Army Claims North Division Crown on Senior Night

Friday, November 2

West Point

7 PM

Army West Point

6-0 , 3-0

Cornell

4-2 , 2-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Cornell

Army West Point

Army Claims North Division Crown on Senior Night

November 02, 2018 | Sprint Football

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point sprint football team is headed back to the Collegiate Sprint Football Championship (CSFL) Championship game after claiming the north division title with a decisive 51-0 victory over Cornell on Friday evening at Shea Stadium.

The Black Knights honored seniors Dillon Bliss, Clayton Carter, Jaylen Collier, Jesse Helms, John Herrmann, Colt Horton, Zach Lechthaler, Patrick Riley, James Scroggins, Mike Shannon, Seth Wills and Keegan West, as well as managers Brady Miller, Sharheem Taylor, John Sabatino and Bogue Waller prior to the game.

Army scored on each of its four drives in the first quarter to take a 16-0 lead before adding two more touchdowns before halftime. The second half saw much of the same as the Black Knights tacked on 21 more points in the final 30 minutes of play.

The Black Knights offense totaled a season-high 533 yards of total offense, including 405 yards through the air. West led the aerial attack with 308 of those yards on 21-of-38 passing. The West Point, N.Y., native threw three touchdowns, including two to Tom Williamson. Williamson finished with five catches for 49 yards and the two scores. Justin Charette hauled in a game-high six catches for 74 yards and made his way into the end zone once. Collier paced the ground game with 54 yards on 10 carries.

Defensively, Army posted its second-straight shutout and third of the season while causing four turnovers. Jason Longwell tallied a team-high five tackles, while adding a forced fumble, fumble recovery and returned an interception 33 yards. The Clarksville, Tenn., native also broke up two passes.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter

Ortman capped each of Army's first two drive with field goals from 29 and 22 yards to give the home team a 6-0 edge.
The Black Knights were finally able to break through and score a touchdown on their third drive when West hit Williamson for the nine-yard strike.
Army's fourth drive stalled, however, as the home side settled for a 26-yard field goal to make the score 16-0 at the end of the first period.

Second Quarter

After a 45-yard field goal was blocked and an interception, the Cadets got back on the board when Shannon weaved his way through the Cornell defense for 20 yards on his way into the end zone with just less than six minutes before halftime.
Another West-Williamson connection increased Army's lead to 30 points with a 13-yard score.

Third Quarter

Jake Gigliotti sparked the offense after the break by scoring on a 26-yard rush to make it a 37-point game.
Collier added his first touchdown of the year with 3:23 left in the third stanza after pounding the ball in from one-yard out.

Fourth Quarter

Backup quarterback Ryan Sullivan completed Army's fourth passing touchdown of the evening on a seven-yard toss that found Charette open in the end zone.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army extended its winning streak to 15 games.
The Black Knights are headed back to the CSFL Championship game for the second year in a row.
The Cadets collected their 60th win all-time against Cornell, the most against any opponent.
Army earned its third shutout of the season.
West threw his 50th-career touchdown pass in the game.
The West Point, N.Y., native tallied his second 300-yard passing game of the season and fourth game with more than 250 yards.
He has thrown multiple touchdowns in each game of the 2018 season and has 21 to his credit this year.
Sullivan threw for a career-high 97 yards in the game, including a personal-best 62-yard completion to Matthew Sauter.
Williamson caught his 10th touchdown of the season tonight.
The Dallas, Texas, native has four multi-touchdown games in 2018.
NaVonte Dean and Bliss each posted a game-high three tackles for loss.
Dean added two sacks in the game, bringing his season total to nine.
The Fairfax, Va., native has recorded multiple sacks in four of Army's six games.
Lechthaler recovered a fumble for the first time in his career.
Longwell caused his first-career turnover tonight by forcing a fumble, recovering a fumble and intercepting a pass.
Leach documented his second interception of the season.
Ortman set season highs by going 3-for-4 on field goals.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will square off against service-academy rival Navy in a rematch for the CSFL title on Nov. 10 at Saint Thomas Aquinas. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m.