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The Temple Owls Did Not Defeat the Oklahoma Sooners
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Kyle Pagan’s Temple Owls were a 43-point underdog in Norman on Friday night. They did not cover:
That’ll do it from Norman, Okla.
TEM 3 – OU 51 | 0:00 |
— Temple Football (@Temple_FB) August 31, 2024
10 points would have gotten the job done, but alas, it was not to be.
To recap, Forrest Brock went 12-25 on the evening, throwing for 128 yards and two interceptions. He finished with a QBR of 7 and lost a fumble. E.J. Wilson led the Owls on the ground with 31 yards on six carries as the entire team mustered 69 yards total, good for a 1.9 average. Dante Wright didn’t fare much better in the receiving game, catching three passes for 36 yards while fumbling twice.
They went punt/fumble/punt/interception/fumble/punt/punt/fumble/end of half and found themselves down 34-0 at the break. However, they HELD Boomer Sooner twice in the third quarter and knocked in a 49 yard field goal to cut the lead to 37-3, but with covering in sight, they finished the 4th quarter with an Oklahoma scoop and score before throwing a pick and taking two sacks in a row to run out the clock. Other than that, it was a great game!
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com