It’s no secret that things are going poorly in Philadelphia. The Temple Owls went 1-6 in Rod Carey’s second season, after going a solid 8-5 in 2019. That 8-5 had been consistent across coaches for Temple, as Geoff Collins got hired away after goin 8-5 in 2018. Before Collins, Matt Rhule seems to have hit Temple’s current ceiling, with back-to-back ten-win seasons. It was in his first season, of 2013, that Temple last had a losing record.
So, what happened in 2020? Was it as simple as the pandemic made for a weird season? Temple was certainly hit hard, not even playing game until mid-October.