2009 Army Sprint Football Media Guide

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Table of Contents and Quick Facts ..................................... 3This is West Point ............................................................ 4-5Distinguished Graduates ................................................. 6-7Why West Point? ............................................................. 8-9The United States Military Academy .............................10-11Academy Leadership ........................................................ 12Athletics Director Kevin Anderson .................................... 13Coaches and Staff ....................................................... 14-152009 Outlook .................................................................... 16Team Roster ..................................................................... 17Senior Bios .................................................................. 18-232008 Results ................................................................ 24-33Collegiate Sprint Fottball League Information ................. 34

Location ........................................................ West Point, N.Y.Founded ........................................................March 16, 1802Enrollment ..................................................................... 4,400Superintendent ..................... Lt. Gen. Franklin L. HagenbeckAthletic Director .............................................Kevin AndersonNicknames ...........................................Black Knights, CadetsMascot ............................................................................ MuleMotto ................................................... “Duty, Honor, Country”Colors ...................................................Black, Gold and GrayConference ......................................................Patriot League

Head Coach ...........................................................Mark WestTeam Captains .............................. #5 Taylor Griffi n (Defense)..........................................#18 Sam Herbert (Special Teams)...................................................... #28 Ricky Lentz (Offense)Athletic Trainer ..................................................Dana PutnamHead Offi cer Representative ...............Lt. Col. Dan McCarthyAthletic Intern ........................................... 2nd Lt. Ben HargusStrength Coach ....................................................Pete AthansEquipment Manager .................................................Dick Hall2008 Record ....................................... 2-5 overall (1-3 CSFL)

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Sr. Assoc. AD/Athletic Communications .............Bob BerettaAssistant/Cross Country Contact ........................ Dallas MillerAthletic Communications Phone .................... (845) 938-3303Miller’s Direct Line ......................................... (845) 938-6996Miller’s E-Mail ...................................dallas.miller@usma.eduAthletic Communications FAX ....................... (845) 446-2556Army “A” Line ............................................. (845) 938-ARMY Offi cial Web site ............................. www.goARMYsports.com

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The 2009 Army Sprint Football Media Guide is an offi cial publication of the U.S. Military Academy Offi ce of Athletic Communications. The guide was designed, written and edited by Dallas Miller. Editing assistance was provided by the Offi ce of Athletic Communications. Photos courtesy of the USMA Department of Information Management Creative Imaging Center, Jon Malinowski and Mady Salvani.

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THE PREMIER LEADER DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION IN THE NATION

The United States Military Academy is renowned because of its historic and distinguished reputation as a military academy, and as a leading, progres-

sive institution of higher education. Made legendary in books and movies produced over the years, the Academy’s “Long Gray Line” of graduates in-

cludes some of our nation’s most famous and infl uential men: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower and Norman Schwarzkopf. Because of this superb education and leadership experience, West Point

graduates historically have been sought for high level civilian and military lead-ership positions. Their numbers include two U.S. presidents, several ambassa-dors, state governors, legislators, judges, cabinet members, educators, astro-

nauts and corporate executives. Today, West Point continues to provide hundreds of

young men and women the unique opportunity to develop physically, ethically and intellectually while building a foun-dation for an exciting, challenging and rewarding career as an Army offi cer in the service of our nation. Cadets have

much more responsibility in running the Academy than stu-dents in most other colleges or universities. It adds to the leadership experience.

Cadets succeed at West Point because of the sup-port they receive from the staff and faculty. After all, many faculty members are West Point graduates and understand the challenge cadets face on a daily ba-sis. They also serve as ideal role models, showing cadets what Army life is like. The U.S. Military Academy’s primary strength

is its ability to develop leaders of character who are committed to “Duty, Honor, Country” and selfl ess service to our nation.

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ROBERT E. LEE ’29 The Academy’s ninth Superintendent (1852-55), Lee was a model cadet during his four years at West Point. He graduated second in his class and never earned a single demerit during his four years at the Academy. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was se-lected to serve as Commanding Gen-eral of the Army, but instead resigned his commission and was named Gen-eral-In-Chief of the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant (USMA 1843), at Appomattox Court House, Va., ended the Civil War. Fort Lee, Va., was named in his honor.

ULYSSES S. GRANT ’43 Grant distinguished himself during the Civil War at the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863; his victory secured control of the Mississippi River for the Union. President Abe Lincoln later appointed him Commanding General of the Army in March 1864. On April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Va., Robert E. Lee (USMA 1829) surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to him, end-ing the Civil War. Grant later served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Today, his image graces the $50 bill.

GEORGE W. GOETHALS ’80 Goethals became an architect and was builder of the Panama Canal, 1904 TO 1914.

JOHN J. PERSHING ’86 Considered the second most senior offi cer in Army history, behind only George Washington, Pershing served as commander of the American Ex-peditionary Force during World War I. The two-million-plus troops of the AEF made a decisive contribution to the defeat of Imperial Germany. Pershing’s abilities as a leader distinguished him among European commanders, and through repeated successes on the battlefi eld, promoted American pres-tige around the world. He served as Army Chief of Staff in 1921, and was named General of the Armies of the United States upon his retirement in 1924.

DOUGLAS MacARTHUR ’03 After World War I, MacArthur re-turned to West Point to serve as the Academy’s 31st Superintendent from 1919 to 1922. During that time, he was responsible for the revitalization of the Academy. He was later promot-ed to General of the Army and served as Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacifi c Theater during World War II. During that time, he received the Medal of Honor for leading defense preparation and operations on the Philippine Islands. He later served as Supreme Allied Commander, Japan, and as commander, United Nations Command in the Far East. He was one of only fi ve offi cers to be promoted to General of the Army (fi ve stars).

GEORGE S. PATTON JR. ’09 “Old Blood and Guts,” Patton was one of the most colorful command-ers in the Army. During World War II the famed commander of the 2nd Armored Division and later the Third Army displayed courage and daring as prominently as the pair of ivory handled revolvers he wore. Patton ac-complished one of the most remark-able feats in military history in Decem-ber 1944, when he quickly turned the Third Army northward to reinforce the Allied southern fl ank against the Ger-man attack in the Battle of the Bulge. The General’s doctrine of aggressive employment of massive armor forces continue to prove themselves in com-bat arenas around the world.

OMAR N. BRADLEY ’15 During his career, Bradley earned a reputation as one of the best infantry commanders in World War II. He com-manded the 82nd Airborne and 28th Infantry Divisions before going on to command the 1st Army and the 12th Army Group. After the war he served as Army Chief of Staff from 1948 to 1949 and served as the fi rst Chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949 to 1953. He was the last Army offi cer to be promoted to General of the Army (fi ve stars), and the Bradley fi ghting vehicle is named in his honor.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ’15 During World War II, Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe from 1943 to 1944, during which he led the D-Day invasion of Europe. During that time, he was promoted to General of the Army (fi ve stars). After the war, he served as Army Chief of Staff from 1945 to 1948 and was named Presi-dent of Columbia University in 1948. He served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 and was one of only fi ve offi cers to be promoted to General of the Army (fi ve stars).

ALEXANDER M. HAIG JR. ’47 Haig served as Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1974 to 1979; President of United Technologies Corporation 1980 to 1981 and Secretary of State during the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1982.

FRANK BORMAN ’50 An astronaut from 1962 to 1970, Bor-man commanded the fi rst circumlunar fl ight of the earth. He later served as President of Eastern Airlines.

FIDEL V. RAMOS ’50 One of the Academy’s international cadets, Ramos served as a Philippine Army offi cer after graduation. He even-tually became the country’s military Chief of Staff and later Secretary of National Defense. He also served as President of the Republic of the Philip-pines from 1992 to 1998.

EDWIN E. ALDRIN ’51 An astronaut from 1963 to 1972, Aldrin participated in the fi rst manned lunar landing with Michael Collins (USMA ’52) and was the second man to walk on the moon.

EDWARD WHITE ’52 An astronaut from 1962 to 1967, White was the fi rst man to walk in space and was one of the three astro-nauts killed in the Apollo I disaster in 1967.

