Game notes: Temple at East Carolina
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The matchup
- Temple (2–5, 1–2 in conference) at East Carolina (3–3, 1–1 in conference), Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 23rd meeting; East Carolina leads the series 12–10.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 1, 2025: East Carolina 45, Temple 14.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1982: East Carolina 23, Temple 10.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- East Carolina is 6–4 at home against Temple.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: East Carolina 45–14 (at Temple); 2024: East Carolina 56–34 (at East Carolina); 2022: East Carolina 49–46 (at Temple); 2021: East Carolina 45–3 (at East Carolina); 2020: East Carolina 28–3 (at Temple).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Temple
- Temple is 2–5 (1–2 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 38–14 vs. Rhode Island; L 9–27 vs. No. 16 Penn State; L 48–49 at Toledo; L 17–21 vs. Army; W 17–13 at South Florida; L 20–34 vs. UConn; L 31–38 vs. Charlotte.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Temple has lost two straight, since beating South Florida 17–13 (Oct. 3, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Temple is No. 123 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- K.C. Keeler is 7–12 in his second season at Temple and 19–24 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- K.C. Keeler is 0–1 against East Carolina.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Ajani Sheppard (QB): 1,127 passing yards, 8 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Keveun Mason (RB): 513 rushing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Curly Ordonez (LB): 61 tackles, 2 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Peter Clarke needs 2 touchdown catches to pass Keith Kirkwood (12, 2014–17) for 10th on Temple’s career touchdown catches list. He has 11 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2015, Temple lost to No. 9 Notre Dame 24–20.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
East Carolina
- East Carolina is 3–3 (1–1 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 10–48 at No. 13 Alabama; L 24–27 vs. App State; W 20–17 at Old Dominion; W 42–9 vs. North Carolina Central; W 28–12 vs. Rice; L 17–30 at UAB.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- East Carolina is No. 71 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Blake Harrell is 17–8 in his third season at East Carolina.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Blake Harrell is 2–0 against Temple.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- T.J. Engleman (RB): 490 rushing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Emory Williams (QB): 655 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- D.J. Johnson Jr. (LB): 42 tackles, 0.5 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 1987, East Carolina lost to No. 3 Miami 41–3.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Blake Harrell is 1–0 against K.C. Keeler’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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