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2020 Temple Owls football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record1–6 (1–6 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Uremovich (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJeff Knowles (2nd season)
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
(Capacity: 69,176)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Cincinnati y$   6 – 0     9 – 1  
Tulsa y   6 – 0     6 – 3  
Memphis   5 – 3     8 – 3  
UCF   5 – 3     6 – 4  
SMU   4 – 3     7 – 3  
Houston   3 – 3     3 – 5  
Navy   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Tulane   3 – 5     6 – 6  
East Carolina   3 – 5     3 – 6  
Temple   1 – 6     1 – 6  
South Florida   0 – 7     1 – 8  
Championship: Cincinnati 27, Tulsa 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Rod Carey and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field, competing as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC).

Schedule

Temple had games scheduled against Miami, Rutgers, UMass and Idaho which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

The game between Temple and Cincinnati, scheduled for November 28, was canceled due to COVID-19 outbreaks at both schools. The game will not be rescheduled, be declared a no contest and both teams will have a bye.[3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
October 106:00 p.m.at Navy
CBSSNL 29–314,400
October 1712:00 p.m.South Florida
ESPN+W 39–37782
October 2412:00 p.m.at Memphis
ESPN+L 29–4110,321
October 3112:00 p.m.at Tulane
ESPN+L 3–381,200
November 712:00 p.m.No. 18 SMU
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN+L 23–472,577
November 147:30 p.m.at UCF
ESPNUL 13–388,768
November 2112:00 p.m.East Carolina
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN+L 3–280
Schedule Source:[4][5]

Game summaries

at Navy

Temple at Navy
1 234Total
Owls 0 10712 29
• Midshipmen 7 1473 31
      
Scoring summary
105:22NAVYJamale Carothers 1-yard rush (Bijan Nichols kick)
(17 plays, 75 yards, 9:38)		NAVY 7–0
214:23TEMWill Mobley 25-yard field goal
(15 plays, 75 yards, 5:59)		NAVY 7–3
10:18NAVYChance Warren 2-yard rush (Bijan Nichols kick)
(8 plays, 57 yards, 4:05)		NAVY 14–3
07:54TEMAnthony Russo 1-yard rush (Will Mobley kick)
(8 plays, 78 yards, 2:24)		NAVY 14–10
03:46NAVYNelson Smith 26-yard rush (Bijan Nichols kick)
(8 plays, 65 yards, 4:08)		NAVY 21–10
305:43TEMBranden Mack 7-yard pass from Anthony Russo (Will Mobley kick)
(10 plays, 70 yards, 4:44)		NAVY 21–17
01:09NAVYNelson Smith 22-yard rush (Bijan Nichols kick)
(9 plays, 75 yards, 4:34)		NAVY 28–17
414:02TEMAnthony Russo 9-yard rush (two-point conversion pass attempt failed)
(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:07)		NAVY 28–23
04:56NAVYBijan Nichols 50-yard field goal
(15 plays, 26 yards, 9:06)		NAVY 31–23
01:02TEMRe'Mahn Davis 1-yard rush (two-point pass conversion attempt failed)
(10 plays, 75 yards, 3:54)		NAVY 31–29
See also: 2020 Navy Midshipmen football team
Pregame line Over/under
TEM −10.5 54.5[6]
Statistics Temple Navy
First downs 25 18
Total yards 407 299
Rushing yards 166 251
Passing yards 241 48
Turnovers 1 0
Time of possession 24:39 35:21
Team Category Player Statistics
Temple Passing Anthony Russo 21/30, 206 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Re'Mahn Davis 23 carries, 97 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Branden Mack 7 receptions, 80 yards, 1 TD
Navy Passing Dalen Morris 2/2, 48 yards
Rushing Nelson Smith 20 carries, 120 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving CJ Williams 1 reception, 36 yards