H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF ’56 As Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command from 1988 to 1991, Schwarzkopf’s command ul-timately responded to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait with the largest U.S. deploy-ment since the Vietnam War, includ-ing portions of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps as well as units from dozens of nations around the world. After retiring, Schwartzkopf received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

PETER M. DAWKINS ’59 Dawkins was Cadet Brigade Com-mander (First Captain of the U.S. Corps of Cadets) as a senior and became the third Heisman Trophy winner in Army football history. He later served as chairman and CEO of Primerica.

JAMES V. KIMSEY ’62 Kimsey was the founding chairman of America Online, and was named chairman emeritus in 1996. He found-ed the Kimsey Foundation in 1996.

MICHAEL W. KRZYZEWSKI ’69 Krzyzewski served as head basket-ball coach at West Point from 1974 to 1979 before assuming similar duties at Duke University. Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to three national championships and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Octo-ber 2001. He coached the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

RAYMOND T. ODIERNO ‘76 Odierno commanded the 4th Infantry Division during the fall of 2003 which, along with Special Forces units, cap-tured Saddam Hussein in December of that year. Odierno helped plan and coordinate the raid that netted Iraq’s fallen dictator.

ROBERT S. KIMBROUGH ’89 Kimbrough was named one of 11 new astronaut candidates by NASA in May 2004. Kimbrough ranks among Army Baseball’s career leaders in saves. A veteran of Desert Storm, he currently works for NASA in Houston as a fl ight simulation engineer and participated in a space shuttle mis-sion last fall.

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“I think if my dear mother were alive, she would tell you nothing comes close to graduating from West Point, even going to the moon.” - ASTRONAUT FRANK BORMAN

“The combination of an education at West Point and the experience of a career in the armed services will prepare you in a unique way for a rich diversity of fur-ther career and service in civilian life.” - HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER GLENN DAVIS

“I believe in the code ... ‘Duty, Honor, Country.’ I be-lieve in service to one’s country. The institution of the armed forces has thrived on its commitment to de-veloping excellence. It is meritocracy in action. Race, religion, wealth, background count not.” - PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH

“How great it must be, gosh how great it must be to be a member of this Corps. To know that camaraderie of discipline, of manners, of courtesy, of human sen-sibility, of one’s duty to his fellow man.” - JOURNALIST WALTER CRONKITE

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“My four years at West Point were wonderful. I loved every minute of it and particularly the last three years. I loved the history. I loved the tradition. I liked wearing the uniform. I felt like I belonged there. Every-thing was meaningful to me. There is no question in my mind the proudest day of my father’s life was the day I graduated from West Point. There is a picture of the two of us standing on ‘The Plain’ and he is just beaming.” - GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

“I was so proud to be on the verge of entering the only institution in American society at that time that was totally integrated, in which I would have the oppor-tunity to rise, based solely on performance and abil-ity. The nation always looks to West Point and always looks to each and every one of you to follow always the angels of your nature.” - GENERAL COLIN POWELL

“In every corner of America, the words ‘West Point’ command immediate respect. This place where the Hudson River bends is more than a fi ne institution of learning. The United States Military Academy is the guardian of values that have shaped the soldiers who have shaped the world.” - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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and physical education program. Each cadet participates at the intercollegiate, club or intramural level each semester. This read-ies the cadet for the physical demands of military life and helps teach good judgment and self-discipline, even while under mental and physical stress. Military development begins with the cadet’s fi rst day at West Point. Most military training takes place during the summer, with new cadets undergoing Cadet Basic Training, or Beast Barracks, their fi rst year, followed the second summer by Cadet Field Train-ing. Cadets spend their third and fourth summers serving in active Army units around the world; attending specialty training such as airborne, air assault or northern warfare or helping to train the fi rst- and second-year cadets. The Cadet Leader Development Sys-tem seeks to give the cadets increasing responsibility until they are ready to receive their commissions and assume their duties as leaders in today’s Army. Moral and ethical values guide cadets throughout their four years at West Point. Commitment to the Academy’s “Bedrock Val-ues,” based on integrity and respect for the dignity of others, be-gins on the fi rst day. Integrity is refl ected in the Cadet Honor Code which states: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” Respect denotes that cadets treat others with the same respect and dignity they themselves would expect. At West Point, it is not enough to train leaders—they must be leaders of character. Admission is keenly competitive and is open to young men and women from all states and territories and from every socio-economic level. Prospective cadets must receive a nomination by a member of Congress or from the Department of the Army. The Academy seeks candidates who possess records of success in academics, athletics and leadership indicative of well-rounded individuals. Although the life of a cadet is demanding, there remains an array of club activities rang-ing from golf, skiing, boxing, crew and orien-teering to such organizations as the cadet radio station, Habitat for Humanity and Big Brothers-Big Sisters. Additionally, the U.S. Corps of Cadets hosts a Special Olympics event each spring. Today’s Military Academy is a vast-ly different institution from the small academy legislated into being by Congress in 1802. Originally just 1,800 acres, the Academy has grown to more than 16,000 acres. The fi rst grad-uating class num-bered just two men; today’s classes graduate more than 900 new offi cers an-nually, both men and women, who are pre-pared for leadership roles within the Army. With the expansion of knowl-edge and the changing needs of the United States Army and the nation, life at West Point has changed to keep pace. Ever mindful of its rich heritage, the U.S. Military Academy is de-veloping leaders for tomorrow, and its focus remains the na-tional needs of the 21st century.

The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a com-missioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as an of-fi cer in the U.S. Army; and a lifetime of selfl ess service to the Na-tion. Founded on March 16, 1802, the Academy celebrated its Bicen-tennial in 2002. But West Point’s role in America’s history dates to the Revolutionary War, when both sides realized the strategic importance of the commanding plateau on the west bank of the Hudson River. Gen. George Washington considered West Point to be the most strategic position in America. He personally selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the heroes of Saratoga, to design the fortifi cations in 1778 after problems arose with French engi-neers originally placed in charge of the design. In 1779, General Washington transferred his headquarters to West Point. Continen-tal soldiers built forts, batteries and defensive barriers. A 100-ton iron chain was extended across the Hudson to control river traffi c. Today, several links from that chain are arranged at Trophy Point as a reminder of West Point’s original fortifi cations. In 1802 President Thomas Jefferson signed the legislation es-tablishing the U.S. Military Academy to create an institution devot-ed to the arts and sciences of warfare. This effectively eliminated America’s wartime reliance on foreign engineers and artillerists. West Point became the nation’s fi rst engineering school and served as the model for engineering programs which were eventu-ally established at other colleges. Col. Sylvanus Thayer, the “Father of the Military Academy,” served as Superintendent from 1817 through 1833. He upgraded academic standards, instilled military discipline and emphasized honorable conduct. Early graduates were largely responsible for the construction of the nation’s initial railway lines, bridges, har-bors, and roads. Although the curriculum maintains its focus on engineering, in recent decades the program of instruction has markedly changed, providing cadets a selection of more than 40 majors. This tradition of academic and military excellence, guided by a demanding standard of moral and ethical conduct, remains the cornerstone of the West Point experience. It is said at West Point that “much of the history we teach was made by those people we taught.” The Academy has produced fa-mous leaders throughout its illustrious past…Civil War Generals Grant, Sherman, Lee, and Jackson, to name but a few. In World War I, 34 of the 38 corps and division commanders were gradu-ates. World War II would see many graduates reach brigadier gen-eral or higher, to include Eisenhower, MacArthur, Bradley and Pat-ton. In more recent confl icts, MacArthur, Ridgway, Westmoreland, Abrams, Schwarzkopf and Abizaid were in command. Academy graduates have also excelled in air and space explora-tion, and countless others went on from military service to become leaders in medicine, law, business, religion and science. Since its founding, the Military Academy fulfi lls the same mis-sion as it always has . . . to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets. It accomplishes this mission by developing cadets in three essential areas: intellectual, physical and military. These develop-mental paths are balanced and fully integrated into the daily life of each young man and woman at the Academy. Intellectual growth is fostered through an academic curriculum that provides a broad liberal education in the arts and sciences. The electives program builds upon the foundation of the core, al-lowing cadets to develop even greater competence in selected areas. In addition, the fi elds-of-study and majors nurture the de-velopment of creativity, critical thinking, and self-directed learn-ing, essential characteristics of 21st century offi cers. The four-year academic experience leads to a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army. Physical development is achieved through a rigorous athletic

