For much of the season, the Owls appeared destined for a New Year’s Six bowl game, although there is still plenty on the line for Rhule’s team. Temple was ranked in the Top 25 for a total of seven weeks, including a stretch of four straight – a first for the Temple football program The spotlight shined bright on the 2015 Temple Owls who played in 12 nationally televised games and eight prime time contests.
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“I’m never going to shake my head at winning 10 games”, Rhule said. “But we didn’t finish the way we wanted to finish”.
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Senior passer Phillip Ely had a productive season completing 06-of-375 passes and amassing 2,680 yards and 21 touchdowns after he injured his knee ending his 2014 season.
Temple’s 17 points were its fewest of the season.
Toledo will be under new leadership as Jason Candle makes his debut as coach of the Rockets after the team lost their head coach to Iowa State at the conclusion of the regular season.
Frequent driving rain hampered both offenses, but Ely went 20 for 28 with no turnovers.
Particularly in the second half, Ely was phenomenal as a passer.
ABOUT TOLEDO (9-2, 6-2 MAC): The Rockets are one of the nation’s more balanced teams, ranking in the top 35 nationally in points (34.7) and points against (21.1) with a strong rushing attack that averages 213.2 yards per game – tops in the MAC. Quarterback Joshua Dobbs has play making ability and Jalen Hurd is a punishing runner, but the Vols struggled to close out games early in the season and do not have a real signature win that stands out, except perhaps their week 6 victory over a Georgia team that finished below expectations. “And then we had that safety, and everything changed”.
Temple needed 13 plays to move 40 yards, settling for Jones’ 29-yard field goal.
Two plays later, Ja’Wuan Woodley met Jahad Thomas in the back field and forced a fumble that rolled out the back of the end zone for a safety. Officials ruled Toledo recovered the ball, however, and Hunt scored a touchdown from 41 yards away two plays later to clinch the game.
Thompson caught Ely’s medium-range pass over the middle and outraced the Temple secondary for the final 50 yards, angling toward the right corner.
“I think everyone’s sort of spread football, college spread stuff – which is awesome”, Rhule said.
The under is 5-0 in Rockets last 5 Tuesday games and the Rockets are 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 non-conference games while Toledo are 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 games after accumulating more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.
“I had it the whole time”, Thompson said with a grin.
In a bright spot for the Owls, Tyler Matakevich, donning the cherry and white for the final time, cemented his legacy for Temple. At least he got to show the country what he could do when healthy – Toledo is 9-2 and a win over Arkansas really put them on the map this season.
Ely and the Rockets went 55 yards in five plays on the ensuing drive, which ended with a 26-yard catch and run from Toledo sophomore wide receiver Corey Jones for a touchdown.
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“There’s a little bit of anger, a little bit of sadness”, Temple defensive lineman Matt Ioannidis said, “pretty much all the emotions at this point”.
