The 2009 Temple Owls

Temple Owls

Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a very long-running athletic program. The school's sports teams are called the Owls, originating from the university's early days as a night school. The current athletic director is Bill Bradshaw....

 football team

Temple Owls football

The Temple Owls football team participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference...

represented Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 in the college 2009 football season

2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...

. They competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Temple competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference

Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...

 (MAC) East Division. The team was coached by Al Golden and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field

Lincoln Financial Field

Lincoln Financial Field is the home stadium of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. It has a seating capacity of 68,532 . It is located in South Philadelphia on Pattison Avenue between 11th and 10th streets, also aside I-95 as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex...

.

The Owls finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in conference play to be co–champions of the MAC East Division and were invited to the EagleBank Bowl

2009 EagleBank Bowl

The 2009 EagleBank Bowl was a college football bowl game. It marked the second edition of the EagleBank Bowl, played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The game, in which UCLA of the Pacific-10 Conference defeated Temple of the Mid-American Conference 30–21, started at 4:30 PM US EST on Tuesday,...

 where they lost to UCLA

2009 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2009 UCLA Bruins football team , under second year head coach Rick Neuheisel, opened the season at the Rose Bowl on September 5 against San Diego State. One scheduling change was that the last game of the season against USC was moved from the "Championship Saturday" weekend of December...

 30–21. This was the Owls first bowl game since the Garden State Bowl

Garden State Bowl

The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978 to 1981...

 in 1979.

Recruiting

Schedule

Roster

As of 2009-08-21
Wide Receivers Ryan Alderman - Freshman 8 Nyles Bynum - Junior 10 Delano Green - Junior 13 Josh Hutchison - Junior 15 Dy'Onne Crudup - Senior 18 Jason Harper - Senior 19 Deione Sydnor-Robinson - Sophomore 22 Matt Brown - Freshman 23 James Nixon - Sophomore 39 Matt Brookhart - Freshman 80 C.J. Hammond - Freshman 81 Deven Baker - Freshman 84 Michael Campbell - Junior 85 Vaughn Carraway - Freshman Offensive Line David Kim - Freshman 59 Jerry Barlow - Junior 50 Jeff Whittingham - Freshman 57 Marcus Brown - Junior 60 Ryan Skotnicki - Freshman 61 Sean Pearson - Freshman 62 Steve Ciocci - Freshman 63 Derek Dennis - Junior 66 Darryl Pringle - Freshman 67 Matt Paul - Freshman 68 Jeremy Schonbrunner - Sophomore 69 Wayne Tribue - Sophomore 70 Colin Madison - Junior 71 Darius Morris - Junior 72 Cody Bohler - Freshman 73 Devin Tyler - Senior 74 Evan Regas - Freshman 75 Simon Ogunleye - Freshman 76 Steve Caputo - Sophomore 77 John Palumbo - Sophomore 78 Sean Boyle - Sophomore 79 Pat Boyle - Sophomore Tight Ends Cody Booth - Freshman Robert Feeley - Junior Richard Fricke - Freshman 44 Lawrence Turner - Freshman 83 Chris Parthemore - Freshman 86 Steve Maneri - Senior 87 Anthony Pekarski - Junior 88 Evan Rodriguez - Sophomore 89 Matt Balasavage - Sophomore 98 Alex Jackson - Freshman		Quarterbacks Matt Falcone - Freshman 7 Chester Stewart - Sophomore 11 Chris Coyer - Freshman 12 Vaughn Charlton - Junior 13 Bryan Morris - Freshman 14 Mike Gerardi - Sophomore Running Backs 3 Lamar McPherson - Senior 20 Kee-ayre Griffin - Sophomore 24 Ahkeem Smith - Sophomore 26 Joe Jones - Sophomore 30 Bernard Pierce - Freshman Fullbacks 48 Zack Collins - Freshman Defensive Line 2 Andre Neblett - Senior 43 Adrian Robinson, Jr. - Sophomore 45 Morris Blueford, Jr. - Sophomore 52 Brian Sanford - Senior 65 Dave Nwasike - Junior 72 Grigory Frenk - Junior 90 Cameron Wise - Freshman 91 Elisha Joseph - Junior 92 Shahid Paulhill - Freshman 93 Kamal Johnson - Freshman 94 Kadeem Custis - Freshman 95 Morkeith Brown - Sophomore 96 Muhammad Wilkerson Muhammad Wilkerson Muhammad Wilkerson is an American football defensive end for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jets in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Temple.-Early years:...  - Sophomore 97 Geoffrey Prather - Freshman 99 Levi Brown - Freshman		Linebackers Vince Tuzze - Freshman 4 Alex Joseph - Senior 31 Tahir Whitehead - Sophomore 32 Quinten White, Jr. - Sophomore 33 Blaze Caponegro - Freshman 34 Zach Kane - Freshman 36 Gary Onuekwusi - Freshman 40 Jordan Martin - Junior 41 Marcus Green - Freshman 46 John Haley - Senior 51 James Namude - Senior 53 Stephen Johnson - Sophomore 54 Dan Van Norton - Freshman 56 Amara Kamara - Junior 58 Elijah Joseph - Junior Defensive Backs 1 Wilbert Brinson, Jr. - Senior 5 Jaiquawn Jarrett - Junior 6 Dominique Harris - Senior 9 Anthony Ferla - Junior 14 Ricky Ueberroth - Senior 16 Maurice Jones - Freshman 17 Marlin Terrell - Sophomore 21 Jared Williams - Sophomore 24 Mina Gould - Freshman 25 Deonte Parker - Junior 28 Marquise Liverpool - Junior 29 Justin Gildea - Freshman 35 Kwame Johnson - Freshman 37 Kevin Kroboth - Sophomore 39 Aaron Haas - Freshman 42 Byron Parker - Freshman 48 Matt Duncan - Freshman Punters 47 Jake Brownell - Senior 49 Jeff Wathne - Junior Kickers 19 Brandon McManus - Freshman 90 Ryan Novak - Junior
† Starter at position     * Injured; will not play in 2009.

