2024 American Athletic Conference football season

2024 American Athletic Conference
football season
2024 American Athletic Conference; football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 31, 2024–December 14, 2024
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
2025 NFL draft
Regular season
Season champions	Army
Runners-up	Tulane
AAC Championship Game
Champions	Army
Runners-up	Tulane
Finals MVP	Bryson Daily (QB, Army)
Seasons
	← 2023 2025 →

Last updated January 06, 2025

2024 American Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 Army y$	8	–	0	12	–	2
Tulane y	7	–	1	9	–	5
Navy	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 25 Memphis	6	–	2	11	–	2
East Carolina	5	–	3	8	–	5
South Florida	4	–	4	7	–	6
UTSA	4	–	4	7	–	6
Charlotte	4	–	4	5	–	7
North Texas	3	–	5	6	–	7
Rice	3	–	5	4	–	8
Temple	2	–	6	3	–	9
UAB	2	–	6	3	–	9
Florida Atlantic	1	–	7	3	–	9
Tulsa	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Army 35, Tulane 14
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2024 American Athletic Conference football season is the 33rd NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American), the 12th under its current name after the breakup of the former Big East Conference (whose charter legally belongs to The American), and the 10th season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA, the MAC, Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The conference will have 14 football members for the 2024–25 season.

Previous season

During the 2023 American Athletic Conference season, Tulane and SMU posted 8–0 conference records and advanced to the Conference Championship Game. In the Conference Championship Game, SMU defeated Tulane by a score of 26–14. SMU was invited to the Fenway Bowl, where they lost to Boston College by a score of 14–23

Conference realignment

Prior to the 2024 season, The American saw the departure of one team and the arrival of another. SMU, the 2023 Conference champions, left The American to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1] Army joined The American as a football-only member beginning in 2024 after having played as an independent school in football since 2005.^[2] The conference will remain at 14 football members following these moves.

Though Army and Navy are now members of American Conference football, the annual Army–Navy Game will be played as a non-conference game to ensure that its traditional date of the second weekend of December will remain.^[3]

Head Coaches

Changes

On December 3, 2023, Tulane head coach Willie Fritz resigned from his position to take the head coach position at Houston in the Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season.^[4] Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Slade Nagle was named the interim head coach. On December 8, Jon Sumrall was announced as Tulane's new head coach for 2024.^[5] Sumrall had previously been the head coach at Troy.

Records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	AAC record
Army	Jeff Monken	11	106–71 (.599)	70–55 (.560)	0–0 (–)
Charlotte	Biff Poggi	2	3–9 (.250)	3–9 (.250)	2–6 (.250)
East Carolina	Mike Houston	6	103–58 (.640)	24–34 (.414)	14–26 (.350)
Florida Atlantic	Tom Herman	2	58–30 (.659)	4–8 (.333)	3–5 (.375)
Memphis	Ryan Silverfield	5	31–19 (.620)	31–19 (.620)	17–15 (.531)
Navy	Brian Newberry	2	5–7 (.417)	5–7 (.417)	4–4 (.500)
North Texas	Eric Morris	2	29–25 (.537)	5–7 (.417)	3–5 (.375)
Rice	Mike Bloomgren	7	22–46 (.324)	22–46 (.324)	4–4 (.500)
South Florida	Alex Golesh	2	7–6 (.538)	7–6 (.538)	4–4 (.500)
Temple	Stan Drayton	3	6–18 (.250)	6–18 (.250)	2–14 (.125)
Tulane	Jon Sumrall	1	23–4 (.852)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Tulsa	Kevin Wilson	2	30–55 (.353)	4–8 (.333)	2–6 (.250)
UAB	Trent Dilfer	2	4–8 (.333)	4–8 (.333)	3–5 (.375)
UTSA	Jeff Traylor	5	39–14 (.736)	39–14 (.736)	7–1 (.875)

Note:

Records shown after the 2023 season
Years at school includes 2024 season

Source:^[6]

