Temple University Athletics
Temple University
2-1
Buffalo
2-2
Football Falls to Buffalo In First Road Trip of the Season
9.21.19 | Football
How it Happened
>The Owls started off on defense and CB Christian Braswell quickly changed that with an interception, his first of the season.
>Working with a short field, Temple drove down the field and scored on its first drive for the third consecutive game. QB Anthony Russo connected with WR Isaiah Wright for a two-yard touchdown to make it 7-0. Wright also scored first against Maryland last week.
>Buffalo answered with a 52-yard field goal to make it 7-3. On the following Owls' drive, an errant snap on a punt gave Buffalo a short field to work with and the Bulls took advantage with a 4-yard TD rush to take the lead, 10-7.
>With nine minutes left in the half, Russo was stripped and Buffalo recovered the ball inside the red zone. Buffalo ran the ball in from seven yards out to extend its lead, 17-7.
>Late in the half, Buffalo used a 14-play, 84-yard drive capped by a two-yard touchdown to take a 24-7 halftime lead.
>In the second half, the Owls didn't have many answers for the Bulls. A couple of picks led to good field position for Buffalo and the Bulls capitalized with another rushing touchdown to lengthen the lead 31-7.
>The Temple offense was able to string together a productive drive late in the third quarter that led to a 34-yard field goal by Will Mobley to cut the lead to 31-10.
>A tipped pass resulted in a pick-six for Buffalo to make the score 38-10, but Temple answered on the following drive. Wright returned the ensuing kickoff 51-yards to give the Owls great field position on the Buffalo 40. Russo connected with WR Branden Mack for a 27-yard touchdown to make the score 38-16.
>Russo connected again with Mack for a 33-yard TD with two minutes remaining to cut the deficit to 38-22, but the Bulls recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran the clock out.
Notes
>Russo connected on 25 passes for 258 yards. He had three touchdown passes, but was also intercepted three times
>Mack had four catches for 72 yards and a touchdown.
>Davis led the Owls with 59 yards on seven carries.
>Chapelle Russell led the team with nine tackles.
Up Next
Temple will host Georgia Tech in the final non-conference game of the season. Kickoff is set for 3:30pm and the game will air on CBS Sports Network and 97.5 The Fanatic.
Team Stats
TEM 7, UB 0
TEM - WRIGHT,Isaiah 2 yd pass from RUSSO,Anthony (MOBLEY,Will kick) 12 plays, 45 yards, TOP 5:38
TEM 7, UB 3
UB - BALTAR, Jackson 52 yd field goal 13 plays, 40 yards, TOP 7:07
TEM 7, UB 10
UB - PATTERSON, Jare 4 yd run (BALTAR, Jackson kick), 2 plays, 7 yards, TOP 0:38
TEM 7, UB 17
UB - MYERS, Matt 7 yd run (BALTAR, Jackson kick), 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 1:24
TEM 7, UB 24
UB - MARKS, Kevin 2 yd run (BALTAR, Jackson kick), 14 plays, 84 yards, TOP 5:43
TEM 7, UB 31
UB - PATTERSON, Jare 3 yd run (BALTAR, Jackson kick), 4 plays, 23 yards, TOP 1:34
TEM 10, UB 31
TEM - MOBLEY,Will 34 yd field goal 9 plays, 63 yards, TOP 1:40
TEM 10, UB 38
UB - BANKS, Joey 46 yd interception (BALTAR, Jackson kick)
TEM 16, UB 38
TEM - MACK,Branden 27 yd pass from RUSSO,Anthony (RUSSO,Anthony rushfailed) 3 plays, 40 yards, TOP 1:02
TEM 22, UB 38
TEM - MACK,Branden 33 yd pass from RUSSO,Anthony (RUSSO,Anthony passfailed) 4 plays, 33 yards, TOP 0:33
