Utah State football couldn’t have experienced much worse of an outcome Saturday. On the road in Philadelphia against a Temple team roundly considered one of the worst at the FBS level, the Aggies fell completely flat.

A 64-yard second-quarter field goal and scoring 24 unanswered second-half points fueled the Owls in capturing its first win since Week 9 of the 2023 season.

Utah State will hit the road one last time in non-conference play to take on Temple, a former powerhouse of the AAC in the 2010s but has since fallen on

Dreiling took full blame for the loss, which now has Utah State 1-3 overall entering its first bye week of the season. As USU’s defensive coordinator, the Aggies’ defense surrendering 45 points to Temple was particularly galling to Dreiling.