Army West Point Athletics
Postgame Notes | Army 42, Fordham 31
November 22, 2014 | Football
TEAM
Army improved to 4-6 this season and handed Fordham just its second loss this season.
Army went 3-2 in games played at Michie Stadium in 2014.
Prior to the game, Army honored the 36 senior members of the football program, including players, managers and student coaches.
Army now leads the all-time series against Fordham 4-0. All four games have been played at Michie Stadium. Army has outscored Fordham 142-31.
Senior Joe Drummond joined Larry Dixon for the coin toss. Senior captain Geoffery Bacon is injured and did not dress for the game.
Senior quarterback Angel Santiago and linebacker James Kelly served as game captains.
Army wore gray jerseys and pants for the first time this season, with black helmets with a gray stripe.
A “Chair of Honor” was dedicated at Michie Stadium in the first row of Section 12. The empty chair bears a plaque designating it to the soldier who has given the ultimate sacrifice, or held Prisoner of War, listed as Missing in Action, whose remains have not been recovered and to those currently serving. The National Chair of Honor Program is run by Rolling Thunder Inc.
Army will close the regular season on Dec. 13 against Navy at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md.
CBS will carry the game beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday marked the third time Army has scored at least 40 points this season. Buffalo (47) and Yale (43) were others.
OFFENSE
Senior running back Larry Dixon made his 36th career start, the most of any active Army player.
For the ninth consecutive week, Army had a different starting five on the offensive line.
Center Matt Hugenberg is the only member of the offensive line to start all 11 games.
He was joined up front by tackles Corey Hobbs and Todd McDonald and guards Bryce Holland and Jaryn Villegas.
Holland made his first career start.
Angel Santiago made his 21st career start at quarterback.
Terry Baggett rushed for a second quarter touchdown, the 12th of his career and second of the season.
Dixon ran for a game-high 158 yards and three touchdowns.
Dixon now has 11 career games with at least 100 yards, tied for third in Academy history with Tory Crawford and Carlton Jones.
He has topped 100 yards four times this season.
For the season, Dixon has 1,025 yards rushing. Dixon is the third member of the current squad to register a 1,000-yard rushing season.
Terry Baggett gained 1,113 yards last season, while Raymond Maples ran for 1,215 yards in 2012 and 1,066 in 2011.
Dixon is the 14th Army player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
Those 14 players have combined to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark on 18 occasions.
Dixon also passed the 3,000-yard mark for his career.
During his four seasons, he has 514 carries for 3,098 yards, which ranks fourth all-time.
He passed Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis (2,959) and trails Trent Steelman (3,320), Carlton Jones (3,536) and Mike Mayweather (4,299).
Dixon is just the fourth player in Army history to rush for more than 3,000 yards.
Dixon rushed for three touchdowns, giving him a season-best nine for the season.
For his career, Dixon has 26 rushing touchdowns and is tied for sixth in Academy history with Heisman Trophy winner Felix “Doc” Blanchard.
Army’s scoring drive in the fourth quarter covered 84 yards, in 20 plays and 11:13.
It was the longest scoring drive of the season in terms of plays and time. Army has rushed for more than 100 yards seven times this season.
DEFENSE
Chris Carnegie made his 31st career start, the most of any active player on the Army defense.
Army started five defensive backs with Josh Jenkins, Rhyan England, Luke Proulx and Tevin Long joining Carnegie.
Freshman John Voit intercepted a pass in the second quarter, the first of his career.
The last time Army forced a defensive turnover at Michie Stadium was against Ball State on Oct. 4 when Chris Carnegie forced and recovered a fumble in the second play of the game.
Army limited Fordham to 90 yards rushing.
The last time Army held a team below 100 yards rushing was Louisiana Tech (57) on Sept. 28, 2013 in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.
Linebacker Jeremy Timpf registered a team-best nine tackles and topped the 100-tackle mark for the season with 102.
Timpf marked the 58th time an Army player has registered at least 100 tackles in a season.
Timpf is the first Army player with at least 100 tackles since Geoffery Bacon made 136 in 2012.
Timpf has been Army’s leading tackler in nine games this season.
Timpf, Carnegie, Andrew King and Richard Glover all registered one tackle for loss.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Cale Brewer handled kickoff duties for Army for the third straight week.
He kicked off seven times for 373 yards, an average of 53.3 yards per boot.
Alex Tardieu punted three times for 109 yards, an average of 36.3 yards per kick.
Tardieu recorded his 17th and 18th punts inside the opponents’ 20 yard line in the first half.
His first punt was downed at the five. It is the sixth punt that has pinned the opponent at or inside its 5 yard line.
His second punt was fair caught at the 10, the third that has backed up the opponent between the 10 and 6 yard lines.
Kelvin White ran for 14 yards on a second quarter fake punt, the third fake punt Army has run this season.
Lamar Johnson-Harris recovered a blocked punt for the first touchdown of his career.
Josh Jenkins blocked the second quarter punt, the first Army block of a punt since Zach Watts did it against Rutgers on Oct. 16, 2010 in East Rutherford, N.J. It marked Jenkins’ first career block.
The last time Army blocked a punt and recovered it for a touchdown was Sept. 1, 2007 against Akron at Cleveland Browns Stadium. John Plumstead blocked the punt and Peter Anderson recovered.
IN ATTENDANCE
Among the crowd of 33,793 was Sean Callahan, the young man adopted by the Army Football team through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation and the Yankees HOPE Week. Callahan has attended all five games at Michie Stadium this season, as well as the contest at Yankee Stadium.
