Temple’s Big East schedule for football for the 2012 season is now official.

The Owls, which gained entry back into the Big East for all sports on March 8 after being booted from the league in 2004, will play games against seven Big East opponents and nine total games against schools from power conferences this season.

Temple will host South Florida on Oct. 6, Rutgers on Oct. 20, Cincinnati on Nov. 10 and Syracuse on Nov. 23, while traveling to face Connecticut on Oct. 13, Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, and Louisville on Nov. 3.

Temple will also face Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Maryland at home on Sept. 8 and will travel to State College, Pa. to face in-state rival Penn State on Sept. 22.

Here’s a complete breakdown of the Owls’ schedule:

2012 Temple Football Schedule

Date                   Opponent                             Site TV
Fri., Aug. 31       VILLANOVA                         Lincoln Financial Field
Sat., Sept. 8       MARYLAND                        Lincoln Financial Field
Sat., Sept. 22     at Penn State                           University Park, Pa.
Sat., Oct. 6         *SOUTH FLORIDA Lincoln Financial Field
Sat., Oct. 13        *at Connecticut                 East Hartford, Conn.
Sat., Oct. 20       *RUTGERS Lincoln Financial Field
Sat., Oct. 27        *at Pittsburgh                    Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sat., Nov. 3         *at Louisville                      Louisville, Ky.
Sat., Nov. 10       *CINCINNATI Lincoln Financial Field
Sat., Nov. 17       at Army                                West Point, N.Y.
Fri., Nov. 23        *SYRACUSE Lincoln Financial Field