2013 Temple Owls football team

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.

2013 Temple Owls football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record2–10 (1–7 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMarcus Satterfield (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Snow (1st season)
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
(Capacity: 68,532)
2013 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 UCF $  8 0   12 1  
No. 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  
UConn  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

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 313:30 p.m.at No. 14 Notre Dame*NBCL 6–2880,795
September 712:00 p.m.HoustonAANL 13–2227,328
September 141:00 p.m.Fordham*
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3L 29–3020,047
September 285:00 p.m.at Idaho*ALTL 24–2615,323
October 512:00 p.m.No. 7 Louisville
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
AANL 7–3021,709
October 118:30 p.m.at CincinnatiESPNL 20–3832,220
October 191:00 p.m.Army*dagger
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3W 33–1425,533
October 263:00 p.m.at SMUESPN3L 49–5915,786
November 212:00 p.m.at RutgersAANL 20–2346,447
November 1612:00 p.m.No. 15 UCF
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
AANL 36–3920,174
November 237:00 p.m.UConn
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3L 21–2820,045
November 3012:00 p.m.at MemphisESPNewsW 41–2125,671
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Notre Dame

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

Houston

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

Fordham

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

At Idaho

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

Louisville

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

At Cincinnati

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

Army

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

At SMU

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

This game was the first in the series that ended with an actual winner. With the loss, Temple fell to 1-7.

At Rutgers

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

UCF

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

UConn

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

At Memphis

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

References

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