Temple University NCAA News Archives

Just when you think you've seen it all!!! Navy reserve defensive back David Wright just returned a punt 3 yards for a touchdown.

Al Golden took over a Temple football program that struggled to compete in the Big East Conference and was embarrassingly booted out of the league for not meeting attendance and stadium requirements.

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.

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.

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

Philadelphia police say former Temple University basketball star Dionte Christmas, who was cut by the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, has been arrested on firearms charges.

Dionte Christmas, the former Temple University basketball star who was cut by the 76ers on Wednesday, was arrested last night in North Philadelphia, police said.

Dionte Christmas' hopes of making his hometown team ended yesterday when the former Temple scorer was one of two free agents waived by the 76ers.

Terrible Temple football has been one of the few sure things in sports. Three winning seasons in the last 30 years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Here's one line that will be used one last time: It's no longer Christmas time at Temple .

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

Could the 76ers be celebrating Christmas early this year? Dionte Christmas , a former Temple standout, remained on the roster as of Wednesday as the Sixers continued to roll through the preseason.

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

HE IS SO COMFORTABLE in his own skin that if his dream job is taken away within the next couple of weeks, you'd half expect Dionte Christmas to shrug it off and move on with his life.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With the 76ers set to begin training camp today at St. Joseph's University, four free agents were officially added to the team's roster to bring it to 17 players.