Nov. 18
Navy 42 ... Temple 6
Kaipo-Noa
Kaheaku-Enhada ran for two first quarter touchdowns on the way to a 35-0
Navy halftime lead. The Midshipmen outgained Navy 420 yards to 13 with
the defense only allowing a 12-yard Josh Bundy touchdown catch early in
the fourth quarter. The Navy offense answered witha 50-yard Shun White
scoring run on the ensuing drive. While also ran for an 11-yard score in
the second quarter.
Player of the game ...
Navy QB Kaipo-Noa
Kaheaku-Enhada was 3-of-7 through the air for 35 yards and 1 INT, while
leading the team with 140 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries.
Stat Leaders: Temple - Passing: Adam Dimichele,
9-18, 74 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Tim Brown, 12-24 Receiving: Tim Brown, 6-63
Navy - Passing: Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, 3-7, 35
yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, 19-140, 2 TDs Receiving:
Adam Ballard, 1-18
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ... Temple
had no shot whatsoever to slow down the Navy running game with the
defensive front a half-step off and always out of position. The Owl
attack got nothing from its running game, but Vaughn Charlton had a
nice, efficient day in garbage time stepping in for Adam DiMichelle
completing 11 of 14 passes. The quarterbacks took too many sacks, didn't
make enough plays downfield, and didn't do enough on third downs. Now
the team has the entire off-season to figure out who to build the
offense around.
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2006
Schedule
2006 Results:
1-11 |
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8/31 |
at Buffalo L 9-3 OT |
| 9/9 |
Louisville L 62-0 |
| 9/16 |
at Minnesota L 62-0 |
| 9/23 |
at Western Mich L 41-7 |
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9/30 |
at Vanderbilt L 43-14 |
| 10/7 |
Kent State L 28-17 |
| 10/12 |
vs. Clemson L 63-9 |
| 10/21 |
at No Illinois L 43-21 |
| 10/28 |
Bowling Green W 24-14 |
| 11/4 |
Central Michigan L 42-26 |
| 11/11 |
at Penn State L 47-0 |
| 11/18 |
at Navy L 42-6 |
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2005
Schedule
CFN
Prediction: 1-10
2005 Results:
0-11
Preview
2005 predicted wins
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| 9/1 |
at Arizona State L 63-16 |
| 9/10 |
at Wisconsin L 65-0 |
| 9/17 |
Toledo L 42-17 |
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9/24 |
Western Mich
L 19-16 |
| 10/1 |
at Bowling Green L 70-7 |
| 10/8 |
Maryland L 38-7 |
| 10/15 |
Miami L 34-3 |
| 10/22 |
at Clemson L 37-7 |
| 10/29 |
Miami Univ. L 41-14 |
| 11/5 |
at Virginia L 51-3 |
| 11/19 |
at Navy L 38-17 |
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Nov. 11
Penn State 47 ... Temple 0
Penn State outgained Temple 411 yards to 74, with 16 rushing
yards, and allowed just two first downs. Tony Hunt ran for a career-high
167 yards with touchdown runs from 22, 26 and 11 yards out, and he
caught an 11-yard touchdown pass. Derrick Williams had the game's top
highlight with a 75-yard punt return for a score in the first quarter.
Player of the game ... Penn State RB Tony Hunt ran 16
times for 167 yards and three touchdowns and caught two passes for 25
yards and a score
Stat Leaders: Penn State - Passing:
Anthony Morelli, 12-22, 159 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Tony Hunt, 16-167, 3 TD. Receiving:
Jordan Norwood, 4-33
Temple - Passing: Adam DiMichelle, 7-17,
52 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Tim Brown, 14-21. Receiving: Mike Holley,
2-25
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ... It
would've been nice if there was something positive to take out of the
loss to Penn State. There wasn't. This was a major step back with no one
coming up with anything to remember on either side of the ball. The
lines were manhandled while the lack of defensive speed and athleticism
was apparent right off the bat. The linebackers couldn't come close to
being in the right position against Tony Hunt and the Nittany Lion
running game, and it's going to have a nightmare of a time next week
against Navy.
Nov. 4
Central Michigan 42 ... Temple 26
Central Michigan jumped out to a 38-0 lead on three Ontario
Sneed touchdown passes from Dan LeFevour and a 30-yard Obed Cetoute
scoring grab. Temple got on the board with six seconds to play in the
first half on a ten-yard Bruce Francis catch, but the Chippewas answered
in the third quarter with a six-yard LeFevour scoring run. Sneed put it
well out of reach with a 65-yard touchdown dash late in the third.
