1975 Temple Owls football team

1975 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumVeterans Stadium, Franklin Field
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Penn State   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 West Virginia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 3 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   8 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   7 – 4 – 0
Memphis State   –   7 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   7 – 4 – 0
North Texas State   –   7 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   7 – 4 – 0
South Carolina   –   7 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cincinnati   –   6 – 5 – 0
Hawaii   –   6 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 5 – 0
Utah State   –   6 – 5 – 0
Dayton   –   5 – 6 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   4 – 6 – 1
Tulane   –   4 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 7 – 0
Florida State   –   3 – 8 – 0
Air Force   –   2 – 8 – 1
Houston   –   2 – 8 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   2 – 8 – 0
Army   –   2 – 9 – 0
Marshall   –   2 – 9 – 0
Southern Illinois   –   1 – 9 – 1
Holy Cross   –   1 – 10 – 0
Louisville   –   1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 1975 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the first game of the season, Temple nearly upset sixth-ranked Penn State, but lost 25-26.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6No. 6 Penn State
L 25–2657,112[2]
September 13at West Virginia
L 7–5032,271[3]
September 20Boston College
L 9–2710,986[4]
October 4Cincinnati
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–1710,164[5]
October 11Pittsburgh
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–5510,791[6]
October 18at Akron
L 23–248,236[7]
October 25at No. 14 (D-II) Delaware
W 45–022,062[8]
November 1at Dayton
W 23–108,700[9]
November 8Rhode Island
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 45–611,491[10][11]
November 22Drake
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 44–75,837[12]
November 27Villanova
W 41–36,294[13]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14]

Roster

1975 Temple Owls football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 72 Joe Klecko Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Penn State Tops Temple, 26-25". NYTimes.com. September 7, 1975. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "State escapes with life, 26 to 25". The Patriot-News. September 7, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Owens sparks West Virginia's romp". Sunday Call-Chronicle. September 14, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Boston College 27, Temple 9". Sentinel Star (Orlando). September 21, 1975. p. 4E – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Temple edges U of Cincy". Dayton Daily News. October 5, 1975. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Panthers explode, 55–6". The Pittsburgh Press. October 12, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Last-gasp win for Zips". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 19, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Finocchiaro, Ray (October 26, 1975). "Temple Crushes Blue Hens 45-0". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Temple stops Dayton". The News Journal. November 2, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Chuck Newman (November 9, 1975). "Temple Outclasses RI, 45-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1E, 12E – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Rhode Island)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  12. ^ "44–7 rout of Drake by Temple". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. November 23, 1975. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Owls wallop Wildcats 41 to 3". Press of Atlantic City. November 28, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1975 Temple Owls Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
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