1963 Temple Owls football team

1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University
No. 2 Delaware x	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Temple	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Lehigh	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
College–Northern
Upsala x	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Wagner	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Albright	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Juniata *	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna *	2	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Hofstra *	0	–	0	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
College–Southern
Western Maryland x	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	1
Muhlenberg	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Dickinson	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Drexel	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	1
Haverford	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	4	–	1	0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (1–2 against MAC opponents) and finished fourth out of six teams in the MAC's University Division.^[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Ithaca*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 30–21	9,500	^[2]
September 28	at Merchant Marine*	Kings Point, NY	T 20–20
October 5	Connecticut*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 9–7	9,000	^[3]
October 12	Muhlenberg*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 29–0
October 19	Lafayette	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 31–0
October 26	Hofstra*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 46–14
November 2	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 3–14
November 9	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 23–32		^[4]
November 16	at Susquehanna	Selinsgrove, PA	L 18–22
November 22	Gettysburg	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	Cancelled^[5]
*Non-conference game

^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 131. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ Charlie Frush (September 22, 1963). "Temple Storms Back To Spill Ithaca, 30-21". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Charlie Frush (October 6, 1963). "Temple Rallies On Late TD to Nip Uconns, 9-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 8S – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Delaware Turns Back Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 10, 1963. p. Sports 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ The game with Gettysbug was cancelled due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which occurred on the day of the game.

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