Football Rolls Past Tulsa, 49-7

Saturday, October 5

Tulsa, OK

12:00 PM

Army West Point

5-0 , 4-0

Tulsa

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Football Rolls Past Tulsa, 49-7

October 05, 2024 | Football

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TULSA, Okla. -- The Army Black Knights (5-0, 4-0 AAC) rolled past the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (2-4, 0-2), 49-7 on a hot and sunny day in the Oklahoma Plains.

Senior quarterback Bryson Daily accounted for four touchdowns (two passing & two rushing), passing a perfect 5-for-5 for 140 yards, while adding 110 yards on the ground.

Daily was aided by slot back Noah Short who totaled three receptions for 121 yards and two touchdowns and RB Kanye Udoh who rushed for 137 yards and two rushing scores.

The Golden Hurricane won the toss and elected to receive, leading to a three-and-out on its opening drive as Kyle Lewis got in for a strip-sack on third down, but Tulsa was able to recover the fumble. The punt on 4th and 14 became nullified after a roughing the kicker penalty by Casey Reynolds to extend the drive. The defense held once again, forcing a turnover on downs as Army's offense would then start its first drive in Tulsa territory.

QB Bryson Daily and the offense wasted no time in scoring its fifth-straight opening drive touchdown this season as Daily hit SB Noah Short for a 37-yard touchdown strike on the third play from scrimmage to make it 7-0 Army.

The Golden Hurricane found the end zone on the ensuing drive after being helped by a roughing the passer penalty. The score came courtesy of a Cooper Legas one-yard touchdown run to make it 7-7. After one quarter, Tulsa dominated the time of possession 10:25 to 4:35.

After Army's first punt on one of its first two drives in a game this season, Army's defense held once again on a fourth down conversion attempt to get the ball back with 8:38 remaining in the first half.

Daily connected with Short again through the air, down the right sideline for 26 yards pushing Army into Tulsa territory again.

Army's drive continued into the red zone with a 21-yard rush from Daily and a 16-yard pass to Hayden Reed to set up first and goal.

Daily finished off the drive on a four-yard touchdown run, his ninth rushing score of the year as the Black Knights retook the lead, 14-7 with five minutes to go in the half. Tulsa went three-and-out on its next drive to give Army another chance on offense before halftime.

Late in the first half, it was Daily and Short once again combining for a long touchdown, with Short taking a screen pass 58 yards to the house for his first career multi-touchdown effort.

Daily finished the first half, passing 5-for-5 for 140 yards, two touchdown passes and also added a score on the ground.

On the opening drive of the third quarter, RB Kanye Udoh joined the party, breaking loose on a 61-yard touchdown run as Army jumped out to a three-score lead, 28-7.

Tulsa continued to test the Army defense on fourth down, resulting in its third turnover on downs in six drives to begin the game.

Mirroring his most recent attempt, Udoh took a carry to the house from a new career-best 63 yards out down the right sideline on Army's second play of the drive to quickly make it 35-7.

It was then more of the same from Army's defense forcing another three-and-out to set up another touchdown drive. Daily found paydirt again with a 27-yard rushing score to mark his third straight effort with multiple scores on the ground. Army's first six touchdown drives were all took up under five minutes of game clock.

After another three-and-out from the Tulsa offense in the fourth quarter, QB Dewayne Coleman led the Black Knights down for a seventh touchdown drive of the game. Coleman, RB Jake Rendina and SB David Clerk accounted for all 49 yards on the ground on the drive with TE Will Montesi securing his first career catch for 20 yards. Coleman punched in the touchdown from four yards out on the ground for his first career rushing score which made it a 49-7 game with just over seven minutes remaining.

The score remained 49-7 to the final whistle as Army extended its nation-leading winning streak to nine and secure its first 5-0 start since 1996.

The Black Knights outgained the Golden Hurricane 481-268 for the game including 321-159 on the ground.

GAME NOTES:

Carrying the Flag: Junior WR Liam Fortner led the team out with the Black Flag.

DIVISION OF THE GAME: Army honored the 1st Infantry Division with a logo decal on the players helmets and coaches' headsets. The 1st Infantry Division (1ID) is a combined arms division of the United States Army and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917 during World War I and it was officially nicknamed "The Big Red One".

Army's nine-game winning streak is now the longest active winning streak nationally.
Army has now started the season 5-0 for the first time since 1996.
It is also Army's second-longest winning streak under Jeff Monken, only trailing when winning 10 in a row between the 2018-19 seasons.
Army's 5-0 start is only its fourth since 1950 (1950, 1985, 1996).
Army's 49 points scored was the most scored this season and the most since putting up 57 against Delaware State in September 2023.
QB Bryson Daily tossed two touchdown passes, the third multi-passing touchdown game of his career.
Daily has rushed for over 100 yards in four consecutive games.
For the third time this season, Army had two 100-yard rushers in the same game (Udoh, 137 & Daily, 110).
Army has logged over 400 yards of total offense in every game this season, racking up 481 today at Tulsa.
Army had eight offensive plays gain at least 20 yards.
Short logged touchdown receptions of 37 yards and 58 yards in the first half. Short has three receiving touchdowns this season and five for his career.
Short registered a career-best 121 receiving yards while tabbing his first career multi-touchdown effort. It was his second career 100-yard receiving performance. Short became the 14th Army player to record multiple 100-yard receiving games in their career.
Short has recorded a 35-yard plus play in each game this season including three straight games with a touchdown of 35 yards or more.
Udoh rushed for a career-high 137 yards and two rushing touchdowns on just six carries, his second career multi-touchdown game. Udoh has rushed for 100 yards in back-to-back games.
Udoh had two touchdown runs both over 60+ yards becoming the first Army player since Christian Anderson (2021 vs. Miami (OH) with multiple 60+ yard touchdown runs in the same game. It is the fifth such performance from a Black Knight since 1999.
Udoh's 100-yard effort on six carries is the fourth-fewest rushing attempts in program history to reach the century mark.
He is the first to reach 100 yards on six carries since Ahmad Bradshaw versus Lafayette on 10-15-2016.
It is also the second fewest carries in program history to reach the 130-yard mark, trailing only Rollie Stichweh's 149 yards on four carries against the Citadel on 9-19-1946.
Short's 100-yard receiving performance paired with Daily and Udoh going over 100 yards on the ground marked the first time Army has had a 100-yard receiver and rusher since 10-23-21 against Wake Forest (Isaiah Alston 107 receiving + Tyhier Tyler 104 rushing).
It is the first time since at least 1995 in which Army has had multiple 100+ yard rushers and a 100+ yard receiver.
The offense is 19-for-20 scoring in the red zone (16 rush TDs, two passing TDs, one FG). The one missed scoring chance came from kneeling the ball to end the game vs. Temple.
Army is the only team in the country to score an opening-drive touchdown in each game this season.
Army became the 3rd FBS team to score a touchdown on each of its first two possessions through the first four games (through at Temple) over the last 20 seasons (2008, Tulsa and 2013, Baylor).
Army has outscored its opponents 98-21 in first halves this season.
The Army defense held Tulsa to 1-for-5 on fourth down conversion attempts.
LB Andon Thomas paced the defense with 10 tackles.
LB Kalib Fortner added a season-best eight tackles.
QB Dewayne Coleman logged his first career rushing touchdown while carrying seven times for 21 yards.
TE Will Montesi secured his first career catch for 20 yards.