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NCAA Football History - College Football Team History -
Temple Football History
Temple Owls
Football History
The "T"
The traditional symbol of the University is the Temple
T. Early in his administration, President Peter J. Liacouras
chose this particular version of a representational T which
was created by students at the Tyler School of Art.
The T is stylized, geometric and logo-like and yet maintains
a basic, identifiable form - a simple T, but one which is
at the same time both simple and complex. It is really a
kind of optical illusion.
Close examination of the T reveals that it is made up of
four separate and quite simple forms, three of which have
classic, angular shapes, the two side pieces - pillar-like,
being identical, and set on a flat base, and so arranged
as to produce a simple T within the larger more complicated
T.
The design is further dramatized by being set in a block
of solid cherry with the four white components placed so
as to form a fragmented T surrounding a simple T in cherry
which flows into a cherry red background.
The Owl
The owl is the symbol and mascot for Temple University
and has been since its founding in the 1880's. Temple was
the first school in the United States to adopt the owl as
its symbol. Not as popular a mascot as the eagle or hawk,
the owl nevertheless has special meaning for students at
a dozen other four-year colleges and seven two-year colleges
as well. However, only Rice University in Houston, Texas,
plays football at the Division I-A level.
Story has it that the owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially
adopted as a symbol because Temple University began as a
night school for ambitious young people of limited means.
Russell Conwell, Temple's founder, encouraged these students
with the remark: "The owl of the night makes the eagle
of the day."
Since those modest beginnings more than a hundred years
ago, the owl's role and significance have expanded along
with those of the University. The owl, in its splendid variety,
inhabits all parts of the world, and, in the 1990's, the
Temple Owl is Everywhere!
The owl is accepted as a universal symbol for wisdom and
knowledge and as such makes an excellent symbol and emblem
for a center of learning. It must be remembered that the
owl was the symbol of Athena, who was not only the goddess
of wisdom, but was also the goddess of arts and skills and
even of warfare. Because of its other attributes, the owl
also makes an appropriate mascot for the athletic teams.
Besides being perceptive and resourceful, quick and courageous,
the owl is really a fierce fighter.
Cherry & White
Well known is the fact that the official colors of Temple
University are cherry and white. Temple University was the
first school in the nation officially to use cherry as one
of its colors, certainly by the year 1888.
The combination of red with white is quite common, but
cherry with white is almost unique. Only one other school
now uses cherry and white: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in Troy, NY.
Cherry is so uncommon a color nationwide that the University
of New Mexico seems to be the only other large University
using cherry as one of its colors, and the Lobos use it
with silver, not white.
Since cherry as a color has many gradations, just what
the precise color is has raised questions over the years.
Cherry, or cerise, which was the somewhat popular word used
in earlier days, is considered by most dictionaries to be
a moderate red, but one that can range from bright red to
dark red. For this reason, a conscious effort has been made
to standardize the color for athletic teams to somewhere
near that of a ripe and bright American black cherry.
TEMPLE ACCEPTS INVITATION TO
JOIN THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR FOOTBALL
5/17/2005
PHILADELPHIA – Temple University
President David Adamany today announced that the University
has accepted an invitation for its football program to compete
in the Mid-American Conference.
The move to the Mid-American Conference will take place
for the 2005 season, with Temple adding a home game against
Western Michigan to increase its total to four MAC opponents
for the upcoming season.
Temple will play a six-game conference schedule in 2006
and a full eight-game conference schedule, with eligibility
to compete for the MAC Championship, to take place in 2007.
The Owls will be eligible for one of the conference’s
two bowl affiliations in 2005 and 2006.
"Temple University is honored and excited to have
been invited to join the Mid-American Conference,"
said Adamany. “The MAC is a perfect fit for Temple
University, both on and off the field of competition. Besides
fielding quality football teams, as evidenced by last year’s
record number of bowl bids, the MAC is the leader among
Division I-A conferences in terms of graduating its student-athletes
in the sport of football.
“That combination of academic and athletic excellence
is also part of Temple’s mission.”
