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PHILADELPHIA -- Andy Davidson spent his first year at Army as a linebacker. The coaches are certainly glad they moved him to the offensive side of the ball for his sophomore season.Davidson ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns in his first game at fullback and Army piled up 329 yards on the ground to beat Temple 28-13 on Friday night in the opener for both teams.Andy was a great addition for us to move from linebacker, Army coach Jeff Monken said. Hes one of our best football players. Im glad we made that move with him.Three other Army players gained at least 50 rushing yards for the Black Knights, coming off a 2-10 season. They attempted only five passes all night and backed their offense with three interceptions.Temple, which entered the season with huge expectations after a historic 2015 campaign, finished with 251 total yards of offense to lose to Army for the first time in its last seven meetings.Its a measuring stick, Monken said, When you play a team that won 10 games, won a bowl game, played for a conference championship -- thats a huge win for us.Trailing 10-7 at halftime, Army drove right down the field to start the third quarter with Davidsons 3-yard TD plunge capping a 12-play, 77-yard series that chewed nearly seven minutes off the clock.After a Temple field goal pulled the Owls within one, the Black Knights again went on a long drive with Tyler Campbell scoring on a 12-yard run on the 14th play of the series to put Army ahead 21-13 with 9:38 left in the contest.Kenneth Brinson sealed the win with an interception with 3:11 remaining, sending many of the 34,005 fans in attendance to the parking lot early. Davidson scored his second TD of the game -- and of his career -- less than a minute later.The offensive line did excellent, Davidson said. They bolstered me all night. I couldnt be more proud of them. I owe all the yards to them.With standout senior Jahad Thomas out with a hand injury, Ryquell Armstead got the start at running back for Temple, finishing with 77 yards on 16 carries, scoring a first-half touchdown that put Temple up 7-0 less than 30 seconds into the second quarter.Phillip Walker, the Owls four-year starter at quarterback, completed 12 of 26 passes for 168 yards and three interceptions. He became Temples all-time passing leader with a 14-yard pass to Keith Kirkwood in third quarter, surpassing Henry Burris.Ahmad Bradshaw and Chris Carter shared quarterbacking duties for Army with Bradshaw taking the bulk of the snaps and tying the game at 7-7 on a 10-yard TD run in the second quarter. He finished with 50 yards on 16 carries.One of our goals this season is to finish games no matter what, Bradshaw said. To put a stamp on it felt great.THE TAKEAWAYARMY: The Black Knights famous triple-option attack was certainly in gear as Army sliced through a Temple defense that was the best in the American Athletic Conference last season. The game could not have gone much better for the Black Knights, especially when you consider their disappointing 2-10 campaign in 2015 ended with a heartbreaking-season ending loss to Navy in the same stadium.Its big for us, said linebacker Jeremy Timpf, who led Army with eight tackles. We were here last year and had a tough loss to Navy. It feels really good to start the season right. All the hard work in the offseason paid off.TEMPLE: Following a memorable season in which Temple matched a program record with 10 wins, went to their first bowl game since 2011 and captured an AAC Eastern Division title, Temple entered the 2016 campaign with high hopes. Getting upset by a team coming off a 2-10 season was certainly not the start envisioned by fourth-year head coach Matt Rhule, whos been trying to build the program into a national power.They just dominated us, said Rhule, whose first win at Temple came against Army in 2013. They literally just knocked us off the ball.START OF A TURNAROUND?Considering theyre only one game into the season, Monken tried to downplay whether Armys convincing opening victory could be the start of something big. But for the players, the excitement of beating a strong team on the road was certainly palpable.Weve had rough patches, Timpf said. Hopefully this is a turnaround and the programs headed in the right direction.TOUGH SLEDDINGAlthough they gained so many yards on the ground, Monken praised Temples defense for making them work for every one of them.It was a tough sled, Monken said. It wasnt like we were ripping off 20-yard runs. We were getting it bit by bit.SURVIVING SPECIAL TEAMS BLUNDERSMonken was particularly proud that his team won despite missing two field goals and having a punt blocked by Sharif Finch in the second quarter.That punt block was the fourth of Finchs career. The Owls led the nation in blocked punts last year with five.UP NEXTARMY: The Black Knights have their home opener, welcoming Rice next Saturday, Sept. 10.TEMPLE: The Owls host Stony Brook next Saturday, before a huge road clash with in-state rival Penn State the following week. Cheap NCAA Jerseys . