2024 Army Black Knights football | |
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Conference | American Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 17 |
AP | No. 16 |
CFP | No. 24 |
Record | 9–0 (7–0 AAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Cody Worley (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Triple option |
Defensive coordinator | Nate Woody (5th season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Michie Stadium |
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No. 24 Army y | 7 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Tulane y | 7 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Army vs. Tulane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from CFP Rankings |
The 2024 Army Black Knights football team represents the United States Military Academy in the American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights, led by Jeff Monken in his eleventh year as head coach, play home games at Michie Stadium, located in West Point, New York.
The 2024 season is Army's first in The American after having spent almost all of its football history as an FBS independent. This is the fifth season under Monken that the Black Knights have had at least 9 wins, and the first season since 1949 to start 9–0.
The American Athletic Conference released its media prediction poll on July 23, 2024. The Black Knights were predicted to finish fifth in the conference. [1]
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Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Memphis | 409 (23) |
2 | UTSA | 368 (4) |
3 | Tulane | 362 (2) |
4 | South Florida | 339 |
5 | Army | 236 (1) |
6 | Florida Atlantic | 228 |
7 | East Carolina | 219 |
Rice | ||
9 | North Texas | 216 |
10 | UAB | 192 |
11 | Navy | 150 |
12 | Tulsa | 95 |
13 | Charlotte | 77 |
14 | Temple | 40 |
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Lehigh * | CBSSN | W 42–7 | 23,760 | ||
September 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic | CBSSN | W 24–7 | 21,810 | ||
September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | Rice |
| CBSSN | W 37–14 | 26,654 | |
September 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at Temple | ESPN | W 42–14 | 13,255 | ||
October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at Tulsa | ESPNU | W 49–7 | 24,409 | ||
October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | UAB |
| CBSSN | W 44–10 | 29,002 | |
October 19 | 12:00 p.m. | East Carolina | No. 23 |
| ESPN2 | W 45–28 | 29,044 |
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | Air Force * | No. 21 |
| CBS | W 20–3 | 30,046 |
November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | at North Texas | No. 25 | ESPN2 | W 14–3 | 28,519 | |
November 23 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Notre Dame * | NBC | ||||
November 30 | 12:00 p.m. | UTSA |
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December 6 | 8:00 p.m. | Tulane |
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December 14 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Navy * |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | |||||
Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | |||||
CFP | Not released | 25 | 24 | Not released |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Mountain Hawks (FCS) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Black Knights | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, New York
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Statistics | LEH | ARMY |
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First downs | 16 | 26 |
Plays–yards | 52–282 | 64–432 |
Rushes–yards | 33–172 | 56–375 |
Passing yards | 110 | 57 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 10–19–2 | 5–8–0 |
Time of possession | 26:56 | 33:04 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Lehigh | Passing | Dante Perri | 6/11, 64 yards |
Rushing | Luke Yoder | 10 carries, 51 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Mason Humphrey | 5 receptions, 61 yards | |
Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 3/6, 35 yards |
Rushing | Noah Short | 8 carries, 83 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Casey Reynolds | 1 reception, 22 yards |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Black Knights | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
Owls | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida
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Statistics | ARMY | FAU |
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First downs | 21 | 16 |
Plays–yards | 62–449 | 53–235 |
Rushes–yards | 58–405 | 16–42 |
Passing yards | 44 | 193 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 1–4–0 | 25–37–1 |
Time of possession | 38:39 | 21:21 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 1/4, 44 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Noah Short | 11 carries, 160 yards | |
Receiving | Casey Reynolds | 1 reception, 44 yards, 1 TD | |
Florida Atlantic | Passing | Cam Fancher | 25/37, 193 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | CJ Campbell Jr. | 8 carries, 20 yards | |
Receiving | Omari Hayes | 4 carries, 45 yards, 1 TD |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Owls | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Black Knights | 7 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 37 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, New York
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Statistics | RICE | ARMY |
