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Army quarterback Chris Carter celebrates a touchdown, pointing to Army fans in the crowd, on Sept. 17, 2016, in El Paso, Texas. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: Mark Lambie\/El Paso Times via AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Black Knights, who average 338 yards per game, conducted a triple-option clinic, rolling up 424 yards rushing on 72 attempts. Woolfolk had 15 carries for 71 yards, with all three scoring runs coming from inside the 10. Davidson had a 33-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to make it 31-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They’ve been a good 1-2 punch the whole year,” Army coach Jeff Monken said about Woolfolk and Davidson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It was really good,” Woolfolk said of the way the team’s wishbone attack clicked. “It just boils down to execution. Everyone was locked in and focusing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n UTEP (1-2) allowed the most points at home since 2003. Aaron Jones, who entered the game as the nation’s second leading rusher, finished with 67 yards on 11 carries and one score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My hat’s off to Army,” UTEP coach Sean Kugler said. “In every phase, on offense, defense, special teams, they outcoached us, outhustled us, out did us in everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I’d put them in the Top 25. \u00a0I have a vote. I’ll take care of that tomorrow,” Kugler added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE TAKEAWAY<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n ARMY: The Black Knights wishbone option rattled off 45 plays to UTEP’s 15 and carried a 22:33 to 7:18 edge in time of possession into the break. They had the ball 10 times and scored on nine of those possessions. Special teams added another score, Max Regan’s 13-yard fumble return for a touchdown off a kickoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight different players scored for Army. The Black Knights never punted, and did not commit a turnover for the third game in a row. Coming into the game, the Black Knight were one of just five FBS teams without a turnover. Army running back Darnell Woolfolk steps into the end zone past UTEP’s Devin Cockrell on Sept. 17, 2016, in El Paso, Texas. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: Mark Lambie\/El Paso Times via AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Army ran 80 plays and had a 41:40 to 18:20 edge in time of possession. The Black Knights were 10 of 12 on third-down conversions, five of which were third-and-2 plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three Black Knight quarterbacks combined for 174 yards on 7-for-8 passing. \u00a0Malik McGue, a freshman, threw just two passes, one for a touchdown. \u00a0Army had nine pass attempts in its first two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UTEP: Playing behind the entire way, the UTEP rushing game never had a chance to get Jones, the nation’s No. 2 runner, on track. He had just five carries for 13 yards in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FOR THE TROOPS<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday’s game was filled with motivation for Army. Not only were the Knights playing with heavy hearts, but they also were playing for teammates of another kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n El Paso is home to a large Army base at Fort Bliss. For years, UTEP has tried to get the Black Knights on their schedule, but there was a long waiting list. The game finally happened Saturday, and El Paso responded with a crowd of 37,893.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monken said he and his players were motivated by that fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I know we had a lot of soldiers from Fort Bliss who came out and saw the team in person for the first time in their life, and I’m proud of the way we represented them,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The game was billed as “One City. One Team,” as many citizens of El Paso and Fort Bliss soldiers are fans of both teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HISTORIC NIGHT<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n Army’s 66 points were the most since they scored 69 points against Pittsburgh in 1944, and 68 points against Colgate in 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UTEP hadn’t allowed this many points at home since San Jose put up 69 in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Army hadn’t played in El Paso since 1988, when it lost to Alabama in the Sun Bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UP NEXT<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n ARMY: The Black Knights travel to Buffalo on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UTEP: The Miners open their Conference USA schedule at home Saturday against Southern Miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the Army football team, the game was for sophomore defensive back Brandon Jackson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":78851,"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":16,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1261],"class_list":["post-71285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-off-duty"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"FZK42CFJNNABTFPJK2CSUK6YSY","arc_canonical_url":"\/off-duty\/2016\/09\/18\/army-improves-to-3-0-with-66-14-victory-over-utep\/","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\/army-running-back-darnell-woolfolk.jpg.jpg\")