1970 Temple Owls football team

The 1970 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Wayne Hardin, the team compiled a 7–3 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

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1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Tampa		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State		–		10	–	0	–	0
No. 11 Delaware		–		9	–	2	–	0
Hawaii		–		9	–	2	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan		–		7	–	2	–	1
Mankato State		–		7	–	2	–	1
Akron		–		7	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan		–		7	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	3	–	0
Drake		–		7	–	4	–	0
Wayne State (MI)		–		6	–	2	–	0
Arkansas AM&N		–		6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		6	–	3	–	0
St. Norbert		–		6	–	3	–	0
Nevada		–		6	–	3	–	1
Portland State		–		6	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		6	–	4	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	4	–	0
Cortland		–		5	–	4	–	0
Indiana (PA)		–		5	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara		–		5	–	4	–	1
Lafayette		–		6	–	5	–	0
Colorado College		–		4	–	4	–	0
Drexel		–		4	–	4	–	0
Hofstra		–		5	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Samford		–		5	–	5	–	0
Wabash		–		3	–	3	–	2
Saint Mary's		–		3	–	4	–	0
Ashland		–		4	–	6	–	0
Bucknell		–		4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		4	–	6	–	0
Rose Poly		–		3	–	5	–	1
Illinois College		–		3	–	5	–	0
Northeastern		–		3	–	5	–	0
Indiana Central		–		3	–	6	–	0
Lake Forest		–		3	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State		–		3	–	6	–	0
Chicago		–		2	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga		–		3	–	8	–	0
Parsons		–		2	–	7	–	0
Eastern Illinois		–		2	–	8	–	0
Milwaukee		–		1	–	9	–	0

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12		Akron	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–21	8,450–10,000	^[2]
September 19		at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 10–3	4,850–5,000	^[3]
September 26		at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 23–13	12,500	^[4]
October 3		at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 10–7	5,300–5,353	^[5]^[6]
October 10		Connecticut	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 41–23	8,126–8,500	^[7]
October 17	2:00 p.m.	at Xavier	Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 28–15	6,851	^[8]
October 31		No. 7 Delaware	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 13–15	13,116–14,000	^[9]
November 7		Rhode Island	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 18–15	7,979–11,000	^[10]
November 14		Buffalo	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 21–8	5,000–5,719	^[11]
November 26		Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Mayor's Cup)	L 26–31	15,233
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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