The 1934 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its second season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled an undefeated 7âÂÂ0âÂÂ2 record in the regular season, but lost 20âÂÂ14 to host Tulane in the inaugural Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day in New Orleans. In their ten games, the Owls outscored their opponents 220 to 57. They were ranked in several post-season rankings: No. 6 by a national committee of sports writers assembled to choose the winner of the Toledo Cup; No. 8 in the Boand System; and No. 15 in an Associated Press poll of the country's leading newspapers.
The team featured one of the best backfields in program history in "Dynamite Dave" Smukler, Glenn Frey, Danny Tester, and Wilfred H. Longsderff. Smukler was the third-team fullback on the Associated Press All-America team. Other notable players included center Peter P. Stevens.
The team played its eight home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.