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GAME 9: Air Force (6-2, 3-2 MW) vs. Army West Point (4-3)
10/31/2021 2:32:00 PM | Football
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Saturday, Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m. MT, Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX
GAME 9: Air Force (6-2, 3-2 MW) vs. Army West Point (4-3)
Lockheed Martin Commanders' Classic
Saturday, Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m. MT, Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Television: CBS
Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), Sherree Burruss (sidelines)
• Radio: KVOR AM 740 in Colorado Springs, CO; XM 385, Internet 975
Jim Arthur (play-by-play); Jesse Kurtz (analyst)
STORYLINES
• Air Force and Army are meeting for the 56th time overall and fourth time at a neutral site. Air Force leads the series, 37-17-1. The Falcons are 22-4 at home, 14-12 at Army and 1-1-1 in neutral site games.
• The 2021 season marks 50th year of Commander-in-Chief's trophy competition. The Falcons have a series-best 63-36 overall record and 20 titles. There have been four ties in the series, the last coming in 1993. Air Force could secure a record 21st title and its first since 2016, with a win this week. Army would secure no-worse than a tie with a win this week.
• Air Force and Army are the top two rushing teams in the NCAA. The Falcons lead the nation with a 318.4 average while Army is second at 312.3.
LOCKHEED MARTIN COMMANDERS' CLASSIC VS. ARMY
The Lockheed Martin Commanders' Classic between Air Force and Army is the first college football game at Globe Life Field. The two-year agreement begins this week with Air Force as the home team. Army will be the home squad for the return meeting on November 5, 2022.
The Texas Rangers will host and operate the games with marketing assistance from Dallas-based LST Marketing.
Globe Life Field is the home of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers, which played 30 games in the park without fans in the abbreviated 2020 season. The facility then hosted 16 MLB neutral site postseason games in the National League Division (3) and Championship (7) Series and the World Series (6). Games in the final two playoff rounds were played in front of approximately 11,500 fans per game, the maximum capacity allowed by MLB.
Designed with a retractable roof to be a premier multipurpose sports and entertainment venue, Globe Life Field was the home of more than 60 high school graduations in May and June and most recently hosted the 10-night Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from December 3-12 with sellout crowds of 14,500 per performance.
The Globe Life Field seating capacity for the Lockheed Martin Commanders' Classic is expected to approximate the 40,518 figure for baseball. The 1.8 million square foot facility includes sports lighting as well as broadcast locations that are specific to football.
Playing in Texas
• Air Force will be playing in Texas for the first time since playing New Mexico (L 45-40) in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. Air Force has played in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, four times, most recently in 2015 vs. California (L 55-36). The Falcons also played in the Armed Forces Bowl in 2012, 2008 and 2007.
• Air Force set a bowl ticket sales record in the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl, selling over 12,000 tickets.
• The attendance in all four Armed Forces Bowls was 38K-plus.
Globe Life Field Facts
• Globe Life Field is a baseball park in Arlington, Texas. Since 2020, it is the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
• Globe Life Field was originally scheduled to open on March 23, 2020, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season was delayed for several months. Globe Life Field opened for a high-school graduation on May 29, 2020.
• On July 24, 2020, the Rangers hosted their first regular-season game against the Colorado Rockies. The Rangers played two exhibition games against the Rockies on July 21 and 22 at Globe Life Field.
THE SERIES
• Air Force and Army are meeting for the 56th time overall and fourth time at a neutral site
• Air Force leads the series, 37-17-1
• The Falcons are 22-4 at home, 14-12 at Army and 1-1-1 in neutral site games
• Air Force won the last neutral site meeting, a 14-3 win in 1965 in Chicago, IL
• Air Force is 34-15 in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy games vs. Army dating back to 1972
• The Falcons are 21-3 at home and 13-12 at Army in CIC games
• Army defeated Air Force, 10-7, last season in Michie Stadium
• The teams first played to a 13-13 tie in Yankee Stadium in New York in 1959
LAST MEETING
(Dec. 19, 2020) Army defeated Air Force, 10-7, Dec. 19 in West Point to close the regular season for both teams. The Black Knights opened the scoring with a field goal from Quinn Maretzki to take a 3-0 lead, which stood up until halftime, as the Falcons missed a pair of short field goal attempts. The Falcons took the lead late in the third quarter when Haaziq Daniels hit Kyle Patterson with a 10-yard touchdown pass to give Air Force a 7-3 lead. Army scored on a Jakobi Buchanan one-yard run with 1:13 left in the game to take a 10-7 lead. The Black Knights secured the win with an interception on Air Force's next drive on a tipped pass. Army finished with 290 total yards and had an advantage in plays, 73-40, and time of possession, 37:26 to 22:34. Air Force finished with 261 total yards. Brad Roberts rushed for 83 yards to lead the team. Daniels added 61 yards. Will Trawick led the defense with a career-high 14 tackles to lead six Falcons in double figures in tackles.
