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American Athletic · Jeff Monken, year 13 (90-64) · Michie Stadium · 38,000 · 22,604 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#38 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #63 (+2.2) · FPI #78
The marketno line yetat Temple · our model 65% Army · a number, not a pick

LastL 24–28 vs South Florida · Sat Sep 12 · Godspower Nwawuihe 94 rush yds, 1 TD, 4 rec yds

Nextat Temple · Fri Sep 25 · 4 pm ET · Lincoln Financial Field · series 8-7, won the last 4 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Key stats — 2026 — FBS rank
Points/game
41.5
Pts allowed/game
15.5
Total yards/gm#32 / 138 · 77th pct
497.5
Rush yards/gm#1 / 138 · 99th pct
394.0
Pass yards/gmT-#131 / 138 · 5th pct
103.5
Yards allowed/gm#40 / 138 · 71st pct
267.0
Rush yds allowed/gm#51 / 138 · 63rd pct
98.5
SacksT-#106 / 138 · 16th pct
2
3rd-down convT-#33 / 138 · 73rd pct
50.0%
All 79 stats
Offense / Defense
Total yards
Team
995497.5/gm7.54/play#32 / 138 · 77th pct#22 / 70 · 69th pct#2 / 14 · 89th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
534267.0/gm4.94/play#40 / 138 · 71st pct#35 / 70 · 51st pct#1 / 14 · 96th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Rush yards
Team
788394.0/gm5.97/play#1 / 138 · 99th pct#1 / 70 · 99th pct#1 / 14 · 96th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
19798.5/gm1.82/play#51 / 138 · 63rd pct#40 / 70 · 44th pct#3 / 14 · 82nd pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Rush carries
Team
10854.0/gmT-#7 / 138 · 95th pct#3 / 70 · 96th pctT-#2 / 14 · 86th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
5527.5/gmT-#19 / 138 · 86th pctT-#14 / 70 · 79th pct#1 / 14 · 96th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Rush TDs
Team
94.5/gmT-#4 / 138 · 96th pctT-#3 / 70 · 94th pct#1 / 14 · 96th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
21.0/gmT-#53 / 138 · 50th pctT-#34 / 70 · 36th pctT-#5 / 14 · 64th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Net pass yards
Team
207103.5/gm1.57/playT-#131 / 138 · 5th pct#70 / 70 · 1st pct#12 / 14 · 18th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
337168.5/gm3.12/play#45 / 138 · 68th pct#34 / 70 · 52nd pct#2 / 14 · 89th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Pass attempts
Team
2412.0/gmT-#135 / 138 · 2nd pctT-#69 / 70 · 1st pct#13 / 14 · 11th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
5326.5/gmT-#41 / 138 · 69th pctT-#26 / 70 · 60th pct#6 / 14 · 61st pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Completions
Team
178.5/gmT-#133 / 138 · 4th pct#69 / 70 · 2nd pct#12 / 14 · 18th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
3015.0/gmT-#36 / 138 · 74th pctT-#23 / 70 · 67th pct#3 / 14 · 82nd pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Pass TDs
Team
21.0/gmT-#94 / 138 · 25th pctT-#54 / 70 · 19th pctT-#6 / 14 · 46th pct#12 / 13 · 15th pct
Opp
21.0/gmT-#45 / 138 · 57th pctT-#29 / 70 · 46th pctT-#3 / 14 · 75th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Interceptions thrown
Team
00.0/gmT-#92 / 138 · 17th pctT-#42 / 70 · 21st pctT-#10 / 14 · 18th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
00.0/gmT-#1 / 138 · 92nd pctT-#1 / 70 · 92nd pctT-#1 / 14 · 86th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Sacks (def)
Team
21.0/gmT-#106 / 138 · 16th pctT-#61 / 70 · 9th pctT-#10 / 14 · 25th pct#11 / 11 · 9th pct
Opp
10.5/gmT-#9 / 138 · 86th pctT-#6 / 70 · 82nd pctT-#2 / 14 · 82nd pct#1 / 11 · 100th pct
Tackles for loss
Team
84.0/gmT-#104 / 138 · 23rd pctT-#58 / 70 · 16th pct#9 / 14 · 39th pct#11 / 11 · 9th pct
Opp
63.0/gmT-#20 / 138 · 83rd pctT-#15 / 70 · 77th pctT-#2 / 14 · 86th pct#1 / 11 · 100th pct
First downs
Team
5226.0/gmT-#28 / 138 · 79th pctT-#19 / 70 · 73rd pctT-#2 / 14 · 86th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
3015.0/gmT-#38 / 138 · 72nd pctT-#31 / 70 · 56th pct#1 / 14 · 96th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
3rd-down conv
Team
105.0/gmT-#71 / 138 · 44th pctT-#42 / 70 · 35th pctT-#7 / 14 · 50th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
94.5/gmT-#52 / 138 · 58th pctT-#36 / 70 · 45th pctT-#3 / 14 · 75th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
3rd-down att
Team
2010.0/gmT-#123 / 138 · 10th pctT-#62 / 70 · 11th pct#14 / 14 · 4th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
2512.5/gmT-#33 / 138 · 73rd pctT-#14 / 70 · 76th pctT-#5 / 14 · 64th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
4th-down conv
Team
31.5/gmT-#23 / 138 · 74th pctT-#12 / 70 · 72nd pctT-#6 / 14 · 54th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
10.5/gmT-#26 / 138 · 66th pctT-#15 / 70 · 61st pctT-#1 / 14 · 75th pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
4th-down att
Team
31.5/gmT-#66 / 138 · 41st pctT-#35 / 70 · 44th pctT-#8 / 14 · 36th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
21.0/gmT-#20 / 138 · 74th pctT-#10 / 70 · 72nd pct#3 / 14 · 82nd pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct
Time of possession
Team
68:4434:22/gm#28 / 138 · 80th pct#11 / 70 · 85th pct#4 / 14 · 75th pct#13 / 13 · 8th pct
Opp
51:1625:38/gm#20 / 138 · 86th pct#11 / 70 · 85th pct#3 / 14 · 82nd pct#1 / 13 · 100th pct

FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs

Player stats — 2026 season
Quarterbacks
Player#GCmp/AttPctYdsY/ATDINTRateZPRQBRAdj ANY/ASack%
+0.24 EPA/play3213 / 1968.41507.920169.565.1
Running Backs
Player#GCarYdsAvgTDLongStuff%10+%
+0.09 EPA/play7231147
#69 FBS
4.72
#43 FBS
13
Receivers
Player#GRecYdsAvgTDLong
+0.36 EPA/play27256212.4033

2026 stat leaders · Army

through 2 games

Elijah Walton leads Army with 15 tackles through 2 games.

1. Elijah Walton LB 15 tackles
2. Jaquavious Moss LB 13 tackles
3. Zach Mundell WR 150 rushing yards
4. Godspower Nwawuihe RB 147 rushing yards
5. Dillon Stowers DL 6 tackles
How They Play · 2025

Army fields a capable run-heavy, methodical, ball-control offense behind a leaky, bend-don't-break defense.

Offense
56th pct EPA/play
Run/Pass
86% run plays
Tempo
45th pct success, 14th explosiveness
Defense
39th pct EPA allowed
Defensive shape
94th pct at limiting explosive plays

Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.

The Savant Card · Army · 2025

Army reads strongest in explosive plays allowed (top 6%) and passing epa (top 8%); the crux lives in success rate allowed, where Army sits at the 13th percentile.

offense · strengths lead

EPA / play +0.18
56th
Success Rate +0.42
45th
Explosive Plays +1.18
14th
Rushing EPA +0.14
60th

defense · higher bar = harder to play against

EPA Allowed +0.17
39th
Success Rate Allowed +0.45
14th
Explosive Plays Allowed +1.13
94th
Passing EPA Allowed +0.33
21st

hidden math · special situations

Passing EPA +0.46
92nd
Rushing EPA Allowed +0.09
44th
Elite · 90+Strong · 70+Average · 40-70Concern · 10-40Bottom · <10
Sources · CFBD tier-2 advanced stats · per-game production · 13 games this season · percentiles vs. up to 136 FBS peers

Home-field advantage · Army · 2018–present · FBS opponents

Army is worth +4.3 points more at home than on the road.

Middle of FBS, 55th percentile of 133 programs

68% at home, 46% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (25–12 home, 16–19 away). Interval ±4.4.

95% intervalmodel 2.3 · books ~3Weakest home edge in FBSStrongest

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Army has beaten the number by −5.4 more at home than away over 64 games — inside the ±7.4 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.

Michie Stadium seats 38,000 and has averaged 71% full (26,991, 26 games reported). Visitors cover a median 679 miles to get here (2018-present). 5% of the 2026 roster (10 of 189 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.

Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 52 home games since 2018. No national trip rank shown: the ranked field is FBS venues only and leaves out the service academies and venues with too few measured games. Service-academy rosters are filled by congressional nomination rather than ordinary recruiting and run well past normal FBS size — read the local share against that.

Home25–12Away16–19Edge+4.3 ±4.4Visitor trip679 mi

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Scheme claimsFive specific, testable claims about how this team plays.

Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected

Army's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time

Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 84th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it drops to the 35th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.

league medianRaw 4th quarter ·…Competitive snaps only · 35th pctileWorst in FBSBest in FBS
Source CFB Zeitgeist · CFBD play-by-play, garbage-time adjusted by pre-play margin
Tendency driftHow this coordinator's calls have drifted since arriving.

Season by season

How Army’s current staff calls plays, year over year

Offense: Cody Worley (2024–2026)
1st-down pass rate
2024: 11% → 2026: 19% · 10-pt range · #92 of 184 · a typical amount
Red-zone pass rate
2024: 8% → 2026: 23% · 15-pt range · #70 of 182 · a typical amount
4th-down go rate
2024: 67% → 2025: 65% · 1-pt range · #173 of 172 · less than most
RatingsWhere the public rating systems put this team.

Model Consensus

Where the Models Rank Army

CFB Zeitgeist

#38

+4.5

SP+

#63

+2.2

FPI

#78

-2.8

Elo

#54

1530

The national models put Army between 54th and 78th nationally — CFB Zeitgeist is higher on them than any of these models, at 38th.

National rank of 138 FBS teams · 2026 season. SP+/FPI/SRS published; Elo & CFB Zeitgeist ranked by rating.

Comparable teamsPrograms built like this one — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, roster size. Not a stat match.

Most similar programs · Army

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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.

ConditionsThe weather and altitude visitors have to deal with.
Venue texture

60°F average kickoff temp; 11% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.

Based on 74 home games with weather data.

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