2013 Temple Owls football team


The 2013 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by first-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Previous season

They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in Big East Conference play to finish in a tie for sixth place. This was their first year back in the Big East after being forced out of the conference in 2004.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Notre Dame

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting

Houston

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–21989HOU, 65–7

Fordham

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–41953FORD, 28–0

at Idaho

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting

Louisville

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–32012LOUIS, 45–17

at Cincinnati

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–5–12012CINCI, 34–10

Army

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–42012TEMP, 63–32

at SMU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–0–21946TIE, 7–7

This game was the first in the series that ended with an actual winner. With the loss, Temple fell to 1-7.

at Rutgers

Overall recordLast meetingResult
15–202012RUTG, 35–10

UCF

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting

UConn

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–42012TEMP, 17–14

at Memphis

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting