2011 Temple Owls football team

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2011 Temple Owls football
Temple T logo.svg
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 37–15 vs. Wyoming
Conference Mid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record9–4 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Chuck Heater (1st season)
Home stadium Lincoln Financial Field
Seasons
  2010
2012  
2011 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Ohio xy  6 2   10 4  
Temple  5 3   9 4  
Kent State  4 4   5 7  
Bowling Green  3 5   5 7  
Miami (OH)  3 5   4 8  
Buffalo  2 6   3 9  
Akron  0 8   1 11  
West Division
Northern Illinois xy$  7 1   11 3  
Toledo x  7 1   9 4  
Western Michigan  5 3   7 6  
Ball State  4 4   6 6  
Eastern Michigan  4 4   6 6  
Central Michigan  2 6   3 9  
Championship: Northern Illinois 23, Ohio 20
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant

The 2011 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by first-year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They played as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Wyoming 37–15. It was the school's first bowl win since the 1979 Garden State Bowl. This was the Owls' last season as a member of the MAC as they re-joined the Big East Conference for football in 2012.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 37:00 p.m.No. 14 Villanova * ESPN3 W 42–732,368
September 106:00 p.m.at Akron ESPN3W 41–315,156
September 1712:00 p.m. Penn State *
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN L 10–1457,323
September 2412:30 p.m.at Maryland * ACC Network W 38–739,102
October 112:00 p.m. Toledo
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3L 13–3621,705
October 82:00 p.m.at Ball State W 42–011,874
October 151:00 p.m. Buffalo Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–025,820 [1]
October 223:30 p.m.at Bowling Green ESPN3L 10–1312,056 [2]
November 28:00 p.m.at Ohio ESPN2 L 31–3517,490 [3]
November 98:00 p.m. Miami (OH)
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN2W 24–2117,050
November 191:00 p.m. Army *
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3W 42–1425,516
November 2512:00 p.m. Kent State
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–1616,368
December 172:00 p.m.vs. Wyoming *ESPNW 37–1525,762

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