Honors

TempleOwls

3 consensus All-Americans between 1985 and 2015, 1 unanimous · 3 national awards.

All-Americans

1985–2015 · 1 unanimous

Heisman

no winners

Consensus All-Americans

Season	Player	Pos
2015	Tyler Matakevich	LB
1986	Paul Palmer unanimous	RB
1985	John Rienstra	OL

National awards

Wins only. Places in the voting are listed separately below.

Award	Won
Bronko Nagurski Award	1
Chuck Bednarik Award	1
Maxwell Award	1

Every winner

Season	Award	Player
2015	Chuck Bednarik Award	Taylor Matakevich
2015	Bronko Nagurski Award	Tyler Matakevich LB
1974	Maxwell Award	Steve Joachim QB

Award voting — other places

Second through fourth in the voting. Never counted as wins.

Season	Award	Player	Place	Points
1986	Heisman Memorial Trophy	Paul Palmer	2nd	672

Source: the NCAA’s official Football Records and Awards books, 2026 edition — printed there as TEMPLE. Consensus All-America is the NCAA’s own designation, recognising players named by a majority of the official selectors in a given season.