Air Force Edges Army 24-21 After Trailing in the Fourth
Air Force scored the last touchdown on a pass, which in this game was the least likely way to do it. The Falcons beat Army 24-21, ran 49 times for 263 yards, and got just 84 passing yards from their quarterback, 24 of them on the throw that won it.
That throw came at 14:25 of the fourth quarter, so there was a lot of game left, and none of it had a score in it. Evan Medders found Simon Kibbee from 24 yards out to turn a 21-17 deficit into a 24-21 lead. Army had taken that 21-17 lead in the third quarter on a Bryson Luter 19-yard run with 2:40 left, after Cale Hellums scored from the 1 at 6:07 to make it 17-14.
Before that Air Force had built a 17-7 lead by halftime. Carter Cremascoli kicked a 21-yard field goal, Kemper Hodges ran 3 yards for a touchdown, and Medders ran 4 yards with seven seconds left in the half. Army's Godspower Nwawuihe had answered with a 21-yard run to make it 10-7. The game had two lead changes and no ties, and Air Force's largest deficit was the 4 points at the end of the third.
The stat story is the rushing. Air Force had 347 total yards to Army's 222, and Army's passing was 5-of-10 for 38 yards with an interception from Hellums. Neither offense threw much, and neither did much when it did. Air Force is 7-2. Army falls to 5-4.
For fantasy, three quarterbacks led the board, and all of them did it running. Medders had 21.3, Hodges 17.9 and Nwawuihe 14.2, each with one rushing touchdown. Medders also had the winning pass.