2016 The Ten-Win Year

Temple's 2016 season (10-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-4
Final Result 10-win season
AP Final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +4.8 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Army 13-28 W vs Ston Bro 38-0 L @ Penn St 27-34 W vs Charlo 48-20 W vs SMU 45-20 L @ Memphis 27-34 W @ UCF 26-25 W vs Sout Flo 46-30 W vs Cincin 34-13 W @ UConn 21-0 W @ Tulane 31-0 W vs East Car 37-10 W @ Navy 34-10 L @ Wake For 26-34 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Temple 38, Stony Brook 0. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Temple 13, Army 28. A 15-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Temple fell to Wake Forest 26-34 in the postseason.

"Temple Made"
— Temple fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Temple — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.