WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Adam DiMichele threw two touchdown passes and Temple took advantage of two Army mistakes for a big early lead in a 35-7 victory Friday night.
Playing their first opener in August in their 119th season, the Black Knights struggled with a new option offense and their inexperienced defense produced little.
Temple (1-0) capitalized on the Army miscues to take a 21-0 lead barely 15 minutes into the game. Jamal Schulters made it 28-0 when he returned the second half kickoff 98 yards.
DiMichele finished 15-for-22 for 159 yards and had one interception.
Collin Mooney led Army with 81 yards on 26 carries. Carson Williams finished 6-for-14 for 74 yards and threw one interception. He added 16 yards rushing on 10 carries.
Temple hardly needed its offense to do much to build its big lead. After three quarters, Army (0-1) had the ball nearly 13 minutes longer and outgained the Owls 184 yards to 169.
Of the Owls' first four touchdowns, only one came following a sustained offensive drive. Temple set up its first TD by scoring three plays after Tommie Williams recovered a fumbled punt return by Carlo Sandiego at the Army 8.
The Owls scored on a 17-yard return by Morkeith Brown off a fumbled rush by Williams. And they opened the second half with Schulters' big return.
Army coach Stan Brock implemented a new option-based attack to start this season, which the Black Knights used from 1984-99. But except for a 78-drive early in the third quarter that ended in a 1-yard touchdown run by Tony Dace -- bringing the Black Knights within 28-7 -- and a 60-yard drive that ended 1 yard shy of the end zone midway through the fourth quarter, Army had trouble sustaining drives.
After their last meeting 11 months ago, when Army beat Temple 37-21, the teams have gone in opposite directions. The Black Knights won once more before losing their final six games last season. Meanwhile, Temple snapped a five-game losing streak after the Army defeat, closing their season on a 4-3 run.
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