1:00pm STONY BROOK...... ESPN3...... W, 38-0 reporter...... Rick Pizzo Radio...... 97.5 The Fanatic Saturday, September 17...... 12:00pm @ Penn State...... BTN TuneIn Radio.... www.tunein.com/templefb Saturday, September 24...... 12:00pm CHARLOTTE...... ASN/CSN play-by-play...... Harry Donahue Saturday, October 1...... TBD * SMU...... TBD analyst...... Paul Palmer Thursday, October 6...... 8:00pm * @ Memphis ...... ESPN sidelines...... Harry Mayes Saturday, October 15...... TBD * @ UCF ...... TBD Student Radio...... WHIP Friday, October 21...... 7:00pm * USF...... ESPN play-by-play...... Greg Frank Saturday, October 29...... TBD * CINCINNATI...... TBD analyst...... John Cole Friday, November 4...... 7:00pm * @ UConn...... ESPN2 Saturday, November 12...... TBD ------BYE ------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

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QUICK FACTS COACHING STAFF Communications Rich Burg...... Asst. AD - Football Communications School...... Matt Rhule...... Head Coach Conor Semple...... Communications Assistant Location...... Philadelphia, Pa. ...... 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 Acting President...... Richard M. Englert Francis Brown...... Assoc. Head Coach / DBs Development/Recruiting School Website...... www.Temple.edu George DeLeone...... Run Game Coord. / OL Evan Cooper...... Director of Player Personnel Nickname...... Owls Frisman Jackson...... Passing Game Coord. / WRs Adam DiMichele...... Director of Player Development E.J. Barthel...... Coordinator of On-Campus Recruiting School Colors...... Cherry (201C) & White Elijah Robinson...... Defensive Run Game Coord. DL Athletics Website...... www.OwlSports.com Mike Siravo...... Def. Passing Game Coord. LBs Equipment Director of Athletics ...... Dr. Patrick Kraft Chris Wiesehan...... Sr. Offensive Asst. / RBs Greg Valenzisi...... Head Equipment Manager Assoc. AD/Chief of Staff (FB Admin.)...... Sean Padden Reggie Garrett...... Graduate Assistant - Defense Jon Jimenez...... Assistant Equipment Manager Conference...... American Athletic Omar Hales...... Graduate Assistant - Defense Website...... www.theAmerican.org John Loughery...... Graduate Assistant - Offense Operations Rob Dvoracek...... Student Assistant Coach - Defense Scott Wallace...... Director of Football Operations Ryan Kelly...... Asst. Dir. of Football Operations FOOTBALL INFORMATION Damiere Shaw...... Student Assistant Coach - Offense Sam Diamond...... Coord. of Football Staff Scheduling Stadium...... Brian Fallon...... Student Assistant ...... & Special Events/External Camp Liason Surface ...... Natural grass Nadia Harvin...... Administrative Specialist Dave Gerson...... Football Operations Assistant Capacity ...... 69,596 First Season of Football...... 1894 Academics Strength & Conditioning All-Time Record...... 463-572-52 Emily DeRatt...... Academic Advisor Jeremy Scott...... Head Strength & Conditioning Head Coach...... Matt Rhule (Penn State ‘97) Da’Mon Merkerson...... Academic Advisor Brandon Washington...... Asst. Strength & Conditioning Reid Vanderlinden...... Academic Advisor Kevin Kroboth...... Asst. Strength & Conditioning Career Record...... 19-21 Pat Boyle...... Asst. Strength & Conditioning Temple Record...... 19-21 Athletic Trainers 2015 Record...... 10-4 overall Al Bellamy...... Director of Athletic Training Video American Conference Record (finish)...... 7-1 (1st-East) Masahiro Takahagi...... Assistant Athletic Trainer Matt Delgado...... Video Coordinator Offensive Alignment...... Pro Spread Zac White...... GA — Medicine Joseph Calise ...... Assistant Video Coordinator Defensive Alignment...... 4-3 Lettermen Returning...... 37/21 Compliance Quinton Smith...... Starters Returning/Lost...... 12/12 ...... Asst. AD - Compliance & Student-Athlete Affairs

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8:35-10:35am 9:10-11:20am TBD 7:55-10:35am 8:40-9:35am 12:00pm Players day off Practice Practice Practice Practice Walk-through Kickoff at Penn State 11:30am 11:00am-1:00pm Player interviews AAC Conference Call 12:00 noon 12:20-12:30pm Matt Rhule Matt Rhule Press conference MID-WEEK Interview Requests Media Parking On the Airwaves All interview requests for players, coaches or staff mem- Media parking at Lincoln Financial Field is available on a Temple University will produce a radio broadcast of all bers should be directed to the Athletic Communications limited basis. Please contact Rich Burg in Athletic Com- football games. This season, the broadcast can be heard staff. munications at (215) 204-0876 for availability. on 97.5 The Fanatic. The Fanatic, a Greater Media station powered by ESPN, is Philadelphia’s first FM sta- Practice Regulations Media Will-Call / Entrance tion and is home to the and Philadel- Head coach Matt Rhule and select players will be avail- Media attending games at Lincoln Financial Field must phia 76ers. For additional information about The Fanatic able for brief interviews following daily practices early in enter on the west side of the stadium (facing 11th St.) and to listen online, log on to the station’s website at: the week. Advance notice is required to the Department across from the Wells Fargo Center. Credentials left at www.975thefanatic.com of Athletic Communications. Photographers and videog- will-call must be picked up at that entrance only. raphers are permitted to shoot the last 15 minutes of On the Internet practice. Otherwise, all practices are closed to all individ- Press Box Phone (267) 570-4453 For the latest info on Temple Football, log on to Temple uals except Temple football personnel. Athletics’ web site, www.OwlSports.com. In addition to Telephone Services live stats and audio of all games, fans can watch video Please make interview requests by 24 hours in advance. All seat locations and photographer work areas at Lin- of weekly press luncheons, head coach Matt Rhule’s Player interviews take place on Tuesdays during the sea- coln Financial Field have complimentary lines for high- post-game press conferences, and the most up-to-date son, prior to Coach Rhule’s weekly press conference. speed Internet access as well as local and 800 tele- information on the Owls. The Owls practice on Chodoff Field at the Edberg-Olson phone service. Wireless internet access is also available Hall facility, located at 10th and Diamond Streets. and pool phones will be accessible in the press box for outgoing calls. If you need more services, please contact Weekly Football Release Athletic Communications. To access Temple’s weekly football release, please log Football Communications on to www.OwlSports.com. The weekly release will in- Statistics Complete individual and team statistics and play-by-play Rich Burg clude updated game notes, schedule, depth chart, and Assistant AD Football game-by-game wrap-ups. Team and individual statistics will be distributed throughout the press box at the con- Communications will be posted to the website as well. clusion of each quarter. O: (215) 204-0876 C: (215) 356-3952 Weekly Media Luncheon Locker Room Policy Matt Rhule’s weekly media luncheon is held each week Temple maintains a closed locker room policy. [email protected] at Edberg-Olson Hall on the main campus (10th & Dia- Football Contact / mond Streets, 2nd floor). Please check the weekly game- Post-Game Interview Procedures Credential Requests notes for luncheon schedule. Following games, head coaches and players from both teams are made available to the media. Please take the GAME DAY elevator to the street level and proceed across the lobby Credentials (to the right of the Touchdown Club). Follow the signs to Conor Semple All requests for home games must be made through the media conference rooms, located on the east side Graduate Extern Athletic Communications. Season credentials should of the stadium. Each team will utilize an interview room Athletic Communications adjacent to its respective locker room. Please address be requested in the preseason and game-by-game cre- C: (516) 236-0070 player requests to the Temple Athletic Communications dentials must be requested at least one week prior to conor.semple@ staff and the visiting school’s sports information repre- the game. Local media requesting credentials for a road temple.edu sentative by the 10-minute mark of the fourth quarter. game must have that request into Athletic Communica- Secondary tions two weeks prior to the contest (preceding Monday) Football Contact by submitting in writing on company letterhead by e-mail Taxi Cabs ([email protected]). For transportation to and from Lincoln Financial Field, it 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

TEMPLE’S TUFF GUYS

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. Five players have carried over the honor from last season. Avery Williams, Sean Chandler, and Stephaun Marshall have donned their numbers since 2014. Four vacancies were filled at the start of the 2016 season - , Jacob Martin, , and Phillip Walker. Here is a list of Temple’s TUFF Guys:

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Ventell Avery Sean Nick Jahad Stephaun Haason Phillip Jacob BRYANT WILLIAMS CHANDLER SHARGA THOMAS MARSHALL REDDICK WALKER MARTIN r-Sophomore r-Senior Junior r-Junior Senior r-Senior r- Senior Senior Junior

COMING BACK HOME SHARIF’S BLOCK PARTY Head coach Matt Rhule returns to face the program that he played for as a linebacker Sharif Finch is now the active leader for punt blocks in the NCAA. Here is a list of the from 1994-1997. He then began his career as a volunteer coaching assistant for the top kick blockers in the nation. Nittany Lions during the 1998 season. Rhule, however, isn’t the only coach on the staff Blocks GP Pos Name School Cl. that has ties back to Happy Valley. Defensive line coach Elijah Robinson played as a 5 25 DL Sharif Finch Temple Sr defensive tackle from 2004-2008 before taking a graduate assistant position for the 4 11 DL Chris Odom Ark St Sr team from 2007-2011. After receiving a promotion to become a defensive line coach 4 12 OL Dan Skipper Arkansas Sr during the 2011-2012 season, Robinson took up the same position with Temple. Head 3 12 DB Kieron Williams Nebraska Jr strength and conditioning coach Jeremy Scott also spent 14 seasons at Penn State as 3 12 DL Rob Bain Illinois Sr the speed development coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach for the 3 13 DL Kemoko Turay Rutgers Jr football program. 3 13 DL B.J. Singleton Houston Sr

WE ARE…. ’S FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM RHULING THE AIRWAVES Temple head coach Matt Rhule has become a hot commodity in the Philadelphia market According to a Reddit poll taken on July 12, 2016, Temple is Pennsylvania’s favorite and nationally as a regular guest on some of the biggest and best shows. Here is a football team. 59% of 478 people voted for the Owls as their favorite schedule of his weekly broadcast commitments this season: team in the state of Pennsylvania. Temple received 30% more votes than legendary Tuesdays program Penn State. The last time Temple played Penn State, the Owls defeated them 12:00-12:45pm TUTV Inside the Nest 27-10 in the 2015 season opener. The Owls are a surging program that is opening eyes live press conference with reporters wrap around across the country. 12:45pm KYW Radio Reporter’s Roundup with Matt Leon

DOUBLING DOWN Thursdays The last time Penn State played Temple and Pittsburgh back-to-back in the same sea- 11:00-11:10am WIP Radio Ike Reese and Michael Barkann show son, was 1997. They defeated Pittsburgh 34-17 and Temple 52-10 at Beaver Stadium. It’s the eighth time that Penn State has played both teams back-to-back (1943, 1948, 1949, Saturdays 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1997). It is the 31st time that Penn State is playing Pittsburgh and 9:45-10:00am 6ABC Temple Football Playbook Temple in the same year. weekly preview/review and feature segment

LET’S TALK ABOUT SACKS Temple’s defense sacked Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg 10 times last year in the ALL THE WRIGHT STUFF Owls’ season-opening victory, the most for any FBS defense over the course of the Head coach Matt Rhule fulfilled his promise from a week ago to play running back Isaiah season. Coincidentally, Temple managed to hold Penn State to the same amount of Wright. The true freshman rushed for 42 yards on seven carries against Stony Brook. points as they dominated the game 27-10, defeating their in-state rival for the first time Rhule had nothing but great things to say about him after the game. “[Former Temple since the 1941 season. RB] Joe Jones. Wright kind of reminds me of Joe. The key thing to me is Isaiah Wright is a true freshman. He’s learned everything. He hasn’t learned everything great. He has a WELL COORDINATED ways to go in the protections and all of that, but he’s a good football guy.” Penn State’s new offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead’s fast-paced offensive scheme has helped the Nittany Lions average 36 points per game this season. Before joining the Nittany Lions, Moorhead was head coach of FCS Fordham University for four years (2012-2015). On September 14, 2013, he led the Rams to a one-point win over the Owls (30-29) by taking a 20-7 advantage into the third quarter on one passing TD, one rush- ing TD, and two field goals. It would be Rhule’s only loss to a Division I FCS school during his four years at Temple, which was his first year at the helm as head coach of INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS the Owls. Name...... Category...... No...... NCAA/AAC K Austin Jones...... Field goal %...... 100.0...... t-1/t-1 KEEPING IT FRESH ...... Field Goals per Game...... 1.50...... t-25/t-4 While the 2016 Temple football team is stocked with experienced upperclassmen, the Owls have been infused with freshmen talent. Last season just four true freshmen saw QB Phillip Walker...... Passing Yards per Completion...... 12.70...... 49/3 game action through the 14-game season. By week two this year, 27 freshmen have game experience, including nine true freshmen. WR Keith Kirkwood...... Receiving Touchdowns...... 2...... t-24/t-4

DB Sean Chandler...... Punt Return Average...... 16.8...... 12/1 BLOCK PARTY On the strength of an FBS high 5 blocked punts in 2015, Temple has been among the best in blocking kicks during the Matt Rhule era. Thanks to Sharif Finch’s block in the season opener against Army, Temple is now tied for 2nd most blocked kicks since collegepressbox.com is the official media website for Division I football. 2015. For Finch, that was his fifth career blocked punt which leads the nation among Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media active players. guides, headshots, logos and more for each conference and its member Total 2016 2015 2014 2013 Punts FGs/PATs Georgia Tech...... 16 2 3 6 5 0-2-2-3 2-1-4-2 schools. Apply for access at www.collegepressbox.com/password. Temple...... 15 1 7 5 2 1-5-3-2 0-2-2-0 BYU...... 15 0 8 3 4 0-3-1-0 0-5-2-4 Air Force...... 12 0 3 3 6 0-0-1-0 0-3-2-6 Alabama...... 12 1 6 2 3 0-3-0-1 1-3-2-2 USC...... 11 1 2 2 6 0-0-0-3 0-2-2-3

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TEMPLE AT A GLANCE...

Temple is the 4th largest media market in the country, Temple has over 300,000 alumni around the world in- locally, Temple had over 14.8 million viewers in the Phil- with over 2.9 million TV homes according to Nielsen rat- cluding over 170,000 alumni that live in the Philadelphia adelphia market. (There is not data available for the ings. The designated market area (DMA) is 7.6 million. DMA. remaining two games televised on CBSSN).

Temple is located in a region of 6.53 million people, and Temple’s athletic department has 19 sports and 500 stu- Temple’s athletic facilities are among the finest in the is only 95 miles from NYC and 120 miles from Washing- dent athletes. country. The football team plays its games in the NFL ton DC. In fact, more than 40% of the US population is stadium operated by the and there within a days drive from Philadelphia. Temple has been bowl eligible 5 out of the last 7 years are ongoing discussions to build an on campus football and finished 10-4 last year, winning the AAC East Divi- stadium as well. The area is a state-of-the- Temple is the 26th largest public University in the coun- sion and being ranked in the Top 25 for several weeks. art facility with a capacity crowd of 10,000. Over the last try with over 38,000 students founded in 1884 and four years Temple has spent over $50 million for athlet- has 404 academic programs including 5 professional Temple posted the largest attendance gain during the ics multi-purpose facilities with all the athletic facilities schools of law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and po- 2015 season, playing in front of an average home crowd being state-of-the-art. diatry. of 44,159, an increase of 20,789 per game. This excite- ment led ESPN to bring their popular pregame show, The University itself has over $400 million planned for Temple is a Research I institution, a Carnegie Classifica- Game Day, to Philadelphia. capital projects over the next five years including a $170 tion in 2015 as the highest level and ranked by US News million state-of-the-art library. and World Report at 115 (6th) with an overall graduation The Temple game played against Notre Dame had a rate of 70%, and has a full time retention rate for under- 3.9 national rating and an 18.1 local rating. It was ABC’s The men’s basketball team is led by the AAC Coach of graduate students at 89%. highest ranking game ever in the Philadelphia area the Year, , and is the reigning AAC regular which is impactful given Philadelphia is the 4th largest season basketball champions. The basketball program Temple is one of 11 institutions in the country with multi- media market in the country. is the 5th winningest program in the history of college year APR scores of 970 or greater for all teams includ- basketball. ing a 2015 multi-years APR score of 971. Out of the 10 football games televised on ABC/ESPN

GOLDEN/RHULE FIGHTIN’ PHILS In the early 2000’s, Temple’s football program was in a state of despair. Coach Bobby Two of Temple’s marquee figures for 2016 both have the first name Phil. First there’s QB Wallace (1998-2005) had a 19-71 overall record and was coming off three consecutive Phillip Walker, who has been a four-year starter. During his time at Temple, Walker has seasons with two wins or less (0-11 in 2005). The culture and effectiveness of the pro- accumulated 18 wins, most career total yards for any individual Temple football player gram started to change once took the reins. After a shaky 1-11 start in his (8,327) and holds nearly every passing record. The other Phil is defensive coordinator first season, Golden led the team to a 26-23 record in the next four seasons. During Phil Snow. Entering his fourth year with the Owls, the team has steadily improved its that time, the team had its first season above .500 since 1990, and went to its first bowl defense season-by--season under his guidance. In 2014, he helped the Owls rank first game since 1979. The wealth of success continued with , as the Owls in almost every single defensive category in the AAC, fourth nationally in scoring de- got a win in the Gildan, New Mexico Bowl during the 2011 season. From there, the reins fense, and tied for first nationally in recoveries (19). He also served a big role in were handed over to current head coach Matt Rhule in 2013. After finishing 2-10 in his the mentoring of senior LB Tyler Matakevich, who won the Chuck Bednarik Award and first season, Rhule has improved the team’s win total each year by four games, high- Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded to the nation’s top defender. Both Phils look to be key lighted by the 2015 season when Temple finished 10-4 and won the AAC East Cham- contributors in a promising 2016 season for the Owls. pionship. Other accomplishments include the Owls getting off to their first 7-0 start (2015), having the program’s first defensive player of the year (Tyler Matakevich, 2015), TOTE THE RYQ and their first win over Penn State in 73 years. After continuing to have great recruiting To keep star RB Jahad Thomas fresh this season, head coach Matt Rhule plans to have classes, the Owls have high hopes of success for many years to come. more of a steady rotation which will include help from RB Ryquell Armstead. He and Jager Gardner were the only freshmen to see action for the Owls’ offense last year. In GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME Armstead’s first start against Tulane in 2015, he scored two touchdowns. He got the After a disappointing 2013 season with a 2-10 record for the Owls during Matt Rhule’s 2016 opening day start and was 16-77-1TD rushing. first year as a head coach, the theme going into the 2014 season was learning how to finish. The talent was there as the Owls lost seven games by 10 or fewer points UNDISPUTED CHAMP in 2013. In 2014, Rhule led the Owls to four more wins, and beat their first SEC team The nickname “Champ” belongs to the second team all-conference safety Sean Chan- (Vanderbilt). With the program back on the map, the 2015 Owls continued to improve dler. One of three Owls to start in every game last year, he has quickly become one as they finished with a 10-4 season and won the AAC East crown after only being in the of the most important players on Temple’s roster. In fact, he was moved from corner conference for three years. Although losing seven players to the NFL was a huge loss, to safety this offseason to take advantage of his play-making skills. During the 2015 the team has a lot of returning starters coming back to the squad for the 2016 season. season, he was third in the conference and 32nd nationally in pass breakups. He’s Four-year starting QB Phillip Walker and all-conference RB Jahad Thomas are expected also earned the respect of his teammates as being the first freshman ever to be given to be the leaders for a very talented offense. The defense will be led by shut down DB one of the prestigious single digit numbers, awarded to Temple’s nine toughest players Sean Chandler and DL Haason Reddick. Phil Snow has also proven the past three years each season. that he is one of the best defensive coordinators in the country. UNFINISHED BUSINESS WE’RE MOVIN’ ON UP In the team’s third year being in the American Athletic Conference, the Owls won the The Owls saw seven players go to the pros after a very successful 2015 season. Three Eastern Division but fell just short of the conference championship. Their only two con- of those players (CB Tavon Young, DL Matt Ioannidis, and LB Tyler Matakevich) were ference losses came on the road against South Florida, 44-23, and in the conference drafted in rounds 4-7. Young (Ravens) and Matakevich (Steelers) made the opening day championship game to Houston, 24-13. With both teams expected to be at the top of the rosters while Ioannidis (Redskins) is on the practice squad. Other free agent pickups in conference again, a match-up at home against South Florida in October, and a possible the NFL from the 2015 squad include OLs Kyle Friend and Shahbaz Ahmed, and WRs rematch with Houston in the conference championship, provides a lot of motivation for and Brandon Shippen. Anderson made the Jets opening day roster. the Owls to prove they are the AAC’s top squad in 2016. SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS LOST OUR BEST FRIEND Super Bowl 50 saw the Denver Broncos defeat the 24-10 in a low Kyle Friend was one of the undisputed leaders for the Owls’ offensive line and team for scoring battle. A huge key to the success of the Broncos that day was the kicking of the past few seasons. Heading off to the pros to play for the , Temple’s Brandon McManus who went 3/3 on field goals and tacked on one extra point. He also 2016 squad will look for fresh faces to lead the offensive line. The unit will lean on the happens to be a proud Temple grad. Like McManus, Temple has a number of alumni experience of senior , who had 26 starts at left tackle entering the season who have experienced success on the NFL’s biggest stage. Out of the 21 times that and earned 4th team All-American honors. Other players with experience that look to an alum from Temple has played in the Super Bowl, 16 of them happen to be on the be key for the Owls in the 2016 season include redshirt senior Brandon McGowan, and winning team. Notable names include former Ravens’ RB Bernard Pierce (2011), former redshirt juniors Brian Carter and Leon Johnson. 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 was also an offensive coordinator for the Steelers in 2009, helping head coach Mike Tomlin win his first Super Bowl that year.

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OWL SCHOLARS

In an effort to recognize the outstanding academic ac- versity’s founder Russell Conwell, Acres of Diamonds. complishments of Temple University’s student-athletes, The three stars above the regal owl symbolize the Temple Athletics introduced the Owl Scholars Program three different ways a student-athlete can earn the in the Fall of 2016. Through team apparel, student-ath- honor of having the patch included on their uniform/ letes on all of Temple’s 19 sports regularly have the op- game warm-up: portunity to wear items that represent their athletic lives while on campus or in the classroom; the Owl Scholars - completion of a Temple University degree prior to the Program aims to accomplish the reverse - provide an beginning of the start of the season easily identifiable symbol of academic success for stu- - earning a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 prior dent-athletes to wear on their respective field or court to the beginning of the start of the season of competition. - earning a 3.0 semester grade point average in the previous semester The Owl Scholars Patch has been designed to pay homage to the rich history of the Temple Owls, while 42 Football players will wear the patch this season. invoking images of the infamous speech of Temple Uni-

CERTIFIED “G” SUPER FREAK Temple’s coaching staff is virtually intact from a year ago except for the loss of Marcus Redshirt senior Haason Reddick is arguably one of the most athletic players in the Satterfield who left to become head coach at Tennessee Tech. Replacing him on the country. This year he was ranked #6 on FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman’s annual “Freak” staff is George DeLeone while Glenn Thomas was promoted to offensive coordinator. list. Standing at 6’1 and 235 lbs., Reddick played as a running back and safety in high Thomas will be in his first year serving as Temple’s OC, and has had a lot of success school. When he got to Temple, Rhule and Snow had the presence of mind to switch before. He served as the QB coach for the Atlanta Falcons from (2012-2014) and helped him to strong side linebacker and then to defensive end last year, which he excelled Matt Ryan have some of his most successful seasons. In 2015 as a QB coach for Tem- at. During his redshirt junior year, he led the team in QB hurries (5), and was 9th in the ple he continued to aid the growth of current QB Phillip Walker. DeLeone brings in 46 conference in tackles for losses (12.5). Reddick will be counted on as a key versatile years of coaching experience and returns to Temple for a second tour of duty. He spent defensive end for Snow’s defense during the 2016 season. the past two seasons with the ’ offensive line. There he continued to mentor LT Joe Thomas and former C Alex Mack, who are considered to be two of the AUSTIN POWERS best offensive linemen in the NFL. In 2015, Temple received so many team and individual awards that most overlook the record breaking season kicker Austin Jones had. Last year, Jones broke the record for NO DOUBTING THOMAS most field goals made in a season (23), most points by a kicker (113), and best field goal The Owls know they have a special player in RB Jahad Thomas. In his two seasons percentage for anyone with over 20 attempts (82.1 %). The junior is now third all-time in as a starting RB, Thomas is 10th all-time in rushing yards for the Owls (1,646) and 7th in field goals made and seventh all-time in points scored for Temple (189). all-purpose yards (3,232). He was awarded first team all-conference honors last year as he had 1,262 yards on the ground while scoring 17 touchdowns. Expectations are very NO FAULT IN OUR STARZYK high for Thomas and the offense entering the 2016 season. The special team’s unit looks to have a big year as they return punter Alex Starzyk. He Head coach Matt Rhule had some strong words to say about one of his star players, joined the Owls as a freshman walk-on in 2014 and has held the #1 punter role ever “I think Jahad is just trying to be great. He’s just 100 percent all-in. Sometimes seniors since. During the 2015 season, the junior was fourth in the conference for punting aver- are either thinking about their future - their friends, family, everyone is talking the future, age and 5th in the conference for punts inside the 20. The season helped him rank 6th the future, the future - and they forget about the present, they forget about their senior all-time for Temple in terms of punt average (40.3). year, and it actually hurts, or they’re 1,000 percent bought into the team in their senior year and having fun with their teammates. And Jahad appears to be, based upon his STELLA actions, to be 1,000 percent bought into having a great senior year with the way he has Making her debut as the mascot for the Temple Owls’ football team in 2013 and con- practiced, everything that he’s doing.” tinuing this season is Stella, a three-pound, seven-year old, great horned owl from the Elmwood Park Zoo. After her first season as Temple’s mascot, Stella was named one of FROM DOYLESTOWN BY WAY OF FLORIDA the top five feathered mascots by the NCAA. Weekdays, she works as an educational Two of Temple’s tight ends - Colin Thompson and Jake O’Donnell - have quite a few animal, teaching the virtues of wildlife conservation. Having been raised as a pet illegal- things in common. Both are graduate students, and are natives of Doylestown, Pa. An- ly in Utah, she is accustomed to humans and, in fact, views herself as one. She shares other similarity that the two have is that they both first chose to play college football in an enclosure with her boyfriend, Sherlock, who gets jealous when Stella basks in the Florida (O’Donnell at Miami and Thompson at Florida). Not even playing in the sunshine limelight, but there’s always a price to pay for being a celebrity. state could keep these two great football players from returning to their home state and to one of college football’s fastest rising programs. Thompson transferred to Temple in NFL IRONMAN 2014 and is entering his third season here. O’Donnell joins the Owls this season with A recent survey was taken among all of the FBS College Football SIDs, about current one year of eligibility remaining. employees in FBS college football right now with 20+ years of NFL non-playing experi- ence. Tied for first with UCLA head coach Jim Mora was Temple’s head athletic trainer SNOW PATROL Al Bellamy, with 25 years of NFL experience. Bellamy, who is going into his fourth Phil Snow has proven he is one of the most formidable defensive coordinators in the season here at Temple, started off in 1988 as an athletic training assistant with the country. Entering his fourth season with the Owls, the team has steadily improved its Washington Redskins and was part of the staff that won Super Bowl XXVI. After his time defense each season under Snow’s guidance, especially last season. In 2014, he led in Washington, he moved to get a head athletic training position with the Detroit Lions, the Owls to a #1 rank in almost every single defensive category in the AAC, fourth na- where he stayed with the team for 12 years. tionally in scoring defense, and tied for first nationally in fumble recoveries (19). Snow looks to lead the defense as the best in the conference again for the 2016 season. BOYS TO MEN WILD BOYZ After the practice on Friday, August 19th, head coach Matt Rhule made a comment after Third year defensive line coach Elijah Robinson looks to have another loaded group practice about how pleased he was with grades, on the field success, and the players for the 2016 season. The unit will be led by DE Haason Reddick who received all-con- growing as men. “My number one job is to tell our kids the reason why we’re at Temple ference honors last year. Praise Martin-Oguike and Sharif Finch are experienced play- is to make something great, but the first thing is building great people, great men, and makers, and Jacob Martin and Avery Ellis will add some much needed depth to rush that’s who they are in the classroom, that’s who they are as football players, and that’s the quarterback. In the past two years, Martin-Oguike recorded the most sacks out of who they are as people. Whether that’s community service or the way they interact with anyone on the team (11.5). Finch has 4.5 TFL along with 5.0 sacks over the past three people....And if you have guys who are interested in school and care about football, seasons. Senior Averee Robinson looks to anchor the middle of the defensive line with then you’ll have a great team. Some people don’t look at it that way, they believe that it’s help from Freddie Booth-Lloyd, Michael Dogbe and Jullian Taylor. just their job to win. But at Temple, we believe it’s our job to take care of the kids first.”

GRADUATES 28 MEN DEEP In a recent poll that surveyed how many graduates each division one school had on In a display of impressive depth, the Temple defense saw 28 different players record its roster, Temple finished tied for third with five other schools having 11 graduates on tackles in a week two shutout victory over Stony Brook. Among those 28 were nine the team. The list of graduates include TE Romond Deloatch, TE Jake O’Donnell, DB players who made the first tackle of their careers. , OL Adrian Sullivan, LB Avery Williams, DL Avery Ellis, DB Khiry Lucas, LB Stephaun Marshall, OL Brendan McGowan, DL Praise Martin-Oguike and TE Colin Thompson. The university is very proud of these individuals for achieving academic success.

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QUARTERBACKS Gone from a year ago are three of the top four receivers: CURRENT STREAKS The unit is headed once again by Glenn Thomas, who Robby Anderson (70-939-7TDs), John Christopher (20- ...... Consecutive GP/GS Pos came to the Owls after a successful seven-year run with 208), and Brandon Shippen Stephaun Marshall...... 40/2 WLB the Atlanta Falcons. This season, he adds the respon- (20-288-1). All three were Phillip Walker...... 36/35 QB sibility of offensive coordinator after the departure of seniors. Averee Robinson...... 36/3 NT Marcus Satterfield to become head coach at Tennessee Redshirt sophomore Sean Chandler...... 28/27 FS Tech. Ventell Bryant (39-579- Romond Deloatch...... 28/0 Thomas is credited with the contin- 3TDs), an emerging star, Artrel Foster...... 28/0 ued development of senior QB Phillip returns. Last season, Bry- Austin Jones...... 28/0 Walker. The unquestioned team leader ant shattered the freshman Bryant Kirkwood Corey Lerch...... 28/0 burst on the scene with 20 touchdowns record in receptions (22 – Praise Martin-Oguike...... 28/0 and over 2,000 passing yards in just Sean Szarka, 2012) and receiving yards (378 – Carlos Alex Starzyk...... 28/0 seven starts as a true freshman in 2013 Johnson, 1998). He has caught at least one pass in every Avery Ellis...... 26/1 DE Walker Nate L. Smith...... 25/0 before leveling off in 2014. Under Thom- game he has played. Brian Carter...... 22/0 as’ guidance, he continued to mature into Adonis Jennings transferred to Temple in 2015 after Dion Dawkins...... 21/7 LT a certified field general. He has already set the Temple his freshman campaign at Pitt. The Sicklerville, N.J., na- Jarred Alwan...... 20/5 MLB career marks for completions (625), touchdowns (55), tive and Timber Creek product enjoyed his return home Avery Williams...... 19/6 SLB yards (7,666) and wins by a starting quarterback (19), and and contributed with 14 catches for 146 yards and two Haason Reddick...... 16/4 DE is within striking distance of current leader Henry Burris touchdowns. Tom Bradway...... 16/0 in attempts (1,136 / 1,1113). Two receivers who redshirted last season are expect- Nate Hairston...... 16/2 CB Last season’s #2 quarterback was redshirt-sopho- ed to make big contributions in 2016. Redshirt soph- Adonis Jennings...... 16/1 WR more Frank Nutile. After spending his freshman year omore Brodrick Yancy was proving to be a tough slot Delvon Randall...... 16/2 SS recovering from a torn ACL, he appeared in four games receiver and valiantly fought to return from an injury in Nick Sharga...... 16/2 FB in limited mop-up duty. He was 3-for-3 for 40 yards and a game two, but was forced to the sidelines for the remain- Cequan Jefferson...... 13/0 touchdown in the homecoming win against Tulane. der of the season. Redshirt junior Keith Kirkwood, who Leon Johnson...... 13/2 RT Logan Marchi spent his freshman year redshirting transferred from Hawaii in 2014, has shown flashes of Sharif Finch...... 10/0 and is now poised to compete for the backup role. He brilliance but needs to be more consistent. David Hood...... 8/0 saw his first action against Stony Brook Redshirt sophomore Marshall Ellick continues to im- Michael Dogbe...... 6/0 The 2016 recruiting class sees the addition of Antho- prove. He played in five games a year ago, mostly on Ryquell Armstead...... 3/2 RB ny Russo (Philadelphia/Archbishop Wood). special teams and earned the 2016 most improved offen- Jovahn Fair...... 2/2 LG sive player in the spring. Chris Myarick...... 2/1 TE RUNNING BACKS The Owls are expecting redshirt freshman Cortrelle Jake O’Donnell...... 2/1 TE Leading the running backs this season will be Chris Wi- to make an impact as a receiver and as a return Chapelle Russell...... 2/1 LB Simpson Jullian Taylor...... 2/1 DT esehan, who coached Temple’s offensive line for the pre- specialist. Simpson impressed the coaches last season Freddie Booth-Lloyd...... 2/0 vious two seasons. while on the scout team – he was the only player to be Keith Kirkwood...... 2/0 Jahad Thomas, a first-team all-con- named scout team player of the week multiple times. Brendan McGowan...... 2/0 C ference player a year ago, returns for Redshirt sophomore Willie Smith, along with redshirt Jake Robinson...... 2/0 his senior season. In 2015, he scored at freshman Travon Williams, are former walk-ons who add Adrian Sullivan...... 2/2 RG least one rushing touchdown in the first depth. Kareem Ali...... 2/0 ten games and finished the year with 19 The 2016 recruiting class sees the additions of Fred- scores and 1,262 rushing yards. Along [North Fort Myers (Fla.) High], Jeremiah Atoki...... 2/0 Thomas die Johnson Randle Jones Cole Boozer...... 2/0 the way, he topped the century mark five [North Miami Beach (Fla.) High], Branden Mack (Wyn- Marshall Ellick...... 2/0 times, including a career-high 199 yards and cote, Pa. / Cheltenham), and Isaiah Wright (West Hart- Sam Franklin...... 2/0 three touchdowns on 31 carries against UCF. The former ford, Conn. / Kingswood-Oxford). Justin Bishop (Somers William Kwenkeu...... 2/0 defensive back is the established starter but should get Point, NJ / Mainland) was added as a walk-on. Khiry Lucas...... 2/0 help carrying the load from a talented group of young Cortrelle Simpson...... 2/0 runners. OFFENSIVE LINE Derrick Thomas...... 2/0 Last season, two true freshmen had limited opportu- The offensive line is under new leadership both on and Greg Webb...... 2/0 nities to run the ball but showed they had what it takes off the field. George DeLeone, a 46-year coaching veter- Brodrick Yancy...... 2/0 to succeed. Ryquell Armstead emerged from the start an, returns for his second tour of duty coaching Temple’s Patrick Anderson...... 1/0 of camp to earn a role spotting Thomas. He averaged offensive line. He was the teams’ offensive coordinator in Linwood Crump...... 1/0 five carries for 20 yards in the first five games, but was 2006-07 and tutored the offensive line in 2007. On the Mike DiFrancesco...... 1/0 hampered by an injury for most of the remainder of the field, the unit will be without the leadership of center Kyle Karamo Dioubate...... 1/0 Dan Drewes...... 1/0 season. He finished with 166 yards and two scores on Friend, who graduated. Friend, a three-time captain, was Jared Folks...... 1/0 43 carries. Jager Gardner was given the responsibility the cornerstone of the offensive line for the past three Jager Gardner...... 1/0 of kickoff returner by game seven and eventually earned seasons. Daishaun Grimes...... 1/0 snaps on offense. Nearly all of his 32 carries for the sea- Matt Hennessey...... 1/0 son were collected in the season’s final four games. He Benson Israel...... 1/0 set the school record with a 94-yard run from scrimmage Freddie Johnson...... 1/0 at SMU, scoring his lone touchdown of the year on his Randle Jones...... 1/0 way to his first career 100-yard game. Todd Jones...... 1/0 After redshirting in 2014, David Hood became a trust- Josh Lang...... 1/0 ed part of the offense last year. By midseason, he was in- Dawkins Fair McGowan Sullivan Dana Levine...... 1/0 serted into the third down packages and was the leading Johnson Logan Marchi...... 1/0 ball carrier (14-61-1TD) when Temple defeated #21 Mem- James McHale...... 1/0 phis. Inheriting the baton will be senior left tackle Dion Domenic Nigrelli...... 1/0 The 2016 recruiting class sees the addition of Tyliek Dawkins. Dawkins has started 28 games over the past Frank Nutile...... 1/0 Raynor (Philadelphia, Pa. / Imhotep). Jonny Forrest [New four seasons and earned fourth team All-America honors Jeromy Reichner...... 1/0 Rochelle (N.Y.) High] has been added as a walk-on. from Phil Steele following the 2015 campaign. Semaj Reed...... 1/0 Temple has three other linemen with starting expe- Rob Ritrovato...... 1/0 The fullback position is manned by two converted rience from a year ago. Redshirt senior Brendan Mc- Jaelin Robinson...... 1/0 linebackers who each walked on to the squad in 2014. Gowan has started 19 games over the past four seasons. Aaron Ruff...... 1/0 Redshirt junior was the only Temple player He started four games at center for Friend in 2015 and Chris Smith...... 1/0 Nick Sharga Benny Walls...... 1/0 to see action on both sides of the ball in 2015. He earned was the starting guard for most of the 2014 season. Bri- Travon Williams...... 1/0 the respect of his peers, being given a single-digit jersey an Carter clocked ten games at right guard last season Isaiah Wright...... 1/0 (#4) for his toughness. Redshirt freshman Rob Ritrovato and continues to improve. The redshirt junior is in just his was converted to fullback after contributing on special second full season on the O-line after converting from a teams as a true freshman in 2014. He suffered an injury defensive tackle in 2013. Redshirt junior Leon Johnson in the season opener and was forced to redshirt. started seven games at tackle last year and played in 12 as the Owls employed a six-man group. WIDE RECEIVERS In the past few seasons under head coach Matt Rhule, Frisman Jackson will coach the wide receivers for the Temple has looked to develop offensive linemen in one second straight year. He is the first to hold that position of two ways – convert from defense to offense or re- for two consecutive seasons since 2007-09 (Kevin Gil- cruit-redshirt-develop. Redshirt-junior Cole Boozer has bride Jr.). made the transition from tight end to defensive line to offensive line. Redshirt juniorsSemaj Reed and Adrian GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 6 • OwlSports.com

Sullivan, redshirt sophomores James McHale, Jaelin making him difficult to block. Dogbe had three tackles Robinson and Aaron Ruff, and redshirt freshmen Jovahn in the bowl game against Toledo and flashed brilliance TEMPLE ALL-TIME LEADERS Fair and Benson Israel have all been recruited to play at times throughout the season. Taylor was impressive in offensive line for Temple. With the graduation of Friend, camp but suffered an injury in the opener last year and Atts Name ...... Years Shahbaz Ahmed and , the opportunity is there missed the remainder of the season. 1,136 Henry Burris ...... 1993-96 for them to get on the field. The Owls redshirted three defensive linemen last sea- 1,071 Phillip Walker ...... 2001-05 Two walk-ons continue to develop. Nick Apostolu son. Two recruits - DeAndre Kelly, and Dana Levine - and Gordon Thomas were added in 2014 Thomas saw and walk-on Jeromy Reichner. All spent the year getting Comp Name ...... Years action in three games last season. bigger and stronger under the eye of the strength and 601 Phillip Walker...... 2013-16 The 2016 recruiting class sees the additions of Dar- conditioning coaches. 558 Henry Burris ...... 1993-96 ian Bryant (Philadelphia, Pa. / Chestnut Hill Academy) Added to the mix is redshirt sophomore transfer Hez and Matt Hennessy (Bardonia, N.Y. / Don Bosco Prep). Trahan. A Philadelphia native, Trahan redshirted at Pitt in Pass Yds Name ...... Years Dan Drewes [Dunmore (Pa.) High], Brendan Clark (Fa- 2014 after a stellar career at Roman Catholic. He sat out 7,666 Phillip Walker 2013-16. ther Judge / Philadelphia, Pa.), and Vincent Picozzi (Col- in 2015 before enrolling at Temple. 7,495 Henry Burris...... 1993-96 legeville, Pa. / Lansdale Catholic) have been added as a The 2016 recruiting class sees the additions of Dan walk-ons. Archibong [Springfield (Pa.) High],Karamo Dioubate Pass TDs Name ...... Years (Philadelphia / Prep Charter), Quincy Roche (Randall- 55 Phillip Walker...... 2013-16 TIGHT ENDS & FULLBACKS stown, Md. / New Town), Chris Tucker (Jackson, Tenn. / 49 Henry Burris ...... 1993-96 Ed Foley begins his fourth season as Temple’s tight ends Trinity Christian Academy), and Greg Webb [Sicklerville, coach and his second as the special teams coordinator. N.J. / Timber Creek / Hutchinson (Kan.) CC]. Redshirt senior Colin Thompson is fi- TDs Name...... Years nally fully recovered from foot injuries that LINEBACKERS 54 Bernard Pierce...... 2009-11 hampered him at Florida and brought the At the linebacker position, Mike Siravo will be responsi- 43 Paul Palmer...... 1983-86 Doylestown, Pa., native back home. Enter- ble for finding a replacement for Temple’s all-time lead- 24 Anthony Anderson...1975-78 ing his third and final season for Temple, ing tackler Tyler Matakevich. The starters all have experi- 23 Bruce Francis...... 2005-08 Thompson has been a major force in the ence, but the depth is still unproven. 21 Kenneth Harper...... 2011-14 21 Walter Washington.2003-04 improved run game and has made contri- Thompson Manning the mid- butions in the passing attack. dle is senior Jarred 21 Henry Hynoski...... 1972-74 Chris Myarick is a redshirt sophomore Alwan. He served 20 Jahad Thomas...... 2013-16 and former walk-on. He has seen limited action, mostly as a spot starter as on special teams. an underclassman Rush Yds Name...... Years Like Thompson, Jake O’Donnell is a graduate student but secured the 4,895 Paul Palmer...... 1983-86 3,570 Bernard Pierce ...... 2009-11 from Doylestown who has transferred from a Florida starting MLB role Marshall Alwan Williams school. O’Donnell has spent the past four years at Miami last season. Alwan 3,260 Tanardo Sharps ...... 1999-02 and joined the Owls in 2016 for his final year of eligibility. responded with 74 2,647 Matt Brown ...... 2009-12 Redshirt senior Romond Deloatch continues to im- tackles (second only to Matakevich), including 7.0 TFLs, 2,610 Anthony Anderson.. 1975-78 prove as a receiver, evident by his performance down and a career-high 1.5 sacks. He also ranked among the 2,383 Todd McNair ...... 1985-88 the stretch in 2015. While he ended the year with 20 conference leaders with 4 forced fumbles. 2,218 Henry Hynoski ...... 1972-74 receptions for 155 yards and three scores, 13 of those Redshirt seniors Stephaun Marshall (14 starts) and 1,943 Mark Bright ...... 1976-79 catches came in the final four games. Avery Williams (12 starts) shared the WLB duties for the 1,730 Harold Harmon ...... 1980-83 The 2015 recruiting class brought in Patrick Ander- past two seasons. Marshall is coming off a career-high in 1,646 Jahad Thomas...... 2013-16 son and Jake Robinson who spent the season redshirt- tackles, interceptions and forced fumbles. Williams had ing. Joining the squad as walk-ons last year was Domen- his best season as a tackler and added his first career Scoring Name...... Years ic Nigrelli. in 2015. 338 Brandon McManus . 2009-12 The 2016 recruiting class sees the additions of Steve Over the past two seasons, the Owls have recruited 324 Bernard Pierce ...... 2009-11 Petrick (North Huntingdon, Pa. / Norwin), Taiyir Wilson a few players who have redshirted while learning their 264 Paul Palmer ...... 1983-86 (Schwenksville, Pa. / Perkiomen Valley / Fork Union), and craft and building their strength. Jared Folks (2014 re- 228 Bill Wright ...... 1985-88 Kenny Yeboah (Allentown, Pa. / Parkland Senior). cruit) and Jeremiah Atoki, Daishaun Grimes, and Cha- 220 Don Bitterlich ...... 1973-75 pelle Russell (2015 class) are primed to make significant 197 Austin Jones ...... 2014-16 DEFENSIVE LINE contributions in 2016. 190 Cap Poklemba...... 1999-02 Once again, Elijah Robinson leads the “Wild Boyz,” the Todd Jones and Chris Smith are talented walk-ons nickname for Temple’s defensive line. Despite the losses who have earned playing time on special teams. Zach FGM Name...... Years of Matt Ioannidis, Hershey Walton and Nate D. Smith, the Mesday walked on in 2014 and has spent the better part 60 Brandon McManus . 2009-12 defensive line remains deep and talented. of the past two seasons rehabbing an injury. Kevin De- 46 Bill Wright ...... 1985-88 The end position has three Caesar and Mike DiFrancesco joined the team as walk- 39 Austin Jones...... 2014-16 players who each spent at ons in 2015 and continue to develop. least one season as a starter. The 2016 recruiting class sees the additions of Shaun INTs Name...... Years Redshirt senior Haason Red- Bradley (Mt. Holly, N.J. / Rancocas Valley) and William 20 Anthony Young ...... 1981-84 dick started opposite Smith Kwenkeu (Waldorf, Md. / St. Charles). Julian Mahan (Sick- 15 Mark McCants...... 1977-80 last season and was the unit’s lerville, N.J. / Timber Creek) was added as a walk-on. 13 Kevin Ross...... 1980-83 most productive player. He reg- 13 Bob Salla...... 1975-77 Martin-Oguike Reddick istered career highs in tackles CORNERBACKS 11 Sam Shaffer...... 1978-81 (45), TFLs (12.5) and sacks (5.0) Fran Brown will once again tutor the defensive backs. 11 Bob Mizia...... 1973-75 en route to all-conference honors. Praise Martin-Ogu- Like the other levels of the defense, Brown is tasked with 10 Terrance Leftwich....1999-02 ike, also a redshirt senior, emerged as a playmaker in replacing a player (Tavon Young) headed to the NFL. He 9 Jaiquawn Jarrett...... 2007-10 2014. In the past two years he has 67 tackles, 19.0 TFLs, is also without all-conference talent Sean Chandler who 9 Chonn Lacey...... 1998-01 and a team-leading 11.5 sacks and eight forced fumbles. has been moved to safety. 9 Dominique Harris.. 2006-09 Senior Sharif Finch has been hampered by knee injuries, Redshirt senior Nate Hair- 8 Eddie Parker...... 1984-87 but has played through them to contribute 78 tackles, 4.5 ston and redshirt junior Artrel 7 Tyler Matakevich...... 2012-15 TFLs, 5.0 sacks, and 2 interceptions over the past three Foster gave the Owls valu- 7 Tavon Young...... 2012-15 seasons. able snaps in the secondary 7 Todd Bowles...... 1982-85 Joining them on the outside are redshirt senior Av- last season, whether spotting 7 Robert Kneels...... 1977-79 ery Ellis and junior Jacob Martin. Both have played in Young (who nursed an injury) 7 Dwight Fulton...... 1971-73 Foster Hairston 25 games over the past two seasons and have provided or adding nickel coverage. 6 Kevin Kroboth...... 2008-11 quality snaps on defense while being core special teams Hairston was in just his first full 6 Sean Chandler...... 2014-16 players. season on defense after being converted from wide re- The anchor on the inside is ceiver. Both are among Temple’s best special teams per- expected to be senior Averee formers. Robinson. Robinson shared a The Owls are expecting big things from Kareem Ali. A starting spot with Walton last four-star recruit, Ali redshirted in 2015. season and finished with ca- Junior Cequan Jefferson is a talented athlete who reer-highs in tackles and TFLs. Robinson Booth-Lloyd has contributed on special teams while improving in the Redshirt sophomores Fred- secondary. die Booth-Lloyd and Michael Redshirt sophomore Derrek Thomas is making the Dogbe and redshirt junior Jullian Taylor provide some conversion from . experience. Booth-Lloyd combines size and quickness The 2016 recruiting class sees the additions of Kimere • 7 • 2016 Temple Football

Brown [Penns Grove (N.J.) High], Linwood Crump (South Amboy, N.J. / Piscataway / Sayerville), and Kareem Gaulden (Jersey City, N.J. / Lincoln).

