2013 Temple Owls football team

2013 Temple Owls football
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Conference	American Athletic Conference
2013 record	2–10 (1–7 The American)
Head coach	Matt Rhule (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Marcus Satterfield
Defensive coordinator	Phil Snow
Home stadium	Lincoln Financial Field (Capacity: 68,532)

2013 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#10 UCF $		8	–	0					12	–	1
#15 Louisville		7	–	1					12	–	1
Cincinnati		6	–	2					9	–	4
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rutgers		3	–	5					6	–	7
Connecticut		3	–	5					3	–	9
South Florida		2	–	6					2	–	10
Memphis		1	–	7					3	–	9
Temple		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by first year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Previous season

They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in Big East Conference play to finish in a tie for sixth place. This was their first year back in the Big East after being forced out of the conference in 2004 (the Big East would be renamed the American Athletic Conference in 2013).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:30 PM	at #14 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 6–28	80,795
September 7	12:00 PM	Houston	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	AAN	L 13–22	27,328
September 14	1:00 PM	Fordham*	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	L 29–30	20,047
September 28	5:00 PM	at Idaho*	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	ALT	L 24–26	15,323
October 5	12:00 PM	#7 Louisville	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	AAN	L 7–30	21,709
October 11	8:30 PM	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 20–38	32,220
October 19	1:00 PM	Army*	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	W 33–14	25,533
October 26	3:00 PM	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	ESPN3	L 49–59	15,786
November 2	12:00 PM	at Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	AAN	L 20–23	46,447
November 16	12:00 PM	#15 UCF	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	AAN	L 36–39	20,174
November 23	7:00 PM	Connecticut	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	L 21–28	20,045
November 30	12:00 PM	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNews	W 41–21	25,671
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	6	0	0	6
#14 Fighting Irish	14	7	7	0	28

See also: 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	6	6	7	22
Owls	6	7	0	0	13

See also: 2013 Houston Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1989	HOU, 65–7

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	10	7	10	30
Owls	0	7	7	15	29

See also: 2013 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	1953	FORD, 28–0

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	3	0	7	14	24
Vandals	7	10	3	6	26

See also: 2013 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Cardinals	10	14	3	3	30
Owls	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2013 Louisville Cardinals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2012	LOUIS, 45–17

at Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	13	7	0	0	20
Bearcats	7	21	10	0	38

See also: 2013 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–5–1	2012	CINCI, 34–10

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	7	7	14
Owls	14	12	7	0	33

See also: 2013 Army Black Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–4	2012	TEMP, 63–32

at SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	14	14	7	14	49
Mustangs	7	7	21	24	59

See also: 2013 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–0–2	1946	TIE, 7–7

This game was the first in the series that ended with an actual winner. With the loss, Temple fell to 1-7. Temple has never been bowl-eligible as a member of the Big East/American.

at Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	6	7	0	7	20
Scarlet Knights	0	3	6	14	23

See also: 2013 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–20	2012	RUTG, 35–10

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Knights	5	17	0	17	39
Owls	0	21	7	8	36

See also: 2013 UCF Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	0	14	14	28
Owls	7	14	0	0	21

See also: 2013 Connecticut Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4	2012	TEMP, 17–14

at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	3	14	14	10	41
Tigers	0	7	14	0	21

See also: 2013 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting