The football team registered an estimated 410 new bone marrow donors for the Be the Match Registry, the new name for the  National Marrow Donor Registry, Wednesday.

In its three years running the bone marrow drive, the Owls have registered an estimated 1,270 new bone marrow donors.

The bone marrow drive is coordinated locally by Villanova football coach Andy Talley, and he received commitments from 30 college football programs for this year’s effort.

Though 20 million people worldwide are registered donors, only about 250 matches are found each year. Each day, about 6,000 people with diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma are searching for one.

Read this Owlsports.com article for comments from Temple football coach Al Golden and a few players on this year’s effort.