MASSACHUSETTS at TEMPLE
Friday, Sept. 15 • 7 p.m. • ESPNU
Lincoln Financial Field (69,596/Natural Grass)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Television
ESPNU
Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia
Radio
WPEN-FM 97.5 (Temple flagship)
THE GAME
Temple and Massachusetts have met once previously … The Owls were 25-23 winners at Gillette Stadium in a wild game in 2015 … UMass took a 23-20 lead on a touchdown with 1:20 left, but Temple blocked the PAT, returned it for two points, then got the game-winning field goal by K Austin Jones with 12 seconds left.
MASSACHUSETTS
0-3
Head Coach
Mark Whipple (Brown ’79)
57-57, 10th season at Massachusetts
128-91, 20th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Massachusetts fell to 0-3 after the Minutemen dropped a 17-7 decision to Old Dominion in Amherst, Massachusetts, last Saturday … UMass dropped a heartbreaker to Hawaii in the season-opener (38-35) and fell 38-28 at Coastal Carolina Sept. 2 … Head coach Mark Whipple is in his fourth year of his second stint at UMass … Whipple led the Minutemen to the NCAA FCS title in 1998 … QB Andrew Ford has thrown for 827 yards and four touchdowns with one interception in the first three games … RB Marquis Young is the leading rusher with 148 yards and four touchdowns … TE Adam Breneman has 21 receptions for 323 yards and is averaging 107.7 yards per game … LB Bryton Barr, a transfer from Towson, leads the Minutemen with 32 tackles.
TEMPLE
1-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Geoff Collins (Western Carolina ’94)
1-1, first season
Notes
Temple has scored 16 points in each of its first two games … That total wasn’t enough in an opening loss at Notre Dame, but it gave Owls coach Geoff Collins his first career head coaching victory with a 16-13 win against Villanova last Saturday … After allowing 28 first-half points against Notre Dame, Temple held Villanova scoreless in the first 30 minutes … The Owls limited Villanova to 20 rushing yards, but allowed 382 passing yards to the Wildcats … QB Logan Marchi has been solid in the first two starts of his career … Marchi has completed 39 of 69 passes for 519 yards and two touchdowns without an interception … The Owls have struggled on the ground, averaging 2.6 yards per carry, but have four receivers who have averaged at least 50 yards in the first two games … LB Delvon Randall leads the defense with 19 tackles.