2018_Temple_Owls_football_team

2018 Temple Owls football team

2018 Temple Owls football team

American college football season


The 2018 Temple Owls football team represents Temple University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Geoff Collins during the regular season and play their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They are members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 7–1 in AAC play to finish in 2nd place in the East Division. They were invited to play in the Independence Bowl, where they lost to Duke.

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On December 7, 2018, head coach Geoff Collins left for the head coaching job at Georgia Tech.[1] Tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Independence Bowl. On December 13, the Owls initially named Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz as their new head coach.[2] However, on December 30, Diaz went back to Miami to become their new head coach following Mark Richt's sudden retirement.[3]

Preseason

Award watch lists

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AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place in the AAC East Division.[14]

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Schedule

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Personnel

Coaching staff

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Roster

2018 recruiting class

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Game summaries

Villanova

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Buffalo

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At Maryland

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Tulsa

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At Boston College

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East Carolina

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At Navy

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Cincinnati

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At UCF

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At Houston

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Doak Walker Award candidate Ryquell Armstead, playing on a sore ankle and missing part of the game to have his hand x-rayed, tied a career-best with 210 yards rushing and became the first college player in two years with six rushing touchdowns in a game.[17] He was named conference offensive player of the week, and college offensive player of the week by three groups.[18] This moved him from seventh to third on the AAC's all-time rushing touchdown list with 33, and from seventh to fifth on the rushing yards list with 2,692.[19] On Temple's lists, he also passed Jahad Thomas for touchdowns, 100+ yard games, and career yards—also passing Anthony Anderson and Matt Brown in the latter category—to reach third, tied for fourth with Matt Brown, and fourth respectively all-time.[19]

South Florida

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At UConn

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Vs. Duke–Independence Bowl

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Awards and honors

National awards

  • The Sporting News All-American Team[20]

Isaiah Wright - Returner

Conference awards

American Athletic Conference Players of the Year

  • The American - Special Teams Player of the Year[21]

Isaiah Wright

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

  • First Team

Ryquell Armstead, RB
Shaun Bradley, LB
Michael Dogbe, DT
Delvon Randall, S
Rock Ya-Sin, CB
Isaiah Wright, KR

  • Second Team

Ventell Bryant, WR
Jovahn Fair, OL

NFL players

NFL Draft Combine

One Temple player was invited to participate in the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine.

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† Top performer

2019 NFL Draft

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2019 NFL Draft.

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

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References

  1. "Collins Named Georgia Tech Football Head Coach". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. Patterson, Chip; Sallee, Barrett (December 13, 2018). "Temple names Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz its next coach". cbssports.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  4. "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  5. "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  6. "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  8. "Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist". July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  9. "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  10. "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  11. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  12. @RayGuyAward (October 10, 2018). "Congrats to @Bowler_Football of..." (Tweet) via Twitter.
  13. "UCF Tabbed as Favorite in 2018 Preseason Media Poll". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  14. "Temple at Houston Box Score, November 10, 2018". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  15. "2018 Football Media Guide". Temple University. p. 10.

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