2019 MILITARY BOWL Game 13: The Military Bowl GAMEDAY CENTRAL Temple (8-4, 5-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6, 4-4) Temple Football ............ 476-589-52 (121st season) Annapolis, Md. | Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | December 27, 2019 2019 ..................................8-4, 5-3 American Head Coach ..................................Rod Carey Game: The Military Bowl was originally known as the Congressional Bowl during Career Record ......... 59-34 (8-4 at Temple) planning, but was first played in 2008 as the EagleBank Bowl and was hosted at RFK Stadium. After Northrop Grumman took over sponsorship in 2010, the bowl was officially renamed the Military Bowl and was played in Annapolis. Opponent ............................................North Carolina 2019 ..........................................6-6 (4-4 ACC) Head Coach .............................. Mack Brown School Record ..........75-52-1 (10th season) Date: Friday, December 27, 2019 Career Record ......250-128-1 (41st season) Site: Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000) TV Broadcast ......................................................ESPN play-by-play ............................Mike Couzens Kickoff: 12:00pm analyst .......................................Kirk Morrison sideline ...................................... Kelsey Riggs Television: The game will be televised nationally on ESPN with Mike Couzens (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst) and Kelsey Riggs (reporter). Radio .........................................97.5 The Fanatic TuneIn Radio ... www.tunein.com/templefb Radio: The Owls’ radio broadcast will air on 97.5 The Fanatic with Harry Donahue play-by-play ..........................Harry Donahue analyst ......................................... Paul Palmer (play-by-play), Paul Palmer (analyst) and Colin Thompson (reporter). It will also air sideline ................................Colin Thompson on ESPN Radio with Kevin Winter, Ben Hartsock and Brad Edwards on the call. National Radio .........................................ESPN Radio Series History: This is the first meeting in football between the two schools. play-by-play ...............................Kevin Winter analyst ..Ben Hartsock and Brad Edwards Bowl History: This is Temple’s ninth bowl appearance and fifth consecutive. The Owls have been in the 1935 Sugar Bowl (20-14 loss to Tulane), 1979 Garden State Tickets ................... 1-800-204-TIXX or owlstix.com Bowl (28-17 win over California), 2009 Eagle Bank Bowl (30-21 loss to UCLA), 2011 Gildan New Mexico Bowl (37-15 win over Wyoming), 2015 Marmot Boca Ra- ton Bowl (32-17 loss to Toledo), 2016 Military Bowl (34-26 loss to Wake Forest), Table of Contents 2017 Gasparilla Bowl (28-3 win over Florida International), and 2018 Walk-On’s 2019 Season Recap .......................................2 Independence Bowl (56-27 loss to Duke). Bowl Notes ...................................................3-9 2019 Honors .................................................. 10 Dr. Pat Kraft, Dir. of Athletics ...................... 12 Rod Carey, Head Coach ............................. 13 Coaches & Staff .......................................14-15 2019 STATISTICAL COMPARISON TEMPLE (8-4, 5-3) UNC (6-6, 4-4) Opponent's Results ...................................... 16 Depth Chart ................................................... 18 Avg. AAC/FBS ...........................................Category. ....................................... ACC/FBS Avg 402.0 8/69 ................................................Total Offense ................................................... 3/14 469.0 Rosters ......................................................19-20 2019 TEMPLE FOOTBALL 142.2 9/92 .............................................Rushing Offense ............................................... 4/42 184.0 259.8 6/39 .............................................Passing Offense ............................................... 3/25 285.0 2019 Statistics .........................................21-36 133.28 7/72 ...................................... Pass Efficiency Offense .......................................... 3/16 158.53 2019 Game Recaps ............................... 37-48 27.4 8/76 .............................................Scoring Offense ............................................... 5/49 31.3 Bowl History & Records ...................... 50-60 364.8 3/47 ............................................... Total Defense .................................................. 7/59 381.6 •• PBPB •• 152.3 4/62 ............................................ Rushing Defense .............................................. 7/58 149.0 Player Bios ............................................ 62-129 212.5 5/49 ............................................ Passing Defense ................................................7/78 232.6 Feature Clips .......................................132-146 111.98 2/8 .........................................Pass Efficiency Defense ........................................ 7/50 128.93 23.5 3/42 ............................................Scoring Defense. ............................................... 5/51 24.6 _____________________________ .08 6/58 ............................................ Turnover Margin. ................................................ 3/18 0.58 37.8 10/90 .................................... 3rd Down Conversion Pct ....................................... 8/81 38.4 Bowl Guide Credits 39.4 12/110....................................4th Down Conversion Pct. ....................................... 2/21 63.3 35.0 4/35 ...........................3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense ............................. 8/48 37.2 Temple’s 2019 Military Bowl Guide was 48.6 4/55 ........................... 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense...............................4/44 46.2 produced by the Temple Football Commu- 75.0 12/114 ...........................................Red Zone Offense ..............................................4/44 87.5 nications Department. Written and edited 65.1 1/4 ..............................................Red Zone Defense. ............................................ 8/63 83.3 36.08 11/111 .................................................. Net Punting.....................................................11/81 37.67 by Rich Burg, Michael Antonellis, Pat Kolb, 5.23 11/100 ..............................................Punt Returns. .................................................13/98 5.42 Cameron Markt and Eli Vaupen. Design 6.85 6/57 .........................................Punt Return Defense ........................................... 8/83 8.69 19.69 8/84 ...............................................Kickoff Returns ............................................... 6/44 21.82 and cover by Kelli Sheesley. 18.47 3/26 .......................................Kickoff Return Defense ........................................ 8/87 21.69 7.8 4/12 ..............................................Tackles For Loss ...............................................11/57 6.1 Photos by Zamani Feelings, Javier Ferrer, Jesse Garber, and Richie Raspa. 10 1010110 NOTES QUICK FACTS SEASON RECAP School.....................................................Temple University The Owls finished the 2019 regular season with an 8-4 record and 5-3 in the American Athletic Confer- Location ................................................... Philadelphia, Pa. ence record under first year head coach Rod Carey. The senior class is the third winningest in program Founded ........................................................................1884 history with 33 victories. They are just the second senior class to play in a bowl game in every year Enrollment .................................................................41,000 they have been an Owl, the other class being last year. This eight win season ranks tied for seventh on President...............................................Richard M. Englert Temple’s all-time list. The Owls have won 10 games three times (1979, 2015, 2016) and nine games three School Website ..................................... www.Temple.edu times (1973, 2009, 2011). Nickname ......................................................................Owls School Colors ......................................Cherry (201C) & W School.....................................................Temple University Sixteen players will dress for their last game as Temple Owls on (date of game). A bunch of different Athletics Website ........................... www.OwlSports.com players are approaching milestones in their careers and in Temple’s record books. LB Sam Franklin Director of Athletics ................................Dr. Patrick Kraft will play in his 53rd game in the Cherry & White, one game shy of tying the school record held by his Conference ...........................................American Athletic former teammates SAF Delvon Randall and DT Michael Dogbe. WR Jadan Blue already holds both the Website ..........................................www.theAmerican.org single-season receiving yards and receptions record, but with 975 yards this season Blue is on the cusp FOOTBALL INFORMATION of becoming the first ever receiver to have 1,000 yards at Temple in a season. QB Anthony Russo has Stadium ..........................................Lincoln Financial Field thrown for 2,733 yards and 21 touchdowns this season. Both rank third all-time for a single-season per- Surface .........................................................