It’s hard for any sports team in the city of Philadelphia to compete with the Eagles, but the Temple Owls always give it their best shot. At times, the program has underperformed and been overlooked, leading to an abundance of cheap Temple football tickets. But the Owls were also longtime members of the Big East during its glory days and are now a flagship program of the American Athletic Conference. In fact, the Owls have had a long and storied history dating back to the earliest days of the program. While often overshadowed by the Eagles, the Owls are still an important part of the football landscape of Philadelphia, which is why there is always a demand for last-minute Temple football tickets.

Taking Flight

The early days of Temple football were some of the best in program history. Starting in 1925, head coach Heinie Miller made the Owls a northeast power, going 50-15-8 over eight seasons. He set the stage for the famous Pop Warner, who coached the Owls for six seasons, leading Temple to the 1934 Sugar Bowl, which remained the high-water mark for the program for decades.

Temple Tough

The Owls enjoyed another era of success during the 1960s and 70s. In 1967, George Makris led Temple to its first-ever conference championship. That helped to set the stage for sustained success under Wayne Hardin in the 1970s when the Owls had eight winning seasons in 10 years, culminating in a 10-2 campaign and a win in the Garden State Bowl in 1979.

Golden Era

Temple football all but fell off the college football map during the 1990s and early 2000s, struggling to compete in the Big East Conference. But Al Golden changed all of that despite inheriting a team that went winless the year before he arrived. Golden changed the culture of the program, leading the Owls to a bowl game in his fourth season. That set the stage for coaches Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, and Rod Carey to lead Temple to five consecutive bowl games from 2015 to 2019. Despite a lot of coaching turnover, the Owls have once again become a flagship program in the northeast while finally finding a long-term home in the American Athletic Conference.