- Army is a 3-point favorite at Temple, with the total set at 48.5 for Friday’s game.
- Army is 1-1 this season after a 59-3 win over Bryant and a 28-24 loss to South Florida.
- Temple is 1-2, beating Rhode Island 38-14 before back-to-back losses to Penn State and Toledo.
- Temple’s defense allowed 49 points in an overtime loss to Toledo, its most recent game.
PHILADELPHIA – Temple is a 3-point underdog at home against Army on Friday, with the odds also setting the total at 48.5 for a game pairing two teams that have already found both ends of the scoreboard this season.
The Friday Matchup
Kickoff is 4 p.m. Friday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, on ESPN. Army is favored by 3 points on the road on this week’s legal college football betting board, with the total at 48.5. Army is also favored on the moneyline, priced at -155 to Temple’s +130, one of several American Conference numbers posted across this week’s legal sports betting board.
Two Uneven Starts
Army is 1-1, opening with a 59-3 win over Bryant before losing 28-24 to South Florida in its American Conference opener. Temple is 1-2, beating Rhode Island 38-14 before consecutive losses to Penn State, 27-9, and Toledo, 49-48 in overtime. Army is in Jeff Monken’s 13th season running the option, and Temple is in K.C. Keeler’s second year trying to fix a defense that has now given up 76 points in its last two games.
The Number Worth Trusting
Temple’s defense allowed 49 points in its last outing, against a Toledo offense that moved the ball almost as it pleased. Army brings a run-control offense to Friday’s game, one that scored 59 points of its own in the season opener, against a defense that just proved it can be had. The number posted at sportsbooks this week says Army does to Temple’s defense roughly what Toledo already did, just by three points instead of a one-point overtime finish.
