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1996 Temple

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Big East), coached by Ron Dickerson.

Schedule and results

Temple in 1996, game by game: won at Eastern Michigan 28–24; lost vs. Washington State 34–38; lost at Bowling Green 16–20; lost vs. No. 5 Penn State 0–41; lost at Pittsburgh 52–53; lost at Virginia Tech 0–38; lost vs. No. 15 West Virginia 10–30; lost at Rutgers 17–28; lost vs. No. 22 Miami 26–57; lost at Boston College 20–21; lost vs. No. 16 Syracuse 15–36+7−41Won 28–24 at Eastern Michigan+4Eastern MichiganLost 34–38 vs. Washington State-4Washington StateLost 16–20 at Bowling Green-4Bowling GreenLost 0–41 vs. No. 5 Penn State-41No. 5 Penn StateLost 52–53 at Pittsburgh-1PittsburghLost 0–38 at Virginia Tech-38Virginia TechLost 10–30 vs. No. 15 West Virginia-20No. 15 West VirginiaLost 17–28 at Rutgers-11RutgersLost 26–57 vs. No. 22 Miami-31No. 22 MiamiLost 20–21 at Boston College-1Boston CollegeLost 15–36 vs. No. 16 Syracuse-21No. 16 Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atEastern MichiganW 28–⁠2426%
Sep 7vsWashington StateL 34–⁠3847%
Sep 14atBowling GreenL 16–⁠2029%
Sep 21vs5Penn StateL 0–⁠4112%
Oct 5atPittsburghL 52–⁠5342%
Oct 12atVirginia TechL 0–⁠3812%
Oct 19vs15West VirginiaL 10–⁠3021%
Oct 26atRutgersL 17–⁠2837%
Nov 2vs22MiamiL 26–⁠5719%
Nov 16atBoston CollegeL 20–⁠2125%
Nov 23vs16SyracuseL 15–⁠3611%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 36–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big East.

In program history: The 75th-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 1996.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠386
Coach
Ron Dickerson
Elo
1289 −69 this season
SP+ rating
-14.1 No. 91 of 111; offense No. 75, defense No. 93
SRS
−12.2 No. 90 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Nick Gasparsto
Defensive coordinator
Dale Strahm

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 4Alshermond Singleton LBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Big East

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠213
Syracuse6–⁠19–⁠321
Miami6–⁠19–⁠314
West Virginia4–⁠38–⁠4
Pittsburgh3–⁠44–⁠7
Boston College2–⁠55–⁠7
Rutgers1–⁠62–⁠9
Temple0–⁠71–⁠10

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