Mid-season changes

On October 20, East Carolina announced that they had fired head coach Mike Houston, citing that changes were needed to "move the program forward". Defensive coordinator Blake Harrell was named the interim head coach.^[7] Harrell was promoted to the permanent head coach on November 25.^[8]
On October 27, Rice announced that they had fired head coach Mike Bloomgren. Bloomgren had posted a 24–52 record with the school during his tenure. Associate head coach Pete Alamar was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[9] On November 26, Rice announced the Scott Abell would be the new head coach for the 2025 season. Abell was previously head coach at Davidson ^[10]
On November 17, Temple announced that they had fired head coach Stan Drayton. Drayton had posted a 9–25 record in 3 years with the school. Defensive coordinator Everett Withers was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[11] On December 1, Temple announced K. C. Keeler as the new head coach. Keeler had previously been head coach at Sam Houston.^[12]
On November 18, Florida Atlantic announced that they had fired head coach Tom Herman. Associate head coach Chad Lunsford was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[13] On December 2, Florida Atlantic announced Zach Kittley as the new head coach. Kittley had previously been the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech.^[14]
On November 18, Charlotte announced that they had fired head coach Biff Poggi after less than two seasons at the school. Associate head coach Tim Brewster was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[15] On December 7, Charlotte announced Tim Albin as the new head coach for 2024. Albin had previously been head coach of Ohio.^[16]
On November 24, Tulsa announced they had fired head coach Kevin Wilson. Wide receivers coach Ryan Switzer was named the interim head coach for the final game of the season.^[17] On December 8, Tulsa announced Tre Lamb as the new head coach for 2025. Lamb had previously been head coach at East Tennessee State.^[18]

Rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15
Army	AP						RV	23	23	21	18	16	18	25	24	19
	C						RV	24	23	21	19	17	17	22	23	18
	CFP	Not released									25	24	19		24	22
Charlotte	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
East Carolina	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Florida Atlantic	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Memphis	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV			RV	RV	25	25
	C	RV	RV	25	23			RV	RV	25	RV	RV	24	23	24	23
	CFP	Not released													25	25
Navy	AP					RV	RV	25	24	RV
	C					RV	RV	RV	24	RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
North Texas	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rice	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
South Florida	AP
	C		RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Temple	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Tulane	AP	RV	RV							RV	RV	25	20	18	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	18	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released										25	20	17
Tulsa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UAB	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UTSA	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Regular season schedule

The 2024 schedule was released on February 29, 2024.^[19]

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
American member lost
American teams in bold

