Football: Breaking Down Saturday's Penn State-Temple Matchup
Penn State leads this all-time series, 36-3-1, and that includes a 22-13 Nittany Lion win last season at Beaver Stadium.
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Penn State leads this all-time series, 36-3-1, and that includes a 22-13 Nittany Lion win last season at Beaver Stadium.
The Villanova Wildcats sit at 0-2 after last week's 31-10 loss to Towson.
The Golden Rams (0-2) opened the season with a heartbreaking loss at New Haven, followed by another loss at Delaware.
Two-time defending league champ Penn will start its season at Franklin Field, hosting Lafayette out of the Patriot League.
Recently hired as the new women's crew coach at his alma mater, Temple University, Jason Read's incredible life résumé includes an Olympic gold medal and years spent helping others as an EMS/Rescue Chief of Operations in his home county of Hunterdon, in New Jersey.
It should be an interesting match-up in Happy Valley on Saturday, as Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions host Nick Saban's Crimson Tide.
West Chester lost an season-opening heartbreaker, falling in overtime on the road to New Haven, 35-32.
After dismantling Villanova last week to open the 2011 season, Temple now gets ready to travel to Akron for a MAC matchup.
Not a whole lot went right for Villanova in that season-opening 42-7 loss to Temple in the "Mayor's Cup" game last Thursday.
After a few years of hovering around the .500 mark, the Penn Quakers have returned to their post as the dominant team in the Ivy League.
Chaz Powell set the tone by returning the game's opening kickoff 95 yards for a score and Silas Redd led an overwhelming ground game with two rushing touchdowns in Penn State's 41-7 win over Indiana State on Saturday.
Rowan head coach Jay Accorsi's team starts their 2011 season Saturday against Lycoming.
Pierce gave Owls' first-year coach Steve Addazio a neatly wrapped first victory Thursday night, rushing for 147 yards and tying a career high with three touchdowns in Temple's dominating 42-7 victory over Villanova before a good crowd of 32,638 at Lincoln Financial Field.
The college football season in Philadelphia kicks off tonight at Lincoln Financial Field, as Temple and Villanova battle for the Mayor's Cup.
Last season was a bit of a transition year for Division III Widener University as they adjusted to life under new head coach Isaac Collins.
