Temple scored on their first six possessions of the game to build a 21-point lead on Navy and then held on to win 34-26 on Thursday night at Lincoln Financial. Quarterback Frank Nutile threw four touchdowns as part of an efficient night where he completed 22 of his 30 passes for 289 yards. Adonis Jennings […]
Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2017 semifinalists for the 81st Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year and the 23rd Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. The respective lists include a field of 18 candidates for the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards as selected by the […]
The Football Stories top 20 teams after week eight of the college season. Alabama (8-0) Penn State (7-0) Georgia (7-0) TCU (7-0) Wisconsin (7-0) Ohio State (6-1) Clemson (6-1) Oklahoma (6-1) Miami (6-0) Notre Dame (6-1) Oklahoma State (6-1) Washington (6-1) Virginia Tech (6-1) North Carolina State (6-1) Washington State (7-1) Michigan State (6-1) UCF […]
At Football Stories, we always wait until about mid-season before we issue our first rankings of college football teams but we’ll update them weekly from here on out (check footballstories.com to find the latest rankings). So without further ado here is the top 20 teams after week seven of the college season. Alabama (7-0). […]
Zach Abey, a junior from Navy, has been selected as the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week. He earns the win over seven other Manning Award Stars of the Week in the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Facebook contest. Abey rushed 29 times for 214 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including a 75-yard scoring run in […]
Villanova took their tough loss to Temple last week out on Lafayette. The Wildcats trounced the Leopards 59-0 Saturday evening at Villanova Stadium. The ‘Cats scored in all three phases of the game and they outgained Lafayette 505 yards to 77. Tight end Ryan Bell caught a pair of touchdowns, Taurus Phillips returned a punt […]
A thing of beauty, it wasn’t but the Temple Owls moved to 2-1 with a 29-21 win over the University of Massachusetts of Friday night at Lincoln Financial Field. “A win is a win,” said Temple head coach Geoff Collins. “The big thing we talked about all week was going 1-0 Friday night.” The Owls […]
Aaron Boumerhi kicked a 49-yard field goal with one-minute left to lift Temple to a 16-13 win over Villanova on Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field (read a full game story here). The Owls (1-1) host UMass on Friday night. While the Wildcats (1-1) look to bounce back in their home opener on Saturday night […]
After Temple saw a 13-point lead disappear, they rediscovered their offense just in time to pull out a 16-13 win over Villanova on Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field in the first game played between the area rivals since 2012. Aaron Boumerhi kicked a 49-yard field goal with one-minute left in the game after the […]
BY ROCK HOFFMAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL EDITOR It’s week two of the college football season and the teams that won are looking to build on that victory while those teams that tasted defeat in the season’s first game are looking to get on the winning track. The big game in the area for this week will […]
