2009 Temple Owls football team
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The 2009 Temple Owls
Temple Owls
Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a very long-running athletic program. The school's sports teams are called the Owls, originating from the university's early days as a night school. The current athletic director is Bill Bradshaw....

 football team
Temple Owls football
The Temple Owls football team participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference...

represented Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 in the college 2009 football season
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...

. They competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Temple competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...

 (MAC) East Division. The team was coached by Al Golden and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field
Lincoln Financial Field
Lincoln Financial Field is the home stadium of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. It has a seating capacity of 68,532 . It is located in South Philadelphia on Pattison Avenue between 11th and 10th streets, also aside I-95 as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex...

.

The Owls finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in conference play to be co–champions of the MAC East Division and were invited to the EagleBank Bowl
2009 EagleBank Bowl
The 2009 EagleBank Bowl was a college football bowl game. It marked the second edition of the EagleBank Bowl, played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The game, in which UCLA of the Pacific-10 Conference defeated Temple of the Mid-American Conference 30–21, started at 4:30 PM US EST on Tuesday,...

 where they lost to UCLA
2009 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2009 UCLA Bruins football team , under second year head coach Rick Neuheisel, opened the season at the Rose Bowl on September 5 against San Diego State. One scheduling change was that the last game of the season against USC was moved from the "Championship Saturday" weekend of December...

 30–21. This was the Owls first bowl game since the Garden State Bowl
Garden State Bowl
The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978 to 1981...

 in 1979.

Recruiting

Schedule

Roster

As of 2009-08-21


Wide Receivers
  • Ryan Alderman - Freshman
  • 8 Nyles Bynum - Junior
  • 10 Delano Green - Junior
  • 13 Josh Hutchison - Junior
  • 15 Dy'Onne Crudup - Senior
  • 18 Jason Harper - Senior
  • 19 Deione Sydnor-Robinson -
    Sophomore
  • 22 Matt Brown - Freshman
  • 23 James Nixon - Sophomore
  • 39 Matt Brookhart - Freshman
  • 80 C.J. Hammond -
    Freshman
  • 81 Deven Baker -
    Freshman
  • 84 Michael Campbell - Junior
  • 85 Vaughn Carraway - Freshman


Offensive Line
  • David Kim - Freshman
  • 59 Jerry Barlow -
    Junior
  • 50 Jeff Whittingham - Freshman
  • 57 Marcus Brown -
    Junior
  • 60 Ryan Skotnicki - Freshman
  • 61 Sean Pearson - Freshman
  • 62 Steve Ciocci -
    Freshman
  • 63 Derek Dennis - Junior
  • 66 Darryl Pringle - Freshman
  • 67 Matt Paul -
    Freshman
  • 68 Jeremy Schonbrunner -
    Sophomore
  • 69 Wayne Tribue - Sophomore
  • 70 Colin Madison - Junior
  • 71 Darius Morris -
    Junior
  • 72 Cody Bohler - Freshman
  • 73 Devin Tyler -
    Senior
  • 74 Evan Regas - Freshman
  • 75 Simon Ogunleye - Freshman
  • 76 Steve Caputo - Sophomore
  • 77 John Palumbo -
    Sophomore
  • 78 Sean Boyle - Sophomore
  • 79 Pat Boyle - Sophomore


Tight Ends
  • Cody Booth - Freshman
  • Robert Feeley -
    Junior
  • Richard Fricke -
    Freshman
  • 44 Lawrence Turner -
    Freshman
  • 83 Chris Parthemore - Freshman
  • 86 Steve Maneri - Senior
  • 87 Anthony Pekarski -
    Junior
  • 88 Evan Rodriguez -
    Sophomore
  • 89 Matt Balasavage -
    Sophomore
  • 98 Alex Jackson - Freshman
 

Quarterbacks
  • Matt Falcone - Freshman
  • 7 Chester Stewart -
    Sophomore
  • 11 Chris Coyer - Freshman
  • 12 Vaughn Charlton -
    Junior
  • 13 Bryan Morris - Freshman
  • 14 Mike Gerardi -
    Sophomore


