American college football season
The 2016 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Owls were led by fourth-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field . They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference .
On December 6, Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor .[2] Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.[3]
Game summaries
Army
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Knights
0
7
7
14
28
Owls
0
10
3
0
13
Stony Brook
1
2
3
4
Total
Seawolves
0
0
0
0
0
Owls
14
14
10
0
38
At Penn State
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
7
10
27
Nittany Lions
14
7
3
10
34
Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
7
0
7
6
20
Owls
3
28
14
3
48
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
7
7
0
6
20
Owls
21
14
3
7
45
At Memphis
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
6
7
0
14
27
Tigers
0
3
17
14
34
At UCF
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
7
6
6
26
Knights
11
14
0
0
25
South Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulls
7
6
10
7
30
Owls
3
17
14
12
46
Cincinnati
1
2
3
4
Total
Bearcats
0
13
0
0
13
Owls
10
7
3
14
34
At UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
21
0
0
0
21
Huskies
0
0
0
0
0
At Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
14
7
31
Green Wave
0
0
0
0
0
East Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
7
0
0
3
10
Owls
7
14
6
10
37
At Navy–American Athletic Championship Game
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
14
10
0
10
34
#20 Midshipmen
0
3
7
0
10
The Owls dominated a Navy Midshipmen football offense that was ranked in the top 20 in the country, coming off a 75-point offensive outburst the week before to win the first major conference title in Temple history. Temple sent one of its largest away crowds ever, with nearly half the fans in attendance supporting the Owls. Temple was ranked in all three major polls following the game and were invited to the Military Bowl vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons football on December 27, 2016.
Wake Forest–Military Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Owls
7
3
10
6
26
Demon Deacons
14
17
0
3
34
Awards and honors
American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team
Dion Dawkins , OTHaason Reddick , DL
Jahad Thomas , RBAvery Williams , LBSean Chandler , S
Colin Thompson , TE[5]
NFL players
NFL Draft Combine
Four Temple players were invited to participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine .
#
Name
POS
HT
WT
Arms
Hands
40
Bench Press
Vert Jump
Broad Jump
3 Cone Drill
20-yd Shuttle
Ref
#5
Jahad Thomas RB 5-10
190 lbs
30 1/8
9
4.62
11
32.0 in
116.0
[6]
#7
Haason Reddick LB 6-1
237 lbs
32 3/4
10 1/8
4.52†
24
36.5 in†
133.0 in†
7.01
4.37
[7]
#15
Nate Hairston CB 6-0
196 lbs
31
9 1/2
4.52
14
35.5 in
118.0 in
[8]
#66
Dion Dawkins OL 6-4
314 lbs
35
9 7/8
5.11
26
26.0 in
106.0 in
7.30†
4.78
[9]
† Top performer
2017 NFL Draft
Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft .
[10]
Undrafted free agents
In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.
