The Temple Owls flew into Lincoln Financial Field on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to host the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks in a critical Mid-American Conference match-up live on ESPN.
Temple defeated Miami (Ohio) by a final score of 24-21.
The Owls had a ten point lead coming out of halftime; however, the Redhawks pulled within three when Zac Dysert found Chris Givens for a 25 yard touchdown to make it 17-14.
Temple would again extend its lead to a dime when junior running back Matt Brown rushed one into the end zone early in the fourth quarter. Miami (Ohio) gave the the hometown crowd a scare when Dysert connected to Nick Harwell for a late touchdown, but the Owls were able to get the ball back and run out the clock.
With the win, Temple improves to 6-4 (4-3 MAC) and moves into second place in the Mid-American standings behind the Ohio Bobcats.