Temple was expelled from the league due to a lack of commitment to the football program from university officials.

Physical education instructor and basketball coach Charles M. Williams organized an 11-man squad that won their first game against Philadelphia Dental College.

Their only loss that season came from Dartmouth, and a 44-year long rivalry with Bucknell College began with Temple posting a 19–13 victory.

Miller coached eight seasons and compiled a 50–15–8 record, with two notable victories over growing regional football power Penn State.

Following Miller's departure in 1933, the Owls made a national splash with the hiring of their next coach, the legendary Glenn "Pop" Warner.

In 1934, the Owls went 7–0–2 in the regular season and were invited to play in the inaugural Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, 1935, where they lost to undefeated Tulane, 20–14.

George Makris arrived as head coach to start the 1960 season and won his first game, against Kings Point.

In 1966, led by a Temple single-game record five touchdown passes by quarterback John Waller to receiver Jim Callahan (whose first 10 receptions that year went for touchdowns, all thrown by Waller), Markis brought "the Old Shoe" back to Broad Street by defeating Bucknell for the first time in 12 years.

Temple played regular season games in Japan's Mirage Bowl twice, losing 35–32 to Grambling State in 1977 and beating Boston College 28–24 in 1978.

Under Hardin, the Owls were one of the more stable Eastern football powers and often defeated local rivals West Virginia, Rutgers and Syracuse.

Arians had two winning seasons, going 6–5 in 1984 when the defense was ranked 21st in the nation beating East Carolina, Pitt, and West Virginia.

Unfortunately, Temple's six wins in 1986 were later forfeited after it emerged that star running back Paul Palmer had signed with an agent during his senior season.

[8] Jerry Berndt, who took over for Arians in 1989, led Temple to their last winning season for almost twenty years in 1990, when the Owls went 7–4.

Temple joined the Big East Conference in 1991, but had difficulty competing against teams with better facilities and bigger budgets.

14 Virginia Tech Hokies as 36-point underdogs in their first-ever Big East road win and their first victory over a ranked opponent in 11 years.

[9] In that game, which stands as one of the largest upsets in college football history, Temple utilized their third-string quarterback and had 10 players making their first starts of the season due to injuries.

Conference officials said that since at least 1996, Temple had been out of compliance with Big East membership standards including competitiveness, attendance, and facilities.

[18] During Rhule's second year as head coach, Temple showed considerable improvement over its previous season record.

[20] Rhule began the 2015 season by beating Penn State, his own alma mater, 27–10 in front of a sellout crowd of 69,176 – a record for a college football game at Lincoln Financial Field.

"[23] The Owls followed up their historic win by going on the road and knocking off American Athletic Conference preseason favorite Cincinnati 34–26.

Playing in a sold out Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium, Temple won a harrowing victory in a nationally televised game against East Carolina, marking the program's first 7–0 start since its inception in 1894.

Finishing 10–2 in the regular season for only the second time in school history, the Owls clinched a berth in the inaugural AAC Championship vs the Houston Cougars, where they lost 24–13.

On December 7, 2018, Collins accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Tech, leaving the Owls just 2 years into his tenure on North Broad.

Carey also faced accusations of losing support in the Temple locker room after multiple players including the team's starting quarterback and number one wide receiver entered the transfer portal.

[45] When Temple first began its football program, the team had no official home field, eventually settling into Vernon Park in Germantown.

[46] Temple Stadium encompassed 32 acres of land in the West Oak Lane neighborhood in North Philadelphia, with a capacity of nearly 20,000 people.

The most attended Temple game, with 105,950 attendees, occurred November 11, 2006, at Beaver Stadium, home of Penn State.

At one point, Owls football games aired on 12 stations from as far north as Sayre, Pennsylvania, to as far south as Baltimore.

In 2013, Temple Men's Basketball co-hosted ESPN College GameDay in conjunction with LaSalle University at The Palestra.

The Owls would fail to receive AP votes the following weeks after road losses to unranked Buffalo and #19 SMU.