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First downs | 18 | 21 |
Plays–yards | 57–297 | 69–408 |
Rushes–yards | 13–41 | 56–288 |
Passing yards | 256 | 120 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 29–44–2 | 9–13–0 |
Time of possession | 20:55 | 39:05 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Rice | Passing | E.J. Warner | 28/43, 235 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Dean Connors | 9 carries, 51 yards | |
Receiving | Matt Sykes | 6 receptions, 82 yards, 1 TD | |
Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 6/9, 107 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Bryson Daily | 23 carries, 145 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Noah Short | 2 receptions, 47 yards, 1 TD |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Black Knights | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Owls | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
at Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Statistics | ARMY | TEM |
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First downs | 23 | 12 |
Plays–yards | 63–489 | 52–219 |
Rushes–yards | 57–417 | 22–-5 |
Passing yards | 72 | 224 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 3–6–0 | 19–30–1 |
Time of possession | 35:14 | 24:40 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 2/5, 54 yards |
Rushing | Bryson Daily | 24 carries, 152 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Noah Short | 1 reception, 27 yards | |
Temple | Passing | Evan Simon | 19/30, 224 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Joquez Smith | 4 carries, 8 yards | |
Receiving | Dante Wright | 8 receptions, 98 yards, TD |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Black Knights | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
Golden Hurricane | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Statistics | ARMY | TLSA |
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First downs | 18 | 17 |
Plays–yards | 46–481 | 72–268 |
Rushes–yards | 40–321 | 42–159 |
Passing yards | 160 | 109 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 6–6–0 | 21–30–0 |
Time of possession | 25:31 | 34:29 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 5/5, 140 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Kanye Udoh | 6 carries, 137 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Noah Short | 3 receptions, 121 yards, 2 TD | |
Tulsa | Passing | Kirk Francis | 16/22, 84 yards |
Rushing | Cooper Legas | 17 carries, 81 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Kamdyn Benjamin | 7 receptions, 44 yards |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blazers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Black Knights | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, New York
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Statistics | UAB | ARMY |
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First downs | 18 | 28 |
Plays–yards | 63–303 | 64–515 |
Rushes–yards | 24–61 | 56–413 |
Passing yards | 242 | 102 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 25–39–2 | 3–8–0 |
Time of possession | 24:54 | 35:06 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UAB | Passing | Jalen Kitna | 25/39, 242 yards, TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Lee Beebe Jr. | 9 carries, 36 yards | |
Receiving | Kam Shanks | 9 receptions, 119 yards | |
Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 3/7, 102 yards, TD |
Rushing | Bryson Daily | 12 carries, 136 yards, 4 TD | |
Receiving | Casey Reynolds | 2 receptions, 84 yards, TD |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Pirates | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
No. 23 Black Knights | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, New York
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Statistics | ECU | ARMY |
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First downs | 20 | 22 |
Plays–yards | 58–369 | 66–442 |
Rushes–yards | 20–87 | 56–295 |
Passing yards | 282 | 147 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 24–38–1 | 7–10–0 |
Time of possession | 22:40 | 37:20 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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East Carolina | Passing | Katin Houser | 24/38, 282 yards, 3 TD, INT |
Rushing | Rahjai Harris | 9 carries, 34 yards | |
Receiving | Chase Sowell | 7 receptions, 138 yards, TD | |
Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 7/10, 147 yards, TD |
Rushing | Bryson Daily | 31 carries, 171 yards, 5 TD | |
Receiving | Casey Reynolds | 3 receptions, 85 yards |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Falcons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 21 Black Knights | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, New York
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Statistics | AFA | ARMY |
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First downs | 15 | 14 |
Plays–yards | 60–209 | 52–255 |
Rushes–yards | 40–117 | 43–207 |
Passing yards | 92 | 48 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 10–20–3 | 5–9–0 |
Time of possession | 31:51 | 28:09 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Air Force | Passing | Quentin Hayes | 7/14, 54 yards, INT |
Rushing | Quentin Hayes | 22 carries, 61 yards | |
Receiving | Cade Harris | 5 receptions, 52 yards | |
Army | Passing | Dewayne Coleman | 5/8, 48 yards |
