HISTORY 2006 TEMPLE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 140 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME The careers and accomplishments of 46 distinguished Temple players and coaches have been recognized by their induction into the Hall of Fame. DHAMIRI ABAYOMI/ DON COUNCIL (1960-62) Leading ground-gainer in 1960, netting 465 yards on 84 carries ANTHONY ANDERSON (1975-78) Third-leading ground- gainer all-time, 1976 All-America and All-East honors BILL BERNARDO (1946, 1948-49) Top ground-gainer in 1949, earned All-East honors as a senior JACK BONNER (1927-30) All-around athlete who earned 11 letters (four in football), 1930 team captain TODD BOWLES (1982-85) All-America defensive back that went on to play eight seasons in the NFL The Early Years The Temple University football program will play its 108th season in 2006. For more than 25 years, the Owls have been the only major college football team in the Philadelphia region. That was not the case at the turn of the century. Football at Temple first planted its roots in 1894, a decade after Russell Conwell founded the night school on North Broad Street. Nearly every college in and around Philadelphia had some sort of football squad at that time, though it may be a stretch to call them organized. The serious football powers of the east included Pennsylvania, Princeton, Harvard and Yale. Temple's 11-man squad was techni- cally a part of the school's Physical Education Department. The 1894 team was organized by physical education instructor Charles M. Williams, who also coached the basketball team. The Owls won their first game that fall against Philadelphia Dental College, 14-6. There is almost no record of the first two decades of Temple football. The games were rarely reported in the newspapers, and the opposition usually consisted of small schools such as Pratt Institute or Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University). After the turn of the century, the Owls began play- ing regularly against city schools La Salle and Saint Joseph's. The school mascot had already been established though, along with the school colors—Cherry and White. For many years, the football team had no official home field. Eventually it settled into Vernon Park, a spacious green located on the city limits beyond Germantown. The most notable person associated with the Temple foot- ball program prior to World War I was Elwood Geiges, who was supposed to coach the varsity team in 1917. But the Owls forfeited every regular game on the sched- ule that season because of the war. Late that fall, the varsity squad matched up with the freshman squad in a game to benefit the war effort. The contest finished in a 6-6 tie. Geiges began his career as a col- lege football official the following sea- son. He officiated games for 27 years, advancing to the head of the profes- sion. Geiges is credited with inventing the signals for holding, offsides, illegal shift and timeout. He was elected to the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in 1984. The Temple football program was administered by the Physical Education Department until well into the 20th century. For many years, the department was headed by Dr. Charles Prohaska, who was largely responsible for the expansion of the intercollegiate athletic program following World War I. The Owls did not field a var- sity football team between 1918 and 1921 due to the war. In the years that followed, Temple grew to have the second largest enroll- ment in the Philadelphia area. University President Charles F. Beury made a strong commit- ment at that time to greater suc- cess in intercollegiate athletics. The modern era What might be called the modern era of Temple football began in 1925 with the hiring of Henry J. Miller as head coach. A LOOK BACK AT TEMPLE FOOTBALL 1894-2005 Grover Wearshing with head coach Henry Miller 1935 team captain James Russell
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2006 TEMPLE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE140
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL
HALL OF FAMEThe careers and
accomplishments of 46 distinguished Temple players and coaches have
been recognized by their induction into the
Hall of Fame.
DHAMIRI ABAYOMI/DON COUNCIL (1960-62)
Leading ground-gainerin 1960, netting 465yards on 84 carries
ANTHONY ANDERSON(1975-78)
Third-leading ground-gainer all-time,
1976 All-America and All-East honors
BILL BERNARDO(1946, 1948-49)
Top ground-gainer in1949, earned All-East
honors as a senior
JACK BONNER(1927-30)
All-around athlete who earned 11 letters
(four in football),1930 team captain
TODD BOWLES(1982-85)
All-America defensiveback that went on to
play eight seasonsin the NFL
The Early YearsThe Temple University football program
will play its 108th season in 2006. For morethan 25 years, the Owls have been the onlymajor college football team in thePhiladelphia region. That was not thecase at the turn of the century.
Football at Temple first plantedits roots in 1894, a decade afterRussell Conwell founded the nightschool on North Broad Street. Nearlyevery college in and aroundPhiladelphia had some sort of footballsquad at that time, though it may be astretch to call them organized. Theserious football powers of the eastincluded Pennsylvania, Princeton,Harvard and Yale.
Temple's 11-man squad was techni-cally a part of the school's PhysicalEducation Department. The 1894 teamwas organized by physical education instructor Charles M.Williams, who also coached the basketball team. The Owls wontheir first game that fall against Philadelphia Dental College, 14-6.
There is almost no record of the first two decades of Templefootball. The games were rarely reported in the newspapers, andthe opposition usually consisted of small schools such as PrattInstitute or Pennsylvania Military College (now WidenerUniversity). After the turn of the century, the Owls began play-ing regularly against city schools La Salle and Saint Joseph's.
The school mascot had already been established though,along with the school colors—Cherry and White. For manyyears, the football team had no official home field. Eventually itsettled into Vernon Park, a spacious green located on the citylimits beyond Germantown.
The most notable person associated with the Temple foot-ball program prior to World War I was Elwood Geiges, who was
supposed to coach the varsity team in 1917. But theOwls forfeited every regular game on the sched-
ule that season because of the war. Late thatfall, the varsity squad matched up with the
freshman squad in a game to benefit thewar effort. The contest finished in a 6-6tie.
Geiges began his career as a col-lege football official the following sea-son. He officiated games for 27 years,advancing to the head of the profes-sion. Geiges is credited with inventingthe signals for holding, offsides, illegal
shift and timeout. He was elected to theNational Football Foundation College
Football Hall of Fame in 1984.The Temple football program was
administered by the PhysicalEducation Department until well intothe 20th century. For many years, thedepartment was headed by Dr. Charles
Prohaska, who was largely responsible for the expansion of theintercollegiate athletic programfollowing World War I.
The Owls did not field a var-sity football team between 1918and 1921 due to the war. In theyears that followed, Temple grewto have the second largest enroll-ment in the Philadelphia area.University President Charles F.Beury made a strong commit-ment at that time to greater suc-cess in intercollegiate athletics.
The modern eraWhat might be called the modern era of Temple football
began in 1925 with the hiring of Henry J. Miller as head coach.
A LOOK BACK AT TEMPLE FOOTBALL1894-2005
Grover Wearshing with head coach Henry Miller
1935 team captain James Russell
HISTORY
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BRIAN BROOMELL (1976-79)
Owns four passingrecords and shares afifth, QB’d Owls in
’79 Garden State Bowl
JIM CALLAHAN (1966-68)
Caught 36 career TDpasses, scored TDs onhis first 10 receptions
STAN GRAYSON(1934-37)
Played in every Owl football game for
four years, played in two all-star games
CHUCK DRULIS (1938-40)
1940 team captain,earned All-East honorstwice, played in 1940
Blue-Gray game
TONY DOUGAL (1930-31)
1931 All-East Team, played on offense,
defense and special teams
BILL COSBY (1960-62)
Varsity letterman ath-lete, presented with
NCAA’s 1982Theodore Roosevelt
Award
STEVE CONJAR (1978-81)
A 1980 and 1981 AP All-American, holds four Temple tackling records
“Heinie” Miller had been a star playerat Penn, earning All-America honorsin 1917. His much-hailed arrival prom-ised great success against a muchtougher level of competition.
Miller's Owls did well in 1925 and1926, compiling a record of 10-5-2, thebest two-year stretch in the school'sshort history. Things were about to getmuch better. Several outstanding play-ers joined the roster in 1927, includingfuture Temple Hall of Famers Tucker“Swede” Hanson, Grover Wearshingand Jack Bonner.
The Owls opened the season witha home game against Blue RidgeCollege, a small school located in NewWindsor, Md. The mismatch wasapparent from the opening kickoff. Temple held a 27-0 lead atthe end of the first quarter, and then scored eight touchdownsin the second quarter to establish a 78-0 lead at the half. Unableto move the ball on offense, Blue Ridge actually began puntingon first down. The coaches agreed at halftime to shorten thethird quarter to eight minutes and later shortened the fourthquarter to six minutes. By the end of the game, three Templeplayers had switched jerseys to fill in for Blue Ridge. The Owlswon by a final score of 110-0. Hanson scored five touchdownsand Wearshing scored three.
Several other one-sided results from the 1927 campaign,against Juniata (58-0), Gallaudet (62-0) and WashingtonCollege (75-0), indicated that the Owls were ready for a newlevel of competition. That competition came from Dartmouth,Brown and Bucknell.
Temple finished 7-1 that season, losing only to Dartmouth,while posting notable victories against Brown (7-0) andBucknell (19-13). The Bucknell game marked the beginning of along rivalry with the school located in Lewisburg, Pa. The Owlsand the Bison played every year for the next 44 years, often inthe last game of the season. Some years later, “The Old Shoe”was dedicated as a prize for the winner of the Temple-Bucknellcontest. The bronze statue of a football shoe was awarded to thewinning school, which held it until the following year's game.
The 1927 season finale againstBucknell was played at Franklin Field,marking Temple's first appearance onthe home field of the PennsylvaniaQuakers. The Owls would not need toborrow the facility the following sea-son.
In December of 1927, PresidentBeury announced that the Universityhad received a gift of $100,000 fromPhiladelphia land developer Charles G.Erny for the construction of a footballstadium at Vernon Park. The stadiumwas to seat between 20,000 and 25,000and was to be completed in time for the1928 football season.
Temple Stadium was first referredto as Beury Stadium, and for many
years was known as Owl Stadium. The structure was designedby Philadelphia architect Clarence E. Wunder and was built byErny's development firm. The total cost of construction was$350,000, with a seating capacity of 34,200, including mobilefield seats.
The Owls made their debut in the new stadium on Sept.29, 1928, against St. Thomas College of Scranton. Team captainHoward “Barney” Gugel made it a successful debut, scoring ona 66-yard fumble recovery and a 38-yard interception return fora 12-0 Temple victory witnessed by 10,000 fans.
The stadium's official dedication game came two weekslater against Eastern power Western Maryland. The Owls wonthat game, 7-0, thanks to a touchdown pass from Wearshing toHanson. The contest drew 25,000 fans, including several digni-taries from the city of Philadelphia.
The 1928 campaign was another great success, as the Owlsfinished 7-1-2, losing only to Schuylkill College and posting tiesagainst Bucknell and Villanova. Temple was dominant in thenew stadium, winning its first six games by shutout. The onlyteam to score against the Owls was Washington College, whichmanaged a single touchdown in a 73-7 rout. Wearshing andHanson scored three times apiece in that contest.
The battle against Villanova—a scoreless tie—also markedthe beginning of a long rivalry (though the teams had played
Johan Bowles, Jim Honochick, Mike Lukac and JackBerrier made up the 1938 Owls’ backfield.
history
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RANDY GROSSMAN (1971-73)
A third team AP All-American in 1973,
selected for SeniorBowl All-Star game
SWEDE HANSON (1927-30)
One of Temple’s great-est players scored 29
points in 110–0 victoryover Blue Ridge
in 1927
MIKE JARMOLUK (1942-43, 1945)
All-around athlete, 1945Blue-Gray game and
All-America honorablemention
HENRY HYNOSKI (1972-74)
Remains Temple’s fifthall-time rushing leader
with 2,218 yards
JIM HONOCHICK (1938-39)
Football and baseballstar, became one ofmajor league’s top
umpires
MIKE HINNANT(1984-87)
Honors include firstteam AP All-East,Sporting News All-
America and Temple’s MVP
WAYNE HARDIN(1970-82)
Temple’s winningestfootball coach with an
80-52-3 record in 13 seasons
one another in 1908). The Owls and the Wildcats were bothdeveloping strong national reputations, and this was the biggame on their schedules for the next 15 years.
Miller continued to field successful teams through theDepression Era, tutoring a new set of future Hall of Famers inHank Reese, Tony Dougal and Leon Whittock. All three playedkey roles in 1931, another milestone year for the program.
The Owls finished with a record of 8-1-1 that season, set-ting a school record for wins that stood for 42 years. Along theway, Temple recorded a 12-0 victory over developing regionalpower Penn State. It was considered the school's most notablevictory to date. The Owls also scored their first-ever victory overVillanova by the score of 13-7. Reese had an 80-yard intercep-tion return for a touchdown and Cornelius Bonner scored on afive-yard run to secure the victory. The Wildcats were coachedby Harry Stuhldreher, who had gained fame as one of NotreDame's “Four Horsemen.”
Temple closed the 1931 campaign with its first extendedroad trip, traveling by train across the Midwest and the Plainsto face Denver College and the University of Missouri. TheOwls built their national reputation with an 18-0 victory overDenver and a 38-6 triumph over Missouri.
By this time, the University's athletic programs hadgrown out of their Physical Education Departmentbeginnings. The Owls were administered by EarlYeomans, Graduate Manager of Athletics, who hadreplaced James R. Clovis in that position in themid-1920s. Yeomans would oversee the athlet-ic programs at Temple until 1952. College foot-ball continued to grow by leaps and boundsdespite the Depression.
The 1930s saw the establishment ofseveral bowl games and the firstAssociated Press national poll to deter-mine the best teams in the country. TheTemple football program continued togrow as well, making a huge nationalsplash with the hiring of college coachinglegend Glenn S. Warner.
The Pop Warner Years“Pop” Warner was one of football's great inno-
vators. He pioneered the use of several offensive for-
mations (the single wing, the double wing, the unbalanced line)while building powerful programs at Pittsburgh and Stanford.After carrying his legend from the East Coast to the West Coast,Warner was lured away from Stanford by Temple in December1932.
“The Old Fox”—another one of Warner's many nick-names—had a successful 1933 debut at Owl Stadium againstSouth Carolina, a dangerous opponent from the south. EdwardZukas had an 80-yard punt return for a touchdown in the firstquarter to send the Owls on their way to a 26-6 triumph.
Another round of Hall of Famers took their place underWarner's guidance, most notably Pete Stevens, Dave Smukler,Stan Grayson and Chet Messervey. Stevens joined the team in1933 and was named team captain in 1934. Smukler was agame-breaking running back who made an immediate impact onthe team in 1934.
The Owls won their first two games that season againstVirginia Tech (34-0) and Texas A&M (40-6). After a 6-6 tieagainst Indiana, Warner's squad won five straight against toughcompetition that included West Virginia, Holy Cross andCarnegie Tech. Temple finished the run with a 22-0 rout of
Villanova, and then played Bucknell to a scoreless tiein the regular season finale.
The 1934 backfield quartet of Smukler, quar-terback Glenn Frey and running backs DannyTesta and Wilfred H. Longsderff was one of thebest in the nation. Their exploits (and theteam's 7-0-2 record) drew the attention of theMid-Winter Sports Association of NewOrleans, which was busy planning the firstSugar Bowl. Warner's Owls were invitedto play unbeaten Tulane in that conteston Jan. 1, 1935.
Smukler was a one-man show in thefirst half of the Sugar Bowl, tossing a
touchdown pass to John Stonik and runningthe ball in for another score. He also convert-ed both extra points to give the Owls a 14-0lead. Tulane responded to the second touch-down with a huge play from its star, MonkSimons, who took a lateral on the ensuingkickoff and raced 80 yards for a touchdown.The Green Wave knotted the score at 14-14
Glenn S. “Pop” Warner
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STEVE JOACHIM (1973–74)
Temple’s only MaxwellTrophy winner (1974),
a Walter Camp firstteam All-American
TRÉ JOHNSON (1990-93)
Offensive lineman thatwas a three-time All-Big East selection andnine year NFL veteran
MOE KATZ(1937-38)
1937 and 1938 co-captain under
coach Pop Warner,workhorse on offense
and defense
CHET MESSERVEY (1933-36)
Earned All-Americanmention in 1936 plus
other honors, later coached
at Temple
ED KOLMAN(1937-39)
Named to three All-American teams, 1940Eastern College All-Star team, East-West
The Mid-Winter Sports Association of New Orleans was formedin 1934 to formulate plans for an annual New Year’s Day footballclassic. On Dec. 2, 1934, the association’s executive board selectedTulane, unbeaten in the South, and unbeaten Temple, coached byGlenn “Pop” Warner, to play the first game.
The game was a financial and artistic success; however, the final20–14 result was a heartbreaker for Temple fans. The Owlsbuilt up a 14-point lead only to see Tulane score touchdownsin the second, third and fourth quarters to win the game.
