1996 Temple Owls football team

1996 Big East Conference football standings
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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
Temple	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31		at Eastern Michigan*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	W 28–24
September 7		Washington State*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 34–38	10,169
September 14		at Bowling Green*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	L 16–20
September 21	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Penn State*	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ	L 0–41	24,847
October 5		at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 52–53	30,054
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–38	44,208	^[1]
October 19	1:30 p.m.	No. 15 West Virginia	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 10–30	12,546	^[2]
October 26		at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 17–28
November 2	12:00 p.m.	No. 22 Miami (FL)	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 26–57	8,608
November 16		at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 20–21
November 23	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 Syracuse	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 15–36	4,312
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

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