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The 2011 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by first-year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They played as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. 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. This was the Owls' last season as a member of the MAC as they re-joined the Big East Conference for football in 2012.

2011 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Ohio xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
Temple	5	–	3	9	–	4
Kent State	4	–	4	5	–	7
Bowling Green	3	–	5	5	–	7
Miami (OH)	3	–	5	4	–	8
Buffalo	2	–	6	3	–	9
Akron	0	–	8	1	–	11
West Division
Northern Illinois xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Toledo x	7	–	1	9	–	4
Western Michigan	5	–	3	7	–	6
Ball State	4	–	4	6	–	6
Eastern Michigan	4	–	4	6	–	6
Central Michigan	2	–	6	3	–	9
Championship: Northern Illinois 23, Ohio 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 p.m.	No. 14 Villanova*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (Mayor's Cup)	ESPN3	W 42–7	32,368
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 41–3	15,156
September 17	12:00 p.m.	Penn State*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN	L 10–14	57,323
September 24	12:30 p.m.	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ACC Network	W 38–7	39,102
October 1	12:00 p.m.	Toledo	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	L 13–36	21,705
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN		W 42–0	11,874
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 34–0	25,820	^[1]
October 22	3:30 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 10–13	12,056	^[2]
November 2	8:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN2	L 31–35	17,490	^[3]
November 9	8:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN2	W 24–21	17,050
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Army*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	W 42–14	25,516
November 25	12:00 p.m.	Kent State	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 34–16	16,368
December 17	2:00 p.m.	vs. Wyoming*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	W 37–15	25,762
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time