Rushing | Kanye Udoh | 22 carries, 158 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Casey Reynolds | 1 reception, 24 yards |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 25 Black Knights | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Mean Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at DATCU Stadium • Denton, Texas
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Statistics | ARMY | UNT |
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First downs | 23 | 18 |
Plays–yards | 68–308 | 55–283 |
Rushes–yards | 64–293 | 18–69 |
Passing yards | 15 | 214 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 2–4–1 | 24–37–2 |
Time of possession | 41:37 | 18:15 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 2/4, 15 yards, INT |
Rushing | Bryson Daily | 36 carries, 153 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Josh Horton | 1 reception, 8 yards | |
North Texas | Passing | Chandler Morris | 24/37, 214 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Shane Porter | 6 carries, 33 yards | |
Receiving | Damon Ward Jr. | 4 receptions, 63 yards |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Black Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fighting Irish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York
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Statistics | ARMY | ND |
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First downs | ||
Plays–yards | – | – |
Rushes–yards | – | – |
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | –– | –– |
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Army | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
Notre Dame | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, New York
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Statistics | UTSA | ARMY |
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First downs | ||
Plays–yards | – | – |
Rushes–yards | – | – |
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | –– | –– |
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UTSA | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
Army | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Midshipmen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Northwest Stadium • Landover, Maryland
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Statistics | NAVY | ARMY |
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First downs | ||
Plays–yards | – | – |
Rushes–yards | – | – |
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | –– | –– |
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Navy | Passing | ||
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Army | Passing | ||
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Name | Position | Consecutive season at Army in current position | Previous position | |
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Jeff Monken | Head coach | 11th [3] | Georgia Southern head coach (2010–2013) | |
Cody Worley | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | 1st [4] | Army run game coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2023) | |
Nate Woody | Defensive coordinator | 4th [5] | Michigan defensive analyst (2020) | |
Sean Saturnio | Special teams coordinator | 5th [6] | Army tight ends coach (2018–2019) | |
John Loose | Assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach | 5th | Army defensive coordinator (2019) | |
Mike Viti | Offensive line coach | 3rd [7] | Army running backs coach (2017–2021) | |
Cheston Blackshear | Tight ends coach | 1st [8] | Florida offensive quality control (2022–2023) | |
Sean Cronin | Defensive line coach | 3rd [9] | Colorado State linebackers coach (2020–2021) | |
Daryl Dixon | Cornerbacks coach | 6th | Army outside linebackers coach (2016–2018) | |
Matt Drinkall | Offensive line coach | 1st | Army co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach (2023) | |
Blake Powers | Running backs coach | 1st | Army tight ends coach (2023) | |
Aaron Smith | Wide receivers coach | 3rd [10] | UConn wide receivers coach (2017–2021) | |
Drew Thatcher | H-backs coach | 1st | Army offensive coordinator (2023) | |
Danny Verpaele | Safeties coach | 2nd [11] | Kennesaw State defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach (2020–2022) | |
Justin Weaver | Inside linebackers coach | 2nd [12] | USMAPS (NY) head coach (2022) | |
Collin Shank | Defensive quality control | 2nd [13] | Army graduate assistant (2022) | |
Tristan Yeomans | Offensive quality control | 2nd [14] | Charlotte special teams assistant (2022) |
The 2012 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by fourth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played their home games at Michie Stadium. They finished the season 2–10.
The 2013 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by fifth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played their home games at Michie Stadium. Following the loss to Navy on December 14 and finishing the season 3–9, Ellerson was fired.
The 2014 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by first-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium. They finished the season 4–8.
The 2015 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by second-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium.
The 2016 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by third-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium. They finished the season 8–5 and defeated Navy for the first time since 2001 in the Army–Navy Game. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated North Texas in overtime.
