Recently, Geoff Collins has left Temple University as their head football coach for the same job at Georgia Tech. Here is a look at the Temple football program since 2008 (the first year that I have complete data). This time period only covers the last three seasons of head football coach Al Golden (2008-2010), Steve Addazio (2011-2012), Matt Rhule (2013-2016), and Geoff Collins (2017-2018). After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Temple Owls football program during head coach Collins' tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Geoff Collins [2017-2018*]
2022
Temple finished the regular season at 6-6, and were bowl eligible, where they defeated #98 ranked Florida International by a score of (28-3) to finish at 7-6 overall. The Owls
played against a “average” strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Owls SOS was plus or minus
one standard deviation from the "leagues" average SOS. Temple's best
regular season victory was against #43 ranked Massachusetts (29-21)
and their worst
loss was to #117 ranked Connecticut (24-28). Temple was the #81 ranked team overall, with the #106 ranked
offense and the #37 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2018*
Temple finished the regular season at 8-4, playing against an “average” strength
of schedule (SOS). Temple's
best regular season victory was against currently #9 ranked Cincinnati (24-17) and their worst
loss was to FCS Villanova (17-19). Temple was the #33 ranked team overall, with the #47 ranked
offense and the #33 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.