The Scarlet Knights beat Temple a year ago and are coming off a season-opening rout of Northwestern.
Stan Drayton’s Temple Owls suffered a 16-14 loss to Rutgers at Lincoln Financial Field a year ago, so the coach says he knows what to expect from the Scarlet Knights in the rematch on Saturday night.
Drayton spoke to the media on Monday afternoon after reviewing the film from Saturday’s opening 24-21 win over Akron. The Scarlet Knights defense allowed only 12 Northwestern rushing yards on 22 carries. Temple is coming off an opener in which it rushed for only 61 yards against Akron, so Drayton sees room for improvement.
“Rutgers on the offensive side of the ball does a great job of running the ball,” Drayton said. “So if their defense is seeing that every day in practice leading up to this football game, you expect them to be good in stopping the run on defense. So complementary football on their part, just have to be ready for them.”
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