Temple joins 12 existing members of the Mid-American Conference,
which was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Cleveland,
Ohio. The Owls will be part of the league’s East Division,
which is comprised of the University of Akron, Bowling Green
State University, the University at Buffalo, Kent State
University, Miami University and Ohio University. The West
Division includes Ball State University, Central Michigan
University, Eastern Michigan University, Northern Illinois
University, University of Toledo and Western Michigan University.
“It has been a long time since all of the ingredients
were in place for Temple football to be successful,”
said Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw. “We have
the best home field in the nation with Lincoln Financial
Field, a state-of-the-art practice facility in Edberg-Olson
Hall and Chodoff Field, and now we finally have a true home
for our team in the MAC.”
“This is an important day in the history of the Mid-American
Conference,” said John Peters, President of Northern
Illinois University and Chair of the MAC Council of Presidents.
“The recent volatility within Division IA athletics
has been significant and this association matches compatible
institutions with a shared value system toward intercollegiate
athletics. This expansion is consistent with our membership
standards plan and we look forward to building a mutually
beneficial relationship with Temple University.”
"On behalf of the Mid-American Conference Council
of Presidents, I am honored to extend this invitation for
football membership in the MAC to Temple University,”
stated MAC Commissioner Rick Chryst. “We are a proud
and historic football conference, one that is presently
enjoying unprecedented competitive success, and we are thrilled
that time and circumstance has created this opportunity
for Temple and the MAC.
Beyond competitive considerations, however, what is most
important to our Presidents is the institutional compatibility
of prospective members. Temple is an absolute fit in that
regard, and our shared values relating to academic as well
as athletic achievement in our football programs is what
matters most. We have no doubt that Temple University will
be a positive and contributing member of the conference
across all of these areas."
“The significance of becoming a member of the Mid-American
Conference, for our program, cannot be overstated,”
said Temple Head Football Coach Bobby Wallace.
“Since I have been coaching at Temple, we have always
been missing a significant piece of the puzzle – whether
it is a premier practice facility, desirable stadium, residential
campus or conference membership – in recruitment.
Now, with the MAC, we have all the pieces to field the successful
team that Temple University, its fans and alumni, deserve.”
To facilitate entry into the MAC, besides adding Western
Michigan (Sept. 24) to the 2005 schedule, Temple also plays
at Wisconsin (Sept. 10). These opponents replace North Carolina
State (Sept. 10) and Middle Tennessee State (Sept. 24).
Edberg-Olson Hall
Edberg-Olson Hall is the new home of the Temple University
football program. Officially dedicated on December 9, 2000,
the facility was designed by AP3C Architects of Philadelphia.
The building was engineered to not only support the football
team’s functional requirements, but to enhance the
experience through innovative design concepts. During the
season, approximately 250 people will pass through its doors
on a daily basis.
Edberg-Olson Hall is not only a major source of pride to
the football program, but an integral recruiting and preparation
tool. Two months after its unveiling, Bobby Wallace inked
30 student-athletes to national letters of intent. The recruiting
class is regarded by many experts among the most talented
in Temple history.
The 23,600-square-foot building contains team and coaches
locker rooms, a weight room, a training room, equipment
facilities, coaches offices, observation balcony, a players’
lounge, individual position meeting rooms and a theater-style
team meeting room. It is the perfect complement to a gridiron
landscape outside featuring 100,000 square feet of natural
grass and 24,000 square feet of artificial turf. Eight,
85-foot poles providing 85 candles of white rendition light
line the perimeter of the complex. Powder-coated cyclone
fences provide privacy.
Temple Teammates
Community Service: Teaching, Mentoring and Sportsmanship
Temple Teammates is a community service program conducted
by the Department of Athletics. The goal of the program
is to raise the consciousness and awareness in young people
throughout the Greater Philadelphia area on aspects of leadership,
positive character development and high ethical standards.
Student-athletes are organized to visit elementary and
middle school students, hospitals and various community
agencies. In turn, Temple student-athletes host elementary
and middle school students on campus tours. Teaching, mentoring,
and playing sports with younger students are ways of imparting
appropriate values and developing positive examples of sportsmanship.
Temple Teammates is part of the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills
Program to which Temple University proudly subscribes. The
Life Skills Program has three major components:
1. Personal development skills
2. Career development skills
3. Academic development skills.
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