Date: Thursday, December 21, 2017
Start Time: 8:00 p.m. EST
Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
TV: ESPN
Streaming: ESPN3
Regular season records: Temple 6-6 (4-4 American), FIU 8-4 (5-3 Conference USA)
All-Time Series: This is the first ever meeting between the two programs.
Betting Line: Temple -7, O/U 57
It was an expected rough start to the season for first-year head coach Geoff Collins after inheriting an Owls team that not only lost Matt Rhule, but a significant portion of its American Athletic Conference championship team.