1996 Temple Owls football team

1996 Temple Owls football
1996 Temple Owls football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	1–10 (0–7 Big East)
Head coach	Ron Dickerson (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Nick Gasparsto (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Dale Strahm (3rd season)
Home stadium	Veterans Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big East Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Virginia Tech +	6	–	1	10	–	2
No. 14 Miami (FL) +	6	–	1	9	–	3
No. 21 Syracuse +	6	–	1	9	–	3
West Virginia	4	–	3	8	–	4
Pittsburgh	3	–	4	4	–	7
Boston College	2	–	5	5	–	7
Rutgers	1	–	6	2	–	9
Temple	0	–	7	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ron Dickerson, the Owls compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Big East. Temple played home games at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31		at Eastern Michigan*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	W 28–24
September 7		Washington State*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 34–38	10,169
September 14		at Bowling Green*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	L 16–20
September 21	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Penn State*	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ	L 0–41	24,847
October 5		at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 52–53	30,054
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–38	44,208	^[1]
October 19	1:30 p.m.	No. 15 West Virginia	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 10–30	12,546	^[2]
October 26		at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 17–28
November 2	12:00 p.m.	No. 22 Miami (FL)	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 26–57	8,608
November 16		at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 20–21
November 23	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 Syracuse	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 15–36	4,312
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1996 Temple Owls football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense 16 Randy Canzater WR 6-0 187 FR Columbia, SC

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`44`	Jason Alisauckas	So
QB	`5`	Charles Andrews	Fr
QB	`14`	Henry Burris	Sr
C	`60`	Kevin Carozza	Sr
FB	`2`	Frank Carter	Sr
WR	`80`	Kenyatta Carter	So
OT	`69`	Roger Chanione	Sr
TE	`84`	Justin Collins	So

Defense 28 Gregg Ascolese LB 6-0 226 SO North Bergen, NJ 55 Mario Ayala NT 6-2 268 SO Glassboro, NJ 7 Steve Simpkins DE 6-5 240 JR Trenton, NJ 56 Michael Tripp DE 6-3 253 SO