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Lt. Gen. Franklin L. Hagenbeck assumed duties as the 57th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy in June 2006. Hagenbeck was commissioned from West Point in 1971. He earned a master’s degree in Exercise Physiology and served as an assistant football coach at Florida State University. While assigned to the Academy’s Department of Physical Education, he earned a Master of Business Administration from Long Island University. His military education includes the Army War College, Army Command and General Staff College and the Infantry Offi cer Ad-vanced Course. Hagenbeck has commanded at every level from company through division, culminating as Com-manding General of the 10th Mountain Division. He has also served in the 25th Infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. Among his other assignments, Hagenbeck served as the Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, and in nu-merous staff positions. His Joint assignments include: Exchange Offi cer and Tactics Instructor to the Royal Australian In-fantry Center; Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Global and Multi-Lateral Issues and Western Hemisphere; Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J5); and Deputy Director for Current Operations, J33, Joint Staff. He served as Com-mander, Coalition Joint Task Force Mountain, Op-erations Enduring Freedom/Anaconda and Deputy Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force 180 in Afghanistan. Hagenbeck’s decorations include the Distin-guished Service Medal; Defense Superior Service Medal (oak leaf cluster); Legion of Merit (four oak leaf clusters); Bronze Star (oak leaf cluster); Meri-torious Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters); Army Commendation Medal (oak leaf cluster); Army Achievement Medal; Air Assault Badge; Master Parachutist Badge; Expert Infantryman Badge; Aus-tralian, British, and Honduran Airborne Wings; Joint Chiefs of Staff Identifi cation Badge and Army Staff Identifi cation Badge.

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BRIG. GEN.MICHAEL S. LINNINGTON

Brig. Gen. Michael S. Linnington took command of the United States Corps of Cadets as West Point’s 71st Commandant of Cadets in May 2008. Linnington was commissoned from the U.S. Mili-tary Academy in 1980 and earned a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute. His military education includes Infantry Of-fi cer Basic and Advanced Courses, U.S. Army Com-mand and General Staff College, and attendance at the National War College where he earned a mas-ter’s degree in National Security Strategy. Linnington is in his second stint at West Point, having been an instructor in the Department of Math Sciences and the Brigade S4, Battalion Exec-utive Offi cer. After serving as the Brigade Executive Offi cer in the 187th Infantry at Fort Campbell, Ky., he commanded the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry in the Republic of Korea, and remained in Korea, serving as the Operations Offi cer (G3) for the 2nd Infantry Division. In 2001, Linnington returned to the U.S., attend-ing the National War College, with a follow-on as-signment as Special Assistant to the Army Chief of Staff. In May 2002, he assumed command of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) in Kandahar, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. From June 2002 through June 2004, Lin-nington commanded AASLT, both in Operation En-during Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Linnington departed command for an assignment on the Joint Staff (J8), and then served as the Assis-tant Commandant/Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning, Ga. In his most recent assignment, Linnington served as Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff, Army. Linnington’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Valor, Bronze Star, Defense Meri-torious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Com-mendation Medal, Army Occupation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Commenda-tion, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infan-tryman’s Badge, Airborne and Air Assault wings, Ranger Tab, and Pathfi nders Badge. Linnington and his wife, Brenda, a 1981 West Point graduate, have a son, Michael, and a daugh-ter, Tracy.

DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD

BRIG. GEN.PATRICK FINNEGAN

In the summer of 2005, Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan was named Dean of the Academic Board at the United States Military Academy. Upon graduation from West Point in 1971, he was commissioned a second lieutenant, attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Univer-sity and earned a Master of Public Administration degree in 1973. As a cadet, he served as Chairman of the Honor Committee and head manager of the Army football team. Finnegan received his Juris Doctor from the Univer-sity of Virginia Law School in 1979. While attending law school, he was a member and editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Finnegan has served JAG Corps tours at Bad Kreuznach, Germany (1979-82); the Judge Advocate General’s School, Charlottesville, Va. (1983-87); Fort Bragg, N.C. (1988-93); MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. (1994-96); and Stuttgart, Germany (1996-98). He served as USMA Staff Judge Advocate from August 1998 until he was appointed as Professor and Head of the Department of Law in July 1999. Prior to his appointment as Dean, Finnegan also served as head offi cer representative for the Army football team. During his time at Fort Bragg, Finnegan was de-ployed to the Persian Gulf to participate in Opera-tions Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Finnegan’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal (oak leaf cluster), Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (two oak leaf clus-ters), Humanitarian Service Medal, Saudi Arabia/Kuwait Liberation Medal and Defense Meritorious Unit Award (oak leaf cluster). A member of the Virginia Bar and the Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society, Finnegan has also been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Finnegan and his wife, Joan, have two daughters: Katie Finnegan Rucker and Jenna Finnegan Bech-en; and four grandchildren.

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KEVIN ANDERSON

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THE ANDERSON FAMILY: KEVIN, MOIRA, CHAUNCEY, OLIVIA AND MICHAELA

Since Kevin Anderson was introduced as Army’s Director of Athletics on Dec. 13, 2004, West Point’s intercollegiate athletic program has enjoyed immense success both on and off the “fi elds of friendly strife.” Boasting more than two decades of leader-ship and experience, Anderson departed his post as executive associate athletic director at Oregon State University to accept the chal-lenge of re-invigorating Army’s proud athletic

program. The veteran administrator has played a large role in accomplishing that goal during his fi ve years along the banks of the Hudson. In that time, Army has sent 19 intercollegiate athletic teams to the NCAAs, captured its fi rst National Champion-ship in more than 50 years, witnessed the revitalization of its hockey and men’s basketball programs, and experienced unparalleled success in several others, such as baseball, women’s volleyball, women’s tennis and women’s basketball. A year ago, Army’s women’s soccer team became West Point’s ninth different intercollegiate program to advance to the NCAAs under Anderson’s watch, while the baseball team reached a regional fi nal for the fi rst time in school history. During the 2004-05 academic year, Anderson’s fi rst at West Point, Army’s ath-letic program won a National Championship in rifl e, sent a record seven teams to postseason appearances, defeated Navy in the year-long series for the fi rst time since 1978 and forged an overall winning percentage of .582. It marked Army’s fi nest overall performance in more than a decade. Seventeen of Army’s 25 intercollegiate teams carved records of .500 or bet-ter that year as the Black Knights put forth their highest year-long winning per-centage since a .604 effort in 1993-94. In addition, Army reclaimed the Patriot League’s Presidents’ Cup—signifying the league’s all-sports champion—for the fi rst time since 1997. Army sent its rifl e, gymnastics, baseball, la-crosse, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and golf squads to postseason play, surpassing the pre-vious standard of six teams in NCAA action. Six of Army’s eight spring teams won Patriot League titles that year. Army’s success opposite Navy snapped a 27-year drought in the all-sports rivalry, giving the Black Knights their fi rst series win over Navy since going 9-8-1 (.528) in 1977-78. The Black Knights used their 2004-05 success as a springboard to continued outstanding perfor-mances in 2005-06. Army’s fall and winter teams combined to forge back-to-back winning records for the fi rst time since 1993-94. Additionally, four Army teams earned NCAA Tour-nament appearances in 2005-06, highlighted by the women’s basketball team, which earned the Academy’s fi rst postseason berth at the Division I level. In 2006-07, Anderson presided over a re-surgence of Army’s men’s basketball and hockey programs, as well as the continued success of the Black Knights’ women’s basketball squad, which set a single season school record for victories at the Division I level. All three programs fl ourished again the following year with hockey earning its fi rst Atlantic Hockey Association regular-season crown and the men’s basketball squad advancing in the Patriot League postseason for the second straight year, a fi rst since 1995 and 1996. Additionally, a young Black Knights’ baseball team captured its third regular season Patriot League championship in fi ve years and Army’s women’s tennis team earned its fourth consecutive conference championship and ac-companying NCAA berth. Three Army teams traveled to the NCAAs last season, headlined by the wom-en’s soccer and baseball squads. The Black Knights’ baseball team gained na-tional attention by reaching the fi nals of the Austin Regional and nearly upsetting national top seed and NCAA runnerup Texas in a championship game. Off the fi eld, construction of the Foley Athletic Center, a spacious indoor prac-

