2019 Army Black Knights football team

2019 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Notre Dame		–		11	–	2
Liberty		–		8	–	5
BYU		–		7	–	6
Army		–		5	–	8
New Mexico State		–		2	–	10
UMass		–		1	–	11

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Army Black Knights football team represents the United States Military Academy in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights are led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Monken and play their home games at Michie Stadium. They compete as an independent. Due to playing an away game at Hawaii and the NCAA's Hawaii Scheduling Exemption, the Black Knights play a 13-game regular season in 2019.

Previous season

The Black Knights finished the 2018 season with a record of 11–2 and finished ranked No. 19 in the AP Poll and No. 20 in the Coaches' Poll. They won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for a second year in a row (first time ever), defeated archrival Navy for the third year in a row (first time since 1992-1996 seasons), played in and won their third straight bowl game (first time ever), finished with consecutive 10-win seasons (first time ever), finished with a second straight unbeaten record (6–0) at home to extend their home winning streak to 13 in a row, and finished with their first 11-win season ever.

Quarterback Kelvin Hopkins Jr. tied the academy records for total number of rushing touchdowns (17) and total number of touchdowns responsible for (23), as well as becoming the first Army player to rush and pass for over 1,000 yards each^[1] (1,017 and 1,026 respectively).^[2] Coach Monken was awarded the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award by the Maxwell Football Club,^[3] the Vince Lombardi College Football Coach of the Year Award by the Lombardi Foundation,^[4] and the President's Award by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.^[5]

Preseason

Offseason

Defensive coordinator Jay Bateman announced in December 2018 that he would be leaving to become the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at North Carolina under newly hired coach Mack Brown.^[6] Weeks later, head football strength and conditioning coach Brian Hess was announced as joining Bateman at North Carolina.^[7] The search for full-time replacements is ongoing.

Schedule

All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV
August 30		Rice	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN
September 7		at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
September 14		at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
September 21		Morgan State	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	CBSSN
October 5		Tulane	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	CBSSN
October 12		at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY
October 19		at Georgia State	Georgia State Stadium Atlanta, GA
October 26		San Jose State	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	CBSSN
November 2		at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
November 9		UMass	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	CBSSN
November 16		VMI	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	CBSSN
November 30		at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI
December 14	3:00 p.m.	vs. Navy	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (120th Army-Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source:^[8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP
Coaches
CFP	Not released																Not released

Game summaries

Rice

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4–1	2017	ARMY, 49–12

Rice Owls at Army Black Knights

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	0	0	0	0
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

Date: August 30, 2019
Game time: TBA
TV: CBSSN

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

RICE –
ARMY –

Rushing

RICE –
ARMY –

Receiving

RICE –
ARMY –

at Michigan

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	1962	MICH, 17–7

Army Black Knights at Michigan Wolverines

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Wolverines	0	0	0	0	0

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Date: September 7, 2019
Game time: TBA

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

ARMY –
UM –

Rushing

ARMY –
UM –

Receiving

ARMY –
UM –

at UTSA

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Army Black Knights at UTSA Roadrunners

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0

at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

Date: September 14, 2019
Game time: TBA

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

ARMY –
UTSA –

Rushing

ARMY –
UTSA –

Receiving

ARMY –
UTSA –

Morgan State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	ARMY, 60–3

Morgan State Bears at Army Black Knights

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

Date: September 21, 2019
Game time: TBA
TV: CBSSN

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

MSU –
ARMY –

Rushing

MSU –
ARMY –

Receiving

MSU –
ARMY –

Tulane

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–11–1	2017	TLN, 21–17

Tulane Green Wave at Army Black Knights

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	0	0	0	0	0
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

Date: October 5, 2019
Game time: TBA
TV: CBSSN

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

TLN –
ARMY –

Rushing

TLN –
ARMY –

Receiving

TLN –
ARMY –

at Western Kentucky

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2014	WKU, 52–24

Army Black Knights at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Hilltoppers	0	0	0	0	0

at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Date: October 12, 2019
Game time: TBA

