1997 Temple Owls football team

The 1997 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season; they competed in the Big East Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Ron Dickerson. The Owls played their home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They finished with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses (3–4 Big East).

1997 Temple Owls football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record3–8 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLew Carpenter (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRon McCrone (1st season)
Home stadiumVeterans Stadium
(Capacity: 65,386)
Franklin Field
(Capacity: 52,593)
1997 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 Syracuse $  6 1   9 4  
No. 23 Virginia Tech  5 2   7 5  
Pittsburgh  4 3   6 6  
West Virginia  4 3   7 5  
Miami (FL)  3 4   5 6  
Temple  3 4   3 8  
Boston College  3 4   4 7  
Rutgers  0 7   0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 28at Western Michigan*L 14–34
September 612:00 pmBoston CollegeW 28–215,085
September 131:00 pmat No. 1 Penn State*L 10–5296,735
September 206:00 pmNo. 18 Virginia Tech
L 13–2312,056
September 27Maryland*
L 21–24
October 412:00 pmPittsburgh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 38–4510,334
October 1812:00 pmat SyracuseL 7–6047,720
October 2512:00 pmat Miami (FL)L 15–4726,351
November 1Rutgers
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 49–7
November 8at Navy*L 17–49
November 151:00 pmat West VirginiaL 21–4137,061
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References


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