Army·FBS Independents

2020 — The Winning Chapter

Army's 2020 season (9-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-3
Final result Bowl season Lost the Liberty Bowl
AP final #22 post-bowls
SP+ -2.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Midd Ten 42-0 W vs UL Mon 37-7 L @ Cincin 10-24 W vs Abil Chr 55-23 W vs The Cit 14-9 W @ UTSA 28-16 W vs Mercer 49-3 L @ Tulane 12-38 W vs Geor Sou 28-27 W vs Navy 15-0 W vs Air For 10-7 L vs West Vir 21-24 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Army 49, Mercer 3. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Army 12, Tulane 38. A 26-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Army fell to West Virginia 21-24 in the postseason.

"Go Army"
— Army fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Army — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.