LOOKING AT ARMY
Army is 4-3 overall ... The Black Knights have lost three straight after opening the season with four consecutive wins ... Army was idle last week coming off a 70-56 loss at home to nationally-ranked Wake Forest ... Army is second in the nation in rushing with a 312.3 per-game average ... Army leads the nation in time of possession with a 38:39 average ... Christian Anderson leads the team in rushing with 427 yards and is averaging 7.2 yards per carry and 85.4 yards per game ... the Black Knights have played five quarterbacks and they have combined to hit 31-52 passes for 614 yards with seven touchdowns and three interceptions ... Isaiah Alston leads the team in receiving with 10 catches for 216 yards and three touchdowns ... Marquel Broughton and Arik Smith lead the team in tackles with 39 each ... Andre Carter II leads the team with 9.0 tackles for loss, including 8.5 sacks for 44 yards ... Army is coached by Jeff Monken, who is in his eighth season.
NCAA'S TOP TWO RUSHING ATTACKS FACE OFF
Air Force and Army are the top two rushing teams in the NCAA. The Falcons lead the nation with a 318.4 average while Army is second at 312.3. They are the only teams nationally averaging over 300 yards per game.
2021 NCAA Rushing Leaders
# Team (Conf.) Avg.
1. Air Force (MW) 318.4
2. Army (Ind.) 312.3
3. Ole Miss (SEC) 249.9
4. Arkansas (SEC) 249.0
5. Syracuse (AAC) 247.7
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S TROPHY
The 2021 season marks 50th year of Commander-in-Chief's trophy competition. The trophy goes annually to the winning academy with the best record in the round-robin competition. The winning team goes to the White House to receive the trophy from the President of the United States. The Falcons have a series-best 63-36 overall record and 20 titles. There have been four ties in the series, the last coming in 1993.
The Falcons opened the season series with a 23-3 win at Navy Sept. 11. The Falcons can win a record 21st trophy title, the thier first since 2016, with a win over Army this week. If the Falcons win it, each Academy would have a title in the last three years. An Army win this week would put the Black Knights in the driver's seat to win its second straight and fourth in the last five years.
Team Record Titles Last
Air Force 63-36-0 20 2016
Navy 51-47-1 16 2019
Army 33-64-1 9 2020
Air Force outright CIC title years:
'82, '83, '85, '87, '89, '90, '91, '92, '94, '95, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '10, '11, '14, '16
NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS UNDER CALHOUN
Air Force is 42-26 against non-conference opponents under head coach Troy Calhoun. The Falcons are 27-4 at home, 9-17 on the road and 6-5 in neutral site games. Air Force is 3-0 this season, including a 2-0 mark at home. The Falcons opened the season with a 35-14 win over Lafayette in Falcon Stadium, then won at Navy, 23-3. Air Force beat Florida Atlantic, 31-7, Sept. 25 in Falcon Stadium in the last non-conference game.
