season

Temple

What the offense calls, how often it works, and how every unit grades out against the rest of the country.

2-4 6 games tracked Offense C+ Defense C-

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Season grades

Compare with 2025

Offense 65th of 137

C+

2025 B 48th of 136

Points added per play: +0.22opponents usually allow +0.142025: +0.19
Plays that work: 42%usual for these opponents 43%2025: 44%

Defense 98th of 137

C-

2025 D- 121st of 136

Points allowed per play: +0.22opponents usually get +0.162025: +0.22
Plays that work against it: 44%usual for these opponents 43%2025: 46%

Special teams

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Not graded yet. Kicks, punts and returns come next.

2025 is the whole season: Temple finished 5-7. 2026 is only the games played so far, so early numbers swing more.

Each game is compared with what that opponent usually does, then ranked against every FBS team. Garbage time is left out. These ranks are this site's own index, not an official poll. See every team

Keys for improvement

9%of dropbacks end in a sack

Offense

Protect the quarterback

A. Sheppard has been sacked on 9% of dropbacks (9 of 98), against 5% for all teams.

53%of throws to him work

Offense

Get the ball to C. Chase

A. Sheppard to C. Chase works 53% of the time (8 of 15 throws, 9 caught, 13.4 yards a throw). Everything else through the air works 34%. He gets 17% of the targets.

55%of middle eight plays work against it

Defense

Hold the middle eight

In the last four minutes of the first half and the first four of the second, opponents' plays work 55% of the time against Temple, against 43% for all teams. That ranks 130th of 137.

All keys, best and worst situations, and the players behind them

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Games

Week	Opponent	Score	Offense	Defense
1	vs Rhode Island	W38-14	C-	D	Replay
2	vs Penn State	L9-27	C	C	Replay
3	at Toledo	L48-49	B	D	Replay
4	vs Army	L17-21	B-	C-	Replay
5	at South Florida	W17-13	C-	A-	Replay
6	vs UConn	L20-34	–	–	Replay
7	vs Charlotte	Not played			Tracker
9	at East Carolina	Not played			Tracker
10	at Navy	Not played			Tracker
11	vs UAB	Not played			Tracker
12	vs Rice	Not played			Tracker
13	at Memphis	Not played			Tracker

What Temple calls

66%

How often a defense is right by guessing the usual call. That makes this the 18th most predictable offense of 137. The middle team is at 62%.

1st & 7+111 plays

Run 70% Pass 30%

Runs work 41% of the time (all teams 40%). Passes work 39% (all teams 48%).

2nd & 1-316 plays

Run 75% Pass 25%

Runs work 50% of the time (all teams 68%). Passes work 50% (all teams 55%).

2nd & 4-624 plays

Run 62% Pass 38%

Runs work 60% of the time (all teams 49%). Passes work 33% (all teams 50%).

2nd & 7+53 plays

Run 58% Pass 42%

Runs work 36% of the time (all teams 29%). Passes work 41% (all teams 37%).

3rd & 1-319 plays

Run 79% Pass 21%

Runs work 80% of the time (all teams 67%). Passes work 25% (all teams 53%).

3rd & 4-615 plays

Run 33% Pass 67%

Runs work 40% of the time (all teams 44%). Passes work 20% (all teams 42%).

3rd & 7+22 plays

Run 46% Pass 55%

Runs work 20% of the time (all teams 22%). Passes work 42% (all teams 25%).

Run, quarterback runs included Pass Where all teams split

Situations with fewer than 10 plays are left off. See every situation in a table

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