2008 Temple Owls football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

|year = 2008

|team = Temple Owls

|sport= football

|image =

|image_size =

|image_alt =

|conference = Mid-American Conference

|division = East

|short_conf = MAC

|record = 5–7

|conf_record = 4–4

|head_coach = Al Golden

|hc_year = 3rd

|off_coach = Matt Rhule

|oc_year = 1st

|off_scheme = Pro spread

|def_coach = Mark D'Onofrio

|dc_year = 3rd

|def_scheme = 4–3

|stadium = Lincoln Financial Field

|champion =

}}

{{2008 Mid-American Conference football standings}}

The 2008 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. The team was coached by Al Golden{{Cite web |title=2008 Football Coaches |url=https://owlsports.com/sports/football/coaches/2008 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Temple |language=en}} and played their home games in Lincoln Financial Field.

Schedule

Source:{{Cite web |title=2008 Football Schedule |url=https://owlsports.com/sports/football/schedule/2008 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Temple |language=en}}{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2008

| poll = AP

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = August 28

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Army

| site_stadium = Michie Stadium

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| tv = ESPN Classic

| score = 35–7

| attend = 21,822

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 6

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Connecticut

| site_stadium = Lincoln Financial Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 9–12

| overtime = OT

| attend = 17,194

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 13

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Buffalo

| site_stadium = University at Buffalo Stadium

| site_cityst = Amherst, NY

| tv = ESPN Plus

| score = 28–30

| attend = 18,333

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 20

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Penn State

| opprank = 16

| site_stadium = Beaver Stadium

| site_cityst = State College, PA

| tv = BTN

| score = 3–45

| attend = 105,106

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 27

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Western Michigan

| site_stadium = Lincoln Financial Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| tv =

| score = 3–7

| attend = 17,624

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| time = 3:30 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Miami (OH)

| site_stadium = Yager Stadium

| site_cityst = Oxford, OH

| tv = ONN

| score = 28–10

| attend = 17,295

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| time = 4:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Central Michigan

| site_stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium

| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI

| tv =

| score = 14–24

| attend = 22,114

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| time = 8:00 pm

| w/l = w

| opponent = Ohio

| site_stadium = Lincoln Financial Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| tv = ESPN2

| score = 14–10

| attend = 18,824

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| time = 3:30 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Navy

| site_stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD

| tv = CBSCS

| score = 27–33

| attend = 34,775

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| time = 8:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Kent State

| site_stadium = Dix Stadium

| site_cityst = Kent, OH

| tv = ESPN360

| score = 38–41

| attend = 6,886

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| opponent = Eastern Michigan

| site_stadium = Lincoln Financial Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| tv =

| score = 55–52

| attend = 13,033

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| opponent = Akron

| site_stadium = Lincoln Financial Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| tv =

| score = 27–6

| attend = 11,234

}}

}}

References

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