Temple, needing wins to rescue bowl hopes, faces East Carolina

Temple will hope to avoid a fourth consecutive loss when it battles East Carolina on Saturday in Greenville, S.C.

Since defeating Memphis 34-31 on Oct. 2, the Owls (3-5, 1-3 American Athletic Conference) were blitzed 52-3 by then-No. 5 Cincinnati, 34-14 by South Florida and then 49-7 by UCF last week.

"Penalties and turnovers and bad situational football certainly put the score where it was," Temple coach Rod Carey said