tice facility for football, was completed in the winter of 2007. During Anderson’s time at West Point, Randall Hall, which houses offi ces, locker rooms and team rooms for men’s and women’s basketball, as well as luxury suites that overlook historic Michie Stadium, was also unveiled. Army’s fabled football home received additional state-of-the-art amenities last summer with the installation of a new FieldTurf playing surface and a sparkling 30-foot-by-50-foot scoreboard, com-plete with a 20-foot-by-50-foot high-defi nition video board. In the last year alone, Anderson led the search that resulted in the hiring of Rich Ellerson as Army’s 36th head football coach. He was also instrumental in negotiating a broadcast extension with CBS Sports to televise the Army-Navy foot-ball game to 2018, a new national television deal for Army’s football program, separate contracts with three different cities to serve as host for future Army-Navy games, and a landmark agreement with the New York Yankees that will result in Army’s football team playing six games over the next years at Yankee Stadium. As part of the deal, Army will battle Notre Dame next fall in the fi rst col-lege football game to be played at the Yankees’ majestic new home. Prior to his busy 2008-09 academic year, Anderson brokered major broadcast agreements for Army’s football program with ESPN and WABC Radio (770-AM), as well as aligning the Black Knights’ athletics teams with Nike, as part of a signifi cant apparel deal, and Learfi eld Sports Properties. The Army “A” Club has continued to fl ourish under Anderson’s leadership, establishing school records for annual giving during each of his four years at the Academy. During his time at Oregon State, Anderson directed the athletic department’s external operations, to include marketing and promotions, sports information, ticket operations and the Beaver Athletic Student Fund. He also oversaw Oregon State’s highly successful football, men’s basketball and baseball programs, lead-ing the search and recruitment for head football coach Mike Riley. Anderson, who ranks as the fi rst African-American to hold the position of direc-tor of athletics at West Point, was a member of an OSU management staff that balanced the athletic department’s budget for the fi rst time in nearly 15 years. Anderson took residence in Corvallis, Ore., in December 2002 after serving as executive associate athletic director for external affairs at the University of California. He joined the California staff in November 1997 as assistant athletic director for annual programs and was promoted to associate athletic director for development, tickets and the Bears’ baseball team in March 1999. At California, Anderson oversaw all fundraising matters involving capital giving and capital projects, as well as ticketing operations. He also functioned as the

primary major gift offi cer for the athletic depart-ment. Under his leadership, California raised more than $5 million annually, including a record num-ber of funds in fi scal years 2001 and 2002. An-derson also headed efforts to raise money for a renovation of California’s Memorial Football Sta-dium. Before accepting his position with the Golden Bears, Anderson served as area executive direc-tor of the YMCA of the East Bay from 1995 to 1997. He was director of annual giving with Stan-ford University’s athletic department from 1993 to 1995. While at Stanford, Anderson worked with the Stanford University Provost, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Anderson served as director of development, marketing and communications of the San Fran-cisco Education Fund (1990-93) and was North-ern California development director for the United Negro Fund (1989-90). He was also a manager with the Xerox Corporation from 1980 through 1989. Anderson graduated from San Francisco State University in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in po-litical science. He is also a 1981 graduate of the Xerox Corporation’s New Manager School and the Xerox Marketing School in 1986. He completed the executive management program at the Sports Management Institute in 1995. In addition to his duties at West Point, An-derson has served as chairman for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Division I-A Athletic Directors McClendon Minority Scholarship Steering Committee and is a member of the NCAA’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group. In September, he became

chairman of the Division I Men’s Basketball Issues Committee. Most recently, Anderson was elected Third Vice President of NACDA in June. Kevin and his wife, Moira, have four children: daughters, Olivia and Michaela; and sons, Kevin Jr. and Chauncey.

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MARK WEST

HEAD COACH

Lt. Col. Mark West enters his second season as the head coach of the sprint football team. West and his staff guid-ed the Black Knights to a 2-5 overall record in 2008. A 1991 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West starred for the sprint football squad as a cadet. He recently began his 18th year in the ac-tive duty Army as an Armor offi cer.

As a cadet, West was a three-year starter at quarterback for the light-weight football team and led the Black Knights to three league champion-ships. He served as team captain and was named the fi rst-ever Kays Award recipient as the most valuable player in the league. West was honored with the Colonel John A. Robenson Award in 1988 and 1990 as the Army lightweight football team’s most valuable player.

West has served in various duty assign-ments to include Germany; Fort Hood, Texas; Kuwait; Fort Knox, Ky.; and Sau-di Arabia. He assisted the sprint football team from 2001 to 2004 during a previ-ous assignment at West Point.

West and his wife Holly, who is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, have four children – sons Keegan and Kyle and daughters Lexi and Daisy. They re-side in Highland Falls, N.Y.

Sessa enters his second coacing stint with the Black Knights. He has previ-ously served as the Offensive Coordi-nator and interim head coach (2007). Sessa will also guide the Black Knights’ offensive line.

Sessa began his coaching career in 1989 as an assistant coach at Deer Park High School. He continued in the high school ranks at Monroe-Woodbury High School before joining the Army staff.

While coaching in the high school ranks, Sessa served 20 years with the NYPD before retiring. The Lindenhurst, N.Y. native now resides in Slate Hill, N.Y., with his wife Barbara and their son Joey.

JOE SESSA

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COORDINATOR

A veteran of the sprint football coach-ing staff, Rich Ward is in his 16th year with the program.

He previously served as a linebacker coach (1993-2004) and offensive coordinator (2005). Ward returned in 2007 and will serve as the defensive coordinator and coach the linebackers this season.

In 2006, he was the defensive coor-dinator for the Cornwall Central High School state fi nalist football team.

Ward is currently a physical education and health teacher in the Cornwall Central School District.

Ward and his wife, Kimberly, have a son, Jake.

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Year W L T Head Coach1957 5 0 1 Eric Tipton1958 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1959 5 1 0 Eric Tipton1960 5 1 0 Eric Tipton1961 5 1 0 Eric Tipton1962 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1963 2 3 0 Eric Tipton1964 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1965 5 1 0 Eric Tipton1966 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1967 4 2 0 Eric Tipton1968 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1969 4 2 0 Eric Tipton1970 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1971* 5 1 0 Eric Tipton1972 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1973 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1974 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1975 4 2 0 Eric Tipton1976 6 0 0 Eric Tipton1977 3 2 0 George Storck1978 3 2 0 George Storck1979* 4 1 0 George Storck1980 6 0 0 George Storck1981 4 1 0 Maj. Larry Henley1982 3 2 0 Maj. Bob Knapp1983 8 0 0 Maj. Bob Knapp1984 5 2 0 Tim Mingey1985 5 2 0 Tim Mingey1986% 5 2 0 Bob Thompson1987* 5 2 0 Bob Thompson1988 6 1 0 Bob Thompson1989& 5 0 1 Bob Thompson1990 6 0 0 Bob Thompson1991 5 0 1 Bob Thompson1992 4 3 0 Bob Thompson1993 5 2 0 Bob Thompson1994 6 0 0 Bob Thompson1995 6 1 0 Bob Thompson1996# 6 1 0 Bob Thompson1997 5 2 0 Bob Thompson1998$ 5 1 0 Gene McIntyre1999 5 1 0 Gene McIntyre2000 6 1 0 Gene McIntyre2001 5 1 0 Gene McIntyre2002 4 2 0 Gene McIntyre2003 5 1 0 Gene McIntyre2004 4 3 0 Gene McIntyre2005 4 3 0 Gene McIntyre2006 3 3 0 Gene McIntyre2007 2 5 0 Joe Sessa2008 2 5 0 Lt. Col. Mark WestTot. 254 66 3 .786 (52 seasons)

Championship Seasons (30) in bold* Shared league title with Navy% Shared league title with Navy and Cornell# Shared league title with Navy and Penn& Shared league title with Princeton$ Shared league title with Penn

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SUPPORT STAFF

2LT Ben HargusAthletic Intern/Off. Line Coach

Pete AthansStrength Coach

Lt. Col. Dan McCarthyOffi cer Rep.

