2001 Temple Owls football team

2001 Temple Owls football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record4–7 (2–5 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Stowers (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRaymond Monica (4th season)
Home stadiumVeterans Stadium
Franklin Field
2001 Big East Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Miami (FL) $#   7 0     12 0  
No. 14 Syracuse   6 1     10 3  
No. 18 Virginia Tech   4 3     8 4  
No. 21 Boston College   4 3     8 4  
Pittsburgh   4 3     7 5  
Temple   2 5     4 7  
West Virginia   1 6     3 8  
Rutgers   0 7     2 9  
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Wallace, the Owls compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Big East. Temple played home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 307:00 pmNavy*W 45–2626,191
September 84:00 pmToledo*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–3319,751
September 226:00 pmat Bowling Green*L 23–4211,029
October 63:30 pmat Boston CollegeESPN PlusL 10–3338,724
October 134:00 pmRutgers
ESPN PlusW 30–519,861
October 201:30 pmat SyracuseL 3–4542,115
October 2712:00 pmPittsburgh
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–3312,859
November 312:00 pmat No. 1 Miami (FL)ESPN PlusL 0–3831,128
November 1012:00 pmNo. 23 Virginia Tech
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–3521,915
November 171:00 pmat West VirginiaW 17–1437,120
November 2412:00 pmConnecticut*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 56–710,060[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2001 Temple Owls football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 12 Ikey Chuku So
WR 22 Donnie Coleman So
WR 27 Zamir Abdul-Hakim Cobb Jr
WR 3 Mac DeVito Sr
WR 2 Sean Dillard Jr
QB 10 Mike Frost Sr
FB 25 Jason McKie Sr
OT 79 Dave Yovanovits Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 89 Raheem Brock Sr
DT 73 Dan Klecko Jr
DT 72 David Terry Jr
DT 90 Dominique Veney Jr
FS 9 Jamal Wallace Jr
LB 23 Brian West Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ "Owls finish season with rout of Connecticut". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 2001. Retrieved August 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2001 Final Statistics" (PDF). Temple University Department of Athletics. August 19, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2015.