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2016 Temple Owls football team

2016 Temple Owls football
Temple T logo.svg
The American champion
The American East Division co-champion
American Championship, W 34–10 vs. Navy
Military Bowl, L 26–34 vs. Wake Forest
Conference American Athletic Conference
Division East Division
2016 record 10–4 (7–1 The American)
Head coach Matt Rhule (regular season, 4th year)
Ed Foley (interim HC, bowl game)
Offensive coordinator Glenn Thomas (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Phil Snow (4th year)
Home stadium Lincoln Financial Field
(Capacity: 69,176)
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Temple xy$   7 1         10 4  
No. 19 South Florida x   7 1         11 2  
UCF   4 4         6 7  
Cincinnati   1 7         4 8  
Connecticut   1 7         3 9  
East Carolina   1 7         3 9  
West Division
Navy xy   7 1         9 5  
Tulsa   6 2         10 3  
Memphis   5 3         8 5  
Houston   5 3         9 4  
SMU   3 5         5 7  
Tulane   1 7         4 8  
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls wereled by fourth-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference.

On December 6, Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor. Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.

The Owls dominated a Navy Midshipmen football offense that was ranked in the top 10 in the country, coming off a 75-point victory the week before to win the first major conference title in Temple history. Temple sent one of its largest away crowds ever, with nearly half the fans in attendance supporting the Owls. Temple was ranked in all three major polls following the game and were invited to the Military Bowl vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons football on December 27, 2016.

Dion Dawkins, OT
Haason Reddick, DL

Jahad Thomas, RB
Praise Martin-Oguike, DL
Avery Williams, LB
Sean Chandler, S
Aaron Boumerhi, K

Colin Thompson, TE
Stephaun Marshall, LB


Four Temple players were invited to participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.

† Top performer

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.


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