The 2017 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by first-year head coach Geoff Collins and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they defeated FIU.
Schedule
Personnel
Coaching staff
Roster
2017 recruiting class
Game summaries
Notre Dame
Villanova
UMass
South Florida
Houston
East Carolina
UConn
Army
Navy
Cincinnati
UCF
Tulsa
FIU–Gasparilla Bowl
Awards and honors
American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team
First Team
Delvon Randall, S
Second Team
Brian Carter, OL
Sharif Finch, DL
Jacob Martin, DL
Honorable Mention
Sean Chandler, S
NFL Players
NFL Draft Combine
One Temple player was invited to participate in the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine.
† Top performer
2018 NFL Draft
Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2018 NFL Draft.
In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.