Temple made the final score look good with a trick play Tim Brown
scoring pass to Adam DiMichele and a second Francis scoring grab.
Player of the game
... Central
Michigan RB Ontario Sneed ran ten times for 140 yards and a touchdown
and caught five passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns.
Stat Leaders: Central Michigan - Passing: Dan
LeFevour, 18-22, 268 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Ontario Sneed, 10-140, 1 TD Receiving:
Ontario Sneed, 5-93, 3 TD
Temple - Passing: Adam DiMichele, 24-35, 228 yds, 3
TD
Rushing: Tim Brown, 23-101 Receiving: Travis Shelton,
8-76
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
Despite the blowout loss to Central Michigan, the offense showed some
more signs of life and more improvement as Tim Brown had another nice
rushing day and Adam DiMichele threw well after the outcome was
basically decided. The defense, after a strong day against Bowling
Green, simply couldn't generate any pressure to stop what CMU wanted to
do, and didn't have anyone to handle RB Ontario Sneed. With Penn State
and Navy to close things out, it's just about getting the young players
more and more experience.
Oct. 28
Temple 28 ... Bowling Green 14
Temple broke its 20-game losing streak by shocking Bowling
Green with two Adam DiMichele touchdown passes and answered a Falcon
comeback attempt with a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from
Travis Shelton. Shelton also caught a 43-yard touchdown pass in the
first quarter to answer the first of two Chris Bullock touchdown runs.
Bullock tore off a 30-yard scoring run and ran for a one-yard score, but
the Falcons couldn't respond after the Shelton score.
Player of the game
...
Temple WR Travis Shelton had two receptions for 49 yards and a
touchdown, three kick returns for 157 yards and another score and one
carry for 16 yards.
Stat Leaders: Bowling Green - Passing: Tyler
Sheehan, 12-20, 95 yds, 2 INTs
Rushing: Chris Bullock, 29-182, 2 TDs Receiving: Ken
Brantley, 6-59
Temple - Passing: Adam DiMichele, 10-13, 162 yds, 2
TDs, 2 INTs
Rushing: Tim Brown, 21-104 Receiving: Tim Brown, 3-37
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
Temple's offense only cranked out 256 yards
and only got 12 first downs against Bowling
Green, but the D bent without breaking too often and Travis Shelton
provided the pop needed to overcome the rest of the problems. Playing 21
freshmen in a year will kill any momentum, but to finally get the right
breaks and get a win should do wonders for the program's overall
confidence. To have a shot against Central Michigan next week, the run
defense has to be far tighter, there can't be as many penalties, and the
offense has to throw downfield a bit more. No matter what happens, now
the program can breathe a sigh of relief.
Oct. 21
Northern Illinois 43 ... Temple 21
NIU got out to a 40-0 lead with four of Chris Nendick's five
field goals, two Phil Horvath touchdown passes, and two Dan Nicholson
touchdown throws on the was to the easy win. Garrett Wolfe was held to
just 45 yards, but he was taken out in the third quarter. Temple finally
got on the board late in the third quarter with two Adam DiMichele
touchdown passes to Travis Shelton. DiMichele added another scoring pass
to Steve Maneri late in the fourth.
Player of the game
... Northern Illinois QB Phil Horvath completed 18 of 28 passes for
253 yards and two touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Northern Illinois - Passing: Phil
Horvath, 18-28, 253 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Garrett Wolfe, 17-45 Receiving: Britt
Davis, 6-92, 1 TD
Temple - Passing: Adam DiMichele, 20-29, 322 yds, 3
TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Tim Brown, 12-23 Receiving: Travis Shelton,
7-204, 2 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ... Adam
DiMichele and Travis Shelton bombed away on Northern Illinois, but it
was way too late. The D did a great job on Garrett Wolfe, but wasn't
even close against the Huskie passing game. However, if the run D can be
as strong next week against Bowling Green, the Owls might have an
outside shot at pulling off the upset. It would help if Tim Brown and
the running game could somehow complement the passing game, and vice
versa, at least one time.
Oct. 12
Clemson 63 ... Temple 9
Clemson had few problems rolling for 559 yards of total
offense with James Davis running for three touchdowns in the
first half, including a 64-yard dash in the second quarter, and
closing out with a 55-yard touchdown grab from Jacoby Ford.
Temple opened the scoring with a 27-yard Jake Brownell field
goal and stopped the 63-point Tiger run with a 30-yard Steve
Maneri scoring grab. Clemson DE Gaines Adams came up with a sack
in his fifth straight game.
