Temple beats Rhode Island 38-14
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We had Temple favored. It won.
Next: Rhode Island beat Elon 31-10, Sat Sep 12
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave Temple a 59% chance, and the closing betting line (Temple was a 14.5-point favorite) put it at 88%.
Favored the whole way: Temple never fell below 85%.
Rhode Island never had better than a 14% chance.
Temple · Q4 8:53Temple 38-14 Rhode Island
Temple wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Rhode Island 14-38 TempleRhode Island lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (Temple -14.5), at 90% for Temple (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays.Every drive
Temple scored on 4 of its 10 drives; Rhode Island on 2 of its 12.
Temple’s drives are teal, Rhode Island’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
Temple 38, Rhode Island 14
Temple covered −14.5 by 9.5. The total, 52, went over 51.5.
Rhode Island leaders
- Passing Tyler Budge 18 of 31, 195 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Rushing Brendon Barrow 11 for 39 yds; Tyler Budge 9 for 38 yds, 1 TD
- Receiving Marquis Buchanan 10 for 137 yds, 1 TD; Will Dixon 2 for 18 yds
Temple leaders
- Passing Ajani Sheppard 5 of 10, 85 yds
- Rushing Keveun Mason 20 for 158 yds, 2 TD; Ajani Sheppard 5 for 23 yds
- Receiving Colin Chase 3 for 43 yds; Jovanni Bermudez 2 for 40 yds
No rain and calm
82° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 10 mph from the north-northwest, mostly along the field, gusts to 23
Warmer than 9 in 10 of the 66 other games played at Lincoln Financial Field since 2016 (airport temperature during the game window).
September game-day temperatures at Lincoln Financial Field
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at Philadelphia International airport, 3.7 miles away, and Philadelphia Ne airport, 15 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
Rhode Island · 11-3
Rated 106th in our preseason ratings, 106th now.
2-1 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
L 26-47 @ UC Davis #93 of 667
W 27-19 vs Central Connecticut #175 of 667
won by 8 as a 19.5-point favorite
W 38-10 vs Hampton #270 of 667
won by 28 as a 31.5-point favorite
W 45-13 @ Maine #182 of 667
won by 32 as a 4-point favorite
W 34-20 @ Elon #187 of 667
won by 14 as a 4.5-point favorite
W 38-17 vs Bryant #234 of 667
won by 21 as an 18.5-point favorite
W 58-17 @ UAlbany #250 of 667
won by 41 as a 13.5-point favorite
W 38-27 vs New Hampshire #194 of 667
won by 11 as a 9.5-point favorite
L 21-28 @ Brown #235 of 667
lost by 7 as a 14.5-point favorite
L 14-47 @ Western Michigan #114 of 667
lost by 33 as an 8.5-point underdog
W 28-7 vs Long Island University #185 of 667
won by 21 as a 16.5-point favorite
W 9-7 @ Holy Cross #171 of 667
won by 2 as a 3.5-point favorite
W 31-17 @ Stony Brook #210 of 667
won by 14 as a 7-point favorite
W 31-20 vs Campbell #247 of 667
won by 11 as an 11.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
Temple · 5-7
Rated 90th in our preseason ratings.
L 25-52 @ North TexasTop 25 #29 of 667
lost by 27 as a 20.5-point underdog
L 13-37 vs TulaneTop 25 #51 of 667
lost by 24 as a 7.5-point underdog
L 13-14 @ Army #112 of 667
lost by 1 as a 7.5-point underdog
L 14-45 vs East Carolina #49 of 667
lost by 31 as a 5.5-point underdog
W 38-37 @ Tulsa #149 of 667
won by 1 as a 3.5-point favorite
W 49-14 @ Charlotte #221 of 667
won by 35 as a 9.5-point favorite
L 31-32 vs NavyTop 25 #86 of 667
lost by 1 as a 10.5-point underdog
W 27-21 vs UTSA #68 of 667
won by 6 as a 6.5-point underdog
L 24-45 @ Georgia TechTop 25 #39 of 667
lost by 21 as a 24.5-point underdog
L 3-42 vs OklahomaTop 25 #13 of 667
lost by 39 as a 24.5-point underdog
W 55-7 vs Howard #223 of 667
won by 48 as a 27.5-point favorite
W 42-10 @ Massachusetts #156 of 667
won by 32 as a 2.5-point favorite
The series
Temple leads the series 6-0
6 meetings since 1949 · Temple has won the last 6
- 1975Temple 45-6
- 1974Temple 38-7
- 1973Temple 43-0
- 1972Temple 22-0
- 1971Temple 40-13
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on Temple’s chances here.
Temple favored by 14.5 · Total 51.5
How games like this usually go
Temple by 14.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 251 games since 2025 with a favorite of 14.5 to 21.5 points.
The market
The spread moved 4.5 points toward Temple.
Spread: −10 → −14.5
The books’ cut: 4.2%, the margin built into the odds
Weather at kickoff
Warm and dry. Feels like 83° at kickoff.
Rhode Island at Temple · Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 · Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
- 83°feels like at kickoff
- Dryno rain at kickoff
- 80weather score, Mixed
- Tiedfor the roughest of the day's 7 kickoff times
At kickoff, Sept. 5, 2026.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday
Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was tied for the roughest of the day's seven kickoff times. At Lincoln Financial Field that day, a 7:45 pm kickoff would have scored 100, against 80 at 2 pm.
The roughest kickoff time is the lowest of the day's times. It can still be Mixed or Comfortable.
- noon: 84, Mixed
- 12:45 pm: 82, Mixed
- 2 pm: 80, Mixed (this game)
- 3:30 pm: 79, Mixed
- 6 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 7 pm: 99, Comfortable
- 7:45 pm: 100, Ideal
Weather score at each kickoff time.
Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.
At kickoff, Sept. 5, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.
Home field
Temple is worth +3.0 points (±4.6) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 29th percentile.
41% at home, 24% on the road against FBS opponents (19-27 home, 11-34 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +3.1 at home vs. away over 98 games — inside the ±6.3 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 220 miles to get here.