2012 Temple Owls football team
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Louisville $+ | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati + | 5 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers + | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. This season marked the Owls' first season as members of the Big East Conference since they were forced out of the conference following the 2004 season. They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in Big East play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Previous season
They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Wyoming 37–15. It was the school's first bowl win since the 1979 Garden State Bowl.
Schedule
August 317:00 PMVillanova*
ESPN3W 41–10 32,709 September 812:00 PMMaryland*
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
ESPNUL 27–36 23,322 September 223:30 PMat Penn State*
ABCL 13–24 93,680 October 612:00 PMSouth Florida
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
Big East NetworkW 37–28 25,796 October 131:00 PMat Connecticut
ESPN3W 17–14 OT37,279 October 2012:00 PMNo. 17 Rutgers
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
Big East NetworkL 10–35 35,145 October 2712:00 PMat Pittsburgh
Big East NetworkL 17–47 42,425 November 312:00 PMat No. 10 Louisville
ABCL 17–45 44,609 November 1012:00 PMCincinnati
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
Big East NetworkL 10–34 20,192 November 1712:00 PMat Army*
CBSSNW 63–32 27,019 November 2311:00 AMSyracuse
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
ESPN2L 20–38 22,317