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The undefeated and nationally ranked Temple Owls are coming to 6abc primetime this Halloween as they play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on ABC Saturday Night Football.This will be the first time Temple Football will be televised nationally by ABC. It is also the first time that an American Athletic Conference team has been selected as the ABC Saturday Night Football Game.
For the 1st time in Team History #Temple will be on @6abc for a Nationally Televised Game vs Notre Dame on Halloween pic.twitter.com/LRpBvk0uSt
— Jeff Skversky (@JeffSkversky) October 19, 2015
With its 30-16 win over Central Florida on Saturday, Temple earned a 6-0 record tying the best start in program history and became bowl eligible.
For the first time since 1979, Temple is nationally ranked: #24 in USA Today poll and #22 in AP.
.@Temple_FB is ranked for the 1st time since the end of the 1979 season. A look at what else was going on in 1979: pic.twitter.com/NdVUQNQDW3
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 19, 2015
Notre Dame is 6-1 overall and has won its last two games.
Temple plays at East Carolina Thursday night on ESPN2. Notre Dame has a bye week.
You can watch Temple vs. Notre Dame on Saturday, October 31 at 8:00 p.m.
Just in: Temple-Notre Dame to kickoff at 8:00 pm on @ABCNetwork. Details: http://t.co/sTCGJjPz6C pic.twitter.com/k8mMt1Xyy2
— Temple Football (@Temple_FB) October 19, 2015