Running Backs
  • 3 Lamar McPherson -
    Senior
  • 20 Kee-ayre Griffin - Sophomore
  • 24 Ahkeem Smith - Sophomore
  • 26 Joe Jones -
    Sophomore
  • 30 Bernard Pierce - Freshman


Fullbacks
  • 48 Zack Collins -
    Freshman


Defensive Line
  • 2 Andre Neblett - Senior
  • 43 Adrian Robinson, Jr. - Sophomore
  • 45 Morris Blueford, Jr. -
    Sophomore
  • 52 Brian Sanford - Senior
  • 65 Dave Nwasike -
    Junior
  • 72 Grigory Frenk -
    Junior
  • 90 Cameron Wise -
    Freshman
  • 91 Elisha Joseph - Junior
  • 92 Shahid Paulhill - Freshman
  • 93 Kamal Johnson - Freshman
  • 94 Kadeem Custis - Freshman
  • 95 Morkeith Brown - Sophomore
  • 96 Muhammad Wilkerson
    Muhammad Wilkerson
    Muhammad Wilkerson is an American football defensive end for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jets in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Temple.-Early years:...

     - Sophomore
  • 97 Geoffrey Prather - Freshman
  • 99 Levi Brown - Freshman
 

Linebackers
  • Vince Tuzze - Freshman
  • 4 Alex Joseph - Senior
  • 31 Tahir Whitehead - Sophomore
  • 32 Quinten White, Jr. - Sophomore
  • 33 Blaze Caponegro - Freshman
  • 34 Zach Kane - Freshman
  • 36 Gary Onuekwusi - Freshman
  • 40 Jordan Martin -
    Junior
  • 41 Marcus Green - Freshman
  • 46 John Haley - Senior
  • 51 James Namude -
    Senior
  • 53 Stephen Johnson -
    Sophomore
  • 54 Dan Van Norton - Freshman
  • 56 Amara Kamara - Junior
  • 58 Elijah Joseph - Junior


Defensive Backs
  • 1 Wilbert Brinson, Jr. - Senior
  • 5 Jaiquawn Jarrett - Junior
  • 6 Dominique Harris -
    Senior
  • 9 Anthony Ferla -
    Junior
  • 14 Ricky Ueberroth -
    Senior
  • 16 Maurice Jones - Freshman
  • 17 Marlin Terrell - Sophomore
  • 21 Jared Williams -
    Sophomore
  • 24 Mina Gould - Freshman
  • 25 Deonte Parker - Junior
  • 28 Marquise Liverpool - Junior
  • 29 Justin Gildea - Freshman
  • 35 Kwame Johnson - Freshman
  • 37 Kevin Kroboth - Sophomore
  • 39 Aaron Haas - Freshman
  • 42 Byron Parker - Freshman
  • 48 Matt Duncan -
    Freshman


Punters
  • 47 Jake Brownell -
    Senior
  • 49 Jeff Wathne - Junior


Kickers
  • 19 Brandon McManus - Freshman
  • 90 Ryan Novak - Junior
† Starter at position     * Injured; will not play in 2009.


Coaching staff

Name Position Year at school
Al Golden Head Coach
Special Teams Coordinator
4th
Mark D'Onofrio Assistant Head Coach
Defensive Coordinator
4th
Matt Rhule Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks Coach
4th
Jared Backus Linebackers Coach 3rd
Andrew Dees Offensive Line Coach 4th
Ed Foley Tight Ends Coach
Assistant Offensive Line Coach
Recruiting Coordinator
2nd
Tyree Foreman Running Backs Coach 3rd
Kevin Gilbride Wide Receivers Coach 3rd
Randy Melvin Defensive Line Coach 1st
Paul Williams Defensive Backs Coach 4th

Villanova

Temple blew a 10-point lead over the Wildcats to ultimately lose 27-24 to the Villanova Wildcats to open the year on a sour note. This game was similar to many games last year where Temple would have a lead but be unable to finish off an opponent, such as the overtime loss to Navy and the Hail Mary loss to Buffalo last year. After a scoreless first quarter, Temple got a 10-0 halftime lead, then made it a 17-7 lead midway through the third after each scored, and Villanova scored to make it 17-14, but Temple would score again early in the 4th quarter to make it 24-14, but Villanova would shut out the Owls the rest of the way, making it 24-17 on a field goal soon after, late in the game Villanova tied it up, and just as Temple was about to go for the win, a turnover led to a Villanova field goal that gave them their first win of the year and put Temple at 0-1 to start the new year. It was also Villanova's first win against a I-A opponent since 2003, ironically it Temple. Villanova leads the series.

