Army Black Knights

American AthleticWest Point, NYMichie Stadium

2026: 4–⁠2 (3–⁠1 American Athletic). Last: beat Florida Atlantic 56–⁠24 at home. Next: at Tulsa, Friday, Oct 23, 8:30 p.m. ET.

  1. W 59–⁠3Bryant
  2. L 24–⁠28South Florida
  3. W 21–⁠17at Temple
  4. L 29–⁠31at Louisiana Tech
  5. W 20–⁠17Tulane
  6. W 56–⁠24Florida Atlantic
  7. Oct 23at Tulsa
  8. Oct 31at Memphis
  9. Nov 7Air Force
  10. Nov 21East Carolina
  11. Nov 28at Rice
  12. Dec 12vs. Navy
  • Outfitted by Nike
  • Live mascot: Ranger III and Stryker

Army has played football since 1890 and is 736–⁠553–⁠51 in the 1,340 games on record here, which start in 1891. Army claims five national championships (1914, 1916, 1944, 1945, 1946). The Black Knights have finished No. 1 in the final AP poll twice, most recently in 1945. They have won one American Athletic Conference title (2024), counting shared titles. The Heisman Trophy has been won here three times, most recently by Pete Dawkins in 1958. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 25 players and 4 coaches from Army. Red Blaik (1941–⁠1958) won more games here than any other coach: 121. The most-played rival is Navy: 126 meetings, Navy leads 64–⁠55–⁠7. This season, under Jeff Monken, they’re 4–⁠2.

Résumé

All-time record
746–⁠553–⁠51 official; 736–⁠553–⁠51 on file; how we count
Postseason
9–⁠3 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
2
Weeks at No. 1
25 of 140 ranked
Elo now
1583 41st of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 72 · Composite No. 79 in FBS, Oct 17; up 5 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1945 rated 1846
Conference titles
1 last in 2024
Seasons
135 since 1891, 1,340 games

Identity

Fight song
On, Brave Old Army Team
Student section
The 12th Man
Apparel
Nike

2026 season 4–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsBryantW 59–⁠390%
Sep 12vsSouth FloridaL 24–⁠2856%
Sep 25atTempleW 21–⁠1759%
Oct 3atLouisiana TechL 29–⁠3156%
Oct 10vsTulaneW 20–⁠1755%
Oct 17vsFlorida AtlanticW 56–⁠2469%
Oct 23atTulsaPreview64%
Oct 31atMemphisPreview44%
Nov 7vsAir ForcePreview64%
Nov 21vsEast CarolinaPreview66%
Nov 28atRicePreview75%
Dec 12vsNavyPreview57%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Army’s Elo through 2026: 1562 going into the opener, 1583 after the latest game.155015751600Elo 1562 going in; beat Bryant 59–3Elo 1569 going in; lost to South Florida 28–24Elo 1550 going in; beat Temple 21–17Elo 1563 going in; lost to Louisiana Tech 31–29Elo 1550 going in; beat Tulane 20–17Elo 1563 going in; beat Florida Atlantic 56–24Now: Elo 1583 after the latest game1583
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20272 games: 2 away
20282 games: 1 home, 1 away
20293 games: 1 home, 2 away
20303 games: 2 home, 1 away
20313 games: 1 home, 2 away
20323 games: 2 home, 1 away
20331 game: 1 away
20342 games: 1 home, 1 away

Army’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, the next 8 seasons (2 more listed), as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of December 16, 2025). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Army.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Official source
Mascot
Black Jack · Independently corroborated
Live mascot
Ranger III and Stryker (mule) · Official source
Student section
The 12th Man · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Cody Worley · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Daryl Dixon · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike. 10-year extension. Extended in December 2025.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1891

