Earlier this week, Temple fired their head football coach Rod Carey after three seasons at the helm of the Temple Owls. Here is a look at the Temple football program since 2008 (the first year that of complete data I have). 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), Geoff Collins (2017-2018), and Rod Carey (2019-2021). After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Temple Owls football program during head coach Carey's 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).
Rod Carey
2019
Temple finished the regular season at 8-4, and were bowl eligible, where they
were defeated #34 ranked North Carolina by a score of (13-55) to finish the season
at 8-5 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 #27 ranked Memphis (30-28)
and their worst
loss was to #41 ranked SMU (21-45). Temple was the #71 ranked team overall, with the #84 ranked
offense and the #59 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2020
Temple finished the COVID-19 shortened regular season at 1-6, playing against an “average” strength
of schedule (SOS). Temple's
best regular season victory was against #116 ranked USF (39-37) and their worst
loss was to #117 ranked Navy (29-31). Temple was the #115 ranked team overall, with the #108 ranked
offense and the #72 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2021
After finishing 3-9, Carey was fired. Temple played against an “average” strength
of schedule (SOS) up to this point in the season. Temple's best win was against currently ranked #73 Memphis by a
score of (34-31) and their worst regular season loss was to #118 ranked USF by a score of (14-34). Temple is currently the #120 ranked team overall, with the #120 ranked
offense and the #111 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
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