2014 Temple Owls football team

The 2014 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in sixth place. Despite being bowl eligible, Temple was not invited to a bowl game.

2014 Temple Owls football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMarcus Satterfield (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Snow (2nd season)
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
(Capacity: 68,532)
2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 Memphis +  7 –1   10 –3  
Cincinnati +  7 –1   9 –4  
UCF +  7 –1   9 –4  
East Carolina  5 –3   8 –5  
Houston  5 –3   8 –5  
Temple  4 –4   6 –6  
South Florida  3 –5   4 –8  
Tulane  2 –6   3 –9  
Tulsa  2 –6   2 –10  
UConn  1 –7   2 –10  
SMU  1 –7   1 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 2810:50 p.m.at Vanderbilt*
SECNW 37–731,731
September 61:00 p.m.Navy*
ESPN3L 24–3128,408
September 201:00 p.m.Delaware State*
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3W 59–019,202
September 274:00 p.m.at UConn
ESPNewsW 36–1027,755
October 1112:00 p.m.Tulsadagger
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNewsW 35–2425,340
October 179:00 p.m.at Houston
ESPNUL 10–3121,471
October 255:00 p.m.at UCF
CBSSNL 14–3439,554
November 112:00 p.m.No. 21 East Carolina
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNewsW 20–1022,130
November 77:30 p.m.Memphis
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNUL 13–1623,882
November 1512:00 p.m.at Penn State*
ESPN2L 13–30100,173
November 2912:00 p.m.Cincinnati
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNewsL 6–1421,255
December 67:30 p.m.at Tulane
ESPN2W 10–320,612
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[1]

Awards and accomplishments

All Conference Teams

American Athletic Conference First Team: Tyler Matakevich[2]
American Athletic Conference Second Team: Kyle Friend, Praise Martin-Oguike, Matt Ioannidis[2]
American Athletic Conference Honorable Mention: Tavon Young[2]

Players of the Week

American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week:[3]

Week 1 - Tavon Young
Week 5 - Praise Martin-Oguike
Week 10 - Praise Martin-Oguike

American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week:[3]

Week 5 - Austin Jones

National statistical rankings

Scoring Offense: 23.1 points per game (97th nationally)[4] Scoring Defense: 17.5 points per game (4th nationally)[5]

NFL Players

Undrafted Free Agents

Following the NFL draft, Kenneth Harper signed a contract with the New York Giants.

#NamePOSHTWTNFL ClubRef
#4Kenneth HarperRB6-0225 lbsGiants[6]

References
  1. "2014 Temple Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  2. "Honors Continue for Football".
  3. "American Athletic Conference - Football Players of the Week". theamerican.org.
  4. "Scoring Offense - FBS Football Statistics - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
  5. "Scoring Defense - FBS Football Statistics - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
  6. "New York Giants: Kenneth Harper". Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
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