Dallas MillerAth. Communications

Dana PutnamAthletic Trainer

Dick HallEquipment Mgr.

SPRINT FOOTBALL

YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS

ARMY ASSISTANT COACHES

Major Wilkison is starting his fi rst season with the sprint football team and will coach the receivers. He is a 1999 Graduate of West Point and Aviation Offi cer.

MAJ. BART WILKISON

Mason will coach the defensive backs. A former two time All-Ameri-can cornerback at Missouri Western State, he owns the school’s ca-reer interceptions record (16), and has played professional football with the XFL, AF2, and AIFA. He served as defensive coordinator for the New Mexico Wildcats after being sidelined by injury. Mason and his wife Chondra have two children: Sydney and Riley.

MITCH MASON

After serving as the wide receivers coach last year, Lt. Col. Frank Maresco returns as the running backs coach for his third season after serving previously as the wide receivers coach. A 1988 graduate of West Point, Maresco played on the sprint football team for four years.After serving on Active Duty, Maresco joined the United States Army Reserve and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel assigned to the Systems Department at West Point. Maresco worked in the private sector and returned to West Point in 2003 as a Information Technology Specialist with the Math Department. He resides with his wife, Rose.

LT. COL. FRANK MARESCO

LT. COL. (RET.) RICH WAGNER

Lt. Col. Richard Wagner is in his second stint with the team. A 1977 West Point graduate, he spent 21 years as an Army Combat Engi-neer offi cer and coached the sprint football defensive line in 1985. He is married to Julie and has fi ve children. One son is a 2008 USMA graduate and two sons are currently cadets (2011, 2012).

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ONE TEAM...DOMINATE

Some teams might lose focus when the ball takes a bad bounce, but not Army. In keeping a strong Army sprint football tradition, the Black Knights have rallied around their season motto “One Team ... Dominate.”

“Albeit the last couple of years have not gone the way we would have liked,” says second year fi eld boss Lt. Col. Mark West. “That doesn’t change our expectations, and it doesn’t change what we’re ultimately shooting for as a team and that’s to win the league cham-pionship and to beat Navy.”

West hopes to lead the sprint football back to its winning ways after a 2-5 season in 2008. A former sprint football quarterback who captained his teams to three consecutive league championships during his playing career, West knows the way to victory and has his team ready to add another title to Army’s already impressive collection. In its 52-year history, the sprint football program owns a sterling 254-66-3 overall record that includes 30 league champion-ships and 17 undefeated seasons.

“It’s important for a championship program to have leadership that continues to push the team each and every day to get better. I certainly expect that from our seniors and from my team captains,” says West.

West has selected a trio of se-niors to captain his squad moving forward: Ricky Lentz (Offense); Taylor Griffi n (Defense); and Sam Herbert (Special Teams). Run-ning back Lentz returns for his fi nal campaign after fi nishing last season as the team’s top threat in the ground game, while Grif-fi n made it diffi cult for opposing passers with a team-best three interceptions from his spot in the defensive backfi eld. Placekicker Sam Herbert has been tabbed as the special teams captain after leading the squad with a team-high 29 points on fi ve fi eld goals and 14 extra points.

OFFENSEAlthough the Black Knights will have to account for the loss of a prolifi c quarterback/receiver combo, reloading an offense that aver-aged nearly 300 yards of total offense per game is job one. Recent grads Abe Payne (947 yards passing, six TD), Bobby Miner (764 yards passing, four TD), and Collegiate Sprint Football League

MVP Geoffrey Phillips (797 yards re-ceiving, three TD) were a potent duo last fall, but with more emphasis on the ground game this time around, effective carries for Lentz should help move the chains. Second Team All-CSFL receiver Josh Scott hauled in three scoring passes and amassed 392 yards as a junior, and could step up again in his fi nal season. Paving the way for offensive success in the run and pass game is senior lineman Christopher Lauren, who garnered All-CSFL Honorable Mention recognition.

DEFENSE

“Our defense has been the mainstay as long as I’ve been involved with the pro-gram,” says West. “It’s extremely tough, and hard-hitting, and our style is to at-tack.” Army surrendered just 13.4 points per game to its opponents in 2008 and returns six All-League players and six of its top ten tacklers from a season ago, all but one of whom are front-seven defend-ers. Defensive lineman Thomas Malejko, Andrew Mellon, Matthew Talley, and Tyler Bambrick each collected All-League hon-ors and will hold up opposing blockers, while returning linebackers Abram Wa-then and Brian Girouard are free to make plays. Griffi n and Chris Carter return to the defensive backfi eld after combining for 58 tackles and four interceptions. Lineback-ers Robby Mandel and Eric Shirley also picked off passes for the Black Knights’ stop unit.

SCHEDULEThe Black Knights’ 2009 slate features seven games, including three home contests. After opening the season at home against Farleigh Dickinson, Army will hit the road for a pair of away con-tests at RPI (Sept. 20) and Princeton (Oct. 2), with the Princeton game marking the beginning of the fi ve-game Collegiate Football League schedule. Army will host Pennsylvania Oct. 9 before again traveling for back-to-back weeks. The Black Knights will battle Mansfi eld in the Allegiance Bowl in Saratoga, N.Y. Oct. 17, and will take the fi eld opposite Cornell Oct. 23. The kickoff for the season fi nale with Navy Oct. 30 is set for 7 p.m.

#5 Taylor Griffi n#5 Taylor Griffi n

#28 Ricky Lentz#28 Ricky Lentz

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No.Name Yr. Pos. Hometown/High School(Previous School)1 JP Cooper So. DB Papillion, Neb./ Papillion LaVista South3 Clayton Rife Jr. LB McHenry, Ill./Prairie Ridge4 Tim Meier Fr. QB Fairfax Station Va./ Robinson Secondary5 Taylor Griffi n Sr. DB Karnes City, Texas/Karnes City (USMAPS)6 Eric Shirley Jr. LB Baroda, Mich./Lakeshore7 Michael Dolan Jr. QB Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West (Georgia Military College) 8 Carlos Cook Jr. LB Corsicana, Texas/Corsicana 9 Glenn Rumph Sr. WR Goose Creek, S.C./Air Academy(USMAPS)10 Bryan Girouard Jr. LB Lemont, Ill./Marist12 Jeff Caraccio So. P Newtown,Pa./ Council Rock North13 Javier Sustaita Fr. QB Troy Texas/ Troy High School14 Edgard Lliso So. K/P Ft. Stewart, Ga. / Bradwell Institute15 Jake Simms Fr. WR Pleasant View, Tenn./Sycamore17 Matthew Linarelli So. QB Koppel, Pa./Our Lady of the Sacred Heart18 Samuel Herbert Sr. K/P Chandler Heights, Ariz./Basha19 Franklin Yu So. WR Fremont, Calif./Mission San Jose20 Virgil Smith Jr. DB Martinez, Calif./Alhambra21 Andrew Billisits So. DB West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East22 Joe Simon Jr. DB Tampa, Fla./Walter L. Sickles24 Bennett Holcomb So. DB Orlando, Fla./Edgewater26 Marquis Morris Fr. RB Decatur, Al./ Austin28 Ricky Lentz Sr. RB Concord, N.C./Mt.Pleasant29 Colton Foreman Fr. RB Ashville, Ohio/ Teays Valley30 Emerson Follett Jr. DB Lewistin, Idaho/Lewiston31 Robby Mandel Sr. LB St. Louis, Mo../MICDS33 Trevor Hanson Fr. DB Houston, Texas/Second Baptist35 Lucas Hornick Fr. DB Prince Frederick, Md./ Calvert36 Mario Turi Fr. RB Evansville Ind. / Central37 Jay Son Fr. DB Fullerton, Ca./ Troy 39 Mitch Daily Fr. WR Kokomo, Ind./ Northwestern 40 Eric Kanney Jr. DL Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake42 Jacob Risinger Fr. OL Morton Ill./ Morton 43 Mark Maley Fr. DB Lancaster, Ohio/ Lancaster44 Will Orr Fr. RB Rome, Ga./Darlington45 Robert Fiore So. RB Easton Conn. / Joel Barlow 48 Matt Otterstedt So. DB Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley49 Jack Conway Fr. OL Marton N.J./ Cherokee50 Michael Wilke -- -- --