The inaugural Sugar Bowl turned into a contest betweentwo All-Americans—Temple’s Dave Smukler (who playedall 60 minutes) and Tulane’s Monk Simons. After theOwls’ Danny Testa scored the first touchdown in SugarBowl history with a touchdown reception from quarterbackGlenn Frey, Smukler raced 25 yards for another score. WithSmukler converting both extra points, the Owls were up14–0.
The Green Wave comeback began when Simons took a lateraloff a kickoff and scampered 80 yards for a touchdown. Dick Hardyscored the tying touchdown in the third quarter on a 42-yard catchfrom Tulane quarterback Barney Mintz. Hardy overshadowedSimons by notching the game-winning score on a 25-yard romp tothe end zone. The conversion failed, but the hometown teamwould go on to win the first Sugar Bowl.
TEMPLE 7 7 0 0 - 14TULANE 0 7 7 6 - 20
SCORING SSUMMARY
Temple 1st Testa, pass from Frey (Smukler kick)
Temple 2nd Smukler, 25 run (Smukler kick)
Tulane 2nd Simons, 80 kickoff return (Mintz kick)
Tulane 3rd Hardy, 42 pass from Mintz (Mintz kick)
Tulane 4th Hardy, 25 run (kick failed)
ATTENDANCE: 28,000
Pete Stevens captained Temple’s 1935 SugarBowl team and later went on to coach theOwls (1956–59).
in the third quarter and it seemed for a while that the game wouldend in a tie. With less than three minutes remaining, though,Tulane scored on a pass that had been deflected by a Templedefender. The Owls blocked the extra point and mounted one lastoffensive drive, but they could not put the ball in the end zone.They lost, 20-14.
Warner guided the Temple program for the next four yearsagainst the nation's toughest competition. The Owls beat toughsouthern schools Texas A&M and Vanderbilt in 1935 and began aseries of games against Michigan State. The 1938 squad playedthree teams that finished the season in the nation's Top 10(Pittsburgh, Holy Cross and eventual national champion, TexasChristian).
Temple was a heavy underdog in what would turn out to beWarner's finale, a contest at Florida on Dec. 3, 1938. Florida wascoached by Josh Cody, who was just a couple years away from
beginning a 15-year career at Temple. Playing in 80-degree heat, the Owls upset the Gators, 20-12, thanks
in large part to a 102-yard kickoff return by JimmyPowers. After missing the entire 1939 season
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NICK MIKE-MAYER(1970-72)
Record-breaking collegiate placekicker,
career total of 156 points
HENRY MILLER (1925-32)
Temple head coachwith outstanding
50-15-8 record, had awinning record
every year
JOE NEJMAN(1942, 1946-47)
1947 captain and All-America honorable
mention, ’46 and ’47Blue-Gray game, 1947
Temple MVP
TEX ROBINSON (1951-55)
Temple’s most valu-able player in 1952
and 1954, led Owls in scoring and rushing
JOHN RIENSTRA(1983-85)
First team AP All-America honors, two-time All-East, Steelers’first-round draft pick
HANK REESE(1930-31)
Helped Temple to a 7-3record in 1930 and an
8-1-1 mark in 1931, gaining All-American
mention
PAUL PALMER(1983-86)
Heisman trophy runner-up in 1986,Temple’s all-time
leading rusher with4,895 yards
due to injury,Powers returnedthe opening kick-off againstMichigan State 105yards for a touch-down in 1940. Thereturns remain thetwo longest playsin Temple footballhistory.
The Post-Warner Years
Warner's topassistant, Fred H.
Swan, took over as head coach in 1939. His tenure may havebeen doomed from the start. The Owls lost his debut gameagainst Georgetown, 3-2, on a field goal with 25 seconds to go.The field goal had been preceded by a controversial pass inter-ference penalty against the Owls.
The following season, Temple hired Ray Morrison as headcoach. Morrison had gained fame as an All-American player atVanderbilt and head coach at Southern Methodist University.One of Morrison's top assistants was Josh Cody. The new coachpromised a wide-open offensive attack that he had developed inthe south.
The high-scoring offense was on display in the first game ofthe 1940 season, a 64-7 victory over Muhlenberg. The Owlsjumped to a 45-0 halftime lead in the contest and never lookedback. Running back “Handy” Andy Tomasic had a 73-yardtouchdown run. Tomasic, nicknamed “The HokendauquaHurricane” for his hometown near Allentown, Pa., was one ofseveral Temple Hall of Famers that maintained the program'slevel of national success in the 1940s.
Tackles Chuck Drulis and Bucko Kilroy were All-East selec-tions and Kilroy was Temple's first Honorable Mention All-American. Running back Phil Slosburg was an All-East pick andwas chosen to play in the Blue-Gray All-Star Game. Other starsfor the Cherry and White included Mike Jarmoluk, Joe Nejmanand John Rogers.
The Owls fielded particularly strong teams in 1941 and1945. The team got off to a 6-1 start in 1941, beating rivals Penn
State, Bucknell and Villanova. That marks the only time inschool history that all three foes were beaten in the same sea-son. Hopes for a bowl bid were dashed though, with a 46-0 lossat Michigan State in the next-to-last game of the season. Thefollowing week, the Owls were heavy underdogs on a trip toEastern power Holy Cross. They responded with a 31-13 upsetvictory to finish the season at 7-2.
The 1945 campaign held similar promise as Temple defeat-ed Eastern powers Syracuse (7-6) and Pittsburgh (6-0) on theway to a 6-0 start. The Owls were among the favorites to receivean Orange Bowl bid until suffering a 27-0 loss at Penn State.History repeated itself with a visit to heavily favored Holy Crossthe following week. Holy Cross was undefeated at the time andhad become the Orange Bowl favorite. Temple pulled off one ofthe greatest upsets in school history, winning 14-6 thanks totouchdown runs by quarterback Jack Burns and running backGene Zawolski. Holy Cross received the Orange Bowl bid any-way, though the Owls received strong consideration for theCotton Bowl—partially thanks to Morrison's ties with SMU.Temple's 7-1 squad of 1945 ranks as one of its best ever.
Morrison coached the Owls through 1948, and was fol-lowed by Albert P. Kawal. The new coach's first team featured ahard-nosed running back who nearly became the first 1,000-yard rusher in school history. Temple Hall of Famer BillBernardo gained 994 yards on the ground in 1949, a schoolrecord that stood until 1973. The roster also included Hall ofFamer Gavin White, who would later enjoy a successful coach-
“Handy” Andy Tomasic, lower left, established several Temple football records from 1939–41.
Capacity crowd at Temple Stadium in the 1940s.
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JOHN ROGERS (1942, 1946-48)
1946 and ’48 Blue-Gray games andhonorable mentionAll-American, 1948MVP and captain
BILL SINGLETARY(1970-72)
1972 Playboymagazine’s All-
America team and Walter Camp All-
America team
PHIL SLOSBURG(1945-47)
Earned numerousawards including 1947
second team All-America honors
JOHN WALLER(1966-68)
Record-breaking quar-terback who passed for
3,756 yards and 45touchdowns
ANDY TOMASIC(1939-41)
Record-setting triplethreat player, played in
1942 North-South All-Star game
PETE STEVENS (1933-35)
Captain of 1935 SugarBowl team, 1933 MVP,coached football andbaseball at Temple
DAVE SMUKLER(1934-35)
Played the entire 60 minutes in the firstSugar Bowl game(1935), set several rushing records
ing career and would serve as Temple's director of athletics inthe 1980s.
Cody replaced Yeomans as Temple's athletic director in1952, as the University was entering the first few years of an“administrative de-emphasis” of intercollegiate athletics. By themid-1950s, the Owls were no longer playing a national schedule,replacing the likes of Michigan State and West Virginia withLafayette and Gettysburg. Bucknell remained a yearly foe,though Villanova had been dropped from the schedule in 1944.
Kawal coached the Owls through 1954, and then Cody tookover for the 1955 campaign. The Owls went 0-8 that season,their first winless mark since 1923, and Cody hired 1934 teamcaptain Pete Stevens to coach the team in 1956. Stevens remainsthe only former Temple player to have coached the team in themodern era.
Temple went 3-5 in 1956 and opened the 1957 season withtwo losses. The Owls then beat Lafayette, 13-12, at TempleStadium. They would not win another game for nearly threeyears. The Owls lost their final four games of the 1957 campaignand finished 0-8 in 1958 and 0-9 in 1959. The 21-game losingstreak is the longest in school history.
Ernie Casale took over as Temple's athletic director in 1959.Years later, he recalled a 12-8 loss that season against Drexel thatattracted just 200 fans on a rainy Halloween night inPhiladelphia. The Owls had just 24 players in uniform for their1959 season finale at Gettysburg.
The following year brought a new head coach, GeorgeMakris, to North Broad Street. Makris had established a finecoaching reputation at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington,D.C. The 21-game losing streak came to an end in the 1960 sea-son opener against Kings Point.
The Owls trailed 13-0 in the first half of the contest, butthen started their comeback, eventually taking an 18-13 lead onCharlie Lotson's 86-yard interception return for a touchdown.Lotson later recovered a fumble that set up the game-clinchingtouchdown. Running back Ernie Wayland scored two touch-downs as the Cherry and White posted a 26-13 victory. Many ofthe 10,000 fans in attendance stormed the field and tore downthe goalposts in celebration.
The Middle Atlantic ConferenceTemple continued to re-establish itself in the 1960s, playing
in the University Division of the Middle Atlantic StatesConference. The other losing streak that had to be brought toan end was a long skid against conference rival Bucknell. Whilethe Owls dominated the series from 1938 to 1949, compiling arecord of 9-1-2 during that stretch, they had not beaten theBison since 1953. The losing streak had reached eight by 1962.
The game was up for grabs that year. Bucknell took a 7-0lead, but the Owls responded with a one-yard touchdown runby running back Bill Cosby (who would eventually gain greaterfame). The Owls then jumped ahead, 14-7, on a 38-yard inter-ception return for a touchdown by Joe Morelli. Late in the con-
Jim Callahan made 36 career TD recep-tions at Temple from 1966–68.
Bill Cosby: Temple’s mostfamous football alum.
Joe Petro quarterbacked theOwls from 1963–65.
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GLENN “POP” WARNER (1933-38)
One of collegefootball’s most famous and
innovative coaches
STEVE WATSON (1976-78)
Eighth all-time careerpass receiving leader (98 receptions for
1,629 yards, seven TDs)
GROVER WEARSHING (1927-30)
Four-sport athlete (11 letters), set passing
record that stood for 40 years
LEON WHITTOCK (1930-32)
1932 team captain,triple-threat player,
All-America honorablemention
ANTHONY YOUNG (1981-84)
Temple’s career inter-ceptions leader and
3rd round draft choice of the
NFL’s Colts in 1985
GAVIN WHITE, JR. (1949-51)
Outstanding Temple player, coach and
director of athletics
Temple’s 107th anniver-sary section wasresearched and written byShawn Pastor, a 1993graduate of TempleUniversity’s journalismdepartment. Additionalwriting by Kevin Lorincz.
test, Bucknell went ahead again, 15-14, scoring a TD and con-verting a two-point play. The Owls came back with a drive tothe Bucknell one-yard line, but fumbled the ball away. Templegot one last chance on offense and advanced the ball deep intoBucknell territory. With 15 seconds left, the Owls lined up for agame-winning field goal attempt. It missed, and the Bison keptpossession of “The Old Shoe.”
Things got significantly better for the Cherry and Whitethough, as the team posted a 5-3-1 mark in 1963, the school'sfirst winning record since 1951. The Owls finished second in theleague standings in 1964 and challenged for the Middle Atlantictitle in 1965 and 1966. The 1966 campaign also brought “TheOld Shoe” back to North Broad Street.
That season's battle with Bucknell was a blowout from thebeginning. Temple held a 20-0 lead at the end of the first quar-ter, and it was 41-7 by halftime. Late in the first half, sophomorequarterback John Waller was substituted in place of starter TomDeFelice. Waller connected with wide receiver Jim Callahan fora couple of touchdowns, and then a couple more. Entering thefourth quarter, the Owls held a 75-14 lead and Waller hadthrown five touchdowns, four of them to Callahan. One moreWaller-to-Callahan TD pass set the school's single-game recordfor touchdown passes and receptions. The Owls won, 82-28,posting the second-highest point total in school history.
“The Old Shoe” stayed in Philadelphia the next season asthe Owls beat Bucknell and every other Middle AtlanticConference foe to win the 1967 league title. Another school
record was broken against the Bison, this time as running backMike Busch carried the ball a record 38 times for a record 176yards in a 13-8 victory that clinched a tie for the league title.DeFelice guided the squad to a 45-27 victory over Gettysburgthe following week to clinch the crown outright. Templereceived strong consideration for the Tangerine Bowl that yearbut was not selected.
Records continued to fall in 1968, especially passingrecords, as Waller-to-Callahan became one of the most danger-ous pass-and-catch duos in the country. Waller set school markswith 35 completions, 62 attempts and 440 yards passing in a 50-40 loss to Buffalo. He finished the year as the first 2,000-yardpasser in Temple history and set just about every other single-season and career passing record for the Owls. The same can besaid of Callahan in receiving. His total of 14 TD receptions in1968 has never been matched. Amazingly, Callahan's first 10receptions were all for TDs.
The Owls left the Middle Atlantic Conference after the1969 season so they could return to playing a full Division I-Aschedule. Makris was replaced by Wayne Hardin, a well-knowncoach who had had six successful seasons at Navy. Hardin'sMidshipmen had beaten Army in five of their six meetings. Histenure on North Broad Street did not have such an auspiciousbeginning.
The Hardin YearsThe opponent was Akron in the 1970 season opener. The
1967 Middle Atlantic Conference University Division Champions.Indoor game at Atlantic City Convention Hall.
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Zips scored on their first three possessions and never lookedback in a 21-0 victory over the Owls. Hardin's team bouncedback the following week and beat Bucknell, 10-3, in the lastmeeting between the two schools. Temple now had posses-sion of “The Old Shoe” for good. The winning wayscontinued through the 1970 campaign, though theOwls lost their season finale against Villanova, 31-26. It was the first meeting between the twoteams since 1943, and it was closely contestedfrom start to finish. Temple-Villanova was theclosing game of the regular season every yearfrom 1970 to 1980.
The Owls compiled a record of 18-9-1 dur-ing Hardin's first three years as head coach androlled on from there. Temple beat Villanova,12-10, in the 1972 season finale. Temple Hallof Fame kicker Nick Mike-Mayer booted twofield goals and the game-clinching touchdownwas set up on a fumble recovery by Bob Bernardo, the son ofTemple Hall of Famer Bill Bernardo. Wide receiver Clint Gravesset a school record in 1972 with 63 receptions, and he set the sin-
gle-game mark with 15 catch-es against Rhode Island.
Hardin's first fewteams featured severalother stars, includingquarterback DougShobert, an HonorableMention All-American in1971; tight end RandyGrossman, a Third Team
All-American in 1972;and offensive guard BillSingletary, a First TeamAll-American in 1972.Singletary is the onlyfootball player inTemple history to havehis number (64) retired.
The Owls re-established themselvesas one of the dominant programs in theEast in 1973, finishing the season at 9-1to set a school record for wins. The teamwon its final eight games of the season,including a 34-0 shutout of Villanova inwhich the defense forced 10 turnovers.Hardin's veer offense was almost impos-sible to stop, as the team surpassed the30-point mark in eight of 10 games. Thebackfield tandem of Tom Sloan andHenry Hynoski keyed a powerful rush-ing attack, and the passing game was leftin the capable hands of Steve Joachim.Sloan became the first 1,000-yard rush-er in school history, finishing the year
with 1,036 yards. Hynoski surpassed the 1,000-yard markin 1974.
The Temple offense was just as tough to stop thatseason, and the defense was downright stingy. The
Owls won their first six games of 1974, running their winstreak to 14 games. It was the longest streak in the
nation and it still stands as the longest in school his-tory. In a nine-game stretch that spanned two sea-sons, Temple outscored its opponents, 361-58. The14th victim of Hardin's Owls was Delaware, whichbattled hard before losing a 21-17 contest at VeteransStadium. That marked Temple's first game at the
South Philadelphia venue. The win streak wassnapped the following week by Cincinnati,22-20. The Owls finished the season with arecord of 8-2, winning their finale againstVillanova, 17-7, in another game played atThe Vet.
The awards came piling in after the season. Joachimreceived numerous All-American honors, offensive guard PatStaub was an All-East choice and defensive tackle Joe Kleckowas an Honorable Mention All-American. The accolades culmi-nated in Joachim being selected the Maxwell Award winner asNational Player of the Year.
