Air Force Falcons vs. Army Black Knights College Football Highlights ｜ Week 10 Condensed Game

For football in the Hudson Valley at Mikey Stadium. A chill in the air, and here we go. Lloyd Benson on the return. Godspeed Wawihay in the backfield. And it's Godspeed who has the first carry. Bounces off a couple tacklers and races out of bounds. Wawihay 76 yards per game. Hellams' first carry. Second year starter is Hellams. And a senior. Wauwee Hay breaks two tackles and hauled out of bounds at the 38-yard line by Corey Johnson. And right away, you can see the game plan for Army. In college, Wauwee Hay across the 40. Helms by himself. Little pitch. Samari Howard around the left side. No need to worry about it, Adam. That's a first down. Howard gets the football in a variety of spots. Fletcher this time. Already this year. So they're getting close. To field goal range, Zach Mundell coming around the left side, Hellams to throw, has time, fires, got a man, there, that's Brady Anderson in traffic, he's just shy of the first down. This is where Army loves to go quarterback run game with Cale Hellams keeping the ball in his hands. Tush push, and Hellams, Hellams, little handoff. This is third down and seven, let's see if Army brings heat. Yes, they do. Meadors over the middle. Caught right on the stick. This is going to be really close. A lot of formations, a lot of shifting from this Air Force offense. One of their trademarks. And it's Conti over the left side and he burrows his way across the 45. Hodges right side. Has a seam. The big man inside the 40. Hodges down to the 25 and to the 20-yard line. Breaking tackles, Finding space and man. Get those high knees up, get in the open field, and he's got some wiggle to get loose. What I always tell the quarterback is stay behind the hip of the pulling guard because that crease opens backside. He takes the backside. Medder's a very good runner as well. This is Ledoux. Ledoux behind Medder's. Medder's first carry. Plows forward, has the first down to the seven-yard line. Kick is up and good. Carter Kremiskoli, where Kyle Helms is not at his best. Oh, the punter goes down. He may have hit a knee. And Air Force is going to get this football, I think, at the 14-yard line. Hodges straight ahead. He's forward to the seven, it looks like. Beef has a chance to age. He's got a veteran group up front. It gets better. You can see that. Ha ha ha. Hodges right side. Barrels his way down to the three-yard line. Caleb Williams makes the stop. That's a first down. Hodges. Keeps. Hodges. Pushes. Into the end zone. Touchdown Air Force. He's alone. The big fella. He's got the big belly. That's a fullback playing quarterback. I think the old-fashioned single wing is back in version when you have Kemper Hodges on the field. Watch right here. It's the center. You've got Varela, you've got the left tackle there, Nasworth, great push, and Hodges follows him into the end zone. Now third down situation, this is where Kyle Helms is great with his legs if it's there. Hellams looking, fires, caught, Oluwole with the catch, but he's short of the first down by a yard. Looks like somebody may have jumped straight ahead, and Hellams has got the first down. Just their third possession. Wawihay, 41-yard line. As it is, Hellams... With a nice little gain, but this time he gets tripped up, and we're going to have another fourth down. Well, not in this formation. Straight ahead. It's close. Officials running down the line on first and ten. Army their own 45 and a half. Wawihay, inside Air Force territory to the 49. God's power, first and ten. Wawihay, left side. You can see the explosiveness through the hole. He's down to the 38-yard line. And the Air Force has a 10-0 lead. Hellams, a terrific quarterback. And Wawihay turned away right at the line to gain, which is a 34-yard line. This could be another first down. This is 13 plays, 8 1⁄2 minutes. Hellams rolling, throwing it slow. Oluwole, did he get it? It looks like he did, and that's a first down to the 21. He won. Feels like almost a little bit of tempo here from Army. Hodges power to 10. Hodges power. End zone. Touchdown. Adam, that's what you're talking about. Get GP, bouncing it outside. They've been running power-off tackle. This one bounced to the perimeter, and he takes it to the house. Watch him right here. Then he bounces this outside. I mean, this is perfect. He pushes, presses the line of scrimmage, feels the blocking by his receivers out wide, and gets to the edge with the speed and the vision to get the end zone. Wally Hay is a special running back, and this Army offense is moving. Evan Medders has looked healthy in this one, and he tiptoes his way through the line and breaks into the second level and is out to the 40. That's a gain of 15. Makes this play happen. Watch the lead block by Ledoux, number 28. Evan Medders with good patience following him the entire way, but coach, that is a textbook lead block by 28 Ledoux. You know, there was word out this week on the GPS that he was running closer to Ledoux. Carter Kremser Coley. Has a 52-yarder for Air Force, still on his feet, LeDoux, taking tacklers with him. He ran for 200 bruising yards in a win over UConn last week. And he's going to keep it here, hurdle a guy, and end up at the 43-yard line, 32-yard line of Army. LeDoux! That's a nice gain of 12 yards. Caleb Williams makes the stop. Second down, eight, Medders. Option. Pitch. Conti hit. He's still in bounds, but he's got the first down. Medders rolling. Firing. Caught there. Long is out of bounds. Medders going to keep it. Medders. Touchdown. What I love is it's still option principle. That's counter option with the fake. And great job by the pullers. Talented quarterback. But the puller here and then the lead up by the tackle. Adam, you see it. You've got to love the blocking in space on the counter. As you said, Coach, your big tackle. Conti is hit and stopped. God's power. And Air Force is all over him. He's