1996 Temple Owls football team

1996 Temple Owls football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record1–10 (0–7 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNick Gasparsto (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorDale Strahm (3rd season)
Home stadiumVeterans Stadium
1996 Big East Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Virginia Tech +   6 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 14 Miami (FL) +   6 – 1     9 – 3  
No. 21 Syracuse +   6 – 1     9 – 3  
West Virginia   4 – 3     8 – 4  
Pittsburgh   3 – 4     4 – 7  
Boston College   2 – 5     5 – 7  
Rutgers   1 – 6     2 – 9  
  0 – 7     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ron Dickerson, the Owls compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Big East. Temple played home games at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31at Eastern Michigan*
W 28–24
September 7Washington State*
L 34–3810,169
September 14at Bowling Green*
L 16–20
September 2112:00 p.m.vs. No. 5 Penn State*
L 0–4124,847
October 5at Pittsburgh
L 52–5330,054
October 121:00 p.m.at Virginia Tech
L 0–3844,208[1]
October 191:30 p.m.No. 15 West Virginia
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 10–3012,546[2]
October 26at Rutgers
L 17–28
November 212:00 p.m.No. 22 Miami (FL)
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 26–578,608
November 16at Boston College
L 20–21
November 2312:00 p.m.No. 16 Syracuse
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 15–364,312
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1996 Temple Owls football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 16 Randy Canzater WR 6-0 187 FR Columbia, SC
Pos. # Name Class
FB 44 Jason Alisauckas So
QB 5 Charles Andrews Fr
QB 14 Henry Burris Sr
C 60 Kevin Carozza Sr
FB 2 Frank Carter Sr
WR 80 Kenyatta Carter So
OT 69 Roger Chanione Sr
TE 84 Justin Collins So
Defense 28 Gregg Ascolese LB 6-0 226 SO North Bergen, NJ 55 Mario Ayala NT 6-2 268 SO Glassboro, NJ 7 Steve Simpkins DE 6-5 240 JR Trenton, NJ 56 Michael Tripp DE 6-3 253 SO
Pos. # Name Class
CB 31 Lamond Adams So
SS 42 Kobie Barnett So
LB 94 Alshermond Singleton Sr
DE 36 Tim Terry Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ "Tech trounces Temple". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 13, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Only victory Temple finds in moral". Courier-Post. October 20, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1996 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
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