South Florida

South Florida at Temple
1 234Total
Bulls 7 14106 37
• Owls 10 7913 39
  • Date: October 17, 2020
  • Location: Lincoln Financial Field
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Game start: 12:05 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 32 minutes
  • Game attendance: 782
  • Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NNW 9 MPH
  • Referee: Luke Richmond
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Dave Leno (play–by–play) and Ken Dunek (analyst)
         
Scoring summary
110:10TEMJadan Blue 5-yard pass from Anthony Russo (Will Mobley kick)
(8 plays, 50 yards, 2:57)		TEM 7–0
08:26TEMWill Mobley 24-yard field goal
(4 plays, 5 yards, 1:10)		TEM 10–0
04:34USFRandall St. Felix 13-yard pass from Jordan McCloud (Jared Sackett kick)
(10 plays, 49 yards, 3:44)		TEM 10–7
209:39USFDeVontres Dukes 28-yard pass from Jordan McCloud (Jared Sackett kick)
(10 plays, 95 yards, 3:20)		USF 14–10
05:16TEMJadan Blue 13-yard pass from Anthony Russo (Will Mobley kick)
(11 plays, 73 yards, 4:17)		TEM 17–14
01:18USFNoah Johnson 2-yard rush (Jared Sackett kick)
(4 plays, 35 yards, 0:59)		USF 21–17
308:14TEMWill Mobley 26-yard field goal
(16 plays, 66 yards, 6:46)		USF 21–20
05:39USFJohnny Ford 13-yard pass from Jordan McCloud (Jared Sackett kick)
(8 plays, 46 yards, 2:24)		USF 28–20
03:16USFJared Sackett 29-yard field goal
(4 plays, −2 yards, 1:01)		USF 31–20
01:07TEMBranden Mack 12-yard pass from Anthony Russo (two-point conversion pass attempt failed)
(7 plays, 57 yards, 2:09)		USF 31–26
409:52TEMArnold Ebiketie 11-yard fumble returned (two-point conversion rush attempt failed)
(4 plays, 8 yards, 1:37)		TEM 32–31
04:28TEMRandle Jones 13-yard pass from Anthony Russo (Will Mobley kick)
(11 plays, 81 yards, 3:47)		TEM 39–31
01:03USFLeonard Parker 1-yard rush (two-point conversion rush attempt failed)
(12 plays, 72 yards, 3:21)		TEM 39–37
See also: 2020 South Florida Bulls football team
Pregame line Over/under
TEM −14 53[7]
Statistics South Florida Temple
First downs 21 32
Total yards 324 416
Rushing yards 143 146
Passing yards 181 270
Turnovers 3 2
Time of possession 27:39 32:21
Team Category Player Statistics
South Florida Passing Jordan McCloud 15/26, 182 yards, 3 TDs
Rushing Johnny Ford 15 carries, 68 yards
Receiving Omarion Dollison 4 receptions, 64 yards
Temple Passing Anthony Russo 30/42, 270 yards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs
Rushing Re'Mahn Davis 25 carries, 83 yards
Receiving Randle Jones 8 receptions, 81 yards, 1 TD

at Memphis

Temple at Memphis
1 234Total
Owls 3 1277 29
• Tigers 7 31714 41
  • Date: October 24, 2020
  • Location: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
    Memphis, TN
  • Game start: 12:05 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 36 minutes
  • Game attendance: 10,321
  • Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C) • Weather: Overcast • Wind: NNE 12 MPH
  • Referee: A Calabrase
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Lincoln Rose (play–by–play) and Keith Moreland (analyst)
        
