2017 The 2017 Season

Temple's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ +2.2 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ ND 16-49 W vs Villan 16-13 W vs Massac 29-21 L @ Sout Flo 7-43 L vs Houston 13-20 W @ East Car 34-10 L vs UConn 24-28 L @ Army 28-31 W vs Navy 34-26 W @ Cincin 35-24 L vs UCF 19-45 W @ Tulsa 43-22 W @ Flor Int 28-3 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Temple 28, Florida International 3. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Temple 7, South Florida 43. A 36-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Temple beat Florida International 28-3 in the postseason.

"Temple Made"
— Temple fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What It Meant

2017 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.