Army West Point Athletics
Sprint Football Moves to 5-0 After 43-0 Over St. Thomas Aquinas
October 20, 2023 | Sprint Football
The Black Knights opened the game with a Maurice Bellan touchdown catch from Mikal Willeke.
After forcing a turnover, Alex Perine trotted out there and nailed a field goal to make it 10-0.
The defense then joined in on the fun, forcing a safety to make it 12-0 right before the end of the first quarter.
After another defensive stop, Arthur Lavalais found pay dirt for the fourth time this season to put the Cadets up 19-0.
After thinking they were held to a field goal attempt, Army pulled a trick play running a fake field goal pass to Scott Belveal to go up 26-0.
Right before the half, Perine added another field goal to make it 29-0 at the break.
Bellan added a touchdown on the ground on the first drive of the third quarter making it 36-0.
After a Jonathan Abrahams interception, Ryan Connors found the endzone to go up 43-0.
That score would hold as the Black Knights would move to 5-0 on the year ahead of a bye week.
The Cadets now average 38.8 points per game while only allowing 3.2 points per game. The last time they gave up a touchdown came in the fourth quarter of their game against Penn on Sept. 29. They've not given up a point since the second quarter of the Star Game against Navy on Oct. 6.
Team Stats

STACFB 0, ARMY 7
ARMY - Maurice Bellan 27 yd pass from Mikal Willeke (Alex Perine kick) 8 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:02

STACFB 0, ARMY 10
ARMY - Alex Perine 25 yd field goal 7 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:02

STACFB 0, ARMY 12
ARMY - Christian D. 1 yd safety

STACFB 0, ARMY 19
ARMY - Arthur Lavalais 6 yd run (Alex Perine kick), 6 plays, 50 yards, TOP 1:51

STACFB 0, ARMY 26
ARMY - Scott Belveal 8 yd pass from Matthew Tilley (Alex Perine kick) 8 plays, 68 yards, TOP 3:09

STACFB 0, ARMY 29
ARMY - Alex Perine 33 yd field goal 5 plays, 25 yards, TOP 2:31

STACFB 0, ARMY 36
ARMY - Maurice Bellan 24 yd run (Alex Perine kick), 7 plays, 71 yards, TOP 3:21

STACFB 0, ARMY 43
ARMY - Ryan Connors 7 yd run (Alex Perine kick), 14 plays, 61 yards, TOP 7:07