The 1997 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Ron Dickerson in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Owls compiled an overall record of 3âÂÂ8 with a mark of 3âÂÂ4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Big East. Temple played home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field in Philadelphia.