The 2016 Temple Owls football team represented

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in the

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. The Owls were led by fourth-year head coach

Matt Rhule Matthew Kenneth Rhule (born January 31, 1975) is an American football coach and former player, who is the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was previously the head coach at Temple University, Baylor University, and for the Carolina Pant ...

and played their home games at

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. They were members of the East Division of the

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. On December 6, Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor. Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach

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led the Owls in the Military Bowl.

Schedule

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Roster

Game summaries

Army

Stony Brook

at Penn State

Charlotte

SMU

at Memphis

at UCF

South Florida

Cincinnati

at UConn

at Tulane

East Carolina

at Navy–American Athletic Championship Game

The Owls dominated a

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offense that was ranked in the top 20 in the country, coming off a 75-point offensive outburst the week before to win the first major conference title in Temple history. Temple sent one of its largest away crowds ever, with nearly half the fans in attendance supporting the Owls. Temple was ranked in all three major polls following the game and were invited to the

Military Bowl The Military Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that has been played annually each December in the Washington metropolitan area since 2008. The game was originally held a ...

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on December 27, 2016.

Wake Forest–Military Bowl

Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

*First Team

Dion Dawkins Dion Dawkins (born April 26, 1994) is an American football offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple. Early years Dawkins attended Rahway High School in Rahway, New Jersey ...

, OT

Haason Reddick Haason Samir Reddick (born September 22, 1994) is an American football outside linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple, and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fi ...

, DL *Second Team

Jahad Thomas Jahad Thomas (born November 6, 1995) is a former American professional running back. He played college football at Temple University, where he earned second-team All-American Athletic Conference honors in 2016. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboy ...

, RB
Praise Martin-Oguike, DL
Avery Williams, LB

Sean Chandler Sean Chandler (born April 27, 1996) is an American football safety for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple and signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Ear ...

, S
Aaron Boumerhi, K *Honorable Mention Colin Thompson, TE
Stephaun Marshall, LB

Rankings

NFL Players

NFL Draft Combine

Four Temple players were invited to participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine. † Top performer

2017 NFL Draft

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the

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Undrafted Free Agents

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.

References

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Temple Owls football seasons American Athletic Conference football champion seasons

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