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	8:00 p.m.	Alcorn State	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	W 41–3	21,267
August 29	8:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN+	W 52–0	20,143
August 29	8:00 p.m.	Northwestern State	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+	W 62–28	16,483
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 42–7	23,760
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Temple	No. 16 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ESPN	L 3–51	83,329
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 10–16	70,271
August 31	12:00 p.m.	Bucknell	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 49–21	28,763
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Kennesaw State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	W 28–16	25,911
August 31	5:00 p.m.	North Texas	South Alabama	Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN+	W 52–38	15,559
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Norfolk State	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	W 42–3	36,467
August 31	7:00 p.m.	North Alabama	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN+	W 40–0	25,849
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	L 14–34	17,298
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Bethune-Cookman	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN+	W 48–3	36,694
August 31	8:00 p.m.	James Madison	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPNU	L 7–30	15,614
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Army	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	ARMY 24–7	21,810
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Troy	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNU	W 38–17	23,246
September 7	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 Kansas State	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	L 27–34	25,034
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Charlotte	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	L 20–38	48,431
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Temple	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	NAVY 38–11	28,889
September 7	4:00 p.m.	UTSA	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX (I-35 Rivalry)	ESPN+	L 10–49	28,000
September 7	6:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	W 20–14	21,944
September 7	7:00 p.m.	UAB	Louisiana–Monroe	JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	ESPN+	L 6–32	12,327
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Texas Southern	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 69–7	17,760
September 7	7:00 p.m.	South Florida	No. 4 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN	L 16–42	100,077
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	L 24–28	19,316
September 7	7:30 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPNU	W 35–20	23,510
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	W 20–12	55,107
September 14	12:00 p.m.	North Texas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FS1	L 21–66	57,865
September 14	12:00 p.m.	No. 13 Oklahoma State	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 10–45	30,915
September 14	2:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	L 20–28	13,945
September 14	3:30 p.m.	Tulane	No. 15 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ESPN	L 19–34	83,325
September 14	4:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	L 19–21	46,117
September 14	4:15 p.m.	UAB	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	L 27–37	75,021
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	W 27–26	16,715
September 14	6:00 p.m.	FIU	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL (Shula Bowl)	ESPN+	W 38–20	24,283
September 14	7:00 p.m.	UTSA	No. 2 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN	L 7–56	101,892
September 14	7:00 p.m.	South Florida	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	W 49–24	23,537
September 14	8:00 p.m.	Rice	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 7–33	28,146
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	12:00 p.m.	Rice	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	ARMY 37–14	26,654
September 21	12:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 14–52	43,109
September 21	12:00 p.m.	Tulane	Louisiana	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPNU	W 41–33	22,534
September 21	2:00 p.m.	Utah State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 45–29	11,384
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Memphis	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	NAVY 56–44	31,268
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Houston Christian	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	W 45–7	20,973
September 21	6:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 24–35	24,076
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	L 14–48	20,144
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Wyoming	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+	W 44–17	27,049
September 21	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Miami (FL)	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	L 15–50	58,616
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+	W 23–20 ^OT	18,152
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26	7:30 p.m.	Army	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN	ARMY 42–14	13,255
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Navy	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN2	NAVY 41–18	21,536
September 28	12:00 p.m.	South Florida	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	TULN 45–10	20,783
September 28	4:00 p.m.	UTSA	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	ECU 30–20	41,851
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Wagner	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	W 41–10	21,151
September 28	7:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	CHAR 21–20	17,455
September 28	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+	UNT 52–20	18,529
September 28	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNU	W 24–7	25,266
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 5	12:00 p.m.	Army	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	ARMY 49–7	24,409
October 5	12:00 p.m.	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 34–7	39,441
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Tulane	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	TULN 71–20	19,724
October 5	3:30 p.m.	East Carolina	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPNU	CHAR 55–24	17,102
October 5	3:30 p.m.	Temple	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	L 20–29	28,921
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 12	12:00 p.m.	UAB	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	ARMY 44–10	29,002
October 12	3:30 p.m.	Memphis	South Florida	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN+	MEM 21–3	3,365
October 12	7:00 p.m.	North Texas	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN2	UNT 41–37	14,576
October 12	7:00 p.m.	UTSA	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	RICE 29–27	18,660
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 19	12:00 p.m.	East Carolina	No. 23 Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	ESPN2	ARMY 45–28	29,044
October 19	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	TEM 20–10	18,721
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Charlotte	No. 25 Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	NAVY 51–17	35,094
October 19	3:30 p.m.	UAB	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN+	USF 35–25	28,154
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	UTSA 38–24	20,802
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Rice	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN+	TULN 24–10	22,897
October 19	7:30 p.m.	North Texas	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNU	MEM 52–44	24,110
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 26	12:00 p.m.	No. 12 Notre Dame	No. 24 Navy	MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	ABC	L 14–51	76,112
October 26	12:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNU	MEM 33–28	25,478
October 26	12:00 p.m.	Tulane	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN2	TULN 45–37	23,138
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Temple	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	ECU 56–34	33,744
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Rice	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	L 10–17	23,711
October 26	3:30 p.m.	UTSA	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+	TLSA 46–45	17,439
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 31	7:30 p.m.	Tulane	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	TULN 34–3	12,268
November 1	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN2	USF 44–21	20,111
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Air Force	No. 21 Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 20–3	30,046
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN2	UTSA 44–36	17,198
November 2	2:30 p.m.	Tulsa	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	UAB 59–21	17,944
November 2	4:00 p.m.	Navy	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN2	RICE 24–10	21,253
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 7	8:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN2	ECU 49–14	30,573
November 8	9:00 p.m.	Rice	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN2	MEM 27–20	23,692
November 9	12:00 p.m.	Navy	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	NAVY 28–7	34,091
November 9	2:30 p.m.	UConn	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	L 23–31	18,351
November 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 25 Army	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN2	ARMY 14–3	28,519
November 9	4:00 p.m.	Temple	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	TULN 52–6	30,000
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 14	7:30 p.m.	East Carolina	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN	ECU 38–31	17,979
November 15	8:00 p.m.	North Texas	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN2	UTSA 48–27	21,350
November 16	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Tulane	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN2	TULN 35–0	38,914
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	TEM 18–15 ^OT	12,291
November 16	3:30 p.m.	South Florida	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	USF 59–24	15,030
November 16	8:00 p.m.	UAB	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)	ESPN2	MEM 53–18	24,225
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 22	7:00 p.m.	Temple	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN2	UTSA 51–27	20,121
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Rice	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	UAB 40–14	16,181
November 23	3:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	CHAR 39–27	15,066
November 23	3:30 p.m.	East Carolina	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+	ECU 40–28	17,387
November 23	3:30 p.m.	Tulsa	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN+	USF 63–30	27,623
November 23	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Notre Dame	No. 19 Army	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY (Shamrock Series, rivalry)	NBC	L 14–49	47,342
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 28	7:30 p.m.	Memphis	No. 17 Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	MEM 34–24	25,021
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Navy	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN	NAVY 34–20	35,663
November 30	12:00 p.m.	UTSA	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	ARMY 29–24	22,120
November 30	12:00 p.m.	North Texas	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	UNT 24–17
November 30	2:00 p.m.	South Florida	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	RICE 35–28	16,430
November 30	3:30 p.m.	UAB	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	CHAR 29–27	8,091
November 30	3:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+	FAU 63–16	15,243
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 6	8:00 p.m.	Tulane	No. 24 Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	ABC	ARMY 35–14	14,016
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 16