No.Name Yr. Pos. Hometown/High School(Previous School)51 Weston Boose So. OL Norwalk, Ohio/Norwalk St. Paul52 Brendon Mahoney So. DB Malvern, Pa./Conestoga54 Rob Reckner Fr. LB Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles55 Matt Hall Fr. LB Ely / Ey Memorial 56 Jacob Dellinger So. OL Cherryville, N.C./Cherryville57 Matthew Talley Sr. LB South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph’s58 Jacob Elphee Fr. LB Marshall, Va./Fauquier 60 Noah Currie Fr. DL Attica Ind./Attica61 Drexel Martin Fr. LB Huntsvile, Al./ Randolph School62 Brendan Hickey So. OL Abrams, Wis./Oconto Falls63 Jason Steimel So. OL Suttons Bay, Mich./Suttons Bay64 Kyle Kilroy Fr. LB Mission Hills, Calif./Bishop Alemany65 Matthew Rohe Sr. OL Centerville, Ind./Centerville(USMAPS)66 Abram Wathen Jr. LB Mooresville, Ind./Mooresville67 Peter Rome Sr. OL Fayetteville, N.C./Westover68 Caleb Magnuson Fr. LB Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township69 Nick Wright Fr. LB --70 Tejay Espe So. DL Stanwood, Wash./Stanwood71 Luke Proctor Fr. OL Birmingham, Ala./ Briarwood Christian72 Samuel Calvert Jr. OL Wichita, Kan./Maize73 Chris Lauren Sr. OL Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway74 Thomas Dickson Fr. OL Swedesbor N.J. / Kingsway Regina 75 Michael Watson Sr. OL Escondido, Calif./California Luthern76 Nathan Markette So. OL Albany, Ga./ Deerfi eld Windsor77 Josh Clevenger Fr. DL Sleepy Eye, Minn./Sleepy Eye79 Christian Beckler Fr. OL Burbank, Calif./San Marino80 James McCarthy Jr. OL Richardson, Texas/L.V. Berkner82 Steve Hagy Fr. WR Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake83 Thomas Malejko Sr. DL Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown84 Cody Nyp Fr. WR Stanton, Mich. / Central Montcalm85 John Herina Fr. WR Woodstock, Ga./ The Walker School86 David Hamski Fr. DL Brecksville / Brecksville-Broadview Heights 87 Joshua Scott Jr. WR Irvington, N.Y./Irvington88 Andrew Mellon Sr. DL Freeland, Md./Hereford89 Ben Johnson So. WR West Point, N.Y./ O’Neill H.S.90 Toby Acosta Jr. DL El Paso, Texas/Capt. John L. Chapin91 Tyler Bambrick Jr. DL Houston, Texas/Second Baptist93 Edward Timmins Fr. DL Alpine, Ariz. / Round Valley95 Aaron Trobee Jr. DL Kingwood/Kingwood


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#18 Sam HerbertKicker

Chandler Hts., Ariz.

#5 Taylor Griffi nSafety

Karnes City, TexasBefore West Point: Two-year letter winner in football as a quar-terback and safety at Karnes City High School … Earned First Team All-District honors as a defensive back and quarterback… Team captain and MVP … four-year letter winner in baseball … First-Team All-District catcher… Holds three letters for golf and was a state quarter fi nalist … two-year track letter winner… cen-ter fi elder for the USMAPS baseball team as well as safety for the football team … Vice-President of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Taylor Anthony Griffi n… son of Edward and Cathie Griffi n… 2005 graduate of Karnes City High School… Texas na-tive who enjoys the outdoors as well as hunting and fi shing on his ranch in Texas… Management major with a civil engineering track… Plans on branching Infantry.

Before West Point: Lettered two years as a Kicker at Basha High School…also played three years of varsity soccer while at Basha... three-time team captain on the soccer team…National Youth Referee of the Year for Soccer in 2006…Student Council President for three years…served as Student Chair of the Na-tional Association of Student Councils from 2005-06.

Personal: Samuel Clarke Herbert… son of John and Beth Her-bert … serving as Regimental Command Sergeant Major for 1st Regiment …. enjoys spending time with family … two older brothers, two older sisters, one younger sister … plays golf and ping-pong in free time … Systems Management Major…plans to branch Engineers.


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#73 Chris LaurenOffensive LineCharlotte, N.C.

#28 Ricky LentzRunning BackConcord, N.C.

Before West Point: Two-year letter winner in football as a defen-sive end at Piscataway High School in Piscataway, N.J. … foot-ball team won three consecutive state championships… two-year letter winner in track… also won a letter for Swimming… attended Rutgers University for one year before being accepted to the U.S. Military Academy.

Personal: Christopher William Lauren... son of Timothy and Sally Lauren… Born in Brazil…Enjoys boating, swimming and watch-ing the Yankees.

Before West Point: Three-year letter winner in football as a run-ning back and defensive back at Mount Pleasant High School in Mount Pleasant, N.C. … First Team All-Conference Player… four-year letter winner in wrestling…. First Team All-County Wrestler with two Regional Tournament qualifi cations, one State Tourna-ment qualifi cation and over one hundred career wins... two-year track letter winner... also a member of the National Honor Society and the National Beta Club.

Personal: Ricky Antonio Lentz…Son of Chris and Lori Lentz… enjoys basketball, wakeboarding, snowboarding, golf, reading, movies, music and hanging out with friends.



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#31 Rob MandelSafety

St. Louis, Mo.

#83 Thomas MalejkoDefensive Tackle

Allamuchy, N.J.Before West Point: Lettered two years as a middle linebacker and tight end at Hackettstown High School … also played three years of varsity baseball while at Hackettstown.

Personal: Thomas Parker Malejko… son of Greg and Eileen Malejko… is a member of his Church group and the Civil Engi-neering Club … Serving as Regimental Command Sergeant Ma-jor for 2nd Regiment… Enjoys fi shing, skiing, hiking, and spend-ing time with friends and family.

Before West Point: Three-year letter winner as a linebacker at MICDS high school in St. Louis, Miss … elected as a team cap-tain his senior year … also lettered two years in wrestling and three years in baseball.

Personal: Robert Paul Mandel… son of Alan and Annette Man-del… loves golf, skiing, and the outdoors.



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#65 Matt RoheOffensive Line

Centerville, Ind.

#88 Andrew MellonDefensive Tackle

Freeland, Md.Before West Point: Two-year varsity letter winner in football as a defensive end/offensive guard at Hereford High in Monkton, Md. … also lettered one year in indoor track, three years in outdoor track, and one year in wrestling at Hereford.

Personal: Andrew David Mellon… son of Col. Stuart and Karen Mellon… Ski Club offi cer…Enjoys skiing, playing guitar, and mu-sic.

Before West Point: Four-year varsity letter winner in wrestling… three-year varsity letter winner in football as a linebacker… three year letter winner in baseball from Centerville-Abington High School in Centerville, Ind. … wrestled while at USMAPS from 2005-2006.

Personal: Matthew Thomas Rohe… son of Tom and Susan Rohe… enjoys skiing, hiking, disc golf, biking, being outdoors, racquetball, and hanging out with friends.



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#9 Glenn RumphWide Receiver

Goose Creek, S.C.

#67 Peter RomeOffensive Line

Fayettville, N.C.

Before West Point: Three-year letter winner in football as a cor-nerback … two- year letter winner as a wide receiver at Prattville High, Air Academy High, and Omaha South High… also played safety at USMAPS.

