2014 Temple Owls football team
| 2014 Temple Owls football | |
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| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| 2014 record | 6–6 (4–4 The American) |
| Head coach | Matt Rhule (2nd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Marcus Satterfield (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Phil Snow (2nd season) |
| Home stadium |
Lincoln Financial Field (Capacity: 68,532) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Memphis + | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati + | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF + | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in sixth place. Despite being bowl eligible, Temple was not invited to a bowl game.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| August 28 | 10:50 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN | SECN | W 37–7 | 31,731 | |||
| September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Navy* | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 28,408 | |||
| September 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Delaware State* | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | ESPN3 | W 59–0 | 19,202 | |||
| September 27 | 4:00 p.m. | at Connecticut | Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT | ESPNews | W 36–10 | 27,755 | |||
| October 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Tulsa |
Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | ESPNews | W 35–24 | 25,340 | |||
| October 17 | 9:00 p.m. | at Houston | TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX | ESPNU | L 10–31 | 21,471 | |||
| October 25 | 5:00 p.m. | at UCF | Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL | CBSSN | L 14–34 | 39,554 | |||
| November 1 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 East Carolina | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | ESPNews | W 20–10 | 22,130 | |||
| November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Memphis | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | ESPNU | L 13–16 | 23,882 | |||
| November 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Penn State* | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ESPN2 | L 13–30 | 100,173 | |||
| November 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | ESPNews | L 6–14 | 21,255 | |||
| December 6 | 7:30 p.m. | at Tulane | Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA | ESPN2 | W 10–3 | 20,612 | |||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- Schedule Source:[1]
Awards and accomplishments
All Conference Teams
American Athletic Conference First Team: Tyler Matakevich[2]
American Athletic Conference Second Team: Kyle Friend, Praise Martin-Oguike, Matt Ioannidis[2]
American Athletic Conference Honorable Mention: Tavon Young[2]
Players of the Week
American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week:[3]
Week 1 - Tavon Young
Week 5 - Praise Martin-Oguike
Week 10 - Praise Martin-Oguike
American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week:[3]
Week 5 - Austin Jones
National statistical rankings
Scoring Offense: 23.1 points per game (97th nationally)[4] Scoring Defense: 17.5 points per game (4th nationally)[5]
NFL Players
Undrafted Free Agents
Following the NFL draft, Kenneth Harper signed a contract with the New York Giants.
| # | Name | POS | HT | WT | NFL Club | Ref |
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| #4 | Kenneth Harper | RB | 6-0 | 225 lbs | Giants | [6] |
References
- ↑ "2014 Temple Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Honors Continue for Football".
- 1 2 "American Athletic Conference - Football Players of the Week". theamerican.org.
- ↑ "Scoring Offense - FBS Football Statistics - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
- ↑ "Scoring Defense - FBS Football Statistics - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
- ↑ "New York Giants: Kenneth Harper".