PHILADELPHIA – Temple University has announced that the Temple Owls will play in the 2016 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman against Wake Forrest (6-6) on Tuesday, December 27 (3:30 p.m. ET). The game will be played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, home of the Naval Academy, and the site of Temple's 34-10 American Athletic Conference Championship win yesterday.
Led by a determined senior class, Temple (10-3) has won 10 games for just the third time in school history but have done so in each of the last two seasons. As such, the 20 wins mark the best record in a two-year span and the Owls seek a school-record 11th win in the bowl game.