SAFETIES Leading the safeties is defensive coordinator Phil Snow, a 40-year coaching veteran. Matt Rhule’s Record when... The position group lost three players to graduation - Alex Wells, Will Hayes and Boye Aromire. Tot. ‘16 ‘15 ‘14 ‘13 Overall...... 19-21 0-1 10-4 6-6 2-10 Junior Sean Chandler has started virtually every game at Home...... 10-10 1-1 5-1 3-3 1-5 of his college career. Last season, he led all Owl defensive Road...... 9-10 0-0 5-2 3-3 1-5 backs with 65 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, 1.0 sacks, a team-high four Neutral Site...... 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 interceptions and 10 pass break ups. Chandler returned Conference...... 12-12 0-0 7-1 4-4 1-7 two interceptions for touchdowns and finished the year as vs. Ranked Teams...... 2-5 0-0 1-2 1-0 0-3 a second team All-American Athletic Conference choice. Chandler Randall Overtime...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 His playmaking ability has spurred the switch from corner Homecoming...... 3-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 to safety this season. scoring first...... 15-7 1-1 7-2 5-2 2-2 One returner with starting experience is redshirt senior Nate L. Smith. Smith saw scoring on first drive...... 6-1 0-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 action in each of the past two seasons, but was pressed into a starting role in 2015 and opp scores on first drive...... 2-8 0-0 2-2 0-3 0-3 did not disappoint. In seven starts, he contributed 54 tackles (fourth on the team) and winning coin toss...... 6-8 0-0 4-0 2-4 0-4 his first career interception. when leading at halftime...... 17-5 1-1 7-0 5-0 2-4 Delvon Randall was the only true freshman to earn playing time on defense. He when tied at halftime...... 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 played in all 14 games on defense and special teams. when trailing at halftime...... 2-15 0-0 2-4 0-5 0-6 Redshirt sophomore Jyquis Thomas was among the Owls top special teams players vs. teams over .500 (*)...... 5-14 1-0 3-4 1-4 0-6 last season and will be given an opportunity to play in the secondary in 2016. vs. teams at .500 (*)...... 1-2 0-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 Redshirt senior Khiry Lucas was hurt during the 2014 season and spent 2015 reha- vs. teams under .500 (*)...... 13-4 0-0 6-0 5-0 2-4 bilitating. He earned his degree but has a year of eligibility remaining. 300+ total offensive yards...... 16-15 1-0 9-3 4-3 2-9 The 2016 recruiting class sees the additions of Keyvone Bruton (Norfolk, Va. / Lake 400+ total offensive yards...... 5-3 0-0 3-0 1-0 1-3 500+ total offensive yards...... 2-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-2 Taylor), Sam Franklin (Crystal River, Fla. / Citrus / East Coast Prep), Isaiah Graham-Mo- 200+ offensive passing yards...... 10-14 0-0 4-3 4-2 2-9 bley (King of Prussia, Pa. / Upper Merion), Amir Tyler [Lakewood (N.J.) High], and Benny 300+ offensive passing yards...... 3-7 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-7 Walls (Cinnaminson, N.J. / St. Joe’s Prep). 400+ offensive passing yards...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 100+ offensive rushing yards...... 14-12 1-0 8-2 3-2 2-8 SPECIAL TEAMS 150+ offensive rushing yards...... 11-6 1-0 6-0 2-2 2-4 For the first time since the departure of Broncos Super Bowl 50 winner Brandon Mc- 200+ offensive rushing yards...... 7-2 0-0 5-0 1-0 1-2 Manus, Temple has a kicker worthy of consideration for the Lou Groza Award. Junior offense scores 20+ points...... 18-11 1-0 10-2 5-1 2-8 Austin Jones set the school record last season in field goals offense scores 30+ points...... 13-2 1-0 6-0 4-0 2-2 made (23) and points by a kicker (113). In fact, he had the offense scores 40+ points...... 4-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 same number of field goals and FG percentage as Memphis’ takeaways/turnovers are plus...... 10-3 1-0 5-1 4-1 1-1 Jake Elliott, who was the unanimous all-conference selection. takeaways/turnovers are even...... 4-2 0-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 Jones benefits from a steady combination of long snapper takeaways/turnovers are negative...... 4-16 0-1 3-2 1-5 0-8 Corey Lerch and holder Tom Bradway. Lerch has held down <=300 total defensive yards...... 10-2 1-0 5-0 4-1 1-1 <=400 total defensive yards...... 15-6 1-1 7-1 5-3 2-1 that spot since joining the team as a walk-on in 2014. Brad- Jones Starzyk way redshirted in 2014. <=500 total defensive yards...... 16-13 1-1 9-3 5-5 2-4 A third specialist who earned a spot as a walk-on in 2014 <=200 defensive passing yards...... 11-6 1-1 5-1 3-3 2-1 is punter Alex Starzyk. The strong-legged junior improved <=300 defensive passing yards...... 16-12 1-1 7-4 6-5 2-2 his punting average by four yards from 2014 with a 42.4-yard <=400 defensive passing yards...... 18-19 1-1 8-4 6-6 2-8 average in 2015. <=100 defensive rushing yards...... 11-4 1-0 7-1 2-2 1-1 Redshirt junior LS Josh Lang and redshirt freshman K <=150 defensive rushing yards...... 14-6 1-0 8-1 4-3 1-2 <=200 defensive rushing yards...... 17-12 1-0 9-2 5-4 1-6 Jake Geiger continue to push the incumbents. defense allows <=10 points...... 9-0 1-0 4-0 5-0 0-0 A.J. Lenkaitis (Exeter, Pa. / Wyoming Area), Dan McDon- Lerch Bradway defense allows <=20 points...... 12-2 1-0 7-0 4-2 1-0 ald (Warrington, Pa. / Archbishop Wood) and Aaron Boumerhi * - at season’s end (Philipsburg, Pa. / Philipsburg-Osceola) were added as walk-ons this spring.

ACTIVE OWLS IN THE PROS [as of September 4, 2016] OWLS COACHING IN THE NFL Name (Years Lettered) Team Pos. Bruce Arians, HC (1983-89) Head Coach Keith Armstrong, RB (1983-86) Atlanta Falcons Special Teams Robby Anderson (2011-13, 2015) New York Jets WR Todd Bowles, DB (1982-85) New York Jets Head Coach Junior Galette (2006-08) Washington Redskins DL Al Holcomb, GA (1996) Carolina Panthers Linebackers Matt Ioannidis (2012-15) Washington Redskins DL Amos Jones, ST (1983-88) Arizona Cardinals Special Teams Tyler Matakevich (2012-15) LB Nick Rapone, LB (1983-88, 1999-2005) Arizona Cardinals Linebackers Brandon McManus (2009-12) Denver Broncos K/P Kevin Ross, DB (1980-83) Arizona Cardinals Secondary Rod Streater (2010-11) San Francisco 49ers WR Tahir Whitehead (2008-11) Detroit Lions LB Muhammad Wilkerson (2008-10) New York Jets DL Tavon Young (2012-15) Baltimore Ravens DB

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Tim Brown (2004, 06) British Columbia Lions RB Henry Burris (1993-96) Ottawa RedBlacks QB Devin Tyler (2006-09) Winnipeg Blue Bombers OL

ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE Derek Dennis (2007-11) Arizona Rattlers OL Colin Madison (2007-10) San Jose SaberCats OL Darius Morris (2006-07, 2009-10) Arizona Rattlers OL Jeremy Schonbrunner (2009-11) Tampa Bay Storm OL Wayne Tribue (2008-11) Philadelphia Soul OL

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Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Tenure of AAC Head Coaches Matt where they crushed Wyo- Coach ...... Date Hired ming, 37-15 – Temple’s first Ken Niumatololo, Navy...... 12/8/07 RHULE postseason victory since Willie Taggert, USF...... 12/7/12 the 1979 Garden State Bowl. Head Coach Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati...... 12/8/12 Rhule mentored two-time Matt Rhule, Temple...... 12/17/12 first-team All-MAC selection Penn State ‘97 Bob Diaco, UConn...... 12/12/13 TE Evan Rodriguez. For the Chad Morris, SMU...... 12/1/14 10th Year at Temple (4th as Head Coach) second time in Rhule’s ten- Philip Montgomery, Tulsa...... 12/11/14 On December 17, 2012, Matt ure, the Owls set the Tem- Youngest FBS Head Coaches Tom Herman, Houston...... 12/15/14 Rhule (pronounced RULE) ple single-season rushing (as of September 1, 2016) Scott Frost, UCF...... 12/1/15 returned to North Broad yardage record and rushing Coach ...... Age (DOB) Mike Norvell, Memphis...... 12/3/15 Street to take the helm as touchdowns records behind Mike Norvell, Memphis...... 34 (10/11/81) Willie Fritz, Tulane...... 12/11/15 head coach of the Temple the explosive efforts of All- P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan...... 35 (11/29/80) Scottie Montgomery, East Carolina...... 12/13/15 Owls. Following six seasons MAC junior running backs Tyson Summers, Georgia Southern...... 36 (4/11/80) as one of Al Golden’s top as- Bernard Pierce and Matt Neal Brown, Troy...... 36 (3/11/80) sistants, he joined the New Brown. Matt Campbell, Iowa State ...... 36 (11/29/79) York Giants as the assis- In 2010, Rhule helped guide the team to an 8-4 regular-season record, and the Owls Jason Candle, Toledo...... 36 (11/12/79) tant offensive line coach in recorded back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1978-79, including their Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech...... 37 (8/9/79) 2012. He is now in his fourth first win over a BCS team. The Owls recorded the largest margin of victory (42 points Nick Rolovich, Hawaii...... 37 (2/16/79) year as the 26th Owls head against Buffalo) in a MAC game. A school record six offensive players earned All-MAC Seth Littrell, North Texas...... 38 (6/24/78) coach and 10th on the Tem- honors, including repeat first-team honorees OL Colin Madison, OL Darius Morris, and Scottie Montgomery, East Carolina...... 38 (5/26/78) ple campus. RB Bernard Pierce as well as first-time honoree TE Evan Rodriguez. D.J. Durkin, Maryland...... 38 (1/15/78) Prior to the start of his first In 2009, Rhule’s offense helped TU win a single-season record nine consecutive Barry Odom, Missouri...... 39 (11/26/76) season in charge, he of- games en route to a 9-4 overall record and first-place tie in the MAC East. Under Rhule’s Bryan Harsin, Boise State...... 39 (11/1/76) fered that his squad would guidance, the Owls set the Temple single-season rushing yardage record. A school Willie Taggart, South Florida ...... 40 (8/27/76) produce an exciting brand record five offensive players were named All-MAC, including three on the Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech ...... 40 (7/30/76) of football and they would first team. All-American Bernard Pierce rushed his way into the Kirby Smart, Georgia...... 40 (12/23/75) improve as the season pro- Temple record book, re-writing all records for a rookie en Kalani Sitake, BYU...... 40 (10/10/75) gressed. Rhule delivered on route to 2009 MAC Freshman of the Year honors. Tom Herman, Houston...... 41 (6/2/75) those promises as the 2013 In 2008, Rhule took the reins as offensive coordinator, Matt Rhule, Temple...... 41 (1/31/75) Owls produced nearly 400 helping the Owls to their most wins in nearly two decades. Scott Frost, UCF...... 41 (1/4/75) yards per game of offense The Owls outscored their opponents for the season for the (the second best total in first time since 1990. Rhule coached All-MAC honorees C school history). Despite an 0-6 start to the season, the troops Alex Derenthal and school record holder WR Bruce Fran- never surrendered and the team never trailed at the start of the cis, while QB Adam DiMichele set the school record fourth quarter in the second half of the season. The mission in the for passing touchdowns with six in the 55-52 2014 offseason was to learn how to finish out games. win over Eastern Michigan. Francis set They did just that, allowing only 23 4th quarter the school records for career receiving points in all of 2014. That adjustment, and the touchdowns (23) and consecutive overall improved play of the defense, games with a reception (38). helped the Owls to a 6-6 record. Rhule arrived in Owl Coun- On June 25, 2015, Rhule was rewarded with a try after spending four seasons four-year contract extension that will keep him on as an assistant coach at West- the Temple sidelines through the 2021 season. Tem- ern Carolina, including three ple’s Director of Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft announced, as assistant head coach. “Matt Rhule is one of the best young coaches in college From 2002 to football and we are excited that he will be at the helm of Temple 2005, Rhule was an Football through at least 2021. Matt has the program heading in assistant at West- the right direction, especially as we enter a very promising season ern Carolina under on the gridiron, and we are confident that he is the right person to take the program to head coach Kent even greater heights.” Briggs, serving And take the program to greater heights he did. In 2015, Rhule has led his team to as assistant head a 10-win regular season and an American Athletic Conference East division trophy. For coach during his the first time in 73 years, the Owls beat Penn State, started the season a program-best last three sea- 7-0, and were ranked in the Top 25 for the first time in 36 seasons. Ten of his players sons. In 2005, he earned all-conference honors and senior linebacker Tyler Matakevich won the Bednarik was offensive and Nagurski Awards while also being named a finalist for the Lott IMPACT and Senior line coach and CLASS Awards. run game coor- That success prompted another commitment from Temple University following the dinator after season. Said then-University President Dr. Neil Theobald, “Matt’s commitment to our directing the student-athletes on and off the field, as well as the program’s substantial improvement linebackers each season, has more than justified my confidence in him. He works tirelessly for the his first three betterment of our players, our football program, and our university.” years. Rhule Added Kraft, “Matt is one of the top coaches in college football and has been re- was special sponsible for making Temple a national program. He is an even better person off the teams coordinator field; a true leader who instills character and values in the men under his charge.” during his tenure in The State College, PA, native and a former player at Penn State has 18 years of col- Cullo- whee (NC). In legiate coaching experience, including nine seasons at Temple, and seven bowl game 2005, the Catamounts appearances -- three with the Owls -- on his resume. led Division I-AA in kickoff Rhule joined the Giants in the spring of 2012. He worked closely with Pat Flaherty, returns, av- eraging 27.44 who has been the offensive line coach since 2004. They finished the 2012 campaign at yards per re- turn. Sophomore 9-7, second in the NFC East, and averaged 355 yards of offense per game. Four New Mike Malone earned first team York players, including guard Chris Snee, were selected to the Pro Bowl. All-Southern Conference honors During his previous tenure at Temple, Rhule’s role changed several times. In spring with a 31.29 yards per kickoff 2012, he was promoted to co-offensive coordinator after serving as the assistant offen- return av- erage, ranking second sive coordinator and tight ends coach as well as the recruiting coordinator under Steve na- tionally. Two offensive Addazio in 2011. Temple’s 2012 recruiting class was ranked #1 in the Mid-American linemen and the team’s Conference and helped lay the foundation for the program’s transition to the Big East punter captured second team all- Conference. league accolades. Under Al Golden, Rhule was promoted to offensive coordinator in the spring of In 2004, WCU ranked 12th nationally in 2008. He also coached the TU quarterbacks. He coached the defensive line in 2006 total defense and 15th in pass defense, largely and served as the quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2006 and due to the production of Rhule’s linebacker 2007 seasons. For three consecutive years, Temple’s recruiting class was ranked #1 in corps. The team’s top five tacklers were the MAC [2006, 2007, 2008]. linebackers in its eight man front scheme. In In 2011, the Owls went 9-4 and played in the fourth bowl game in school history, the 2003, the Catamounts led the SoCon in • 9 • 2016 Temple Football rush defense for the first time in school history. recruited western and central Pennsylvania. Rhule arrived at Western Carolina after serving as assis- Rhule played four seasons at linebacker with the Nittany THE MATT RHULE FILE tant defensive line coach at UCLA in 2001. He assisted in Lions under Joe Paterno. A three-time Penn State Schol- coaching five Bruins that earned All PAC-10 honors as the ar-Athlete, he earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 1997. PERSONAL team posted a 7-4 record under head coach Bob Toledo. He received his undergraduate degree in political science From 1999 to 2000, Rhule served as an assistant coach before earning his master’s degree in educational psychol- Year Coaching ...... 19th at Mid-American Conference member Buffalo, directing the ogy from Buffalo in 2003. Year Coaching College ...... 18th Bulls defensive line in 2000 and working as assistant de- Born January 31, 1975, he spent his childhood in New Year Coaching at Temple ...... 10th fensive line coach in 1999. In 2000, the team’s sack total York City before moving to State College, Pa., as a teenag- Year at current position ...... 4th increased from 12 to 27 utilizing a 3-4 alignment. Buffalo er. College ...... Penn State University ‘97 also earned its first two Division I-A victories that season. He is married to the former Julie Nibert. The couple has B.A. in Political Science ...... Rhule began his coaching career as a volunteer assis- a son, Bryant (11), and daughters, Vivienne (3) and Leona (1)...... University at Buffalo ‘03 tant at Penn State in the spring of 1998 before working at M.A. in Educational Psychology Albright College in Reading, Pa., for the 1998 season. At Hometown ...... State College, Pa. Albright, he coached the linebackers in a 4-3 scheme and High School ...... State College Area Born ...... January 31, 1975 Family ...... Wife – Julie Temple’s All-Time Winningest Coaches (by Pct.) Children . . . Bryant (11), Vivienne (3), Leona (1) Coach (Years) Seasons Games W L T Pct. Horace Butterworth (1907) 1 6 4 0 2 .833 PLAYING Henry J. Miller (1925-32) 8 73 50 15 8 .740 Penn State University (1994-97) – Linebacker William Nicholai (1914-16) 3 17 9 5 3 .618 Glenn S. “Pop” Warner (1933-38) 6 58 31 18 9 .612 Wayne Hardin (1970-82) 13 135 80 52 3 .604 COACHING EXPERIENCE Dr. Frank W. White (1908) 1 6 3 2 1 .583 Temple University (2006-11, 2013-present) H. Shindle Wingert (1901-05) 5 24 13 9 2 .583 Steve Addazio (2011-12) 2 24 13 11 —­ .542 2013-present – ...... Head Coach George Makris (1960-69) 10 93 45 44 4 .505 2011 – . . Assistant Offensive Coordinator / William J. Schatz (1909-13) 5 29 13 13 3 .500 . . . . Tight Ends / Recruiting Coordinator Matt Rhule (2013-16) 4 40 19 21 — .475 2008-10 – ...... Offensive Coordinator / Charles M. Williams (1894-98) 5 29 13 15 1 .466 ...... Quarterbacks Albert P. Kawal (1949-54) 6 55 24 28 3 .464 2007 – Quarterbacks / Recruiting Coordinator Ray Morrison (1940-48) 9 78 31 38 9 .455 2006 – ...... Defensive Line

New York Giants (2012 season) Temple Coaching Records Rhule’s Record Vs. 2012 – ...... Assistant Offensive Line

