Английская Википедия:2015 Temple Owls football team

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The 2015 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by third-year head coach Matt Rhule 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 10–4, 7–1 in American Athletic play to finish as champions of the East Division. They represented the East Division in the American Athletic Championship Game where they lost to Houston. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Toledo.

The season was highlighted by the first win against Penn State since 1941, their first ever 7–0 start, and their first AP Poll and Coaches Poll ranking since 1979, and is widely considered the greatest season in program history.

Game summaries

Penn State

Шаблон:Linescore Amfootball Шаблон:See also This was the Owls' first victory over Penn State since 1941. The announced crowd at Lincoln Financial Field was 69,176 Saturday, a record for a Temple home game. After the Nittany Lions scored 10 points in the first quarter, Temple responded with 27 unanswered points. Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg was sacked 10 times, with Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich recording three sacks. This game was Temple's first victory over a Big Ten team since a 1990 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers, as the Owls snapped a 31-game losing streak in the series to the Nittany Lions.

At Cincinnati

This was the Owls' first victory over Cincinnati since 1985.

At East Carolina

This was the first game, and win, for a nationally ranked Owls team since 1979.

Notre Dame

This was the first time ESPN's College GameDay visited a Temple home game. Set up at Independence Mall, the broadcast attracted more than 10,000 fans.

UConn

This win sealed the Owl's berth in the inaugural AAC Championship, their second division title in team history.

Awards and honors

National awards

• Defense

Tyler Matakevich - LB - Senior

• Chuck Bednarik Award - Winner
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy - Winner
• Lott IMPACT Trophy - Finalist
• Lombardi Award - Semi-Finalist

All Americans

• Consensus All-American

Tyler Matakevich - LB - Senior

• Phil Steele All American Team

Dion Dawkins - OL - Junior - 4th Team

Conference awards

• Defense

Tyler Matakevich - LB - Senior

• American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year - Winner

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

• First Team

Kyle Friend, C
Matt Ioannidis, DL
Eric Lofton, OL
Tyler Matakevich, LB
Nate D. Smith, DL
Jahad Thomas, RB
Alex Wells, FS

• Second Team

Dion Dawkins, OL
Sean Chandler, DB

• Other notable NFL players

Haason Reddick, DL
P. J. Walker, QB

NFL Players

NFL Draft Combine

Three Temple players were invited to participate in the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine.

#	Name	POS	HT	WT	Arms	Hands	40	Bench Press	Vert Jump	Broad Jump	3 Cone Drill	20-yd Shuttle	Ref
#1	Tavon Young	CB	5-9	183 lbs	30 5/8	9 1/8	4.46	9	34.5 in	118 in	6.80	3.93
#8	Tyler Matakevich	LB	6-0	238 lbs	31 1/4	9 1/2	4.81	22	31.0 in	112 in	7.19	4.50
#9	Matt Ioannidis	DL	6-3	299 lbs			5.03	32	28.0 in	108.0 in	7.78	4.71

† Top performer

2016 NFL Draft

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft.

#	Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
#1	Tavon Young	4	104	CB	Baltimore Ravens
#9	Matt Ioannidis	5	152	DL	Washington Redskins
#8	Tyler Matakevich	7	246	LB	Pittsburgh Steelers

Undrafted Free Agents

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.

#	Name	POS	HT	WT	NFL Club	Ref
#17	Brandon Shippen	WR	5-11	191 lbs	Dolphins
#19	Robby Anderson	WR	6-3	190 lbs	Jets
#75	Shahbaz Ahmed	OL	6-3	285 lbs	Falcons
#79	Kyle Friend	OL	6-2	305 lbs	Jets