2016 Temple Owls football team

2016 Temple Owls football
2016 Temple Owls football
The American champion; The American East Division co-champion
American Championship, W 34–10 vs. Navy
Military Bowl, L 26–34 vs. Wake Forest
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	East Division
Record	10–4 (7–1 AAC)
Head coach	Matt Rhule (4th season; regular season); Ed Foley (interim; bowl game);
Offensive coordinator	Glenn Thomas (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Phil Snow (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Lincoln Financial Field
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Temple xy$	7	–	1	10	–	4
No. 19 South Florida x	7	–	1	11	–	2
UCF	4	–	4	6	–	7
Cincinnati	1	–	7	4	–	8
UConn	1	–	7	3	–	9
East Carolina	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy	7	–	1	9	–	5
Tulsa	6	–	2	10	–	3
Memphis	5	–	3	8	–	5
Houston	5	–	3	9	–	4
SMU	3	–	5	5	–	7
Tulane	1	–	7	4	–	8
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Army*		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	CBSSN	L 13–28	34,005
September 10	1:00 p.m.	Stony Brook*		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	W 38–0	22,296
September 17	12:00 p.m.	at Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	BTN	L 27–34	100,420
September 24	12:00 p.m.	Charlotte*		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ASN	W 48–20	27,786
October 1	12:00 p.m.	SMU		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	W 45–20	22,401
October 6	8:00 p.m.	at Memphis		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPN	L 27–34	34,743
October 15	7:30 p.m.	at UCF		Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPNU	W 26–25	38,299
October 21	7:00 p.m.	South Florida		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN	W 46–30	25,950
October 29	3:30 p.m.	Cincinnati		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	CBSSN	W 34–13	29,763
November 4	7:00 p.m.	at UConn		Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	W 21–0	22,316
November 19	3:30 p.m.	at Tulane		Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ASN	W 31–0	16,497
November 26	7:30 p.m.	East Carolina		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	W 37–10	28,373
December 3	12:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Navy		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (American Athletic Conference Championship Game)	ABC	W 34–10	22,815
December 27	3:30 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest*	No. 24	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Military Bowl)	ESPN	L 26–34	26,656
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2016 Temple Owls football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Ventell Bryant	So
FB	`4`	Nick Sharga	Jr
RB	`5`	Jahad Thomas	Sr
QB	`8`	Phillip Walker	Sr
QB	`15`	Anthony Russo	Fr
TE	`86`	Colin Thompson	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`2`	Avery Williams	Sr
DB	`3`	Sean Chandler	Jr
DL	`7`	Haason Reddick	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Ed Foley

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mike Siravo (LB)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

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

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
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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	23	RV
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	24	RV
CFP	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	24	Not released

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.

#	Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
#7	Haason Reddick	1	13	Linebacker	Arizona Cardinals
#66	Dion Dawkins	2	63	Offensive lineman	Buffalo Bills
#15	Nate Hairston	5	158	Cornerback	Indianapolis Colts

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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	Avery Williams	LB	5-10	224 lbs	Houston Texans	^[11]
#5	Jahad Thomas	RB	5-10	188 lbs	Dallas Cowboys	^[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	DL	6-1	255 lbs	Miami Dolphins	^[15]
#86	Colin Thompson	TE	6-4	255 lbs	New York Giants	^[16]

References

^ Newton, David (September 29, 2021). "Carolina Panthers' top-ranked defense reflects 'old-man' strength of Phil Snow". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ "Temple's Matt Rhule to take Baylor head coach job".
^ "Ed Foley Named Interim Head Football Coach".
^ "2016 Temple Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
^ "Owls Place Nine Players on All-American Athletic Conference Teams".
^ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Jahad Thomas". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017.
^ "Haason Reddick Stats, News and Video - OLB". NFL.com.
^ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Nate Hairston". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017.
^ "Dion Dawkins Stats, News and Video - OT". NFL.com.
^ "2017 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
^ Aaron Wilson [@AaronWilson_NFL] (April 29, 2017). "Avery Williams to Texans on undrafted free agent deal, per his agent, David Canter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Cowboys Nation [@CowboysNation] (April 29, 2017). "Undrafted Temple RB Jahad Thomas is signing with the Cowboys" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Jeff Skversky 6abc [@JeffSkversky] (April 29, 2017). "Temple QB Phillip Walker will sign an Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Deal with the Indianapolis Colts a source tells…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Geoff Collins [@CoachCollins] (April 30, 2017). "GREA'][' 3 days for @Temple_FB at the #NFLDraft @ColinThompsonTU @Romond_Deloatch @coachedfoley" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Martin-Oguike [@MartinPraiseO] (April 29, 2017). "New home! 🙌🏿 Thankful for the opportunity! 🙏🏿 #miami #dolphins" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Colin Thompson [@ColinThompsonTU] (April 29, 2017). "Lets go Giants! Honored to be a NYG! Let's go! @Giants" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[1] Newton, David (September 29, 2021). "Carolina Panthers' top-ranked defense reflects 'old-man' strength of Phil Snow". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[2] "Temple's Matt Rhule to take Baylor head coach job".

[3] "Ed Foley Named Interim Head Football Coach".

[4] "2016 Temple Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

[5] "Owls Place Nine Players on All-American Athletic Conference Teams".

[6] "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Jahad Thomas". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017.

[7] "Haason Reddick Stats, News and Video - OLB". NFL.com.

[8] "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Nate Hairston". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017.

[9] "Dion Dawkins Stats, News and Video - OT". NFL.com.

[10] "2017 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.

[11] Aaron Wilson [@AaronWilson_NFL] (April 29, 2017). "Avery Williams to Texans on undrafted free agent deal, per his agent, David Canter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[12] Cowboys Nation [@CowboysNation] (April 29, 2017). "Undrafted Temple RB Jahad Thomas is signing with the Cowboys" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[13] Jeff Skversky 6abc [@JeffSkversky] (April 29, 2017). "Temple QB Phillip Walker will sign an Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Deal with the Indianapolis Colts a source tells…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[14] Geoff Collins [@CoachCollins] (April 30, 2017). "GREA'][' 3 days for @Temple_FB at the #NFLDraft @ColinThompsonTU @Romond_Deloatch @coachedfoley" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[15] Martin-Oguike [@MartinPraiseO] (April 29, 2017). "New home! 🙌🏿 Thankful for the opportunity! 🙏🏿 #miami #dolphins" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[16] Colin Thompson [@ColinThompsonTU] (April 29, 2017). "Lets go Giants! Honored to be a NYG! Let's go! @Giants" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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