Sunday, October 31, 2010
Army Beats VMI 29-7
Associated Press
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- As recently as week three of this season, Army's Jared Hassin was listed as a reserve.
The Black Knights age glad he's getting the ball more now.
Hassin ran 38 yards for a touchdown and finished with a career-best 158 yards rushing, leading Army to a 29-7 win over Virginia Military Institute.
"I feel pretty good," Hassin said. "The wins always help."
Hassin, who had his third straight 100-yard rushing game, also had 54 yards receiving as Army (5-3) had little trouble handling its Football Championship Subdivision opponent.
"We know he's got the potential to be a great player," Army coach Rich Ellerson said of Hassin, who also broke off a 54-yard run and leads the team in rushing.
Quarterback Trent Steelman scored on a 1-yard dive to put the Black Knights ahead 7-0 with 4:08 left in the first quarter. Hassin's TD run early in the second quarter made it 14-0. A safety and a field goal put Army up 19-0 at halftime.
VMI (3-5) scored with 4:18 left in the third quarter on a fourth-down, 1-yard plunge by Chaz Jones.
Eric Kordenbrock threw for 139 yards for VMI, while Steelman finished with 65 passing yards and added 42 on the ground for Army.
Army, which came into the game with the nation's No. 8 rushing offense, got 316 yards on the ground. The Black Knights still have hopes of a bowl game berth as they get set for Air Force next week.
"There's a lot to be excited about," Ellerson said.
After a second field goal early in the fourth quarter, Army sealed the win on an electrifying defensive play.
Donovan Travis intercepted Kordenbrock at the Army 21, scrambled through traffic, and flipped a lateral to Jordan Trimble while falling to his knees. Trimble raced the final 42 yards, making it 29-7.
"That's not a drill you'll see us do on Tuesday, I promise," Ellerson said.
VMI was unable to capitalize after recovering an unforced fumble by Steelman near midfield in the closing seconds of the third. VMI has beaten Army only once in their 15 meetings.
"Overall, they played a lot better and they're the stronger team." VMI coach Sparky Woods said. "I thought they won the battle at the line of scrimmage."
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Army-Air Force Game Sold Out
What could be the deciding game in this year's Commander-in-Chief's Trophy has sold out.
Army-Air Force Football Game Sold Out
Courtesy: Army Athletic Communications
Release: 10/22/2010 13:40:05(ET)
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army-Air Force football game at Michie Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 6 has been sold out. The game marks the first advance sell out of the season for the Black Knights.
Fans without tickets to the Air Force game can still catch the Black Knights on Saturday, Oct. 30 versus VMI. Tickets can be purchased on-line or by calling the Army Athletics ticket office at 1-877-TIX-ARMY.
Those fans who have already purchased Air Force tickets, but have not yet bought their parking pass are encouraged to do so as soon as possible in order to expedite entrance through the gates at West Point. Parking passes can be purchased on-line or by calling the ticket office.
Fans attending the Air Force game are also encouraged to arrive at Michie Stadium well ahead of the noon kickoff time. With the capacity crowd on hand, fans may experience longer than usual lines entering the security gates, parking lots and Michie Stadium entrances.
Courtesy: Army Athletic Communications
Release: 10/22/2010 13:40:05(ET)
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army-Air Force football game at Michie Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 6 has been sold out. The game marks the first advance sell out of the season for the Black Knights.
Fans without tickets to the Air Force game can still catch the Black Knights on Saturday, Oct. 30 versus VMI. Tickets can be purchased on-line or by calling the Army Athletics ticket office at 1-877-TIX-ARMY.
Those fans who have already purchased Air Force tickets, but have not yet bought their parking pass are encouraged to do so as soon as possible in order to expedite entrance through the gates at West Point. Parking passes can be purchased on-line or by calling the ticket office.
Fans attending the Air Force game are also encouraged to arrive at Michie Stadium well ahead of the noon kickoff time. With the capacity crowd on hand, fans may experience longer than usual lines entering the security gates, parking lots and Michie Stadium entrances.
Army-Navy Tickets Go On Sale
Though Navy and Army's ticket blocks are sold out, public tickets went on sale Friday for the 111th Army-Navy Game through the Philadelphia Sports Congress.
Tickets can be purchased through www.ticketmaster.com and are $65, with a limit of six tickets per purchase.
Navy Beats Notre Dame, 35-17
Ricky Dobbs' 3 TDs help Navy beat Notre Dame for the 3rd time in 4 years
Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The only thing shocking about this Notre Dame loss to Navy was the ease with which the Midshipmen handled Brian Kelly's Fighting Irish.
Ricky Dobbs scored three touchdowns and Alexander Teich ran for 210 yards to lead Navy to its third victory against the Irish in the last four seasons, a 35-17 rout on Saturday at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
The 84-year old series, which Notre Dame (4-4) once owned like no other in college football history, now belongs to Navy (5-2).
