Temple University Athletics
Temple Football Sets Attendance Record For Camps
6.30.09 | Football
June 30, 2009
PHILADELPHIA - For the second consecutive year, Temple football rewrote attendance records for its five sessions of the annual Al Golden Football Camp. A total of 1,854 campers visited the Philadelphia campus, including a school record 661 high school student-athletes during the first session alone. Temple's previous record, set in 2008, was 1,625 campers, an increase of 14 percent.
Campers traveled to the Philadelphia campus from 14 states as well as Washington, D.C., and Canada, bringing more than 5,000 visitors to Temple University's campus.
Each camp session was staffed by the Temple football coaching staff as well as full-time coaches from Division I, I-AA, II, III, and premiere high school coaches from the Northeast Region. The student-athletes worked with some of the best coaches in the region and offered the campers maximum levels of skill development, technique, and instruction for their dollar. Each camper was also exposed to the Temple University campus, the football facilities, and training techniques used by the current Temple Owl football team.
Camp dates for 2010 have also been announced: Sunday, May 30; Sunday, June 6; Saturday, June 12; Thursday, June 24 and Sunday, June 27.
For more information on the Al Golden Football Camp, visit www.algolden.net.
A total of 22 of the 28 players that signed National Letters of Intent with Temple in February 2009 attended one of the camps in 2008. Over the last two years, 36 of Temple's 50 signees have participated in the Al Golden Football Camp.
Temple opens the 2009 season on Thursday, Sept. 3 with Villanova at 7 p.m. in the inaugural Mayor's Cup at Lincoln Financial Field.
Individual game tickets will be available via the Lincoln Financial Field Box Office and Ticketmaster at 215-336-2000 or 800-745-3000. Temple football season ticket and individual game ticket information can also be found online at www.OwlsTix.com.