Most Seasons Coached . Total Western Carolina University (2002-05) Wayne Hardin (1970-82)...... 13 Ranked Teams ...... 2-4 George Makris (1960-69)...... 10 2005 – ...... Assistant Head Coach / Ray Morrison (1940-48)...... 9 ...... Offensive Line / Special Teams / American Opponents...... 12-13 Bobby Wallace (1998-2005)...... 8 ...... Run Game Coordinator UCF...... 1-2 Henry J. Miller (1925-32)...... 8 Cincinnati ...... 1-2 Bruce Arians (1983-88)...... 6 2003-04 – . . . . .Assistant Head Coach / Albert P. Kawal (1949-54)...... 6 UConn ...... 2-1 ...... Linebackers / Special Teams Glenn S. “Pop” Warner (1933-38)...... 6 East Carolina...... 2-0 Al Golden (2006-10)...... 5 Houston...... 0-3 2002 – . . . .Linebackers / Special Teams Ron Dickerson (1993-97)...... 5 Louisville ...... 0-1 Charles M. Williams (1894-98)...... 5 Memphis...... 2-1 UCLA (2001) William J. Schatz (1909-13)...... 5 Navy...... 0-0 2001 – ...... Assistant Defensive Line H. Shindle Wingert (1901-05)...... 5 Rutgers...... 0-1 SMU ...... 1-1 University at Buffalo (1999-00) Most Games Coached South Florida...... 0-1 2000 – ...... Defensive Line Wayne Hardin (1970-82)...... 135 Tulane ...... 2-0 1999 – ...... Assistant Defensive Line George Makris (1960-69)...... 93 Tulsa ...... 1-0 Bobby Wallace (1998-2005)...... 90 Albright College (1998) Ray Morrison (1940-48)...... 78 Big 10 ...... 1-1 1998 – ...... Linebackers Henry J. Miller (1925-32)...... 73 Penn State ...... 1-1 Bruce Arians (1983-88)...... 66 Al Golden (2006-10)...... 61 NFL PLAYERS COACHED (Round Drafted) SEC...... 1-0 DT Omari Jordan (FA) – Buffalo ‘01 – Panthers Glenn S. “Pop” Warner (1933-38)...... 58 Vanderbilt ...... 1-0 Ron Dickerson (1993-97)...... 55 DT Terrance Knighton (3) – Temple ‘08 – Jaguars Albert P. Kawal (1949-54)...... 55 QB Adam DiMichele (FA) – Temple ‘09 – Eagles Conference USA...... 1-0 Jerry Berndt (1989-92)...... 44 OT Devin Tyler (FA) – Temple ‘09 – Ravens Charlotte ...... 1-0 Matt Rhule (2013-16)...... 40 DE Junior Galette (FA) – Temple – Saints DT Andre Neblett (FA) – Temple ‘10 – Panthers Most Wins MAC...... 1-1 DE Brian Sanford (FA) – Temple ‘10 – Browns Wayne Hardin (1970-82)...... 80 UMass ...... 1-0 TE Steve Maneri (FA) – Temple ‘10 – Patriots Henry J. Miller (1925-32)...... 50 Toledo ...... 0-1 RB Bernard Pierce (3rd) – Temple ‘12 – Ravens George Makris (1960-69)...... 45 TE Evan Rodriguez (4th) – Temple ‘12 – Bears Ray Morrison (1940-48)...... 31 Independents...... 1-5 TE Matt Balasavage (FA) – Temple ‘12 – Ravens Glenn S. “Pop” Warner (1933-38)...... 31 Army...... 1-1 OL Pat Boyle (FA) – Temple ‘12 – Lions Bruce Arians (1983-88)...... 28 Idaho ...... 0-1 OL Derek Dennis (FA) – Temple ‘12 – Dolphins Al Golden (2006-10)...... 27 Navy...... 0-1 QB Chester Stewart (FA) – Temple ‘12 – Ravens Albert P. Kawal (1949-54)...... 24 Notre Dame...... 0-2 WR Rod Streater (FA) – Temple ‘12 – Raiders Bobby Wallace (1998-2005)...... 19 OL Wayne Tribue (FA) – Temple ‘12 – Broncos Matt Rhule (2013-16)...... 19 FCS...... 1-1 DB Maurice Jones (FA) – Temple ‘13 – Bears Delaware State...... 1-0 Average Wins Per Season (updated annually) OL Martin Wallace (FA) – Temple ‘13 – Browns Fordham...... 0-1 RB Kenneth Harper (FA) - Temple ‘15 - Giants Steve Addazio (2011-12)...... 6.50 Stony Brook...... 1-0 Henry J. Miller (1925-32)...... 6.25 DB Tavon Young (4) - Temple ‘16 - Ravens Wayne Hardin (1970-82)...... 6.15 DL Matt Ioannidis (5) - Temple ‘16 - Redskins Matt Rhule (2013-15)...... 6.00 LB Tyler Matakevich (7) - Temple ‘16 - Steelers Al Golden (2006-10)...... 5.40 OL Shahbaz Ahmed (FA) - Temple ‘16 - Falcons Glenn S. “Pop” Warner (1933-38)...... 5.175 WR Robby Anderson (FA) - Temple ’16 - Jets OL Kyle Friend (FA) - Temple ’16 - Jets WR Brandon Shippen (FA) - Temple ‘16 - Dolphins

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YEAR-BY-YEAR STANDINGS TEAM LEADERS

2013-15 2015 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Rushing EAST Year Name...... Yards Att. Avg. TD Matt Rhule 1. TEMPLE...... 7-1 .875 10-2 .833 2015 Jahad Thomas...... 1,262 276 4.6 17 18-20 Overall 2. USF...... 6-2 .750 8-4 .667 2014 Jahad Thomas...... 384 80 4.8 0 3. Cincinnati...... 4-4 .500 7-5 .583 2013 Kenneth Harper...... 613 136 4.5 9 4. UConn...... 4-4 .500 6-6 .500 Passing 2013 (2-10, 1-7 American Athletic) 5. East Carolina...... 3-5 .375 5-7 .417 6. UCF...... 0-8 .000 0-12 .000 Year Name...... Yards Att. Cmp. Int. TD A 31 at (14) Notre Dame...... L 6-28 WEST 2015 Phillip Walker...... 2,972 432 245 8 19 S 7 * Houston...... L 13-22 1. Houston...... 7-1 .875 11-1 .917 2014 Phillip Walker...... 2,317 381 203 15 13 S 14 Fordham...... L 29-30 2. Navy...... 7-1 .875 9-2 .818 2013 Phillip Walker...... 2,084 250 152 8 20 S 28 at Idaho...... L 24-26 3. Memphis...... 5-3 .625 9-3 .750 O 5 * (7) Louisville...... L 7-30 4. Tulane...... 3-5 .375 6-6 .500 Receiving (Recept.) O 11 * at Cincinnati...... L 20-38 5. Tulsa...... 1-7 .125 2-10 .167 Year Name...... No. Yds. Avg. TD O 19 Army [HC]...... W 33-14 6. SMU...... 1-7 .125 3-9 .250 2015 Robby Anderson...... 70 939 13.4 7 O 26 * at SMU...... L 49-59 2014 Jalen Fitzpatrick...... 53 730 14.6 6 N 2 * at Rutgers...... L 20-23 2014 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. 2013 Robby Anderson...... 44 791 18.0 9 N 16 * (15) UCF...... L 36-39 1. Memphis...... 7-1 .875 10-3 .769 N 23 * UConn...... L 21-28 UCF...... 7-1 .875 9-4 .692 Punting N 30 * at Memphis...... W 41-21 Cincinnati...... 7-1 .875 9-4 .692 Year Name ...... No. Yds. Avg. 2014 (6-6, 4-4 American Athletic) 4. East Carolina...... 5-3 .625 8-5 .615 2015 Alex Starzyk...... 63 2,674 42.4 5. Houston...... 5-3 .625 8-5 .615 2014 Alex Starzyk...... 70 2,689 38.4 A 28 at Vanderbilt...... W 37-7 6. TEMPLE...... 4-4 .500 6-6 .500 2013 Paul Layton...... 61 2,609 42.8 S 6 Navy...... L 24-31 7. USF...... 3-5 .375 4-8 .333 S 20 Delaware State...... W 59-0 8. Tulane...... 2-6 .250 3-9 .250 Punt Returns S 27 * at UConn...... W 36-10 9. Tulsa...... 2-6 .250 2-10 .167 Year Name...... No. Yds. Avg. TD O 10 * Tulsa [HC]...... W 35-24 10. UConn...... 1-7 .125 2-10 .167 2015 Sean Chandler...... 17 206 12.1 0 O 17 * at Houston...... L 10-31 11. SMU...... 1-7 .125 1-11 .083 2014 Khalif Herbin...... 7 108 15.4 1 O 25 * at UCF...... L 14-34 2013 Ryan Alderman...... 10 58 5.8 0 N 1 * (21) East Carolina...... W 20-10 2013 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. N 7 * Memphis...... L 13-16 1. UCF...... 8-0 1.000 12-1 .923 Kickoff Returns N 15 at Penn State...... L 13-30 2. Cincinnati...... 6-2 .750 9-4 .692 Year Name...... No. Yds. Avg. TD N 29 * Cincinnati...... L 6-14 3. Houston...... 5-3 .625 8-5 .615 2015 Jager Gardner...... 16 359 22.4 0 D 6 * at Tulane...... W 10-3 4. SMU...... 4-4 .500 5-7 .417 2014 Jahad Thomas...... 14 332 23.7 0 2015 (10-4, 7-1 American Athletic) 5. UConn...... 3-5 .375 3-9 .250 2013 Jahad Thomas...... 24 476 19.8 0 6. USF...... 2-6 .250 2-10 .167 S 5 Penn State...... W 27-10 . 7. Memphis...... 1-7 .125 3-9 .250 All-Purpose Yardage S 12 * at Cincinnati...... W 34-26 8. TEMPLE...... 1-7 .125 2-10 .167 Year Name ...... Yards Rush Rec. Ret. S 19 at UMass (GS)...... W 25-23 2015 Jahad Thomas...... 1,677 1,262 216 199 O 2 at Charlotte...... W 37-3 2014 Jahad Thomas...... 1,080 384 364 332 O 10 * Tulane [HC]...... W 49-10 2013 R.Anderson (WR)...... 1,037 -4 791 250 O 17 * UCF...... W 30-16 Since 2014, Temple Football has… O 22 * at East Carolina...... W 24-14 Offense O 31 (9) Notre Dame...... L 20-24 Year Name...... Yds. Plays TD** N 6 * at SMU...... W 60-40 •Beaten an SEC team (Vanderbilt) for the first time 2015 Phillip Walker...... 3,179 513 21 N 14 * at South Florida...... L 23-44 in 76 years (Florida in 1938) 2014 Phillip Walker...... 2,641 487 16 N 21 * (21) Memphis...... W 31-12 •Posted the largest margin of victory in 40 sea- 2013 Phillip Walker...... 2,416 340 23 N 28 * UConn...... W 27-3 sons – a 59-0 shutout over Delaware State •Beaten a ranked team at home for the first time American Athletic Conference Championship Scoring D 5 * (19) at Houston...... L 13-24 ever (#21 East Carolina in 2014 and #21 Memphis Year Name...... Pts TD PAT FG 2015 Marmot Boca Raton Bowl in 2015) and just the third and fourth times ever 2015 Jahad Thomas (RB)...... 114 19 0 0 D 22 Toledo...... L 17-32 beating a ranked team. Last time was 16 years 2014 Austin Jones...... 69 0 30 13 (GS) - Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA ago. •Beat Penn State for the first time in 74 years and 2013 Kenneth Harper (RB)...... 66 11 0 0 40 tries. Tackles * - Conference games •Beat Cincinnati for the first time in 30 years and CFP/AP rankings in ( ) six tries. Year Name, Pos...... Tackles Solo Asst. HC - Homecoming •Won three consecutive games on the road for the 2015 Tyler Matakevich, LB...... 138 77 61 first time in 45 years. 2014 Tyler Matakevich, LB...... 117 88 29 •Became bowl eligible in consecutive years for 2013 Tyler Matakevich, LB...... 137 99 38 only the third time in program history. Sacks •Started a season 7-0 for the first time ever. •Became ranked in the Top 25 for the first time Year Name...... No. since 1979 (36 years). 2015 Nate D. Smith...... 7.0 •Won a game as a ranked team (at East Carolina, 2014 Praise Martin-Oguike...... 7.5 at SMU, vs. UConn) for the first time in 74 years 2013 Matt Ioannidis...... 3.0 •Had ESPN’s College Gameday broadcast a Tem- Nate D. Smith...... 3.0 ple football game for the first time ever….from Philadelphia, no less. •Played in Temple first-ever ranked vs. ranked football games – against Notre Dame and at Houston. •Ranked in the Top 25 for four consecutive weeks and for seven weeks total - both for the first time ever. •Posted 10 wins for only the second time.

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2016 LISTS TEMPLE (1-1, 0-0) 2016 STATISTICAL COMPARISON PENN STATE (1-1 0-0) Avg. NCAA/Conf...... Category...... NCAA/Conf. Avg 276.0 124/12...... Total Offense...... 83/12 328.0 130.0 96/11...... Rushing Offense...... 106/13 109.5 2015 Starters Returning - Offense: (6) 146.0 116/10...... Passing Offense...... 39/3 270.5 OL Brian Carter (10), OL Dion Dawkins (13), OL Leon 96.9 121/10...... Pass Efficiency Offense...... 59/10 141.4 25.5 87/9 ...... Scoring Offense...... 49/8 36.0 Johnson (7), RB Jahad Thomas (10), TE Colin Thomp- 238.5 14/2...... Total Defense...... 65/11 355.8 son (10), QB Phillip Walker (14). 189.0 t-98/12...... Rushing Defense...... 116/14 245.5 49.5 119/1...... Passing Defense...... 55/2 110.0 49.3 1/1...... Pass Efficiency Defense...... 43/7 110.19 2015 Starters Lost - Offense: (5) 14.0 t-27/t-3...... Scoring Defense...... 83/12 27.5 +0.0 t-59/7 ...... Turnover Margin...... t-59/11 +0.0 OL Shahbaz Ahmed (13), WR Robby Anderson (11), 43.5 t-57/8...... 3rd Down Conversion Pct...... t-115/13 29.2 OL Kyle Friend (10), OL Eric Lofton (13), TE Saledeem 25.0 t-93/9...... 4th Down Conversion Pct...... t-54/9 50.0 25.9 23/1...... 3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense...... 40/7 31.0 Major (8), 66.7 t-88/10...... 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense...... t-1/1 0.0 87.5 t-56/4...... Red Zone Offense...... 45/8 90.0 40.0 45/3 ...... Red Zone Defense...... t-75/9 88.9 2015 Lettermen Returning - Offense: (15) 37.19 68/9 ...... Net Punting...... 21/3 42.9 RB Ryquell Armstead, OL Brian Carter, OL Dion Daw- 16.2 20/2 ...... Punt Returns...... 41/13 10.4 13.00 104/9 ...... Punt Return Defense...... 24/2 1.00 kins, TE Romond Delotach, RB Jager Gardner, RB Da- 17.2 101/9...... Kickoff Returns...... 53/7 22.0 vid Hood, WR Adonis Jennings, OL Leon Johnson, OL 43.6 46/6...... Kickoff Return Defense...... 121//14 36.2 13.0 56/4 ...... Tackles For Loss...... 12/3 19.0 Brendan McGowan, OL James McHale, TE Kip Patton, FB Nick Sharga, RB Jahad Thomas, TE Colin Thomp- son, QB Phillip Walker. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS Conf. Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA East Division 2015 Starters Returning - Defense: (6) 1. Cincinnati ...... 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 66 27 LB Jarred Alwan (13), DB Sean Chandler (14), LB 2. East Carolina...... 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 85 37 3. USF ...... 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 104 37 Stephaun Marshall (9), DL Haason Reddick (12), DL 4. UCF...... 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 52 51 Averee Robinson (8), DB Nate L. Smith (7) 5. Temple . . . . . 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 51 28 6. UConn ...... 0-1 .000 24 28 1-1 .500 48 49 West Division 2015 Starters Lost - Defense: (7) 1. Navy ...... 1-0 1.000 28 24 2-0 1.000 80 40 DB Will Hayes (8), DL Matt Ioannidis (13), LB Tyler 2. Houston...... 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 75 23 3. Memphis ...... 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 35 17 Matakevich (14), DL Nate D. Smith (7), DL Hershey 4. SMU ...... 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 47 61 Walton (7), DB Alex Wells (13), DB Tavon Young (12). 5. Tulane ...... 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 55 109 6. Tulsa ...... 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 48 58 2015 Lettermen Returning - Defense: (18) LB Jarred Alwan, DL Freddie Booth-Lloyd, DB Sean 2016 Honors Chandler, DL Michael Dogbe, DL Avery Ellis, DL Sharif

Sean Chandler Jahad Thomas Finch, DB Artrel Foster, DB Nate Hairston, DB Cequan Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List Maxwell Award Watch List Jefferson, LB Stephaun Marshall, DL Jacob Martin, DL Top defensive player Top offensive player Praise Martin-Oguike, DB Delvon Randall, DL Haas- Jim Thorpe Award Watch List Paul Hornung Award Watch List on Reddick, DL Averee Robinson, DB Nate L. Smith, Top defensive back Most versatile player DB Jyquis Thomas, LB Avery Williams Kevin DeCaesar Senior Bowl Watch List Defensive scout player of the week 9/10 vs. Stony Brook Phillip Walker 2015 Lettermen Returning - Specialists: (4) Davey O’Brien Award Watch List H Tom Bradway, K Austin Jones, LS Corey Lerch, P Branden McGowan Top quarterback Alex Starzyk Rimington Award Watch List AP Top 25 RK TEAM REC Top center Maxwell Award Watch List 1 Alabama (56) Top offensive player 2 Florida .St (4) Wuerffel Award Watch List 20153 LettermenOhio .St (3) Lost: (21) 4 Michigan (1) Academic, athletic & community service Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List OL Shahbaz5 Clemson Ahmed, WR Robby Anderson, DB Boye 6 Houston Top quarterback Haason Reddick Aromire,7 Stanford WR Samuel Benjamin, WR John Christopher, 8 Washington Senior Bowl Watch List DL Brandon Chudnoff, LB Michael Felton, OL Kyle CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List 9 Wisconsin 10 Louisville Willie Smith Top offensive player Friend,11 Texas DB Will Hayes, WR Rob Heyen, DL Matt Io- 12 Michigan State Offensive player of the week annidis,13 Iowa OL Eric Lofton, TE Saledeem Major, LB Tyler 9/10 vs. Stony Brook 14 Oklahoma Matakevich,15 Tennessee K/P Tyler Mayes, TE Thomas Rumer, WR

Alex Starzyk Brandon Shippen, LB Nate D. Smith, DL Hershey Wal- 16 Georgia Special teams player of the game 17 Texas A&M ton, 18DB Notre Alex Wells,Dame DB Tavon Young. 9/10 vs. Stony Brook 19 Ole Miss 20 LSU Colin Thompson 21 Baylor Graduates22 Oregon on 2016 Roster: (11) John Mackey Award Watch List 23 Florida Top tight end TE Romond24 Arkansas Deloatch, DL Avery Ellis, DB Nate Hair- ston,25 DB Miami Khiry Lucas, LB Stephaun Marshall, DL Praise Martin-Oguike, OL Brendan McGowan, TE Jake O’Donnell, OL Adrian Sullivan, TE Colin Thomp- son, LB Avery Williams.

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2016 Opponent’s Schedules American Athletic Conference ARMY UCF Communications S-02 @Temple [CBSSN]...... W, 28-13 S-03 South Carolina State ...... W, 38-0 15 Park Row West S-10 Rice [CBSSN]...... W, 31-14 S-10 @Michigan [ABC]...... L, 14-51 Providence, RI 02903 S-17 @UTEP [ASN]...... 7:00pm S-17 Maryland [CBSSN]...... 7:00pm Phone: (401) 453-0660 S-24 @Buffalo...... TBD S-24 @Florida International ...... 7:00pm ------BYE ------O-01 @East Carolina ...... TBD www.TheAmerican.org O-08 @Duke ...... TBD O-07 Tulane [ESPN2/ESPNU] ...... 8:00pm O-15 Lafayette [CBSSN]...... 12:00pm O-15 Temple ...... TBD Chuck Sullivan (FB Contact) O-22 North Texas [CBSSN]...... 12:00pm O-22 @UConn ...... TBD Asst. Commissioner for Communications O-29 @Wake Forest...... TBD O-29 @Houston ...... TBD Office: (401) 641-8760 N-05 Air Force [CBSSN]...... 12:00pm ------BYE ------Email: [email protected] N-12 Notre Dame [NBC]...... 3:30pm N-12 Cincinnati ...... TBD N-19 Morgan State [CBSSN]...... 12:00pm N-19 Tulsa ...... TBD Call-in numbers are available through the American ------BYE ------N-26 @USF ...... TBD Athletic Conference and Temple communications of- D-10 Navy (Baltimore) [CBS]...... 3:00pm fices. STONY BROOK USF S-03 North Dakota ...... W, 13-9 S-03 Towson ...... W, 56-20 First Teleconference: Mon., August 29 S-10 @Temple ...... L, 0-38 S-10 Northern Illinois [CBSSN]...... W, 48-17 Last Teleconference: Mon., November 21 S-17 Richmond...... TBD S-17 @Syracuse ...... 3:30pm S-24 Sacred Heart ...... TBD S-24 Florida State ...... TBD 2016 American Athletic Conference ------BYE ------O-01 @Cincinnati ...... TBD Coaches Teleconference Schedule O-08 @Towson ...... TBD O-08 East Carolina ...... TBD 11:00 Ken Niumatalolo, Navy O-15 Rhode Island ...... TBD O-15 UConn ...... TBD 11:10 Chad Morris, SMU O-22 @Delaware...... 3:30pm O-21 @Temple [ESPN] ...... 7:00pm 11:20 Bob Diaco, UConn O-29 @New Hampshire...... TBD O-28 Navy [ESPN2] ...... 7:00pm 11:30 Scottie Montgomery, East Carolina N-05 William & Mary ...... TBD ------BYE ------11:40 Philip Montgomery, Tulsa N-12 Maine ...... TBD N-12 @Memphis ...... TBD 11:50 Tom Herman, Houston N-19 @Albany ...... TBD N-19 @SMU ...... TBD N-26 UCF ...... TBD Noon Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati 12:10 Willie Taggart, USF PENN STATE CINCINNATI 12:20 Matt Rhule, Temple S-03 Kent State [BTN]...... W, 33-13 S-01 UT Martin ...... W, 28-7 12:30 Mike Norvell, Memphis S-10 @Pittsburgh [ABC/ESPN]...... L, 39-42 S-10 @Purdue [BTN]...... W, 38-20 12:40 Scott Frost, UCF S-17 Temple [BTN]...... 12:00pm S-15 Houston [ESPN] ...... 7:30pm 12:50 Willie Fritz, Tulane S-24 @Michigan ...... TBD S-24 Miami (Ohio) ...... TBD O-01 Minnesota ...... TBD O-01 USF ...... TBD Press Box Numbers O-08 Maryland ...... 12:00pm O-08 @UConn [CBSSN]...... 11:30am UCF...... (407) 882-0386 ------BYE ------BYE ------Cincinnati...... (513) 556-1010 O-22 Ohio State [ABC/ESPN/ESPN2]...... 8:00pm O-22 East Carolina ...... TBD UConn...... (860) 610-4778 O-29 @Purdue ...... TBD O-29 @Temple ...... TBD N-05 Iowa [BTN]...... 7:30pm N-05 Brigham Young ...... TBD East Carolina...... (252) 328-4697 N-12 @Indiana ...... TBD N-12 @UCF ...... TBD Houston...... (713) 743-0550 N-19 @Rutgers [BTN]...... 8:00pm N-18 Memphis [CBSSN] ...... 8:00pm Memphis...... (901) 272-0136 N-26 Michigan State ...... TBD N-25 @Tulsa [ESPN]...... TBD Navy...... (410) 293-8775 SMU...... (214) 768-7730 CHARLOTTE UCONN South Florida...... (813) 350-6225 S-01 @Louisville ...... L, 14-70 S-01 Maine ...... W, 24-21 Temple...... (267) 570-4453 S-10 Elon...... W, 47-14 S-10 @Navy [CBSSN] ...... L, 24-28 Tulane...... (504) 314-7490 S-17 Eastern Michigan ...... 6:00pm S-17 Virginia [SNY]...... 1:30pm Tulsa...... (918) 631-5513 S-24 @Temple ...... 12:00pm S-24 Syracuse ...... TBD O-01 Old Dominion ...... 6:00pm S-29 @Houston [ESPN] ...... 8:00pm O-08 @Florida Atlantic ...... TBD O-08 Cincinnati [CBSSN]...... 11:30am Archived audio from each teleconference will be O-15 FIU ...... 6:00pm O-15 @USF ...... TBD available on The American website, generally by O-22 @Marshall ...... 5:30pm O-22 UCF ...... TBD 2:00pm Eastern each Monday. ------BYE ------O-29 @East Carolina ...... TBD N-05 @Southern Miss [ASN]...... 3:30pm N-04 Temple [ESPN2] ...... 7:00pm Weekly releases & statistics N-12 Rice ...... 2:00pm ------BYE ------Media members may access PDF versions of the N-19 Middle Tennessee ...... 2:00pm N-19 @Boston College ...... TBD complete weekly release, including conference and N-26 @UTSA...... TBD N-26 Tulane ...... TBD team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org. Regular updates of the weekly release will be distributed via SMU TULANE e-mail from the conference office. To be included on S-03 @North Texas [ASN]...... W, 34-21 S-01 @Wake Forest ...... L, 3-7 the distribution list, send an e-mail request to Chuck S-10 @Baylor [FS1]...... L, 13-40 S-10 Southern ...... W, 66-21 S-17 Liberty ...... 7:00pm S-17 Navy ...... 7:00pm Sullivan. S-24 TCU [ESPN]...... 8:00pm S-24 Louisiana ...... TBD O-01 @Temple ...... TBD O-01 @Massachusetts (Foxborough)...... TBD Video Content O-07 @Tulsa [ESPN2/ESPNU] ...... 8:00pm O-07 @UCF [ESPN2/ESPNU] ...... 8:00pm The American audio and video content — including ------BYE ------O-14 Memphis [ESPNU] ...... 8:00pm game highlights and coaches’ press conferences — is O-22 Houston ...... TBD O-22 @Tulsa ...... TBD available to interested broadcast outlets through the O-29 @Tulane ...... TBD O-29 SMU ...... TBD XOS Digital XChange platform. Send an email request N-05 Memphis ...... TBD ------BYE ------to Chuck Sullivan to receive access to the content. N-12 @East Carolina ...... TBD N-12 @Houston ...... TBD N-19 USF ...... TBD N-19 Temple ...... TBD Conference Championship Game N-26 Navy ...... TBD N-26 @UConn ...... TBD On Saturday, December 3, 2016, the American Athlet- MEMPHIS EAST CAROLINA ic Conference will hold its second Conference Cham- S-03 Southeast Missouri State ...... W, 35-17 S-03 Western Carolina ...... W, 52-7 pionship Game. Kickoff will be at 12:00 noon and will ------BYE ------S-10 North Carolina State [ESPNU]...... W, 33-30 be televised nationally by ABC or ESPN. The game S-17 Kansas [ESPNU]...... 12:00pm S-17 @South Carolina [SECN]...... 4:00pm will pit the divisional champions from the East and S-24 Bowling Green ...... TBD S-24 @Virginia Tech ...... TBD West divisions. O-01 @Mississippi ...... TBD O-01 UCF ...... TBD O-06 Temple [ESPN] ...... 8:00pm O-08 @USF ...... TBD The divisional champions will be the teams from each O-14 @Tulane [ESPNU] ...... 8:00pm O-13 Navy [ESPN] ...... 7:30pm division with the highest winning percentage in all O-22 @Navy [CBSSN] ...... 3:30pm O-22 @Cincinnati ...... TBD conference games – both divisional and non-divi- O-29 Tulsa ...... TBD O-29 UConn ...... TBD sional. In the event of a two-team tie within a division, N-05 @SMU ...... TBD N-05 @Tulsa ...... TBD N-12 USF ...... TBD N-12 SMU ...... TBD the head-to-head result between the tied teams will N-18 @Cincinnati [CBSSN] ...... 8:00pm ------BYE ------determine the divisional champion. The site of the N-25 Houston ...... TBD N-26 @Temple ...... TBD American Athletic Conference Football Champion- ship will be the home venue of the divisional champi- on with the best record in conference games.

