2016 Temple Owls football team


The 2016 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by fourth-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference.
On December 6, Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor. Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Army

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–42014TEM, 33–14

Stony Brook

at Penn State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–39–12015TEM, 27–10

Charlotte

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02015TEM, 37–3

SMU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–1–22015TEM, 60–40

at Memphis

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–12015TEM, 31–12

at UCF

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–22015TEM, 30–16

South Florida

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–12015USF, 44–23

Cincinnati

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–7–12015TEM, 34–26

at UConn

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–52015TEM, 27–3

at Tulane

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–12015TEM, 49–10

East Carolina

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–82015TEM, 24–14

at Navy–American Athletic Championship Game

The Owls dominated a Navy Midshipmen football offense that was ranked in the top 20 in the country, coming off a 75-point victory the week before to win the first major conference title in Temple history. Temple sent one of its largest away crowds ever, with nearly half the fans in attendance supporting the Owls. Temple was ranked in all three major polls following the game and were invited to the Military Bowl vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons football on December 27, 2016.
Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–62014NAVY, 31–24

Wake Forest–Military Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01930TEM, 36–0

Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

Dion Dawkins, OT
Haason Reddick, DL
Jahad Thomas, RB
Praise Martin-Oguike, DL
Avery Williams, LB
Sean Chandler, S
Aaron Boumerhi, K
Colin Thompson, TE
Stephaun Marshall, LB

Rankings

NFL Players

NFL Draft Combine

Four Temple players were invited to participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.
#NamePOSHTWTArmsHands40Bench PressVert JumpBroad Jump3 Cone Drill20-yd ShuttleRef
#5Jahad ThomasRB5-10190 lbs30 1/894.621132.0 in116.0
#7Haason ReddickLB6-1237 lbs32 3/410 1/84.52†2436.5 in†133.0 in†7.014.37
#15Nate HairstonCB6-0196 lbs319 1/24.521435.5 in118.0 in
#66Dion DawkinsOL6-4314 lbs359 7/85.112626.0 in106.0 in7.30†4.78

† Top performer

2017 NFL Draft

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.
#PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Club
#7Haason Reddick113LinebackerArizona Cardinals
#66Dion Dawkins263Offensive linemanBuffalo Bills
#15Nate Hairston5158CornerbackIndianapolis Colts

Undrafted Free Agents

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.
#NamePOSHTWTNFL ClubRef
#2Avery WilliamsLB5-10224 lbsHouston Texans
#5Jahad ThomasRB5-10188 lbsDallas Cowboys
#8Phillip WalkerQB5-11205 lbsIndianapolis Colts
#11Romond DeloatchTE6-4245 lbsNew York Giants
#50Praise Martin-OguikeDL6-1255 lbsMiami Dolphins
#86Colin ThompsonTE6-4255 lbsNew York Giants