In 2007, the Midshipmen snapped their NCAA record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame with a 46-44 win in overtime at South Bend, Ind. Last year, Navy did it again, winning 23-21 at Notre Dame Stadium, the first of four straight losses that ended the Charlie Weis era.
Add this one and Dobbs and his fellow seniors are now the third class at Navy to beat Notre Dame three times, joining the 1937 and '64 classes.
"Being able to say my senior class is one of those to beat Notre Dame three times is special right there," safety Wyatt Middleton said. "Notre Dame always had that streak going with us, but recently things have changed."
Have they ever.
These were the types of startling losses Notre Dame faithful figured would stop when Kelly was hired. Instead, it was the Irish's most lopsided loss against Navy since 1963.
Navy tweaked the blocking scheme and emphasized the inside run by the fullback Teich in its triple-option. And Notre Dame looked helpless to stop it.
"We always have new wrinkles," Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. "We do the same thing over and over but there is subtle stuff. This is what we are, an option team. Yes, we run the triple but we have a ton of different variations on running it. We had to have some wrinkles because they're a good football team."
The Midshipmen ran for 367 yards, the most ever by Navy against Notre Dame, and Teich carried 26 times to become the first fullback in school history to rush for 200 in a game.
"A scheme is one thing, but you still have to win one-on-one matchups," Kelly said. "We got beat today. Navy was the better football team today."
Just figuring out who had the ball seemed a struggle for the Irish.
The Notre Dame-Navy rivalry used to be as lopsided as it gets. These days, that streak seems like a distant memory, writes Kieran Darcy. Story
"They ran things we knew were going to come, they just did some things a little more often than they usually do," Irish linebacker Manti Te'o said. "We didn't execute they way we needed to be executing out there."
Offensively, Dayne Crist and the Irish moved the ball, but the quarterback tossed two key interceptions when the score was still close. Dobbs' third touchdown, a 1-yard plunge, came after Crist threw his second pick, and made the score 35-10 with 4:38 left in the third quarter.
It was a Navy home game at the NFL stadium, but there were plenty of Notre Dame fans in the crowd of 75,614 -- and plenty heading for the exits when the third quarter ended.
The Fighting Irish had won three straight coming in and figured to be in the middle of the easy part of their schedule, coming off Western Michigan and with Tulsa coming to South Bend next week. Sure they were playing without two top receivers -- Theo Riddick was out with an ankle injury and Michael Floyd was in uniform but sat out with a sore right hamstring -- but the Irish always have a talent advantage against Navy.
Don't they?
Navy made it clear it was done playing the punching bag against the Irish. In fact, it was Notre Dame getting roughed up from the start.
Navy stopped Notre Dame's first possession on a fourth-and-goal from inside the 1, when Crist was stacked up on a quarterback sneak.
"We outman them by 70 pounds on average up front," Kelly said. "If you can't get a foot on the one-half yard line, you get what you deserve."
The Midshipmen flipped the field and grabbed the lead on just a few plays.
Teich got rolling with a 54-yard run up the middle, then the fullback made a one-handed grab on a screen pass and vaulted into the end zone for a 31-yard touchdown.
"It's the biggest stage I've ever been on," Teich said.
David Ruffer kicked a 45-yard field goal for Notre Dame, but Navy came right back with another touchdown drive. Dobbs finished it with a 3-yard score to make it 14-3.
Notre Dame cut the lead to 14-10 with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Crist to TJ Jones and the Irish followed up with their only defensive stop of the half.
But Crist was intercepted throwing into traffic by De'Von Richardson at the Notre Dame 30, setting up Gee Gee Greene's 9-yard TD run to give Navy a 21-10 lead at half.
Dobbs ran for 90 yards on 20 carries and tied the school record for rushing touchdowns with 43, matching Chris McCoy's mark set from 1995 to 1997.
"It was amazing," Dobbs said of the offense. "Very close to perfection."
Notre Dame, meanwhile, was perfectly awful, but Crist vowed this loss to Navy won't send the team into the tank the way last year's did.
"The guys are in there, they're rallying," he said. "They are a real resilient bunch."
For more coverage of the game, check out: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302962426
Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The only thing shocking about this Notre Dame loss to Navy was the ease with which the Midshipmen handled Brian Kelly's Fighting Irish.
Ricky Dobbs scored three touchdowns and Alexander Teich ran for 210 yards to lead Navy to its third victory against the Irish in the last four seasons, a 35-17 rout on Saturday at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
The 84-year old series, which Notre Dame (4-4) once owned like no other in college football history, now belongs to Navy (5-2).
In 2007, the Midshipmen snapped their NCAA record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame with a 46-44 win in overtime at South Bend, Ind. Last year, Navy did it again, winning 23-21 at Notre Dame Stadium, the first of four straight losses that ended the Charlie Weis era.
Add this one and Dobbs and his fellow seniors are now the third class at Navy to beat Notre Dame three times, joining the 1937 and '64 classes.