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

ARMY –
WKU –

Rushing

ARMY –
WKU –

Receiving

ARMY –
WKU –

at Georgia State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Army Black Knights at Georgia State Panthers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Panthers	0	0	0	0	0

at Georgia State Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Date: October 19, 2019
Game time: TBA

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

ARMY –
GSU –

Rushing

ARMY –
GSU –

Receiving

ARMY –
GSU –

San Jose State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2018	ARMY, 52–3

San Jose State Spartans at Army Black Knights

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	0	0	0	0
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

Date: October 26, 2019
Game time: TBA
TV: CBSSN

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

SJSU –
ARMY –

Rushing

SJSU –
ARMY –

Receiving

SJSU –
ARMY –

at Air Force

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–36–1	2018	ARMY, 17–14

Army Black Knights at Air Force Falcons

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Date: November 2, 2019
Game time: TBA

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

ARMY –
AF –

Rushing

ARMY –
AF –

Receiving

ARMY –
AF –

UMass

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2005	ARMY, 34–27

UMass Minutemen at Army Black Knights

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	0	0	0	0
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

Date: November 9, 2019
Game time: TBA
TV: CBSSN

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

UMASS –
ARMY –

Rushing

UMASS –
ARMY –

Receiving

UMASS –
ARMY –

VMI

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–1	2010	ARMY, 29–7

VMI Keydets at Army Black Knights

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	0	0	0	0	0
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

Date: November 16, 2019
Game time: TBA
TV: CBSSN

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

VMI –
ARMY –

Rushing

VMI –
ARMY –

Receiving

VMI –
ARMY –

at Hawaii

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2018	ARMY, 28–21

Army Black Knights at Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Rainbow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0

at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Date: November 30, 2019
Game time: TBA

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

ARMY –
UH –

Rushing

ARMY –
UH –

Receiving

ARMY –
UH –

vs. Navy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–60–7	2018	ARMY, 17–10

Army Black Knights vs. Navy Midshipmen (120th Army-Navy Game)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Midshipmen	0	0	0	0	0

at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date: December 14, 2019
Game time: 3:00 PM EST
TV announcers (CBS): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color) & Jamie Erdahl (sideline)

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

ARMY –
NAVY –

Rushing

ARMY –
NAVY –

Receiving

ARMY –
NAVY –

Sources:^[9]

References

^ "Records Fall in Army's Fourth Consecutive Bowl Win". USMA Athletic Department. December 22, 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "2018 Football Cumulative Statistics". USMA Athletic Department. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Maxwell Football Club Announces Army West Point's Jeff Monken as George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year" (Press release). Maxwell Football Club. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
^ "Monken Recognized as the Lombardi Coach of Year". USMA Athletic Department. January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
^ "Army Head Coach Jeff Monken Wins 2018 President's Award". Touchdown Club of Columbus. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
^ "Bateman Joins Carolina Football Coaching Staff". GoHeels.com. December 9, 2018 accessdate=January 9, 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing pipe in: |date= (help)
^ "Hess Named Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach". GoHeels.com. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
^ "2019 Army Black Knights football schedule". USMA Athletic Department. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Profile of the Army Black Knights". Winsipedia. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[1] "Records Fall in Army's Fourth Consecutive Bowl Win". USMA Athletic Department. December 22, 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[2] "2018 Football Cumulative Statistics". USMA Athletic Department. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[3] "Maxwell Football Club Announces Army West Point's Jeff Monken as George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year" (Press release). Maxwell Football Club. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

[4] "Monken Recognized as the Lombardi Coach of Year". USMA Athletic Department. January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

[5] "Army Head Coach Jeff Monken Wins 2018 President's Award". Touchdown Club of Columbus. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

[6] "Bateman Joins Carolina Football Coaching Staff". GoHeels.com. December 9, 2018 accessdate=January 9, 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing pipe in: |date= (help)

[7] "Hess Named Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach". GoHeels.com. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

[8] "2019 Army Black Knights football schedule". USMA Athletic Department. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[9] "Profile of the Army Black Knights". Winsipedia. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

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