2010 Army Black Knights football team The 2010 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 2010 college football season . The Black Knights , led by second - year head coach Rich Ellerson , competed as an Independent and played their home games at the Michie Stadium . By winning 6 regular season games , Army became bowl - eligible for the first time since the 1996 season . They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl against SMU , in University Park , Texas replacing a team from the Mountain West Conference . They defeated SMU 16 – 14 in the bowl to finish the season 7 – 6 , their first winning season since 1996 . Box Scores and Notes . Eastern Michigan . The Black Knights defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles for the third consecutive year , this being the second of the three decided by less than a touchdown . The game was tied twice and there were three lead changes . The teams combined for 594 yards rushing and only 96 yards passing . The game was delayed for about 12 minutes early in the second quarter when the public address system , the scoreboard , and the lights on the west ( pressbox ) side of the stadium went out . The lights eventually regained power , but the scoreboard and public address system remained inoperable for the remainder of the game . Notable performances included Army running back Jared Hassin ' s three touchdowns , 142 yards rushing by EMU ' s Dwayne Priest , and 126 yards rushing by EMU quarterback Alex Gillett . Scoring summary " 1st quarter " " 2nd quarter " " 3rd quarter " " 4th quarter " Hawai ' i . Scott Enos kicked a 31 - yard field goal with 7 seconds remaining in the game to propel Hawai ' i to a 31 - 28 come - from - behind victory over Army . The game was head coach Rich Ellerson ' s first against his alma - mater . Hawai ' i jumped out to a 21 - 0 lead led by Quarterback Bryant Moniz ' s 3 touchdown passes . But Army rallied with 4 straight touchdowns of its own , including 2 by Malcom Brown . The Rainbow Warriors would have the final say as they scored late in the 3rd quarter to tie the game . Army was positioning itself for a game - winning field goal when backup Quarterback Max Jenkins fumbled the ball while simply trying to run to the middle of the field to gain position for a field goal attempt . The ball was recovered by the Hawai ' i defense . The offense then drove down the field setting up the winning kick . Moniz would finish the game with 343 yards passing to go with his 3 TD passes . Kealoha Pilares would rake in 6 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown . The Black Knights would chew up 250 yards on the ground and were led by Fullback Jared Hassin ' s 83 yards rushing to go along with 1 touchdown carry . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " North Texas . Army improved to 2 - 1 on the season with its first shutout since 2005 with a 24 - 0 win over North Texas . Seven Army players ran for a total of 292 yards . Short TD runs by Patrick Mealy ( 9 yards ) and Malcolm Brown ( 2 yards ) put the Black Knights up 14 - 0 at halftime . Army quarterback Trent Steelman also carried the ball 11 times for 68 yards and a rushing touchdown while throwing for 45 yards through the air . North Texas entered the game 23rd in the country in passing with an average of 282 . 5 yards per game , but was held to just 106 yards and threw 2 interceptions . The Mean Green entered the game starting backup quarterback Derek Thompson . However , Thompson was knocked out of the game with a season - ending broken leg in the second quarter . UNT was forced to finish the game with former wide receiver Riley Rodge at quarterback . Army senior DE Josh McNary had two sacks , tying the school record for 42 career tackles for loss . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Duke . Army secured its best start to a season , at 3 - 1 , since beginning the 1996 season with a 9 - 0 record in a 35 - 21 win at Duke . The Black Knights got off to a 14 - 0 start after short TD runs by Brian Cobbs and quarterback Trent Steelman and never looked back . Cobbs would finish the game with 2 touchdown runs and Army would chalk up an impressive 248 yards rushing while th Black Knights took advantage of 5 Duke turnovers . Steelman would account for 62 of Army ' s rushing yards as well as throw for 85 including his first 2 TD passes of the season to go along with his rushing score . Conner Vernon was one of the few bright spots for the Blue Devils . Vernon had 8 catches for 129 yards and a TD catch . Although quarterback Sean Renfree threw for 261 yards and two scores he was hampered by 3 interceptions . Army was able to nearly double up Duke in the time - of - possession category with the Black Knights holding a 39 . 57 - 20 . 03 advantage for the contest . The win for the Black Knights ended a 7 - game losing streak against ACC opponents . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Temple . Playing without star tailback Bernard Pierce , Matt Brown picked up the slack and rushed for 226 yards on 28 carries and scored 4 touchdowns as Temple rallied to defeat Army 42 - 35 . Army had a 15 - point lead on the Owls through the midpoint in the 3rd quarter backed by three Trent Steelman touchdown runs and one TD pass . But Temple would score 29 straight points including 2 touchdown runs by Brown to pull away from the Black Knights . Steelman would end the game with 4 TD runs to go along with his 1 throwing score . He would rush for a total of 65 yars and throw for another 124 . Army ' s leading rusher for the game was Malcom Brown who carried for 71 yards . Temple would shred the Black Knights for 407 yards of total offense . Quarterback Chester Stewart would pass for 127 yards and 1 TD pass . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Tulane . Army won its third road game of the season in a 41 - 23 victory at the Louisiana Superdome against Tulane . The win gave the Black Knights their first season since 1967 in which the team won 3 away games in one year . Although only half way through the current season , the 41 point scoring outburst also was good enough to surpass Army ' s season point total from 2009 . Jared Hassin paced Army with 144 yards rusing and 2 TD runs . Quarterback Trent Steelman also rushed for 85 yards and a score while also throwing a touchdown pass to Davyd Brooks . Steelman only needed to attempt 5 passes all game as the Black Knights torched the Green Wave for 312 yards rushing . Tulane QB Ryan Griffin did throw for 211 yards on the day and three TD passes , however two of the scores came when the game was already out of reach . Casey Robottom led the Green Wave receiving corps with 6 grabs for 63 yards and a touchdown . Army once again won the turnover battle for the game , only losing 1 fumble while recovering 3 Tulane fumbles . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Rutgers . Army dominated the first half of the contest staking a 17 - 3 lead at halftime but Rutgers would score 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter en route to a 23 - 20 overtime win . The lead storyline of the game , however , would surround Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand , who was paralyzed from the neck down after making a tackle on kickoff return coverage in the 4th quarter of the contest . Rutgers quarterback , Chas Dodd , making his first career start for the Scarlet Knights led the comeback with 251 yards passing and two touchdown tosses . Army was paced by fullback Jared Hassin and quarterback Trent Steelman , both of whom , ran for over 100 yards and each scored a touchdown . Steelman also threw for 115 yards through the air . In the overtime session Dodd hit Keith Stroud on third - and - 6 to reach the 3 - yard line , setting up Joe Martinek ' s winning 1 - yard run two plays later . Army had driven down the field in their overtime possession but a broken play on a third - and - short led to a 1 - yard loss by Steelman forcing the field goal . Army dominated Rutgers in total yardage holding a 404 - 250 advantage . The Black Knights also sacked Dodd a total of eight times including three by Josh McNary . However , Army was uncharacteristically penalized eight times for 94 total yards . Rutgers was held to - 1 yards rushing for the game . The contest marked the first College Football game to be played at the New Meadowlands Stadium . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " No Scoring " Fourth quarter " " Overtime " VMI . Jared Hassin ran for a career high 158 yards and scored a touchdown as the Black Knights came within one victory of bowl eligibility with a 29 - 7 victory over VMI . Hassin also led Army in receiving for the game with 3 catches for 54 yards . The Black Knights defense held the Keydets to just one score and only 282 yards of total offense . They also scored their first points on defense this season as well as their first defensive touchdown . The first points by the defense came in the second quarter when the Keydets were called for a holding penalty in their own end zone giving the defense credit for a safety . Then with just under 9 minutes left in the game the Black Knights sealed the win with a Donovan Travis interception at the Army 21 , Travis then scrambled through traffic , and flipped a lateral to Jordan Trimble while falling to his knees . Trimble raced the final 42 yards , making it 29 - 7 . VMI quarterback Eric Kordenbrock threw for 139 yards and Chaz Jones ran for 72 along with scoring their only touchdown of the day . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Air Force . Air Force quarterback Tim Jefferson completed just 3 passes but they went for a combined 124 yards and 2 of them resulted in touchdowns as Air Force won their first Commander - in - Chief Trophy since 2002 . The Trophy was AFA ' s 17th outright one . Jefferson also rushed for 57 yards and two scores on the ground . Jonathan Warzeka caught both of Jefferson ' s TD passes and had 116 yards receiving after catching one pass for 53 yards and the other for 63 . Army ' s Jared Hassin led all rushers with 114 yards on 17 carries . Army quarterback Trent Steelman threw for 81 yards and a touchdown but also recorded his first interception of the season . Prior to the INT Army was the last remaining Football Bowl Subdivision team without an interception on the year . Alex Carlton was 3 for 3 in kicking field goals on the day . