2016 Temple Owls football
The American champion
The American East Division co-champion
Military Bowl, L 26–34 vs. Wake Forest
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record10–4 (7–1 AAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGlenn Thomas (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorPhil Snow (4th season)
Base defense4–3[1]
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
UConn  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 were led 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.[2] Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.Army*
CBSSNL 13–2834,005
September 101:00 p.m.Stony Brook*
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3W 38–022,296
September 1712:00 p.m.at Penn State*
BTNL 27–34100,420
September 2412:00 p.m.Charlotte*dagger
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ASNW 48–2027,786
October 112:00 p.m.SMU
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNewsW 45–2022,401
October 68:00 p.m.at Memphis
ESPNL 27–3434,743
October 157:30 p.m.at UCF
ESPNUW 26–2538,299
October 217:00 p.m.South Florida
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNW 46–3025,950
October 293:30 p.m.Cincinnati
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
CBSSNW 34–1329,763
November 47:00 p.m.at UConn
ESPN2W 21–022,316
November 193:30 p.m.at Tulane
ASNW 31–016,497
November 267:30 p.m.East Carolina
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNewsW 37–1028,373
December 312:00 p.m.at No. 19 Navy
ABCW 34–1022,815
December 273:30 p.m.vs. Wake Forest*No. 24
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD (Military Bowl)
ESPNL 26–3426,656

[4]

Roster

2016 Temple Owls football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Ventell Bryant  So
FB 4 Nick Sharga  Jr
RB 5 Jahad Thomas Sr
QB 8 Phillip Walker Sr
QB 15 Anthony Russo Fr
TE 86 Colin Thompson Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 2 Avery Williams  Sr
DB 3 Sean Chandler Jr
DL 7 Haason Reddick  Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Knights 0 7 7 14 28
Owls 0 10 3 0 13

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 0 0 0 0 0
Owls 14 14 10 0 38

At Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 3 7 10 27
Nittany Lions 14 7 3 10 34

Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 7 0 7 6 20
Owls 3 28 14 3 48

SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 7 0 6 20
Owls 21 14 3 7 45

At Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 6 7 0 14 27
Tigers 0 3 17 14 34

At UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 7 6 6 26
Knights 11 14 0 0 25

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 7 6 10 7 30
Owls 3 17 14 12 46

Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 0 13 0 0 13
Owls 10 7 3 14 34

At UConn

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 21 0 0 0 21
Huskies 0 0 0 0 0

At Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 3 14 7 31
Green Wave 0 0 0 0 0

East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 0 3 10
Owls 7 14 6 10 37

At Navy–American Athletic Championship Game

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 14 10 0 10 34
#20 Midshipmen 0 3 7 0 10

The Owls dominated a Navy Midshipmen football offense that was ranked in the top 20 in the country, coming off a 75-point offensive outburst 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.

Wake Forest–Military Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Owls 7 3 10 6 26
Demon Deacons 14 17 0 3 34

Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

  • First Team

Dion Dawkins, OT
Haason Reddick, DL

  • Second Team

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

  • Honorable Mention

Colin Thompson, TE
Stephaun Marshall, LB
[5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP————————————RVRV23RV
Coaches————————————RVRV24RV
CFPNot released—————24Not released

NFL players

NFL Draft Combine

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

#NamePOSHTWTArmsHands40Bench PressVert JumpBroad Jump3 Cone Drill20-yd ShuttleRef
#5Jahad ThomasRB5-10190 lbs30 1/894.621132.0 in116.0[6]
#7Haason ReddickLB6-1237 lbs32 3/410 1/84.52†2436.5 in†133.0 in†7.014.37[7]
#15Nate HairstonCB6-0196 lbs319 1/24.521435.5 in118.0 in[8]
#66Dion DawkinsOL6-4314 lbs359 7/85.112626.0 in106.0 in7.30†4.78[9]

† Top performer

2017 NFL Draft

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

#PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Club
#7Haason Reddick113LinebackerArizona Cardinals
#66Dion Dawkins263Offensive linemanBuffalo Bills
#15Nate Hairston5158CornerbackIndianapolis Colts

[10]

Undrafted free agents

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

#NamePOSHTWTNFL ClubRef
#2Avery WilliamsLB5-10224 lbsHouston Texans[11]
#5Jahad ThomasRB5-10188 lbsDallas Cowboys[12]
#8Phillip WalkerQB5-11205 lbsIndianapolis Colts[13]
#11Romond DeloatchTE6-4245 lbsNew York Giants[14]
#50Praise Martin-OguikeDL6-1255 lbsMiami Dolphins[15]
#86Colin ThompsonTE6-4255 lbsNew York Giants[16]

References

  1. ↑ Newton, David (September 29, 2021). "Carolina Panthers' top-ranked defense reflects 'old-man' strength of Phil Snow". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Temple's Matt Rhule to take Baylor head coach job".
  3. ↑ "Ed Foley Named Interim Head Football Coach".
  4. ↑ "2016 Temple Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Owls Place Nine Players on All-American Athletic Conference Teams".
  6. ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Jahad Thomas". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Haason Reddick Stats, News and Video - OLB". NFL.com.
  8. ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Nate Hairston". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Dion Dawkins Stats, News and Video - OT". NFL.com.
  10. ↑ "2017 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ Aaron Wilson [@AaronWilson_NFL] (April 29, 2017). "Avery Williams to Texans on undrafted free agent deal, per his agent, David Canter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Cowboys Nation [@CowboysNation] (April 29, 2017). "Undrafted Temple RB Jahad Thomas is signing with the Cowboys" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Jeff Skversky 6abc [@JeffSkversky] (April 29, 2017). "Temple QB Phillip Walker will sign an Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Deal with the Indianapolis Colts a source tells…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ Geoff Collins [@CoachCollins] (April 30, 2017). "GREA'][' 3 days for @Temple_FB at the #NFLDraft @ColinThompsonTU @Romond_Deloatch @coachedfoley" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ↑ Martin-Oguike [@MartinPraiseO] (April 29, 2017). "New home! 🙌🏿 Thankful for the opportunity! 🙏🏿 #miami #dolphins" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ Colin Thompson [@ColinThompsonTU] (April 29, 2017). "Lets go Giants! Honored to be a NYG! Let's go! @Giants" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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