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. 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DOVER, Del. -- Jimmie Johnson was despondent in the garage, his Dover dominance and championship drive over.With one, cheap part busted, Johnson was knocked out of the Chase.The winningest driver in Dover International Speedway history, Johnson entered a first-round elimination race fifth in the standings and seemed a lock to advance. Just an average finish -- at a track where Johnson has won 10 times -- would keep him alive for a record-tying seventh championship for at least three more races.Instead, Johnsons No. 48 Chevrolet was forced off the track for 36 laps with a torn rear axle seal and his title shot was gone. He plummeted to 14th in the standings and was one of four drivers cut from the field.A year later, Johnson returns to Dover eighth in the standings out of 16 Chase drivers and painfully aware that one flat tire, one ill-timed wreck could keep him stuck on six championships for another season.I think last year shows that you really cant count on a race track always being kind to a driver or always working in their favor. Its part of racing, Johnson said Friday.The Chase faces its first round of cuts Sunday and Jamie McMurray, Austin Dillon, three-time champion Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher are on the outside of the points cutoff. Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick have secured spots with Chase race victories and Johnson, Chase Elliott, Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson face serious risk of elimination with a disastrous race.Johnson not only expects to survive the first round, he says hell be racing for the championship in the finale at Homestead.We can be one of the final four cars, Johnson said.Elliott, who made the Chase in his rookie season, said Hendrick would be represented with a championship contender in the finale.I 100 percent think our group or Jimmies group could make it, Elliott said. I feel confident in that. I think weve been fast enough these first two weeks to do it, but obviously you have to have some things go your way throughout this deal and youve got to execute your races and try to stay mistake free.Johnson won championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013, putting him one shy of matchiing Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most on the career list.dddddddddddd. The Hendrick Motorsports driver swept Dover in 2002 and 2009 and also won races in 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.Johnson won twice in the first month of the season -- and no Hendrick driver has won again, falling behind the dominant Toyotas. Even with his spot as one of NASCARs greats secured, Johnson was rarely discussed this season as a true championship contender.In the summer leading into the Chase, I think we were fast enough to move out of the first round, but I wouldnt have put us in championship-caliber position, he said. I think were still building that way, and I feel right now in my heart that we can be one of the final four. We still need some more work to go to Homestead and dominate the race and win, as we think well need to, to be the champion.Johnson and Elliott combined to lead 193 of 270 laps in the playoff opener at Chicagoland Speedway. Johnson has finished 12th and eighth in the Chase races; Elliott was third and 13th.Hendricks season was marred by the prolonged absence of Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a concussion. Earnhardt will watch Sundays Sprint Cup race from the pit box for the first time this season he exited the No. 88 Chevy in July.Its great from a public perception that hes coming and that people can really see how hard hes working and then kind of tie that together with his recovery process, Johnson said. Ive seen a lot of him and I know hes dying to get back in the race car and eager to feel amazing again. I think hes on a great road of progress right now.Jeff Gordon, a four-time NASCAR champion, will drive the No. 88 Chevy on Sunday and Martinsville. Alex Bowman will start the other six races.Johnson starts eighth because rain wiped out qualifying and the field was set on points. The rain gave Johnson plenty of idle time at Dover -- exactly what hed like to avoid once the green flag drops on Sunday.We do know we need to finish and cant be laps down behind the wall fixing our race car, Johnson said. ' ' '