2016 Temple Owls football team

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.

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
2016 record10–4 (7–1 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGlenn Thomas (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Snow (4th season)
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
(Capacity: 69,176)
2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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

On December 6, Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor.[1] Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.[2]

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*
  • 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. 20 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
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[3]

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
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
  • 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 victory 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
  • 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
[4]

Rankings
Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 23 RV 
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 24 RV 
CFP Not released NR NR NR NR NR 24 Not 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[5]
#7Haason ReddickLB6-1237 lbs32 3/410 1/84.52†2436.5 in†133.0 in†7.014.37[6]
#15Nate HairstonCB6-0196 lbs319 1/24.521435.5 in118.0 in[7]
#66Dion DawkinsOL6-4314 lbs359 7/85.112626.0 in106.0 in7.30†4.78[8]

† 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

[9]

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[10]
#5Jahad ThomasRB5-10188 lbsDallas Cowboys[11]
#8Phillip WalkerQB5-11205 lbsIndianapolis Colts[12]
#11Romond DeloatchTE6-4245 lbsNew York Giants[13]
#50Praise Martin-OguikeDL6-1255 lbsMiami Dolphins[14]
#86Colin ThompsonTE6-4255 lbsNew York Giants[15]

References
  1. http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/matt-rhule-baylor-head-coach-temple-120616
  2. http://www.owlsports.com/news/2016/12/6/football-ed-foley-named-interim-head-caoch.aspx
  3. "2016 Temple Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  4. http://www.owlsports.com/news/2016/11/30/football-owls-place-nine-players-on-all-american-athletic-conference-teams.aspx?path=football
  5. http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jahad-thomas?id=2557918
  6. http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/haason-reddick?id=2557887
  7. http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/nate-hairston?id=2558108
  8. http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/dion-dawkins?id=2557875
  9. "2017 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  10. Aaron Wilson [@AaronWilson_NFL] (29 April 2017). "Avery Williams to Texans on undrafted free agent deal, per his agent, David Canter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. Cowboys Nation [@CowboysNation] (29 April 2017). "Undrafted Temple RB Jahad Thomas is signing with the Cowboys" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. Jeff Skversky 6abc [@JeffSkversky] (29 April 2017). "Temple QB Phillip Walker will sign an Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Deal with the Indianapolis Colts a source tells…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. Geoff Collins [@CoachCollins] (30 April 2017). "GREA'][' 3 days for @Temple_FB at the #NFLDraft @ColinThompsonTU @Romond_Deloatch @coachedfoley" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. Martin-Oguike [@MartinPraiseO] (29 April 2017). "New home! 🙌🏿 Thankful for the opportunity! 🙏🏿 #miami #dolphins" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. Colin Thompson [@ColinThompsonTU] (29 April 2017). "Lets go Giants! Honored to be a NYG! Let's go! @Giants" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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