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| First season | 1894; 130 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Arthur Johnson | ||
| Head coach | Everett Withers (interim) | ||
| Stadium | Lincoln Financial Field (capacity: 68,532) | ||
| Field surface | Bermuda grass | ||
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | The American | ||
| All-time record | 488–623–52 (.442) | ||
| Bowl record | 3–6 (.333) | ||
| Conference titles | 2 (1967, 2016) | ||
| Division titles | 3 (2009, 2015, 2016) | ||
| Rivalries | Villanova (rivalry) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 3 John Rienstra, 1985 Paul Palmer, 1986 Tyler Matakevich, 2015 | ||
| Colors | Cherry and white[1] | ||
| Fight song | "Fight! Temple Fight!" | ||
| Mascot | Hooter T. Owl, Stella (live mascot) | ||
| Marching band | Temple University Diamond Marching Band | ||
| Outfitter | Nike[2] | ||
| Website | owlsports.com | ||
The Temple Owls football team represents Temple University in the sport of college football. The Temple Owls compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They play their home games at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
The Owls were a football-only member of the Big East Conference from 1991 until 2004. Temple was expelled from the league due to a lack of commitment to the football program from university officials. Temple played the 2005 and 2006 seasons as an independent before playing in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) from 2007 to 2011.
In March 2012, the Owls rejoined the Big East Conference, with football membership beginning in the 2012 season and all other sports beginning conference play in 2013. That same year, the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference after several basketball-only schools split off to form a new conference that kept the Big East name. Temple is the last original Big East football member still in the American Athletic Conference.
- ^ "Temple University Logo Usage Guide" (PDF). April 29, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ "Temple, Under Armour sing 10 year, $30m deal". Philadelphia Daily News. August 31, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.