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OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS LT 66 Dion Dawkins...... (6-5, 320, Sr) DE 50 Praise Martin-Oguike...... (6-1, 255, r-Sr) PK 29 Austin Jones ...... (5-10, 205, Jr) 79 Cole Boozer...... (6-5, 275 r-Jr) 52 Avery Ellis...... (6-2, 249, r-Sr) 97 Aaron Boumerhi...... (6-0, 210, Fr) LG 70 Jovahn Fair ...... (6-2, 300, r-Fr) 9 Jacob Martin...... (6-2, 240, Jr) P 43 Alex Starzyk...... (6-2, 226, Jr) 71 Benson Israel...... (6-1, 300, r-Fr) DT 99 Freddie Booth-Lloyd...... (6-1, 315, r-So) 29 Austin Jones ...... (5-10, 205, Jr) C 68 Brendan McGowan ...... (6-3, 298, r-Sr) 98 Michael Dogbe...... (6-3, 280, r-So) KO 29 Austin Jones ...... (5-10, 205, Jr) 58 Matt Hennessy...... (6-4, 285, Fr) NT 43 Averee Robinson ...... (6-0, 285, Sr) 43 Alex Starzyk...... (6-2, 226, Jr) RG 69 Adrian Sullivan...... (6-3, 303, r-Jr) 89 Greg Webb...... (6-1, 312, r-Jr) H 20 Tom Bradway ...... (5-8, 185, r-Jr) 55 Brian Carter...... (6-1, 304, r-Jr) DE 7 Haason Reddick...... (6-1, 235, r-Sr) 12 Logan Marchi...... (6-0, 192, r-Fr) RT 53 Leon Johnson...... (6-5, 320, r-Jr) 56 Sharif Finch...... (6-4, 255, Sr) LS 59 Corey Lerch...... (5-10, 205, Jr) 77 Jaelin Robinson ...... (6-6, 325, r-So) SLB 2 Avery Williams...... (5-10, 224, r-Sr) 57 Josh Lang...... (6-0, 210, r-Jr) TE 86 Colin Thompson...... (6-4, 255, r-Sr) 35 William Kwenkeu...... (6-1, 205, Fr) PR 3 Sean Chandler ...... (6-0, 190, Jr) 85 Chris Myarick...... (6-4, 255, r-So) 19 Jeremiah Atoki...... (6-2, 214, r-Fr) 5 Jahad Thomas...... (5-10, 188, Sr) 88 Jake O’Donnell...... (6-6, 255, r-Sr) MLB 41 Jarred Alwan...... (5-11, 229, Sr) 13 Isaiah Wright ...... (6-2, 207, Fr) WR 10 Marshall Ellick...... (6-2, 191, r-So) 44 Jared Folks ...... (6-1, 239, r-So) KOR 26 Travon Williams...... (5-8, 160, r-Fr) 1 Ventell Bryant...... (6-3, 189, r-So) WLB 6 Stephaun Marshall ...... (5-11, 206, r-Sr) 15 Nate Hairston...... (6-0, 193, r-Sr) WR 89 Keith Kirkwood...... (6-3, 218, r-Jr) 22 Chapelle Russell...... (6-1, 230, r-Fr) 24 David Hood...... (5-9, 190, r-So) 17 Adonis Jennings...... (6-3, 205, Jr) CB 16 Artrel Foster ...... (5-11, 189, r-Jr) 13 Isaiah Wright ...... (6-2, 207, Fr) WR 14 Brodrick Yancy...... (5-10, 195, r-So) 21 Derrick Thomas...... (6-3, 193, r-So) 21 Cortrelle Simpson ...... (5-9, 188, r-Fr) 21 Cortrelle Simpson ...... (5-9, 188, r-Fr) CB 15 Nate Hairston...... (6-0, 193, r-Sr) QB 8 Phillip Walker ...... (5-11, 205, Sr) 12 Kareem Ali...... (5-10, 180, r-Fr) 18 Frank Nutile...... (6-4, 219, r-So) ` 33 Cequan Jefferson...... (5-10, 185, Jr) or 12 Logan Marchi...... (6-0, 192, r-Fr) FS 3 Sean Chandler ...... (6-0, 190, Jr) RB 5 Jahad Thomas...... (5-10, 188, Sr) 13 Nate L. Smith...... (6-0, 188, r-Sr) 25 Ryquell Armstead...... (5-11, 205, So) SS 23 Delvon Randall...... (5-11, 208, So) 24 David Hood...... (5-9, 190, r-So) 28 Jyquis Thomas...... (6-1, 211, r-So) 27 Jager Gardner...... (6-2, 214, So) 32 Benny Walls...... (6-1, 208, Fr) FB 4 Nick Sharga ...... (6-2, 240, r-Jr) 45 Rob Ritrovato...... (5-11, 240, r-So)

P S R I George DeLeone Ed Foley Frisman Jackson John Loughery Glenn Thomas Chris Wiesehan Damiere Shaw E D Offensive Line TEs / Sp. Teams Wide Receivers Grad Asst. Offensive Coord. Running Backs Student Asst. S E S L I B N O E X

Phil Snow Elijah Robinson Rob Dvoracek Omar Hales Reggie Garrett Mike Siravo Fran Brown Defensive Coord. Defensive Line Student Asst. Grad. Asst. Grad. Asst. Linebackers Defensive Backs

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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 12 Kareem Ali...... DB 5-10 180 r-Fr - Pennsauken, NJ / Timber Creek 20 Khiry Lucas...... DB 6-1 200 r-Sr 1L Cleveland, MS / East Side / Hinds CC 41 Jarred Alwan...... LB 5-11 229 Sr 3L Cherry Hill, NJ / Camden Catholic 19 Branden Mack...... WR 6-5 195 Fr - Wyncote, PA / Cheltenham 83 Patrick Anderson...... TE 6-3 265 r-Fr - Aliquippa, PA / Aliquippa 45 Julian Mahan...... LB 6-1 225 Fr - Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek 62 Nick Apostolu...... OL 6-5 300 r-So - Springfield, PA / Springfield 12 Logan Marchi...... QB 6-0 192 r-Fr - Bristol, CT / St. Paul Catholic 95 Dan Archibong...... DL 6-6 255 Fr - Springfield, PA / Springfield 6 Stephaun Marshall...LB 5-11 206 r-Sr 3L Montclair, NJ / Montclair 25 Ryquell Armstead.... RB 5-11 205 So 1L Millville, NJ / Millville 9 Jacob Martin...... DL 6-2 240 Jr 2L Aurora, CO / Cherokee Trail 19 Jeremiah Atoki...... LB 6-2 214 r-Fr - Vineland, NJ / Vineland South 50 Praise Martin-Oguike.DL 6-1 255 r-Sr 2L Woodbridge, NJ / Woodbridge 38 Chris Bascomb...... DB 5-9 170 Fr - Franklinville, NJ / Delsea 37 Dan McDonald...... K 5-11 185 r-Fr - Warrington, PA / Archbishop Wood 28 Justin Bishop...... WR 6-2 140 Fr - Somers Point, NJ/Mainland Regional 68 Brendan McGowan.OL 6-3 298 r-Sr 3L Barnesville, PA / Marian Catholic 99 Freddie Booth-Lloyd.DL 6-1 315 r-So 1L Cocoa, FL / Cocoa 74 James McHale...... OL 6-6 300 r-So - Dunmore, PA / Dunmore 79 Cole Boozer...... OL 6-5 275 r-Jr - Hunt Valley, MD / Loyola Blakefield 34 Booker McLean...... DB 6-1 180 r-So - Montville, NJ / Montville / Valley Forge 97 Aaron Boumerhi...... K 6-0 210 Fr - Philipsburg, PA / Philipsburg-Osceola 57 Zach Mesday...... LB 6-0 238 r-So - Bordentown, NJ / Nottingham / Canterbury 18 Shaun Bradley...... LB 6-1 220 Fr - Mt. Holly, NJ / Rancocas Valley 85 Chris Myarick...... TE 6-4 255 r-So - Elkins Park, PA / Cheltenham 20 Tom Bradway...... WR 5-8 185 r-Jr 1L Linwood, NJ / Mainland Regional / Lafayette 92 Domenic Nigrelli...... TE 6-2 240 r-Fr - Wayne, PA / Valley Forge 24 Kimere Brown...... DB 6-0 165 Fr - Penns Grove, NJ / Penns Grove 18 Frank Nutile...... QB 6-4 219 r-So - Wayne, NJ / Don Bosco Prep 30 Keyvone Bruton...... DB 5-11 205 Fr - Norfolk, VA / Lake Taylor 88 Jake O’Donnell...... TE 6-6 255 r-Sr - Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East/Miami 75 Darian Bryant...... OL 6-5 311 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Chestnut Hill Academy 47 Steve Petrick...... TE 6-5 230 Fr - North Huntingdon, PA / Norwin 1 Ventell Bryant...... WR 6-3 189 r-So 1L Tampa, FL / Jefferson 76 Vincent Picozzi...... OL 6-4 280 Fr - Collegeville, PA / Lansdale Catholic 55 Brian Carter...... OL 6-1 304 r-Jr 2L Harrisburg, PA / Harrisburg 23 Delvon Randall...... DB 5-11 208 So 1L Monroeville, PA / Gateway / East Coast 3 Sean Chandler...... DB 6-0 190 Jr 2L Camden, NJ / Camden 34 Tyliek Raynor...... RB 5-10 185 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Imhotep 65 Brendan Clark...... OL 6-4 270 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Father Judge 7 Haason Reddick...... DL 6-1 235 r-Sr 3L Camden, NJ / Haddon Heights 73 Lawenzo Clarke...... OL 6-3 289 r-So - Woodbury, NJ / Woodbury 67 Semaj Reed...... OL 6-5 290 r-Jr 1L Philadelphia, PA / Haverford School 27 Julian Conover...... LB 6-3 205 Fr - Highland Falls, NY / Don Bosco Prep 59 Jeromy Reichner..... DL 6-1 235 r-Fr - Philadelphia, PA / W. Philadelphia Catholic 29 Linwood Crump...... DB 6-0 165 Fr - South Amboy, NJ / Piscataway 45 Rob Ritrovato...... FB 5-11 240 r-So - West Chester, PA / East 38 Anthony Cruz...... WR 6-2 175 r-Fr - Dingmans Ferry, PA/E. Stroudsburg N/St. Francis 43 Averee Robinson..... DL 6-0 285 Sr 3L Harrisburg, PA / Susquehanna Twp. / Milford 66 Dion Dawkins...... OL 6-5 320 Sr 3L Rahway, NJ / Rahway / Hargrave Military 77 Jaelin Robinson...... OL 6-6 325 r-So - West Haven, CT / Wilbur Cross 53 Kevin DeCaesar...... LB 6-0 210 r-Fr - Westville, NJ / West Deptford 82 Jake Robinson...... TE 6-2 233 r-Fr - Haddonfield, NJ / Haddonfield Memorial 11 Romond Deloatch....TE 6-4 220 r-Sr 3L Hampton, VA / Phoebus 90 Quincy Roche...... DL 6-4 210 Fr - Randallstown, MD / New Town 47 Mike DiFrancesco....LB 6-0 225 r-Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Neumann-Goretti 78 Aaron Ruff...... OL 6-3 300 r-So - Philadelphia, PA / Imhotep 72 Karamo Dioubate.... DL 6-3 279 Fr - Philadelphia, PA / Prep Charter 33 Kharee Ruley...... RB 5-8 165 r-Fr - Philadelphia, PA / West Catholic 98 Michael Dogbe...... DL 6-3 280 r-So 1L Morris Plains, NJ / Parsippany Hills 22 Chapelle Russell...... LB 6-1 230 r-Fr - Lakewood, NJ/ Lakewood 72 Dan Drewes...... OL 6-1 285 r-Fr - Dunmore, PA / Dunmore 15 Anthony Russo...... QB 6-4 220 Fr - Doylestown, PA / Archbishop Wood 10 Marshall Ellick...... WR 6-2 191 r-So - Richmond, VA / Monocan / Air Force Prep 4 Nick Sharga...... FB 6-2 240 r-Jr 1L Cherryville, PA/Northampton/WV Wesleyan 52 Avery Ellis...... DL 6-2 249 r-Sr 3L Montclair, NJ / Montclair 21 Cortrelle Simpson.. WR 5-9 188 r-Fr - Indian Head, MD / Lackey 70 Jovahn Fair...... OL 6-2 300 r-Fr - Akron, OH / Firestone 49 Chris Smith...... LB 5-10 225 r-Jr - North Plainfield, NJ / North Plainfield 56 Sharif Finch...... DL 6-4 255 Sr 3L Henrico, VA / Henrico 13 Nate L. Smith...... DB 6-0 188 r-Sr 2L Philadelphia, PA / Archbishop Wood 87 David Fofi...... WR 6-2 185 Fr - Burke, VA / Lake Braddock 80 Willie Smith III...... WR 5-11 175 r-So - Jacksonville, FL / Eagles View Acad. / Seton Hill 44 Jared Folks...... LB 6-1 239 r-So - Harrisburg, PA / Susquehanna Township 43 Alex Starzyk...... P 6-2 226 Jr 2L Pleasant Valley, NY / Arlington / East Coast 39 Jonny Forrest...... RB 5-10 210 Fr - New Rochelle, NY / New Rochelle 69 Adrian Sullivan...... OL 6-3 303 r-Jr - Babylon, NY / Babylon / Worchester Acad. 16 Artrel Foster...... DB 5-11 189 r-Jr 2L Meadville, PA / Meadville 94 Jullian Taylor...... DL 6-5 280 r-Jr - Glenside, PA / Williamstown (NJ) 36 Sam Franklin...... DB 6-3 200 Fr - Crystal River, FL / Citrus / East Coast Prep 25 Ahmad Thomas...... DB 5-9 185 Fr - Paramus, NJ / Paramus Catholic 61 Vaughn Fulton...... OL 6-6 265 Jr - Aston, PA / Sun Valley / Valley Forge 21 Derrek Thomas...... DB 6-3 193 r-So - Albany, NY / Bishop Maginn / Milford 27 Jager Gardner...... RB 6-2 214 So 1L Black Mountain, NC / Owen 63 Gordon Thomas...... OL 5-10 303 r-So - Philadelphia, PA / Imhotep 31 Kareem Gaulden.....DB 6-1 200 Fr - Jersey City, NJ / Lincoln 5 Jahad Thomas...... RB 5-10 188 Sr 2L Elizabeth, NJ / Elizabeth 37 Isaiah Graham-Mobley.LB 6-2 198 Fr - King of Prussia, PA / Upper Marion 28 Jyquis Thomas...... DB 6-1 211 r-So 1L Plant City, FL / Plant City 48 Daishaun Grimes...... LB 6-1 225 r-Fr - St. Cloud, FL / Harmony 86 Colin Thompson...... TE 6-4 255 r-Sr 2L Doylestown, PA / Archbishop Wood / Florida 15 Nate Hairston...... DB 6-0 193 r-Sr 2L Frederick, MD / Gov. Thomas Johnson 96 Hez Trahan...... DL 6-3 255 r-So - Philadelphia, PA/Roman Catholic/Pittsburgh 58 Matt Hennessy...... OL 6-4 285 Fr - Bardonia, NY / Don Bosco Prep 55 Chris Tucker...... DL 6-3 245 Fr - Jackson, TN / Trinity Christian Academy 24 David Hood...... RB 5-9 190 r-So 1L Galloway, NJ / Absegami 26 Amir Tyler...... DB 6-0 195 Fr - Lakewood, NJ / Lakewood 71 Benson Israel...... OL 6-1 300 r-Fr - Spring Valley, NY / St. Joseph’s (NJ) 8 Phillip Walker...... QB 5-11 205 Sr 3L Elizabeth, NJ / Elizabeth 33 Cequan Jefferson...DB 5-10 185 Jr 1L Richmond, VA / Henrico / Fork Union 32 Benny Walls...... DB 6-1 208 Fr - Cinnaminson, NJ / St. Joe’s Prep 17 Adonis Jennings..... WR 6-3 205 Jr 1L Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek / Pittsburgh 89 Greg Webb...... DL 6-1 312 r-Jr - Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek / Hutchinson (KS) CC 80 Freddie Johnson.... WR 6-1 190 Fr - North Ft. Myers, FL / North Ft. Myers 2 Avery Williams...... LB 5-10 224 r-Sr 2L Baltimore, MD / Archbishop Curley 53 Leon Johnson...... OL 6-5 320 r-Jr 2L Plainfield, NJ / Bound Brook 26 Travon Williams...... WR 5-8 160 r-Fr - Philadelphia, PA / New Foundations Charter 29 Austin Jones...... K 5-10 205 Jr 2L Orlando, FL / Boone 42 Taiyir Wilson...... FB 6-2 245 Fr - Schwenksville, PA/Perkiomen Valley/Fork Union 81 Randle Jones...... WR 6-0 171 Fr - Miami Beach, FL / Miami Beach Senior 13 Isaiah Wright...... WR 6-2 207 Fr - West Hartford, CT / Kingswood-Oxford 40 Todd Jones...... LB 6-0 227 r-So - Philadelphia, PA / St. Joe’s Prep 16 Tommy Wyatt...... QB 6-4 208 Fr - Pine Hill, NJ / Overbrook 93 DeAndre Kelly...... DL 6-1 260 r-Fr - Hyattsville, MD / DeMatha 14 Brodrick Yancy...... WR 5-10 195 r-So 1L Bradenton, FL / Manatee 89 Keith Kirkwood...... WR 6-3 218 r-Jr 1L Neptune, NJ / Neptune / Hawaii 84 Kenny Yeboah...... TE 6-5 225 Fr - Allentown, PA / Parkland Senior 39 Sam Kramer...... LB 6-3 205 Fr - Landisville, PA / Hempfield 35 William Kwenkeu...... LB 6-1 205 Fr - Waldorf, MD / St. Charles 57 Josh Lang...... LS 6-0 210 r-Jr - Pt. Pleasant, NJ / Pt. Pleasant Beach / WVU 59 Corey Lerch...... LS 5-10 205 Jr 2L Rydal, PA / La Salle College 51 Dana Levine...... DL 6-4 225 r-Fr - Hallandale Beach, FL / Hallandale

PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-CHUNS Coaches Romond Deloatch...... roe-MOND Da-lohtch Praise Martin-Oguike...... OH-gwee-kay Matt Rhule...... Rule Karamo Dioubate...... Chris Myarick...... MY-rick Mike Siravo...... SIR-ah-voh ...... ka-rah-moe DEE-ooh-bah-tay Tyleik Raynor...... TIE-leak Chris Wiesehan...... WEEZ-uh-han Jager Gardner...... JAG-er Semaj Reed...... se-MA-jay Players Kareem Gaulden...... gall-den Quincy Roche...... roe-SHAY Dan Archibong...... arch-EE-bong Cequan Jefferson...... SAY-kwan Jyquis Thomas...... ja-KEESE Ryquell Armstead...... ra-KWELL William Kwenkeu...... kwen-koo Amir Tyler...... AY-meer Kimere Brown ...... kah-mear Dana Levine...... DAY-na La-VINE Taiyir Wilson...... TIE-ear Keyvone Bruton...... KEY-vonn Logan Marchi...... mar-CHEE Kenny Yeboah...... ya-BOW-ah • 15 • 2016 Temple Football

NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER BY CLASS GEOGRAPHICAL ROSTER No Name Pos No Name Pos RS-Senior (12) RS-Soph. (22) Freshmen (37) Colorado (1) Freddie Johnson Pennsylvania (45) 1 Ventell Bryant...... WR 44 Jared Folks...... LB Romond Deloatch Nick Apostolu Dan Archibong Jacob Martin Austin Jones Patrick Anderson 2 Avery Williams...... LB 45 Rob Ritrovato...... FB Avery Ellis F. Booth-Lloyd Chris Bascomb Randle Jones Nick Apostolu Nate Hairston Ventell Bryant Justin Bishop Mississippi (1) Dana Levine Dan Archibong 3 Sean Chandler...... DB 45 Julian Mahan...... LB Khiry Lucas Lawenzo Clarke Aaron Boumerhi Khiry Lucas Willie Smith III Darian Bryant 4 Nick Sharga...... FB 47 Steve Petrick...... TE Stephaun Marshall Michael Dogbe Shaun Bradley Jyquis Thomas Aaron Boumerhi P. Martin-Oguike Marshall Ellick Kimere Brown North Carolina (1) Brodrick Yancy Brian Carter 5 Jahad Thomas...... RB 47 Mike DiFrancesco..LB Brendan McGowan Jared Folks Keyvone Bruton Jager Gardner Brendan Clark 6 S. Marshall...... LB 48 Daishaun Grimes....LB Jake O’Donnell David Hood Darian Bryant New Jersey (38) Anthony Cruz Haason Reddick James McHale Brendan Clark Ohio (1) Kareem Ali Mike DiFrancesco 7 Haason Reddick.....DL 49 Chris Smith...... LB Nate L. Smith Booker McLean Julian Conover Jovahn Fair Jarred Alwan Karamo Dioubate 8 Phillip Walker...... QB 50 P. Martin-Oguike.....DL Colin Thompson Zach Mesday Linwood Crump Ryquell Armstead Dan Drewes Avery Williams Chris Myarick Karamo Dioubate Tennessee (1) Jeremiah Atoki Jared Folks 9 Jacob Martin...... DL 51 Dana Levine...... DL Frank Nutile David Fofi Chris Tucker Chris Bascomb Artrel Foster Senior (6) Rob Ritrovato Jonny Forrest 10 Marshall Ellick...... WR 52 Avery Ellis...... DL Justin Bishop Vaughn Fulton Jarred Alwan Jaelin Robinson Sam Franklin Connecticut (3) Shaun Bradley I.Graham-Mobley 11 R. Deloatch...... TE 53 Leon Johnson...... OL Dion Dawkins Aaron Ruff Kareem Gaulden Logan Marchi Tom Bradway Todd Jones Sharif Finch Willie Smith III I.Graham-Mobley 12 Logan Marchi...... QB 53 Kevin DeCaesar...... LB Jaelin Robinson Kimere Brown Sam Kramer Averee Robinson Derrek Thomas Matt Hennessy Isaiah Wright Sean Chandler Corey Lerch 12 Kareem Ali...... DB 55 Brian Carter...... OL Jahad Thomas Gordon Thomas Freddie Johnson Lawenzo Clarke Branden Mack Phillip Walker Jyquis Thomas Randle Jones Virginia (6) Linwood Crump Dan McDonald 13 Isaiah Wright...... WR 55 Chris Tucker...... DL Hex Trahan Sam Kramer Keyvone Bruton Dion Dawkins Brendan McGowan 13 Nate L. Smith...... DB 56 Sharif Finch...... DL RS-Junior (13) Brodrick Yancy William Kwenkeu Romond Deloatch Kevin DeCaesar James McHale Cole Boozer Branden Mack Marshall Ellick Michael Dogbe Chris Myarick 14 Brodrick Yancy...... WR 57 Zach Mesday...... LB Tom Bradway Sophomore (4) Julian Mahan Sharif Finch Avery Ellis Domenic Nigrelli 15 Anthony Russo...... QB 57 Josh Lang...... LS Brian Carter Ryquell Armstead Steve Petrick David Fofi Kareem Gaulden Jake O’Donnell Artrel Foster Jager Gardner Vincent Picozzi Cequan Jefferson David Hood Steve Petrick 15 Nate Hairston...... DB 58 Matt Hennessy...... OL Leon Johnson Todd Jones Tyliek Raynor Adonis Jennings Vincent Picozzi 16 Tommy Wyatt...... QB 59 Jeromy Reichner....DL Keith Kirkwood Delvon Randall Quincy Roche Maryland (7) Leon Johnson Delvon Randall Josh Lang Anthony Russo Cole Boozer Keith Kirkwood Tyliek Raynor 16 Artrel Foster...... DB 59 Corey Lerch...... LS Semaj Reed RS-Fresh. (21) Ahmad Thomas Nate Hairston Josh Lang Semaj Reed 17 Adonis Jennings... WR 61 Vaughn Fulton...... OL Nick Sharga Kareem Ali Chris Tucker DeAndre Kelly Julian Mahan Jeromy Reichner Chris Smith Patrick Anderson Amir Tyler William Kwenkeu Stephaun Marshall Rob Ritrovato 18 Frank Nutile...... QB 62 Nick Apostolu...... OL Adrian Sullivan Jeremiah Atoki Benny Walls Quincy Roche P. Martin-Oguike Averee Robinson Anthony Cruz 18 Shaun Bradley...... LB 63 Gordon Thomas.... OL Jullian Taylor Taiyir Wilson Cortrelle Simpson Booker McLean Aaron Ruff Greg Webb Kevin DeCaesar Isaiah Wright Avery Williams Zach Mesday Kharee Ruley 19 Branden Mack...... WR 65 Brendan Clark...... OL Mike DiFrancesco Tommy Wyatt Frank Nutile Anthony Russo Dan Drewes 19 Jeremiah Atoki...... LB 66 Dion Dawkins...... OL Junior (8) Kenny Yeboah New York (7) Haason Reddick Nick Sharga Sean Chandler Jovahn Fair Julian Conover Jake Robinson Nate L. Smith 20 Tom Bradway...... WR 67 Semaj Reed...... OL Vaughn Fulton Daishaun Grimes Jonny Forrest Chapelle Russell Jullian Taylor Cequan Jefferson Benson Israel Matt Hennessy Chris Smith Gordan Thomas 20 Khiry Lucas...... DB 68 B. McGowan...... OL DeAndre Kelly Adonis Jennings Benson Israel Ahmad Thomas Colin Thompson Dana Levine 21 C. Simpson...... WR 69 Adrian Sullivan...... OL Austin Jones Alex Starzyk Jahad Thomas Hez Trahan Logan Marchi Corey Lerch Adrian Sullivan Amir Tyler Travon Williams 21 Derrek Thomas...... DB 70 Jovahn Fair...... OL Dan McDonald Jacob Martin Derrek Thomas Phillip Walker Taiyir Wilson Domenic Nigrelli Alex Starzyk Benny Walls Kenny Yeboah 22 Chapelle Russell.....LB 71 Benson Israel...... OL Jeromy Reichner Florida (11) Greg Webb 23 Delvon Randall...... DB 72 Dan Drewes...... OL Jake Robinson Kharee Ruley F. Booth-Lloyd Tommy Wyatt (Philadelphia) 24 David Hood...... RB 72 Karamo Dioubate...DL Chapelle Russell Ventell Bryant Sam Franklin 24 Kimere Brown...... DB 73 Lawenzo Clakre..... OL Cortrelle Simpson Travon Williams Daishaun Grimes 25 Ryquell Armstead. RB 74 James McHale...... OL 25 Ahmad Thomas.....DB 75 Darian Bryant...... OL SCHOOL PRIDE NAME GAME 26 Travon Williams..... WR 76 Vincent Picozzi...... OL These players Imhotep Timber Creek Anthony (2) Freddie (2) Kharee/Khiry (2) 26 Amir Tyler...... DB 77 Jaelin Robinson..... OL attended the Tyliek Raynor Kareem Ali Cruz, Russo Booth-Lloyd Khiry Lucas same school Aaron Ruff Adonis Jennings Johnson Kharee Ruley 27 Jager Gardner...... RB 78 Aaron Ruff...... OL before coming Gordon Thomas Julian Mahan Avery/Averee (3) Avery Ellis Isaiah (2) Michael (2) 27 Julian Conover...... LB 79 Cole Boozer...... OL to Temple: Greg Webb Avery Williams Graham-Mobley DiFrancesco Lakewood Averee Robinson Wright Dogbe 28 Justin Bishop...... WR 80 Willie Smith III...... WR HIGH SCHOOLS Chapelle Russell West Catholic Archbishop Wood Amir Tyler Jeromy Reichner Brendan (2) Jacob/Jake (3) Nate (2) 28 Jyquis Thomas...... DB 80 Freddie Johnson.. WR Dan McDonald Kharee Ruley Clark Jacob Martin Hairston, Smith McGowan Jake O’Donnell 29 Linwood Crump.....DB 81 Randle Jones...... WR Anthony Russo Mainland Jake Robinson Nick (2) Nate L. Smith Justin Bishop PREP SCHOOLS Chris (3) Apostolu, Sharga 29 Austin Jones...... K 82 Jake Robinson...... TE Colin Thompson Tom Bradway East Coast Bascomb Jared/Jarred (2) 30 Keyvone Bruton.....DB 83 Patrick Anderson....TE Sam Franklin Myarick Jarred Alwan Sam (2) Cheltenham Montclair Delvon Randall Smith, Tucker Jared Folks Franklin, Kramer 31 Kareem Gaulden...DB 84 Kenny Yeboah...... TE Brendan Mack Avery Ellis Alex Starzyk Dan (3) Julian/Jullian (3) Shaun/Sean (2) 32 Benny Walls...... DB 85 Chris Myarick...... TE Chris Myarick S.Marshall Archibong Julian Conover Shaun Bradley Fork Union Drewes Julian Mahan Sean Chandler 33 Kharee Ruley...... RB 86 Colin Thompson.....TE Don Bosco Prep Springfield Cequan Jefferson McDonald Jullian Taylor Julian Conover Nick Apostolu Taiyir Wilson Tom (2) 33 Cequan Jefferson.DB 87 David Fofi...... WR David (2) Kareem (2) Bradway, Wyatt Matt Hennessy Dan Archibong Fofi, Hood Ali, Gaulden 34 Tyliek Raynor...... RB 88 Jake O’Donnell...... TE Frank Nutile Milford William (2) 34 Booker McLean.....DB 89 Keith Kirkwood...... WR St. Joe’s Prep Averee Robinson Kwenkeu Dunmore Todd Jones Derrek Thomas Willie Smith 35 William Kwenkeu....LB 89 Greg Webb...... DL Dan Drewes Benny Walls 36 Sam Franklin...... DB 90 Quincy Roche...... DL James McHale Susquehanna Twp COLLEGE LETTERWINNERS 37 I.Graham-Mobley....LB 92 Domenic Nigrelli.....TE Elizabeth Jared Folks Pittsburgh Three-Time (10) Two-Time (14) One-Time (16) 37 Dan McDonald...... K 93 DeAndre Kelly...... DL Jahad Thomas Averee Robinson Adonis Jennings Jarred Alwan Brian Carter Ryquell Armstead Phillip Walker Hez Trahan Dion Dawkins Sean Chandler F. Booth-Lloyd 38 Anthony Cruz...... WR 94 Jullian Taylor...... DL Romond Deloatch Artrel Foster Tom Bradway 38 Chris Bascomb...... DB 95 Dan Archibong...... DL Henrico Valley Forge Avery Ellis Nate Hairston Ventell Bryant Sharif Finch Vaughn Fulton Sharif Finch Leon Johnson Michael Dogbe 39 Jonny Forrest...... RB 96 Hez Trahan...... DL Cequan Jefferson Booker McLean Stephaun Marshall Austin Jones Jager Gardner 39 Sam Kramer...... LB 97 Aaron Boumerhi...... K Brendan McGowan Corey Lerch David Hood Haason Reddick Jacob Martin Cequan Jefferson 40 Todd Jones...... LB 98 Michael Dogbe...... DL Averee Robinson P. Martin-Oguike Adonis Jennings Phillip Walker Nate L. Smith Keith Kirkwood 41 Jarred Alwan...... LB 99 F. Booth-Lloyd...... DL Alex Starzyk Khiry Lucas 42 Taiyir Wilson...... FB Jahad Thomas Delvon Randall Colin Thompson Semaj Reed 43 Averee Robinson....DL Avery Williams Nick Sharga 43 Alex Starzyk...... P Jyquis Thomas Brodrick Yancy

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2016 Cons. Career # Player GP-GS GP-GS GP-GS Army SB PSU Char SMU Mem UCF USF Cin UConn Tln ECU 12 Ali, Kareem 2-0 2-0 3-0 x x 41 Alwan, Jarred 2-2 20-5 38-21 MLB MLB 83 Anderson, Patrick 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 62 Apostolu, Nick 0-0 0-0 1-0 - - 25 Armstead, Ryquell 2-2 3-2 13-3 RB RB 19 Atoki, Jeremiah 2-0 2-0 2-0 x x 99 Booth-Lloyd, Freddie 2-1 2-0 14-1 DT x 79 Boozer, Cole 2-0 2-0 14-0 x x 20 Bradway, Tom 2-0 16-0 16-0 x x 1 Bryant, Ventell 1-0 0-0 15-6 x - 55 Carter, Brian 2-0 22-0 24-12 x x 3 Chandler, Sean 2-2 28-27 28-27 FS FS 29 Crump, Linwood 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 66 Dawkins, Dion 2-2 21-7 32-28 LT LT 11 Deloatch, Romond 2-0 28-0 39-9 x x 47 DiFrancesco, Mike 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 72 Dioubate, Karamo 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 98 Dogbe, Michael 2-0 6-0 18-0 x x 72 Drewes, Dan 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 10 Ellick, Marshall 2-0 2-0 7-0 x x 52 Ellis, Avery 2-1 26-1 36-2 x DE 70 Fair, Jovahn 2-2 2-2 2-2 LG LG 56 Finch, Sharif 2-0 10-0 38-13 x x 44 Folks, Jared 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 16 Foster, Artrel 2-1 28-0 28-2 CB x 36 Franklin, Sam 2-0 2-0 2-0 x x 27 Gardner, Jager 1-0 1-0 12-1 - x 48 Grimes, Daishaun 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 15 Hairston, Nate 2-2 16-2 31-4 CB CB 58 Hennessy, Matt 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 24 Hood, David 2-0 8-0 13-2 x x 71 Israel, Benson 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 33 Jefferson, Cequan 2-0 13-0 18-0 x x 17 Jennings, Adonis 2-1 16-1 16-4 x WR 80 Johnson, Freddie 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 53 Johnson, Leon 2-2 13-2 20-10 RT RT 29 Jones, Austin 2-0 28-0 28-0 x x 81 Jones, Randle 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 40 Jones, Todd 1-0 1-0 6-0 - x 89 Kirkwood, Keith 2-1 2-0 11-3 WR x 35 Kwenkeu, William 2-0 2-0 2-0 x x 57 Lang, Josh 1-0 1-0 2-0 - x 59 Lerch, Corey 2-0 28-0 28-0 x x 51 Levine, Dana 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 20 Lucas, Khiry 2-0 2-0 13-0 x x 12 Marchi, Logan 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 6 Marshall, Stephaun 2-2 40-2 40-23 WLB WLB 9 Martin, Jacob 1-1 0-0 26-3 DE - 50 Martin-Oguike, Praise 2-0 16-0 35-17 x x 68 McGowan, Brendan 2-2 2-2 24-19 C C 74 McHale, James 1-0 1-0 12-0 - x 85 Myarick, Chris 2-1 2-1 6-1 x TE 92 Nigrelli, Domenic 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 18 Nutile, Frank 1-0 1-0 4-0 - x 88 O’Donnell, Jake 2-1 2-1 2-1 x TE 23 Randall, Delvon 2-2 16-2 16-2 SS SS 7 Reddick, Haason 2-2 16-4 34-20 DE DE 67 Reed, Semaj 1-0 1-0 14-1 - x 59 Reichner, Jeromy 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 45 Ritrovato, Rob 1-0 1-0 6-0 - x 43 Robinson, Averee 2-2 36-3 39-11 NT NT 77 Robinson, Jaelin 1-0 1-0 4-0 - x 82 Robinson, Jake 2-1 2-0 2-1 TE x 78 Ruff, Aaron 1-0 1-0 3-0 - x 22 Russell, Chappelle 2-1 2-1 2-1 x LB 4 Sharga, Nick 2-2 16-2 16-6 FB FB 21 Simpson, Cortrelle 2-0 2-0 2-0 x x 49 Smith, Chris 1-0 1-0 2-0 - x 13 Smith, Nate L. 2-0 25-0 30-7 x x 43 Starzyk, Alex 2-0 28-0 28-0 x x 69 Sullivan, Adrian 2-2 2-2 8-2 RG RG 94 Taylor, Jullian 2-1 2-1 7-1 x DT 21 Thomas, Derrek 2-0 2-0 8-0 x x 63 Thomas, Gordon 1-0 1-0 4-0 - x 5 Thomas, Jahad 0-0 0-0 35-14 - - 28 Thomas, Jyquis 0-0 0-0 14-0 - - 86 Thompson, Colin 1-1 0-0 24-14 TE - 8 Walker, Phillip 2-2 36-35 37-35 QB QB 32 Walls, Benny 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 89 Webb, Greg 2-0 2-0 2-0 x x 2 Williams, Avery 2-2 19-6 35-14 SLB SLB 26 Williams, Travon 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 13 Wright, Isaiah 1-0 1-0 1-0 - x 14 Yancy, Brodrick 2-0 2-0 17-0 x x

CAPS - indicates starting position; x - played but did not start; “-” - did not play • 17 • 2016 Temple Football

TEMPLE OWLS STARTERS OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR WR/RB/TE RB QB ARMY Dawkins Fair McGowan Sullivan L.Johnson Thompson Kirkwood Jk.Robinson (TE) Sharga (FB) Armstead Walker STONY BROOK Dawkins Fair McGowan Sullivan L.Johnson Myarick Jennings O’Donnell (TE) Sharga (FB) Armstead Walker @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU DEFENSE DE DT NT DE SLB MLB WLB FS SS CB CB ARMY Reddick Booth-Lloyd A.Robinson Martin A.Williams Alwan Marshall Chandler Randall Hairston Foster STONY BROOK Reddick Taylor A.Robinson Ellis A.Williams Alwan Marshall Chandler Randall Hairston Russell (LB) @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU

WEEKLY STATISTICAL LEADERS

Rushing (Att-Yds-TDs) Passing (C-A-Yds-I-TD) Receiving (No-Yds-TD) Tackles (S-A-T) Sacks INTs ARMY Armstead (16-77-1) Walker (12-26-168-3-0) Ellick (4-46-0) A.Williams (5-7-12) J.Martin - A.Wliiams (0.5) STONY BROOK Armstead (14-48-1) Walker (11-23-124-1-3) Kirkwood (4-54-2) Kwenkeu Finch Chandler Walls (4-1-5) Levine (1.0) Randall Walls (1) @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU

WEEKLY CAPTAINS & UNIFORMS (HELMETS-JERSEYS-PANTS)

ARMY 2-Williams 7-Reddick 8-Walker 66-Dawkins C-C-W STONY BROOK 6-Marshall 15-Hairston 43-Robinson 68-McGowan W-C-W @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU

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2016 Results Date Opponent...... Score Overall Conference Home Away Time Attendance Sep 2 ARMY...... L 13-28 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 3:09 34,005 Sep 10 STONY BROOK...... W 38-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 3:00 22,296 Sep 17 at Penn State...... Sep 24 CHARLOTTE...... * Oct 1 SMU...... * Oct 6 at Memphis...... * Oct 15 at UCF...... * Oct 21 USF...... * Oct 29 CINCINNATI...... * Nov 4 at UConn...... * Nov 19 at Tulane...... * Nov 26 EAST CAROLINA...... # Dec 3 AAC Championship Game...... * - conference game; # - American Athletic Conference Championship Game

TEAM STATISTICS...... TEMPLE...... OPP SCORE/QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot SCORING...... 51...... 28 Temple 14 24 13 0 51 Points Per Game...... 25.5...... 14.0 Opponents 0 7 7 14 28 Points Off Turnovers...... 10...... 7 FIRST DOWNS...... 30...... 32 Rushing...... 13...... 25 Playing With the Lead Passing...... 16...... 5 Ahead Behind Tied Penalty...... 1...... 2 ARMY 15:05 23:18 21:37 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 260...... 378 STONY BROOK 53:54 0:00 6:06 Yards gained rushing...... 311...... 432 @Penn State Yards lost rushing...... 51...... 54 CHARLOTTE Rushing Attempts...... 67...... 101 SMU Average Per Rush...... 3.9...... 3.7 @Memphis Average Per Game...... 130.0...... 189.0 @UCF TDs Rushing...... 3...... 4 USF PASSING YARDAGE...... 292...... 99 CINCINNATI Comp-Att-Int...... 23-51-4...... 10-25-3 @UConn Average Per Pass...... 5.7...... 4.0 @Tulane Average Per Catch...... 12.7...... 9.9 ECU Average Per Game...... 146.0...... 49.5 TOTAL 68:59 23:18 27:43 TDs Passing...... 3...... 0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 552...... 477 Total Plays...... 118...... 126 Average Per Play...... 4.7...... 3.8 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR FR Tot Avg/G Average Per Game...... 276.0...... 238.5 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 2 125 0 0 0 0 0 125 62.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards...... 4-69...... 8-148 KIRKWOOD,Keith 2 0 89 0 0 0 0 89 44.5 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 5-81...... 1-13 HOOD,David 2 38 11 0 31 0 0 80 40.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 3-19...... 4-29 CHANDLER,Sean 2 0 0 67 0 0 0 67 33.5 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 17.2...... 18.5 WRIGHT,Isaiah 1 42 0 14 0 0 0 56 56.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 16.2...... 13.0 JENNINGS,Adonis 2 0 49 0 0 0 0 49 24.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 6.3...... 7.2 ELLICK,Marshall 2 0 46 0 0 0 0 46 23.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 0-0...... 4-1 SIMPSON,Cortrelle 2 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 20.0 PENALTIES-Yards...... 7-55...... 10-67 THOMPSON,Colin 1 0 32 0 0 0 0 32 32.0 Average Per Game...... 27.5...... 33.5 WILLIAMS,Travon 1 1 0 0 26 0 0 27 27.0 PUNTS-Yards...... 6-253...... 11-394 DELOATCH,Romond 2 0 26 0 0 0 0 26 13.0 Average Per Punt...... 42.2...... 35.8 BRYANT,Ventell 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 24 24.0 Net punt average...... 40.0...... 28.5 SHARGA,Nick 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 11.0 KICKOFFS-Yards...... 11-703...... 6-379 RANDALL,Delvon 2 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 9.5 Average Per Kick...... 63.9...... 63.2 GARDNER,Jager 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 15.0 Net kick average...... 43.6...... 43.3 YANCY,Brodrick 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 15 7.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game...... 27:22...... 32:38 HAIRSTON,Nate 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 6.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions...... 10/23...... 7/27 RITROVATO,Rob 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 8.0 3rd-Down Pct...... 43%...... 26% TEAM 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1.0 4TH-DOWN Conversions...... 1/4...... 4/6 WALKER,Phillip 2 -30 0 0 0 0 0 -30 -15.0 4th-Down Pct...... 25%...... 67% Total 2 260 292 81 69 19 0 721 360.5 SACKS BY-Yards...... 4-28...... 6-38 Opponents 2 378 99 13 148 29 0 667 333.5 MISC YARDS...... 0...... 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 6...... 4 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 3-3...... 0-2 ON-SIDE KICKS...... 0-0...... 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES...... (7-8) 88%...... (4-6) 67% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS...... (5-8) 63%...... (4-6) 67% PAT-ATTEMPTS...... (6-6) 100%...... (4-4) 100% ATTENDANCE...... 56301...... 0 Games/Avg Per Game...... 2/28150...... 0/0 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

