1996 Temple Owls football team

Summary

The 1996 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ron Dickerson, the Owls compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Big East. Temple played home games at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

1996 Temple Owls football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record1–10 (0–7 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNick Gasparsto (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorDale Strahm (3rd season)
Home stadiumVeterans Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Virginia Tech +   6 1     10 2  
No. 14 Miami (FL) +   6 1     9 3  
No. 21 Syracuse +   6 1     9 3  
West Virginia   4 3     8 4  
Pittsburgh   3 4     4 7  
Boston College   2 5     5 7  
Rutgers   1 6     2 9  
Temple   0 7     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31at Eastern Michigan*W 28–24
September 7Washington State*L 34–3810,169
September 14at Bowling Green*L 16–20
September 2112:00 p.m.vs. No. 5 Penn State*L 0–4124,847
October 5at PittsburghL 52–5330,054
October 121:00 p.m.at Virginia TechL 0–3844,208[1]
October 191:30 p.m.No. 15 West Virginia
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 10–3012,546[2]
October 26at RutgersL 17–28
November 212:00 p.m.No. 22 Miami (FL)
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 26–578,608
November 16at Boston CollegeL 20–21
November 2312:00 p.m.No. 16 Syracuse
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 15–364,312
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References edit

  1. ^ "Tech trounces Temple". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 13, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Only victory Temple finds in moral". Courier-Post. October 20, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1996 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 11, 2020.