2013 Temple Owls football team

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2013 American Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 UCF $		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 15 Louisville		7	–	1					12	–	1
Cincinnati		6	–	2					9	–	4
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rutgers		3	–	5					6	–	7
UConn		3	–	5					3	–	9
South Florida		2	–	6					2	–	10
Memphis		1	–	7					3	–	9
Temple		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Temple Owls football team represents Temple University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls are led by first year head coach Matt Rhule and plays their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They are members of the American Athletic Conference.

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 (the Big East would be renamed the American Athletic Conference in 2013).

Schedule

August 313:30 PMat No. 14 Notre Dame*

• Notre Dame Stadium
• Notre Dame, IN

NBCL 6–28 80,795 September 712:00 PMHouston

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

AACNL 13–22 27,328 September 141:00 PMFordham*

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

ESPN3L 29–30 20,047 September 285:00 PMat Idaho*

• Kibbie Dome
• Moscow, ID

ALTL 24–26 15,323 October 512:00 PMNo. 7 Louisville

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

AACNL 7–30   October 118:30 PMat Cincinnati

• Nippert Stadium
• Cincinnati, OH

ESPN/ESPN2   October 19Army*

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

  October 26at SMU

• Gerald J. Ford Stadium
• University Park, TX

  November 212:00 PMat Rutgers

• High Point Solutions Stadium
• Piscataway, NJ

AACN   November 16UCF

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

  November 23Connecticut

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

  November 304:30 PMat Memphis

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

 

Game summeries

at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	6	0	0	6
#14 Fighting Irish	14	7	7	0	28

See also: 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	6	6	7	22
Owls	6	7	0	0	13

See also: 2013 Houston Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1989	HOU, 65–7

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	10	7	10	30
Owls	0	7	7	15	29

See also: 2013 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	1953	FORD, 28–0

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	3	0	7	14	24
Vandals	7	10	3	6	26

See also: 2013 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Cardinals					0
Owls					0

See also: 2013 Louisville Cardinals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2012	LOUIS, 45–17

at Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Bearcats					0

See also: 2013 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–5–1	2012	CINCI, 34–10

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights					0
Owls					0

See also: 2013 Army Black Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–4	2012	TEMP, 63–32

at SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2013 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–0–2	1946	TIE, 7–7

at Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Scarlet Knights					0

See also: 2013 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–20	2012	RUTG, 35–10

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Knights					0
Owls					0

See also: 2013 UCF Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies					0
Owls					0

See also: 2013 Connecticut Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4	2012	TEMP, 17–14

at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Tigers					0

See also: 2013 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting