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By Tom Gaffney
Beacon Journal sports writer
POSTED: 03:22 p.m. EST, Nov 10, 2009
Temple coach Al Golden sensed that a letdown was coming and felt fortunate his football team was able to survive it.
On Oct. 31, the Owls traveled to Annapolis, Md., and defeated Navy 27-24 to run their winning streak to six games. That was the same Navy team that defeated host Notre Dame 23-21 last Saturday.
Five days after beating the Middies, Temple had a Mid-American Conference home game with Miami, which came in with a 1-8 record.
The Owls had a 31-13 lead early in the fourth quarter, but the RedHawks scored three consecutive touchdowns to go ahead 32-31. Temple survived with a late drive that culminated in an 18-yard field goal by freshman Brandon McManus with three seconds left for a 34-32 victory.
''I told the guys what kind of game it was going to be. I could see that they were a different team. I could see that Miami was hot by the way they played the last two weeks,'' Golden said. ''Our guys were probably all giddy over Navy still.
''Miami came out and played well enough to win the game. We got lucky and we won it.''
The Owls (7-2, 5-0) lead the East Division of the MAC and will bring a seven-game winning streak to InfoCision Stadium on Friday night to play the University of Akron (2-7, 1-4).
Temple has one of the best defenses in the MAC, but Miami moved the ball at will at times and finished with 478 total yards.
''Our defense did not play well, really got humbled,'' Golden said. ''We will have to wake up this week and overcome some things.''
Temple had built its lead behind the running of freshman tailback Bernard Pierce and the steadiness of sophomore quarterback Chester Stewart, who replaced an erratic Vaughn Charlton in the starting lineup for Miami.
Pierce, the leading rusher in the MAC, ran for 178 yards on 40 carries and scored three touchdowns. It was his third consecutive game with more than 100 yards rushing. Stewart completed 6-of-11 passes for 143 yards.
After the Miami comeback, the Owls needed to regain the momentum when they got the ball at their 36 with 2:29 left and trailing 32-31. They did just that, needing nine plays to get to the Miami 1 and getting the winning kick from McManus.
''I was pleased that we did respond at the end and come out with a win,'' Golden said. ''We showed some poise down the stretch and conducted a good two-minute drill.''
In other MAC developments:
Miami (1-9, 1-5) — Quarterback Zac Dysert, a redshirt freshman from Ada, completed 31-of-51 passes for a career-high 426 yards and three touchdowns in that loss to Temple. The 426 yards passing was the fourth-most in school history, behind three efforts by Ben Roethlisberger. It also was the second-most in the MAC this season, trailing only the 505 of Bowling Green's Tyler Sheehan against Kent State on Oct. 10.
Central Michigan (7-2, 5-0) — The Chippewas, who are ranked 32nd in the USA Today coaches poll, will try to continue team and individual streaks Wednesday in a home game against Toledo. CMU has won 16 consecutive MAC games against schools from Ohio. The last loss was to Toledo 27-22 on Oct. 23, 2004. Senior receiver Bryan Anderson hopes to add to his national-best streak of 49 games of catching at least one pass. He has caught at least one pass in every game of his career. Anderson is now two games behind the NCAA record held by fellow MAC performer Mike Larkin of Miami and Taurean Henderson of Texas Tech.
Northern Illinois (6-3, 4-1) — The Huskies had gone almost six seasons without having two rushers surpass 100 yards in a single game — and then had it happen twice within six days. Last Thursday, in a 50-6 home victory over winless Eastern Michigan, junior tailback Chad Spann rushed for a career-high 174 yards on just 11 carries and sophomore quarterback DeMarcus Grady had 104 yards on only 10 rushes. On Oct. 31, in a 27-10 home triumph over the University of Akron, Spann had 125 yards rushing and Grady had 109. NIU leads the MAC in rushing at 229.6 yards per game, but may become more balanced Thursday against Ball State with the possible return of sophomore quarterback Chandler Harnish, who has missed three games with a knee injury.
Western Michigan (4-6, 3-3) — Senior Brandon West set a Football Bowl Subdivision record for career yardage on kickoff returns last Saturday in a 49-14 loss at Michigan State. West, who is from Brunswick, Ga., had six returns for 142 yards. That gave him 3,045 yards for his career, topping the mark of 2,945 yards set by Jessie Henderson of SMU in 2008. West had 262 all-purpose yards in the game, also rushing for 98 yards and catching passes for 22 yards. When the Broncos meet Eastern Michigan on Saturday, they will become the first Michigan team in history to meet all other FBS schools in the state in the same season. Their schedule also includes Michigan and Central Michigan.
Tom Gaffney can be reached at tgaffney@thebeaconjournal.com.
Temple coach Al Golden sensed that a letdown was coming and felt fortunate his football team was able to survive it.
On Oct. 31, the Owls traveled to Annapolis, Md., and defeated Navy 27-24 to run their winning streak to six games. That was the same Navy team that defeated host Notre Dame 23-21 last Saturday.
Five days after beating the Middies, Temple had a Mid-American Conference home game with Miami, which came in with a 1-8 record.
The Owls had a 31-13 lead early in the fourth quarter, but the RedHawks scored three consecutive touchdowns to go ahead 32-31. Temple survived with a late drive that culminated in an 18-yard field goal by freshman Brandon McManus with three seconds left for a 34-32 victory.
''I told the guys what kind of game it was going to be. I could see that they were a different team. I could see that Miami was hot by the way they played the last two weeks,'' Golden said. ''Our guys were probably all giddy over Navy still.
''Miami came out and played well enough to win the game. We got lucky and we won it.''
The Owls (7-2, 5-0) lead the East Division of the MAC and will bring a seven-game winning streak to InfoCision Stadium on Friday night to play the University of Akron (2-7, 1-4).
Temple has one of the best defenses in the MAC, but Miami moved the ball at will at times and finished with 478 total yards.
''Our defense did not play well, really got humbled,'' Golden said. ''We will have to wake up this week and overcome some things.''
Temple had built its lead behind the running of freshman tailback Bernard Pierce and the steadiness of sophomore quarterback Chester Stewart, who replaced an erratic Vaughn Charlton in the starting lineup for Miami.
Pierce, the leading rusher in the MAC, ran for 178 yards on 40 carries and scored three touchdowns. It was his third consecutive game with more than 100 yards rushing. Stewart completed 6-of-11 passes for 143 yards.
After the Miami comeback, the Owls needed to regain the momentum when they got the ball at their 36 with 2:29 left and trailing 32-31. They did just that, needing nine plays to get to the Miami 1 and getting the winning kick from McManus.
''I was pleased that we did respond at the end and come out with a win,'' Golden said. ''We showed some poise down the stretch and conducted a good two-minute drill.''
In other MAC developments:
Miami (1-9, 1-5) — Quarterback Zac Dysert, a redshirt freshman from Ada, completed 31-of-51 passes for a career-high 426 yards and three touchdowns in that loss to Temple. The 426 yards passing was the fourth-most in school history, behind three efforts by Ben Roethlisberger. It also was the second-most in the MAC this season, trailing only the 505 of Bowling Green's Tyler Sheehan against Kent State on Oct. 10.
Central Michigan (7-2, 5-0) — The Chippewas, who are ranked 32nd in the USA Today coaches poll, will try to continue team and individual streaks Wednesday in a home game against Toledo. CMU has won 16 consecutive MAC games against schools from Ohio. The last loss was to Toledo 27-22 on Oct. 23, 2004. Senior receiver Bryan Anderson hopes to add to his national-best streak of 49 games of catching at least one pass. He has caught at least one pass in every game of his career. Anderson is now two games behind the NCAA record held by fellow MAC performer Mike Larkin of Miami and Taurean Henderson of Texas Tech.
Northern Illinois (6-3, 4-1) — The Huskies had gone almost six seasons without having two rushers surpass 100 yards in a single game — and then had it happen twice within six days. Last Thursday, in a 50-6 home victory over winless Eastern Michigan, junior tailback Chad Spann rushed for a career-high 174 yards on just 11 carries and sophomore quarterback DeMarcus Grady had 104 yards on only 10 rushes. On Oct. 31, in a 27-10 home triumph over the University of Akron, Spann had 125 yards rushing and Grady had 109. NIU leads the MAC in rushing at 229.6 yards per game, but may become more balanced Thursday against Ball State with the possible return of sophomore quarterback Chandler Harnish, who has missed three games with a knee injury.
Western Michigan (4-6, 3-3) — Senior Brandon West set a Football Bowl Subdivision record for career yardage on kickoff returns last Saturday in a 49-14 loss at Michigan State. West, who is from Brunswick, Ga., had six returns for 142 yards. That gave him 3,045 yards for his career, topping the mark of 2,945 yards set by Jessie Henderson of SMU in 2008. West had 262 all-purpose yards in the game, also rushing for 98 yards and catching passes for 22 yards. When the Broncos meet Eastern Michigan on Saturday, they will become the first Michigan team in history to meet all other FBS schools in the state in the same season. Their schedule also includes Michigan and Central Michigan.
Tom Gaffney can be reached at tgaffney@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Canton, OH
Posted 04:08 PM, 11/10/2009
Will Bill Cosby be on the sideline ?????
Highland Square, OH
Posted 07:35 PM, 11/10/2009
It's funny...last year Ball State had David Letterman, and this year Temple has Bill Cosby. Looks like Akron needs a famous alum to compete..
clinton, oh
Posted 11:39 PM, 11/10/2009
Those Mac notebooks are pretty durable
