In 2018, Boston College will play Temple for the 38th time, renewing a game dating back to the earliest days of college football. It’s the first time the teams will play since 2004, and the game in Chestnut Hill will be the first time the Eagles host the Owls since 2001.
Back then, the college football world was substantially different. The Owls were the laughingstock of college football, a team ejected from a conference due to a lack of competitiveness. In their 13 years in the Big East, Temple won 30 games, never winning more than four in a single season.