"Being able to say my senior class is one of those to beat Notre Dame three times is special right there," safety Wyatt Middleton said. "Notre Dame always had that streak going with us, but recently things have changed."
Have they ever.
These were the types of startling losses Notre Dame faithful figured would stop when Kelly was hired. Instead, it was the Irish's most lopsided loss against Navy since 1963.
Navy tweaked the blocking scheme and emphasized the inside run by the fullback Teich in its triple-option. And Notre Dame looked helpless to stop it.
"We always have new wrinkles," Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. "We do the same thing over and over but there is subtle stuff. This is what we are, an option team. Yes, we run the triple but we have a ton of different variations on running it. We had to have some wrinkles because they're a good football team."
The Midshipmen ran for 367 yards, the most ever by Navy against Notre Dame, and Teich carried 26 times to become the first fullback in school history to rush for 200 in a game.
"A scheme is one thing, but you still have to win one-on-one matchups," Kelly said. "We got beat today. Navy was the better football team today."
Just figuring out who had the ball seemed a struggle for the Irish.
The Notre Dame-Navy rivalry used to be as lopsided as it gets. These days, that streak seems like a distant memory, writes Kieran Darcy. Story
"They ran things we knew were going to come, they just did some things a little more often than they usually do," Irish linebacker Manti Te'o said. "We didn't execute they way we needed to be executing out there."
Offensively, Dayne Crist and the Irish moved the ball, but the quarterback tossed two key interceptions when the score was still close. Dobbs' third touchdown, a 1-yard plunge, came after Crist threw his second pick, and made the score 35-10 with 4:38 left in the third quarter.
It was a Navy home game at the NFL stadium, but there were plenty of Notre Dame fans in the crowd of 75,614 -- and plenty heading for the exits when the third quarter ended.
The Fighting Irish had won three straight coming in and figured to be in the middle of the easy part of their schedule, coming off Western Michigan and with Tulsa coming to South Bend next week. Sure they were playing without two top receivers -- Theo Riddick was out with an ankle injury and Michael Floyd was in uniform but sat out with a sore right hamstring -- but the Irish always have a talent advantage against Navy.
Don't they?
Navy made it clear it was done playing the punching bag against the Irish. In fact, it was Notre Dame getting roughed up from the start.
Navy stopped Notre Dame's first possession on a fourth-and-goal from inside the 1, when Crist was stacked up on a quarterback sneak.
"We outman them by 70 pounds on average up front," Kelly said. "If you can't get a foot on the one-half yard line, you get what you deserve."
The Midshipmen flipped the field and grabbed the lead on just a few plays.
Teich got rolling with a 54-yard run up the middle, then the fullback made a one-handed grab on a screen pass and vaulted into the end zone for a 31-yard touchdown.
"It's the biggest stage I've ever been on," Teich said.
David Ruffer kicked a 45-yard field goal for Notre Dame, but Navy came right back with another touchdown drive. Dobbs finished it with a 3-yard score to make it 14-3.
Notre Dame cut the lead to 14-10 with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Crist to TJ Jones and the Irish followed up with their only defensive stop of the half.
But Crist was intercepted throwing into traffic by De'Von Richardson at the Notre Dame 30, setting up Gee Gee Greene's 9-yard TD run to give Navy a 21-10 lead at half.
Dobbs ran for 90 yards on 20 carries and tied the school record for rushing touchdowns with 43, matching Chris McCoy's mark set from 1995 to 1997.
"It was amazing," Dobbs said of the offense. "Very close to perfection."
Notre Dame, meanwhile, was perfectly awful, but Crist vowed this loss to Navy won't send the team into the tank the way last year's did.
"The guys are in there, they're rallying," he said. "They are a real resilient bunch."
For more coverage of the game, check out: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302962426
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mids Could Lose Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for First Time in Eight Years
After fourteen straight victories over Air Force and Army, the tides may be changing for Navy. The current Commander-in-Chief's Trophy standings are:
1. Air Force
2(T). Navy
2(T). Army
The Air Force Falcons beat the Midshipmen at home on October 1, 14-6, and are scheduled to face the Golden Knights of Army on November 6 at West Point. If the Falcons lose to Army, the 111th Army Navy Game will decide the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.
1. Air Force
2(T). Navy
2(T). Army
The Air Force Falcons beat the Midshipmen at home on October 1, 14-6, and are scheduled to face the Golden Knights of Army on November 6 at West Point. If the Falcons lose to Army, the 111th Army Navy Game will decide the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.
Navy Beats SMU, Now 5-2
Game Day Information
The game day schedule has been set for the 111th Army Navy football game:
WHEN: Saturday, December 11, 2010
WHERE: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
GATES OPEN: 10:30 AM
MARCH ON: 11:30 AM
KICK OFF: 2:40 PM
WHEN: Saturday, December 11, 2010
WHERE: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
GATES OPEN: 10:30 AM
MARCH ON: 11:30 AM
KICK OFF: 2:40 PM
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