Temple will host Penn State at Lincoln Financial Field Saturday at noon, but the end zones won’t be cherry and white for the home team:
A Temple spokesperson told me that Lincoln Financial Field will not be painted in Owls colors tomorrow against Penn State, as it will be painted in preparation for the Eagles game on Sunday.
— Jacob Moreno (@jacob_moreno_) September 11, 2026
Naturally, there were some upset about this development:
Temple paid the Eagles 7.3M to play at the Linc in FY24 and can’t even get Jeff Lurie to paint the end zones for the biggest game in years. Highway robbery https://t.co/hW6TTFjad5
— Varun Kumar (@vrkumar8) September 11, 2026
I’m a Penn State grad. I go to 2 road games a year. The Temple game is one of them. Looking forward to seeing some of my friends in the industry at the game tomorrow. Absolute disgrace that stadium won’t be in Temple’s colors, after how much they pay the #Eagles to play… https://t.co/TF1V5iKDWP
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrPHL) September 11, 2026
Truly hysterical stuff. Biggest home game in over a decade and you don’t even get your home stadium in your own colors. https://t.co/Qi0qu3djO9…