Archive · 13 Sep 2025
Oklahoma-Temple Football: Why 2025 Matchup is Unique
Imagine a big-time football team, like Oklahoma, playing a game at a smaller team's home, Temple.
This is unusual because top teams usually play other top teams.
The game is happening in 2025 because of an old agreement from 2016.
Temple wanted to get a big name to play to help raise its profile, and Oklahoma needed a road game.
This deal included Oklahoma playing Temple at home twice, and Temple hosting one game.
This game lets Temple test itself against top competition, and Oklahoma gets to have two home games.
It is a unique game in the college football world.
Oklahoma Sooners will play Temple Owls in Philadelphia in 2025.
The game is part of a 'two-for-one' series agreed upon in 2016.
The agreement includes two home games for Oklahoma and a road game at Temple.
The matchup is unusual because it involves a powerhouse playing a team from a smaller conference.
Temple is using the game to elevate its program's visibility and test its team against a top competitor.
- Who
- Oklahoma Sooners and Temple Owls
- What
- A college football game
- When
- Scheduled for 2025
- Where
- Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
- Why
- Part of a 'two-for-one' series agreed in 2016, aiming to boost Temple's profile.
- Teams Involved
- Oklahoma Sooners vs. Temple Owls
- Game Location
- Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
- Date of Game
- 2025 (Scheduled)
- Series Type
- Two-for-one
- Original Agreement Year
- 2016
- Oklahoma's Conference
- SEC (as of now)
- Temple's Conference
- American Athletic Conference