Earlier this week, Temple fired their head football coach Stan Drayton after nearly three seasons at the helm of the Temple Owls.
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), Geoff Collins (2017-2018), Rod Carey (2019-2021) and Stan Drayton (2022-2024*).
After
the figure below is a more
detailed look at
the Temple Owls football program during head coach Drayton'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).
Stan Drayton [2022-2024]
2022
Temple finished the regular season at 3-9, and were bowl ineligible. 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 #129 ranked South Florida (54-28)
and their worst
loss was to #108 ranked Rutgers (14-16).
Temple was the #107 ranked team overall, with the #115 ranked
offense and the #58 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2023
Temple finished the regular season at 3-9, playing against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Temple's
best regular season victory was against #89 ranked Navy (32-18) and their worst
loss was to #122 ranked Tulsa (26-48).
Temple was the #130 ranked team overall, with the #116 ranked
offense and the #130 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024*
After an overtime victory against Florida Atlantic Stan Drayton was fired. The Owls were 3-7 at the time. Temple played against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS) up to this point in the season. Temple's best win was against currently ranked #114 Florida Atlantic by a
score of (18-15) and their worst regular season loss was to #81 ranked Coastal Carolina by a score of (20-28).
Temple is currently the #128 ranked team overall, with the #127 ranked
offense and the #113 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024 FBS Head Coach Changes
