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Army kept the Air Force (4-5) off the board midway through the fourth quarter when the defense stopped the Falcons on downs deep in Army territory. After the offense went on a time-consuming scoring drive, the defense finished off the shutout by forcing an Air Force punt in the waning seconds. The Falcons missed a 47-yard field goal in the first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou could tell they wanted it more \u2014 from the first snap,\u201d Air Force quarterback Arion Worthman said. \u201cArmy really wanted this win today. … We got our (rears) kicked today. They brought it to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kell Walker scored twice for the Black Knights, who earned their first win at Falcon Stadium since 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bradshaw got sick near the sideline in the first quarter and sat out a play. He made Air Force sick the rest of the afternoon, scoring on a 21-yard run to help Army win its fifth straight game. He didn\u2019t attempt a pass all afternoon in the windy conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy stomach was kind of bothering me through warmups,\u201d said Bradshaw, whose previous best rushing performance was 177 yards against Fordham earlier this season. \u201cI thought it would go, but it kind of stuck with me. I left it out on the field, if you didn\u2019t see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Falcons finished with 95 yards rushing, which is well below their season average (350.2). They had 190 total yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey were playing with a little more energy, a little more pep in their step,\u201d Worthman said. \u201cA little more energy on the sideline. … We were kind of flat the whole game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game changed tenor in the second quarter after Worthman missed a wide open Ryan Reffitt for what looked like a sure touchdown. After a punt, Bradshaw led the Black Knights on a nine-play drive that culminated with a 27-yard TD run by Walker to make it 14-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe gave up some big plays against them a year ago,\u201d Monken said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t give up the big plays this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only that, but Army\u2019s defense was on point all afternoon in bottling up the Falcons\u2019 tricky triple-option offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey were stuffing us pretty well,\u201d senior tailback Tim McVey said. \u201cWe did not play the way we wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n\n\n\n Army: That bye week was put to good use as the Black Knights frustrated the Falcons. It was only their second win against Air Force in the last 12 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Air Force: The Falcons need to win two of their final three to become bowl eligible for a 10th time under coach Troy Calhoun. The Falcons lead the series with Army 36-15-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE STREAK<\/p>\n\n\n\n Calhoun refused to dwell on the end of the streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a credit to how well they played defense and we didn\u2019t play well offensively,\u201d Calhoun said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t play well enough in any facet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n BRADSHAW\u2019S BIG DAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 265 yards rushing by Bradshaw was the most rushing yards in a game by an Army quarterback, according to the team\u2019s website. The previous best was 212 yards by Trent Steelman against Eastern Michigan on Oct. 20, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UP NEXT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Army: Host Duke next weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Air Force: Host Wyoming on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Army stumped Air Force\u2019s offense like very few have before. Give the Black Knights a trophy for the effort \u2014 or the shot at one anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":101923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":73,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,73,26,17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1829],"class_list":["post-65315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-military-sports","category-newsletters","category-off-duty"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"BECAHP2BWFACHD5BLK4GSUECMI","arc_canonical_url":"\/off-duty\/military-sports\/2017\/11\/05\/army-ends-air-forces-306-game-scoring-streak-in-21-0-win\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17308840153777.jpg.jpg\")