The 1975 season opener provided another milestone for theOwls, as the team faced Penn State for the first time since 1952.Running back Bob Harris shocked the Nittany Lions by break-ing through the middle for a 76-yard touchdown on the firstplay from scrimmage. The up-and-back contest tilted toward theOwls in the fourth quarter when Anthony Anderson ran for atouchdown that gave Temple a 23-18 lead. But Penn Statewould score the last touchdown after a long punt return and winthe game, 26-25.
The teams played another one-point game the followingyear at Veterans Stadium. Beginning in 1976, The Vet becamethe new home of the Temple football team. Early in the season,the stadium hosted the first meeting between Temple andGrambling, which was coached by the legendary EddieRobinson. The Owls won the contest, 31-30. That score wasreversed when Penn State returned to town in October. Templescored on the last play of the game to make the score 31-30, andHardin opted for a two-point conversion attempt to beat theNittany Lions. The conversion attempt failed.
Klecko ranked as the top tackler in school history follow-ing the 1976 season. Another group of stars then arrived oncampus that would eventually produce the most successfulseason in school history. Temple Hall of Famers AnthonyAnderson and Steve Watson built toward that success in 1977and 1978. The Owls wrapped up both years with a trip toJapan to play in the Mirage Bowl. Tokyo's Korakeun Stadiumhosted Temple-Grambling in 1977 and Temple-Boston Collegein 1978. Running back Zachary Dixon set a single-seasonschool rushing record in the BC game. He finished the yearwith 1,153 yards on the ground, and the Owls finished with arecord of 7-3-1.
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In 1974, Steve Joachimcapped a brilliant two-year career by beingnamed college football’splayer of the year by theMaxwell Club.
Offensive guard Bill Singletary was thefirst (and only) Owl to have his footballjersey retired.
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TEMPLE 21 0 0 7 - 28CALIFORNIA 0 14 0 3 - 17
SCORING SSUMMARYTem 1st 5:43 Duckett, 8 run (Fioravanti kick)Tem 1st 9:56 Duckett, 4 run (Fioravanti kick)Tem 1st 14:26 Pitts, 7 pass from Broomell
(Fioravanti kick)Cal 2nd 5:20 Bouza, 12 pass from Campbell
(Luckhurst kick)Cal 2nd 10:29 Rose, 14 pass from Campbell
(Luckhurst kick)Cal 4th 2:10 Field goal, Luckhurst, 34Tem 4th 8:13 Lucear, 5 pass from Broomell (Fioravanti kick)
Temple ended its most successful season with its first-ever bowl victory. It was the Owls’ 10th win of the year (ateam record) and earned Wayne Hardin’s team a spot inthe AP and UPI Top 20 as Temple was ranked 17th in bothpolls, the first time the Temple football team was nation-ally ranked in the final wire service polls. The Owlsjumped out to a quick 21–0 lead in the first quarter andthen withstood a 17-point California rally before clinchingthe game with a 14-play, 78-yard scoring drive in thefourth quarter. The telling statistic in this game was therushing totals, with Temple gaining 300 yards on theground while holding the Golden Bears to only 23.
The game’s Most Valuable Player, Temple’s MarkBright, gained 112 of those yards on 19 carries while back-field teammate Kevin Duckett ran for 92 more and twotouchdowns. Temple quarterback Brian Broomell joined inthe act by tossing touchdown strikes to Wiley Pitts andGerald Lucear.
The 1979 SeasonThe 1979 campaign opened with three straight victories
before Hardin's squad lost to Pittsburgh, 10-9. The Owlsbounced back to rout Rutgers and Syracuse on the way to fivestraight wins. The 8-1 start had the Owls thinking about a post-season bowl bid in November. A loss to Penn State was followedby a 42-10 rout of Villanova, giving the team a record of 9-2 andsecuring a berth in the Garden State Bowl. Temple's offense wasled by quarterback Brian Broomell, and his top receiving targetwas Gerald “Sweet Feet” Lucear, who set several records thatyear. The defense featured record-setting linebacker SteveConjar, who had 163 tackles that season and surpassed that markwith 174 stops in 1980.
The Garden State Bowl opponent was California and thematchup painted Temple as the defender of Eastern football. TheOwls jumped on the Golden Bears for three touchdowns in thefirst quarter, with running back Kevin Duckett scoring a pair oftouchdowns. California chipped away at the 21-0 lead in the sec-ond quarter, scoring a pair of touchdowns to make it 21-14 at thehalf. A field goal early in the fourth quarter cut the lead to 21-17.Broomell then led the Owls on a 14-play, 78-yard drive that cul-minated with a five-yard TD pass to Lucear. Significant credit forTemple's offensive success went to running back Mark Bright,who totaled 112 yards rushing on 19 carries. The Owls won thegame, 28-17, and Bright was voted the game's Most ValuablePlayer. Temple's 10-2 finish to the 1979 season marks the highestsingle-season win total in school history.
Hardin coached the Owls through the 1982 season, compil-ing 80 wins in his 13 seasons on North Broad Street. He had themost wins and the longest tenure of any Temple football coach.Bruce Arians took over as head coach in 1983. Arians had beentutored by Alabama coaching legend Paul “Bear” Bryant.
The 1980s and Bruce AriansThe Owls produced some notable wins and notable players
in the 1980s. They beat Pittsburgh three times in a four-yearspan, including one year (1987) in which the Panthers wereinvited to a bowl game. They also scored victories against bowl-bound squads West Virginia (1984) and Virginia Tech (1986).
Arians also coached Paul Palmer, the most prolific runningback in school history. Palmer broke onto the national scene with
Mike Curcio made 332tackles at Temple from1976–79.
Brian Broomell was inductedinto the Temple AthleticHall of Fame in 1997.
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a 206-yard rushing effortagainst Penn State in hisjunior year and continued tobreak records throughoutthe season. He holds virtual-ly every Temple rushingrecord, including those forcareer rushing yards (4,895),100-yard rushing games (21)and rushing touchdowns(39).
Palmer couldn't have setall those records without asolid group of teammates.
Temple players who earned All-American mention during the1980s included fellow running back Todd McNair, wide receiverWillie Marshall, tight end Mike Hinnant, defensive back ToddBowles, linebacker Loranzo Square and offensive linemen KevinJones and John Rienstra, who garnered First Team All-Americahonors in 1985.
The BIG EASTJerry Berndt followed Arians as head coach, taking over in
1989. The Owls struggled to a 1-10 finish that season, but thenrecorded the biggest turnaround in college football and went 7-4 in 1990. Berndt's squad received consideration for theIndependence Bowl while putting together the school's bestrecord since the Garden State Bowl season. The following year,Temple helped found the Big East Football Conference, puttingthe Owls in league competition for the second time in schoolhistory.
Ron Dickerson followed Berndt as head coach in 1993. Atthe time he was hired, Dickerson was the only African-American head football coach of a Division I-A school.Dickerson coached two of the leading tacklers-linebackers LanceJohnstone and Alshermond Singleton, along with the most pro-lific passer in school history. Henry Burris set more than a dozenrecords between 1993 and 1996, including a single-game-best445 yards passing against Pittsburgh in 1996, and he holds near-ly every single-season and career passing mark.
On December 23, 1997, Temple University named BobbyWallace its 23rd head football coach. The Mississippi nativearrived on North Broad Street as the winningest coach inNCAA Division II playoff history after capturing three consec-utive national titles at the University of North Alabama from1993-95. In his first season, Wallace assembled a staff collective-ly holding 18 national championship rings and perseveredthrough an injury-plagued season with 25 first-year players inthe lineup en route to a 2-9 finish.
One of those victories occurred on October 17, 1998, and isarguably one of the greatest upsets in college football history.Before a homecoming crowd the 0-6 Owls traveled to No. 10/14Virginia Tech to take on the Hokies' top ranked defense.Substituting for 12 defensive players who exited the game due toinjury and with 20 first-year players on the field, Temple over-came a 17-0 deficit en route to a 28-24 win. The victory marked
the Owls' first-ever Big East roadwin and first triumph over aranked opponent in 11 years. Twogames later the Owls proved thewin was not an aberration.Trailing 20-0 at Pittsburgh,Temple ground out a 34-33 victo-ry to ensure the program's largestcomeback win in the modern era.
With a new, pass-orientedoffense, the 1999 team posted a2-9 record and finished tied forsixth in the Big East. The Owlsstruggled early with a schedulethat allowed only two home datesin the first seven games andranked 13th in difficulty. A come-from-behind, 17-14, homecoming win against then undefeatedBoston College and a 56-28 offensive explosion over Rutgerswere the highlights. Devin Scott completed 36 of 45 passes ver-sus Rutgers to set both school and Big East records for comple-tions in a game. Defensively, true freshman Dan Klecko earnedAll-America honors from various publications while linebackersTaylor Suman and LeVar Talley ranked second and fifth, respec-tively, in the conference in tackles.
The 2000 season began with much anticipation. With itsnew state-of-the-art practice facility under construction, Templebegan the campaign with a 3-1 mark, its best start in 10 years.For the first time in a long time, the Owls had something to playfor in November. Unfortunately, Temple lost many tight con-tests and could muster only one conference victory. Althoughthe goal of a bowl game was not reached, the Owls finished witha 4-7 mark, the program's best since 1990. Sophomore runningback Tanardo Sharps became the first Owl since 1987 to rush forover 1,000 yards, accumulating 1,038.
In 2001, Temple battled through a tough schedule en routeto its second straight 4-7 record and a 2-5 Big East mark to fin-ish in sixth place. All seven of the Owls' losses were to teamsthat ended their respective seasons bowl eligible, with a com-bined .750 (63-21) winning percentage. The strength of the2001 squad was on defense, where Temple limited opponents to
John Rienstra was introducedas part of the AP All-Americateam on Bob Hope’s 1985Christmas special.
Loranzo Square made 315 careertackles at Temple from 1986–89.
Temple and Virginia Tech players join in prayer after the Owls’ stun-ning victory in Blacksburg, Va., in 1998.
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312.64 yards per game to finish 19th nationally in total defense.The Owls concluded the season with two consecutive wins,including a 17-14 win in Morgantown, W.Va., to break a 10-game drought against the Mountaineers. Juniors Dan Kleckoand Sean Dillard earned first and second team All-Big East hon-ors, respectively. Klecko was a unanimous choice, becomingTemple's first unanimous All-Big East honoree since the schooljoined the league as a charter member in 1991.
The 2002 Temple football team was composed entirely ofplayers recruited during Wallace's tenure at Temple University.The Owls concluded the campaign with a 4-8 record, includinga 2-5 mark in Big East play to finish tied for sixth place. Sevenof Temple's eight losses were against opponents that concludedtheir respective seasons by playing in bowl games.
Once again, the defense paved the way, leading the BIGEAST and placing 15th nationally in run defense, allowing just108.3 yards on the ground per game. Temple also made its markin total defense, placing 18th among all Division I programs byallowing just 315.67 yards per contest. Defensive tackle DanKlecko was a major cog in TU's defensive machine and cappedhis senior campaign by being named the Big East ConferenceDefensive Player of the Year and an AP Second Team All-American.
Tanardo Sharps gained 1,267 yards on the ground to con-clude his career ranked second to Paul Palmer in virtually everyTemple rushing category while Sean Dillard exited Owl Countryas the team's all-time reception leader.
Despite one victory, there were many positives to the 2003campaign under Wallace. First and foremost was the University'sagreement with the Philadelphia Eagles for Temple to play its
home games at Lincoln Financial Field. It marked the first timesince 1991 the Owls played all their home games at the same site.Temple's five games at the venue drew an average 24,147 fans, a21 percent increase from the prior season's average.
After battling through a school-record three overtimedefeats in the early season, the Owls concluded the year withthree, hard-fought losses to nationally-ranked opponents.Highlighting the final trio of games was the performance ofsophomore quarterback Walter Washington, who averaged 315yards of total offense and was responsible for eight touchdowns.
Along the way, Washington tied the school record for rush-ing scores with four at West Virginia and also set the Big Eastmark for total plays with 69 against the Mountaineers. He alsobecame the first Temple signal caller to rush for over 100 yardsin a game, eclipsing the mark versus Virginia Tech and at WVU.
Among the postseason honors to come to North BroadStreet was a Second Team All-America citation for sophomorelinebacker Rian Wallace from CollegeFootballNews.com. ThePottstown, Pa., native had the sixth-best single-season tackleoutput in Temple history, posting 148 tackles (97 solo) whilealso registering 19.5 TFLs.
Wallace was also a Second Team All-Big East honoree andwas joined by senior wide receiver Zamir Cobb, who was a firstteam selection. Cobb, the Owls' all-time reception leader with165 career catches, set the school's single-season reception markwith 74 catches for 866 yards and five TDs in 2003.
Temple concluded its 2004 campaign with a 2-9 mark, includ-ing a 1-5 league record in its final season as a member of the BigEast Conference. Final NCAA rankings rated the Owls' schedulethe 16th toughest in major football (60-43, .583). Six of 11 oppo-
nents were nationally-ranked at some point dur-ing the season and 10 were at least in the“receiving votes” category. Eight opponentsconcluded their 2004 campaigns by playing inbowl games.
Despite a multitude of adversity, Templegave its fans reason to cheer. Many of thosecheers were in response to performancesturned-in by QB Walter Washington. The jun-ior was the top scorer among Division I-AQBs with an 8.36 scoring average and led thenation in rushing TDs by a signal-caller duringthe regular season with 15, setting the Big Eastrecord for a QB and tying the Temple mark fortotal scores in a season.
Washington led the Big East with a 281.5total yards-per-game average (3,096 total), tobecome Temple's first 3,000-yard player. Heset a Big East and Temple record for yardsrushing by a QB in a season with 889 netyards (1,104 total) and was responsible for theOwls' final 16 TDs, while accounting for 25 of29 (86%) overall. Washington led the Big Eastand ranked 11th nationally in total offense(281.5), 22nd in point responsibility (13.82)and 21st in scoring. He set the Big East and
Walter Washington generated a school-record 3,096 total yards in 2004 to lead the Big Eastand rank 11th nationally.
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Temple record for total plays with 554.Washington, the Big East 2004 Player of
the Year by CollegeFootballNews.com, wasnamed to the All-Big East Second Team in avote by the league's head coaches. He wasjoined on the all-conference squad by fellowjuniors Rian “Goo” Wallace and MikeMendenhall, who earned first and secondteam honors, respectively. After the season,Washington and Wallace both decided toforgo their senior seasons and enter the 2005NFL Draft.
A DIFFICULT INDEPENDENCETemple faced the 11th most difficult
schedule in Division I-A in 2005 according tothe NCAA statistical rankings, and was win-less for the first time since 1959 (0-9) with a0-11 record. It marked the final season at thehelm for head coach Bobby Wallace, who con-cluded his eight-year Temple tenure with a19-71 overall mark. The Owls played as a I-Aindependent.
Prior to the start of the season, the Owls’schedule was recognized for its degree of dif-ficulty on a national scale in the pages ofSports Illustrated. A four-page spread pennedby Franz Lidz deemed the docket as “arguablythe most brutal in the country.”Unfortunately for the Cherry & White faith-ful, the proclamation held true. The com-bined record of Temple’s 11 opponents was83-46 and seven played in postseason bowls,with six earning victories. Ten opponentsconcluded their regular season bowl eligible.The only Temple foe to post a losing recordwas ACC member Maryland at 5-6.
THE GOLDEN ERA BEGINSTemple named Al Golden the 24th head
coach in the history of the program onDecember 6, 2005. A Colts Neck, N.J. nativeand Penn State gridiron alumnus, Goldenarrived on North Broad Street after havingspent the previous five seasons as defensivecoordinator at Virginia. He enters his firstseason on the Cherry & White sideline as thethird-youngest head coach in Division I-Afootball.
Golden assembled a staff that boasts bothyouth and successful experience, with anaverage age of 35.8 years and a combined 51bowl games of experience among them. Thestaff also has a distinct local flavor. Fourplayed at Penn State, two call Pennsylvaniahome, two are natives of New Jersey and onehails from Delaware.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE HELMETThe “Temple T” once again adorns the football team’s helmets. The helmet
features a white “Temple T” and white face mask on a cherry shell with twowhite stripes augmenting the crown.
The helmet is strikingly similar to the one the team wore from 1989 to 1993,except for the shade of cherry. The new version is true to the “Temple cherry red”color adopted by the Department of Athletics in 1996. From 2000 to 2003, the Templehelmet featured the “aggressive owl face” logo on a white shell and black face maskwith one cherry and two black stripes augmenting the crown.
Temple switched to a white shell in 1996, sporting a helmet adorned with the fly-ing “dominant owl” logo and featuring a black face mask. The program has worn hel-mets featuring both white and cherry shells with various stripes, lettering, face masksand logos since its inaugural season in 1894. For 30 straight seasons, from 1966 to1995, the Owls’ helmets consisted of cherry shells.