Personal: Glenn Scott Rumph... Son of Scott and Kaydee Rumph… enjoys anything outside … snowboarding, wakeboard-ing, and hunting … loves riding his motorcycles and working on cars and trucks.

Before West Point: Three-year letter winner in football as a cen-ter at Westover High in Fayetteville, N.C. … member of Westover team that won second playoff game in school history… also let-tered one year as a thrower on the track team.

Personal: Peter Jose Rome… Son of First Sergeant (Ret.) Calvin and Christy Rome… enjoys basketball and reading… majoring in Art, Philosophy, and Literature.



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#57 Matthew TalleyDefensive End

South Bend, Ind.Before West Point: Three-year football letter winner as a line-backer … four-year letter winner in wrestling at St. Joseph High School in South Bend, Ind. … served as team captain for football and wrestling teams as a senior … received Academic All-State accolades for both sports … active member of Boy Scouts and Eagle Scout recipient.

Personal: Matthew Aaron Talley … son of Jeffrey and Linda Talley … member of West Point Knights of Columbus and Ski Clubs... enjoys spending time with his two older brothers, one younger sister, and friends … also enjoys attending Notre Dame football and basketball games, snow skiing, and running with his Yellow Labrador, Baxter ... majoring in Civil Engineering Management … plans on branching Engineers.

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TEAM STATISTICS ARMY OPPSCORING 125 94 Points Per Game 17.9 13.4FIRST DOWNS 113 84 Rushing 35 29 Passing 69 44 Penalty 9 11RUSHING YARDAGE 320 546 Yards gained rushing 623 765 Yards lost rushing 303 219 Rushing Attempts 206 240 Average Per Rush 1.6 2.3 Average Per Game 45.7 78.0 TDs Rushing 4 3PASSING YARDAGE 1747 1080 Comp-Att-Int 167-305-14 102-212-10 Average Per Pass 5.7 5.1 Average Per Catch 10.5 10.6 Average Per Game 249.6 154.3 TDs Passing 11 10TOTAL OFFENSE 2067 1626 Total Plays 511 452 Average Per Play 4.0 3.6 Average Per Game 295.3 232.3KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 21-365 26-389PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 23-215 17-70INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-138 14-146KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.4 15.0PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.3 4.1INT RETURN AVERAGE 13.8 10.4FUMBLES-LOST 14-8 7-6PENALTIES-Yards 30-264 45-359 Average Per Game 37.7 51.3PUNTS-Yards 45-1599 55-1963 Average Per Punt 35.5 35.7 Net punt average 32.2 31.4TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:18 31:423RD-DOWN Conversions 37/119 27/107 3rd-Down Pct 31% 25%4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/23 6/18 4th-Down Pct 48% 33%SACKS BY-Yards 16-96 20-150MISC YARDS 5 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 16 13FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-8 2-6ON-SIDE KICKS 1-1 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES 11-19 58% 11-22 50%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 7-19 37% 10-22 45%PAT-ATTEMPTS 14-16 88% 8-11 73%ATTENDANCE 1129 1420 Games/Avg Per Game 3/376 4/355

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalArmy 33 24 14 54 125Opponents 0 42 43 9 94

2008 INDIVDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GLentz,Ricky 7 83 296 27 269 3.2 3 33 38.4Phillips,Geoff 7 11 56 18 38 3.5 0 18 5.4Bokaie,Antonio 2 8 31 1 30 3.8 0 9 15.0Payne,Abe 7 51 142 113 29 0.6 0 11 4.1Dornbush,Devin 4 14 34 10 24 1.7 1 9 6.0Rumph,Glenn 5 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 1.6Dolan,Michael 2 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 2.5Caraccio,Jeff 5 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.6Economy,Jacob 4 5 4 4 0 0.0 0 3 0.0Team 6 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2Hansen,Dewy 7 3 9 11 -2 -0.7 0 9 -0.3Miner,Bobby 7 27 35 118 -83 -3.1 0 8 -11.9Total.......... 7 206 623 303 320 1.6 4 33 45.7Opponents...... 7 240 765 219 546 2.3 3 47 78.0

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GPayne,Abe 7 112.64 92-161-5 57.1 947 6 90 135.3Miner,Bobby 7 97.30 71-134-9 53.0 764 4 65 109.1Economy,Jacob 4 172.07 4-6-0 66.7 36 1 21 9.0Phillips,Geoff 7 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Team 6 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total.......... 7 105.59 167-305-14 54.8 1747 11 90 249.6Opponents...... 7 97.04 102-212-10 48.1 1080 10 71 154.3

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GPhillips,Geoff 7 49 797 16.3 3 90 113.9Scott,Joshua 7 30 392 13.1 3 41 56.0Lentz,Ricky 7 26 126 4.8 0 24 18.0Clark,Tim 7 17 116 6.8 2 26 16.6Hansen,Dewy 7 17 100 5.9 0 29 14.3Toffl er,Pat 4 9 49 5.4 0 12 12.2Rumph,Glenn 5 6 63 10.5 1 30 12.6Gomez,Thomas 4 5 30 6.0 0 7 7.5Mccarthy,James 4 4 42 10.5 1 24 10.5Miner,Bobby 7 1 21 21.0 1 21 3.0Dornbush,Devin 4 1 9 9.0 0 9 2.2Yu,Franklin 2 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.5Bloom,Zachary 2 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.5Total.......... 7 167 1747 10.5 11 90 249.6Opponents...... 7 102 1080 10.6 10 71 154.3

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongPhillips,Geoff 12 182 15.2 1 48Hansen,Dewy 8 31 3.9 0 25Mccarthy,James 3 2 0.7 0 7Total.......... 23 215 9.3 1 48Opponents...... 17 70 4.1 0 18

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongPhillips,Geoff 13 245 18.8 0 29Lentz,Ricky 4 64 16.0 0 30Holcomb,Bennett 2 38 19.0 0 20Hansen,Dewy 1 18 18.0 0 18Mandel,Robby 1 0 0.0 0 0Total.......... 21 365 17.4 0 30Opponents...... 26 389 15.0 0 49

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongGirouard,Bryan 1 15 15.0 0 15Total.......... 1 15 15.0 0 15Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

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GAME ONE: Army @ Farleigh Dickinson, Sept. 14, 2008

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreArmy 10 7 0 10 27 Record: (1-0)FDU-Florham 0 0 7 0 7

Scoring Summary:1st 08:34 A 22 yd field goal, 14-61 6:26 04:24 A 1 yd pass, 7-40 2:362nd 06:26 A 30 yd pass, 9-67 2:313rd 11:12 F 19 yd pass, 10-50 3:344th 14:09 A 36 yd field goal, 13-62 5:01 09:24 A 65 yd pass, 1-65 0:35

ARMY FDUFIRST DOWNS 23 15RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 27-66 19-106PASSING YDS (NET) 401 145Passes Att-Comp-Int 51-34-3 43-17-3TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 78-467 62-251Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 6-49 1-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-43 5-54Interception Returns-Yards 3-65 3-44Punts (Number-Avg) 1-45.0 6-40.3Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0Penalties-Yards 4-33 9-60Possession Time 31:19 28:41Third-Down Conversions 7 of 17 4 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 4 of 4 1 of 4Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: Army-Payne,Abe 11-47; Lentz,Ricky 6-16; Phillips,Geoff 1-9;Dolan,Michael 1-5; Dornbush,Devin 2-3; Team 1-minus 1; Miner,Bobby 5-minus 13. FDU-Florham-Team 19-106.

PASSING: Army-Miner,Bobby 17-28-2-264; Payne,Abe 17-23-1-137. FDU-Florham-Team 17-43-3-145.

RECEIVING: Army-Lentz,Ricky 10-74; Phillips,Geoff 7-152; Scott,Joshua 6-64;Clark,Tim 4-28; Hansen,Dewy 2-36; Rumph,Glenn 2-34; Toffler,Pat 2-12;Yu,Franklin 1-1. FDU-Florham-Team 17-145.

