Temple 30, Connecticut 16
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 18, 2010
Where: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
70°
Head Official:
John McDaid
Attendance:
18702
By SportsDirect Inc.
After a thrilling overtime win last week, Temple rallied again with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to overtake Connecticut, 30-16, and improve to 3-0.
Bernard Pierce rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns and caught a 27-yard scoring pass to lead the host Owls. His performance offset a 195-yard rushing effort by Connecticut’s Jordan Todman.
The Huskies led 16-14 after Dave Teggart kicked a 47-yard field goal late in the third quarter. But a fourth quarter fumble by Todman was scooped up by Adrian Robinson, who returned it for a 25-yard score to give the Owls a 20-16 lead with nine minutes left.
On Temple's ensuing drive, Pierce scored from two yards out to put the Owls up 27-16. Brian McManus kicked a 33-yard field goal for the final margin.
The Huskies fell to 1-2 despite outgaining the Owls 404-356 and holding Temple to just 2-of-13 on third and fourth-down conversions.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Connecticut |
|
Temple |
|
Michael Smith
| Player |
Joe Jones
|
|
7 |
Receptions |
4 |
|
79 |
Yards |
73 |
|
11.3 |
Avg Yards |
18.2 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sacks |
FF |
| Connecticut
|
390 |
240 |
150 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
1 |
| Temple
|
356 |
194 |
162 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
2 |