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at school
Al Golden	Head Coach Special Teams Coordinator	4th
Mark D'Onofrio	Assistant Head Coach Defensive Coordinator	4th
Matt Rhule	Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Coach	4th
Jared Backus	Linebackers Coach	3rd
Andrew Dees	Offensive Line Coach	4th
Ed Foley	Tight Ends Coach Assistant Offensive Line Coach Recruiting Coordinator	2nd
Tyree Foreman	Running Backs Coach	3rd
Kevin Gilbride	Wide Receivers Coach	3rd
Randy Melvin	Defensive Line Coach	1st
Paul Williams	Defensive Backs Coach	4th

Villanova

Temple blew a 10-point lead over the Wildcats to ultimately lose 27-24 to the Villanova Wildcats to open the year on a sour note. This game was similar to many games last year where Temple would have a lead but be unable to finish off an opponent, such as the overtime loss to Navy and the Hail Mary loss to Buffalo last year. After a scoreless first quarter, Temple got a 10-0 halftime lead, then made it a 17-7 lead midway through the third after each scored, and Villanova scored to make it 17-14, but Temple would score again early in the 4th quarter to make it 24-14, but Villanova would shut out the Owls the rest of the way, making it 24-17 on a field goal soon after, late in the game Villanova tied it up, and just as Temple was about to go for the win, a turnover led to a Villanova field goal that gave them their first win of the year and put Temple at 0-1 to start the new year. It was also Villanova's first win against a I-A opponent since 2003, ironically it Temple. Villanova leads the series.

Penn State

Temple hadn't beaten Penn State since 1941, and that nearly 70 year losing streak remained intact, but the Owls kept themselves in the game early with a field goal and successful onside kick. Afterwards, the momentum they had gained was quickly lost as Penn State made it 21-3 at halftime and 24-6 after three. Penn State put the game out of reach with a touchdown run by Stephon Green. Soon afterwards, Penn State put their backups in, but were unable to score any more points. With the 6-31 loss, this now makes four straight games that the Owls have failed to score at least a touchdown on Penn State.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• 07:35 PSU Shuler
  Mickey Shuler, Jr.
  Mickey Charles Shuler, Jr. is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He is the son of former New York Jets All-Pro tight end, Mickey Shuler.-Early years:...
  
   1 yard pass from Clark
  Daryll Clark
  Daryll Lawrence Clark is a football quarterback who is currently a member of the Chicago Rush. He was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League as an free agent in 2010. He played collegiately for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He is the Nittany Lions' all-time leader in...
  
   (Wagner kick) 0-7 PSU
• 00:00 TEM McManus 25 yard field goal 3-7 PSU

2nd Quarter

• 05:46 PSU Royster
  Evan Royster
  Evan Mathias Royster is an American football running back for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football for Penn State. Royster was a three year starter and is the all-time leading rusher for the Nittany Lions...
  
   7 yard run (Wagner kick) 3-14 PSU
• 01:03 PSU Moye
  Derek Moye
  Derek Moye is an American football wide receiver, currently playing college football for Penn State.-Early years:...
  
   4 yard pass from Clark (Wagner kick) 3-21 PSU

3rd Quarter

• 12:06 TEM McManus 35 yard field goal 6-21 PSU
• 06:23 PSU Wagner 27 yard field goal 6-24 PSU

4th Quarter

• 11:25 Green
  Stephfon Green
  Stephfon P. Green is an American football running back, currently playing college football for Penn State University.-Early years:...
  
