1938 Temple Owls football team

1938 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6–1
Head coach	Pop Warner (6th season)
Captain	Richard Wheeler
Home stadium	Temple Stadium

1938 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Worcester Tech			–					6	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 170 to 97.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia. Richard Wheeler was the team captain.^[3]

After the 1938 season, Warner retired from coaching at age 67.^[4] He had been a football coach since 1895, compiling a 319–106–32 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Albright	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 6–0
October 1	Pittsburgh	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–28	41,728	[5]
October 7	TCU	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–28	20,000	[6]
October 14	Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0
October 21	Boston College	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 26–26	12,000
October 28	Georgetown	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–13	10,000	[7]
November 5	at No. 13 Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–33
November 12	No. 19 Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–20
November 19	at Michigan State	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 0–10	12,000	[8]
December 3	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 7–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1938 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
2. "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 129. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
3. 2019 Media Guide, p. 110.
4. Fred Byrod (January 30, 1939). "Pop Warner Quits as Temple Coach". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 17, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Stan Baumgartner (October 2, 1938). "Power Drives By Panthers Fell Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. p. Sports 1. Retrieved August 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Stan Baumgartner (October 8, 1938). "T.C.U. Overwhelms Temple Eleven, 28-6: Aerials by O'Brien Spells Owls' Defeat Before 20,000 Fans". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 21, 23 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Stan Baumgartner (October 29, 1938). "Georgetown Whips Temple Gridmen, 13-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Michigan State Trips Temple, 10-0: Pingel's Career As Spartan Ends". The Enquirer and Evening News. November 20, 1938. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.