The 1923 Tempe Normal Owls football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented Tempe Normal School (later renamed

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

) as an independent during the

1923 college football season The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. As such, numerous schools claim a national championship for the 1923 season. Illinois (coached by Bob Zuppke) and Michigan (coached by Fielding "Hurry-U ...

. In their first season under head coach

Aaron McCreary Aaron Monroe "Mac" McCreary (September 15, 1892 – November 5, 1984) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tempe State Teachers College—kno ...

, the Owls compiled a 4–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 152 to 102. John Turner was the team captain. Coach McCreary graduated from Temple Normal School in 1915 and had thereafter been in charge of athletics at Tucson High School.

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