Temple University Athletics
American Athletic Conference Announces Football Schedule Model for 2020-21
11.18.19 | Football
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the two-year football scheduling model for conference games that will be in place for the 2020 and 2021 football seasons.
Temple's 2020 home conference opponents are: Cincinnati, ECU, USF, SMU. The Owls will travel to: UCF, Memphis, Navy, Tulane. In non-conference play the Owls will host Idaho and Rutgers and play at Miami and UMass.
Temple's 2021 home conference opponents are: UCF, Houston, Memphis, Navy. The Owls will travel to: Cincinnati, ECU, USF, Tulsa. In non-conference play the Owls will host Boston College and play at Rutgers and Akron.
The scheduling model was approved by The American's athletic directors last week at the conference's fall meeting in Philadelphia.
The 2020 season will be the first for The American with 11 football-playing institutions. The 2020 and 2021 schedules will include eight conference games - four home games and four road contests - for each team in each season. Each team will face the other 10 teams at least once in the two-year cycle.
"This scheduling model provides balance and competitive equity and will contribute to the exciting seasons to which we have become accustomed in the American Athletic Conference," said Aresco. "It is a fair model that was unanimously supported by our athletic directors."
The American will not have a divisional format for its 2020 and 2021 football seasons. The conference will determine the procedures for determining the participants in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship at a later date.
Temple's 2020 home conference opponents are: Cincinnati, ECU, USF, SMU. The Owls will travel to: UCF, Memphis, Navy, Tulane. In non-conference play the Owls will host Idaho and Rutgers and play at Miami and UMass.
Temple's 2021 home conference opponents are: UCF, Houston, Memphis, Navy. The Owls will travel to: Cincinnati, ECU, USF, Tulsa. In non-conference play the Owls will host Boston College and play at Rutgers and Akron.
The scheduling model was approved by The American's athletic directors last week at the conference's fall meeting in Philadelphia.
The 2020 season will be the first for The American with 11 football-playing institutions. The 2020 and 2021 schedules will include eight conference games - four home games and four road contests - for each team in each season. Each team will face the other 10 teams at least once in the two-year cycle.
"This scheduling model provides balance and competitive equity and will contribute to the exciting seasons to which we have become accustomed in the American Athletic Conference," said Aresco. "It is a fair model that was unanimously supported by our athletic directors."
The American will not have a divisional format for its 2020 and 2021 football seasons. The conference will determine the procedures for determining the participants in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship at a later date.
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