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1995 Temple

1–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Big East), coached by Ron Dickerson.

Schedule and results

Temple in 1995, game by game: lost at Kansas State 7–34; lost at West Virginia 13–24; lost at No. 7 Penn State 14–66; lost vs. Bowling Green 31–37; lost at Syracuse 14–31; won vs. Pittsburgh 29–27; lost at East Carolina 22–32; lost at Miami 12–36; lost vs. Boston College 9–10; lost vs. No. 21 Virginia Tech 16–38; lost vs. Rutgers 20–23+7−52Lost 7–34 at Kansas State-27Kansas StateLost 13–24 at West Virginia-11West VirginiaLost 14–66 at No. 7 Penn State-52No. 7 Penn StateLost 31–37 vs. Bowling Green-6Bowling GreenLost 14–31 at Syracuse-17SyracuseWon 29–27 vs. Pittsburgh+2PittsburghLost 22–32 at East Carolina-10East CarolinaLost 12–36 at Miami-24MiamiLost 9–10 vs. Boston College-1Boston CollegeLost 16–38 vs. No. 21 Virginia Tech-22No. 21 Virginia TechLost 20–23 vs. Rutgers-3Rutgers
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atKansas StateL 7–⁠3414%
Sep 9atWest VirginiaL 13–⁠2419%
Sep 16at7Penn StateL 14–⁠667%
Sep 30vsBowling GreenL 31–⁠3726%
Oct 7atSyracuseL 14–⁠3113%
Oct 14vsPittsburghW 29–⁠2741%
Oct 21atEast CarolinaL 22–⁠3220%
Oct 28atMiamiL 12–⁠3611%
Nov 4vsBoston CollegeL 9–⁠1034%
Nov 11vs21Virginia TechL 16–⁠3812%
Nov 18vsRutgersL 20–⁠2341%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rutgers 23–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big East.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
187–⁠358
Coach
Ron Dickerson
Elo
1286 −61 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 85 of 107; offense No. 79, defense No. 78
SRS
−7.1 No. 76 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Nick Gasparsto
Defensive coordinator
Dale Strahm

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 2Lance Johnstone DEOakland Raiders
Rd 6Jon Clark OTChicago Bears

All-Big East

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠210
Miami6–⁠18–⁠320
Syracuse5–⁠29–⁠319
West Virginia4–⁠35–⁠6
Boston College4–⁠34–⁠8
Rutgers2–⁠54–⁠7
Temple1–⁠61–⁠10
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.