Temple Owls vs Army Black Knights College Football Predictions: The Temple Owls opens up its 110th collegiate season by traveling to Michie Stadium in West Point, NY, to take on the Army Black Knights in Friday’s season opener starting at 7:05 PM ET on ESPN Classic. At SBGglobal.com, the Temple Owls are -7 (-270) betting odds favorites to win the opener against the Army Black Knights +7 (+230).

Friday’s opener will mark the 6th time in history that these two schools meet. Currently, Army leads the head-to-head series 4-1.

In their last meeting last season, the Owls and the Black Knights went into the locker room neck-to-neck tied at 21-21. However, Army came out in the second half and hung a 21 spot on the boards and took home the victory.

Army is 1-0 in games played at Temple, and 3-1 in games played at home.

On Friday’s opener, Army fans will get a chance to see coach Stan Brock’s option-based offense for the first time.

Third year Temple head coach, Al Golden, will count on a veteran defensive team, but will also have some decisions to make regarding who’s going to start. With 11 starters returning on defense, last year’s MAC No. 1 ranked defense, will be led by Mark D’Onofrio’s 4-3.

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