The 2018 Temple Owls football team represented

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in the

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. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Geoff Collins during the regular season and played their home games at

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. They are members of the East Division of the

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. They finished the season 8–5, 7–1 in AAC play to finish in 2nd place in the East Division. They were invited to play in the

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, where they lost to

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. On December 7, 2018, head coach Geoff Collins left for the head coaching job at

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. Tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Independence Bowl. On December 13, the Owls initially named

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defensive coordinator Manny Diaz as their new head coach. However, on December 30, Diaz went back to Miami to become their new head coach following Mark Richt's sudden retirement.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place in the AAC East Division.

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

2018 recruiting class

Game summaries

Villanova

Buffalo

At Maryland

Tulsa

At Boston College

East Carolina

At Navy

Cincinnati

At UCF

At Houston

Doak Walker Award The Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. Established in 1990, it is named in honor of Doak Walker, a former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Foot ...

candidate Ryquell Armstead, playing on a sore ankle and missing part of the game to have his hand x-rayed, tied a career-best with 210 yards rushing and became the first college player in two years with six rushing touchdowns in a game. He was named conference offensive player of the week, and college offensive player of the week by three groups. This moved him from seventh to third on the AAC's all-time rushing touchdown list with 33, and from seventh to fifth on the rushing yards list with 2,692. On Temple's lists, he also passed Jahad Thomas for touchdowns, 100+ yard games, and career yards—also passing Anthony Anderson and Matt Brown in the latter category—to reach third, tied for fourth with Matt Brown, and fourth respectively all-time.

South Florida

At UConn

Vs. Duke–Independence Bowl

Awards and honors

National awards

*The Sporting News All-American Team Isaiah Wright - Returner

Conference awards

American Athletic Conference Players of the Year

* The American - Special Teams Player of the Year Isaiah Wright

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

* First Team Ryquell Armstead, RB

Shaun Bradley Shaun Russell Ellis-Bradley (born April 8, 1997) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football for the Temple Owls and was selected by the Eagles in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft. Raised in Mount Holly, N ...

, LB
Michael Dogbe, DT
Delvon Randall, S
Rock Ya-Sin, CB
Isaiah Wright, KR * Second Team Ventell Bryant, WR
Jovahn Fair, OL

NFL players

NFL Draft Combine

One Temple player was invited to participate in the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine. † Top performer

2019 NFL Draft

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the

2019 NFL draft The 2019 NFL draft was the 84th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2019 NFL season. The draft was held on April 25–27 in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville. The first round was held ...

. In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.

References

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Temple Owls football seasons

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2018 in Philadelphia