Temple’s non-conference schedules will have a decidedly Power Five flavor to them in the future.
The AAC school announced Friday that it has reached agreements on future home-and-home series with a pair of ACC schools, Boston College and Duke, as well as one from the Big Ten, Maryland. The series with BC and UofM both start in 2018 and both are on the road, with the Owls traveling to College Park Sept. 15 and to Chestnut Hill two weeks later. The Blue devils will play in Philadelphia Sept. 14, 2019, to conclude the series, while the Eagles come calling September 18, 2021.
Temple will start their series against Duke with a road game to open the 2022 season Sept. 3, while the Blue Devils will make their way to Philly Sept. 16 the following season.
Temple and BC have faced each other 35 times since 1937, with the latter holding a decided 27-6-2 edge in the series. The team’s last played in 2004, and the Owls’ last win came in 1999. Maryland and Temple have squared off just eight times, the first coming in 1997 and the last in 2012. The Terrapins have won seven of the eight, the only loss coming by 31 points at home in 2011.
Duke and Temple have never faced each other on the gridiron.
With this announcement, plus the recent announcement of a three-game series with Oklahoma, Temple will play 14 games against Power Five teams the next eight seasons. Those will include, in addition to the aforementioned, games at Penn State (2016), at Notre Dame (2017) and a pair of home-and-home series against Rutgers (2020-21, 2022-23).