Best seasons ever
Army end-of-season Elo from 1891 to 2026, best in 1945 at 1846.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020201945 peak: Elo 1846
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Filled dots: finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Jeff Monken2014–⁠202693–⁠65
Rich Ellerson2009–⁠201320–⁠41
Stan Brock2007–⁠20086–⁠18
Bobby Ross2004–⁠20069–⁠25
John Mumford20030–⁠7
Todd Berry2000–⁠20035–⁠35
Bob Sutton1991–⁠199944–⁠55–⁠1
Jim Young1983–⁠199051–⁠39–⁠1
Ed Cavanaugh1980–⁠198210–⁠21–⁠2
Lou Saban19792–⁠8–⁠1
Homer Smith1974–⁠197821–⁠33–⁠1
Thomas Cahill1966–⁠197340–⁠39–⁠2
Paul Dietzel1962–⁠196521–⁠18–⁠1
Dale Hall1959–⁠196116–⁠11–⁠2
Red Blaik1941–⁠1958121–⁠33–⁠10
William Wood1938–⁠194012–⁠13–⁠3
Gar Davidson1933–⁠193735–⁠11–⁠1
Ralph Sasse1930–⁠193225–⁠5–⁠2
Biff Jones1926–⁠192930–⁠8–⁠2
John McEwan1923–⁠192518–⁠5–⁠3
Charles Daly1913–⁠192245–⁠12–⁠3
Geoffrey Keyes19177–⁠1
Ernest Graves1906–⁠19127–⁠8–⁠1
Joseph Beacham19116–⁠1–⁠1
Harry Nelly1908–⁠191015–⁠5–⁠2
Henry Smither1906–⁠19077–⁠2–⁠1
Robert Boyers1904–⁠190511–⁠6–⁠1
Edward King19036–⁠2–⁠1
Dennis Nolan19026–⁠1–⁠1
Leon Kromer19015–⁠1–⁠2
Herman Koehler1897–⁠190020–⁠11–⁠3
George Dyer18963–⁠2–⁠1
Harmon Graves1894–⁠18958–⁠4
Laurie Bliss18934–⁠5
Dennis Michie18923–⁠1–⁠1
Henry Williams18914–⁠1–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesARMY record
Navy12655–⁠64–⁠7 ‡
Air Force6021–⁠38–⁠1
Notre Dame528–⁠40–⁠4
Yale4616–⁠22–⁠8
Rutgers4018–⁠22
Harvard3918–⁠19–⁠2
Boston College3913–⁠26
Colgate3124–⁠5–⁠2

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Air Force, Navy, Notre Dame.

Every opponent (205)

Every program Army has played, A to Z, with Army’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

1, counting shared titles
American Athletic Conference 1
2024

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1890–⁠1997
  2. Conference USA 1998–⁠2004
  3. Independent 2005–⁠2023
  4. American Athletic Conference since 2024
  • 1998Joined Conference USA from independence in football. Source
  • 2005Went independent from Conference USA in football. Source
  • 2024Joined the American Athletic Conference from independence in football, announced October 25, 2023. Source

Army’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2011Andrew Rodriguez Campbell Trophy
1996Bob Sutton coachBobby Dodd Award
1966Tom Cahill coachEddie Robinson
1958Pete Dawkins RBHeisman, Maxwell
1947Joe Steffy OGOutland
1946Glenn Davis RBHeisman
1945Doc Blanchard FB/LBHeisman, Maxwell
1944Glenn Davis RBMaxwell

Consensus All-Americans 37

1959Bill Carpenter E
1958Pete Dawkins RB
1957Bob Anderson RB
1950Dan Foldberg E
1949Arnold Galiffa QB
1947Joe Steffy OG
1946Felix Blanchard FB
1946Glenn Davis RB
1946Hank Foldberg E
1945Doc Blanchard FB
1945Glenn Davis RB
1945John Green OG
1945Tex Coulter OT
1944Doc Blanchard FB
1944Glenn Davis RB
1943Cas Myslinski C
1932Milton Summerfelt OG
1929Red Cagle RB
1928Chris Cagle RB
1927Red Cagle RB
1926Bud Sprague OT
1922Edgar Garbisch C
1917Elmer Oliphant RB
1916Elmer Oliphant RB
1914John McEwan C
1913Louis A. Merrilat E
1911Leland Devore OT
1907William Erwin OG
1905Henry Torney RB
1904Arthur Tipton C
1904Henry Torney FB
1902Paul Bunker OT
1902Robert Boyers C
1901Charles Dudley Daly QB
1901Paul Bunker OT
1900Walter Smith E
1898Charles Romeyn FB