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Research and copy by George Edberg-Olson.
The traditional symbol of the University isthe Temple T. Early in the administration of for-mer president Peter J. Liacouras, he chose this
particular version of a representational T which was created by stu-dents at the Tyler School of Art.
The T is stylized, geometric and logo-like and yet maintains a basic,identifiable form—a simple T, but one which is at the same time bothsimple and complex. It is really a kind of optical illusion.
Close examination of the T reveals that it is made up of four sepa-rate and quite simple forms, three of which have classic, angularshapes, the two side pieces—pillar-like, being identical, and set on aflat base, and so arranged as to produce a simple T within the largermore complicated T.
The design is further dramatized by being set in a block of solidcherry with the four white components placed so as to form a frag-mented T surrounding a simple T in cherry which flows into a cherryred background.
The OwlThe owl is the symbol and mascot forTemple University and has been sinceits founding in the 1880s. Temple wasthe first school in the United States toadopt the owl as its symbol. Not as pop-ular a mascot as the eagle or hawk, theowl nevertheless has special meaningfor students at a dozen other four-yearcolleges and seven two-year colleges aswell. However, only Rice and FloridaAtlantic play football at the Division I-A level.
Story has it that the owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as asymbol because Temple University began as a night school for ambitiousyoung people of limited means. Russell Conwell, Temple’s founder,encouraged these students with the remark: “The owl of the night makesthe eagle of the day.”
Since those modest beginnings more than a hundred years ago, the owl’srole and significance have expanded along with those of the University.The owl, in its splendid variety, inhabits all parts of the world, and nowthe Temple Owl is Everywhere!
The owl is accepted as a universal symbol for wisdom and knowledge andas such makes an excellent symbol and emblem for a center of learning.It must be remembered that the owl was the symbol of Athena, who wasnot only the goddess of wisdom, but was also the goddess of arts and skillsand even of warfare.
Because of its other attributes, the owl also makes an appropriate mascotfor the athletic teams. Besides being perceptive and resourceful, quickand courageous, the owl is really a fierce fighter.
Cherry & WhiteWell known is the fact that the official colors of Temple University arecherry and white. Temple University was the first school in the nationofficially to use cherry as one of its colors, certainly by the year 1888.
The combination of red with white is quite common, but cherry withwhite is almost unique. Only one other school now uses cherry andwhite: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
Cherry is so uncommon a color nationwide that the University of NewMexico seems to be the only other large university using cherry as one ofits colors, and the Lobos use it with silver, not white.
Since cherry as a color has many gradations, just what the precise coloris has raised questions over the years. Cherry, orcerise, which was the somewhat popular wordused in earlier days, is considered by most dic-tionaries to be a moderate red, but one that canrange from bright red to dark red. For this rea-son, a conscious effort has been made to stan-dardize the color for athletic teams to some-where near that of a ripe and bright Americanblack cherry.
FIGHT SONG“T” for Temple “U”U-ni-versity!
Fight, fight, fight!For the Cherry and the White,
For the Cherry and the White,We’ll fight, fight, fight!
When Temple football players exit the locker room forpractice or on game days, they place their hands upon alarge lump of coal referred to as “Russell’s Rock.” This tra-dition is linked to Temple founder Russell H. Conwell andhis famous “Acresof Diamonds”lecture.
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1894 Robert H. Wass1895 Richard Ellis1896 Robert Dippy1897 G. Morton Illman1898 Charles Bossert1899 John Rex1900 Howard S. Wilson1901 Charles G. Hoyt1902 No captain on record1903 Frank T. Shraka1904 Roy T. Schneider1905 No captain on record1906 No varsity team1907 John Penn1908 Linell F. Hewes1909 Charles B. Singles
William O’Brien1910 Samuel Loveman1911 Stephen Wisser1912 Herbert J. Fausel1913 Louis Nightingale1914 John H. Rosengarten1915 Herbert D. Shields1916 Oscar Mueller1917 No captain on record1918-21 No teams1922 George Thompson1923 Van Dyke Conover1924 Theodore Doering1925 James Gilliand1926 Benjamin Cresse1927 Harry J. Jacobs1928 Howard B. Gugel1929 Grover Wearshing1930 John Bonner1931 Joseph Bannak1932 Leon Whittock1933 Edgar Smith1934 Peter Stevens1935 James Russell1936 William Docherty1937 Christian Pappas
Joe Drulis Moe Katz
1938 Richard Wheeler1939 Edward Kolman1940 Charles Drulis1941 Andrew Tomasic 1942 Al Drulis1943 George Heil1944 Mort Hockheiser1945 Jack Burns1946 Frank Varga 1947 Joseph Nejman1948 John Rogers1949 Vincent Zelinski
1950 Vincent Skladany1951 Robert Daley1952 David Lill
Pat Sarnese1953 Joseph McKee
Carmen Piccone1954 Tex Robinson
Jim Cloney1955 George Ponis
Louis Grandizio1956 Ronald Howley
Louis Grandizio1957 Game captains1958 Game captains1959 Robert Aranzio
Daniel DePalma1960 Game captains1961 Game captains1962 Game captains1963 Game captains1964 Game captains1965 Game captains1966 Game captains1967 Game captains1968 Game captains1969 Game captains1970 Joseph Mesko1971 Robert Thornton1972 Douglas Shobert1973 Dwight Fulton1974 Joseph Cioffi1975 Robert Mizia
Peter Righi1976 Mark Bresani1977 Anthony Anderson
Seth Demberg Bruce Gordon
1978 Anthony Anderson
Robert Brewer Seth Demberg
1979 Brian Broomell Michael Curcio Casey Murphy
1980 Richard Garza, Mark McCants Colin McCarty
1981 Steven Conjar1982 Vincent Mini1983 Tim Riordan
Kevin Ross 1984 Anthony Young
Paul DarraghBrian Slade Kurt Bamberger
1985 Lloyd Yancey Todd Bowles John Rienstra
1986 Game captains1987 Game captains1988 Game captains1989 Loranzo Square
Ray Haynes1990 Kenyatta Rush
Dick Beck1991 Swift Burch
Santo Stephens Brian Krulikowski
1992 Roman Hale Efrain Cabrera
1993 Tré Johnson, Kyle Glasper Jason Thompson
1994 Game captains1995 John Shay
Lance Johnstone John Summerday
1996 Henry Burris Eric JohnsonAl SingletonTim Terry
1997 Game captains1998 Game captains1999 Marcus Godfrey
Sean MartinPeppi PichetteTheo Ross Leon Washington LeVar Talley
2000 Raheem BrockMathias Nkwenti LeVar Talley
2001 Raheem Brock Mac DeVitoChonn LaceyJason McKieAkeiff Staples
2002 Jairo AlmonteDan KleckoTerrance Leftwich Dave Yovanovits
2003 Taso ApostolidisZamir CobbYazid Jackson Joe Laudano
2005 Christian DunbarJohn GrossRay LambMike Mendenhall
1981 team captain and Temple career tackling leader Steve Conjar. Coach Al Kawal leads Jim Cloney and Herb Fisher through a 1954 spring drill.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME1951 Glenn S. “Pop” Warner (Coach) 1954 Ray Morrison (Coach)
Associated Press All-Americans1941 Bucko Kilroy, OT..................HM1947 Phil Slosburg, HB..................2nd1971 Doug Shobert, QB.................Hm1972 Randy Grossman, TE.............3rd 1974 Steve Joachim, QB .................3rd
Joe Klecko, NT .....................HMPat Staub, OG.......................HMHenry Hynoski, FB ...............HM
1975 Joe Klecko, NT .....................HM1979 Mike Curcio, LB ...................HM1980 Steve Conjar, LB ...................HM1981 Steve Conjar, LB ...................HM1984 Todd Bowles, DB ..................HM
John Rienstra, OG................HM1985 John Rienstra, OG ..................1st
1986 Mike Hinnant, TE ................HMPaul Palmer, TB.......................1st
1987 Todd McNair, TB..................HMMike Hinnant, TE ................HMKevin Jones, OT ...................HM
1988 Loranzo Square, LB ..............HM2002 Dan Klecko, DT....................2nd
United Press International All-Americans1974 Steve Joachim, QB ................2nd1985 Paul Palmer, TB.....................2nd 1986 Paul Palmer, TB.......................1st 1992 Tré Johnson, OT....................3rd
FWAA All-Americans1985 John Rienstra, OL ...................1st 1986 Paul Palmer, RB.......................1st
Walter Camp Foundation All-Americans1972 Bill Singletary, OG ..................1st 1974 Steve Joachim, QB ..................1st
Playboy All-American1972 Bill Singletary, OG ..................1st
CollegeFootballNews.com All-American2002 Dan Klecko, DT.....................3rd 2003 Rian Wallace, LB...................2nd
The Sporting News Freshman All-American1999 Dan Klecko, DT ......................1st 2002 Rian Wallace, LB ...................4th2005 Alex DDerenthal, CC.................HM
Football News Freshman All-American1992 Lance Johnstone, LB..............3rd 1998 Carlos Johnson, WR.............HM
Leon Gray, LB.......................HM1999 Dan Klecko, DT ......................1st
afca good works team2000 LeVar Talley, LB2003 Yazid Jackson, FS
Associated Press All-East1931 Tony Dougal, T .......................1st 1940 Chuck Drulis, T ......................1st 1941 Bucko Kilroy, T .......................1st 1947 Phil Slosburg, HB....................1st 1971 Doug Shobert, QB.................2nd 1972 Randy Grossman, TE ..............1st 1973 Henry Hynoski, FB ...............HM1974 Henry Hynoski, FB .................1st
Steve Joachim, QB ..................1st Pat Staub, OG .........................1st
1975 Joe Klecko, NT........................1st Pat Staub, OG .........................1st
1976 Anthony Anderson, RB ........2nd 1979 Gerald Lucear, FL....................1st
Mike Curcio, LB....................2nd 1980 Steve Conjar, LB ...................2nd 1981 Steve Conjar, LB .....................1st 1983 Paul Palmer, TB.......................1st 1984 Todd Bowles, DB.....................1st
Paul Palmer, TB.......................1st John Rienstra, OG ..................1st
1985 Paul Palmer, TB.......................1st John Rienstra, OG ..................1st Willie Marshall, WR .............2nd Lee Saltz, QB ........................HM
1986 Paul Palmer .............................1st Mike Hinnant, TE...................1st Keith Gloster, WR.................2nd Bill Wright, PK......................2nd Larry Brewton, DB................2nd Ed Liberati, P ........................2nd Kevin Jones, OT ...................HMWillie Marshall, WR.............HMShelly Poole, FB ....................HMSteve Domonoski, DE...........HM
1987 Mike Hinnant, TE...................1st Kevin Jones, OT....................2nd Todd McNair, TB ..................2nd Carl Holmes, OT ..................HMRalph Jarvis, DE ...................HMMaurice Johnson, TE...........HM.Eddie Parker, FS....................HMLoren Schonyers, LB.............HMJoe Klecko (72) and Jeff Roberts run down Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett at Pitt Stadium in 1976.
HONORS AND AWARDS
“No play is bigger than what we've established here.”—Scott Pioli 155
Joe Possenti, LB .........Hon. Men.1988 Loranzo Square, LB...............2nd
Matt Baker, QB.....................HMRich Drayton, SE ..................HMJoe Greenwood, CB ..............HMEd Liberati, P ........................HMTodd McNair, RB..................HMMike Palys, FL ......................HMAndy Pappalardo, DE ...........HMAnthony Tezsla, LB...............HMCarnell Washington, DE.......HMBill Wright, PK .....................HM
1990 Matt Baker, QB .......................1st Dick Beck, C ...........................1st Rich Drayton, WR ..................1st Kenyatta Rush, DT .................1st Kevin McCoy, KR..................2nd Bob Wright, PK.....................2nd Trent Thompson, P...............HM
1992 Lew Lawhorn, RS....................1st
United Press international All-East1974 Steve Joachim, QB ..................1st
Joe Klecko, NT........................1st 1976 Anthony Anderson, RB ........2nd 1979 Gerald Lucear, FL ..........1st Team
UPI Eastern Player of the Year1974 Steve Joachim, QB
ECAC Player of the Year1974 Steve Joachim, QB (shared)1985 Paul Palmer, TB (shared)
ECAC All-Star1974 Steve Joachim, QB 1985 Paul Palmer, TB1986 Paul Palmer, TB1992 Lew Lawhorn, RS1994 Lance Johnstone, LB1997 Stacey Mack, RB
Larry Chester, DTExcel Lucas, DB
1998 Michael Tripp, DE 2001 Dan Klecko, DT
Sean Dillard, WR2002 Dan Klecko, DT2003 Zamir Cobb, WR
Rian Wallace, LB2004 Rian Wallace, LB2005 John Gross, OT
Mike Mendenhall, DE
ECAC Rookie of the Year1979 Kevin Duckett, RB (shared)1983 Paul Palmer, TB1997 Stacey Mack, RB
Maxwell Award Winner1974 Steve Joachim, QB
Maxwell club tri-state athlete of the year2002 Dan Klecko, DT
Coach and Athlete Magazine1974 Wayne Hardin
District II Coach of the YearSteve Joachim, QBDistrict II Player of the Year
Kodak Coach of the Year1974 Wayne Hardin, District II
Metropolitan Football Writers Association1990 Jerry Berndt, Coach of the Year
Mizlou Sports/News Network1990 Jerry Berndt, Coach of the Year
STANLEY WOODWARD MAGAZINE All-EAST TEAM1954 Larry Cardonick
ECAC Division I-A Team of the Year1979 Temple University
NCAA Most Improved Team1990 Temple University
All-American Bowl1974 Steve Joachim, QB
Henry Hynoski, FB (MVP)
All-America Classic1990 Rich Drayton, WR1992 Joe Burgos, OG
Blue-Gray1940 Chuck Drulis, T1944 Jack Burns, QB1945 Jack Burns, QB
Phil Slosburg, HBGene Zawaoiski, HBMort Hochheiser, C
1945 Mike Jarmoluk, T1946 Joe Nejman, HB
John Rogers, E1947 Joe Nejman, HB1948 John Rogers, E1972 Nick Mike-Mayer, PK1974 Steve Joachim, QB1985 John Rienstra, OG1987 Mike Hinnant, TE1991 Santo Stephens, LB1995 Willie Brown, LB
John Summerday, OG1998 Stacey Mack, RB (MVP)2000 Mathias Nkwenti, OT2001 Raheem Brock, DE
Mike Mendenhall, DE...........2nd Walter Washington, QB........2nd
* Unanimous Selection
BIG EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEKDan Klecko, DT..........................10/21/02Chonn Lacey, DB.........................11/19/01Dan Klecko, DT ..........................10/15/01Raheem Brock, DE.........................9/3/01Dan Klecko, DT ..........................10/11/99Leon Gray, LB...............................11/9/98Chonn Lacey, DB........................10/19/98Decara Burgess, LB ......................10/6/97Excel Lucas, DB.............................9/8/97Lance Johnstone, LB....................9/25/94Allan Jackson, CB..........................9/4/94
BIG EAST OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEKWalter Washington, QB ..............11/15/04Mike McGann, QB .....................10/14/02Tanardo Sharps, RB....................10/16/00Tanardo Sharps, RB.......................9/4/00Devin Scott, QB ............................11/1/99Devin Scott, QB .........................10/19/99Stacey Mack, RB...........................11/3/97Henry Burris, QB.........................10/5/96Henry Burris, QB ..........................9/7/96Ramod Lee, RB...........................10/14/95
BIG EAST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEKMakonnen Fenton, KR ...............10/21/02Mike Frost, P ..............................10/14/02Cap Poklemba, PK .......................11/19/01Josh Boies, P................................9/29/97Elmarko Jackson, RS......................9/8/97Kenyatta Carter, KR.....................9/14/96Zane Michalski, K ........................11/11/95Allan Jackson, RS .........................11/4/95Rich Maston, K ...........................9/25/94Trent Thompson, PK .....................9/8/91
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ACADEMIC ALL-AREA2005 William Bradley, WR
John Gross, OTJake Hendy, PRyan Lux, KManuel Tapia, LB
Tanardo Sharps rushed 32 times for 168yards and three scores at Rutgers to earnBig East Offensive Player of Week honors in October 2000.
LeVar Talley was a member of theAFCA Good Works Team and an All-Big East selection in 2000.
