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Villanova at Temple

Villanova 27, Temple 24

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Bill Cosby watched his Temple Owls blow a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in a 27-24 loss to Villanova on Thursday night.

Nick Yako kicked a 32-yard field goal with no time remaining after a John Dempsey interception of Temple quarterback Vaughn Charlton with 49 seconds remaining.

Villanova took over at the Temple 46 and drove to the 15 with 3 seconds remaining to set up the winning kick.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Cosby were among those at the game, dubbed the inaugural Mayors Cup between the two area schools.

Chris Whitney completed 24 of 35 passes for 278 yards and threw two touchdown passes for the Wildcats. Villanova had dropped five straight against Division I teams and its last victory over a Division I team was in 2003, a 23-20 win over Temple in double overtime.

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Scoring Summary
TEMPBrandon McManus 25 yd FG
TEMPJames Nixon 75 yd pass from Vaughn Charlton (Brandon McManus kick)
NOVARoss Ventrone 59 yd fumble return (Nick Yako kick)
TEMPKee-ayre Griffin 1 yd run (Brandon McManus kick)
NOVATony Canci 5 yd pass from Chris Whitney (Nick Yako kick)
TEMPMichael Campbell 44 yd pass from Vaughn Charlton (Brandon McManus kick)
NOVANick Yako 27 yd FG
NOVABrandyn Harvey 6 yd pass from Chris Whitney (Nick Yako kick)
NOVANick Yako 32 yd FG
 
Team Stats
 NOVATEMP
First Downs1922
Third Down Efficiency5-155-9
Fourth Down Efficiency1-20-0
Plays-Net Yards72-35758-456
Rushes-Yds36-6430-139
Passing Yds293317
Kick Return Yds147123
Punt Return Yds013
Passes25-36-019-28-3
Punts5-1852-80
Fumbles-Lost3-12-2
Penalties-Yds2-203-27
Time of Poss.32:1127:49
 
Individual Stats
RUSHING
NOVA: Chris Whitney 17-33, Dorian Wells 1-25, Aaron Ball 9-21, Matt Szczur 3-5, Angelo Babbaro 4--2, Antwon Young 1--7, Team 1--11
TEMP: Kee-ayre Griffin 21-70, Bernard Pierce 6-44, Chester Stewart 1-16, Lamar McPherson 2-9
PASSING
NOVA: Chris Whitney 24-35-278-0, Antwon Young 1-1-15-0
TEMP: Vaughn Charlton 19-28-317-3
RECEIVING
NOVA: Brandyn Harvey 9-142, Matt Szczur 4-31, Dorian Wells 3-42, Tony Canci 2-29, Norman White 2-17, Aaron Ball 2-7, Angelo Babbaro 1-13, Chris Farmer 1-9, Larry Jackson 1-3
TEMP: Michael Campbell 5-93, Joe Jones 4-58, Matt Brown 3-14, Jason Harper 2-27, James Nixon 1-75, Steve Maneri 1-20, Evan Rodriguez 1-20, Kee-ayre Griffin 1-6, Chester Stewart 1-4