2016 Temple Owls football team explained

Mode:	football
Year:	2016
Team:	Temple Owls
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Division:	East Division
Short Conf:	AAC
Record:	10–4
Conf Record:	7–1
Head Coach:	Matt Rhule
Hc Games:	regular season
Hc Year:	4th
Head Coach2:	Ed Foley
Hc Games2:	interim; bowl game
Off Coach:	Glenn Thomas
Oc Year:	1st
Off Scheme:	Spread
Dc Year:	4th
Def Scheme:	4–3^[1]
Stadium:	Lincoln Financial Field
Champion:	The American champion The American East Division co-champion
Conf Champ:	American Championship
Conf Champ Result:	W 34–10 vs. Navy
Bowl:	Military Bowl
Bowl Result:	L 26–34 vs. Wake Forest

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] Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.^[3]

Schedule

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Game summaries

Army

See also: 2016 Army Black Knights football team.

Stony Brook

See also: 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team.

At Penn State

See also: 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.

Charlotte

See also: 2016 Charlotte 49ers football team.

SMU

See also: 2016 SMU Mustangs football team.

At Memphis

See also: 2016 Memphis Tigers football team.

At UCF

See also: 2016 UCF Knights football team.

South Florida

See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team.

Cincinnati

See also: 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.

At UConn

See also: 2016 Connecticut Huskies football team.

At Tulane

See also: 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team.

East Carolina

See also: 2016 East Carolina Pirates football team.

At Navy–American Athletic Championship Game

See also: 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team and 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game. 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

See also: 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team and 2016 Military Bowl.

Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

• First Team

Dion Dawkins, OT
Haason Reddick, DL

• Second Team

Jahad Thomas, RB
Praise Martin-Oguike, DL
Avery Williams, LB
Sean Chandler, S
Aaron Boumerhi, K

• Honorable Mention

Colin Thompson, TE
Stephaun Marshall, LB
^[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		5-10	190 lbs	30 1/8	9	4.62	11	32.0 in	116.0			^[6]
7	Haason Reddick		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		6-0	196 lbs	31	9 1/2	4.52	14	35.5 in	118.0 in			^[8]
66	Dion Dawkins		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.

	Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
7		1	13		Arizona Cardinals
66		2	63		Buffalo Bills
15		5	158		Indianapolis Colts

^[10]

Undrafted free agents

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.

	Name	POS	HT	WT	NFL Club	Ref
2		LB	5-10	224 lbs		^[11]
5	Jahad Thomas		5-10	188 lbs		^[12]
8	Phillip Walker	QB	5-11	205 lbs	Indianapolis Colts	^[13]
11	Romond Deloatch	TE	6-4	245 lbs	New York Giants	^[14]
50	Praise Martin-Oguike		6-1	255 lbs		^[15]
86	Colin Thompson		6-4	255 lbs	New York Giants	^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Newton . David . Carolina Panthers' top-ranked defense reflects 'old-man' strength of Phil Snow . September 29, 2021 . December 5, 2023.
2. Web site: Temple's Matt Rhule to take Baylor head coach job.
3. Web site: Ed Foley Named Interim Head Football Coach.
4. Web site: 2016 Temple Owls Football Schedule. FB Schedules. February 19, 2016.
5. Web site: Owls Place Nine Players on All-American Athletic Conference Teams.
6. Web site: NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Jahad Thomas . www.nfl.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170307222033/http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jahad-thomas?id=2557918 . 2017-03-07.
7. Web site: Haason Reddick Stats, News and Video - OLB. NFL.com.
8. Web site: NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Nate Hairston . www.nfl.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170322034157/http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/nate-hairston?id=2558108 . 2017-03-22.
9. Web site: Dion Dawkins Stats, News and Video - OT. NFL.com.
10. Web site: 2017 NFL Draft. Sports Reference LLC. November 28, 2016.
11. AaronWilson_NFL. Aaron Wilson. 858456824764395520. 29 April 2017. Avery Williams to Texans on undrafted free agent deal, per his agent, David Canter.
12. CowboysNation. Cowboys Nation. 858456928506318849. 29 April 2017. Undrafted Temple RB Jahad Thomas is signing with the Cowboys..
13. JeffSkversky. Jeff Skversky 6abc. 858459016342720512. 29 April 2017. Temple QB Phillip Walker will sign an Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Deal with the Indianapolis Colts a source tells….
14. CoachCollins. Geoff Collins. 858487497705259010. 30 April 2017. GREA'][' 3 days for @Temple_FB at the #NFLDraft @ColinThompsonTU @Romond_Deloatch @coachedfoley].
15. MartinPraiseO. Martin-Oguike. 858454345293201408. 29 April 2017. New home! Thankful for the opportunity! #miami #dolphins.
16. ColinThompsonTU. Colin Thompson. 858462984649277441. 29 April 2017. Lets go Giants! Honored to be a NYG! Let's go! @Giants.