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Army football has found the right mix to get off to a perfect start.
Quarterback Bryson Daily rushed for three touchdowns for the second week in a row, guiding the Black Knights to 489 yards on offense – 417 on the ground – and a 42-14 victory over Temple at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
“I’m so glad we we’re able to get out of there,” said Army coach Jeff Monken, especially after Temple pulled within 28-14 early in the fourth quarter. “We’re a work in progress. There’s some good things going on and some things we’ve got to correct.”
Army’s stout defense held Temple to negative-5 yards rushing – the result of seven sacks of quarterback Evan Simon – and 219 yards overall.
“Domination, the whole game,” Daily said of the play of his offensive line. “They’re moving guys up front, creating lanes for me, Kanye (Udoh), all of us to run. They’re making it really easy on us right now.”
Udoh had 14 carries for 128 yards and one score. On his 28-yard scoring burst in the third quarter, Udoh fended off the shove of one defender and raced the final 20 yards for the score and 28-0 lead. Udoh, the 6-foot-, 215-pound sophomore, has 37 carries for 297 yards and four touchdowns.
“It’s huge,” Daily said of Udoh’s contributions. “He is a special athlete, a special running back, and we’ve got to get him going if we’re going to gain the success we want later on. So it was awesome to see him get going today.”
Seven Army defenders recorded one sack apiece of Simon, the first of the season for the Black Knights. It was the most Army sacks since the 2018 Armed Forces Bowl win over Houston.
“(Defensive coordinator) Nate (Woody) did a nice job of putting some pressure on them,” Monken said. “We kept taking cracks at it. We kept taking cracks at it. They hit some passes but we were doing such a good job stopping the run and had a big…
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Author : Times Herald-Record
Publish date : 2024-09-27 03:32:11
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