Scoring summary
105:29MEMTahj Washington 3-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)
(11 plays, 80 yards, 3:21)		MEM 7–0
01:42TEMWill Mobley 25-yard field goal
(4 plays, 2 yards, 1:22)		MEM 7–3
207:41TEMJadan Blue 5-yard pass from Anthony Russo (Will Mobley PAT blocked)
(8 plays, 65 yards, 2:49)		TEM 9–7
03:34MEMRiley Patterson 42-yard field goal
(4 plays, 1 yard, 1:20)		MEM 10–9
00:31TEMBranden Mack 10-yard pass from Anthony Russo (two-point conversion pass attempt failed)
(12 plays, 75 yards, 3:03)		TEM 15–10
308:40MEMRiley Patterson 42-yard field goal
(13 plays, 47 yards, 6:15)		TEM 15–13
07:52MEMCalvin Austin 65-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)
(2 plays, 66 yards, 0:40)		MEM 20–15
06:30MEMTahj Washington 26-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)
(2 plays, 54 yards, 0:45)		MEM 27–15
02:37TEMJadan Blue 32-yard pass from Anthony Russo (Will Mobley kick)
(8 plays, 78 yards, 3:48)		MEM 27–22
412:02MEMJavon Ivory 7-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)
(9 plays, 45 yards, 3:09)		MEM 34–22
10:11TEMJadan Blue 8-yard pass from Anthony Russo (Will Mobley kick)
(7 plays, 75 yards, 1:51)		MEM 34–29
02:15MEMKylan Watkins 15-yard rush (Riley Patterson kick)
(8 plays, 88 yards, 2:52)		MEM 41–29
See also: 2020 Memphis Tigers football team
Pregame line Over/under
MEM –14 70[8]
Statistics Temple Memphis
First downs 30 24
Total yards 500 489
Rushing yards 113 176
Passing yards 387 313
Turnovers 4 3
Time of possession 33:28 26:32
Team Category Player Statistics
Temple Passing Anthony Russo 41/63, 387 yards, 4 TDs, 3 INTs
Rushing Re'Mahn Davis 20 carries, 113 yards
Receiving Randle Jones 12 receptions, 118 yards
Memphis Passing Brady White 17/36, 313 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT
Rushing Rodrigues Clark 22 carries, 106 yards
Receiving Calvin Austin 6 receptions, 184 yards, 1 TD

at Tulane

Temple at Tulane
1 234Total
Owls 3 000 3
• Green Wave 0 101414 38
  • Date: October 31, 2020
  • Location: Yulman Stadium
    New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 12:05 p.m. EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours
  • Game attendance: 1,200
  • Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Fair • Wind: NE 5 MPH
  • Referee: Henry Johns
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Lincoln Rose (play–by–play) and Keith Moreland (analyst)
   
Scoring summary
110:37TEMRory Bell 22-yard field goal
(8 plays, 54 yards, 3:17)		TEM 3–0
211:55TULNMerek Glover 40-yard field goal
(10 plays, 67 yards, 4:12)		TIE 3–3
06:50TULNCameron Carroll 13-yard rush (Merek Glover kick)
(6 plays, 93 yards, 2:27)		TULN 10–3
305:36TULNDeuce Watts 31-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Merek Glover kick)
(6 plays, 65 yards, 2:27)		TULN 17–3
01:43TULNDeuce Watts 5-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Merek Glover kick)
(5 plays, 30 yards, 2:32)		TULN 24–3
412:01TULNMichael Pratt 9-yard rush (Merek Glover kick)
(3 plays, 40 yards, 1:15)		TULN 31–3
03:53TULNJaetavian Toles 15-yard pass from Keon Howard (Merek Glover kick)
(10 plays, 55 yards, 6:05)		TULN 38–3
See also: 2020 Tulane Green Wave football team
Pregame line Over/under
TULN –7 56[9]
Statistics Temple Tulane
First downs 11 28
Total yards 222 504
Rushing yards 77 284
Passing yards 145 220
Turnovers 1 3
Time of possession 28:15 31:45
Team Category Player Statistics
Temple Passing Trad Beatty 11/18, 122 yards, 1 INT
Rushing Re-al Mitchell 7 carries, 37 yards
Receiving Branden Mack 3 receptions, 54 yards
Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 12/21, 205 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Rushing Amare Jones 12 carries, 92 yards
Receiving Deuce Watts 5 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TDs