Player of the
game ...
Clemson RB James
Davi ran nine times for 138 yards and three touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Clemson - Passing: Will Proctor,
8-9, 151 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: James Davis, 9-138, 3 TD Receiving:
Jacoby Ford, 3-67, 1 TD
Temple - Passing: Vaughn Charlton, 13-25,
110 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Tim Brown, 23-121 Receiving: Mike
Holley, 3-37
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ... Temple
wasn't going to have any shot against Clemson, and predictably got its
doors blown off, but there were few decent moments with Tim Brown
running reasonably well once things quieted down. Vaughn Charlton got
thrown to the wolves and wasn't able to breathe under the Tiger
pressure, but the team has to try something; it has to keep throwing him
out there to see if he's the quarterback to provide a bit of a spark.
Oct. 7
Kent State 28 ... Temple 17
Kent State outgained Temple 415 yards to 194, but had to fight
well into the second half to put the game away. Jon Drager ran for two
second half touchdown runs and Najah Pruden caught a 16-yard scoring
pass after Temple held a 10-7 first quarter lead highlighted by a
31-yard Tim Brown touchdown run. The Owls finally got back in the end
zone late with 1:37 to play on a 33-yard pass to Bruce Francis.
Player of the game
... Kent
State RB Jon Drager ran 18 times for 84 yards and two touchdowns.
Stat Leaders: Temple - Passing: Adam DiMichele,
14-26, 144 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Tim Brown, 12-76, 1 TD Receiving: Mike
Holley, 3-18
Kent State - Passing: Julian Edelman, 14-25, 211
yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Jon Drager, 18-84, 2 TD Receiving:
Shawn Bayes, 3-59
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
The offense is showing more and more
signs of life as the weeks go on, and Tim Brown once against showed he
can be a big-play runner when he gets a little bit of room. Kent State
is playing well, so hanging around until late in the second half isn't
bad considering how the season has started. Ten penalties are way too
many, and there has to be better pass protection and better overall play
from the line to avoid getting blasted by 60 against Clemson.
Sept. 30
Vanderbilt 43 ... Temple 14
Vanderbilt got a 43-yard touchdown run from Cassen
Jackson-Garrison on its second play of the game on the way to a 24- 0
lead. Jackson-Garrison ran for a 16-yard score in the second quarter and
Stephen Bright caught two touchdown passes. Temple finally got on the
board with a 78-yard scoring dash from Tim Brown as time ran out in the
first half, and got a ten-yard touchdown catch from Marcus Brown in the
third quarter.
Player of the game ... Vanderbilt RB Cassen
Jackson-Garrison ran 13 times for 142 yards and two touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Vanderbilt - Passing:
Chris Nickson, 9-20, 162, 2 TD
Rushing: Cassen Jackson-Garrison, 13-142, 2 TD. Receiving:
Stephen Bright, 4-92, 2 TD
Temple - Passing: Adam DiMichele, 11-16,
148 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Tim Brown, 31-147, 1 TD Receiving:
Bruce Francis, 4-96
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
It might have been a blowout loss to
Vanderbilt, but at least there were a few positive signs. At least the
offense scored. The defense still isn't close to slowing anyone down,
but the Owls finally put up a few points thanks to a big run from Tim
Brown and a real, live, scoring drive going 80 yards in 14 plays in the
third quarter. The team isn't nearly good enough to beat anyone left on
the schedule, but it's all about taking baby steps to keep improving
week by week.
Sept. 23
Western Michigan 41 ... Temple 7
Western Michigan had few problems thanks to several Temple
mistakes leading to short scoring drives in the second quarter
highlighted by Londen Fryar's of a blocked field goal attempt for a
touchdown as time ran out in the first half. Temple got an 11-yard
touchdown run from Jason Harper off a short field early in the third
quarter, but the Broncos scored 24 unanswered points with two Mark Bonds
scoring runs and a 15-yard touchdown catch from Herb Martin.
Player of the game ...Minnesota
WR Logan Payne had six catches for 136 yards and four first-half
touchdown catches.
Stat Leaders: Temple- Passing: Adam DiMichelle,
8-18, 94 yds, 2 INT
Rushing: Jason Harper, 14-84, 1 TD Receiving: D.
Hamilton, 4-26
Western Michigan - Passing: Ryan Cubit, 15-24, 143
yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Mark Bonds, 15-87, 2 TD Receiving:
J. Simmons, 4-49
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
Temple has to do the little things right first, and then it can start
thinking about producing on offense. Six fumbles, losing one, and three
interceptions didn't give the Owls a chance against Western Michigan.
