American college football season
The 2014 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-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 6–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in sixth place. Despite being bowl eligible, Temple was not invited to a bowl game.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 28 | 10:50 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | | SECN | W 37–7 | 31,731 |
September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Navy* | | ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 28,408 |
September 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Delaware State* | - Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| ESPN3 | W 59–0 | 19,202 |
September 27 | 4:00 p.m. | at UConn | | ESPNews | W 36–10 | 27,755 |
October 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Tulsa | - Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| ESPNews | W 35–24 | 25,340 |
October 17 | 9:00 p.m. | at Houston | | ESPNU | L 10–31 | 21,471 |
October 25 | 5:00 p.m. | at UCF | | CBSSN | L 14–34 | 39,554 |
November 1 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 East Carolina | - Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| ESPNews | W 20–10 | 22,130 |
November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Memphis | - Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| ESPNU | L 13–16 | 23,882 |
November 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Penn State* | | ESPN2 | L 13–30 | 100,173 |
November 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati | - Lincoln Financial Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| ESPNews | L 6–14 | 21,255 |
December 6 | 7:30 p.m. | at Tulane | | ESPN2 | W 10–3 | 20,612 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Awards and accomplishments
All Conference Teams
American Athletic Conference First Team: Tyler Matakevich[3]
American Athletic Conference Second Team: Kyle Friend, Praise Martin-Oguike, Matt Ioannidis[3]
American Athletic Conference Honorable Mention: Tavon Young[3]
Players of the Week
American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week:[4]
Week 1 - Tavon Young
Week 5 - Praise Martin-Oguike
Week 10 - Praise Martin-Oguike
American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week:[4]
Week 5 - Austin Jones
National statistical rankings
Scoring Offense: 23.1 points per game (97th nationally)[5]
Scoring Defense: 17.5 points per game (4th nationally)[6]
NFL Players
Undrafted Free Agents
Following the NFL draft, Kenneth Harper signed a contract with the New York Giants.
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