PHILADELPHIA- The Temple Owls came back in the final minutes of play to force overtime and take down #20 Cincinnati, 24-17, in front of a Homecoming crowd of 33,026 fans at Lincoln Financial Field. This was Temple's first win against an AP Top 25 team since defeating #19 Navy in the 2016 Conference championship game. The Owls are now 5-3 overall and remain perfect in American Athletic Conference competition at 4-0.
The contest was a defensive battle throughout and featured six turnovers, three interceptions forced by Temple and two fumbles and one interception forced by Cincinnati.