Led the nation 7

2024Bryson Daily rushing touchdowns (32 TD), points (192 pts), points per game (13.71)
1957Bob Anderson rushing touchdowns (13 TD)
1954Pete Vann passer rating (166.5)
1951Bob Mischak kickoff return average (31.3)
1945Doc Blanchard rushing touchdowns (16 TD), points (115 pts)
1945Glenn Davis yards per carry (11.5)
1944Glenn Davis rushing touchdowns (14 TD), yards per carry (11.5), points (120 pts), punt return average (19.7)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1949Arnold Galiffa QB4th
1946Doc Blanchard FB4th
1946Arnold Tucker QB5th
1945Glenn Davis RB2nd
1944Glenn Davis RB2nd
1944Doc Blanchard FB3rd
1935Monk Meyer RB2nd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
25
Coaches
4
2026Bob Novogratz OG
2008Arnold Tucker QB
2004Bob Anderson RB
1999Jim Young coach here, 1983–⁠1990
1996Frank Merritt OT
1989John Green OG
1987Joe Steffy OG
1985Don Holleder QB/E
1985Robin Olds OT
1984Doug Kenna QB
1983Arnold Galiffa QB
1982Bill Carpenter E
1978Harvey Jablonsky OG
1975Pete Dawkins RB
1974Alex Weyand OT
1974Barney Poole E
1973Harry Wilson RB
1970Bud Sprague OT
1969Paul Bunker OT
1964Doc Blanchard FB/LB
1964Earl Blaik coach, career 1934–⁠1958
1962John McEwan C
1961Glenn Davis RB
1955Elmer Oliphant RB
1954Biff Jones coach here, 1926–⁠1929
1954Chris Cagle RB
1954Edgar Garbisch C
1951Charles Dudley Daly QB
1951Henry L. Williams coach here, 1891

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
6 since 1946
First-round picks
3
1947Glenn Davis RBNo. 2, Detroit Lions
1947DeWitt Coulter OTNo. 7, Chicago Cardinals
1946Doc Blanchard FBNo. 3, Pittsburgh Steelers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

Official accounts

Football
X @ArmyWP_FootballInstagram @armywp_footballFacebook armyfootball
Athletics department
X @GoArmyWestPointInstagram @goarmywestpointYouTube GoArmyWestPointFacebook GoArmyWestPoint

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones goarmywestpoint.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. 1947–⁠53Ted Husing
  2. 2000–⁠09John Minko radio

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Army football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

Old photographs

From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Others from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives and credited to it. The records don’t give these a season; those they date are on their seasons’ pages.