   3 yard run (Wagner kick) 6-31 PSU

Buffalo

With the huge blowout win over Buffalo, Temple was able to get revenge for the previous two years, including a last second loss on a Hail Mary and a blowout loss the year before. This also gave Temple their first win of the year.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• 6:02 TEMPLE McManus 35 yard field goal 0-3 TEMPLE

2nd Quarter

• 12:38 UB Principe 36 yard field goal 3-3
• 10:14 UB Principe 32 yard field goal 6-3 UB
• 10:01 TEMPLE Nixon
  James Nixon
  James Nixon , is a Scottish rugby league player for Barrow in the Co-operative Championship. He plays on the wing. He is a current Scotland international.-External links:*...
  
   92 yard kickoff return (McManus kick) 6-10 TEMPLE
• 2:59 TEMPLE McManus 22 yard field goal 6-13 TEMPLE
• 0:07 TEMPLE Joseph 95 yard interception return (McManus kick) 6-20 TEMPLE

3rd Quarter

• 11:34 TEMPLE Rodriguez 5 yard pass from Charlton (McManus kick) 6-27 TEMPLE
• 8:17 TEMPLE McManus 33 yard field goal 6-30 TEMPLE

4th Quarter

• 11:56 UB Rivers
  Marcus Rivers
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   6 yard pass from Maynard (Principe kick) 13-30 TEMPLE
• 9:23 TEMPLE Pierce
  Bernard Pierce
  Bernard Pierce is an American football running back with the Temple Owls football team.-2009:In 2009, Pierce won the Mid-American Conference freshman of the year award after rushing for 1,361 yards and 16 touchdowns.-2010:...
  
   18 yard run (McManus kick) 13-37 TEMPLE

Eastern Michigan

With the 24-6 win over Eastern Michigan, the Owls were now .500 and undefeated in the MAC.

Ball State

Despite going 12-2 last year and being ranked as high as #12, the Ball State Cardinals remained winless this year after giving Temple a game that appeared closer than it really was. Temple took a 10-0 lead, but fell behind 13-10, but soon retook the lead and would hold on for the 24-19 win, giving up a meaningless touchdown on the game's final play to make the game look like a nailbiter. Temple also was 3-0 in the MAC and 3-2 overall with the win.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• 07:12 TEMPLE McManus 27 yard field goal 0-3 TEMPLE
• 04:47 TEMPLE Nixon
  James Nixon
  James Nixon , is a Scottish rugby league player for Barrow in the Co-operative Championship. He plays on the wing. He is a current Scotland international.-External links:*...
  
   28 yard pass from Charlton (McManus kick) 0-10 TEMPLE

3rd Quarter

• 10:59 BSU Gibson 50 yard pass from Page (McGarvey kick) 7-10 TEMPLE
• 08:47 BSU Williams 0 yard fumble recovery (McGarvey kick failed) 13-10 BSU
• 04:48 TEMPLE Pierce
  Bernard Pierce
  Bernard Pierce is an American football running back with the Temple Owls football team.-2009:In 2009, Pierce won the Mid-American Conference freshman of the year award after rushing for 1,361 yards and 16 touchdowns.-2010:...
  
   2 yard run (McManus kick) 13-17 TEMPLE

4th Quarter

• 03:29 TEMPLE Pierce 3 yard run (McManus kick) 13-24 TEMPLE
• 00:00 BSU Ifft 2 yard pass from Page 19-24 TEMPLE

Army

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 10:43 Bernard Pierce 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 0-7

2nd Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 13:17 Jason Harper 37 Yd Pass From Vaughn Charlton (Pat Failed) 0-13
• ARMY FG 02:11 Alex Carlton 24 Yd 3-13

3rd Quarter

• ARMY FG 07:50 Alex Carlton 23 Yd 6-13
• ARMY TD 04:06 Ali Villanueva 4 Yd Pass From Trent Steelman (Alex Carlton Kick) 13-13

4th Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 07:25 Steve Maneri 6 Yd Pass From Vaughn Charlton (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 13-20
• TEMPLE TD 05:26 Kee-ayre Griffin 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 13-27

Toledo

Temple defeated a favored Toledo team 40-24 in the Glass Bowl. Like Temple, Toledo had improved greatly from last year.

