Army — American Athletic
HC
Jeff Monken · Michie Stadium · West Point, NY · 38,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.19 / 0.18
2025
Class rank
#181
class of 2026
Returning PPA
80%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (7–6)
Statistical comps — 2025 Army's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (0 in / 2 out)
Origins
Blanchard and Davis — Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside — won three straight national titles in the war years when Army was the best team in the country. The Navy game is the oldest thing in the sport that still means what it always meant.
Founded 1802 · The United States Military Academy, founded to build engineers and officers · first football 1890 · defined by Red Blaik
All-time record
All-time
732–551–51
1891–2025
Win %
56.8%
134 seasons played
Winning seasons
83
62% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | American Athletic |
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | FBS Independents |
| 1996 | 10 | 2 | FBS Independents |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 | FBS Independents |
| 1949 | 9 | 0 | FBS Independents |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1891 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 325 | 90% |
37% | 122 of 136 | 5.0 | 7% |
| 2nd down | 274 | 83% |
42% | 69 of 136 | 5.9 | 9% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 63 | 97% |
67% | — | 2.9 | 2% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 68 | 82% |
37% | — | 4.6 | 7% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 44 | 50% |
18% | — | 6.3 | 9% |
| 4th down | 55 | 76% |
71% | — | 4.7 | 5% |
126 drives · 40% ended in points · 8.5 plays and 41.2 yards per drive · 1.24 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 4 | North Texas |
Dewayne Coleman pass complete to Brady Anderson for 68 yds for a TD (Dawson Jones KICK) |
68 | 6.98 |
| 14 | UTSA |
(13:32) #15 N.Short rush left for 81 yards gain to the UTSA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:22, 1ST … |
81 | 6.85 |
| 4 | North Texas |
Briggs Bartosh run for 75 yds for a TD (Dawson Jones KICK) |
75 | 6.08 |
| CFP | UConn |
G. Nwawuihe run for 70 yds, for a TD (D. Jones KICK missed) |
70 | 5.98 |
| 10 | Air Force |
(00:08) Shotgun #3 C.Hellums pass complete deep right to #15 N.Short caught at AF00, for 4… |
40 | 5.42 |
| 10 | Air Force |
End of 4th quarter. |
78 | 4.53 |
| 2 | Kansas State |
Noah Short pass complete to Brady Anderson for 52 yds to the KSU 34 for a 1ST down |
52 | 3.98 |
| 1 | Tarleton State |
Dewayne Coleman pass complete to Brady Anderson for 35 yds to the TAR 41 for a 1ST down |
35 | 3.69 |