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        <issuerName>TEMPLE INLAND INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TIN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>WARNER M RICHARD</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>AUSTIN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>78746</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">In accordance with the Shareholder Rights Plan adopted by the Company on February 9, 1999, Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are deemed to be attached to the shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">By self as trustee for Richard Denman Warner Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">By self as trustee for Virginia Lee Warner Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">By spouse as custodian for daughter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">In IRA, A.G. Edwards as custodian for M. Richard Warner IRA rollover.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">By spouse as beneficiary of retirement trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Reporting Person acquired additional shares through on-going acquisitions under 401(k) plan.  By trustee of the Temple-Inland Salaried Savings Plan according to the latest report of the Plan Administrator dated July 31, 2004.  (Note:  Trustee uses unit accounting; therefore, share equivalents may fluctuate slightly from month to month.)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options Exercisable 02/07/1999 - 1,071; Options Exercisable 02/07/2000 - 1,071; Options Exercisable 02/07/2001 - 1,071; Options Exercisable 02/07/2002 - 1,071; Options Exercisable 02/07/2003 - 2,856.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options Exercisable 02/06/2000 - 1,500; Options Exercisable 02/06/2001 - 1,500; Options Exercisable 02/06/2002 - 1,500; Options Exercisable 02/06/2003 - 1,500; Options Exercisable 02/06/2004 - 4,000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options Exercisable 02/05/2001 - 1,875; Options Exercisable 02/05/2002 - 1,875; Options Exercisable 02/05/2003 - 1,875; Options Exercisable 02/05/2004 - 1,875; Options Exercisable 02/05/2005 - 5,000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options Exercisable 02/04/2002 - 2,700; Options Exercisable 02/04/2003 - 2,700; Options Exercisable 02/04/2004 - 2,700; Options Exercisable 02/04/2005 - 2,700; Options Exercisable 02/04/2006 - 7,200.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options Exercisable 02/02/2002 - 5,000; Options Exercisable 02/02/2003 - 5,000; Options Exercisable 02/02/2004 - 5,000; Options Exercisable 02/02/2005 - 5,000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options Exercisable 02/01/2003 - 5,000; Options Exercisable 02/01/2004 - 5,000; Options Exercisable 02/01/2005 - 5,000; Options Exercisable 02/01/2006 - 5,000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options Exercisable 02/07/2004 - 3,750; Options Exercisable 02/07/2005 - 3,750; Options Exercisable 02/07/2006 - 3,750; Options Exercisable 02/07/2007 - 3,750.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F15">Options Vesting Schedule:  Options exercisable 02/06/2005 - 4,000; Options Exercisable 02/06/2006 - 4,000; Options Exercisable 02/06/2007 - 4,000; Options Exercisable 02/06/2008 - 4,000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F16">Phantom shares accrued under a Company plan, which includes a dividend reinvestment feature, to be settled upon Reporting Person's retirement.

02/06/2004 - 7,000 restricted stock units vest 100% at the end of 3 years if still employed.

02/06/2004 - 7,000 restricted performance stock units vest 0%, 75%, or 100% at the end of 3 years depending on whether certain performance criteria are met.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F17">Temple-Inland maintains a DRIP that is available to all shareholders and in addition has a phantom stock program for executive employees under which dividends are reinvested on the same basis as the DRIP available to shareholders.  Acquisitions of stock under the DRIP feature are therefore exempt under Section 16a-11.  Shares automatically withheld to pay taxes on the dividends have been reported under the total shares held, but the disposition was assumed to be exempt since the underlying acquisition was exempt.  Upon further consideration, we have determined that the better approach may be to report the dispositions at the time the dividends are paid.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Signed by Leslie K. O'Neal on behalf of M. Richard Warner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-09-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