ALL-TIME RESULTS
“We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”—Lee Iacocca 157
Overall Conf.Year Head CCoach ...............W L T % W L T % Place PF/PA1894 Charles M. Williams....4 1 0 .800 — — — 70/321895 Charles M. Williams ....1 4 1 .250 — — — 30/891896 Charles M. Williams....3 2 0 .600 — — — 50/321897 Charles M. Williams....3 3 0 .500 — — — 100/851898 Charles M. Williams....2 5 0 .285 — — — 32/1331899 John T. Rogers..............1 4 1 .250 — — — 27/1261900 John T. Rogers .............3 4 1 .437 — — — 95/691901 H. Shindle Wingert .....3 2 0 .600 — — — 37/651902 H. Shindle Wingert ......1 4 1 .250 — — — 29/621903 H. Shindle Wingert .....4 1 0 .800 — — — 56/181904 H. Shindle Wingert .....3 2 0 .600 — — — 51/231905 H. Shindle Wingert .....2 0 1 .833 — — — 48/121906 No varsity team1907 Horace Butterworth.....4 0 2 .666 — — — 82/401908 Dr. Frank W. White.....3 2 1 .583 — — — 55/731909 William J. Schatz .........0 4 1 .100 — — — 0/991910 William J. Schatz .........3 3 0 .500 — — — 64/1231911 William J. Schatz .........6 1 0 .857 — — — 90/541912 William J. Schatz .........3 2 0 .600 — — — 38/471913 William J. Schatz..........1 3 2 .333 — — — 31/811914 William Nicholai .........3 3 0 .500 — — — 69/801915 William Nicholai .........3 1 1 .700 — — — 32/401916 William Nicholai .........3 1 2 .666 — — — 61/141917 Elwood Geiges .............0 6 1 .071 — — — 6/61918 No varsity team due to World War I1919 No varsity team due to World War I1920 No varsity team due to World War I1921 No varsity team due to World War I1922 Francois M. D’Eliscu ....1 4 1 .250 — — — 26/1221923 Francois M. D’Eliscu ...0 5 0 .000 — — — 13/1011924 Albert Barron...............1 4 0 .200 — — — 15/1061925 Henry J. Miller ............5 2 2 .666 — — — 104/391926 Henry J. Miller ............5 3 0 .625 — — — 88/931927 Henry J. Miller ............7 1 0 .875 — — — 351/601928 Henry J. Miller ............7 1 2 .800 — — — 224/231929 Henry J. Miller ............6 3 1 .650 — — — 133/651930 Henry J. Miller ............7 3 0 .700 — — — 224/1101931 Henry J. Miller ............8 1 1 .850 — — — 158/421932 Henry J. Miller ............5 1 2 .750 — — — 105/531933 Glenn S. Warner .........5 3 0 .625 — — — 110/961934 Glenn S. Warner .........7 1 2 .800 — — — 220/571935 Glenn S. Warner .........7 3 0 .700 — — — 181/681936 Glenn S. Warner .........6 3 2 .636 — — — 117/661937 Glenn S. Warner .........3 2 4 .444 — — — 38/971938 Glenn S. Warner .........3 6 1 .350 — — — 97/1701939 Fred H. Swan...............2 7 0 .222 — — — 51/961940 Ray Morrison...............4 4 1 .500 — — — 155/1131941 Ray Morrison...............7 2 0 .777 — — — 176/1461942 Ray Morrison...............2 5 3 .350 — — — 48/1351943 Ray Morrison...............2 6 0 .250 — — — 65/1631944 Ray Morrison...............2 4 2 .375 — — — 93/961945 Ray Morrison...............7 1 0 .875 — — — 198/511946 Ray Morrison...............2 4 2 .375 — — — 61/1141947 Ray Morrison...............3 6 0 .333 — — — 91/1281948 Ray Morrison...............2 6 1 .277 — — — 95/1821949 Albert P. Kawal ............5 4 0 .555 — — — 156/2251950 Albert P. Kawal ............4 4 1 .500 — — — 173/1321951 Albert P. Kawal ............6 4 0 .600 — — — 168/1761952 Albert P. Kawal ............2 7 1 .250 — — — 128/2211953 Albert P. Kawal ............4 4 1 .500 — — — 134/1571954 Albert P. Kawal ............3 5 0 .375 — — — 95/1481955 Josh Cody ....................0 8 0 .000 — — — 49/223
Overall Conf.Year Head CCoach ...............W L T % W L T % Place PF/PA1956 Peter P. Stevens............3 5 0 .375 — — — 94/1261957 Peter P. Stevens ............1 6 0 .142 — — — 62/2101958 Peter P. Stevens............0 8 0 .000 — — — 56/2511959 Peter P. Stevens............0 9 0 .000 — — — 73/270
TEAMMost Victories, Season..........................................8 1931Most Road Victories, Season ................................4 1970Most Shutout Victories, Season............................6 1927 and 1928Most Losses, Season..............................................9 1959Fewest Losses, Season ..........................................0 two times; last, 1907Least Victories, Season..........................................0 six times; last, 1959Most Points, Season ..........................................351 1927Least Points, Season..............................................0 1909Most Points, Game ............................................110 Temple 110-0 vs. Blue Ridge, 1927Most Points Allowed, Game ..............................96 Franklin & Marshall 96-0 vs. Temple, 1899Highest Scoring Tie Game ............................26-26 Temple vs. Boston College, 1938Most Points in a Loss..........................................40 Temple 40-50 vs. Buffalo, 1968Most Tie Games, Season ......................................4 1937Most Touchdowns, Game ....................................17 vs. Blue Ridge, 1927Most Passing Yards, Season ............................2398 1968Most Passes Attempted, Season........................420 1968Most Passes Completed, Season........................199 1968Most Passing Yards, Game ................................483 vs. Bucknell, 1966Most Extra Points, Season ..................................30 1966Most Touchdowns, Season..................................55 1927Fewest Touchdown Passes Allowed, Season ........3 1961
INDIVIDUALMost Points, Career ..........................................218 Jim Callahan, 1966-68Most Points, Season............................................86 Jim Callahan, 1968Most Points, Game ............................................30 Jim Callahan vs. Bucknell, 1966Most Touchdowns, Career ..................................36 Jim Callahan, 1966-68Most Touchdowns, Season ..................................14 Jim Callahan, 1968Most Touchdowns, Game ....................................5 Jim Callahan vs. Bucknell, 1966Most Rushing Yards, Career............................1965 Andy Tomasic, 1939-41Most Rushing Yards, Season ............................994 Bill Bernardo, 1949Most Rushing Yards, Game ..............................176 Mike Busch vs. Bucknell, 1967Most Carries, Game............................................38 Mike Busch vs. Bucknell, 1967
John Small vs. William & Mary, 1969Most Passing Yards, Career ............................3756 John Waller, 1966-68Most Passing Yards, Season ............................2049 John Waller, 1968Most Passing Yards, Game ................................440 John Waller vs. Buffalo, 1968Most Passing Attempts, Career ........................594 John Waller, 1966-68Most Passing Attempts, Season ........................367 John Waller, 1968Most Passing Attempts, Game............................62 John Waller vs. Buffalo, 1968Most Completions, Career................................290 John Waller, 1966-68Most Completions, Season ................................174 John Waller, 1968Most Completions, Game ..................................35 John Waller vs. Buffalo, 1968Most Touchdown Passes Thrown, Career ..........45 John Waller, 1966-68Most Touchdown Passes Thrown, Season ..........21 John Waller, 1968Most Touchdown Passes Thrown, Game..............6 John Waller vs. Bucknell, 1966Most Receptions, Career ..................................105 Jim Callahan, 1966-68Most Receptions, Season ....................................57 Jim Callahan, 1968Most Receptions, Game ......................................14 Jerry Loviglio vs. Buffalo, 1968Most Receiving Yards, Career..........................1848 Jim Callahan, 1966-68Most Receiving Yards, Season ..........................786 Jim Callahan, 1968Most Receiving Yards, Game ............................213 John Fonash vs. Lafayette, 1964Most Touchdowns Receiving, Career..................36 Jim Callahan, 1966-68Most Touchdowns Receiving, Season..................14 Jim Callahan, 1968Most Touchdowns Receiving, Game ....................5 Jim Callahan vs. Bucknell, 1966Total Offensive Yards, Career ........................4532 Andy Tomasic, 1939-41Total Offensive Yards, Season ........................2023 John Waller, 1968Most Interceptions, Career..................................13 Larry Cardonick, 1952-54Most Interceptions, Season ..................................7 Larry Cardonick, 1952Most Interceptions, Game ....................................3 Larry Cardonick vs. Albright, 1952
MISCELLANEOUSLongest Pass Play...............................................90t John Waller to Jim Callahan vs.
Northeastern, 1968Longest Run from Scrimmage ............................82 Tucker (Swede) Hanson vs. Albright, 1930Longest Interception Return..............................89t Charles Lotson vs. Lafayette, 1959Longest Field Goal ..............................................48 Ed Pyne vs. Bowling Green, 1966Most Field Goals, Season......................................8 Nick Mike-Mayer, 1970Most Extra Points, Season ..................................28 Ed Pyne, 1966Longest Kickoff Return ....................................105t Jim Powers vs. Michigan State, 1940Longest Punt Return ........................................96t John Fonash vs. Rhode Island, 1965Longest Punt ......................................................73 John Kovacevich vs. Carnegie Tech, 1937
John Fonash’s 96-yard punt return for atouchdown vs. Rhode Island in 1965 stillstands as the longest in Temple history.
Jim Callahan (right) was on the receiv-ing end of five touchdown passes thrownby John Waller (left) in an 82–28Temple victory over Bucknell in 1966.
TEAM RECORDS1894-1970
TEAM RECORDS
“The giving of love is an education in itself.”—Eleanor Roosevelt 159
RushingMost Yards, Season..........2878 1978Most Yards, Game..............477 vs. Drake, 1977Most Attempts, Season ......581 1978Most Attempts, Game ........70 vs. Holy Cross, 1973
vs. Boston Univ., 1973Most Touchdowns, Season ..26 1979, 1973Most Touchdowns, Game ......8 vs. Boston Univ., 1980Fewest Yards, Season ........657 1999Fewest Yards, Game............-36 vs. Pittsburgh, 2001Fewest Attempts, Season....271 1999Fewest Attempts, Game ......20 vs. Kansas State, 1995Fewest Touchdowns, Season..4 1999
PASSINGMost Yards, Season..........2757 1994Most Yards, Game..............442 vs. Pittsburgh, 1996Most Attempts, Season......462 1999Most Attempts, Game ........54 vs. Syracuse, 1994
vs. Louisville, 2003Most Completions, Season ..265 1999Most Completions, Game....39 vs. Rutgers, 1999Most Touchdowns, Season ..23 1979Most Touchdowns, Game ......5 vs. West Virginia, 1972
vs. Holy Cross, 1974vs. Cincinnati, 1979
Fewest Yards, Season ........1192 1991Fewest Yards, Game..............15 vs. Clemson, 1991Fewest Attempts, Season....178 1998Fewest Attempts, Game ........5 vs. East Carolina, 1986Fewest Completions, Season ..72 1998Fewest Completions, Game ..3 Four times, last vs.
Syracuse, 1998Fewest Touchdowns, Season ....2 1989
TOTAL OFFENSEMost Yards, Season ..........4815 1979Most Yards, Game..............622 vs. So. Illinois, 1974Fewest Yards, Season........2591 1993Fewest Yards, Game ............45 vs. Wisconsin, 2005Most Plays, Game ................96 vs. Holy Cross, 1973Fewest Plays, Game ..............41 vs. Miami, 2003Most Plays, Season ............859 2003Fewest Plays, Season..........623 1971
SCORINGMost Points, Season ..........399 1979Fewest Points, Season ........107 2005Most Points, Game ..............63 vs. Holy Cross, 1973Most Points, Half ................42 vs. Akron, 1978Most Points, Quarter ..........35 vs. Holy Cross, 1973Most Touchdowns, Season ..50 1979Most Touchdowns, Game ......9 vs. Holy Cross, 1973Fewest Touchdowns, Season....13 2005
FIRST DOWNSMost, Season......................239 1973Most, Game ........................33 vs. Hawaii, 1979Most Rushing, Season ........161 1978Most Rushing, Game ..........22 vs. Drake, 1977Most Passing, Season ........135 2003Most Passing, Game ............19 vs. Louisville, 2003Fewest, Season....................153 1993Fewest, Game ........................5 vs. Wisconsin, 2005Fewest Rushing, Season ......60 1972Fewest Rushing, Game 2 five times, last vs.
Syracuse, 1992Fewest Passing, Season ........44 1991Fewest Passing, Game............0 vs. Clemson, 1991
vs. Boston Univ., 1972
MISCELLANEOUSMost Points Allowed,
Season ............................517 1993 Game ................................76 vs. Pittsburgh, 1977Half ..................................57 vs. Wisconsin (1st), 2005
Most Points Allowed, Quarter 35 vs. Syracuse, 1993 (2nd)Most Punts, Season ............92 1999Most Punts, Game................12 vs. Maryland, 1999Fewest Punts, Season ..........37 1974Fewest Punts, Game ..............1 four times, last vs.
Richmond, 2002Most Interceptions, Season ....28 1992Most Interceptions, Game ....6 two times, last vs.
Akron, 1992Fewest Interceptions, Season ....1 1977Most Punt Returns, Season 37 1973Most Punt Returns, Game ....9 vs. Connecticut, 2001Most Punt Return Yards,
Season ............................347 1984 Most Punt Return Yards,
Game..............................107 vs. Villanova, 1975Fewest Punt Returns, Season ....11 2005Fewest Punt Returns, Game ..0 23 times, last vs.
Miami (Ohio), 2005 Fewest Punt Return Yards,
Season ............................38 1980Fewest Punt Return Yards,
Game ..............................-14 vs. Louisville, 1980Most Kickoff Returns,
Season ..............................76 1993Most Kickoff Return Yards,
TOP 10 WINNING MARGINSScore Opponent .................Date56-0 Holy Cross ..........10/19/7456-7 Connecticut .........11/24/0153-6 Boston Univ. ......10/04/8045-0 Delaware ............10/25/7543-0 Rhode Island .......11/10/7359-16 So. Illinois...........10/12/7449-7 Rutgers ..................11/1/9749-7 Xavier ..................9/08/7242-0 Drake....................9/17/7742-0 Wm. & Mary........9/05/81
TOP 10 LOSING MARGINSScore Opponent .................Date0-76 Pittsburgh ............9/24/770-65 Wisconsin.............9/10/057-70 Bowling Green ......10/1/050-62 Rutgers ...............10/02/937-65 Houston...............9/30/890-58 California .............9/18/930-55 Miami ...................12/4/997-62 Virginia Tech.......11/20/9916-70 Bowling Green .....10/2/047-60 Syracuse ..............10/18/97
DIVISION I-A1971-2005
RUSHING RECORDS
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DIVISION I-A (1971–2005)RUSHING ATTEMPTSCareer .....935 Paul Palmer (1983-86)Season.....346 Paul Palmer (1986)Game ........48 Tanardo Sharps vs. Rutgers (2002)RUSHING YARDAGECareer ..4895 Paul Palmer (1983-86)Season ..1866 Paul Palmer (1986)Game .....349 Paul Palmer vs. E. Carolina (1986)RUSHING AVERAGECareer ......5.9 Bob Harris (1974-76)Season ......8.1 Bob Harris (1974)Game ......16.9 Bob Harris vs. Grambling (1976)100-YARD RUSHING GAMESCareer........21 Paul Palmer (1983-86)Season.........9 Paul Palmer (1985)200-YARD RUSHING GAMESCareer .........6 Paul Palmer (1983-86)Season.........4 Paul Palmer (1986)RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSCareer .......39 Paul Palmer (1983-86)Season .......15 Paul Palmer (1986)
Walter Washington (2004)Game...........4 three times, last by Walter
Henry HHynoski ((8)9/22/73 Akron 18 122 111/10/73 Rhode Island 15 109 19/28/74 Boston College 20 138 010/9/74 Pittsburgh 27 132 210/26/74 Delaware 28 154 011/10/74 Boston College 14 138 011/16/74 W. Virginia 25 128 111/23/74 Villanova 28 117 0
Stacey MMack ((6)9/6/97 Boston College 16 121 19/13/97 Penn State 14 104 111/1/97 Rutgers 20 164 39/5/98 Toledo 20 114 09/12/98 Akron 15 102 010/3/98 Wm. & Mary 18 134 1
Tom SSloan ((5)9/22/73 Akron 17 198 19/29/73 Holy Cross 19 118 010/20/73 Boston U. 16 125 011/10/73 Rhode Island 27 171 011/17/73 Drake 15 107 0
Walter WWashington ((5)11/15/03 Virginia Tech 26 151 011/29/03 West Virginia 36 119 49/18/04 Florida A&M 21 119 211/6/04 West Virginia 21 117 211/13/04 Syracuse 27 185 3
NOTE: In July 1988 the University ascertained thatPaul Palmer had already become a professional ath-lete during his senior football year of 1986. As aresult, the University decided 1) voluntarily to forfeitthe six games Temple won in 1986, and 2) to declarehis 1986 football season as null and void and with-draw recognition of his individual awards andrecords based on that 1986 football season. PaulPalmer demonstrated remorse for his decisions of1986-87 and their effects on Temple, the institutionhe loves as family. Temple University believes inredemption. Paul Palmer is wiser and more deter-mined than ever to help new generations of youngmen and women to succeed and learn from his ownexperience. Thus, Temple University decided to rec-ognize Paul Palmer’s 1986 season.
