2012 Temple Owls football team
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Conference | Big East Conference |
2012 record | 4–7 (2–5 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Ryan Day (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Chuck Heater (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Lincoln Financial Field (Capacity: 68,532) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Louisville $+ | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati + | 5 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers + | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. This season marked the Owls' first season as members of the Big East Conference since they were forced out of the conference following the 2004 season. They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in Big East play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Previous season[]
They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Wyoming 37–15. It was the school's first bowl win since the 1979 Garden State Bowl.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | Villanova* | ESPN3 | W 41–10 | 32,709 | |
September 8 | 12:00 p.m. | Maryland* |
| ESPNU | L 27–36 | 23,322 |
September 22 | 3:30 p.m. | at Penn State* | ABC | L 13–24 | 93,680 | |
October 6 | 12:00 p.m. | South Florida |
| Big East Network | W 37–28 | 25,796 |
October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Connecticut |
| ESPN3 | W 17–14 OT | 37,279 |
October 20 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 17 Rutgers |
| Big East Network | L 10–35 | 35,145 |
October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | Big East Network | L 17–47 | 42,425 | |
November 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Louisville | ABC | L 17–45 | 44,609 | |
November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati |
| Big East Network | L 10–34 | 20,192 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | CBSSN | W 63–32 | 27,019 | |
November 23 | 11:00 a.m. | Syracuse |
| ESPN2 | L 20–38 | 22,317 |
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References[]
Categories:
- 2012 Big East Conference football season
- Temple Owls football seasons
- 2012 in sports in Pennsylvania
- College football 2010s season stubs