Postgame Notes: Army vs. Tulane

TEAM

The Black Knights' home winning streak was snapped at 15-straight.
Army won the toss and elected to defer.
Game captains Cole Christiansen, Kelvin Hopkins Jr. and Elijah Riley were joined at the coin toss by Jarrod Jones, Kell Walker and Jack King.
The Black Knights honored the 1st Cavalry with their insignia on the back of their helmets.

OFFENSE

Senior quarterback Kelvin Hopkins Jr. recorded two rushing scores, marking his sixth career multi-rushing TD game.
He paced West Point with 132 rushing yards on 24 attempts (5.5 average). It was his fifth career 100-yard rushing game.
Hopkins finished with nine completions, one shy of his career-high, to go along with 170 passing yards and a touchdown to Camden Harrison. It was his ninth career TD pass.
Harrison set career-bests in receptions (5) and yards (103). The receiving score was the second of his career.
He is the first Army player to tally 100-plus yards receiving since Edgar Poe (122) did at Wake Forest on Oct. 29, 2015.
In the first quarter, senior fullback Connor Slomka scored his third rushing TD of the season and the 12th of his career. He finished with 47 yards on 10 carries.
Sophomore wide receiver Michael Roberts tallied his first career reception.

DEFENSE

Senior defensive back Ryan Velez recorded his first career sack and had a career-best 12 tackles (7 solo) while adding 1.5 TFLs.
Sophomore Malkelm Morrison tallied a career-high 10 tackles (7 solo) to go along with a TFL. He entered the contest with 10 career tackles. Morrison added a half-TFL and a pass breakup.
Freshman Jabari Moore's 54-yard fumble return was Army's first fumble return for a score since Cam Jones did it versus Houston in the Armed Forces Bowl last year.
Sophomore Arik Smith recovered a fumble on Tulane's opening drive in the first quarter. It was the first recovery of his career.
Army now has 12 takeaways this season and the Black Knights boast 24 points of takeaways in 2019.
Senior Cole Christiansen registered 10 tackles (8 solo). It marks his sixth career double-digit tackle game.

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