UCONN at TEMPLE
Saturday, Oct. 14 • Noon • ESPNews
Lincoln Financial Field (69,596/Natural Grass)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Television
ESPNews
Bill Roth and Christian Ponder
Radio
WTIC-AM 1080 (UConn)
WPEN-FM 97.5 (Temple)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 17th meeting between UConn and Temple in a series that dates to 1963 … The Owls hold an 11-5 series lead and have won five of the last six meetings, including a 21-0 victory in East Hartford last season … Temple QB Phillip Walker threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns in last year’s matchup.
UCONN
1-4, 0-3 American
Head Coach
Randy Edsall (Syracuse ’80)
75-74, 13th season at UConn
97-108, 18th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
UConn looks to snap a four-game slide after the Huskies fell 70-31 to Memphis last Friday … The Huskies were tied with the Tigers at 21-21 with two minutes left in the first half before Memphis pulled away … The Huskies, who averaged 320.0 yards per game last season, have averaged 469.0 yards in 2017 … QB Bryant Shirreffs has thrown for 1,475 yards and nine touchdowns with three interceptions in five games … Shirreffs leads The American in passing yards (295.0 ypg) and is second in pass efficiency (171.3, sixth nationally) … RB Nate Hopkins has a team-high six rushing touchdowns and is averaging 49.2 rushing yards per game … RB Arkeel Newsome leads the team with 18 receptions for 360 yards and a touchdown … LB Junior Joseph leads the defense with 45 tackles.
TEMPLE
3-3, 1-2 American
Head Coach
Geoff Collins (Western Carolina ’94)
3-3, first season
Notes
Temple picked up its first conference win with a 34-10 victory against ECU last Saturday in Greenville, North Carolina … Temple is 15-4 in American Athletic Conference games since the 2015 season … The Owls had been held to 16 points or fewer in four of their first five games, but enjoyed season highs in points and yards (523) against ECU … QB Logan Marchi has thrown for 1,302 yards and eight touchdowns with eight interceptions … Temple had one rushing touchdown in its first five games, but had two against ECU … RB Ryquell Armstead has rushed for a team-high 246 yards … WR Isaiah Wright has 21 receptions for 338 yards and two touchdowns to lead a group of four receivers with at least 14 catches … S Delvon Randall leads the team with 45 tackles and two interceptions … DE Quincy Roche has 5.0 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss