1923 Tempe Normal Owls football team

1923 Tempe Normal Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2
Head coach	Aaron McCreary (1st season)

1923 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Mexico A&M			–					9	–	0	–	0
La Verne			–					7	–	2	–	1
Hawaii			–					5	–	1	–	2
Saint Mary's			–					5	–	3	–	1
Arizona			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tempe Normal			–					4	–	2	–	0
Gonzaga			–					4	–	3	–	0
Santa Clara			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Mexico			–					3	–	5	–	0
Nevada			–					2	–	3	–	3
Santa Barbara State			–					2	–	4	–	0
Cal Aggies			–					2	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Tempe Normal Owls football team was an American football team that represented Tempe Normal School (later renamed Arizona State University) as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their first season under head coach Aaron McCreary, the Owls compiled a 4–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 152 to 102.^[1] John Turner was the team captain.^[2]

Coach McCreary graduated from Temple Normal School in 1915 and had thereafter been in charge of athletics at Tucson High School.^[3]

Schedule

Opponent	Site	Result
Phoenix High School	Normal Field Tempe, AZ	L 0–19
at Phoenix Indian School	Phoenix, AZ	W 47–0
at Phoenix Indian School - 2nd Team	Phoenix, AZ	W 61–6
at Phoenix College	Phoenix, AZ	L 2–57
Phoenix Indian School	Normal Field Tempe, AZ	W 18–14
at Mesa High School	Mesa, AZ	W 24–6

References

1. "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 118. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
2. "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 105. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
3. "Parents Throng Tempe Schools To See The Exhibits". The Arizona Republican. May 23, 1923. p. 2-2.