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 14	3:00 p.m.	Navy	Army	Northwest Stadium • Landover, MD (125th Army–Navy Game, Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	NAVY 31–13
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

^note1 The Army–Navy game will be played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the AAC conference standings.^[3]

Postseason

Bowl Games

Legend
	American win
	American loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	AAC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Frisco Bowl	December 17	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	9:00 p.m.	No. 25 Memphis	West Virginia	W 42–37	12,022
Gasparilla Bowl	December 20	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	3:30 p.m.	Tulane	Florida	L 8–33	41,472
Myrtle Beach Bowl	December 23	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	UTSA	Coastal Carolina	W 44–15	8,164
Hawaii Bowl	December 24	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	South Florida	San Jose State	W 41–39^5OT	6,720
Armed Forces Bowl	December 27	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN	12:00 p.m.	Navy	Oklahoma	W 21–20	50,754
Military Bowl	December 28	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN	5:45 p.m.	East Carolina	NC State	W 26-21	23,981
Independence Bowl	December 28	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	ESPN	9:15 p.m.	No. 22 Army	Louisiana Tech ¹	W 27–6	34,283
First Responder Bowl	January 3, 2025	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	ESPN	4:00 p.m.	North Texas	Texas State	L 28–30	28,725

¹ Army was originally to play Marshall in the Independence Bowl. However, Marshall withdrew from the bowl due to a high number of their players entering the NCAA transfer portal.^[20] Louisiana Tech was selected as their replacement.

Versus other conference records

2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power 4 Conferences	Record
ACC	1–2
Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–4
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–5
Power 4 Total	1–13

Other FBS conferences	Record
C-USA	4–2
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–2
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	3–0
Pac-12	0–0
Sun Belt	5–6
Other FBS Total	12–10

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	13–0

Total Non-Conference Record	26–23

Post Season

Power 4 Conferences	Record
ACC	1–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	1–0
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	1–1
Power 4 Total	3–1

Other FBS Conferences	Record
C–USA	1–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	1–0
Pac-12	0–0
Sun Belt	1–1

Other FBS Total	3–1
Total Bowl Record	6–2

Power 4 matchups

This is a list of games the American has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 30	Big Ten	Florida Atlantic	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 10–16
August 30	SEC	Temple	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 3–51
September 7	ACC	Charlotte	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 20–38
September 7	SEC	South Florida	No. 4 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	L 16–42
September 7	Big 12	No. 17 Kansas State	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 27–34
September 14	SEC	UAB	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 27–37
September 14	ACC	Memphis	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 20–12
September 14	Big 12	North Texas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	L 21–66
September 14	Big 12	Rice	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	L 7–33
September 14	SEC	UTSA	No. 2 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 7–56
September 14	SEC	Tulane	No. 15 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 19–34
September 14	Big 12	No. 13 Oklahoma State	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	L 10–45
September 21	Big Ten	Charlotte	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 14–52
September 21	ACC	No. 8 Miami (FL)	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 15–50
October 26	Independent	No. 12 Notre Dame	No. 24 Navy	MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ	L 14–51
November 23	Independent	Notre Dame	Army	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY

