Temple Owls NCAA Football News Archives

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.

A year ago, Temple lost its best shot at a bowl game when it blew a 20-point lead and lost to Navy in overtime.

Alabama's Terrence "Mount" Cody blocked a Tennessee field goal on the last play, his second block in the fourth quarter, to preserve a 12-10 win and the Tide's unbeaten record.

Highland Park's star running back, Nate Smith, has a dream of playing in the NFL.

Highland Park High School's outstanding running back Nate Smith has made a non-binding, verbal commitment to attend Temple University.

Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson Temple coach Al Golden is trying not to acknowledge the significance of this week's game against Navy, but it's hard to ignore the fact that a win over the Midshipmen would give the Owls their highest win total since 1990.

An assistant high school football coach in Florida has been charged after a player was threatened with a pocketknife.

The resiliency of the University of Toledo football team has been tested numerous times throughout the season.

Freshman Bernard Pierce rushed for a career-high 212 yards and three touchdowns and Temple defeated Toledo 40-24 for the Owls' fifth straight victory.

Second-ranked Whitehaven will count on the playmaking of senior quarterback Fred Flenorl in tonight's matchup against East, which has won just two games.

Temple had just been crushed at Virginia, 51-3, so the Owls were one game away from their 0-for-2005 finish.

Adrian Robinson, Jr., is one reason Temple University, currently on a four-game winning streak, is ranked first in the Mid-American Conference in rushing defense and total defense.

Army athletic director Kevin Anderson believes Mid-American Conference football officials directly affected the outcome of Army's 27-13 loss to Temple on Saturday.

The top-rated series on TV was The Cosby Show . The price of gas in some parts of the country was 69 cents a gallon.

Caleb Sturgis, who didn't even start the season as Florida's kicker, kicked a 27-yard field goal with 9 seconds left to give the defending national champions a 23-20 home win over Arkansas.

Temple used a well-timed challenge to get an interception overturned by replay, then scored the go-ahead touchdown three plays later and went on to beat Army 27-13 Saturday.

Team records: Army 3-3; Temple 3-2. Series: Army leads series 4-2. Temple beat Army 35-7 in the 2008 season opener at West Point.

Jaiquawn Jarrett is one of those defensive backs who has great all-around skills.

After three straight conference wins, the Temple Owls can almost visualize playing in the postseason.

As if Temple's football team didn't present the Mid-American Conference with enough problems early in the season, the league has looked up and found a one-headed, two-footed monster coming from Philadelphia.

By the third game of the season, Temple coach Al Golden was ready to elevate freshman running back Bernard Pierce.

Mason Foster intercepted a pass that deflected off the foot of a wide receiver and ran it back 37 yards for a touchdown with 2 minutes, 37 seconds left to give Washington, which trailed by 12 with 3 minutes to go, a 36-33 win over visiting Arizona.

Temple freshman running back and MAC Offensive Player of the Week Bernard Pierce continued his record-setting season Saturday in a 24-19 win over Ball State.

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.

After opening the season with two setbacks, Al Golden's Temple Owls are starting to live up to expectations.

Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. -Temple tailback Bernard Pierce ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns as the Owls beat Ball State 24-19. Pierce is the first freshman in school history to rush for 100 yards in three straight games.

The offense showed nice improvement last week and made a bold two-point conversion after a touchdown that looked like it could be the game-winner. The defense has played well enough for the Cardinals to win games and other times, like in last week's loss to Toledo, it has been a liability.

When it comes to college football rankings, the Associated Press poll is a practice hand of poker with a juicy pot but no payoff, because the poll means next to nothing.

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.

There's a reason why football is the greatest game ever devised. It's simple. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what's going on down on the field.

Donald Buckram rushed for 262 yards and four touchdowns as Texas-El Paso upset Houston, 58-41. Local Justin Decristofaro threw for 389 yards and three scores and ran for two more as Ursinus held off Gettysburg, 55-50. AROUND TOWN Villanova 28, W & M 17 The second-ranked team in FCS beat No.

As most Temple football fans are aware, a win is a win. Especially since, in the last couple of decades, wins for the Owls have come sparingly.

Bernard Pierce ran for 180 yards and two touchdowns to lead Temple past Eastern Michigan, 24-12, in Mid-American Conference play Saturday.

Previewing high school football Friday, October 2, 2009 White Station at MUS Time: 7 p.m. Story lines: White Station, coming off a bye week, has had nearly two weeks to prepare for top-ranked MUS, which handed previously then-No. 12 East High a 42-16 loss last Friday.