The 2017 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium finished the season 10–3, winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the first time since 1996 after sweeping service academy rivals Air Force and Navy. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they defeated San Diego State. Following the season, they were chosen as the 2017 ECAC Division I Football Subdivision Team of the Year.
The 2018 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by fifth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium. Following their 28–14 victory over Colgate in Week 12, Army entered the AP Poll at No. 23 and the Coaches' Poll at No. 24, the first time Army had entered the national rankings since finishing the 1996 season at No. 25 in the AP and No. 24 in the Coaches'. On December 2, Army accepted an invite to participate in the Armed Forces Bowl against the Houston Cougars of the American Athletic Conference. On December 8, Army defeated its archrival Navy by a score of 17–10, increasing their Army-Navy Game win streak to three in a row and winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the second straight year. With the win the Black Knights also secured their second straight 10-win season, the first time that had been accomplished in the Academy's long and storied history. In the Armed Forces Bowl, they defeated Houston by a score of 70–14 to tie NCAA bowl game records for points scored and margin of victory. Their 11 wins are the most in one season in program history. As a result of his team's 2018 accomplishments, Coach Monken was awarded the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award by the Maxwell Football Club, the Vince Lombardi College Football Coach of the Year Award by the Lombardi Foundation, and the President's Award by the Touchdown Club of Columbus. Army finished the season with a ranking of No. 19 in the AP Poll and No. 20 in the Coaches' Poll, their highest finish in both polls since Pete Dawkins's Heisman Trophy-winning season in 1958 where the Cadets finished No. 3 in both polls. Following the completion of the season, the Black Knights were awarded the 2018 Lambert Trophy by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying them as the best team in the East in Division I FBS. This was the eighth overall time the Lambert Trophy had been awarded to Army, and the first since 1958.
The 2019 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium. Due to playing an away game at Hawaii and the NCAA's "Hawaii Exemption", the Black Knights played a 13-game regular season in 2019. They finished the season with a record of 5–8, finishing in third place for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy following losses to Air Force and Navy, and missing out on a bowl game for the first time since the 2015 season.
The 2019 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by second-year head coach Mike Bloomgren. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division. Rice started the season on a nine-game losing streak before closing out the season by winning their final three games.
The 2020 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by seventh-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York
The 2021 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium. They competed as an independent. The Black Knights finished the season with a record of 9–4, sharing the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy with Navy and Air Force after all three service academies finished with 1–1 records against each other. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they defeated Missouri, 24–22.
The 2021 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies competed as an independent, having left the American Athletic Conference following the 2019 season. They played their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.
The 2022 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York. They competed as an independent. The Black Knights finished the season with a record of 6–6, beating Navy but losing possession of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy after a loss to Air Force. They were not invited to a bowl as only five of their six wins counted for bowl eligibility, with the sixth coming against their second FCS opponent of the year.
The 2022 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was led by sixth-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played its home games at Villanova Stadium.
The 2023 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by 10th-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York. They competed as an independent and finished with a 6–6 record—the team was not invited to a bowl game as they had not met bowl eligibility requirements when bowl matchups were announced in early December. Even if they had accumulated six wins at that time, two of their wins were against FCS opponents.
The 2023 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Hafley and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
The 2024 East Carolina Pirates football team represents East Carolina University in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates were led by Mike Houston in his sixth year as the head coach for the team's first seven games. The Pirates play home games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, located in Greenville, North Carolina.
The 2024 Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen are led by Brian Newberry in his second year as the head coach. The Midshipmen play home games at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
The 2024 Rice Owls football team represents Rice University in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls are led by Mike Bloomgren in his seventh year as the head coach. The Owls play their home games at Rice Stadium, located in Houston.
The 2024 Air Force Falcons football team will represent the United States Air Force Academy during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will be the team's 70th overall, 26th as a member of the Mountain West Conference, and 11th in the Mountain West's Mountain Division. The team plays home games at Falcon Stadium and is led by 18th-year head coach Troy Calhoun.