2018 Temple Owls football team


The 2018 Temple Owls football team represents Temple University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Geoff Collins during the regular season and play their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They are members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 7–1 in AAC play to finish in 2nd place in the East Division. They were invited to play in the Independence Bowl, where they lost to Duke.
On December 7, 2018, head coach Geoff Collins left for the head coaching job at Georgia Tech. Tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Independence Bowl. On December 13, the Owls initially named Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz as their new head coach. However, on December 30, Diaz went back to Miami to become their new head coach following Mark Richt's sudden retirement.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2017 season 7–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they defeated FIU.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released
Rimington TrophyMatt HennessyCSo
Chuck Bednarik AwardDelvon RandallSSR
Maxwell AwardFrank NutileQBSR
Doak Walker AwardRyquell ArmsteadRBJR
John Mackey AwardKenny YeboahTESO
Jim Thorpe AwardDelvon RandallSSR
Bronko Nagurski TrophyDelvon RandallSSR
Paul Hornung AwardIsaiah WrightWR/KRJR
Wuerffel TrophyFrank NutileQBSR
Ray Guy AwardConnor BowlerPFR

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place in the AAC East Division.
Media poll

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

2018 Recruiting class

Game summaries

Villanova

Buffalo

at Maryland

Tulsa

at Boston College

East Carolina

at Navy

Cincinnati

at UCF

at Houston

candidate Ryquell Armstead, playing on a sore ankle and missing part of the game to have his hand x-rayed, tied a career-best with 210 yards rushing and became the first college player in two years with six rushing touchdowns in a game. He was named conference offensive player of the week, and college offensive player of the week by three groups. This moved him from seventh to third on the AAC's all-time rushing touchdown list with 33, and from seventh to fifth on the rushing yards list with 2,692. On Temple's lists, he also passed Jahad Thomas for touchdowns, 100+ yard games, and career yards—also passing Anthony Anderson and Matt Brown in the latter category—to reach third, tied for fourth with Matt Brown, and fourth respectively all-time.

South Florida

at UConn

vs. Duke–Independence Bowl

Awards and honors

National Awards

Isaiah Wright - Returner

Conference Awards

American Athletic Conference Players of the Year

Isaiah Wright

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

Ryquell Armstead, RB
Shaun Bradley, LB
Michael Dogbe, DT
Delvon Randall, S
Rock Ya-Sin, CB
Isaiah Wright, KR
Ventell Bryant, WR
Jovahn Fair, OL

NFL Players

NFL Draft Combine

One Temple player was invited to participate in the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine.
#NamePOSHTWTHands40Bench PressVert JumpBroad Jump3 Cone Drill20-yd ShuttleRef
#6Rock Ya-SinCB6'0"192 lbs9 7/8"4.511839.5129.07.314.31
#7Ryquell ArmsteadRB5'11"220 lbs9 1/8"4.452230.0114.07.024.29

† Top performer

2019 NFL Draft

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2019 NFL Draft.
RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
234Rock Ya-SinCBIndianapolis Colts
5140Ryquell ArmsteadRBJacksonville Jaguars
7249Michael DogbeDEArizona Cardinals

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.
#NamePOSHTWTNFL ClubRef
#1Ventell BryantWR6-3200 lbsCincinnati Bengals
#2Delvon RandallDB6-1215 lbsPhiladelphia Eagles
#4Rob RitrovatoFB6-2240 lbsNew York Giants
#77Jaelin RobinsonOL6-6325 lbsAtlanta Falcons
#85Chris MyarickTE6-5250 lbsMiami Dolphins