South Florida’s Game vs. Temple to Kick Off at 7:30 p.m.
September 21, 2026 | Football
Bulls and Owls will be televised nationally on ESPNU
TAMPA, Fla. (September 21, 2026) – South Florida's American Conference home opener against Temple will kick off at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 and be televised nationally by ESPNU, the conference office announced on Monday.
The Bulls, who are 2-0 so far this season inside Raymond James Stadium, will host a primetime kickoff at home for the third time this season. South Florida has home wins so far this season over FIU (19-9) and Delaware State (59-17).
South Florida and Temple will be meeting for the 11th time in series history. While the Owls hold a 6-4 edge in the series, South Florida has won four of the five meetings in Tampa, including most recently in 2023.
Up Next: South Florida (3-0, 1-0 American) travels to face Bowling Green next Saturday at 5:00 p.m. ET.
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About South Florida Football
The South Florida football program first took the field in 1997 and will play its 30th season in 2026.
In 2025, the Bulls went 9-4, earned a third straight bowl appearance, made the program's first College Football Playoff ranking appearance, and were ranked four times in the weekly Associated Press Top 25 poll. South Florida completed construction on a new $22-million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023, and construction is in progress on an on-campus stadium and football operations center broke slated for completion by 2027.
The Bulls have posted 18 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), and 35 first-team all-conference honorees. South Florida has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft, while the Bulls have made 13 bowl game appearances (going 8-5), tied for the third-most nationally in the first 25 seasons of a program's bowl eligibility. South Florida posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016, while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. The Bulls spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the AP rankings during the 2007 season.
