{"id":418235,"date":"2026-10-04T04:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418235\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T04:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:32:07","slug":"temple-hands-south-florida-first-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418235\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Hands South Florida First Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\" id=\"p-rc_1d050640d0da93b0-62\">TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Quarterback Ajani Sheppard ran for a 34-yard touchdown with 3:08 remaining to cap a 10-play, 96-yard drive and lift Temple to a 17-13 victory over South Florida on Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\" id=\"p-rc_1d050640d0da93b0-63\">Sheppard rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown while completing 9 of 14 passes for 92 yards and another score for the Owls (2-3, 1-1 American Athletic Conference).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\" id=\"p-rc_1d050640d0da93b0-64\">South Florida (4-1, 1-1 American) took a 13-10 lead early in the fourth quarter on Nico Gramatica\u2019s 49-yard field goal. Temple answered from its own 4-yard line, with Sheppard breaking free for the go-ahead touchdown. USF reached the Temple 40 on its final drive, but Mudia Reuben fumbled after a 22-yard catch, and Asa Locks recovered to seal the win.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\" id=\"p-rc_1d050640d0da93b0-65\">Nico Gramatica kicked a 35-yard field goal in the first quarter for USF before Carl Hardin tied it with a 34-yarder early in the second. Temple built a 10-3 halftime lead on Sheppard\u2019s 24-yard touchdown pass to Jojo Bermudez with 45 seconds left in the second quarter. USF leveled the game in the third quarter on D.J. Crowther&#8217;s 1-yard touchdown run.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\" id=\"p-rc_1d050640d0da93b0-66\">Crowther finished with 68 rushing yards for USF, while Michael Van Buren Jr. threw for 205 yards. Hunter Smith added 69 rushing yards for Temple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Quarterback Ajani Sheppard ran for a 34-yard touchdown with 3:08 remaining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-418235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}