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There are three ways to watch the Temple at Ohio game for the MAC East title on Friday .

Chester Stewart threw two touchdown passes Friday night and ran for two scores to lead Temple to a 56-17 victory over Akron that kept the Owls on track for a spot in the Mid-American Conference championship game.

A very wise man ,A once told me that a good offensive coordinator is like a magician.

Seriously. Yes, Temple, a program that has practically defined losing football over most of the last three decades has won six straight, enough victories to earn a bowl bid for the first time since 1979.

"This team is different. This team won't crack," Temple head coach Al Golden said of his streaking Owls football team.

Case Keenum threw for a career-best 559 yards and five touchdowns, the last a 28-yarder to Patrick Edwards with 21 seconds remaining, to lead Houston past Southern Mississippi, 50-43. Local Bernard Pierce rushed for 267 yards on 29 carries , including a 41-yard TD with 2:41 to go, as Temple won at Navy, 27-24. AROUND TOWN Temple 27, Navy 24 The ...

Kicker Billy Daniels delivered a game-winning 26-yard field goal in the second overtime as host Kean edged Rowan University in a New Jersey Athletic Conference Saturday.

The " B "- word, as Al Golden calls it, is not going away. For the first time since 1990, the Temple Football Owls are now " B"ow l eligible.

Bernard Pierce rushed for 267 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown with 2:41 left, and James Nixon returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown as Temple became bowl eligible Saturday with a 27-24 victory over Navy.

Saint Francis slipped past Walsh 20-14 on Saturday at Canton, Ohio. Daniel Carter had 146 yards rushing and scored what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown on a 42-yard run with 6:48 left in the third quarter.

Ball State turned in a mistake-plagued first half today and trails Temple 10-0 at the mid-point of their Mid-American Conference football game at Lincoln Financial Field.

It's gotA be good to be Temple quarterback Vaughn Charlton now. He's got more weapons than an F-15 fighter pilot and the planeA hasn't even gotten out of the hanger yet.

Record: 2-2, 2-0 MAC. Last time out: W 24-12 at Eastern Michigan. Ball State, still trying to establish a running game, won't have an easy time of it Saturday.

It is becoming a ritual that's all too familiar for the University at Buffalo. Another game, another slow measured postgame walk from the field into the tunnel.

Central Michigan continued its recent mastery of football teams in the Mid-American Conference East Division last Saturday with a convincing 48-21 victory over the University of Akron.

Villanova's record is perfect through September. Saturday, in crushing Northeastern, 56-7, at Villanova Stadium, the Wildcats played a near-perfect game.

Trailing Temple by seven points, the defending Mid-American Conference champion was driving downfield with designs on tying the score before halftime today at Lincoln Financial Field.

The fifth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions continue their less than impressive non-conference schedule this weekend, as they host the Temple Owls at Beaver Stadium.

When Division I Temple hosted Division I-AA Villanova in the inaugural Mayor's Cup game tonight at Lincoln Financial Field, more than bragging rights were at stake.

Villanova quarterback Chris Whitney teetered on the brink of disaster like a circus daredevil Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field.