AN AIR FORCE WIN WOULD
• Air Force would win its record 21st Commander-in-Chief's Trophy title and first since 2016
• Air Force would improve to a series-best 64-36 in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy games
• Air Force would improve to 7-2 overall, matching the 2019 team through nine games
• Air Force would improve to 4-0 in non-conference games, posting the most wins since 2019 when the program finished 4-1
• Air Force would improve to 38-17-1 all-time vs. Army, including a 2-1-1 mark in neutral site games
• Air Force would improve to 35-15 in CIC games vs. Army dating back to 1972
• Air Force would win its seventh straight game in the month of November dating back to 2018
Lockheed Martin Commanders' Classic
Saturday, Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m. MT, Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Television: CBS
Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), Sherree Burruss (sidelines)
• Radio: KVOR AM 740 in Colorado Springs, CO; XM 385, Internet 975
Jim Arthur (play-by-play); Jesse Kurtz (analyst)
STORYLINES
• Air Force and Army are meeting for the 56th time overall and fourth time at a neutral site. Air Force leads the series, 37-17-1. The Falcons are 22-4 at home, 14-12 at Army and 1-1-1 in neutral site games.
• The 2021 season marks 50th year of Commander-in-Chief's trophy competition. The Falcons have a series-best 63-36 overall record and 20 titles. There have been four ties in the series, the last coming in 1993. Air Force could secure a record 21st title and its first since 2016, with a win this week. Army would secure no-worse than a tie with a win this week.
• Air Force and Army are the top two rushing teams in the NCAA. The Falcons lead the nation with a 318.4 average while Army is second at 312.3.
LOCKHEED MARTIN COMMANDERS' CLASSIC VS. ARMY
The Lockheed Martin Commanders' Classic between Air Force and Army is the first college football game at Globe Life Field. The two-year agreement begins this week with Air Force as the home team. Army will be the home squad for the return meeting on November 5, 2022.
The Texas Rangers will host and operate the games with marketing assistance from Dallas-based LST Marketing.
Globe Life Field is the home of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers, which played 30 games in the park without fans in the abbreviated 2020 season. The facility then hosted 16 MLB neutral site postseason games in the National League Division (3) and Championship (7) Series and the World Series (6). Games in the final two playoff rounds were played in front of approximately 11,500 fans per game, the maximum capacity allowed by MLB.
Designed with a retractable roof to be a premier multipurpose sports and entertainment venue, Globe Life Field was the home of more than 60 high school graduations in May and June and most recently hosted the 10-night Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from December 3-12 with sellout crowds of 14,500 per performance.
The Globe Life Field seating capacity for the Lockheed Martin Commanders' Classic is expected to approximate the 40,518 figure for baseball. The 1.8 million square foot facility includes sports lighting as well as broadcast locations that are specific to football.
Playing in Texas
• Air Force will be playing in Texas for the first time since playing New Mexico (L 45-40) in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. Air Force has played in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, four times, most recently in 2015 vs. California (L 55-36). The Falcons also played in the Armed Forces Bowl in 2012, 2008 and 2007.
• Air Force set a bowl ticket sales record in the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl, selling over 12,000 tickets.
• The attendance in all four Armed Forces Bowls was 38K-plus.
Globe Life Field Facts
• Globe Life Field is a baseball park in Arlington, Texas. Since 2020, it is the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
• Globe Life Field was originally scheduled to open on March 23, 2020, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season was delayed for several months. Globe Life Field opened for a high-school graduation on May 29, 2020.
• On July 24, 2020, the Rangers hosted their first regular-season game against the Colorado Rockies. The Rangers played two exhibition games against the Rockies on July 21 and 22 at Globe Life Field.
THE SERIES
• Air Force and Army are meeting for the 56th time overall and fourth time at a neutral site
• Air Force leads the series, 37-17-1
• The Falcons are 22-4 at home, 14-12 at Army and 1-1-1 in neutral site games
• Air Force won the last neutral site meeting, a 14-3 win in 1965 in Chicago, IL
• Air Force is 34-15 in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy games vs. Army dating back to 1972
• The Falcons are 21-3 at home and 13-12 at Army in CIC games
• Army defeated Air Force, 10-7, last season in Michie Stadium
• The teams first played to a 13-13 tie in Yankee Stadium in New York in 1959
LAST MEETING
(Dec. 19, 2020) Army defeated Air Force, 10-7, Dec. 19 in West Point to close the regular season for both teams. The Black Knights opened the scoring with a field goal from Quinn Maretzki to take a 3-0 lead, which stood up until halftime, as the Falcons missed a pair of short field goal attempts. The Falcons took the lead late in the third quarter when Haaziq Daniels hit Kyle Patterson with a 10-yard touchdown pass to give Air Force a 7-3 lead. Army scored on a Jakobi Buchanan one-yard run with 1:13 left in the game to take a 10-7 lead. The Black Knights secured the win with an interception on Air Force's next drive on a tipped pass. Army finished with 290 total yards and had an advantage in plays, 73-40, and time of possession, 37:26 to 22:34. Air Force finished with 261 total yards. Brad Roberts rushed for 83 yards to lead the team. Daniels added 61 yards. Will Trawick led the defense with a career-high 14 tackles to lead six Falcons in double figures in tackles.