Penn State

Temple hadn't beaten Penn State since 1941, and that nearly 70 year losing streak remained intact, but the Owls kept themselves in the game early with a field goal and successful onside kick. Afterwards, the momentum they had gained was quickly lost as Penn State made it 21-3 at halftime and 24-6 after three. Penn State put the game out of reach with a touchdown run by Stephon Green. Soon afterwards, Penn State put their backups in, but were unable to score any more points. With the 6-31 loss, this now makes four straight games that the Owls have failed to score at least a touchdown on Penn State.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • 07:35 PSU Shuler
    Mickey Shuler, Jr.
    Mickey Charles Shuler, Jr. is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He is the son of former New York Jets All-Pro tight end, Mickey Shuler.-Early years:...

     1 yard pass from Clark
    Daryll Clark
    Daryll Lawrence Clark is a football quarterback who is currently a member of the Chicago Rush. He was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League as an free agent in 2010. He played collegiately for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He is the Nittany Lions' all-time leader in...

     (Wagner kick) 0-7 PSU
  • 00:00 TEM McManus 25 yard field goal 3-7 PSU


2nd Quarter
  • 05:46 PSU Royster
    Evan Royster
    Evan Mathias Royster is an American football running back for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football for Penn State. Royster was a three year starter and is the all-time leading rusher for the Nittany Lions...

     7 yard run (Wagner kick) 3-14 PSU
  • 01:03 PSU Moye
    Derek Moye
    Derek Moye is an American football wide receiver, currently playing college football for Penn State.-Early years:...

     4 yard pass from Clark (Wagner kick) 3-21 PSU


3rd Quarter
  • 12:06 TEM McManus 35 yard field goal 6-21 PSU
  • 06:23 PSU Wagner 27 yard field goal 6-24 PSU


4th Quarter
  • 11:25 Green
    Stephfon Green
    Stephfon P. Green is an American football running back, currently playing college football for Penn State University.-Early years:...

     3 yard run (Wagner kick) 6-31 PSU


Buffalo

With the huge blowout win over Buffalo, Temple was able to get revenge for the previous two years, including a last second loss on a Hail Mary and a blowout loss the year before. This also gave Temple their first win of the year.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • 6:02 TEMPLE McManus 35 yard field goal 0-3 TEMPLE


2nd Quarter
  • 12:38 UB Principe 36 yard field goal 3-3
  • 10:14 UB Principe 32 yard field goal 6-3 UB
  • 10:01 TEMPLE Nixon
    James Nixon
    James Nixon , is a Scottish rugby league player for Barrow in the Co-operative Championship. He plays on the wing. He is a current Scotland international.-External links:*...

     92 yard kickoff return (McManus kick) 6-10 TEMPLE
  • 2:59 TEMPLE McManus 22 yard field goal 6-13 TEMPLE
  • 0:07 TEMPLE Joseph 95 yard interception return (McManus kick) 6-20 TEMPLE


3rd Quarter
  • 11:34 TEMPLE Rodriguez 5 yard pass from Charlton (McManus kick) 6-27 TEMPLE
  • 8:17 TEMPLE McManus 33 yard field goal 6-30 TEMPLE


4th Quarter
  • 11:56 UB Rivers
    Marcus Rivers
    Marcus Rivers is a fictional 12 year-old character used by Sony Computer Entertainment America as part of their Step Your Game Up advertising campaign for the PlayStation Portable and PSPgo consoles in North America, much like the PlayStation 3's "It Only Does Everything" advertising campaign...