Group-of-five matchups

The following games include American Athletic Conference teams competing against teams from C-USA, the MAC, Mountain West, or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	Sun Belt	James Madison	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	L 7–30
August 31	Sun Belt	North Texas	South Alabama	Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL	W 52–38
August 31	C-USA	Sam Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 14–34
August 31	C-USA	Kennesaw State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	W 28–16
September 7	Sun Belt	UAB	Louisiana–Monroe	JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	L 6–32
September 7	Sun Belt	East Carolina	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	W 20–14
September 7	Sun Belt	Troy	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 38–17
September 7	Sun Belt	UTSA	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	L 10–49
September 7	Sun Belt	Tulsa	Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	L 24–28
September 14	Sun Belt	Appalachian State	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	L 19–21
September 14	C-USA	FIU	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	W 38–20
September 14	Sun Belt	South Florida	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	W 49–24
September 14	Sun Belt	Coastal Carolina	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 20–28
September 21	C-USA	East Carolina	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	L 24–35
September 21	Mountain West	Wyoming	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	W 44–17
September 21	Mountain West	Utah State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 45–29
September 21	Sun Belt	Tulane	Louisiana	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	W 41–33
September 21	C-USA	Tulsa	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 23–20^OT
September 28	C-USA	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 24–7
October 5	Mountain West	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	W 34–7
November 2	Mountain West	Air Force	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY

FBS independents matchups

The following games include AAC teams competing against FBS independents, which includes UConn or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 21	Florida Atlantic	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	L 14–48
October 5	Temple	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	L 20–29
October 26	Rice	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	L 10–17
November 9	UConn	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	L 31–23

FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 29	Alcorn State	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	W 41–3
August 29	Southeastern Louisiana	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 52–0
August 29	Northwestern State	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	W 62–28
August 30	Lehigh	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	W 42–7
August 31	Norfolk State	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	W 42–3
August 31	North Alabama	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 40–0
August 31	Bucknell	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 49–21
August 31	Bethune-Cookman	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 48–3
September 7	Stephen F. Austin	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	W 35–20
September 7	Texas Southern	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 69–7
September 14	Gardner–Webb	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	W 27–26
September 21	Houston Christian	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	W 45–7
September 28	Wagner	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	W 41–10

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams
Week	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
Week 1^[21]	Chandler Morris	North Texas	QB	Rayshawn Pleasant	Tulane	CB	Kamdyn Benjamin	Tulsa	WR/PR
Week 2^[22]	Blake Horvath	Navy	QB	Elijah Herring	Memphis	LB	Matthew Rhodes	Army	P/H
Week 3^[23]	Seth Henigan	Memphis	QB	Chandler Martin	Memphis	LB	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	P
Week 4^[24]	Blake Horvath (2)	Navy	QB	Colin Ramos	Navy	LB	Maddux Trujillo Seth Morgan	Temple Tulsa	K K
Week 5^[25]	Chandler Morris (2)	North Texas	QB	Gerrod Henderson	Tulane	DE	Noah Perez	East Carolina	K
Week 6^[26]	Bryson Daily	Army	QB	Jaxson Campbell	Navy	LB	Rayshawn Pleasant	Tulane	CB/KR
Week 7^[27]	Bryson Daily (2)	Army	QB	Chandler Martin (2)	Memphis	LB	Kali Nguma	North Texas	K
Week 8^[28]	Bryson Daily (3)	Army	QB	Dashaun Peele	Navy	CB	Jonah Delange	UAB	K
Week 9^[29]	Cooper Legas	Tulsa	QB	Chandler Martin (3)	Memphis	LB	Quinton Jackson	Rice	RB/KR
Week 10^[30]	Jalen Kitna	UAB	QB	Martavius French	UTSA	LB	Kam Shanks	UAB	WR/KR
Week 11^[31]	Katin Houser	East Carolina	QB	Kalib Fortner	Army	LB	Riley Riethman	Navy	P
Week 12^[32]	Seth Henigan (2)	Memphis	QB	Sam Howard	Tulane	LB	Tate Sandell	UTSA	K
Week 13^[33]	O'Mega Blake	Charlotte	WR	Jimmori Robinson	UTSA	LB	Stephen Rusnak	Charlotte	K
Week 14^[34]	Greg Desrosiers Jr.	Memphis	RB	Kourtlan Marsh	Memphis	DB	Michael O'Shaughnessy (2)	Charlotte	P

