{"id":82151,"date":"2024-12-10T13:44:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/10\/how-the-army-black-knights-clinched-their-first-conference-title\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:21:49","slug":"how-the-army-black-knights-clinched-their-first-conference-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/how-the-army-black-knights-clinched-their-first-conference-title\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Army Black Knights clinched their first conference title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/army-tulane-aac-championship-score-4ac3b578291919b7b6a451ef104eba1b\" target=\"_blank\">Army Black Knights football team<\/a> started off the season with a fresh slate, having joined the American Athletic Conference for the first time after being a part of the Conference USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s safe to say they\u2019re enjoying their new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Military Academy at West Point cadets won their first conference championship in the program\u2019s 134-year history on Saturday when it trounced Tulane University 35-14 in the AAC championship. The victory capped off undefeated conference play during the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West Point previously played independently of any college football conference, only spending 1998 to 2004 as a member of Conference USA before returning to its independent status in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/smr\/army-navy-game\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Check out all Military Times 2024 Army Navy Game coverage at this link<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its first season \u2014 and championship \u2014 in the AAC earned the team an invite to the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28 against Marshall University. Army has only played Marshall once before, falling to the Thundering Herd in 1997 by a score of 35-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s bowl game, hosted in Shreveport, Louisiana, will be the Black Knights\u2019 11th bowl appearance in program history and sixth bowl game for the Black Knights under head coach Jeff Monken. Army has won four of its previous five bowl games with Monken at the helm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlaying in a postseason bowl game is a measure of success for every team in FBS football. It rewards the players for a good season and recognizes the accomplishments of a great, team effort,\u201d Monken said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/news\/2024\/12\/8\/football-accepts-invitation-to-independence-bowl\" target=\"_blank\">Army release<\/a>. \u201cI am thrilled that our team will play in the Independence Bowl &#8230; and be rewarded for being conference champions and winning 11 games.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best season Army had under Monken came in 2018, when the Black Knights went 11-2 and won the Armed Forces Bowl. Monken has been the head coach at West Point since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4184\" height=\"2789\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Tulane.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Tulane.jpg.jpg 4184w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Tulane.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Tulane.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Tulane.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Tulane.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Tulane.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4184px) 100vw, 4184px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army quarterback Bryson Daily (13) runs past Tulane defensive back Micah Robinson (6) in the American Athletic Conference championship NCAA college football game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in West Point, N.Y. Army won 35-14. (Adam Hunger\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s squad got off to a blistering start, bludgeoning Lehigh 42-7 in their first game of the season. It hasn\u2019t looked back. The high score wasn\u2019t an anomaly, either. They\u2019ve continued to pound the ball down opponents\u2019 throats, relying on their traditional run-heavy attack that produced most rush yards per game in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their defense is no slouch either, ranked earlier this season by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/schedule\/_\/id\/2426\/navy-midshipmen\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN <\/a>as the No. 11 defense in college football. Their sole loss of the year came at the hands of Notre Dame, when the No. 4 Fighting Irish unraveled Army 49-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Black Knights are currently ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press college football rankings. This season also netted Army its fifth top-25 finish in the College Football Playoff rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cinderella season now sets the stage for a match-up with their historic rival during Saturday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/smr\/army-navy-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">125th Army-Navy Game.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Midshipmen across the line of scrimmage haven\u2019t had quite the record-setting season Army has put together, but Navy put together a solid 8-3 campaign, dropping games to Rice University, Tulane and Notre Dame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a brief period this year both Army and Navy were ranked in the top 25 polls for the first time since 1960. 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