Temple to host Syracuse, Rutgers in Big East football

By Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted: March 09, 2012

NEW YORK - Big East Conference commissioner John Marinatto said the conference's 2012 football schedules would be finalized and released in a couple of weeks.

Temple is finding a nonconference opponent to fill out its 12-game schedule.

The Owls will join the conference for football this fall and for all sports in 2013.

In July, the school will officially leave the Mid-American Conference. It had been a football-only member of the MAC since 2007.

Temple will remain in the Atlantic Ten Conference for all other sports for one more year.

As a member of the MAC, Temple played eight conference games. The Owls will play only seven in the Big East, which leaves the Owls with that extra opponent to find.

This season, Temple will host Big East games against Syracuse, Rutgers, Cincinnati, and South Florida. It will travel to Connecticut, Louisville, and Pittsburgh.

Dates of those games will be determined when the conference releases its schedule.

So far, the Owls' nonconference slate consists of home games against Villanova (Aug. 31) and Maryland (Sept. 8). They will travel to Penn State (Sept. 22) and Army (Nov. 17).

The addition of the Owls fills an immediate scheduling need with West Virginia's exit to the Big 12 Conference.

Contact Keith Pompey at 215-854-2939 or kpompey@phillynews.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/pompeysgridlock. Read his blog at www.philly.com/OwlsInq

 

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