Navy

With this win, Temple became bowl eligible.
Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• NAVY FG 03:11 Joe Buckley 30 Yd 0-3

2nd Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 11:11 Bernard Pierce 68 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 7-3
• NAVY TD 01:55 David Wright 3 Yd Punt Return (Joe Buckley Kick) 7-10
• TEMPLE TD 01:41 James Nixon 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 14-10

3rd Quarter

• TEMPLE FG 12:08 Brandon McManus 45 Yd 17-10
• NAVY TD 07:54 Vince Murray 5 Yd Run (Joe Buckley Kick) 17-17

4th Quarter

• NAVY TD 14:55 Kriss Proctor 2 Yd Run (Joe Buckley Kick) 17-24
• TEMPLE FG 12:02 Brandon McManus 21 Yd 20-24
• TEMPLE TD 02:41 Bernard Pierce 41 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 27-24

Miami (OH)

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• 11:20 TEMPLE Bernard Pierce 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 0-7
• 07:57 MIAMI (OH) Trevor Cook 20 Yd 3-7
• 01:50 TEMPLE Vaughn Charlton 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 3-14

2nd Quarter

• 05:21 TEMPLE Bernard Pierce 7 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 3-21
• 03:41 MIAMI (OH) Armand Robinson 11 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Trevor Cook Kick) 10-21
• 00:11 MIAMI (OH) Trevor Cook 26 Yd 13-21

3rd Quarter

• 09:17 TEMPLE Brandon McManus 42 Yd 13-24
• 02:37 TEMPLE Bernard Pierce 14 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 13-31

4th Quarter

• 13:35 MIAMI (OH) Steve Marck 24 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Trevor Cook Kick) 20-31
• 08:52 MIAMI (OH) Armand Robinson 14 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) 26-31
• 02:36 MIAMI (OH) Thomas Merriweather 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) 32-31
• 00:03 TEMPLE Brandon McManus 18 Yd 32-34

Akron

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 12:34 Michael Campbell 63 Yd Pass From Chester Stewart (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 7-0
• AKRON TD 09:30 Andre Jones 9 Yd Pass From Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic Kick) 7-7
• AKRON FG 05:00 Branko Rogovic 45 Yd 7-10
• AKRON TD 03:06 Sean Fobbs Recovered Fumble In End Zone (Branko Rogovic Kick) 7-17
• TEMPLE TD 00:10 James Nixon 22 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 14-17

2nd Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 06:15 Delano Green 66 Yd Punt Return (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 21-17
• TEMPLE TD 01:06 Chester Stewart 8 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 28-17
• TEMPLE TD 00:31 Bernard Pierce 2 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 35-17

3rd Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 09:37 Joe Jones 24 Yd Pass From Chester Stewart (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 42-17

4th Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 14:30 Chester Stewart 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 49-17
• TEMPLE TD 11:31 Matt Brown 5 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 56-17

Kent State

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• KSU FG 08:58 Freddy Cortez 21 Yd 3-0

2nd Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 11:12 Evan Rodriguez 10 Yd Pass From Kevin Armstrong (Pat Blocked) 3-6
• KSU TD 04:48 Kendrick Pressley 6 Yd Pass From Spencer Keith (Freddy Cortez Kick) 10-6
• TEMPLE FG 00:17 Brandon McManus 24 Yd 10-9

3rd Quarter

• TEMPLE FG 10:41 Brandon McManus 28 Yd 10-12
• TEMPLE TD 09:00 Matt Brown 71 Yd Run (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-19
• TEMPLE TD 06:55 Kee-ayre Griffin 36 Yd Interception Return (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-26
• TEMPLE TD 01:38 Matt Brown 1 Yd Run (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-33

4th Quarter

• TEMPLE TD 13:56 Delano Green 52 Yd Punt Return (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-40
• TEMPLE TD 09:08 Delano Green 50 Yd Run (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-47
• KSU FG 04:22 Freddy Cortez 46 Yd 13-47

Ohio

Ohio defeated Temple, and by virtue of a tie-breaker, advanced to the MAC Championship Game. Temple still won a share of the MAC East Division.

EagleBank Bowl

The UCLA Bruins

2009 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2009 UCLA Bruins football team , under second year head coach Rick Neuheisel, opened the season at the Rose Bowl on September 5 against San Diego State. One scheduling change was that the last game of the season against USC was moved from the "Championship Saturday" weekend of December...

 (6-6) played the Temple Owls (9-3) at the 2009 EagleBank Bowl

2009 EagleBank Bowl

The 2009 EagleBank Bowl was a college football bowl game. It marked the second edition of the EagleBank Bowl, played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The game, in which UCLA of the Pacific-10 Conference defeated Temple of the Mid-American Conference 30–21, started at 4:30 PM US EST on Tuesday,...

 at RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. The bowl game was scheduled to start at 4:30 PM US EST on Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Temple was playing in its first bowl game since the 1979 Garden State Bowl

Garden State Bowl

The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978 to 1981...

and made only its third bowl appearance in school history. After a dominant first half, UCLA staged a second half rally, and defeated the Owls 30-21.

UCLA