Second Half Rally Falls Short against Coastal Carolina

Saturday, September 14

Philadelphia, Pa.

2:00 PM

Temple University

Coastal Carolina

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Second Half Rally Falls Short against Coastal Carolina

9.14.24 | Football

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PHILADELPHIA - The Temple Owls (0-3, 0-1) fell to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (3-0, 0-0) in the Owls' home opener on Saturday afternoon. RB Christian Washington scored two rushing touchdowns for Coastal; who maintained a lead throughout the game despite the Owls narrowing it to a one-possession contest twice. Temple RB Antwain Littleton led Temple with 108 all-purpose yards.

How it Happened

Coastal Carolina RB Christian Washington opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown run with 4:14 remaining in the first quarter.
On the ensuing drive, a deflected pass was intercepted by Coastal DB Xamarion Gordon and returned for a 29-yard touchdown with 3:30 left in the first quarter to make the score 14-0.
The Owls got on the board on a Maddux Trujillo 54-yard field goal, which made the score 14-3 with 1:37 to play in the first quarter.
After a fumble gave the Chanticleers a short field, QB Ethan Vasko completed an eight yard touchdown pass to WR Cameron Wright extending Coastal's lead to 21-3 with 8:25 to play in the first half.
With just under five minutes remaining in the half, Temple cut the lead to 21-10 with a 15-yard touchdown pass from QB Evan Simon to WR John Adams.
Temple came out of the halftime locker room strong, first by forcing a quick three-and-out from the Coastal Carolina offense. The Owls then went down the field, capping off a 53-yard drive with a touchdown pass from Simon to WR Dante Wright. This made the score 21-17 Coastal with 10:26 remaining in the third quarter.
Coastal responded on the next drive with a touchdown of their own, as Washington found the endzone for his second rushing touchdown of the game. This score pushed the Chanticleers lead back to eleven, 28-17.
A 37-yard field goal from Trujillo made the score 28-20 Coastal with 12:58 left in the game.
Despite getting the ball back after a turnover on downs, Temple was unable to score an equalizer, giving Coastal Carolina the 28-20 win.

Statistically Speaking

LB D.J. Woodbury set a career-high in tackles with 15.
RB Antwain Littleton II recorded a career-high 34 receiving yards.

Notes

Andreas Keaton, Dante Wright, James Della Pesca, and Demerick Morris served as game captains.
Temple started the game with multiple changes in its starting offense from the season's first two weeks. Diego Barajas (LT), Eric King (LG) and Jackson Pruitt (RG) started for the first time on the offensive line. Evan Simon got the start at QB and TE Landon Morris made his first career start.

Up Next
Temple will be home again next week with a match-up against Utah State on Saturday, September 21. Kickoff time is 2:00 p.m. at Lincoln Financial Field, with the broadcast airing on
ESPN+.