The 2017 Temple Owls football team represented

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

in the

2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2017. The regular season began on August 26, 2017, and end ...

. The Owls were led by first-year head coach Geoff Collins and played their home games at

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. They were members of the East Division of the

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. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were invited to the

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where they defeated FIU.

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

2017 recruiting class

Game summaries

Notre Dame

Villanova

UMass

South Florida

Houston

East Carolina

UConn

Army

Navy

Cincinnati

UCF

Tulsa

FIU–Gasparilla Bowl

Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

*First Team

Delvon Randall Delvon Randall (born December 14, 1996) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Temple Owls. Early years Randall was born on December 14, 1996, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended G ...

, S *Second Team Brian Carter, OL
Sharif Finch, DL
Jacob Martin, DL *Honorable Mention

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. E ...

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NFL Players

NFL Draft Combine

One Temple player was invited to participate in the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine. † Top performer

2018 NFL Draft

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

2018 NFL Draft The 2018 NFL Draft was the 83rd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2018 NFL season. The draft was held on April 26–28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; it was the first draft ...

. 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 Gasparilla Bowl champion seasons

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