2017 Temple Owls football team

The 2017 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by first-year head coach Geoff Collins and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they defeated FIU.

2017 Temple Owls football
Gasparilla Bowl champion
Gasparilla Bowl, W 28–3 vs. FIU
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record7–6 (4–4 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Patenaude (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTaver Johnson (1st season)
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
2017 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 6 UCF xy$  8 0   13 0  
No. 21 South Florida  6 2   10 2  
Temple  4 4   7 6  
Cincinnati  2 6   4 8  
UConn  2 6   3 9  
East Carolina  2 6   3 9  
West Division
No. 25 Memphis xy  7 1   10 3  
Houston  5 3   7 5  
Navy  4 4   7 6  
SMU  4 4   7 6  
Tulane  3 5   5 7  
Tulsa  1 7   2 10  
Championship: UCF 62, Memphis 55
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
As of January 9, 2018
Rankings from AP Poll.
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