LOOKING AT ARMY
Army is 4-3 overall ... The Black Knights have lost three straight after opening the season with four consecutive wins ... Army was idle last week coming off a 70-56 loss at home to nationally-ranked Wake Forest ... Army is second in the nation in rushing with a 312.3 per-game average ... Army leads the nation in time of possession with a 38:39 average ... Christian Anderson leads the team in rushing with 427 yards and is averaging 7.2 yards per carry and 85.4 yards per game ... the Black Knights have played five quarterbacks and they have combined to hit 31-52 passes for 614 yards with seven touchdowns and three interceptions ... Isaiah Alston leads the team in receiving with 10 catches for 216 yards and three touchdowns ... Marquel Broughton and Arik Smith lead the team in tackles with 39 each ... Andre Carter II leads the team with 9.0 tackles for loss, including 8.5 sacks for 44 yards ... Army is coached by Jeff Monken, who is in his eighth season.
NCAA'S TOP TWO RUSHING ATTACKS FACE OFF
Air Force and Army are the top two rushing teams in the NCAA. The Falcons lead the nation with a 318.4 average while Army is second at 312.3. They are the only teams nationally averaging over 300 yards per game.
2021 NCAA Rushing Leaders
# Team (Conf.) Avg.
1. Air Force (MW) 318.4
2. Army (Ind.) 312.3
3. Ole Miss (SEC) 249.9
4. Arkansas (SEC) 249.0
5. Syracuse (AAC) 247.7
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S TROPHY
The 2021 season marks 50th year of Commander-in-Chief's trophy competition. The trophy goes annually to the winning academy with the best record in the round-robin competition. The winning team goes to the White House to receive the trophy from the President of the United States. The Falcons have a series-best 63-36 overall record and 20 titles. There have been four ties in the series, the last coming in 1993.
The Falcons opened the season series with a 23-3 win at Navy Sept. 11. The Falcons can win a record 21st trophy title, the thier first since 2016, with a win over Army this week. If the Falcons win it, each Academy would have a title in the last three years. An Army win this week would put the Black Knights in the driver's seat to win its second straight and fourth in the last five years.
Team Record Titles Last
Air Force 63-36-0 20 2016
Navy 51-47-1 16 2019
Army 33-64-1 9 2020
Air Force outright CIC title years:
'82, '83, '85, '87, '89, '90, '91, '92, '94, '95, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '10, '11, '14, '16
NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS UNDER CALHOUN
Air Force is 42-26 against non-conference opponents under head coach Troy Calhoun. The Falcons are 27-4 at home, 9-17 on the road and 6-5 in neutral site games. Air Force is 3-0 this season, including a 2-0 mark at home. The Falcons opened the season with a 35-14 win over Lafayette in Falcon Stadium, then won at Navy, 23-3. Air Force beat Florida Atlantic, 31-7, Sept. 25 in Falcon Stadium in the last non-conference game.
AN AIR FORCE WIN WOULD
• Air Force would win its record 21st Commander-in-Chief's Trophy title and first since 2016
• Air Force would improve to a series-best 64-36 in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy games
• Air Force would improve to 7-2 overall, matching the 2019 team through nine games
• Air Force would improve to 4-0 in non-conference games, posting the most wins since 2019 when the program finished 4-1
• Air Force would improve to 38-17-1 all-time vs. Army, including a 2-1-1 mark in neutral site games
• Air Force would improve to 35-15 in CIC games vs. Army dating back to 1972
• Air Force would win its seventh straight game in the month of November dating back to 2018
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