     6 yard pass from Maynard (Principe kick) 13-30 TEMPLE
  • 9:23 TEMPLE Pierce
    Bernard Pierce
    Bernard Pierce is an American football running back with the Temple Owls football team.-2009:In 2009, Pierce won the Mid-American Conference freshman of the year award after rushing for 1,361 yards and 16 touchdowns.-2010:...

     18 yard run (McManus kick) 13-37 TEMPLE


Eastern Michigan

With the 24-6 win over Eastern Michigan, the Owls were now .500 and undefeated in the MAC.

Ball State

Despite going 12-2 last year and being ranked as high as #12, the Ball State Cardinals remained winless this year after giving Temple a game that appeared closer than it really was. Temple took a 10-0 lead, but fell behind 13-10, but soon retook the lead and would hold on for the 24-19 win, giving up a meaningless touchdown on the game's final play to make the game look like a nailbiter. Temple also was 3-0 in the MAC and 3-2 overall with the win.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • 07:12 TEMPLE McManus 27 yard field goal 0-3 TEMPLE
  • 04:47 TEMPLE Nixon
    James Nixon
    James Nixon , is a Scottish rugby league player for Barrow in the Co-operative Championship. He plays on the wing. He is a current Scotland international.-External links:*...

     28 yard pass from Charlton (McManus kick) 0-10 TEMPLE


3rd Quarter
  • 10:59 BSU Gibson 50 yard pass from Page (McGarvey kick) 7-10 TEMPLE
  • 08:47 BSU Williams 0 yard fumble recovery (McGarvey kick failed) 13-10 BSU
  • 04:48 TEMPLE Pierce
    Bernard Pierce
    Bernard Pierce is an American football running back with the Temple Owls football team.-2009:In 2009, Pierce won the Mid-American Conference freshman of the year award after rushing for 1,361 yards and 16 touchdowns.-2010:...

     2 yard run (McManus kick) 13-17 TEMPLE


4th Quarter
  • 03:29 TEMPLE Pierce 3 yard run (McManus kick) 13-24 TEMPLE
  • 00:00 BSU Ifft 2 yard pass from Page 19-24 TEMPLE


Army

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 10:43 Bernard Pierce 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 0-7


2nd Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 13:17 Jason Harper 37 Yd Pass From Vaughn Charlton (Pat Failed) 0-13
  • ARMY FG 02:11 Alex Carlton 24 Yd 3-13


3rd Quarter
  • ARMY FG 07:50 Alex Carlton 23 Yd 6-13
  • ARMY TD 04:06 Ali Villanueva 4 Yd Pass From Trent Steelman (Alex Carlton Kick) 13-13


4th Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 07:25 Steve Maneri 6 Yd Pass From Vaughn Charlton (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 13-20
  • TEMPLE TD 05:26 Kee-ayre Griffin 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 13-27

Toledo

Temple defeated a favored Toledo team 40-24 in the Glass Bowl. Like Temple, Toledo had improved greatly from last year.

Navy

With this win, Temple became bowl eligible.
Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • NAVY FG 03:11 Joe Buckley 30 Yd 0-3


2nd Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 11:11 Bernard Pierce 68 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 7-3
  • NAVY TD 01:55 David Wright 3 Yd Punt Return (Joe Buckley Kick) 7-10
  • TEMPLE TD 01:41 James Nixon 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 14-10


3rd Quarter
  • TEMPLE FG 12:08 Brandon McManus 45 Yd 17-10
  • NAVY TD 07:54 Vince Murray 5 Yd Run (Joe Buckley Kick) 17-17


4th Quarter
  • NAVY TD 14:55 Kriss Proctor 2 Yd Run (Joe Buckley Kick) 17-24
  • TEMPLE FG 12:02 Brandon McManus 21 Yd 20-24
  • TEMPLE TD 02:41 Bernard Pierce 41 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 27-24

Miami (OH)

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • 11:20 TEMPLE Bernard Pierce 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 0-7
  • 07:57 MIAMI (OH) Trevor Cook 20 Yd 3-7
  • 01:50 TEMPLE Vaughn Charlton 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 3-14