LONGEST RUSHING PLAYSYards Name Opponent Year84t Kevin Grady Akron 197583 Tanardo Sharps Connecticut 200180t Jason McKie Navy 200178t Michael Billops Toledo 200577t Brian Slade Cincinnati 197776 Scott McNair Rutgers 199076t Bob Harris Penn State 197573t Tom Duff Delaware 197571 Tanardo Sharps Rutgers 200170t Bob Harris Grambling 197669 Jamil Porter Miami 200369t Harold Harmon Delaware 198269t Bob Harris So. Illinois 197466t Tanardo Sharps West Virginia 200066t Elmarko Jackson West Virginia 1997
SAME GAME 100-YARD RUSHERSOpponent Year Players YardsFlorida A&M 2004 Walter Washington 119
Umar Ferguson 118Rutgers 1997 Stacey Mack 164
Elmarko Jackson 101Cincinnati 1984 Paul Palmer 128
Brian Slade 120Hawaii 1979 Mark Bright 153
Kevin Duckett 123Pittsburgh 1974 Henry Hynoski 132
Kevin Grady 106Southern Illinois 1974 Jeff Marshman 124
Bob Harris 113Akron 1973 Tom Sloan 198
Henry Hynoski 122Rhode Island 1973 Tom Sloan 171
Henry Hynoski 109
LEADING RUSHER YEAR-BY-YEARYear Name.......................Yards Att. Avg. TD2005 Umar Ferguson .........701 191 3.7 52004 Walter Washington...889 222 4.0 152003 Walter Washington...579 156 3.7 62002 Tanardo Sharps ........1267 311 4.1 82001 Tanardo Sharps .........771 150 5.1 12000 Tanardo Sharps ........1038 201 5.2 101999 Marcus Godfrey........332 84 4.0 21998 Stacey Mack..............749 125 6.0 41997 Stacey Mack..............842 173 4.9 101996 Ramod Lee ...............526 130 4.0 101995 Eugene Culbreath .....451 103 4.4 21994 Juan Gaddy...............285 103 2.8 11993 Ralphiel Mack ..........570 107 5.3 01992 Sam Jenkins..............524 146 3.5 61991 Scott McNair ............605 152 3.7 11990 Scott McNair ............623 116 5.4 51989 Ventres Stevenson ....841 173 4.9 41988 Todd McNair.............761 197 4.9 51987 Todd McNair............1058 249 4.2 61986 Paul Palmer..............1866 346 5.4 151985 Paul Palmer ..............1516 275 5.5 91984 Paul Palmer ..............885 182 4.8 91983 Paul Palmer ..............628 141 4.4 61982 Harold Harmon ........883 165 5.3 21981 Jim Brown ................883 163 5.4 91980 Kevin Duckett...........651 129 5.0 31979 Mark Bright .............1036 193 5.4 71978 Zachary Dixon..........1153 223 5.2 71977 Anthony Anderson ..756 195 3.9 111976 Anthony Anderson ..803 176 4.6 21975 Tom Duff ..................752 146 5.2 71974 Henry Hynoski ........1006 206 4.9 71973 Tom Sloan................1036 173 6.0 31972 Paul Loughran ..........593 125 4.7 41971 Paul Loughran ..........468 108 4.3 5
Todd McNair rushed for 1,058 yards in 1987and totaled 2,383 yards in his Temple career.
Zachary Dixon’s 1,153 rushing yards in 1978 is the fourth-most in Temple history.
Paul Palmer (1983–86) holds virtually everymajor Temple career rushing record.
PASSING RECORDS
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Matt Baker passed for 3,651 careeryards and 24 touchdowns from1987–90.
Tim Riordan holds the Temple recordfor season completion percentage, with a63.6 mark set in 1982.
Lee Saltz passedfor 5,371 careeryards and 29touchdownsfrom 1983–86.
DIVISION I-A (1971–2005)
PASSING ATTEMPTSCareer ........1136 Henry Burris (1993-96)Season.........409 Henry Burris (1994)Game.............53 Henry Burris vs. Syracuse (1994)
PASSING COMPLETIONSCareer .........558 Henry Burris (1993-96)Season.........222 Devin Scott (1999)Game.............36 Devin Scott vs. Rutgers (1999)
PASSING YARDAGECareer .......7495 Henry Burris (1993-96)Season .......2716 Henry Burris (1994)Game...........445 Henry Burris vs. Pittsburgh (1996)
COMPLETION PERCENTAGECareer ........57.0 Doug Shobert (1970-73)Season........63.6 Tim Riordan (1982)Game..........92.0 Lee Saltz vs. Pittsburgh, 12-13 (1984)
400-YARD GAMESCareer ..............1 Henry Burris (1993-96)Season..............1 Henry Burris (1996)
300-YARD GAMESCareer .............4 Henry Burris (1993-96)Season.............3 Henry Burris (1994)
200-YARD GAMESCareer ............15 Henry Burris (1993-96)Season.............8 Henry Burris (1994)
TOUCHDOWNSCareer ...........49 Henry Burris (1993-96)Season...........22 Brian Broomell (1979)Game...............5 Steve Joachim vs. Holy Cross (1974)
Brian Broomell vs. Cincinnati (1979)
INTERCEPTIONS THROWNCareer ...........50 Mike McGann (2001-05)Season...........22 Mike McGann (2002)Game...............5 Chris Paliscak vs. Akron (1992)
PASSING YARDS/COMPLETIONCareer.........15.8 Steve Joachim (1973-74)Season ........18.4 Devin Scott (1998)Game..........38.8 Devin Scott vs. Virginia Tech (1998)
200-YARD PASSERSDate Opponent Att. Cmp. Yds. TD
Henry BBurris ((15)9/17/94 East Carolina 44 18 270 19/24/94 Army 39 21 218 110/1/94 Penn State 42 23 323 210/15/94 Boston College 28 17 241 110/22/94 Syracuse 53 32 392 410/29/94 Pittsburgh 42 21 336 211/5/94 Rutgers 32 20 245 311/12/94 West Virginia 38 20 291 29/30/95 Bowling Green 37 16 281 210/21/95 East Carolina 42 20 297 28/31/96 E. Michigan 29 16 284 29/7/96 Washington St. 33 23 268 110/5/96 Pittsburgh 41 25 445 3
11/2/96 Miami 28 14 235 311/16/96 Boston College 34 16 252 1
LONGEST PASS PLAYSName .......................................Year Opponent YdsLee Saltz to Keith Gloster........1985 Cincinnati 96tHenry Burris to Van Johnson ..1996 Pittsburgh 87tDevin Scott to Carlos Johnson 1998 Virginia Tech 80tMatt Baker to Mike Palys ........1988 Boston Coll. 80tLee Saltz to Willie Marshall.....1985 Pittsburgh 79Pat Carey to Ken Williams ......1975 Rhode Island 78tHenry Burris to Troy Kersey....1995 Virginia Tech 77Lee Saltz to Willie Marshall.....1985 Syracuse 75tBrian Broomell to Gerald Lucear..1979 Villanova 75tMatt Baker to Rich Drayton....1988 Rutgers 74tLee Saltz to Keith Gloster........1984 Toledo 74tMatt Baker to Rich Drayton....1990 Boston Coll. 73W. Washington to Terrence Stubbs..2003 Cincinnati 71
receiving records
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PASS RECEPTIONSCareer ......165 Zamir Cobb (2000-03)Season .......74 Zamir Cobb (2003)Game .........15 Clint Graves vs. R. Island (1972)
RECEIVING YARDAGECareer ...2272 Willie Marshall (1983-86)Season .....964 Gerald Lucear (1979)Game .......214 Van Johnson vs. Pittsburgh (1996)
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNSCareer ........18 Gerald Lucear (1978-81)Season........13 Gerald Lucear (1979)Game...........3 Mike Palys vs. Boston Col. (1988);
Willie Marshall vs. W&M (1985);Gerald Lucear vs. Villanova and Cincinnati (1979); Van Johnson vs. Pittsburgh (1996); Carlos Johnson vs. Rutgers (1999)
RECEIVING YARDAGE AVG.Career ....26.0 Keith Gloster (1984-87)Season ....27.2 Mike Palys (1988)Game ......51.6 Mike Palys vs. Boston Col. (1988)
100-YARD RECEIVING GAMESCareer..........8 Van Johnson (1992-96)Season .........5 Van Johnson (1996)
Van Johnson set a Temple record for most 100-yardreceiving games in a career witheight.
Gerald “Sweet Feet”Lucear set the Owl recordfor most receiving yards ina season in 1979.
“Insecure managers create complexity…clear tough-minded people are the most simple.”—Jack Trout
KICKOFF RETURNS
KICKOFFS RETURNEDCareer ......76 Mike Palys (1985-88)Season......37 Mike Palys (1987).................37 Jeff Frederick (1993)Game .........8 Mike Palys vs. Houston (1987)
KICKOFF RETURN YARDAGECareer...1590 Mike Palys (1985-88)Season....793 Mike Palys (1988)Game......178 Lew Lawhorn vs. Boston Coll. (1992)
KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGECareer ...29.0 Paul Loughran (1970-72)Season...33.5 Paul Loughran (1971)Game ....55.5 Lew Lawhorn vs. Wash. St. (1992)
KICKOFFS RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWNSCareer ........2 Makonnen Fenton (2001-03)
Lew Lawhorn (1991-93)Season........2 Lew Lawhorn (1992)Game..........1 seven times, last, Makonnen
Fenton vs. Connecticut, 2002
TOP 10 LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNSYds. Name......................Opponent Year96t Paul Loughran........Boston Univ. 197195t Elmarko Jackson.....Boston College 199794t Makonnen Fenton..Connecticut 200294t Makonnen Fenton..Connecticut 200194t Lew Lawhorn .........Boston College 199290t Zachary Dixon........So. Illinois 197789t Lew Lawhorn .........Washington St. 199282 Franklin McBride ...Syracuse 199673 Leslie Shepherd......Rutgers 198966 Mike Palys ..............Syracuse 1988
LEADING KICKOFF RETURNER YEAR-BY-YEARYear Name ....................No. Yds. Avg. TD2005 Michael Billops ......19 340 17.9 02004 Jamil Porter............32 687 21.5 02003 Makonnen Fenton .24 468 19.5 02002 Makonnen Fenton .14 380 27.1 12001 Makonnen Fenton .20 522 26.1 12000 Tanardo Sharps......20 397 19.9 01999 Matt Johnson.........20 353 17.6 01998 Elmarko Jackson ....30 671 22.4 01997 Elmarko Jackson ....25 550 22.0 11996 Kenyatta Carter .....20 398 19.9 01995 Kevin Walker .........18 301 16.7 01994 Jeff Frederick .........29 572 19.7 01993 Lew Lawhorn.........20 417 20.9 01992 Lew Lawhorn.........30 600 30.0 21991 Leon Brown ...........15 359 23.9 01990 Kevin McCoy.........25 634 25.4 01989 Leslie Shepherd .....25 554 22.2 01988 Mike Palys .............34 793 23.3 01987 Mike Palys .............37 718 19.4 01986 Todd McNair ..........6 123 20.5 01985 Todd McNair..........15 260 17.3 01984 Pervis Herder .........11 182 16.5 0
PUNTS RETURNEDCareer.......74 Anthony Young (1984)Season ......26 Anthony Young (1984, 1982)Game ..........9 Sean Dillard vs. Connecticut (2001)
PUNT RETURN YARDAGECareer .....715 Anthony Young (1981-84)Season ....305 Anthony Young (1982)Game........99 Anthony Young vs. Cincinnati (1984);
Jeff Frederick vs. Syracuse (1994)
PUNT RETURN AVERAGECareer ....10.4 Zamir Cobb (2000-03)Season....13.9 Marc Baxter (1992)Game.....48.5 Rich Drayton vs. Austin Peay (1990)
PUNTS RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWNSCareer.........3 Anthony Young (1981-84)Season ........2 Anthony Young (1982)Game...........1 15 players;
last by Zamir Cobb vs. Navy (2001)
LONGEST PUNT RETURNSYds. Name ...................Opponent Year95t Rich Drayton .......Austin Peay 199082t Todd McNair........Brigham Young 198582t Anthony Young....Cincinnati 198479t Paul Loughran......West Virginia 197278t Bob Mizia.............Villanova 197574t Jeff Frederick........Syracuse 199474 Zamir Cobb..........Middle Tennessee 200367t Bob Mizia.............Holy Cross 197365t Anthony Young....Colgate 198258t Anthony Young....Louisville 1982
LEADING PUNT RETURNER YEAR-BY-YEARYear Name .........................No. Yds. Avg. TD2005 Nick Santa-Cruz..........6 24 4.0 02004 Phil Goodman ............10 103 10.3 02003 Zamir Cobb.................21 227 10.8 02002 Zamir Cobb ................23 222 9.7 02001 Sean Dillard ...............26 234 9.0 02000 Mac DeVito ................12 88 7.3 01999 Kevin Harvey..............13 87 6.7 01998 Kevin Harvey...............7 56 8.0 01997 Excel Lucas .................12 48 4.0 01996 Excel Lucas ..................8 45 5.6 0
1995 Kevin Walker ..............14 128 9.1 01994 Jeff Frederick ...............6 111 18.5 11993 Marc Baxter ................11 79 7.2 01992 Marc Baxter ................12 167 13.9 01991 Leslie Shepherd ..........20 116 5.8 01990 Rich Drayton ..............15 196 13.1 11989 Rich Drayton ..............13 88 6.8 01988 Mike Palys ..................18 117 6.5 01987 Mike Palys ..................23 191 8.3 01986 Mike Palys ...................9 134 14.9 01985 Todd McNair ...............6 110 18.3 11984 Anthony Young ..........26 260 10.0 11983 Anthony Young ..........22 150 6.8 01982 Anthony Young ..........26 305 11.7 21981 Gene Feingold.............10 62 6.2 01980 Art Hood.....................4 24 6.0 01979 Gerald Lucear .............12 69 5.8 01978 Gerald Lucear .............11 46 4.2 01977 Bob Salla.....................17 32 1.9 01976 Bob Salla .....................11 37 3.4 01975 Bob Mizia ...................25 216 8.6 11974 Bob Mizia ...................22 124 5.7 01973 Bob Mizia ...................23 202 8.8 11972 Paul Loughran ............19 146 7.7 11971 Paul Loughran ............25 291 11.6 1
return records
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Zamir Cobb (2000-03) holds the Temple recordwith a 10.4 career punt return average.
Paul Loughran (1970–72) holds the Templerecord for career kickoff return average (29.0).
punting records
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.”—John F. Dulles 167
Trent Thompson(1990–91) averaged42.0 yards per punt for his career tobreak the schoolrecord that hadstood since 1979.
John Shay punted for a school-record 9,773 yardsat Temple from 1992–95.
Kip Shenefelt booted a school-record 76-yard puntversus Louisville in 1983.
