Temple Football Team Has Winning Record

How about that! Local college football laughingstock Temple opened its season with a 35-7 win over Army, the program’s first opening game win since 2002. (That was a win over Richmond, who is a I-AA school; the year before Temple opened with a win over Navy. The last time Temple opened the season with a win over a team that wasn’t a service academy or a team from a lower division was when the Owls beat Eastern Michigan to open the 1996 season.)

Now that Temple has a winning record for the first time since ‘02, the school is attempting to do the unthinkable: Attract fans to the games! Temple plays a short subway ride away from campus at Lincoln Financial Field, and clearly the planned pre-game pep rallies will give the Owls the moral support for their first winning season since… oh, let’s just say “ever.” (It’s actually 1990.)

La Salle’s traditionally horrible football team, incidentally, remains undefeated this year as well, as the program was dropped.

Update: Here’s more about the game from my buddy Tannenwald; Temple was outgained but still won by 28. Be sure to read the surprisingly somewhat angry comments from Temple alums!

Temple football opens with 35-7 win over Army [Daily News]
Owls hope to fill the Linc this year [Temple News]
La Salle University to drop football [GoExplorers.com]