1950 Temple Owls football team

Summary

The 1950 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its second season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 173 to 132.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1950 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall     9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton     9 0 0
St. Lawrence     8 0 0
Thiel     7 0 0
No. 2 Army     8 1 0
Fordham     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Drexel     6 1 0
Cornell     7 2 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Penn     6 3 0
Yale     6 3 0
Buffalo     5 3 0
Colgate     5 3 0
Penn State     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 5 0
Temple     4 4 1
Tufts     4 4 1
Columbia     4 5 0
Villanova     4 5 0
Holy Cross     4 5 1
Dartmouth     3 5 1
Boston University     3 5 0
Duquesne     2 6 1
Hofstra     2 6 0
NYU     1 5 1
CCNY     1 7 0
Harvard     1 7 0
Brown     1 8 0
Pittsburgh     1 8 0
Boston College     0 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23AlbrightW 32–6 7,500 [2]
September 29Syracuse
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–6 12,000 [3]
October 14at RutgersL 20–26 14,000 [4]
October 21Wayne
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 26–0 5,000 [5]
October 28at Penn StateT 7–7 20,428 [6]
November 4Delaware
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 39–0 5,000 [7]
November 11Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–35 7,500 [8]
November 18Fordham
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 21–26 7,000 [9]
November 25at Holy CrossL 21–26 5,000 [10]

References edit

  1. ^ "1950 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Berry, Mort (September 23, 1950). "Temple Beats Albright in Grid Opener, 32-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Berry, Mort (September 30, 1950). "Temple Scores Upset over Syracuse, 7-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 15, 1950). "Temple Loses First on Late Rutgers TD". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Late Temple Flurry Buries Wayne, 26 to 0". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Mich. October 22, 1950. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 29, 1950). "Temple Ties Penn State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Temple Gridders Trounce Blue Hen Eleven, 39 to 0". Wilmington Morning News. Wilmington, Del. November 6, 1950. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 12, 1950). "Bucknell Triumphs, Temple Yields 'Shoe'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Last-Ditch Fight by Fordham Tops Temple". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. United Press. November 19, 1950. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Holbrook, Bob (November 26, 1950). "H.C. Ground Game Beats Temple 26-21". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.