• 19 • 2016 Temple Football OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Ls Net Avg TD Lg Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 2 30 133 8 125 4.2 2 16 62.5 WALKER,Phillip 2 57 -30 292 262 131.0 WRIGHT,Isaiah 1 7 42 0 42 6.0 0 11 42.0 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 2 30 125 0 125 62.5 SIMPSON,Cortrelle 2 2 40 0 40 20.0 0 36 20.0 WRIGHT,Isaiah 1 7 42 0 42 42.0 HOOD,David 2 8 38 0 38 4.8 0 10 19.0 SIMPSON,Cortrelle 2 2 40 0 40 20.0 SHARGA,Nick 2 3 22 0 22 7.3 0 17 11.0 HOOD,David 2 8 38 0 38 19.0 GARDNER,Jager 1 4 15 0 15 3.8 1 5 15.0 SHARGA,Nick 2 3 22 0 22 11.0 RITROVATO,Rob 1 3 8 0 8 2.7 0 6 8.0 GARDNER,Jager 1 4 15 0 15 15.0 WILLIAMS,Travon 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0 RITROVATO,Rob 1 3 8 0 8 8.0 TEAM 1 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1.0 WILLIAMS,Travon 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 WALKER,Phillip 2 8 12 42 -30 -3.8 0 12 -15.0 TEAM 1 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 Total 2 67 311 51 260 3.9 3 36 130.0 Total 2 118 260 292 552 276.0 Opponents 2 101 432 54 378 3.7 4 21 189.0 Opponents 2 126 378 99 477 238.5

PASSING G Eff C-A-I Pct Yds TD Lg Avg/G WALKER,Phillip 2 100.87 23-49-4 46.9 292 3 32 146.0 |------PATs ------| MARCHI,Logan 1 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 SCORING TD FGs Kck Ru Rc Pa DX Saf Pts Total 2 96.92 23-51-4 45.1 292 3 32 146.0 JONES,Austin 0 3-3 6-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15 Opponents 2 49.26 10-25-3 40.0 99 0 36 49.5 KIRKWOOD,Keith 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 GARDNER,Jager 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 YANCY,Brodrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Lg Avg/G Total 6 3-3 6-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 51 KIRKWOOD,Keith 2 7 89 12.7 2 26 44.5 Opponents 4 0-2 4-4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 28 JENNINGS,Adonis 2 5 49 9.8 0 20 24.5 ELLICK,Marshall 2 4 46 11.5 0 16 23.0 DELOATCH,Romond 2 2 26 13.0 0 21 13.0 BRYANT,Ventell 1 2 24 12.0 0 18 24.0 THOMPSON,Colin 1 1 32 32.0 0 32 32.0 YANCY,Brodrick 2 1 15 15.0 1 15 7.5 HOOD,David 2 1 11 11.0 0 11 5.5 Total 2 23 292 12.7 3 32 146.0 Opponents 2 10 99 9.9 0 36 49.5

FIELD GOALS M-A Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk JONES,Austin 3-3 100.0 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 41 0

FG SEQUENCE INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Temple: (41,27)(21) CHANDLER,Sean 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents: (34m,47m)() RANDALL,Delvon 1 19 19.0 0 19 WALLS, Benny 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 3 19 6.3 0 19 Opponents 4 29 7.2 0 26 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn JONES,Austin 11 703 63.9 3 0 Total 11 703 63.9 3 0 148 43.6 21 Opponents 6 379 63.2 2 0 69 43.3 21

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long HOOD,David 2 31 15.5 0 22 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd HAIRSTON,Nate 1 12 12.0 0 12 STARZYK,Alex 6 253 42.2 54 0 1 3 2 0 WILLIAMS,Travon 1 26 26.0 0 26 Total 6 253 42.2 54 0 1 3 2 0 Total 4 69 17.2 0 26 Opponents 11 394 35.8 52 0 1 2 1 1 Opponents 8 148 18.5 0 23

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long CHANDLER,Sean 4 67 16.8 0 48 WRIGHT,Isaiah 1 14 14.0 0 14 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total 5 81 16.2 0 48 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 1 13 13.0 0 13 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 20 • OwlSports.com 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 2 WILLIAMS,Avery 2 7 7 14 2.5-8 0.5-4 . . . . 1 . . 6 MARSHALL,Stephaun 2 8 5 13 ...... 3 CHANDLER,Sean 2 6 6 12 . . 1-0 ...... 41 ALWAN,Jarred 2 4 7 11 ...... 50 MARTIN-OGUIKE,Praise 2 6 5 11 1.0-3 ...... 43 ROBINSON,Averee 2 5 5 10 1.5-2 0.5-1 ...... 56 FINCH,Sharif 2 3 6 9 2.0-8 1.0-7 . . . . 1 1 . 16 FOSTER,Artrel 2 3 3 6 . . . 1 . . . . . 35 KWENKEU,William 2 4 1 5 ...... 23 RANDALL,Delvon 2 5 . 5 . . 1-19 ...... 94 TAYLOR,Jullian 2 2 3 5 ...... 32 WALLS, Benny 1 4 1 5 . . 1-0 ...... 22 RUSSELL,Chapelle 2 3 1 4 . . . . . 1-0 1 . . 98 DOGBE,Michael 2 . 4 4 ...... 9 MARTIN,Jacob 1 2 2 4 0.5-3 0.5-3 ...... 13 SMITH,Nate L. 2 2 1 3 ...... 7 REDDICK,Haason 2 1 2 3 0.5-2 0.5-2 ...... 72 DIOUBATE,Karamo 1 3 . 3 1.0-1 ...... 89 WEBB,Greg 2 . 2 2 ...... 99 BOOTH-LLOYD,Freddie 2 1 1 2 1.0-1 ...... 44 FOLKS,Jared 1 . 2 2 ...... 52 ELLIS,Avery 2 2 . 2 2.0-13 . . . . . 1 . . 48 GRIMES,Daishaun 1 . 1 1 ...... 51 LEVINE,Dana 1 1 . 1 1.0-11 1.0-11 ...... 59 REICHNER,Jeromy 1 1 . 1 ...... 29 CRUMP,Linwood 1 1 . 1 ...... 82 ROBINSON,Jake 2 1 . 1 ...... 15 HAIRSTON,Nate 2 1 . 1 ...... 53 JOHNSON,Leon 2 1 . 1 ...... 11 DELOATCH,Romond 2 1 . 1 ...... 33 JEFFERSON,Cequan 2 1 . 1 ...... 17 JENNINGS,Adonis 2 1 . 1 ...... 21 THOMAS,Derrek 2 1 . 1 ...... 29 JONES,Austin 2 . 1 1 ...... 25 ARMSTEAD,Ryquell 2 1 . 1 ...... Total 2 82 66 148 13-52 4-28 3-19 1 . 1-0 4 1 . Opponents 2 77 26 103 11.0-50 6-38 4-29 3 . . . . .

1ST DOWN CONVERSIONS (Rushing-Receiving)

Army SB PSU Char SMU Mem UCF USF Cin UConn Tln ECU TOTAL K.Kirkwood 0-3 0-2 0-5

R.Armstead 2-0 2-0 4-0

M.Ellick 0-3 0-3 A.Jennings 0-1 0-2 0-3 N.Sharga 2-0 1-0 3-0

V.Bryant 0-2 0-2 D.Hood 1-0 1-0 2-0 I.Wright 2-0 2-0

R.Deloatch 0-1 0-1 R.Ritrovato 1-0 1-0 C.Simpson 1-0 1-0 C.Thompson 0-1 0-1 B.Yancy 0-1 0-1

• 21 • 2016 Temple Football 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 ARMY 28 83 1 16 12 168 0 32 12-26-3 168 0 32 3 43 0 22 0 0 0 0 251 S-10 SBU 39 177 2 36 11 124 3 26 11-25-1 124 3 26 1 26 0 26 5 81 0 48 301 Totals 67 260 3 36 23 292 3 32 23-51-4 292 3 32 4 69 0 26 5 81 0 48 552 Games: 2 Avg/rush: 3.9 Avg/catch: 12.7 Pass effic: 96.92 KR avg: 17.2 PR avg: 16.2 All purpose avg/game: 360.5 Total offense avg/gm: 276.0

|------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 ARMY 43 50 93 4.0-22 1.0-7 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1-1 0 0 0 13-02 E S-10 SBU 39 16 55 9.0-30 3.0-21 3 1-0 3-19 0 1 0 5-5 0 0 0 38 Totals 82 66 148 13.0-52 4.0-28 4 1-0 3-19 0 1 1 6-6 0 0 0 51 M P L 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 ARMY 2 63 31.5 32 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 41 0 4 257 64.2 2 0 S-10 SBU 4 190 47.5 54 0 0 1 2 2 1-1 21 0 7 446 63.7 1 0 Totals 6 253 42.2 54 0 0 1 2 3 3-3 41 0 11 703 63.9 3 0

|------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 ARMY 67 329 4 21 2 15 0 11 2-5-0 15 0 11 2 39 0 23 0 0 0 0 344 S-10 SBU 34 49 0 17 8 84 0 36 8-20-3 84 0 36 6 109 0 23 1 13 0 13 133 Opp. totals 101 378 4 21 10 99 0 36 10-25-3 99 0 36 8 148 0 23 1 13 0 13 477 Games: 2 Avg/rush: 3.7 Avg/catch: 9.9 Pass effic: 49.26 KR avg: 18.5 PR avg: 13.0 All purpose avg/game: 333.5 Total offense avg/gm: 238.5 O

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 ARMY 31 16 47 6.0-21 4.0-19 0 0-0 3-29 0 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 P S-10 SBU 46 10 56 5.0-29 2.0-19 0 0-0 1-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 O Opponent totals 77 26 103 11.0-50 6.0-38 0 0-0 4-29 0 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 N E N 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 ARMY 2 42 21.0 35 1 0 1 0 1 2-0 0 0 5 320 64.0 2 0 S-10 SBU 9 352 39.1 52 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 1 59 59.0 0 0 Opponent totals 11 394 35.8 52 1 0 1 1 2 2-0 0 0 6 379 63.2 2 0

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DRIVE PRODUCTION

TEMPLE Drives TDs FGs MFGs Downs Punts Fumble INT Sfty Clock %Scores %TDs ARMY 9 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 33.3 11.1 STONY BROOK 15 5 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 40.0 33.3 @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 24 6 3 0 3 6 0 4 0 2 37.5 25.0 Walker 21 6 3 0 3 4 0 4 0 1 42.9 28.6 Marchi 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 Nutile 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 ARMY 10 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 40.0 40.0 STONY BROOK 14 0 0 0 1 9 1 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 24 4 0 2 1 11 1 3 0 2 16.7 16.7

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 FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game S-02 ARMY L 13-28 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 S-10 SBU W 38-0 6 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 8 7 41 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 of 8 (87.5%)

OPPONENTS Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ------Failed to score inside RZ ------Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game S-02 ARMY L 13-28 5 4 28 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 S-10 SBU W 38-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 4 28 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 of 6 (66.7%)

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3RD DOWN SITUIATIONS 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 ARMY 1-1 2-2 0-1 0-2 0-3 3-9 33.3 STONY BROOK 2-2 2-2 0-3 1-1 0-2 0-1 1-1 1-2 7-14 50.0 @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 3-3 4-4 0-0 0-3 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-3 1-5 10-23 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 20.0 43.5 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 ARMY 4-4 3-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-4 7-14 50.0 STONY BROOK 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-3 0-13 0.0 @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 4-5 3-5 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-7 7-27 80.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.9

DRIVE LENGTH SITUIATIONS (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 ARMY 1-0-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-0-1 9-1-2 STONY BROOK 1-0-0 2-1-1 1-1-0 5-3-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 15-5-1 @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 1-0-0 4-1-0 6-1-2 1-1-0 0-0-0 5-3-0 3-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 24-6-3

OPPONENTS 90-99 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 20-29 10-19 1-9 Total ARMY 1-0-0 1-1-0 3-2-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 1-0-0 10-4-0 STONY BROOK 3-0-0 4-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 3-0-0 14-0-0 @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 4-0-0 5-1-0 6-2-0 1-0-0 4-0-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 24-4-0

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TAKEAWAYS = POINTS TEMPLE Opponent Qtr Time Rem. Fumble INT YdLn TD FG Other Play ARMY 0 0 0 0 0 Scores:TA = 0:0 ... TD:TA = 0:0 ... Points = 0 STONY BROOK 1 3 1 1 2 Scores:TA = 2:4 ... TD:TA = 1:4 ... Points = 10 1st 2:19 1 SB16 0 S.Alston KOR / FF: C.Russell / FR: C.Russell 2nd 14:10 1 SB21 1 J.Carbone pass / INT: S.Chandler 3rd 7:26 1 SB21 1 J.Carbone pass / INT: D.Randall 4th 0:48 1 EZ 0 P.Irwin pass / INT: B.Walls @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 1 3 1 1 2 Scores:TA = 2:4 ... TD:TA = 1:4 ... Points = 10

OPPONENTS Opponent Qtr Time Rem. Fumble INT YdLn TD FG Other Play ARMY 0 3 1 0 2 Scores:TA = 1:3 ... TD:TA = 1:3 ... Points = 7 1st 10:05 1 A28 1 P.Walker pass / INT:M.Hyatt 4th 3:11 1 T26 1 P.Walker pass / INT: K.Brinson 4th 1:39 1 T44 1 P.Walker pass / INT: M.Reynolds STONY BROOK 0 1 0 0 1 Scores:TA = 0:1 ... TD:TA = 0:1 ... Points = 0 2nd 6:48 1 50 1 P.Walker pass / INT: J.Woods @Penn State CHARLOTTE SMU @Memphis @UCF USF CINCINNATI @UConn @Tulane ECU TOTAL 0 4 1 0 3 Scores:TA = 1:4 ... TD:TA = 1:4 ... Points = 7

• 25 • 2016 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 ARMY 11 Ryquell Armstead 11 Jordan Asberry 32 Phillip Walker to Colin Thompson 10 Darnell Woolfolk 10 David Hood 14 Andy Davidson 20 Phillip Walker to Adonis Jennings 10t Ahmad Bradshaw 12 Jordan Asberry 15 Jordan Asberry 10 Tyler Campbell 11 Jordan Asberry 21 Christian Drake 12 Tyler Campbell 19 Andy Davidson 17 Andy Davidson

Run Pass Ret TEMPLE Run Pass Ret STONY BROOK 36 Cortrelle Simpson 17 Jordan Gowins 21 Phillip Walker to Romond Deloatch 36 Joe Carbone to Donavin Washington 12 Phillip Walker 11 Isaiah Wright 11 Isaiah Wright 17 Nick Sharga 48 Sean Chandler (punt return) 26t Phillip Walker to Keith Kirkwood

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 26 • OwlSports.com THE LAST TIME....(TEAM) TEAM Temple Opponent Won in Overtime 10/12/13 at Connecticut, 17-14 12/1/08 at Navy, 33-27 Won by Scoring in the Last Two Minutes of Regulation 9/19/15 at UMass, 25-23 (last score at 0:02) 11/7/14 vs. Memphis, 16-13 (last score at 0:00) 32-yard FG by Austin Jones 31-yard FG by Jake Elliott Tied Game by Scoring in the 10/26/13 at SMU, 59-49 11/16/13 vs. #15/19 UCF, 39-36 Last Two Minutes of Regulation (tied game at 1:02 with Kenny Harper 2-yard (tied game at 1:06 with 30-yard TD pass run and Nick Visco kick) from Blake Bortles to J.J. Worton) Shutout 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook, 38-0 11/10/07 vs. #25 Penn State, 31-0 Held Opponent without a Touchdown 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook, 38-0 11/23/10 at Miami (OH), 23-3 Scoreless First Half 10/5/13 loss to #7 Louisville, 30-7 9/10/16 loss by Stony Brook, 38-0 Won by 20 or More Points 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook, 38-0 11/14/15 at USF, 44-23 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 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook, 38-0 (38) 10/5/13 vs. Louisville, 30-7 (30) Held a 21 or More Point Lead 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook, 38-0 (38) 12/5/15 at #19 Houston (21) Scored 20 or More Points in a Quarter 11/6/15 at SMU, 60-40 (22 point 4th Q) 12/22/15 vs. Toledo, 32-17 (20 point 4th Q) Scored 20 or More Points in a Half 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook, 38-0 (28 point 1st half) 9/2/16 vs. Army, 28-13 (21 point 2nd half) Touchdowns Scored by Offense and Defense 11/6/15 at SMU, 60-40 (7 offense, 1 defense) 11/15/14 win at Penn State (2 offense, 1 defense) Touchdowns Scored by Off., Def. and Special Teams 9/20/14 win vs. Delaware State (5 off, 1 def, 2 st) n/a Safety Scored 9/27/14 at Connecticut (Tyler Matakevich) 12/22/15 by Toledo (team) Two-Point Conversion 12/22/15 vs. Toledo (P.Walker pass to R.Anderson) n/a No Penalties in Game n/a n/a 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 11/6/15 win at SMU, 60-40 11/14/15 at USF, 44-23 Touchdown Scored on First Drive 11/6/15 J.Gardner 94 yd. run at SMU, 60-40 (12:02) 12/5/15 J.Webb 1 yd. run at #19 Houston (10:05) OFFENSE 500 or More Total Net Yards of Offense 11/6/15 at SMU (536) 11/14/15 at USF, 44-23 (556) 400 or More Total Net Yards of Offense 11/21/15 vs. #21 Memphis (461) 12/22/15 vs. Toledo, 32-71 (435) 300 or More Net Yards Rushing by Team 11/17/12 at Army (534) 9/2/16 vs. Army, 28-13 (329) 200 or More Net Yards Rushing by Team 11/21/15 vs. #21 Memphis (200) 9/2/16 vs. Army, 28-13 (329) 400 Net Yards Passing by Team n/a 9/12/15 at Cincinnati (427) 300 Net Yards Passing by Team 9/19/15 at UMass (391) 9/19/15 at UMass (393) No Sacks Allowed 11/21/15 vs. #21 Memphis 12/22/15 vs. Toledo No Turnovers 11/28/15 vs. UConn 9/2/16 vs. Army Defense Held Opponent Under 200 Net Yards of Total Offense 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook (133) 11/1/14 vs. #21 East Carolina (135) Held Opponent Under 300 Net Yards of Total Offense 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook (133) 9/2/16 vs. Army (251) Held Opponent Under 50 Yards Rushing 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook (49) 10/25/14 at UCF (32) Held Opponent Under 75 Yards Rushing 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook (49) 10/22/15 at East Carolina (72) Held Opponent Under 100 Yards Rushing 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook (49) 9/2/16 vs. Army (83) Held Opponent Under 100 Net Yards Passing 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook (84) 11/1/14 vs. #21 East Carolina (70) Held Opponent Under 150 Net Yards Passing 9/10/16 vs. Stony Brook (84) 10/17/15 vs. UCF (149) Seven or More Sacks by Team 9/5/15 vs. Penn State (10) 11/23/10 at Miami (FL) (7) Six or More Sacks by Team 10/22/15 at East Carolina (6) 11/23/10 at Miami (FL) (7) Five or More Sacks by Team 10/22/15 at East Carolina (6) 11/23/13 vs. Connecticut (5) Special Teams No Punts n/a n/a Blocked Punt 9/2/16 Sharif Finch vs. Army 11/21/15 Wynton McManis vs. #21 Memphis Missed Extra Point Attempt 10/2/15 Austin Jones at Charlotte (blocked) 12/22/13 Jameson Vest vs. Toledo Blocked Field Goal Attempt 11/15/14 Praise Martin-Oguike at Penn State n/a 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 10/17/15 Shaquill Griffin (81 yards) vs. UCF Fumble Returned for Touchdown 11/1/14 Tavon Young (63 yards) vs. #21 East Carolina 10/20/12 Khaseem Green (20 yards) vs. Rutgers Kickoff Return for a Touchdown 9/12/15 Jahad Thomas (100 yards) at Cincinnati 11/6/15 Braeden West (80 yards) at SMU 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)

• 27 • 2016 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 11/17/12 Montel Harris (36-351-7TDs) at Army 11/14/15 Marlon Mack (21-230-2TDs) at USF Individual 150-Yard Rushing Game 10/17/15 Jahad Thomas (31-199-3TDs) vs. UCF 11/14/15 Marlon Mack (21-230-2TDs) at USF Individual 100-Yard Rushing Game 11/28/15 Jahad Thomas (20-119-2TDs) vs. UConn 9/2/16 Andy Davidson (22-121-2TDs) vs. Army Two 100-Yard Rushers in the Same Game n/a n/a 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 10/17/15 Jahad Thomas (31-199-3TDs) and 12/5/15 Greg Ward Jr. (17-148-2TDs) and Ryquell Armstead (4-14-0TDs) vs. UCF Brandon Wilson (11-70-0TDs) at #19 Houston 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 10/17/15 Jahad Thomas (31-199-3TDs) vs. UCF 11/7/14 Brandon Hayes (26-75-0TDs) vs. Memphis Rushing Play of 60 or More Yards 11/28/15 Jahad Thomas (60t) vs. UConn 10/31/15 DeShone Kizer (79t) vs. #9 Notre Dame Rushing Play of 40 or More Yards 11/28/15 Jahad Thomas (60t) vs. UConn 12/5/15 Greg Ward Jr. (47t) at #19 Houston Individual with Three or More Rushing Touchdowns 10/17/15 Jahad Thomas (31-199-3TDs) vs. UCF n/a Individual with Two or More Rushing Touchdowns 11/28/15 Jahad Thomas (20-119-2TDs) vs. UConn 9/2/16 Andy Davidson (22-121-2TDs) vs. Army Individual with 50 or More Pass Attempts n/a 9/19/15 Blake Frohnapfel (29-55-393-3TDs-1INT) at UMass Individual with 40 or More Pass Attempts 12/5/15 P.Walker (26-44-287-1TD-1INT) at #19 Houston 10/22/15 Blake Kemp (31-48-272-1INT-1TD) at East Carolina Individual with 30 or More Pass Completions 10/9/04 Walt Washington (30-45-314-3TD-0INT) vs. Pitt 10/22/15 Blake Kemp (31-48-272-1INT-1TD) at East Carolina Individual with 25 or More Pass Completions 12/5/15 P.Walker (26-44-287-1TD-1INT) at #19 Houston 10/22/15 Blake Kemp (31-48-272-1INT-1TD) at East Carolina Individual 400-Yard Passing Game 10/5/96 Henry Burris (25-41-495-3 TD-0 INT) at Pitt 9/12/15 Gunner Kiel (30-52-427-2-4INT) at Cincinnati Individual 300-Yard Passing Game 9/19/15 P.J. Walker (28-48-391-1-TD-2-INTs) at UMass 9/19/15 Blake Frohnapfel (29-55-393-3TDs-1INT) at UMass Consecutive 300-Yard Passing Games (Same Season) 2010 Mike Gerardi (21-29-368-2TDs) at Kent State 2015 Gunner Kiel (30-52-427-2-4INT) at Cincinnati (11/6); (28-48-311-2TDs) vs. Ohio (11/16) B.Frohnapfel (29-55-393-3TDs-1INT) at UMass) Individual with Five or More Touchdown Passes 11/22/08 Adam DiMichele (21-37-370-6 TD-0 INT) vs. EMU 11/3/12 T.Bridgewater (19-28-324-5 TD-0 INT) at Louisville Individual with Four or More Touchdown Passes 11/6/15 P.J. Walker (18-25-268-4TDs-0INTs) at SMU 11/16/13 Blake Bortles (27-38-404-4-0INTs) vs. #15/19 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 East Carolina 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 12/5/15 Robby Anderson (12-150-1TD) at #19 Houston 9/19/15 Tajae Sharpe (11-156-0TDs) at UMass Individual 100-Yard Receiving Game 12/5/15 Robby Anderson (12-150-1TD) at #19 Houston 12/22/15 Cody Thompson (4-119-1TD) vs. Toledo 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 Connecticut 2015 Tajae Sharpe (11-156-0TDs) at UMass and (5-107-1TD) vs. Tulsa Mekale McKay (2-105-1TD) at Cincinnati 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 11/6/15 P.Walker to Ventell Bryant (75t) at SMU 12/22/15 Phillip Ely to Cody Thompson (80t) vs. Toledo Pass Play of 40 or More Yards 12/5/15 P.Walker to R.Anderson (41) at #19 Houston 12/22/15 Phillip Ely to Cody Thompson (80t) vs. Toledo 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. #15/19 UCF Led Team in Both Rush. & Rec. Yards in Same Game 10/2/15 Jahad Thomas at Charlotte 10/2/15 Kalif Phillips at Charlotte (20-109-2TDs rush. & 3-48-0TDs rec.) (19-125-0TDs rush. & 2-41-0TDs rec.) 100-Yd. Rusher & 100-Yd. Receiver in the Same Game 10/11/14 Jahad Thomas (14-152-0TDs rush.), 11/14/15 Marlon Mack (21-230-2TDs rush.), Jalen Fitzpatrick (5-107-1TD rec.), Rodney Adams (7-147-1TD rec.) at USF Jamie Gilmore (2-100-0TDs rec.) vs. Tulsa 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. #15/19 UCF At Least One Rushing & Receiving TD in Same Game 10/10/15 Jahad Thomas vs. Tulane 11/14/15 Marlon Mack at USF (14-54-1TD rush. 2-24-1TD rec.) (21-230-2TDs rush. 3-42-1TD rec.) At Least One Rush. TD & One TD Pass in Same Game 11/6/15 P.J. Walker at SMU 11/6/15 Quinton Flowers at USF (18-25-268-4TDs pass, 7-49-1TD rush) (15-22-230-0-1TD pass., 18-90-1TD 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 11/23/10 Evan Harris (2) at Miami (FL) 9/12/15 Alex Wells (2) at Cincinnati Individual with Four or More Sacks 10/19/02 Dan Klecko (4.0) at Connecticut n/a Individual with Three or More Sacks 9/5/15 Tyler Matakevich (3.0) vs. Penn State 9/14/13 DeAndre Slate (3.0) vs. Fordham Individual with Two or More Sacks 9/5/15 Tyler Matakevich (3.0) vs. Penn State 9/2/16 Alex Aukerman (2.0) vs. Army 9/5/15 Nate D. Smith (2.0) vs. Penn State