American Athletic Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as chosen by the league's head coaches.^[35]

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	Bryson Daily	Army
Defensive Player of the Year	Jimmori Robinson	UTSA
Special Teams Player of the Year	Jonah Delange	UAB
Rookie of the Year	Joseph Williams	Tulsa
Coach of the Year	Jeff Monken	Army

All-Conference Teams

The following players were selected part of the All-Conference teams.^[35]

Position	Player	Team
First Team Offense
WR	Roc Taylor	Memphis
WR	DT Sheffield	North Texas
WR	Dante Wright	Temple
OT	Xavier Hill	Memphis
OT	Derrick Graham	Tulane
OG	Bill Katsigiannis	Army
OG	Shadre Hurst	Tulane
C	Brady Small	Army
TE	Anthony Landphere	Memphis
QB	Bryson Daily	Army
RB	Mario Anderson Jr.	Memphis
RB	Makhi Hughes	Tulane
First Team Defense
DL	Desmond Little	UAB
DL	William Whitlow	Memphis
DL	Landon Robinson	Navy
DL	Patrick Jenkins	Tulane
LB	Chandler Martin	Memphis
LB	Colin Ramos	Navy
LB	Tyquan King	Temple
LB	Jimmori Robinson	UTSA
CB	Davion Ross	Memphis
CB	Zah Frazier	UTSA
S	Max DiDomenico	Army
S	Rayuan Lane	Navy
First Team Special Teams
K	Jonah Delange	UAB
P	Andrew Stokes	South Florida
RS	Kam Shanks	UAB

Position	Player	Team
Second Team Offense
WR	O'Mega Blake	Charlotte
WR	Chase Sowell	East Carolina
WR	Mario Williams	Tulane
OT	Connor Finucane	Army
OT	Lucas Scott	Army
OG	Paolo Gennarelli	Army
OG	Josh Remetich	Tulane
C	Vincent Murphy	Tulane
TE	Oscar Cardenas	UTSA
QB	Chandler Morris	North Texas
RB	Kanye Udoh	Army
RB	Rahjai Harris	East Carolina
Second Team Defense
DL	Kyle Lewis	Army
DL	Justin Reed	Navy
DL	Decarius Hawthorne	South Florida
DL	Diwun Black	Temple
LB	Zakye Barker	East Carolina
LB	D. J. Woodbury	Temple
LB	Martavius French	UTSA
LB	Tyler Grubbs	Tulane
LB	Sam Howard	Tulane
CB	Dashaun Peele	Navy
CB	Micah Robinson	Tulane
S	Gabriel Taylor	Rice
S	Bailey Despanie	Tulane
Second Team Special Teams
K	Maddux Trujillo	Temple
P	Riley Riethman	Navy
RS	Rayshawn Pleasant	Tulane

Position	Player	Team
Third Team Offense
WR	Kam Shanks	UAB
WR	Sean Atkins	South Florida
WR	Kamdyn Benjamin	Tulsa
OT	Parker Moorer	East Carolina
OT	Rah Green	Tulane
OG	Jonah Gambill	Memphis
OG	Walter Young Bear	Tulsa
C	Trent Holler	Memphis
TE	Alex Bauman	Tulane
QB	Seth Henigan	Memphis
RB	Lee Beebe Jr.	UAB
RB	CJ Campbell Jr.	Florida Atlantic
Third Team Defense
DL	Demon Clowney	Charlotte
DL	Brandon Brown	UTSA
DL	Kam Hamilton	Tulane
DL	Adin Huntington	Tulane
LB	Michael Moore	UAB
LB	Elo Modozie	Army
LB	Andon Thomas	Army
LB	Jaylen Smith	North Texas
LB	Gavin Potter	Tulsa
CB	Ridge Texada	North Texas
CB	Caleb Ransaw	Tulane
S	Omar Rogers	East Carolina
S	CJ Heard	Florida Atlantic
Third Team Special Teams
K	Stephen Rusnak	Charlotte
P	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic
RS	DT Sheffield	North Texas

National awards

Joe Moore Award: Army offensive line
AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year: Sean Saturnio, Army special teams coach
Bowl Challenge Cup highest percentage of bowl wins by conference

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[6] American Athletic Conference Coaches. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved Feb 18, 2021.

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