Temple’s What 2 Watch: Boca Raton Bowl | OWLS BOWL HISTORYDespite ESPN’s pronouncement on its website that this is Temple’s third bowl, the fact is it is the program’s fifth. Here is a brief rundown of the previous four. 1935 Sugar Bowl The Owls faced Tulane in its own backyard and lost, 20-14. Under the direction of legendary coach Pop Warner, Temple entered the game ranked 15th and unbeaten at 7-0-2, but was unable to recover from a lateral on a kickoff that resulted in a 75-yard TD run by the Green Wave’s Monk Simons. Temple actually held a 14-0 lead in the first half, with QB Dave Smukler (24 carries, 88 yards), a big dude for a skill-position player in those days at 212 pounds, factoring in both scores, throwing for one and catapulting into the end zone from 2 yards out for the other. 1979 Garden State Bowl The Owls held off California, 28-17, after squandering much of a three-TD, first-quarter advantage before halftime. The sub-freezing climes at the Meadowlands not only kept many fans away, but both offenses from doing much of anything in the second half, when Temple QB Brian Broomell sealed the deal with his second TD pass of the game, this one a 5-yarder to Gerald “Sweet Feet” Lucear. Owls FB Mark Bright (19 carries, 112 yards) was named the game’s MVP and backfield mate Kenny Duckett ran for two first-quarter TDs. 2009 EagleBank Bowl The Owls’ fates changed dramatically for the worse in a 30-21 loss to UCLA when star RB Bernard Pierce went down with a shoulder injury. Prior to his exit, Pierce had run for 53 yards and a score on 12 carries. With him sidelined, Temple squandered a 21-10 halftime advantage as QB Vaughn Charlton actually completed more passes (two) to Bruins defenders than to his own receivers (one) in the second half. One of the INTs resulted in a 2-yard “pick 6” for UCLA LB Akeem Ayers, who received MVP honors largely for that one play. 2011 New Mexico Bowl The Owls rolled over Wyoming, 37-15, as multi-threat QB Chris Coyer, who threw for 169 yards (including a 61-yard TD bomb to Rod Streater) and rushed for another 71, took home offensive MVP honors and LB Tahir Whitehead, who racked up 11 tackles, grabbed defensive MVP honors. Pierce stuck around in this one, rushing for 100 yards and two scores, but it was the Owls’ defense that really was the story as it held the high-powered Cowboys to just 267 yards and just a single score until 3 seconds remained. BREAKING DOWN 2015GAME 1: Penn State Preview | Recap GAME 2: Cincinnati Preview | Recap GAME 3: Massachusetts Preview | Recap GAME 4: Charlotte Preview | Recap GAME 5: Tulane Preview | Recap GAME 6: Central Florida Preview | Recap GAME 7: East Carolina Preview | Recap GAME 8: Notre Dame Preview | Recap GAME 9: Southern Methodist Preview | Recap GAME 10: South Florida Preview | Recap GAME 11: Memphis Preview | Recap GAME 12: Connecticut Preview | Recap GAME 13: Houston Preview | Recap |
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