Army Rolls Florida Atlantic 56-24 on 479 Rushing Yards
Army threw for two yards and scored 56 points. Put that on a poster. The Black Knights ran the ball 60 times for 479 yards, completed one pass all day, and beat Florida Atlantic 56-24 without the passing game ever needing to show up.
Florida Atlantic hung around for exactly one quarter. Samari Howard opened with a 30-yard touchdown run, Caden Veltkamp threw 24 yards to Easton Messer to tie it, Cale Hellums broke a 58-yard run, and Veltkamp hit Kelby Valsin for 34 more to make it 14-14 late in the first. Then Army scored 28 straight. Hellums added scores from four, two and three yards in the second quarter, Jake Rendina ripped off a 61-yard run early in the third, and it was 42-14. Hellums tacked on a one-yard touchdown in the fourth, Bryson Luter finished it with a 69-yard run, while the Owls got a field goal and a 19-yard Tucker Holloway touchdown catch for their trouble.
The Owls were not out of yards. Veltkamp was 33 of 48 for 318, and Florida Atlantic gained 433 total to Army's 481. The problem was one interception and one lost fumble against none for the other side, and an opponent with touchdown runs of 30, 58, 61 and 69 yards. Both teams are 4-2 after the game.
Fantasy owners who started Hellums got one of the better weeks of the season. The quarterback ran 25 times for 195 yards and five touchdowns, and scored 49.6 Promethium points. Messer and Veltkamp, both on the losing side, were next at 30.2 and 29.