2nd Quarter
  • 05:21 TEMPLE Bernard Pierce 7 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 3-21
  • 03:41 MIAMI (OH) Armand Robinson 11 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Trevor Cook Kick) 10-21
  • 00:11 MIAMI (OH) Trevor Cook 26 Yd 13-21


3rd Quarter
  • 09:17 TEMPLE Brandon McManus 42 Yd 13-24
  • 02:37 TEMPLE Bernard Pierce 14 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 13-31


4th Quarter
  • 13:35 MIAMI (OH) Steve Marck 24 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Trevor Cook Kick) 20-31
  • 08:52 MIAMI (OH) Armand Robinson 14 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) 26-31
  • 02:36 MIAMI (OH) Thomas Merriweather 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) 32-31
  • 00:03 TEMPLE Brandon McManus 18 Yd 32-34

Akron

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 12:34 Michael Campbell 63 Yd Pass From Chester Stewart (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 7-0
  • AKRON TD 09:30 Andre Jones 9 Yd Pass From Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic Kick) 7-7
  • AKRON FG 05:00 Branko Rogovic 45 Yd 7-10
  • AKRON TD 03:06 Sean Fobbs Recovered Fumble In End Zone (Branko Rogovic Kick) 7-17
  • TEMPLE TD 00:10 James Nixon 22 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 14-17


2nd Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 06:15 Delano Green 66 Yd Punt Return (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 21-17
  • TEMPLE TD 01:06 Chester Stewart 8 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 28-17
  • TEMPLE TD 00:31 Bernard Pierce 2 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 35-17


3rd Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 09:37 Joe Jones 24 Yd Pass From Chester Stewart (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 42-17


4th Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 14:30 Chester Stewart 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 49-17
  • TEMPLE TD 11:31 Matt Brown 5 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) 56-17

Kent State

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
  • KSU FG 08:58 Freddy Cortez 21 Yd 3-0


2nd Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 11:12 Evan Rodriguez 10 Yd Pass From Kevin Armstrong (Pat Blocked) 3-6
  • KSU TD 04:48 Kendrick Pressley 6 Yd Pass From Spencer Keith (Freddy Cortez Kick) 10-6
  • TEMPLE FG 00:17 Brandon McManus 24 Yd 10-9


3rd Quarter
  • TEMPLE FG 10:41 Brandon McManus 28 Yd 10-12
  • TEMPLE TD 09:00 Matt Brown 71 Yd Run (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-19
  • TEMPLE TD 06:55 Kee-ayre Griffin 36 Yd Interception Return (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-26
  • TEMPLE TD 01:38 Matt Brown 1 Yd Run (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-33


4th Quarter
  • TEMPLE TD 13:56 Delano Green 52 Yd Punt Return (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-40
  • TEMPLE TD 09:08 Delano Green 50 Yd Run (Brandon McManus Kick) 10-47
  • KSU FG 04:22 Freddy Cortez 46 Yd 13-47

Ohio

Ohio defeated Temple, and by virtue of a tie-breaker, advanced to the MAC Championship Game. Temple still won a share of the MAC East Division.

EagleBank Bowl

The UCLA Bruins
2009 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2009 UCLA Bruins football team , under second year head coach Rick Neuheisel, opened the season at the Rose Bowl on September 5 against San Diego State. One scheduling change was that the last game of the season against USC was moved from the "Championship Saturday" weekend of December...

 (6-6) played the Temple Owls (9-3) at the 2009 EagleBank Bowl
2009 EagleBank Bowl
The 2009 EagleBank Bowl was a college football bowl game. It marked the second edition of the EagleBank Bowl, played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The game, in which UCLA of the Pacific-10 Conference defeated Temple of the Mid-American Conference 30–21, started at 4:30 PM US EST on Tuesday,...

 at RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. The bowl game was scheduled to start at 4:30 PM US EST on Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Temple was playing in its first bowl game since the 1979 Garden State Bowl
Garden State Bowl
The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978 to 1981...

and made only its third bowl appearance in school history. After a dominant first half, UCLA staged a second half rally, and defeated the Owls 30-21.

UCLA

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