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Temple Travels to UMass for its First Football Showdown Against Minutemen
9.15.15 | Football
This Week
The Owls travel to Foxboro to face the University of Massachusetts Minutemen at Gillette Stadium. UMass comes into the game after a 48-14 loss at the University of Colorado. Temple enters the game just outside the AP Top 25, 10 points away from #25 Oklahoma State. The teams will play at Lincoln Financial Field in 2017. The Minutemen enter 2015 after a 3-9 season, although that record might be misleading. UMass lost five games last season by a touchdown or less, including Power Five teams Colorado and Vanderbilt.Â
Blake Frohnaphel returns at quarterback, following a productive 2014 season where he threw for over 3,300 yards and 23 touchdowns in 10 games. He'll face the Owls' defense who leads the American Athletic Conference with 11 sacks. Their ground game is led by junior Shadrack Abrokwah, who eclipsed 100 yards three times in 2014. Temple's front seven, led by Tyler Matakevich and Matt Ioannidis, will look to continue their stout defense. Frohnaphel will look to hit senior wide receiver Tajae Sharpe, who accumulated 85 catches for 1,281 yards in 2014. Senior Tavon Young and the secondary will look to build on their strong start to 2015.
Temple's offense has begun 2015 with a strong start. Junior running back Jahad Thomas followed up his 135-yard game against Penn State with 193 yards at Cincinnati. He'll lead the Owls ground attack against a Minutemen defense who allowed over 2,300 rushing yards last season. P.J. Walker set a career high with a 75.0% completion rate in the win over Penn State, spreading 15 passes to seven different receivers. Temple's tall wideouts like redshirt senior RobbyAnderson and redshirt sophomore Adonis Jennings will test the UMass secondary, led by Randall Jette.
The Last Time
This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
Up Next
Temple will get a bye week before facing Charlotte on Friday, October 2nd at 7:00 p.m. The Owls return to Philadelphia to face Tulane for Homecoming on October 10th.
Last Week
Temple defeated Cincinnati 34-26 in a thrilling American Athletic Conference opener. The Owls' Jahad Thomas eclipsed 300 all-purpose yards with a career-high 193 yards on the ground, combined with 132 kick return yards and 17 yards receiving, with a pair of total touchdowns. The defense pestered Bearcats quarterback Gunner Kiel all night, picking off four passes, including Tyler Matakevich's second of the night with 13 seconds left. The win gave Temple the early lead in the East Division against the consensus preseason favorite to win the conference.
Press Conference
Game Notes
Conference Release
Blake Frohnaphel returns at quarterback, following a productive 2014 season where he threw for over 3,300 yards and 23 touchdowns in 10 games. He'll face the Owls' defense who leads the American Athletic Conference with 11 sacks. Their ground game is led by junior Shadrack Abrokwah, who eclipsed 100 yards three times in 2014. Temple's front seven, led by Tyler Matakevich and Matt Ioannidis, will look to continue their stout defense. Frohnaphel will look to hit senior wide receiver Tajae Sharpe, who accumulated 85 catches for 1,281 yards in 2014. Senior Tavon Young and the secondary will look to build on their strong start to 2015.
Temple's offense has begun 2015 with a strong start. Junior running back Jahad Thomas followed up his 135-yard game against Penn State with 193 yards at Cincinnati. He'll lead the Owls ground attack against a Minutemen defense who allowed over 2,300 rushing yards last season. P.J. Walker set a career high with a 75.0% completion rate in the win over Penn State, spreading 15 passes to seven different receivers. Temple's tall wideouts like redshirt senior RobbyAnderson and redshirt sophomore Adonis Jennings will test the UMass secondary, led by Randall Jette.
The Last Time
This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
Up Next
Temple will get a bye week before facing Charlotte on Friday, October 2nd at 7:00 p.m. The Owls return to Philadelphia to face Tulane for Homecoming on October 10th.
Last Week
Temple defeated Cincinnati 34-26 in a thrilling American Athletic Conference opener. The Owls' Jahad Thomas eclipsed 300 all-purpose yards with a career-high 193 yards on the ground, combined with 132 kick return yards and 17 yards receiving, with a pair of total touchdowns. The defense pestered Bearcats quarterback Gunner Kiel all night, picking off four passes, including Tyler Matakevich's second of the night with 13 seconds left. The win gave Temple the early lead in the East Division against the consensus preseason favorite to win the conference.
Press Conference
Game Notes
Conference Release
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