Semi-Final: Shattuck 56, Temple 44

Temple played Shattuck at Weatherford in semi-final game Sat Nov 26, 2011.

End of 1st quarter Temple 14 - Shattuck 8.

End of 2nd quarter Temple 20 - Shattuck 8.

End of 3rd quarter Temple 36 - Shattuck 24.

End of 4th quarter Temple 44 - Shattuck 56.

Temple scoring : 53 yd TD run, 80 yd TD run,40 yd TD run, 4 yd TD run, 60 yd TD run, 61 yd TD run.

Temple was leading 44 to 32 with 7:33 left in 4th quarter when Shattuck took over and scored the

 last 3 TD's to take the victory.

Tipton and Shattuck will play in the championship game.  Temple beat Tipton 52 to 6 earlier in the season.

Temple 46, Corn Bible 0

Temple played conference foe Corn Bible Academy at Temple Oct 28, 2011.
End of 1st quarter Temple 38 - Corn Bible 0.
End of 2nd quarter game over by mercy rule Temple 46 - Corn Bible 0.
Temple scores, 30 yd TD run, 15 yd TD run, 80 yd TD punt return, 82 yd TD punt return,50 yd Td pass, 76 yd TD pass.

Temple only team left unfeated in conference play. Next week Temple will end regular season with game at Ryan.

Bill

Temple 52, Grandfield 0

Temple played conference foe Grandfield at Temple Oct 13, 2011. End of 1st quarter Temple 16 - Grandfield 0.
Game over at end of 2nd quarter by mercy rule. Temple 52 - Grandfield 0.

Temple scores - 70 yd TD run, 2 yd TD run, 61 yd TD run, 21 yd TD run,
15 yd TD run ,44 yd TD run, 51 yd TD run.

Next game will be Oct 28 at Temple against Corn Bible.

Temple 46, Thackerville 0

THACKERVILLE, Okla. (Friday Oct 1, 2010) --Temple played district foe Thackerville tonight at Thackerville.

End of 1st quarter Temple 24 - Thackerville 0.
Game over at 4:22 left in 2nd quarter by "MERCY RULE" Temple 46 - Thackerville 0.

Unofficial highlights:
Cody Littles 51 yd TD run, 24 yd TD run.
Nic Brown 16 yd TD run, 12 yd TD run, 44 yd TD run.
Kyle Baze 30 yd TD run.

Next week Temple will play Tipton at Temple. Then we will know what kind of team Temple has because Tipton will be tough.
--Bill

A Temple Tiger Football Legend by Jerry Fetters

Temple Tiger football season is upon us again. This is a football legend about a powerful Temple Tiger kicker during the 1953 season. At that time Temple was able to have both varsity and junior varsity football teams. It was too long ago for me to recall how the splits were made officially but even in hindsight it is clear that the better more experienced players were on the varsity and we others made up the junior varsity. We JV players didn’t get much playing time on the Friday night games so we had a few games scheduled for Thursday nights. One such game was against Frederick JV. It was a cold and windy night. The JV players were taken to Frederick on one of the school buses. Our head coach J.D. Lynch also went along to coach the JV team even though he had a varsity game the next night.

Being responsible high school students we were lectured on being sure that we took all of our equipment with us. We arrived in Frederick and changed from our street clothes to our Temple football uniforms and shoes. At least those of us who took all of complete uniforms changed into them. We went onto the field and prepared to kick off. Our kicker goes onto the field with one street shoe on his right foot and barefoot on his left foot. He kicks off and does reasonable well for such an equipment deprived football player. He smilingly trots off the field, Coach Lynch then calls Bobby Graybill aside and as Bobby tells the story, “really ate his rear about where were his shoes.” Bobby confessed that he had forgotten his football shoes and in the tension filled confusion he had also lost one of his street shoes. Coach Lynch told him to go to the bench and set for the rest of the game.

Bobby says, "It was so cold and I had nothing else to lose so after the half I just left the field and went to the bus where it had to be warmer." Being such a critical player, Coach Lynch never noticed his absence. Bobby got on the cold bus and decided to start the bus and turn on the heater. The heater was not very powerful but better than being outside. The cheerleaders saw Bobby on the bus and the bus running and they all drifted towards the bus one at a time. Bobby said he was in “hog heaven” being on the bus with all the cheerleaders. All of a sudden he looked at the gas gauge and it showed under a quarter tank. Bobby quickly shuts off the engine. After the game the team loaded onto the bus to head back to Temple. As we were starting out of town the driver noticed the gas gauge. Guess what?? No stations were open after 9:00PM. Bobby was in big trouble with both Coach Lynch and the bus driver. One hour later the bus driver had called a service station owner who reluctantly came and provided gas to the departing Temple Tigers and their former kicker. After that game, it was mutually decided between Bobby and Coach Lynch that Bobby would no longer participate in football. Thus the University of Oklahoma and probably some NFL pro team were eventually deprived of his prowess as a kicker.

Temple 48, Duke 0

Temple played conference foe Duke at Temple Friday, October 23.

End of 1st quarter Temple 12 - Duke 0
End of 2nd quarter Temple 20 - Duke 0
Game ended by mercy rule with 2:10 left in 3rd quarter Temple 48 - Duke 0 Next week

Temple will play Grandfield at Grandfield, should be easy game. Grandfield has not won a game this year.

Bill

Temple 58, Victory Life 8

Temple played conference foe Victory Life Academy, a Christian school at Durant, tonight at Temple.

End of 1st quarter Temple 22 Victory Life 0.
End of 2nd quarter Temple 52 Victory Life 8.
Game ended by mercy rule with 9:21 left in 3rd quarter Temple 58 Victory Life 8.

If you are not familiar with 8 man football there are 5 players on the line and 3 in the backfield. Temple has in the back field 2 sophmores and 1 freshman. They do a good job being so young.

Next week Temple will play at Cement and it should be another easy game.

Bill Ille provided this report from Friday's game. Thanks!

Temple Football versus Mountain View/Gotebo

Bill Ille, Class of 1950 reports on Temple’s home game Friday Sept. 18th.

Temple played conference foe Mountain View/Gotebo at Temple. End of 1st quarter Temple 14 Mountain View 0. End of half Temple 38 Mountain View 12 Game ended by mercy rule 4:14 left in 3rd quarter Temple 60 Mountain View 12.