Temple — American Athletic
HC
K.C. Keeler · Lincoln Financial Field · Philadelphia, PA · 69,879 cap
PPA off / def
0.18 / 0.26
2025
Class rank
#68
class of 2026
Returning PPA
37%
returning production
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | vs Rhode Island | leads 6–0 · W6 | Lincoln Financial Field |
| wk2 | vs Penn State | Penn State leads 39–4–1 | Lincoln Financial Field |
| wk3 | at Toledo | Toledo leads 7–3 · L2 | Glass Bowl |
| wk4 | vs Army | Army leads 8–7 · L4 | Lincoln Financial Field |
| wk5 | at South Florida | leads 6–4 | Raymond James Stadium |
| wk6 | vs UConn | leads 10–6 | Lincoln Financial Field |
| wk7 | vs Charlotte | leads 3–0 · W3 | Lincoln Financial Field |
| wk9 | at East Carolina | East Carolina leads 12–10 · L5 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium |
| wk10 | at Navy | Navy leads 11–9 · L2 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| wk11 | vs UAB | UAB leads 1–0 | Lincoln Financial Field |
| wk12 | vs Rice | | Lincoln Financial Field |
| wk13 | at Memphis | Memphis leads 5–4 · L2 | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium |
2025 results (5–7)
Statistical comps — 2025 Temple's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (23 in / 25 out)
| Outgoing |
|---|
| Sekou Kromah | DL | → uncommitted |
| Terrez Worthy | RB | → Maryland |
| Sultan Badmus | EDGE | → Arkansas State |
| Khalil Poteat | DL | → uncommitted |
| Ken Meir | IOL | → New Mexico |
| Xavier Irvin | WR | → uncommitted |
| Lucas Possenti | IOL | → Arkansas |
| Zavien Bryant | S | → uncommitted |
| + 17 more |
Origins
Warner finished his career here and took Temple to the first Sugar Bowl in 1935. Bill Cosby's alma mater has since been defined by Matt Rhule's 2016 conference title and long stretches of nothing.
Founded 1884 · Russell Conwell's night school for working Philadelphians · first football 1894 · defined by Pop Warner
All-time record
All-time
355–481–27
1927–2025
Win %
42.7%
91 seasons played
Winning seasons
33
36% of seasons
By level: FBS 350–465–27 (1927–2025) · ii/iii 1–5 (1954–1955) · D-II 4–11 (1962–1970)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1979 | 10 | 2 | FBS Independents |
| 2016 | 10 | 4 | American Athletic |
| 2015 | 10 | 4 | American Athletic |
| 1973 | 9 | 1 | FBS Independents |
| 2011 | 9 | 4 | Mid-American |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1927 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 264 | 59% |
48% | 50 of 136 | 6.4 | 15% |
| 2nd down | 196 | 54% |
43% | 81 of 136 | 5.4 | 12% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 27 | 63% |
56% | — | 3.7 | 7% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 39 | 10% |
33% | — | 4.8 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 54 | 15% |
26% | — | 5.1 | 9% |
| 4th down | 15 | 60% |
73% | — | 2.7 | 0% |
137 drives · 30% ended in points · 6.6 plays and 34.9 yards per drive · 0.94 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 2 | Howard |
Hunter Smith run for 65 yds for a TD (Lucas Glassburn KICK) |
65 | 6.45 |
| 9 | Tulsa |
(05:20) Shotgun #29 H.Smith rush left for 72 yards gain to the Tulsa03 (#21 S.Smith; #7 E.… |
72 | 4.61 |
| 2 | Howard |
Evan Simon pass complete to Xavier Irvin for 46 yds to the HOW 10 for a 1ST down |
46 | 4.12 |
| 14 | North Texas |
(07:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 E.Simon pass complete deep middle to #17 J.Bermudez caught at… |
34 | 3.88 |
| 7 | Navy |
Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 46 yds to the NAVY 22 for a 1ST down |
46 | 3.82 |
| 10 | East Carolina |
(10:44) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 G.McCoy pass complete deep left to #17 J.Bermudez caught at … |
34 | 3.79 |
| 1 | Massachusetts |
Jay Ducker run for 55 yds to the MASS 44 for a 1ST down |
55 | 3.58 |
| 6 | UTSA |
Evan Simon pass complete to Peter Clarke for 36 yds to the UTSA 37 for a 1ST down |
36 | 3.48 |