PUNTING
PUNTS ATTEMPTEDCareer.......258 John Shay (1992-95)Season ........73 Jace Amore (2001)Game ...........11 seven times, last by
Jace Amore vs. Va. Tech (2001);
PUNTING YARDAGECareer.....9773 John Shay (1992-95)Season ....2859 Kip Shenefelt (1983)Game ........530 Casey Murphy vs. Penn State (1979)
PUNTING AVERAGECareer......42.0 Trent Thompson (1990-91)Season .....44.0 Kip Shenefelt (1983)Game .......53.2 Ed Liberati vs. Syracuse (1989)
TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS YEAR-BY-YEARYear Name...........................Yds. Plays TD**2005 Mike McGann.............1414 303 32004 Walter Washington ....3096 554 252003 Walter Washington.....1844 363 142002 Mike McGann ............2194 448 162001 Mike McGann ..............801 220 32000 Devin Scott.................1450 285 61999 Devin Scott.................1749 423 121998 Stacey Mack .................749 125 41997 Pat Bonner..................1544 253 81996 Henry Burris...............2185 381 161995 Henry Burris ..............2044 366 151994 Henry Burris ..............2577 469 241993 Henry Burris ................664 173 61992 Chris Paliscak...............642 143 21991 Trent Thompson .........1154 239 61990 Matt Baker..................1569 272 81989 Anthony Richardson....846 170 31988 Matt Baker ..................1615 291 151987 Todd McNair ..............1058 249 61986 Paul Palmer ................1866 346 151985 Lee Saltz .....................1874 289 161984 Lee Saltz .....................1357 290 61983 Tim Riordan ...............1658 340 91982 Tim Riordan ...............1842 336 151981 Tink Murphy ..............1549 279 81980 Tink Murphy...............1165 232 71979 Brian Broomell...........2352 214 261978 Brian Broomell ...........1574 302 151977 Pat Carey ....................1068 207 31976 Pat Carey .....................836 201 61975 Pat Carey.....................1321 270 61974 Steve Joachim ............2227 331 201973 Steve Joachim .............1436 235 111972 Doug Shobert .............1293 263 81971 Doug Shobert .............1396 216 10** Touchdowns responsible for (rushing and passing)
SCORING
POINTSCareer ..264 Paul Palmer (1983-86)Season....95 Don Bitterlich (1975)Game .....30 Sherman Myers vs. Syracuse (1979)
TOUCHDOWNSCareer ....43 Paul Palmer (1983-86)Season ....15 Paul Palmer (1986)................... Walter Washington (2004)Game........5 Sherman Myers vs. Syracuse (1979)
EXTRA POINTS MADECareer ...115 Don Bitterlich (1973-75)Season....48 Ron Fioravanti (1979)Game .......8 Don Bitterlich vs. Holy Cross (1973)
Cap Poklemba vs. Rutgers (1999)Cap Poklemba vs. UConn (2001)
EXTRA POINTS ATTEMPTEDCareer...125 Don Bitterlich (1973-75)Season....49 Ron Fioravanti (1979)Game .......8 Don Bitterlich vs. Holy Cross (1973)
Cap Poklemba vs. Rutgers (1999) Cap Poklemba vs. UConn (2001)
FIELD GOALSCareer ....46 Bill Wright (1985-88)Season ....21 Don Bitterlich (1975)Game........5 Cap Poklemba vs. Pittsburgh (2002)
Bob Wright vs. Boston Coll. (1990)Bob Clauser vs. Delaware (1982)
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTEDCareer ....78 Bill Wright (1985-88)Season ....31 Don Bitterlich (1975)Game........5 seven tied; last, Cap Poklemba
vs. Pittsburgh (2002)
FIELD GOAL ACCURACYCareer ..73.7 Bob Wright, 28-38 (1988-90)Season ..76.0 Bob Wright, 19-25 (1990)Consecutive field goals................12 Bob Wright (1989-90)
“Culture isn't just one aspect of the game—it is the game…in the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of itspeople to create value.”—Louis Gerstner
169
Cap Poklemba kicked five field goals at Pittsburghin 2002.
LEADING SCORER BY-YEARYear Name.......................Pts TD PAT FG2005 Umar Ferguson ........36 6 0 02004 Walter Washington .92 15 (1) 02003 Jared Davis ..............53 0 23 102002 Cap Poklemba..........64 0 22 142001 Cap Poklemba..........42 0 15 92000 Tanardo Sharps........60 10 0 01999 Cap Poklemba ..........31 0 19 41998 Carlos Johnson ........36 6 0 0
1997 Stacey Mack.............60 10 0 01996 Ramod Lee ..............60 10 0 01995 Zane Michalski ........37 0 19 61994 Rich Maston ............52 0 25 91993 Rich Maston ............23 0 14 31992 Sam Jenkins.............36 6 0 01991 Mike Knuth .............33 0 12 71990 Bob Wright ..............85 0 28 191989 Bob Wright ..............43 0 16 91988 Bill Wright ...............55 0 22 111987 Bill Wright ...............60 0 12 161986 Paul Palmer .............90 15 0 01985 Paul Palmer .............64 10 (2) 01984 Paul Palmer .............60 10 0 01983 Paul Palmer..............50 8 (1) 01982 Bob Clauser .............62 0 26 121981 Jim Brown ...............66 11 0 01980 Bob Clauser .............36 0 18 61979 Gerald Lucear ..........78 13 0 01978 Zachary Dixon .........60 10 0 01977 Anthony Anderson .66 11 0 01976 Wes Sornisky ...........46 0 19 91975 Don Bitterlich..........95 0 32 211974 Don Bitterlich..........71 0 44 91973 Henry Hynoski ........60 10 0 01972 Nick Mike-Mayer ....50 0 11 131971 Nick Mike-Mayer ....62 0 26 12
( ) Number indicates two-point conversions
INTERCEPTIONS
INTERCEPTIONSCareer ....20 Anthony Young (1981-84)Season......9 Sam Shaffer (1981)Game .......3 Mark McCants vs. Akron (1980)
INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDAGECareer ..297 Mark McCants (1977-80)Season...151 Mark McCants (1980)Game .....92 Rich Lee vs. Delaware (1971)
INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWNSCareer ......2 Joe Cioffi (1973-74)Season......2 Joe Cioffi (1973)Game ........1 13 tied, latest, Jairo Almonte,
70 yards vs. Rutgers (2001)
LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURNSYds. Name Opponent Year92t Rich Lee Delaware 197189 Phil Cox Miami 199480t Terry Wright W. Michigan 198676 Aaron Denton Wyoming 199074t Pat Dudley Boston College 198870t Jairo Almonte Rutgers 200165t Chonn Lacey Virginia Tech 200064t Willard Cooper Houston 198764 Mark McCants Cincinnati 198059t Raheem Brock Bowling Green 200157t Rich Lee Xavier 1970
LEADING TACKLER BY-YEARYear Name ..........................Tackles Solo Ast.2005 Manuel Tapia.................100 51 492004 Rian Wallace ..................101 44 572003 Rian Wallace..................148 97 512002 Jamal Wallace .................96 65 312001 Chonn Lacey ..................84 68 162000 LeVar Talley ...................135 74 611999 LeVar Talley ...................131 84 471998 Jerry Urias......................103 75 281997 Jerry Urias ......................94 64 301996 Al Singleton...................134 87 471995 Lance Johnstone ............153 97 561994 Lance Johnstone ............114 75 391993 Lance Johnstone.............88 66 221992 Scott Dennis ..................107 62 451991 Santo Stephens...............78 33 451990 Santo Stephens ..............112 65 471989 Loranzo Square..............120 79 411988 Loranzo Square..............136 61 751987 Joe Possenti ....................97 53 441986 Steve Domonoski...........103 49 541985 Bob Pilkauskas................93 45 481984 Paul Darragh..................110 52 581983 Tom Kilkenny.................113 39 741982 Tom Kilkenny.................82 45 371981 Steve Conjar ..................117 63 541980 Steve Conjar ..................174 115 591979 Steve Conjar ..................163 86 771978 Mike Curcio...................136 35 1011977 Seth Demberg.................80 16 641976 Joe Klecko......................105 58 471975 Joe Klecko......................104 38 471974 Joe Klecko ......................114 45 691973 Joe Cioffi ........................88 21 671972 Frank Fucetola ...............107 24 831971 Frank Fucetola ...............102 31 71
Rian Wallace
THE LAST TIMEA TEMPLE PLAYER HAD
Name ............................Year Opponent30 rushing attempts 33 Umar Ferguson ............2005 Western Michigan200 yards rushing 215 Tanardo Sharps .............2002 Rutgers3 touchdowns rushing 3 Walter Washington .......2004 Syracuse
25 pass completions 25 Walter Washington .......2004 Boston College40 pass attempts 44 Walter Washington .......2004 Connecticut350 yards passing 445 Henry Burris .................1996 Pittsburgh4 touchdowns passing 4 Mac DeVito ..................2001 Connecticut4 interceptions passing 5 Chris Paliscak................1992 Akron
10 receptions 10 Zamir Cobb...................2003 Rutgers150 yards receiving 214 Van Johnson .................1996 Pittsburgh3 touchdowns receiving 3 Carlos Johnson..............1999 Rutgers
50-yard field goal 51 Rich Maston .................1994 West Virginia70-yard run 78t Michael Billops .............2005 Toledo80-yard pass play 80t Devin Scott to...............
Carlos Johnson..............1998 Virginia Tech80-yard punt return 95t Rich Drayton ................1990 Austin Peay95-yard kickoff return 95t Elmarko Jackson............1997 Boston College
TD, kickoff return 97 Larry Taylor...................2004 ConnecticutTD, punt return 48 Devin Hester ................2005 Miami (Fla.)TD, interception 53 Antonio Smith..............2005 Bowling GreenTD, fumble return 0 Henry Scott...................2004 MarylandPAT defensive return 92 Ameer Ismail ................2005 Western Michigan
50-yard field goal 52 Brett Conway................1996 Penn State70-yard run 77 P.J. Pope ........................2004 Bowling Green80-yard pass play 92t Kyle Wright to
Sinorice Moss ...............2005 Miami (Fla.)80-yard punt return 84t Gordon Jones ................1977 Pittsburgh95-yard kickoff return 97t Larry Taylor...................2004 Connecticut
TEAM HIGHSFirst Downs .....................................36 Rutgers (1993), Penn State (1995)First Downs Rushing .......................26 Boston College (1972)First Downs Passing .........................21 Houston (1989)Rushing Yards ................................452 Rutgers (1993)Rushing Attempts............................76 Boston College (1972)Rushing Touchdowns.........................8 Army (1993)Passing Yards .................................525 Houston (1989)Passing Attempts .............................68 Houston (1989)Passing Completions ........................41 Houston (1989)Passing Touchdowns ..........................7 Houston (1989)Completion Percentage.................83.3 Syracuse, 15-18 (1995)Passes Intercepted..............................6 Villanova (1973)Total Offensive Yards.....................648 Boston College (2003)Total Plays........................................95 Penn State (1985), Rutgers (1995)
TEAM LOWSFirst Downs .......................................5 Delaware (1982); Austin Peay (1990)First Downs Rushing..........................1 Villanova (1974); Austin Peay (1990)First Downs Passing...........................0 Boston University (1972); Delaware (1973);
Austin Peay (1990); Army (1994)Rushing Yards .................................-16 Villanova (1974)Rushing Attempts ............................14 Howard (1991)Passing Yards .....................................0 Delaware (1973)Passing Attempts ................................1 Army (1987)Passing Completions..........................0 Delaware (1973)Completion Percentage .................10.5 Delaware 2-19 (1981)Total Offensive Yards.......................86 Connecticut (1971)Total Plays........................................50 Boston College (1974); Austin Peay (1990)
INDIVIDUALRushing Yards.................................291 Kerry Marbury, West Virginia (1971)Rushing Attempts............................45 Roger Mason, Delaware (1972)Rushing Touchdowns.........................4 Wali Lundy, Virginia (2005);
Willis McGahee, Miami (2002); Shaumbe Wright-Fair, Washington St. (1992); Herschel Walker, Georgia (1982); Elliott Walker, Pittsburgh (1974); Darnell Campbell, Boston College (1993)
Longest Scrimmage Run.................96t Chris Anderson, Alabama (1991)Passing Yards ..................................413 Andre Ware, Houston (1989)Passing Attempts .............................50 David Dacus, Houston (1987)Passing Completions........................36 David Dacus, Houston (1987)Passing Touchdowns ..........................7 Andre Ware, Houston (1989)Completion Percentage.................85.0 Kevin Mason (17-20), Syracuse (1994)Passes Intercepted..............................6 Bill Hatty, Villanova (1973)Total Offensive Yards.....................392 Andre Ware, Houston (1989)Total Offensive Plays .......................59 David Dacus, Houston (1989)All-Purpose Yards ..........................323 Kerry Marbury, West Virginia (1971)Receiving Yards..............................202 Mark Sheridan, Holy Cross (1973)Receptions .......................................20 Kenny Christian, Eastern Michigan (2000)Receiving Touchdowns ......................3 6 tied, last by Owen Daniels, Wisconsin (2005)Longest Pass Play ...........................95t George Carter from Bert Kosup, Rutgers (1977)Punt Returns .....................................8 Mitch Running, Kansas State (1995)Punt Return Yards..........................125 Frank Minnifield, Louisville (1982)Longest Punt Return ......................88t Frank Minnifield, Louisville (1982)Kickoff Returns..................................6 Ozzie Jackson, Akron (1988);
Marty Rodgers, Akron (1978)Kickoff Return Yards ......................156 Ozzie Jackson, Akron (1988)Longest Kickoff Return.................100t Nate Terry, West Virginia (1997)Most Punts .......................................12 Lance Viola, Villanova (1974)Punting Average ...........................53.0 Mike Hayes, Akron (1998)Longest Punt....................................75 Mike Kovach, Colgate (1981)Punting Yardage.............................437 Scott Fitzkee, Penn State (1978)Interceptions......................................4 Jamie Mendez, Kansas State (1992)Interception Yards ..........................100 John Bush, Delaware (1972)Longest Interception Ret ..............100t John Bush, Delaware (1972)Field Goals .........................................5 Daron Alcorn, Akron (1992)Longest Field Goal...........................56 Sean Fleming, Wyoming (1990)Points ...............................................24 Wali Lundy, Virginia (2005);
P.J. Pope, Bowling Green (2004); Willis McGahee, Miami (2002); Shaumbe Wright-Fair, Washington St.(1992); Herschel Walker, Georgia (1982); Elliott Walker, Pittsburgh (1974); Darnell Campbell, Boston College (1993)
all-time results
“You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world…but it requires people to make the dream a reality.”—Walt Disney 173
1900 (3-4-1)Saint Joseph’s.....................T 0-0 W. Chester Teachers Coll. ..L 0-5 Univ. of Phila. ...................W 40-3 La Salle..............................W 12-3 Eastburn Acad. ..................W 25-6 Medico (Chirurigal) .............L 0-5 Jefferson .............................L 6-11 PA Military Coll. ................L 12-36
1901 (3-2) Trenton...............................L 0-15 La Salle..............................W 6-5 Saint Joseph’s .....................L 0-32 Phila. Dental Coll..............W 10-0 Central PA Coll.................W 21-13
1909 (0-4-1) Lebanon .............................L 0-45 PA Military Coll. ................L 0-12 Muhlenberg ........................L 0-24 Phila. Pharmacy .................L 0-18 Schuylkill............................T 0-0
1910 (3-3)Ursinus...............................L 0-53 PA Military Coll. ................L 6-18 Saint Joseph’s ....................W 9-6 Girard Coll. .......................W 21-13 Phila. Osteopathy..............W 22-6 Wenonah Military ..............L 6-27