SPECIAL TEAMS Individual with Five or More Field Goals n/a 9/7/13 Richie Leone (5) vs. Houston Individual with Four or More Field Goals 9/3/10 Brandon McManus vs. Villanova 11/21/15 Jake Elliott vs. #21 Memphis (4-5) Individual with Three or More Field Goals 12/22/15 Austin Jones vs. Toledo (3-3) 11/21/15 Jake Elliott vs. #21 Memphis (4-5) Individual with 60-yard or More Punt 12/22/15 Alex Starzyk (71) vs. Toledo 12/22/15 Nick Ellis (64) vs. Toledo Individual with 50-yard or More Field Goal 10/6/12 Brandon McManus (50) vs. South Florida 9/12/15 Andrew Gantz (53) at Cincinnati

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Best...... TEMPLE...... Worst 38 vs. Stony Brook...... Points...... 13 vs. Army 16 vs. Army...... First Downs...... 14 vs. Stony Brook 301 vs. Stony Brook...... Total Offense...... 251 vs. Army 177 vs. Stony Brook...... Net Yards Rushing...... 83 vs. Army 168 vs. Army...... Net Yards Passing...... 124 vs. Stony Brook 64 vs. Stony Brook...... Plays...... 54 vs. Army 39 vs. Stony Brook...... Rushing Attempts...... 28 vs. Army 26 vs. Army...... Pass Attempts...... 25 vs. Stony Brook 12 vs. Army...... Pass Completions...... 11 vs. Stony Brook 1 vs. Stony Brook...... Intercepted...... 3 vs. Army 3 vs. Stony Brook...... Sacked...... 4 vs. Army 0 (2x) last vs. Stony Brook...... Fumbles...... 0 (2x) last vs. Stony Brook 0 (2x) last vs. Stony Brook...... Fumbles Lost...... 0 (2x) last vs. Stony Brook 1 vs. Stony Brook...... Total Turnovers...... 3 vs. Army 2 vs. Stony Brook...... Penalties...... 5 vs. Army 20 vs. Stony Brook...... Yards Penalized...... 35 vs. Army 30:32 vs. Stony Brook...... Time of Possession...... 24:12 vs. Army 7 vs. Stony Brook...... Third Down Conversions (att)...... 3 vs. Army 14 vs. Stony Brook...... Third Down Conversions (conv)...... 9 vs. Army

Worst...... OPPONENT...... Best 0 Stony Brook...... Points...... 28 Army 7 Stony Brook...... First Downs...... 25 Army 133 Stony Brook...... Total Offense...... 344 Army 49 Stony Brook...... Net Yards Rushing...... 329 Army 15 Army...... Net Yards Passing...... 84 Stony Brook 54 Stony Brook...... Plays...... 72 Army 34 Stony Brook...... Rushing Attempts...... 67 Army 5 Army...... Pass Attempts...... 20 Stony Brook 2 Army...... Pass Completions...... 8 Stony Brook 3 Stony Brook...... Intercepted...... 0 Army 2 Stony Brook...... Sacked...... 1 Army 3 Stony Brook...... Fumbles...... 1 Army 1 Stony Brook ...... Fumbles Lost...... 0 Army 4 Stony Brook...... Total Turnovers...... 0 Army 5 (2x) last by Stony Brook...... Penalties...... 5 (2x) last by Stony Brook 34 Army...... Yards Penalized...... 33 Stony Brook 29:28 Stony Brook...... Time of Possession...... 35:48 Army 0 Stony Brook...... Third Down Conversions (att)...... 7 Army 14 Army...... Third Down Conversions (conv)...... 13 Stony Brook

Temple...... INDIVIDUAL...... Opponent 77 Ryquell Armstead vs. Army...... Yards Rushing...... 121 Andy Davidson, Army 16 Ryquell Armstead vs. Army...... Rushing Attempts...... 22 Andy Davidson, Army 1 (3x) last by Jager Gardner vs. Stony Brook...... Rushing TDs...... 2 Andy Davidson, Army 4 (3x) last by K.Kirkwood and A.Jennings vs. Stony Brook...... Receptions...... 2 (3x) last by D.Washington, ...... H.Jackson, R.Bolden, Stony Brook 54 Keith Kirkwood vs. Stony Brook...... Yards Receiving...... 39 Donavin Washington, Stony Brook 2 Keith Kirkwood vs. Stony Brook...... Receiving TDs...... 0 77 Ryquell Armstead vs. Army...... Combined Yards (rush/rec)...... 121 Andy Davidson, Army 77 Ryquell Armstead vs. Army...... All-Purpose Yards (rush/rec/ret)...... 121 Andy Davidson, Army 168 Phillip Walker vs. Army...... Yards Passing...... 84 Joe Carbone, Stony Brook 26 Phillip Walker vs. Army...... Pass Attempts...... 17 Joe Carbone, Stony Brook 12 Phillip Walker vs. Army...... Pass Completions...... 8 Joe Carbone, Stony Brook 3 Phillip Walker vs. Stony Brook...... TD Passes...... 0 3 Phillip Walker vs. Army...... Interceptions Thrown...... 2 Joe Carbone, Stony Brook 36 Cortrelle Simpson vs. Stony Brook...... Longest Run...... 21 Christian Drake, Army 32 Phillip Walker to Colin Thompson vs. Army...... Longest Pass Completion...... 36 J.Carbone to D.Washington, Stony Brook 26 Travon Williams vs. Stony Brook...... Longest Kickoff Return...... 23 (2x) last by Sherman Alston, Stony Brook 48 Sean Chandler vs. Stony Brook...... Longest Punt Return...... 13 Donavin Washington, Stony Brook 19 Delvon Randall vs. Stony Brook...... Longest Interception Return...... 26 Marcus Hyatt, Army 54 Alex Starzyk vs. Stony Brook ...... Longest Punt...... 52 Marc Nolan, Stony Brook 41 Austin Jones vs. Army...... Longest Field Goal...... 0 2 Keith Kirkwood vs. Stony Brook...... Touchdowns Scored...... 2 Andy Davidson, Army 12 Keith Kirkwood vs. Stony Brook...... Points Scored...... 12 Andy Davidson, Army 12 Avery Williams vs. Army...... Tackles...... 8 Jeremy Timpf, Army 1.0 (2x) last by S.Finch and J.Reichner vs. Stony Brook ...... Sacks...... 2.0 Alex Aukerman, Army 1 (3x) last by S.Chandler, D.Randall, B.Walls vs. Stony Brook...... Interceptions...... 1 (4x) last by Jaheem Woods, Stony Brook

• 29 • 2016 Temple Football Army 28, Temple 13 September 2, 2016 Army (1-0) 0 7 7 14 28 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa Temple (0-1) 0 10 3 0 13 ARMY RUNS OVER TEMPLE FOR UPSET VICTORY Attendance: 34,005 Kickoff time: 7:02 pm Temperature: 79 End of Game: 10:11 pm Wind: NNE 8mph Total elapsed time: 3:09 Weather: Cloudy PHILADELPHIA - Army uti- seen triple option offense. Officials: Referee: Adam Savoie; Umpire: Paul Myers; lized its famed triple option Linesman: Dan Harrington; Line judge: Tod Reese; Back running attack to march up Despite the Temple of- judge: Tom Fimmen; Field judge: James Reif; Side judge: and down the field to upset fense consistently working Alex Moore; Center judge: Marcus Woods; the Temple Owls, 28-13, in its way up and down the the season opener for both field, the Owls struggled Team Stats ARMY TEM teams Friday night in front finishing drives, owing First Downs 25 16 of 34,005 fans at Lincoln its slim 10-7 halftime lead Rushes Yards (Net) 67-329 28-83 Financial Field. The Black to excellent field posi- Passing Yards (Net) 15 168 Knights accumulated 329 tion granted by a senior Passes Att-Comp-Int 5-2-0 26-12-3 rushing yards on 67 carries DL Sharif Finch blocked Total Offense - Plays-Yards 72-344 54-251 with fullback Andy David- punt, the fifth of his career. Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 son leading the way with Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 121 yards and two TDs. The second half seemed Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-39 3-43 to continue a similar sto- Interception Returns-Yards 3-29 0-0 Temple struggled through- ry as the Owl defense Punts (Number-Avg) 2-21.0 2-31.5 out the game to find any surrendered an opening Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 offensive rhythm, with the 77-yard drive and their Penalties-Yards 5-34 5-35 defense unable to slow lead to the Black Knights, Possession Time 35:48 24:12 down the Army ground capped by Davidson’s Third-Down Conversions 7 of 14 3 of 9 game. The Army offense surge passed the goal line. Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 1 of 2 controlled the line-of- Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 2-2 scrimmage and domi- Even with junior PK Austin Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-19 1-7 nated the time-of-pos- Jones’ field goal closing session in both halves. the gap, Army continued to RUSHING: Army - Davidson 22-121; Asberry 5-53; Brad- manhandle the Owl defen- shaw 16-50; Woolfolk 12-50; Campbell 4-27; Drake 2-24; Head coach Matt Rhule re- sive front, methodically con- St. Hilaire 1-6; Carter 2-3; Team 3-(-5). Temple - Armstead iterated the Owls mistakes following the loss, targeting verting positive gains for its third touchdown of the game. 16-77; Hood 5-21; Sharga 2-5; Team 1-(-1)1; Walker 4-(-19). turnovers, quarterback protection and red zone efficiency. The Black Knight defense followed suit on the ensuing drive, shutting down Walker for a quick three-and-out. PASSING: Army - Bradshaw 1-4-0-11; Carter 1-1-0-4. Tem- “We looked good early on at times, but when times ple - Walker 12-26-3-168. got hard we couldn’t react,” Rhule said. “That is not The Owls had a chance in the final minutes as Army, the team that we want to have. I thought defensively, leading 21-13, missed a field goal with 3:41. Temple RECEIVING: Army - Poe 1-11; Asberry 1-4. Temple - Ellick we couldn’t stop Army. Offensively, we couldn’t capi- took possession on its own 30-yard line, but Walker 4-46; Kirkwood 3-35; V.Bryant 2-24; Thompson 1-32; Jen- talize. We got the ball in the red zone three times and was picked off two plays later by Kenneth Brinson. The nings 1-20; Hood 1-11. could not produce. We had three turnovers, Army had Black Knights then iced the game on a 17-yard TD run none. We could not protect the quarterback. That’s on by Davidson with 2:28 on the clock. Walker tossed INTERCEPTIONS: Army - Hyatt 1-26; Reynolds 1-3; Brin- me. We have three losses in a row and we have to do his final interception of the night on the final drive. son 1-0. Temple - None. something, quickly, to get ourselves back on track.” Defensively, impressive individual performances by se- FUMBLES: Army - Bradshaw 1-0. Temple - None. Senior QB Phillip Walker and the offense found nior linebackers Avery Williams (career-high 12 tackles) no movement through the air or on the ground in and Jarred Alwan (9 tackles), not to mention senior cor- SACKS: Army - Aukerman 2.0; Voit 1.0; Brinson 1.0. Tem- the second half, scoring just a field goal. However, nerback Sean Chandler (10 tackles), failed to slow the ple - J.Martin 0.5; A.Williams 0.5. the four-year starter was able to break the school Army triple-option onslaught. For the Black Knights, record for career passing yards in the contest. Davidson and Bradshaw led the way, combining for 185 TACKLES (UA-A): Army - Timpf 5-3; England 3-2; Hyatt yards on 38 carries with three touchdowns. 2-3; Aukerman 4-0; King 3-1; Brinson 3-1; Jackson 2-1; On the day, Walker compiled a solid 168 yards on 12 Riley 2-1; Moss 2-1; Ruzga 1-1; Gibson 1-0; Reynolds 1-0; completions through the air, throwing three costly inter- Voit 1-0; Davis 1-0; Macek 0-1; Oyetuga 0-1. Temple - ceptions with no scores. The senior snapped former QB Scoring Summary TU-ARMY A.Williams 5-7; Chandler 5-5; Alwan 4-5; Marshall 4-5; Henry Burris’ record of 7,495 passing yards on Temple’s 2nd A.Robinson 4-4; Martin-Oguike 2-5; Foster 3-3; Finch 1-5; opening drive of the second half, finding Keith Kirkwood 14:32 R.Armstead 6 run 7-0 Taylor 2-3; Randall 4-0; J.Martin 2-2; Dogbe 0-3; Ellis 2-0; on a short checkdown pass in the right sideline for 14 (A.Jones kick), 8-80 3:59 Reddick 1-1; L.Johnson 1-0; Deloatch 1-0; Armstead 1-0; yards. He now has 7,541 passing yards for his Owl career. 9:00 A.Bradshaw 10 run 7-7 Russell 1-0; Booth-Lloyd 0-1; Webb 0-1. (M.Howard kick), 12-75 5:32 Meanwhile, RB Ryquell Armstead shouldered the load 2:51 A.Jones 41 FG, 4--1 0:46 10-7 for the running back corps, racking up career-high 3rd 79 yards on 16 carries with one touchdown. The 8:18 A.Davidson 3 run 10-14 sophomore’s strong performance gives the back- (M.Howard kick), 12-77 6:42 field some much-needed depth, as the Owls’ usu- 1:29 A.Jones 27 FG, 14-65 6:49 13-14 al starter Jahad Thomas sat out with a hand injury. 4th 9:38 T.Campbell 12 run 13-21 The scoring came slowly throughout, with Armstead’s (M.Howard kick), 14-81 6:45 only touchdown starting things off early in the second 2:28 A.Davidson 17 run 13-28 quarter. Army quickly matched the following series be- (M.Howard kick), 2-36 0:43 hind the efforts of QB Ahmad Bradshaw, who snuck his way into the endzone utilizing the Black Knights’ rarely

GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. • 30 • OwlSports.com Temple 38, Stony Brook 0 September 10, 2016 Stony Brook (1-0) 0 0 0 0 0 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa Temple (0-1) 14 14 10 0 38 TEMPLE GETS BACK TO WINNING WAYS WITH Attendance: 22,296 Kickoff time: 1:04 pm Temperature: 93 38-0 SHUTOUT OVER STONY BROOK End of Game: 4:04 pm Wind: SW 8mph Total elapsed time: 3:00 Weather: Partly Cloudy PHILADELPHIA – Under On the receiving end of Officials: Referee: Tracy Jones; Umpire: Nick Pergine; a blazing mid-September the senior’s passes were Linesman: Daniel Shelton; Line judge: Colin Gaynor; heat with 22,296 fans a number of wideouts; Back judge: Eric Hermick; Field judge: Jim Smith; Side packing the stands, the none, however, posted a judge: Matt Waldron; Center judge: Mark Mobra Temple Owls secured their game near Kirkwood, who initial win of the season pulled in a career-high Team Stats SB TEM over visiting FCS-mem- two touchdowns on four First Downs 7 14 ber Stony Brook, 38-0, receptions for 54 yards. Rushes-Yards (Net) 34-49 39-177 Saturday afternoon at Kirkwood’s standout dis- Passing Yards (Net) 84 124 Lincoln Financial Field. play was supplemented Passes Att-Comp-Int 20-8-3 25-11-1 by a first for sophomore Total Offense Plays-Yards 54-133 64-301 Despite the high score- WR Broderick Yancy, who Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 line, the Temple defense grabbed his initial career Punt Returns-Yards 1-13 5-81 proved the most impres- score on 15-yard pass in Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-109 1-26 sive component for the the back of the end zone Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 3-19 Owls, holding the Sea- late in the second quarter. Punts (Number-Avg) 9-39.1 4-47.5 wolves to just 133 yards Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 with no scores. Through- The Owl offensive engine Penalties-Yards 5-33 2-20 out the first half, Stony hit on all cylinders from Possession Time 29:28 30:32 Brook only saw the Temple the get-go, pounding the Third-Down Conversions 0 of 13 7 of 14 side of the 50-yard line Stony Brook front all while Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 4 0 of 2 on one possession. That utilizing a slew of ball car- Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 5-6 came after a tipped-pass riers for 177 yards on 39 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-19 3-21 interception at midfield. carries for two touchdowns. Sophomore RB Ryquell RUSHING: SBU - Gowins 11-36; Bedell 10-18; Irwin 5-16; The early dominance Armstead saw the most Liotine 1-0; Carbone 7-(-21). Temple - Armstead 14-48; by the defense helped action, generating con- Wright 7-42; Simpson 2-40; Sharga 1-17; Hood 3-17; Gard- the group reassert its identity, a self-proclaimed ag- sistent positive yardage with 48 yards on 14 carries. ner 4-15; Ritrovato 3-8; T.Williams 1-1; Walker 4-(-11). gression and hyperactivity. The consistent pressure and blitz-prone front seven made Stony Brook visibly A pair of freshmen each made an impact rushing for the PASSING: SBU - Carbone 8-17-2-84; Irwin 0-3-1-0. Temple uncomfortable, forcing four turnovers, three sacks Owls, as WR Isaiah Wright made his debut with seven - Walker 11-23-1-124; Marchi 0-2-0-0. and nine tackles-for-loss. On the day, the Seawolves notable touches (42 yards) at tailback while WR Cortrelle finished a dismal 0-for-13 on third down conversions. Simpson notched two end-around sweeps for 40 yards. RECEIVING: SBU - Washington 2-39; Jackson 2-21; Bold-

en 2-13; Anderson 1-10; Daniels 1-1. Temple - Kirkwood Head coach Matt Rhule discussed his pride regarding The special teams saw a milestone crossed during the 4-54; Jennings 4-29; Deloatch 2-26; Yancy 1-15. how Temple competed during the shutout, noting the victory, as junior PK Austin Jones’ sole field goal mid- “energy” and “juice” the Owls had against the Seawolves way through the second half jumped him into sixth all- INTERCEPTIONS: SBU - Woods 1-0. Temple - Randall 1-19; despite a full week of grueling practice and, not to forget, time on Temple’s career scoring list, surpassing Cap Chandler 1-0; Walls 1-0. last Friday’s loss to Army still fresh in many players’ minds. Poklemba’s 190 points from the 1999-02 seasons. Fur- ther, P Alex Starzyk showcased his coffin corner skills FUMBLES: SBU - Carbone 2-0; Alston 1-1. Temple - None. “I’m really proud of our team over the last eight days, on two of his four punts against Stony Brook, watching some real key leadership,” Rhule said. “It was a re- the ball downed at the one-yard line on both kicks. SACKS: SBU - Valentin 1.0; McGinty 1.0. Temple - Finch ally, really hard work. We were not a fresh team out 1.0, Levine 1.0; Reddick 0.5; A.Robinson 0.5. there today. We worked this week. I thought you saw, As for Temple head coach Matt Rhule, the shutout of the hopefully, a team that played with a lot of energy, a Seawolves marks the second of his Owl career, the last TACKLES (UA-A): SBU - McGinty 6-1; Lawless 6-1; Peart lot of juice, and did enough to win the football game, of which came against fellow FCS-member Delaware 5-1; Beverette 4-2; Morgan 4-1; Woods 3-1; Carlock 3-0; and to get a shutout on defense is always special.” State by a 59-0 mark in 2014. Valentin 3-0; Heslop 2-0; Reid-Segure 2-0; Cooper 2-0;

Hart 1-1; Anuh 1-1; Nolan 1-0; Henderson 1-0; Miller 1-0; Meanwhile, the defensive energy bled its way into Scoring Summary TU-SB Malone 1-0; Haggart 0-1. Temple - Kwenkeu 4-1; Walls 4-1; the offensive huddle, as senior QB Phillip Walker 1st Marshall 4-0; Martin-Oguike 4-0; Dioubate 3-0; Finch 2-1; guided his squad on multiple scoring drives through- 8:54 R.Armstead 3 run 7-0 Russell 2-1; N.L.Smith 2-1; A.Williams 2-0; A.Robinson 1-1; out both halves. Walker, who snapped the school (A.Jones kick), 4-51 1:12 Chandler 1-1; Alwan 0-2; Folks 0-2; Hairston 1-0; D.Thom- record for career passing yards last week against 2:25 P.Walker to K.Kirkwood 5 pass 14-0 as 1-0; Crump 1-0; Jefferson 1-0; Reichner 1-0; J.Robinson Army, completed a nearly flawless game, throwing (A.Jones kick), 8-59 4:27 1-0; Booth-Lloyd 1-0; Jennings 1-0; Randall 1-0; Levine 1-0; 11-of-23 for three scores with the lone interception. 2nd Reddick 0-1; A.Jones 0-1; Dogbe 0-1; Webb 0-1; Grimes 14:16 J.Gardner 4 run 21-0 0-1. Under Walker’s direction, the offense either reached (A.Jones kick), 2-21 0:36 or began in the redzone five consecutive times after a 9:09 P.Walker to B.Yancy 15 pass 28-0 stalled first possession, scoring touchdowns on four of (A.Jones kick), 7-59 3:30 those occasions. The third quarter proved similar as each 3rd of the first two drives saw the scoreboard change in Tem- 8:26 P.Walker to K.Kirkwood 26 pass 35-0 ple’s favor, including a 26-yard strike to junior WR Keith (A.Jones kick), 5-40 2:37 Kirkwood, all before the senior sat out the final period. 4:41 A.Jones 21 FG, 7-18 2:45 38-0

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