The pass protection was also terrible, but the biggest problem was the
blocked kick for a touchdown at the end of the first half that killed
any hopes of an upset win. The team has to keep fighting through the
mistakes and hope to start getting some breaks of its own to capitalize
on.
Sept. 16
Minnesota 62 ... Temple 0
Minnesota scored on its first seven possessions for a 45-0
halftime lead. Bryan Cupito threw four touchdown passes with Logan Payne
catching the first three scoring passes of the game. The Gopher running
game got on track with 282 yards and touchdown runs in the first
half from Amir Pinnix and Alex Daniels. The defense had few problems
with an Owl offense that managed seven first downs and 157 yards of
total offense.
Player of the game ...Minnesota
WR Logan Payne had six catches for 136 yards and four first-half
touchdown catches.
Stat Leaders: Temple- Passing: Vaughn Charlton,
13-23, 70 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Jason Harper, 12-50 Receiving: Jason Harper,
4-17
Minnesota - Passing: Bryan Cupito, 8-12, 148 yds, 4
TDs
Rushing: Amir Pinnix, 7-82, 1 TD Receiving: Logan Payne,
6-136, 4 TDs
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
That's two weeks in a row Temple has
lost 62-0 after not even coming close against Minnesota. Nothing is
working on either side of the ball as head coach Al Golden has to still
figure out what he has to work with. At some point against Vanderbilt
next week or Kent State the week after, someone has to grow into a
potential playmaker for the future. Can Vaughn Charlton be that sort of
player at quarterback? It'll be interesting to see how long the coaching
staff goes with Adam DiMichelle.
Sept. 9
Louisville 62 ... Temple 0
Louisville showed no ill effects from a short week or the loss
of Michael Bush rolling up 674 yards of total offense in the easy win.
George Stripling ran for two touchdowns and Mario Urrutia took a short
pass 57 yards for a touchdown on the way to a 42-0 halftime lead that
saw 443 yards of total Cardinal offense. Temple managed 215 yards of
total offense and blew its only scoring shot late in the third quarter
losing a fumble on the UL two.
Player of the game ... Louisville QB Brian Brohm
completed 16 of 29 passes for 307 yards and a touchdown with an
interception.
Stat Leaders: Temple - Passing: Adam
Dimichele, 9-17, 164 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Tim Brown, 13-29. Receiving:
Jamel Harris, 4-27
Louisville - Passing: Brian Brohm, 16-29,
307 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Kolby Smith, 7-87, 1 TD. Receiving: Mario
Urrutia, 5-109, 1 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
As expected, Temple didn't have a
prayer against Louisville, but at least it got a little something going
through the air with QB Adam DiMichele. The offense needs to find holes
for RB Tim Brown to run through and the defense has to start tackling
better. The Owls aren't going to come close against Minnesota's running
game, so the point will be to find something each week it can improve
on. It's hard to find that silver lining in the loss to the Cardinals.
It's going to be a long road to respectability under Al Golden.
Aug. 31
Buffalo 9 ... Temple 3 OT
Buffalo won its first game in the Turner Gill era when RB
James Starks scored on an 18-yard run in overtime. Temple got the ball
first in the extra session and gave it over to the Bulls with a Jesse
Imes interception of Owl QB Adam DiMichele. Buffalo broke the defensive
battle on a 27-yard Taylor Packwood field goal midway through the fourth
quarter, but Temple managed its best drive of the night late in the game
culminating in a 20-yard Danny Murphy field goal with 1:44 to play.
Neither offense did much of anything with Temple only cranking out 183
total yards and UB coming up with 356.
Player of the game ... Buffalo LB Ramon Guzman made 14
tackles, 1 interception and three tackles for loss.
Stat Leaders: Temple - Passing: Adam
DiMichele, 19-24, 103 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Tim Brown, 20-82. Receiving:
Tim Brown, 6-23
Buffalo - Passing: Drew Willy, 13-24, 188
yds
Rushing: James Starks, 14-86, 1 TD. Receiving:
Terrance Breaux, 3-68
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean Basil? ...
The loss to Buffalo showed just how far Temple has to go to be even
close to competitive. The defense was able to come up with some big
stops despite giving up too many yards, but the offense did absolutely
nothing. QB Adam DiMichele has to start stretching the field a little
more and there has to be a few big pass plays. RB Tim Brown is a weapon
who needs more talent around him to take the heat off.