On the newsreel

And 94 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Films

Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA), about the program, its seasons, games and rivalries.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Army (5 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠23–⁠1Jeff Monken1583-0.9
20257–⁠64–⁠5Jeff Monken15930.8
202412–⁠28–⁠121Jeff Monken16369.2
20236–⁠6Jeff Monken1527-4.0
20226–⁠6Jeff Monken1528-1.5
20219–⁠4Jeff Monken15774.7
20209–⁠3Jeff Monken15512.7
20195–⁠8Jeff Monken1471-2.1
201811–⁠219Jeff Monken1683-1.5
201710–⁠3Jeff Monken1593-5.3
20168–⁠5Jeff Monken1455-9.9
20152–⁠10Jeff Monken1316-21.7
20144–⁠8Jeff Monken1351-16.9
20133–⁠9Rich Ellerson1287-24.6
20122–⁠10Rich Ellerson1307-23.1
20113–⁠9Rich Ellerson1368-20.9
20107–⁠6Rich Ellerson1451-14.6
20095–⁠7Rich Ellerson1348-21.7
20083–⁠9Stan Brock1311-20.3
20073–⁠9Stan Brock1294-28.4
20063–⁠9Bobby Ross1290-24.3
20054–⁠7Bobby Ross1375-16.3
20042–⁠92–⁠6Bobby Ross1251-15.6
20030–⁠130–⁠8Todd Berry, John Mumford1155-28.2
20021–⁠111–⁠7Todd Berry1189-29.2
Every season back to 1891 (110 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20013–⁠82–⁠5Todd Berry1306-22.8
20001–⁠101–⁠6Todd Berry1272-17.3
19993–⁠81–⁠5Bob Sutton1354-11.1
19983–⁠82–⁠4Bob Sutton1388-4.2
19974–⁠7Bob Sutton1406-16.3
199610–⁠225Bob Sutton159716.3
19955–⁠5–⁠1Bob Sutton14601.5
19944–⁠7Bob Sutton1342-19.0
19936–⁠5Bob Sutton1418-19.0
19925–⁠6Bob Sutton1378-14.3
19914–⁠7Bob Sutton1346-18.9
19906–⁠5Jim Young1452-24.8
19896–⁠5Jim Young1492-10.0
19889–⁠3Jim Young1541-1.2
19875–⁠6Jim Young1463-10.0
19866–⁠5Jim Young1511-9.4
19859–⁠3Jim Young15668.6
19848–⁠3–⁠1Jim Young15158.2
19832–⁠9Jim Young1316-25.5
19824–⁠7Ed Cavanaugh1363-18.1
19813–⁠7–⁠1Ed Cavanaugh1354-6.2
19803–⁠7–⁠1Ed Cavanaugh1342-4.7
19792–⁠8–⁠1Lou Saban1294-16.4
19784–⁠6–⁠1Homer Smith1404-16.3
19777–⁠4Homer Smith14594.0
19765–⁠6Homer Smith1351-14.3
19752–⁠9Homer Smith1258-22.5
19743–⁠8Homer Smith1279-15.3
19730–⁠10Thomas Cahill1274-24.5
19726–⁠4Thomas Cahill1460-2.4
19716–⁠4Thomas Cahill1453-7.4
19701–⁠9–⁠1Thomas Cahill1380-5.1
19694–⁠5–⁠1Thomas Cahill1491
19687–⁠3Thomas Cahill1629
19678–⁠2Thomas Cahill1619
19668–⁠2Thomas Cahill1584
19654–⁠5–⁠1Paul Dietzel1481
19644–⁠6Paul Dietzel1465
19637–⁠3Paul Dietzel1562
19626–⁠4Paul Dietzel1538
19616–⁠4Dale Hall1544
19606–⁠3–⁠1Dale Hall1585
19594–⁠4–⁠15Dale Hall1595
19588–⁠0–⁠193Red Blaik1731
19577–⁠218Red Blaik1639
19565–⁠3–⁠111Red Blaik1595
19556–⁠3720Red Blaik1647
19547–⁠2137Red Blaik1675
19537–⁠1–⁠114Red Blaik1609
19524–⁠4–⁠1Red Blaik1504
19512–⁠7Red Blaik1481
19508–⁠122Red Blaik1728
19499–⁠074Red Blaik1774
19488–⁠0–⁠156Red Blaik1738
19475–⁠2–⁠2511Red Blaik1722
19469–⁠0–⁠122Red Blaik1821
19459–⁠011Red Blaik1846
19449–⁠031Red Blaik1779
19437–⁠2–⁠1311Red Blaik1606
19426–⁠318Red Blaik1542
19415–⁠3–⁠1Red Blaik1467
19401–⁠7–⁠1William Wood1365
19393–⁠4–⁠2William Wood1486
19388–⁠2William Wood1616
19377–⁠2Gar Davidson1595
19366–⁠33Gar Davidson1569
19356–⁠2–⁠1Gar Davidson1620
19347–⁠3Gar Davidson1628
19339–⁠1Gar Davidson1685
19328–⁠2Ralph Sasse1663
19318–⁠2–⁠1Ralph Sasse1659
19309–⁠1–⁠1Ralph Sasse1626
19296–⁠4–⁠1Biff Jones1535
19288–⁠2Biff Jones1620
19279–⁠1Biff Jones1654
19267–⁠1–⁠1Biff Jones1620
19257–⁠2John McEwan1585
19245–⁠1–⁠2John McEwan1594
19236–⁠2–⁠1John McEwan1592
19228–⁠0–⁠2Charles Daly1574
19210–⁠3Charles Daly1462
19200–⁠2Charles Daly1513
19196–⁠3Charles Daly1577
19177–⁠1Geoffrey Keyes1634
19169–⁠0Charles Daly1657
19155–⁠3–⁠1Charles Daly1572
19149–⁠0Charles Daly1672
19138–⁠1Charles Daly1592
19125–⁠3Ernest Graves1548
19116–⁠1–⁠1Joseph Beacham1586
19106–⁠2Harry Nelly1549
19093–⁠2Harry Nelly1521
19086–⁠1–⁠2Harry Nelly1570
19076–⁠2–⁠1Henry Smither1546
19063–⁠5–⁠1Henry Smither, Ernest Graves1496
19054–⁠4–⁠1Robert Boyers1568
19047–⁠2Robert Boyers1638
19036–⁠2–⁠1Edward King1614
19026–⁠1–⁠1Dennis Nolan1636
19015–⁠1–⁠2Leon Kromer1587
19007–⁠3–⁠1Herman Koehler1496
18994–⁠5Herman Koehler1468
18983–⁠2–⁠1Herman Koehler1518
18976–⁠1–⁠1Herman Koehler1549
18963–⁠2–⁠1George Dyer1489
18955–⁠2Harmon Graves1509
18943–⁠2Harmon Graves1443
18934–⁠5Laurie Bliss1421
18923–⁠1–⁠1Dennis Michie1483
18914–⁠1–⁠1Henry Williams1493

Officially 746–⁠553–⁠51 since 1890 (per Wikipedia, as of 9/6/25); game by game here, 736–⁠553–⁠51 (−10 wins). Our file starts in 1891; the program began in 1890. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1918: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.