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Kent State . Army became bowl - eligible for the first time in 14 years with a solid 45 - 28 victory over Kent State . Quarterback Trent Steelman and slotback Brian Cobbs each rushed for two touchdowns as the Black Knights would put up six total rushing scores on the day against the Golden Flashes . Tyshon Goode led the Flashes with seven catches for 155 yards and a touchdown . Although Kent outgained Army by 410 yards to 382 yards on offense they were hampered by four turnovers . Army amassed 233 yards on the ground against Kent State , which came in leading the nation in rushing defense at 69 . 4 yards allowed a game . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Notre Dame . Notre Dame dominated Army 27 - 3 in the first ever football game played at the new Yankee Stadium . Army would jump out to a 3 - 0 lead on its first possession of the game but for the first time this season the Black Knights were held without an offensive touchdown . Irish freshman quarterback Tommy Rees led the offense with 214 yards passing and one TD pass in his second career start . Notre Dame kept the Army triple - option running game in check as the Black Knights rushed for a season - low 135 yards rushing as the Army offense went three - and - out on most possessions . With some extra bleachers in left and right fields , the sellout attendance of 54 , 251 set a record for the largest crowd for a sporting event at the two - year - old ballpark . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " Navy . Navy extended their winning streak over Army to nine straight with a 31 - 17 victory in Philadelphia . Ricky Dobbs paced the Midshipmen with 186 yards passing including 2 TD passes and 54 yards rushing . Two records would be broken in the storied rivalry as Dobbs would set the record for the longest touchdown pass in the series with a 77 yarder to John Howell in the first quarter . Wyatt Middleton of Navy would also set the record for the longest fumble return for a touchdown in the series with a 98 yard return in the second quarter . The fumble recovery by Middleton would turn out to be the turning point in the contest . With Navy leading 17 - 7 Army had a first - and - goal at the Navy three - yard line when quarterback Trent Steelman tried to rush the ball in for a touchdown to pull the Black Knights to within 3 points just before the half . Steelman was stood up at the one - yard line and the ball was knocked loose right into Middleton ' s hands , he scampered untouched for the 98 yard score in what would amount to a 14 point swing - the eventual difference in the game . Steelman paced the Army offense with 128 yards passing and two TD passes to Malcom Brown to go along with a team - high 74 yards rushing . Army would dominate the game from an offensive standpoint holding edges in , total yards , rushing yards , and time of possession . They would also hold a 4 - 2 edge on turnovers , but the fumble recovery and two big play TD passes by Dobbs would be too much to overcome . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter " SMU ( Armed Forces Bowl ) . Army picked up its first Bowl victory since 1985 and clinched its first winning season since 1996 with a 16 - 14 victory over SMU in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl . Army ' s defense was the story in the first half as the Black Knights scored a defensive touchdown on a Josh McNary fumble recovery and also picked off SMU quarterback Kyle Padron twice . The Mustangs fought back though and Padron threw two second half touchdowns to bring the contest down to one score . SMU missed a 47 - yard field goal attempt to take the lead with just a few minutes remaining in the contest , and Army was able to pick up two key first downs to close out the game . Jared Hassin led the Black Knights offense with 82 yards rushing , which pushed him just over the 1 , 000 yard mark for the season . Army quarterback Trent Steelman was just 2 of 7 passing for 30 yards and also only rushed for 27 yards . However , interestingly enough for the Black Knights , who ranked last in the nation in passing yards per game , it was a 22 - yard pass play from Steelman to Davyd Brooks that sealed the victory . SMU ' s offense was paced by Padron who threw for 302 yards to go along with his two TD throws . Tailback Zach Line rushed 17 times for 103 yards , while Darius Johnson led all receivers with 9 grabs for 152 yards and a touchdown . Army senior linebacker Stephen Anderson was named the Army player of the game after contributing 14 tackles , an interception and a sack . Scoring summary " First quarter " " Second quarter " " Third quarter " " Fourth quarter "