Temple goes down to 0-2 after Trujillo misses 31 yard field goal attempt
Temple #11 Forrest Brock getting sacked for a safety was his last snap of the day at quarterback
September 7, 2024 | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, Maryland
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TEM (0-2) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 || 14
NAVY (2-0) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 || 17
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Scoring Summary
First Quarter
4:55 John Adams 11 yd pass from Forrest Brock (TEM)
Second Quarter
1:29 Team Safety (NAVY)
Third Quarter
5:34 Colin Ramos, returned interception 22 yds (Blake Horvath 2pt) (NAVY)
Fourth Quarter
2:33 Peter Clarke 15 yd pass from Evan Simon (TEM)
1:32 Nathan Kent 49 yd pass from Blake Horvath (NAVY)
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Maddux Trujillo, you are so lucky that Temple is not a good team. If the city of Philadelphia cared about this team, you would have been sentenced to death row for what you have done this game. YOU MISSED FROM 28 AND 31 YARDS. I don't care if you got iced. You're a senior! Play like one! We would've won this game if you were not complete trash.
The Temple offense showed some improvements this week, but it was not without its hiccups. Forrest Brock looked like a proper quarterback in his first drive, resulting in a 11 yard touchdown pass to John Adams on a slant from an RPO play. Unfortunately, it all went downhill for Brock after that. In back-to-back drives to finish the second half, Brock was sacked for a safety and threw an interception in the red zone.
Coming out of halftime, Evan Simon came out as the one under center for Temple. In his first play as an Owl, he threw a pick six to Colin Ramos. Temple fans may have felt doubtful in the change in quarterback, but the Rutgers transfer was not fazed. With over two minutes left in the fourth, Simon led Temple on a 72 yard march down the field to give them a 14-10 lead. One minute later, Navy answered back after quarterback Blake Horvath caught Temple cornerback Corey Washington sleeping and threw a 49 yard touchdown to wide receiver Nathan Kent.
Simon once again led Temple down the field to set up Maddux for a 31 yard field goal attempt to force overtime. Sadly, Temple's kicker is auditioning to go play in China next season instead.
Temple Owls (0-2)
QB Forrest Brock: 9/18, 110 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
QB Evan Simon: 15/20, 144 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
HB Joquez Smith: 14 carries, 66 yards, 1 fumble
WR John Adams: 6 receptions, 76 yards, 1 touchdown
TE Peter Clarke: 4 receptions, 49 yards, 1 touchdown
DE Tra Thomas: 9 tackles, 5 TFL, 2 sacks
OLB Antwone Santiago: 7 tackles, 3 TFL, 0.5 sacks
OLB D.J. Woodbury Sr.: 6 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack
DT Latrell Jean: 5 tackles, 3 TFL, 0.5 sacks
Navy MIdshipmen (2-0)
QB Blake Horvath: 8/11, 141 yards, 1 touchdown
FB Alex Tecza: 17 carries, 81 yards
WR Nathan Kent: 2 reception, 61 yards
WR Kroy Myers: 2 receptions, 45 yards
MLB Job Grant: 12 tackles, 2 TFL, 0.5 sacks
OLB Colin Ramos: 8 tackles, 4 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 touchdown
CB Andrew Duhart: 7 tackles, 1 forced fumble
DT Landon Robinson: 6 tackles, 5 TFL, 1.5 sacks
DT Kendall Whitside: 3 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 safety
Worst Player of the Game: K Maddux Trujillo
"I’ll never understand how college and NFL football teams allow kickers that just.... miss... kicks. I feel like there has to be pools of kickers in the USA that won’t miss simple kicks. Or snappers that won’t mess the snaps idk man it seems so SILLY. Would love opinions on this." - Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, 2019
Next Game: Coastal Carolina
