2011 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Owls were led by first-year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field . They played as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference . They finished the season 9 – 4 , 5 – 3 in MAC play to finish in second place in the East Division . They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Wyoming 37 – 15 . It was the school 's first bowl win since the 1979 Garden State Bowl . This was the Owls ' last season as a member of the MAC as they re-joined the Big East Conference for football in 2012
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2011 Temple Owls football team