2019 The Winning Chapter

Temple's 2019 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -1.5 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Bucknell 56-12 W vs Maryland 20-17 L @ Buffalo 22-38 W vs Geor Tec 24-2 W @ East Car 27-17 W vs Memphis 30-28 L @ SMU 21-45 L vs UCF 21-63 W @ Sout Flo 17-7 W vs Tulane 29-21 L @ Cincin 13-15 W vs UConn 49-17 L vs UNC 13-55 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Temple 56, Bucknell 12. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Temple 21, UCF 63. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Temple fell to North Carolina 13-55 in the postseason.

"Temple Made"
— Temple fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What It Meant

2019 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.