going to lose a couple. Isaac Hubert on that edge. Do something after a tackle for a loss. These are the situations Army does not want to be in. Air Force. With Army football, anything for game day traditions. Guys, these are pretty clean, huh? They are. They look great at night. Medders is hauled down by Zane Tolman. Now Air Force inclawed the middle of the offensive line. Quarterback draw, third down and 10, and Medders is hit a couple times and finally stopped at the 32-yard line. Faster tempo accelerates very quickly, and he'll hand it off to God's power, Wauwee Teddy. Teddy's a former tight end that moves to tackle, and you know about him. put them off balance with changing the quarterback is obviously what happened here. Having Luter in and then, you know, Kate physical enough to push this over. What a response. Long in motion. The dude. Goes in and then is stuffed. And he does a great job of forcing that into another tackle. It's a fake. A short snap. And it's Hodges. And he's stopped. And it's Luter again at quarterback. The sophomore engineered the last drive, and Luter is loose again, inside the 25. That's 11 more yards and a first down. The Air Force 23, God's power. Luter straight ahead, no passing here. Luter to the 10, Army. Why pass it when you've got an offensive line that blocks like Army's does? You've got Bryson Luter right here at left guard, I believe. Watch this block, number 60. He climbs to the second level there. Or just blocks a defensive tackle, but gets him into the ground. That springs it open, which makes that gap very difficult to control offensively. This is Meadors. You can see that toe still bothers him. He kind of hobbles out of bounds. It's a good read here by Meadors. Pulls this himself, but goes all the way to the back side. He felt the defense overflow there. Metters fires, up the seam, caught there. That's Mason Hayes into Army territory. Great call, Adam. It's on the connection. Well, that's the shot play. They go play action. It starts with the protection up front. No one in Metters' face, so he has time to make an accurate throw. That ball's right on the money to Mason Hayes. A good job securing the... Meadors, good hit. Hodges, trying to push forward, bounces it outside. Hi. Shovels one guy off of him. For Air Force, got to get to the 25. Hodges, somewhat of a tush push, but I don't think his tush needs a push. I mean, he's 6 feet, 245 pounds. He can get there by himself. See the drive, 51 yards so far. Meadors looking to throw. Got a man wide open. Caught there. Kimmy, touchdown Air Force. 24 yards. What a call. The perfect call at the perfect time by Mike Thiessen. The play action, and then Kibbe up the seam at tight end. Kibbe run by. Here's Kibbe right here. He's going to come this way. Now watch the backers for Army all flow this way. No one even sees the big 6'6 tight end, 250 pounds. Blitz comes. Hellams rolling right. Man in pursuit. And Hellams takes the hit, gets out of bounds, and he has the first down. Max Mustel knocked him out. Feeling the pocket, understanding that it's man coverage on the back end, so the linebackers have dropped out. There's open space to take off and a good quick decision for the first down. Adam, you're right. I mean, you pointed it out. Hellams stays in. Now he'll throw. In the pocket, fires. It's picked! Intercepted! I think he stayed in. Corey Johnson, the junior corner, stepped in front of the receiver. Looked like he got the foot down. From his corner spot. He's on the other side of the field and sees the crossing route. So he drives on the football. Looks like he has control. The foot's inbounds. Let's take a look at it right here. Does he have control? Right there's control. Left foot looks to be in. That's it. Well done. Medders. Hodges. Tiptoeing through. Hodges with a burst. Super Hodges to the 20. By Terrasio, number 58, the left guard comes around. Then it's Ledoux on the lead block. This is textbook power, quarterback power with the guard downhill. Good block by Ledoux for an explosive play. This is just a, when you talk about the blows that have been given on both sides of the ball, this is just a matter of physicality wearing out each other. The Army loses a timeout. First and ten here. Hodges, still on his feet. Three of seven tonight. He's got the first down. Medders has a touchdown pass tonight. Looking. Medders. Fires. Caught. And sliding out of bounds is Matt Long. Ledoux behind Medders. Option. Keeps it. And is stuffed. With Conte in the backfield. There goes Conte. Gets the pitch. Conte for the end zone. No! He's stopped! Harvey Holmes flies across, watch Walton right here, he's going to shed a block, get in the backfield, and this could not be closer, but sideline to sideline, Walton's there, four hats to the football for Harvey, what a stand in the biggest moment of the night on the one yard line. Great job by Balsam coming from the back side, I mean he's got an NFL profile, he played like it on that play. And now, I'd love to see Luder back in this game to create some versatility. God's power is stopped. And West Point, Luder looking for any ray of sunshine, and he's swallowed up. Metters in. Metters steps back, going to throw, fires it in, it's caught. Mason Hayes with his second. Catch of the game, and that's a first down. A former quarterback who was a fullback, now a quarterback running things in Hodges. The big man goes airborne, and he gets across midfield and lands right at the 45. Armed Forces football proudly supported by Belfor. Second down and two. Ledoux dragging tacklers as he goes. Another first down. Watch the right side of this offensive line collapse the hole. Great push right there. See the vertical wall they have from the offensive line? That is exactly what you want. It's third and six. Is Ledoux. Wow. That is a first down. Metters to a knee. The Air Force Falcons, Commander-in-Chief Trophy Champions in 2026. The trophy's going back to Colorado Springs.