Army vs Temple: Box score, stats and summary feat. Bryson Daily (Week 5)
The Army Black Knights traveled to Philadelphia to take on the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday. Bryson Daily was the starting quarterback for the Black Knights, while Evan Simon led the offense for Temple.
The Owls entered this game as 12.5-home underdogs, and it seems the oddsmakers were right in guessing Temple will struggle to score against the Army's defense. Not only did the Black Knights score on offense, they didn't allow even a single field goal in the first half, leading the game 14-0 at halftime.
Finally, the result was a 42-14 blowout defeat for the Owls in their own backyard.
Army vs Temple box score
Army box score
Temple box score
Army vs Temple game summary
The first offensive drive of the game saw Temple being forced to punt at its own 41-yard line. The Black Knights, as expected, got the first score of the game in just three plays, which ended with Noah Short running for a 61-yard touchdown.
Again, the Black Knights' defense forced Temple to punt, followed by another score after quarterback Bryson Daily ran for an eight-yard touchdown. The quarter ended with both teams' defense holding their end of the bargain.
The third quarter started with seven plays and a 75-yard offensive drive for the Black Knights, ending with another rushing score from Daily, taking Army up 21-0.
The Knights' defense again forced a punt from Temple followed by another touchdown, this time Kanye Udoh making the rushing score. Finally, in the next offensive drive, Evan Simon reached the endzone of Army's territory with a successful 29-yard touchdown pass to Dante Wright. Their two-point attempt failed.
Finally, the Owls got some momentum going, first forcing Army to punt followed by another touchdown drive that saw Daniel Evert receiving a 54 yards touchdown pass from Simon.
Daily got back Army to the scoring column with a 12-yard touchdown run, extending the lead to 35-14. With 1:54 left on the clock, the Knights blew out the Owls again, with Dewayne Coleman completing a touchdown pass to Cam Schurr for 18 yards.
The game ended with Army winning by a 42-14 final score.