Quarterback Bryson Daily leads Army past Temple and the Black Knights remain undefeated this season. Daily had his biggest impact on the ground, rushing for 152 yards and three touchdowns on 24 carries. Daily completed two of six pass attempts for 54 yards.
Kayne Udoh contributed with 14 carries for 128 yards and a touchdown while the Black Knights' defense had seven sacks and an interception.
The Black Knights improved to 4-0 this season.
Temple quarterback Evan Simon completed 19 of 30 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns and an interception. The Owls fall to 1-4 this season.
The Army quarterback continues to cause havoc on the ground, scoring his third rushing touchdown against Temple.
Daily's 12-yard touchdown run and Gronotte's successful extra-point attempt was good enough to put the Black Knights up 35-14 with 7:36 left in the fourth quarter. Daily has rushed for 152 yards on 24 carries.
Simon completed a pass to tight end Daniel Evert, which resulted in a 54-yard touchdown.
Simon would complete a pass to receiver Antonio Jones for a successful two-point conversion attempt. Temple is trying to keep this game interesting. Army leads Temple 28-14 with 11:19 left in the fourth quarter.
After the Owls defense allowed 28 unanswered points through the bulk of three quarters, quarterback Evan Simon connects with Dante Wright for a 29-yard touchdown. The Owls tried to be aggressive with a two-point conversion attempt but came up empty. The Owls trail Army 28-6 with 1:10 left in the third quarter.
Running back Kanye Udoh increased the Black Knights' lead over the Owls with a 28-yard touchdown run with 5:22 left in the third quarter. Gronotte's extra-point attempt was good. Black Knights lead 28-0.
While ESPN broadcasters Dan Mullen, Matt Barrie and sideline reporter Harry Lyles Jr. enjoyed eating cheesesteaks on camera during the Army-Temple game, fans watching shared their reaction.
Daily keeps the ball on the ground to finish the opening drive in the second half with an 8-yard touchdown run, his second of the game. Gronotte's extra-point attempt was good.
Daily completed two of six pass attempts for 54 yards in the first half, but he also contributed on the ground with 11 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown. Noah Short leads Army's rushing attack with 69 yards and a touchdown on two carries.
Temple quarterback Evan Simon completed 11 of 18 pass attempts for 85 yards.
Linebacker D.J. Woodbury stops running back Jake Rendina on third down and forces a fourth down situation. Coach Stan Drayton calls his last timeout of the half, and Temple will get the ball back with 1:18 to go and a chance to cut into Army's lead before halftime.
The two teams both put together eight-play drives on their final possessions before the end of the first quarter but neither had managed to score. The Black Knights will continue their current possession at the Temple 46-yard yard line to start the second quarter.
Army worked its way down the second half of the field before quarterback Bryson Daily had an 8-yard touchdown run. Gronotte's extra-point attempt was good.
Army leads Temple 14-0 with 11:50 left in the second quarter.
Noah Short scores on the Black Knight's third play of the drive with a 61-yard rush to take the first lead of the game against the Owls. Trey Gronotte's extra-point attempt was good.
Army leads Temple 7-0 with 9:48 left in the first quarter.
Army has managed to score on all four of its opening drives this season. The only FBS team to do so this season.
Simon and the Owls had a 49-yard touchdown negated on the opening drive after lineman Diego Barajas was called for a holding penalty. Temple settled to punt.
Army kicks the ball to Temple to start the game. Army will begin with the ball in the second half. Quarterback Evan Simon and the offense start on offense and pick up a first down on the first play from scrimmage.
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Douglas Farmer writes: "Obviously, the Knights run often, 33.7% more than the average team does. The Owls struggle against the rush, ranking No. 130 in expected points added (EPA) per rush against at 0.199. Put that in simpler terms: When a team rushes against Temple, it adds an average of a fifth of a point to its likely final tally. Army averages 57 rush attempts per game. It will add plenty of points to its final tally against a defense giving up 5.73 yards per carry. The Knights should get out to an early lead and then keep running the ball through the Owls. Army would kill the clock if it could, but Temple’s defense will be too much of a turnstile for that short of a rout."
Michael Petty writes: "Army may not have played any impressive teams so far but Temple doesn’t qualify as impressive either and they are 3-0 straight up and against the spread. The Black Knights’ average margin of victory in those games is 25 points, which is much higher than the spread in this game. They also are 7-3 straight up and 6-4 against the spread in their last 10 games. For my Army vs Temple best bet, I’m taking the Black Knights to win by at least 2 touchdowns."
Staff writes: "A clash of styles hits our televisions for college football on Thursday night. Army is averaging 356 rushing yards per game to start the season, they are well coached, give multiple looks, and QB Bryson Daily has been a handful for defenses as he has 340 rushing yards through three games. Army's closest game so far was a 17-point road conference win over Florida Atlantic, Temple is overmatched in this one. Speaking of the line of scrimmage, Temple only had 35 rushing yards against Navy, they will need to rely on the pass, and Army's tough pass defense is averaging over one interception per game. Temple cannot rely on 90-yard passes and 64-yard field goals every week, and won't find any here. Army rolls. Take Army to cover."
In their most recent match in 2017, the Army Black Knights defeated the Temple Owls with a score of 31-28. However, Temple currently holds the historical record against Army with 7 wins and 6 losses dating back to their first matchup in 1943.
Nebraska and Memphis both dropped out of this week's US LBM Coaches Poll . The Georgia Bulldogs pulled ahead to take the top spot with the Texas Longhorns in a close second.
There is still plenty of time left in the season for teams to continue vying for position, with the hope of securing a spot in the College Football Playoff or at the very least a bowl game. Here are Erick Smith's USA TODAY Sports bowl projections following the results of Week 4 games.
Paul Myerberg provides this week's USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-134 , where he ranks every team in college football, including Army and Temple before they meet this afternoon.
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Dan Wolken and Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY Sports discuss these topics and more in this week's version of the College Football Fix.
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