SMU

Southern Methodist at Temple
1 234Total
• No. 18 Mustangs 7 31027 47
Owls 13 037 23
  • Date: November 5, 2020
  • Location: Lincoln Financial Field
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Game start: 12:05 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 11 minutes
  • Game attendance: 2,577
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: 5MPH
  • Referee: Charles Lamertina
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Dave Leno (play–by–play) and Ken Dunek (analyst)
        
Scoring summary
114:47TEMRandle Jones 75-yard pass from Tad Beatty (Rory Bell PAT failed)
(1 play, 75 yards, 0:13)		TEM 6–0
11:10SMUTyler Page 24-yard pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar kick)
(10 plays, 85 yards, 3:31)		SMU 7–6
01:32TEMTayvon Ruley 3-yard rush (Rory Bell kick)
(11 plays, 61 yards, 5:45)		TEM 13–7
203:41SMUChris Naggar 40-yard field goal
(14 plays, 45 yards, 5:32)		TEM 13–10
312:58SMUTyler Page 44-yard pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar kick)
(5 plays, 65 yards, 2:02)		SMU 17–13
08:36SMUChris Naggar 27-yard field goal
(9 plays, 55 yards, 2:26)		SMU 20–13
01:14TEMRory Bell 26-yard field goal
(15 plays, 67 yards, 7:22)		SMU 20–16
414:54SMUKylen Granson 24-yard pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar PAT failed)
(5 plays, 75 yards, 1:20)		SMU 26–16
12:42SMUTyler Lavine 2-yard rush (Chris Naggar kick)
(3 plays, 34 yards, 0:54)		SMU 33–16
09:17SMURashee Rice 33-yard pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar kick)
(5 plays, 81 yards, 2:31)		SMU 40–16
07:32SMUTaMerik Williams 49-yard rush (Chris Naggar kick)
(1 play, 49 yards, 0:09)		SMU 47–16
00:35TEMAaron Jarman 11-yard pass from Re–al Michell (Rory Bell kick)
(15 plays, 75 yards, 6:57)		SMU 47–23
See also: 2020 SMU Mustangs football team
Pregame line Over/under
SMU –17 63.5[10]
Statistics SMU Temple
First downs 24 19
Total yards 549 368
Rushing yards 194 157
Passing yards 355 211
Turnovers 0 0
Time of possession 24:55 35:05
Team Category Player Statistics
SMU Passing Shane Buechele 24/35, 355 yards, 4 TDs
Rushing Ulysses Bentley IV 17 carries, 79 yards
Receiving Kylen Granson 6 receptions, 149 yards, 1 TD
Temple Passing Ted Beatty 6/9, 108 yards, 1 TD
Rushing Tayvon Ruley 15 carries, 66 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Randle Jones 2 receptions, 86 yards, 1 TD

at UCF

Temple at Central Florida
1 234Total
Owls 0 3010 13
• Knights 21 0170 38
  • Date: November 14, 2020
  • Location: Bounce House
    Orlando, FL
  • Game start: 7:30 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 27 minutes
  • Game attendance: 8,768
  • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Mostly Cloudy • Wind: NE 8 MPH
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Corey (play–by–play) and Hutson Mason (analyst)
     
