Temple Owls football

First season1894; 132 years agoAthletic directorArthur JohnsonHead coachK. C. Keeler
2nd season, 5–7 (.417)LocationPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaStadiumLincoln Financial Field
(capacity: 68,532)NCAA divisionDivision I FBSConferenceAmericanColorsCherry and white
All-time record502–632–52 (.445)Bowl record3–6 (.333)Conference championshipsMAC: 1967

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American: 2016Division championshipsMAC East: 2009

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AAC East: 2015, 2016Consensus All-Americans3RivalriesVillanova (rivalry)
Penn State
Rutgers
BuffaloFight song"Fight! Temple Fight!"MascotHooter T. Owl, Stella (live mascot)Marching bandTemple University Diamond Marching BandOutfitterNikeWebsiteowlsports.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 Conference. 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. After several basketball-only schools split off to form a new conference that kept the Big East name, Temple remained in the reorganized American Athletic Conference.