1996 Temple Owls football team
American college football season
1996 Temple Owls football | |
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Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 1–10 (0–7 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Nick Gasparsto (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Dale Strahm (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Veterans Stadium |
Seasons |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 31 | at Eastern Michigan* | W 28–24 | ||||
September 7 | Washington State* | L 34–38 | 10,169 | |||
September 14 | at Bowling Green* | L 16–20 | ||||
September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. No. 5 Penn State* | L 0–41 | 24,847 | ||
October 5 | at Pittsburgh | L 52–53 | 30,054 | |||
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Virginia Tech | L 0–38 | 44,208 | [1] | |
October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 15 West Virginia |
| L 10–30 | 12,546 | [2] |
October 26 | at Rutgers | L 17–28 | ||||
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 22 Miami (FL) |
| L 26–57 | 8,608 | |
November 16 | at Boston College | L 20–21 | ||||
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 16 Syracuse |
| L 15–36 | 4,312 | |
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References
- ^ "Tech trounces Temple". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 13, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Only victory Temple finds in moral". Courier-Post. October 20, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1996 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 11, 2020.