2006
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Reset button pushed.
Last year never happened. In fact, the last 15 years didn't exist.
The program has averaged two wins a year since 1990, which was the
last winning season and the only one in 19 years, bottoming out with
a magnum opus of ineptitude in last season's stunning clunker.
Chalk up 2005 to a perfect convergence of a coaching staff at
the end of its run, a program desperately needing some love after
being unceremoniously dumped by a Big East that would rather have
South Florida and Cincinnati as members, academic issues among
several players, and bad, bad, bad football.
So let's wipe the slate clean. We know the first year of the Al
Golden era has to start out better than the last campaign of Bobby
Wallace when it was outscored by an average of 45.3 to 9.7 per game and was
one of the most inept teams in the history of college football in
every phase possible. How bad was the offense? It scored seven
points or fewer in six games with a high scoring game of 17.
Like all new coaching
staffs and new eras, Golden and his young group comes in bringing a new
energy with big ideas and bigger dreams. Give Golden this; he's not
afraid to take on a challenge. His first goal is the change the mindset
of Temple football taking this city college that has no interest in
football and coming up with something to get excited about before
becoming a full blown member of the MAC.
Greg Schiano tried to turn around Rutgers by saying he could recruit the
talent-rich states and would put together a tough defense. Northwestern
went from the bottom to a competitor with the first wave of the spread
offense. It is possible to turn things around even in the darkest of
places, and step two will be to show that it can be decent
against MAC teams. Step one will simply to be more
competitive and forget about everything that happened in the past. This
is truly a program that's wiping the slate clean.
The
Schedule: It's not awful. There are four don't-even-think-about-it
games against Louisville, at Minnesota, Clemson and at Penn State, but
there's no reason the Owls can't put up a fight against the other eight
teams on the slate. A win at Buffalo to open the season would do wonders
for a team that desperately needs a little bit of confidence. A loss
likely means an 0-5 start before a home game against Kent State that'll
be a must-win with Clemson, at Northern Illinois, and the program's main
demon lately, Bowling Green, coming up.
Best
Offensive Player: Senior OT Elliot Seifert. RB Tim Brown will be the
main focus of the offense early on and WR Bruce Francis should grow into
the team's most dangerous receiver, but the line has the beef and the
potential for the biggest improvement. Center Alex Derenthal is a good
one, guard Tariq Sanders is back from injury, and the 6-7, 300-pound
Seifert should turn out to be the best of the veteran front five.
Best
Defensive Player: Senior S Chris Page. The senior corner will move
to safety now that top tackler Garrett Schultz is no longer with the
team. Page has the speed, but he's only 5-10 and 175 pounds and needs to
prove he can be a big hitter.
Key player
to a successful season: Quarterbacks Colin Clancy,
Shane Kelly, and/or Jarrett Dunston. The three are young and relatively
inexperienced, so there's time to mold them into what the coaching staff
wants. In a perfect world, one steps up and becomes the starter to build
the offense around learning the ins and outs of the offense this year
before hitting the ground running when 2007 rolls around.
The season
will be a success if ...
Temple wins
three games and plays better against the big boys. It'll take a major
upset or three to pull this off considering the overall talent level
isn't quite up to par, but there's no reason the team can hang around
with Buffalo, Kent State, Western Michigan or Central Michigan. A
measure of success would also be not getting bombed by teams like
Bowling Green and Northern Illinois.
Key game:
August 31st at Buffalo. While beating the Bulls wouldn't make much
of a blip on the national scale, it would break the 12-game losing
streak and end all speculation about when the next win might come. The
team needs to learn how to win and nothing would end memories of last
year faster than getting out of the gate with a victory.
2005 Fun
Stats:
- First quarter scoring: Opponents 135 - Temple 27
- Touchdowns passes: Opponents 29 - Temple 4
- Punts: Temple 76 for 2,742 yards - Opponents 25 for 987 yards
The Last Time Temple…
…played in a bowl game…1979 (Garden State Bowl vs. Cal)
…missed a bowl game…2005
…pitched a shutout…1992 (Boston University)
…was shutout…2005 (Wisconsin)
…scored 50 points…2001 (UConn)
…went undefeated…1907
…won a conference title…1967 (Middle Atlantic)
…had a 3,000-yard passer…never
…had a 1,000-yard rusher…2002 (Tanardo Sharps)
…had a 1,000-yard receiver…never
…had a first-round draft choice…1987 (RB Paul Palmer)
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