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American college football season
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 . Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 p.m. Army *CBSSN L 13–28 34,005
September 10 1:00 p.m. Stony Brook *Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA ESPN3 W 38–0 22,296
September 17 12:00 p.m. at Penn State * BTN L 27–34 100,420
September 24 12:00 p.m. Charlotte *Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA ASN W 48–20 27,786
October 1 12:00 p.m. SMU Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA ESPNews W 45–20 22,401
October 6 8:00 p.m. at Memphis ESPN L 27–34 34,743
October 15 7:30 p.m. at UCF ESPNU W 26–25 38,299
October 21 7:00 p.m. South Florida Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA ESPN W 46–30 25,950
October 29 3:30 p.m. Cincinnati Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA CBSSN W 34–13 29,763
November 4 7:00 p.m. at UConn ESPN2 W 21–0 22,316
November 19 3:30 p.m. at Tulane ASN W 31–0 16,497
November 26 7:30 p.m. East Carolina Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA ESPNews W 37–10 28,373
December 3 12:00 p.m. at No. 19 Navy ABC W 34–10 22,815
December 27 3:30 p.m. vs. Wake Forest * No. 24 ESPN L 26–34 26,656
Roster
2016 Temple Owls football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Game summaries
Army
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Knights
0
7
7
14
28
Owls
0
10
3
0
13
See also: 2016 Army Black Knights football team
Stony Brook
1
2
3
4
Total
Seawolves
0
0
0
0
0
Owls
14
14
10
0
38
See also: 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team
At Penn State
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
7
10
27
Nittany Lions
14
7
3
10
34
See also: 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
7
0
7
6
20
Owls
3
28
14
3
48
See also: 2016 Charlotte 49ers football team
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
7
7
0
6
20
Owls
21
14
3
7
45
See also: 2016 SMU Mustangs football team
At Memphis
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
6
7
0
14
27
Tigers
0
3
17
14
34
See also: 2016 Memphis Tigers football team
At UCF
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
7
6
6
26
Knights
11
14
0
0
25
See also: 2016 UCF Knights football team
South Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulls
7
6
10
7
30
Owls
3
17
14
12
46
See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team
Cincinnati
1
2
3
4
Total
Bearcats
0
13
0
0
13
Owls
10
7
3
14
34
See also: 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
At UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
21
0
0
0
21
Huskies
0
0
0
0
0
See also: 2016 Connecticut Huskies football team
At Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
14
7
31
Green Wave
0
0
0
0
0
See also: 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team
East Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
7
0
0
3
10
Owls
7
14
6
10
37
See also: 2016 East Carolina Pirates football team
At Navy–American Athletic Championship Game
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
14
10
0
10
34
#20 Midshipmen
0
3
7
0
10
See also: 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team and 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game 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
See also: 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team and 2016 Military Bowl
Awards and honors
American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team
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
Rankings
Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — — — — — — — — — — — — RV RV 23 RV Coaches — — — — — — — — — — — — RV RV 24 RV CFP Not released — — — — — 24 Not released
NFL players
NFL Draft Combine
Four Temple players were invited to participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine .
#
Name
POS
HT
WT
Arms
Hands
40
Bench Press
Vert Jump
Broad Jump
3 Cone Drill
20-yd Shuttle
Ref
#5
Jahad Thomas
RB
5-10
190 lbs
30 1/8
9
4.62
11
32.0 in
116.0
#7
Haason Reddick
LB
6-1
237 lbs
32 3/4
10 1/8
4.52†
24
36.5 in†
133.0 in†
7.01
4.37
#15
Nate Hairston
CB
6-0
196 lbs
31
9 1/2
4.52
14
35.5 in
118.0 in
#66
Dion Dawkins
OL
6-4
314 lbs
35
9 7/8
5.11
26
26.0 in
106.0 in
7.30†
4.78
† Top performer
2017 NFL Draft
Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2017 NFL draft .
Undrafted free agents
In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.
References
Newton, David (September 29, 2021). "Carolina Panthers' top-ranked defense reflects 'old-man' strength of Phil Snow" . ESPN . Retrieved December 5, 2023.
"Temple's Matt Rhule to take Baylor head coach job" .
"Ed Foley Named Interim Head Football Coach" .
"2016 Temple Owls Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
"Owls Place Nine Players on All-American Athletic Conference Teams" .
"NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Jahad Thomas" . www.nfl.com . Archived from the original on March 7, 2017.
"Haason Reddick Stats, News and Video - OLB" . NFL.com .
"NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Nate Hairston" . www.nfl.com . Archived from the original on March 22, 2017.
"Dion Dawkins Stats, News and Video - OT" . NFL.com .
"2017 NFL Draft" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
Aaron Wilson (April 29, 2017). "Avery Williams to Texans on undrafted free agent deal, per his agent, David Canter" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
Cowboys Nation (April 29, 2017). "Undrafted Temple RB Jahad Thomas is signing with the Cowboys" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
Jeff Skversky 6abc (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 }}
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Geoff Collins (April 30, 2017). "GREA'][' 3 days for @Temple_FB at the #NFLDraft @ColinThompsonTU @Romond_Deloatch @coachedfoley" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
Martin-Oguike (April 29, 2017). "New home! 🙌🏿 Thankful for the opportunity! 🙏🏿 #miami #dolphins" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
Colin Thompson (April 29, 2017). "Lets go Giants! Honored to be a NYG! Let's go! @Giants" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
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