Scoring summary
113:00UCFGreg McCrae 7-yard rush (Daniel Obarski kick)
(4 plays, 22 yards, 1:05)		UCF 7–0
10:19UCFOtis Anderson 14-yard rush (Daniel Obarski kick)
(3 plays, 27 yards, 0:35)		UCF 14–0
06:51UCFGreg McCrae 1-yard rush (Daniel Obarski kick)
(7 plays, 65 yards, 1:48)		UCF 21–0
214:20TEMRory Bell 30-yard field goal
(9 plays, 46 yards, 4:00)		UCF 21–3
313:12UCFMarlon Williams 23-yard pass from Dillon Gabriel (Daniel Obarski kick)
(5 plays, 45 yards, 1:39)		UCF 28–3
07:21UCFDaniel Obarski 25-yard field goal
(9 plays, 72 yards, 2:33)		UCF 31–3
03:59UCFMarlon Williams 21-yard pass from Dillon Gabriel (Daniel Obarski kick)
(2 plays, 91 yards, 0:27)		UCF 38–3
414:24TEMOnasis Neely 5-yard rush (Rory Bell kick)
(3 plays, 12 yards, 1:15)		UCF 38–10
07:59TEMRory Bell 24-yard field goal
(10 plays, 59 yards, 4:45)		UCF 38–13
See also: 2020 UCF Knights football team
Pregame line Over/under
UCF –28.5 72.5[11]
Statistics Temple UCF
First downs 19 19
Total yards 290 419
Rushing yards 183 147
Passing yards 107 272
Turnovers 3 1
Time of possession 37:13 22:47
Team Category Player Statistics
Temple Passing Re–al Mitchell 10/23, 107 yards, 2 INTs
Rushing Tayvon Ruley 23 carries, 90 yards
Receiving Jadan Blue 5 receptions, 71 yards
UCF Passing Dillon Gabriel 12/22, 268 yards, 2 TDs
Rushing Otis Anderson Jr. 10 carries, 83 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Jaylon Robinson 4 receptions, 113 yards

East Carolina

East Carolina at Temple
1 234Total
• Pirates 7 1470 28
Owls 0 030 3
  • Date: November 21, 2020
  • Location: Lincoln Financial Field
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Game start: 12:50 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 2 hours and 48 minutes
  • Game attendance: 100
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Mostly Sunny • Wind: NW 6 MPH
  • Referee: Hank Johns
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Dave Leno (play–by–play) and Ken Dunek (analyst)
  
Scoring summary
100:33ECUC. J. Johnson 60-yard pass from Holton Ahlers (Jake Verity kick)
(1 play, 60 yards, 0:10)		ECU 7–0
211:36TEMRory Bell 28-yard field goal
(4 plays, 7 yards, 1:13)		ECU 7–3
11:22ECUTyler Snead 95-yard kickoff returned (Jake Verity kick)
(0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00)		ECU 14–3
00:48ECUTyler Snead 46-yard pass from Holton Ahlers (Jake Verity kick)
(2 plays, 80 yards, 0:16)		ECU 21–3
411:05ECUHolton Ahlers 1-yard rush (Jake Verity kick)
(4 plays, 90 yards, 1:12)		ECU 28–3
See also: 2020 East Carolina Pirates football team
Pregame line Over/under
ECU –7 53[12]
Statistics East Carolina Temple
First downs 16 10
Total yards 447 235
Rushing yards 265 140
Passing yards 182 95
Turnovers 2 3
Time of possession 25:06 34:54
Team Category Player Statistics
East Carolina Passing Holton Ahlers 11/22, 182 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Rushing Keaton Mitchell 13 carries, 103 yards
Receiving C. J. Johnson 3 receptions, 86 yards, 1 TD
Temple Passing Kamal Gray 10/21, 95 yards, 2 INTs
Rushing Tayvon Ruley 14 carries, 48 yards
Receiving David Martin–Robinson 1 reception, 30 yards

References

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  2. ^ "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Low, Chris. "Cincinnati-Temple canceled due to COVID-19 issues for both schools". ESPN.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Football Schedule". Temple University Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Temple Owls Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. ^ "USF Bulls vs Temple Owls". Odds Shark. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. ^ "USF Bulls vs Temple Owls". Odds Shark. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Temple Owls vs Memphis Tigers". Odds Shark. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Temple Owls vs Tulane Green Wave". Odds Shark. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. ^ "SMU Mustangs vs Temple Owls". Odds Shark. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Temple Owls vs UCF Knights". Odds Shark. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  12. ^ "East Carolina Pirates vs Temple Owls". Odds Shark. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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