1911 (6-1) Phila. Osteopathy..............W 21-6 La Salle..............................W 25-0 PA Military Coll. ................L 0-30 New York Aggies ...............W 18-12 Pratt Institute....................W 6-0 Phila. Navy Yard................W 13-6 West Chester .....................W 7-0
1912 (3-2)PA Military Coll. ................L 0-28 New York Aggies ...............W 7-6 Phila. Normal ....................W 18-0 Pratt Institute.....................L 7-13 La Salle..............................W 6-0
1913 (1-3-2)PA Military Coll. ................L 0-18 Delaware ............................L 0-28 Albright..............................T 0-0 Camden Bus. Coll. ............W 12-0 Saint Joseph’s.....................T 13-13 La Salle...............................L 6-22
1914 (3-3) Phila. Normal ....................W 24-12 La Salle..............................W 6-0 Bloomsburg .......................W 13-6 Saint Joseph’s .....................L 7-14 Albright ..............................L 12-28 Delaware ............................L 7-20
1915 (3-1-1)Schuylkill............................L 0-21 Phila. Navy Yard................W 6-0 La Salle..............................W 13-12 Phila. Normal.....................T 0-0 Saint Joseph’s ....................W 13-7
20 Delaware ..............L 7-28 27 at Pittsburgh ........L 2-36
Oct. 4 Boston Univ. .......W 53-611 at Syracuse ...........L 7-31 18 Akron..................W 16-7 25 at Cincinnati .......W 23-7
Nov. 1 at Louisville.........W 17-12 8 West Virginia .......L 28-41
15 Penn State............L 7-50 22 at Villanova ..........L 7-23
1981 (5-5)Sept.5 Wm. & Mary (FF)W 42-0
12 Syracuse ..............W 31-19 19 at Delaware ..........L 7-13
Oct. 3 at Penn State........L 0-3010 Colgate (FF)........W 31-017 at Rutgers............W 24-12 24 at Cincinnati .......W 24-1331 at Georgia ............L 3-49
Nov. 7 at West Virginia ...L 19-2421 Pittsburgh.............L 0-35
Oct. 2 at Boston College.L 7-179 at Louisville.........W 55-1416 at Pittsburgh ........L 17-3830 Cincinnati ...........W 41-7
Nov. 6 West Virginia .......L 17-2013 at Colgate.............L 17-24 20 East Carolina........L 10-23
1983 (4-7)Sept.2 Syracuse (FF) ......W 17-6
10 at Pittsburgh ........L 0-35 24 Penn State............L 18-23
Oct. 1 Boston College (FF)L 15-18 8 at Cincinnati ........L 16-3115 East Carolina (FF)L 11-24 22 at Delaware .........W 23-1628 at Georgia ............L 14-31
Nov. 5 at West Virginia ...L 9-2712 Louisville .............W 24-7 19 at Rutgers............W24-23
1984 (6-5)Sept.8 at East Carolina...W 17-0
15 at Rutgers.............L 9-10 22 Pittsburgh............W 13-12 29 at Florida St. ........L 27-44
Oct. 6 at Wm. & Mary ..W 28-14 13 at Boston College.L 10-24 20 Delaware ..............L 19-34 27 Virginia Tech........L 7-9
Nov. 3 Cincinnati ...........W 42-10 17 West Virginia ......W 19-1730 Toledo (AC)........W 35-6
1985 (4-7)Sept.7 at Boston College.L 25-28
14 at Penn State........L 25-2721 Brigham Young.....L 24-26 28 at East Carolina...W 21-7
Oct. 5 at Cincinnati .......W 28-1612 Rutgers ................W 14-13 19 Wm. & Mary ......W 45-16
26 at Syracuse ...........L 14-29Nov. 2 at Delaware ..........L 10-17
9 Pittsburgh.............L 17-21 16 at West Virginia ...L 10-23
1986 (0-11)Sept.6 at Penn State........L 15-45
13 at W. Michigan*..W 49-17 20 Florida A&M* ....W 38-17 27 at Brigham Young L 17-27
Oct. 4 at Pittsburgh*......W 19-13 11 East Carolina*.....W45-28 18 at Va. Tech (N)* .W 29-13 25 Syracuse ...............L 24-27
Nov. 8 Boston College .....L 29-3815 at Alabama...........L 14-24 22 at Rutgers* ..........W29-22
* Temple forfeited due to use ofineligible player
1987 (3-8)Sept.5 at Toledo .............W 13-12
12 at Boston College.L 7-2819 at Pittsburgh........W 24-2124 Akron..................W 23-3
Oct. 3 at Penn State........L 13-2710 Tulsa.....................L 17-24 17 at Florida..............L 3-34 31 at Army................L 7-17
Nov. 7 at East Carolina ...L 26-3114 Houston ...............L *7-37 21 Rutgers.................L 14-17
*Houston forfeited due to use ofineligible player
1988 (4-7)Sept.3 at Syracuse ...........L 21-31
10 Alabama...............L 0-37 17 at Navy................W 12-7
Oct. 1 Penn State............L 9-45 15 at Pittsburgh ........L 7-42 22 at California .........L 14-3129 at Rutgers............W35-30
Nov. 5 East Carolina........L 17-34 12 at Akron..............W 37-17 19 at Tulsa.................L 10-15 26 Boston College ....W45-28
1989 (1-10)Sept.2 at W. Michigan.....L 24-31
9 Syracuse ...............L 3-4316 at Penn State........L 3-4223 at Virginia Tech....L 0-2330 at Houston ...........L 7-65
Oct. 7 Pittsburgh.............L 3-2714 at Boston College.L 14-3528 Northern Illinois ..L 17-20
Nov. 4 at Georgia ............L 10-3711 at East Carolina ...L 24-3118 Rutgers ................W36-33
Bruce Arians 1983-88 28-38
Jerry Berndt1989-92 11-33
all-time results
“If you want to be a big company tomorrow, you have to start acting like one today.”—Thomas Watson 177
1990 (7-4)Sept.1 at Wyoming..........L 23-28
8 at Syracuse ...........L 9-19 15 Austin Peay .........W 28-0 22 at Wisconsin .......W 24-18
Oct. 6 at Penn State........L 10-48 20 Virginia Tech.......W 31-2827 East Carolina.......W30-27
Nov. 3 at Tennessee.........L 20-4110 at Pittsburgh........W 28-1817 Rutgers ................W29-22 24 at Boston CollegeW 29-10
1991 (2-9, 0-5 Big East)Sept.7 at Alabama...........L 3-41
14 at Pittsburgh # ....L 7-26 21 at Clemson...........L 7-37 28 Howard ...............W 40-0
Oct. 5 Penn State............L 7-24 12 at West Virginia #L 9-1019 Navy....................W 21-14
Nov. 2 at Syracuse # .......L 6-279 Boston College #.L 13-3316 at Rutgers #.........L 0-4123 Akron...................L 32-37
1992 (1-10, 0-6 Big East)Sept.5 Boston Univ. (H) W 35-0
12 at Penn State........L 8-49 19 Virginia Tech #....L 7-2626 at Kansas State.....L 14-35
Oct. 3 at Washington St. L 10-51 17 Pittsburgh # ........L 20-2724 Syracuse # ...........L 7-3831 at Boston Col. #..L 6-45
Nov. 7 at Akron...............L 15-2914 at Miami # ..........L 0-4821 Rutgers #.............L 10-35
1993 (1-10, 0-7 Big East)Sept.9 at E. Michigan.....W 31-28
18 California .............L 0-5825 at Boston Col.# ...L 14-66
Oct. 2 at Rutgers #.........L 0-629 Army....................L 21-5616 at Virginia Tech #L 7-5523 Akron...................L 7-3130 at Miami # ..........L 7-42
Nov. 6 at Syracuse # .......L 3-5213 West Virginia # ...L 7-4920 Pittsburgh # ........L 18-28
1994 (2-9, 0-7 Big East)Sept. 3 at Akron..............W 32-7
17 East Carolina........L 14-3124 at Army...............W23-20
Oct. 1 Penn State (FF)....L 21-488 at Virginia Tech #L 12-4115 at Boston Col. #..L 28-4522 Syracuse # ...........L 42-4929 at Pittsburgh # ....L 19-45
Nov. 5 at Rutgers #.........L 21-3812 West Virginia # ...L 17-55
19 Miami #...............L 14-38
1995 (1-10, 1-6 Big East)Sept.2 at Kansas State.....L 7-34
9 at W. Virginia #...L 13-2416 at Penn State........L 14-6630 Bowling Green .....L 31-37
Oct. 7 at Syracuse # .......L 14-3114 Pittsburgh #........W29-2721 at East Carolina ..L 22-3228 at Miami # ..........L 12-36
Nov. 3 at Miami # ..........L 0-3810 Virginia Tech #....L 0-3517 at W. Virginia #..W 17-1424 Connecticut (FF) W 56-7
2002 (4-8, 2-5 Big East)Aug. 29 Richmond (FF) ...W 34-7Sept. 5 Oregon St. (FF) ...L 3-35
14 Miami # (FF) ......L 21-4421 at S. Carolina .......L 21-4228 Cincinnati (FF) ....L 22-35
Oct. 12 Syracuse # ..........W 17-1619 at Connecticut.....W38-2426 at Va. Tech # .......L 10-20
Nov. 2 W.Virginia # ........L 20-469 at Pittsburgh # ....L 22-2916 at Rutgers #........W 20-1723 Boston Col. # ......L 14-36
2003 (1-11, 0-7 Big East)(All home games at Lincoln FinancialField unless otherwise noted)Aug. 30 at Penn State........L 10-23Sept.6 Villanova (2ot) ......L 20-23
20 at Cincinnati (3ot).L 24-3027 at Louisville .........L 12-21
Oct. 4 at Mid. Tenn. St. ...W44-3611 Boston College #.L 13-3818 at Miami # ..........L 14-5225 Rutgers #.............L 14-30
Nov. 8 at Syracuse # .......L 17-4115 Va. Tech # (ot) .....L 23-2422 Pittsburgh # ........L 16-3029 at W. Virginia #...L 28-45
2004 (2-9, 1-5 Big East)Sept.4 Virginia ................L 14-44
11 at Maryland..........L 22-4518 Florida A&M ......W 38-725 at Toledo ..............L 17-45
Oct. 2 Bowling Green .....L 16-709 Pittsburgh # ........L 22-2716 at Rutgers #.........L 6-16
23 at Connecticut # .L 31-45Nov. 6 at W. Virginia #...L 21-42
13 Syracuse # ..........W34-2420 Boston Col. # ......L 17-34
2005 (0-11)Sept. 1 at Arizona State ...L 16-63
10 at Wisconsin ........L 0-6517 Toledo ..................L 17-4224 Western Michigan .L 16-19
Oct. 1 at Bowling Green .L 7-708 Maryland..............L 7-3815 Miami (FL) ..........L 3-3422 at Clemson...........L 7-3729 Miami (OH) ........L 14-41
Nov. 5 at Virginia ............L 3-5119 at Navy.................L 17-38
OVERALL RRECORD: 3388-5504-552
Key:MS—Municipal Stadium (JFK) R—ReadingFF—Franklin Field AC—Atlantic City Convention HallH—Hershey Stadium VET—Veterans Stadium KC—Kansas City SF—San Francisco N—NorfolkRFK—RFK Stadium, Wash., D.C.GS—Giants Stadium #—Big East games
2006 opponents in BOLD CCAPS* Temple forfeited in 1986 due to use of ineligible player** Houston forfeited in 1987 due to use of ineligible player
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OWLS IN THE PROS
“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the star, or sailed to an uncharted land. Or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”—Helen Keller 179
Henry Burris Roger Chanoine Larry Chester
*According to professional team recordsAL—American Football League (merged with NFL in 1970)AFL—Arena Football League CFL—Canadian Football LeagueUSFL—United States Football League (1983-85)WLAF—World League of American Football
(renamed NFL Europe in 1998)
Anthony AAnderson, RRBPittsburgh Steelers (1979)Atlanta Falcons (1980)Philadelphia Stars-USFL (1983)
Stanley BBatinski, GGDetroit Lions (1941-47)Boston Yanks-NFL (1948)New York Bulldogs-NFL (1949)
Don BBitterlich, KKSeattle Seahawks (1976)
Todd BBowles, DDBWashington Redskins (1986-90, ’92-93)San Francisco 49ers (1991)
Lawrence BBrahm, GGCleveland Rams-NFL (1942)New York Giants (1943)
Larry BBrewton, CCBCleveland Browns (1987)
Raheem BBrock, DDEIndianapolis Colts (2002- )
Chuck BBrodnick, CCPhiladelphia Eagles (1934)
Brian BBroomell, QQBLos Angeles Express-USFL (1983)
Willie BBrown, LLBB.C. Lions-CFL (1998)
Andrew BBrunski, CCPhiladelphia Eagles (1943)
Swift BBurch, DDLToronto Argonauts-CFL (1994-95)Ottawa Rough Riders-CFL (1996)
Montreal Alouettes-CFL (1997-02)Joe BBurgos, OOL/DL
Toronto Argonauts-CFL (1994-96)New Jersey Red Dogs-AFL (1997)Hamilton Tiger Cats-CFL (1998)Florida Bobcats-AFL (2000)New Jersey Gladiators-AFL (2001)
Henry BBurris, QQBCalgary Stampeders-CFL (1998-99)Saskatchewan Roughriders-CFL (2000-01)Green Bay Packers (2001)Chicago Bears (2002)Saskatchewan Roughriders-CFL (2003-04)Calgary Stampeders-CFL (2005- )
Antwon BBurton, DDTDenver Broncos (2006- )
Roger CChanoine, OOLSt. Louis Rams (1998-99)Cleveland Browns (1999-02)Jacksonville Jaguars (2002)
Larry CChester, DDTIndianapolis Colts (1998-2000)Carolina Panthers (2001)Miami Dolphins (2002-04)
Jon CClark, OOLChicago Bears (1996-97)Arizona Cardinals (1998-01)
Wayne CColman, LLBPhiladelphia Eagles (1968-69)New Orleans Saints (1969-74, ’76)
Jim CCooper, OOLDallas Cowboys (1977-86)
Eric CCoss, GG/CNew York Jets (1987)
Mike CCurcio, LLBPhiladelphia Eagles (1981-82)New York Giants (1982)
Green Bay Packers (1983)Keita CCrespina, DDB
Toronto Argonauts-CFL (1994)England Monarchs-WLAF (1998)New Jersey Red Dogs-AFL (1999-00)New Jersey Gladiators-AFL (2001)Tampa Bay Storm-AFL (2002-03)Philadelphia Soul-AFL (2004-05)
William DDavidson, BBPittsburgh Pirates-NFL (1937-39)
Wendell DDavis, TTE/FBSan Diego Chargers (1998-2000)Edmonton Eskimos-CFL (2002)
OWLS IN THE NFL PRO BOWLName ............................Pos. Team YearsMike Jarmoluk ................T Philadelphia Eagles 1952Tré Johnson ....................T Washington Redskins 2000Frank “Bucko” Kilroy .....G Philadelphia Eagles 1953-55Joe Klecko .....................DT New York Jets 1982, ‘84-86Ed Kolman ......................T Chicago Bears 1941-43Kevin Ross.....................CB Kansas City Chiefs 1990-91Steve Watson ................WR Denver Broncos 1982
Frank “Bucko” Kilroy (left) and Mike Jarmoluk combined to play infour straight Pro Bowls from 1952-55 as representatives of thePhiladelphia Eagles.
all-time lettermen
“Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.”—Thomas Fuller 183
JAllan Jackson ...........1994-95Craig Jackson.................1988Elmarko Jackson .......1997-99Harold Jackson .........2000-01Yazid Jackson ...........2000-03Harry Jacobs .............1925-27Glenn James ..................1967John James ...............1997-98Mike Jarmoluk....1942-43, 45William Jarmoluk...........1962Ralph Jarvis ...................1985Jerold Jeffcoat............1991-92Sam Jenkins..............1989-92Steve Jewell ...................2002Steve Joachim...........1973-74Paul John ..................1959-61Arlan Johnson ...............2001Brad Johnson............1978-80Carlos Johnson .........1998-99Eric Johnson .............1993-96Jason Johnson ..........2003-04Justin Johnson .........2004-05Kyron Johnson ..........1999-01Lauren Johnson..............1931Matt Johnson.................1999Maurice Johnson ......1986-89Mike Johnson ................1986Peter Johnson ...........1985-87Randy Johnson..............2004Tré Johnson ..............1990-93Van Johnson.......1992, 94-96Joe Johnsonbaugh ....2004-05Brent Johnstone ......1995-97Lance Johnstone.......1992-95Casey Jones....................1995Damian Jones ...........1997-98Dave Jones.....................1962David Jones ..............1989-90Dean Jones ...............1994-96Kevin Jones ..............1984-87Marteen Jones ..........1967-69Sam Jones .................1981-82
Samuel Jones .................1970Warren Jones............1946-47Wesley Jones ..................1965Wayne Jordan ................1970Stephen Josephson........2003Duke Joyner .............1976-77Jeremiah Joyner .............1993Joe Judge ..................1973-74Steve Juenger.................1936Alex Juralewicz.........1938-40Bill Juzwiak...............1962-64
KFrank Kane ....................1942Henry Kane ...................1946James Kapp ...............1951-54George Karayiannis ..1992-93Edward Kasales (mgr.) ..1942Morris Katz ..............1936-38John Kaufman................1925Kevin C. Kaufman ...1993-95Robert Keels .............1977-79Jim Kelly ........................1973Robert Kelly ............1994-97SHANE KKELLY ............2005Charles Kemmerer....1933-35Chad Kern................1967-69Keith Kerrin .............1994-96Troy Kersey .............1994-97Charles Kertel ................1942Hans Kestler ..................1966Joe Khamis ...............1998-99Thomas Kilburn ............1970Tom Kilkenny............1981-83Alex Kilkuskie...........1930-31Aldon Kille ....................1950Frank Kilroy ..............1940-41George King .............1968-70Mike King......................1978Thomas King............1954-55Dave Kinka ...............1971-73Joe Kissel ..................1966-67John Kiviatkoski ............1947Dan Klecko...............1999-02
Former letterwinner Joe Petro (1963-65) spent a distinguished 23years as a special agent in the Secret Service and published StandingNext to History: An Agent’s Life Inside the Secret Service inDecember, 2004.