USF
at
TEMPLE
Friday, Oct. 21 • 7 p.m. • ESPN
Lincoln Financial Field (68,532/Grass)
Philadelphia, Pa.




Television
ESPN
Adam Amin, Mack Brown and Molly McGrath

USF Radio - WWBA-AM 820 (flagship)
Temple Radio-  WPEN-FM 97.5 (flagship)
    
THE GAME
Friday’s game will be the third meeting between USF and Temple in a series that began in 2012, in the final year of Big East football … The teams have split the two previous meetings as each team defended its home field … Temple was a 37-28 winner in Philadelphia in 2012, while USF took last year’s rematch in Tampa, 44-23.

rv/rv USF
6-1, 3-0 American

Head Coach
Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky ’98)
22-21, fourth season at USF
36-44, seventh season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
USF has won its last three games following a 42-27 victory against UConn … USF has won its last eight games against American Athletic Conference East Division teams, dating to last season … USF ranks eighth nationally in rushing (268.4 ypg) and eighth in scoring offense (44.1 ppg) … QB Quinton Flowers, has completed 106 of 181 passes for 1,535 yards and 13 touchdowns with five interceptions to go with seven rushing TDs … RB Marlon Mack has rushed for 592 yards and nine touchdowns … Flowers and Mack have both rushed for at least 100 yards in back-to-back games … WR Rodney Adams has 32 catches for 459 yards and four touchdowns and has added four rushing TDs … LB Auggie Sanchez leads the team with 65 tackles and 6.0 sacks.



TEMPLE
4-3, 2-1 American

Head Coach
Matt Rhule (Penn State ’97)
22-23, third season

NOTES
Temple enjoyed an exhilarating win against UCF last week in which the Owls did not hold a lead until the final second of the 26-25 victory … The Owls scored the last 19 points of the game against the Knights… QB Phillip Walker has thrown for 1,582 yards and 10 touchdowns with 10 interceptions … RB Ryquell Armstead has a team-high 403 rushing yards, while RB Jahad Thomas has 357 … The duo has combined for 14 rushing touchdowns (seven for each player), while Thomas has three TD receptions as well … WR Keith Kirkwood has 23 receptions for 334 yards and three touchdowns … DE Haason Reddick has a team-high 35 tackles with 6.5 sacks and 14.0 tackles for loss … Reddick is the NCAA FBS leader in tackles for loss with his average of 2.0 per game … Reddick has 6.0 sacks in the last three games.