INTERCEPTIONS: Army-Girouard,Bryan 1-27; Griffin,Taylor 1-20; Bambrick,Tyler1-18. FDU-Florham-Team 3-44.

FUMBLES: Army-Miner,Bobby 2-0; Lentz,Ricky 1-1; Dolan,Michael 1-1.FDU-Florham-None.

SACKS (UA-A): Army-None. FDU-Florham-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): Army-Manzano,A. 4-6; Griffin,Taylor 4-2; Bott,Tyler 3-3;Girouard,Bryan 2-4; Hargus,Ben 0-5; Mellon,Andrew 1-2; Rife,Clayton 0-3; Team2-0; Simon,Joe 2-0; Bambrick,Tyler 2-0; Jacobs,Brian 1-1; Acosta,Toby 0-2;Wathen,Abram 0-2; Zeller,Daniel 1-0; Lemoine,Ryan 1-0; Gomez,Thomas 1-0;Dornbush,Devin 1-0; Clark,Tim 1-0; Carter,Chris 0-1; Kanney,Eric 0-1.FDU-Florham-Team 58-4.

Stadium: Robert T. Shields Attendance: 253Kickoff time: 2 p.m. End of Game: 4:46 Total elapsed time: 2:46 Officials: Referee: Don King; Umpire: Bryan Gross; Linesman: Matt Murhpy; Line judge: Jonathan Perry; Back judge: Scott Wolpert; Field judge: Mike Peel; Side judge: Mike Wolcott; Scorer: Mark Brumbaugh; Temperature: 88; Wind: 11 SW Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sprint Football Opens Season With 27-7 WinWEST POINT, N.Y. - A dominant defense along with a combined three touchdown passes and 401 passing yards from senior quarterbacks Abe Payne and Bobby Miner led Army sprint football to a 27-7 season-opening victory over the FDU-Florham JV team on Sunday afternoon in Madison, N.J.

The convincing win was capped by a 65-yard touchdown play as senior wide receiver Geoffrey Phillips was able to haul in a pass from Miner and outrun the FDU-Florham defense. Miner's first touchdown pass was also a long one, as junior wide receiver Glenn Rumph hauled in a 30-yard pass on fourth down to give the Black Knights a 17-0 lead going into halftime.

The Black Knights held the lead for the entire game, taking a 467-251 ad-vantage in offensive yardage. Payne started at quarterback and finished the day completing 17 of 23 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown. Miner saw an equal amount of action at quarterback, completing 17of 28 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns. Payne was able to keep the offense moving on the ground too, leading the team with 54 rushing yards.

Phillips and junior running back Ricky Lentz caught half of the team's total receptions. Phillips finished the day with seven receptions for 152 yards and a touchdown while Lentz caught 10 passes for 74 yards.

Sophomore wide receiver Tim Clark hauled in the first touchdown pass of the day from Payne with 4:24 remaining in the first quarter, giving the Black Knights a 10-0 lead. Junior kicker Samuel Herbert converted 2-of-3 field goal attempts, opening the scoring with a 22-yard field goal on the team's first drive and kicking a 36-yarder early in the fourth quarter.

Herbert's field goal was the first scoring play for Army in the second half, as they were held scoreless in the third quarter.

Turnovers plagued both teams. The Black Knights suffered five turnovers as Miner was picked off twice and Payne once, in addition to two lost fum-bles. The Army defense was able to get the ball back though by collect-ing three interceptions themselves. Junior defensive back Taylor Griffin, sophomore linebacker Bryan Girouard and sophomore defensive lineman Tyler Bambrick all ended FDU-Florham drives with key interceptions.

Defensive captain Antonio Manzano led the defense with seven tackles.

The opening win gave Lt. Col. Mark West his first win as head coach.

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GAME TWO: Army @ Wagner, Sept. 21, 2008

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreArmy 0 3 0 7 10 Record: (1-1)Wagner 0 7 7 3 17

Scoring Summary:2nd 12:15 A 37 yd field goal, 8-22 2:00 01:56 W 43 yd pass (kick), 6-65 1:103rd 09:59 W 71 yd pass (kick), 6-86 3:244th 04:35 W 25 yd field goal, 11-37 7:18 02:35 A 21 yd pass, 5-65 1:50

ARMY WAGNERFIRST DOWNS 16 12RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-12 35-51PASSING YDS (NET) 204 264Passes Att-Comp-Int 52-27-1 34-18-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 77-216 69-315Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-4Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-59 3-49Interception Returns-Yards 1-20 1-18Punts (Number-Avg) 7-33.1 7-34.1Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 2-15 5-42Possession Time 27:52 32:08Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 6 of 19Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 3 of 4Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 1-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-25 5-44

RUSHING: Army-Lentz,Ricky 9-24; Payne,Abe 9-minus 3; Miner,Bobby 7-minus 9.Wagner-TEAM 35-51.

PASSING: Army-Miner,Bobby 16-32-1-149; Payne,Abe 10-19-0-34; Economy,Jacob1-1-0-21. Wagner-TEAM 18-34-1-264.

RECEIVING: Army-Lentz,Ricky 7-30; Phillips,Geoff 6-43; Scott,Joshua 4-89;Clark,Tim 4-14; Hansen,Dewy 3-5; Toffler,Pat 2-2; Miner,Bobby 1-21. Wagner-TEAM18-264.

INTERCEPTIONS: Army-Carter,Chris 1-20. Wagner-TEAM 1-18.

FUMBLES: Army-Payne,Abe 1-1. Wagner-None.

SACKS (UA-A): Army-Lemoine,Ryan 0-1; Bambrick,Tyler 1-0; Talley,Matthew 0-1;Bott,Tyler 1-0. Wagner-TEAM 5-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Army-Girouard,Bryan 2-8; Talley,Matthew 3-6; Mellon,Andrew 1-7;Griffin,Taylor 3-4; Wathen,Abram 2-5; Bambrick,Tyler 2-3; Bott,Tyler 2-3;Lemoine,Ryan 2-3; Manzano,A. 0-4; Billists,Andy 0-3; Drake,Nate 0-2;Malejko,Thomas 0-2; Carter,Chris 0-2; Miller,Josh 0-2; Shirley,Eric 1-0;Mandel,Robby 0-1; Hargus,Ben 0-1; Holcomb,Bennett 0-1; Miner,Bobby 0-1;Kanney,Eric 0-1; Lentz,Ricky 0-1; Simon,Joe 0-1; Haner,Chester 0-1. Wagner-TEAM49-3.

Stadium: Wagner Football Attendance: 110Kickoff time: 3:30 pm End of Game: 6:20 pm Total elapsed time: 2:50 Officials: Referee: R. Lickfield; Umpire: Bryan Gross; Linesman: Robert Friedman; Line judge: Edward Aiken; Back judge: Geoff Guadagno; Field judge: Steve Gozur; Side judge: S. Piccirillo; Scorer: Mark Brumbaugh; Temperature: 79; Wind: 4 SE Weather: Sunny

Sprint Football Falls to WagnerSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Big touchdown plays from Wagner proved to be costly as Army sprint football fell was defeated 10-17 on Sunday after-noon in Staten Island, N.Y.

A late rally came up short for the Black Knights. Army was down 17-3, but closed the margin to 17-10 on a touchdown pass with 2:53 remaining. Army failed to recover the onside kick though, and Wagner was able to run out the clock.

The Black Knights looked strong early and were poised to take a 3-0 lead into halftime, but Wagner scored on a 44-yard touchdown play to take a 7-3 lead. Wagner struck again at the start of the third quarter to take a 14-3 lead by connecting on a 71-yard touchdown play.

Army was held to 216 yards on offense. On defense, Matthew Talley and Bryan Girouard led the team with six tackles each. Senior defensive back Chris Carter picked up a key interception in the first half when Wagner was threatening in Army territory.



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GAME THREE: Army vs. Navy, Sept. 28, 2008

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreNAVY 0 7 7 0 14 Record: (3-0)Army 0 0 0 7 7 Record: (1-2)

Scoring Summary:2nd 11:12 N 15 yd pass, 6-40 2:183rd 07:13 N 14 yd pass, 7-41 3:414th 11:11 A 35 yd pass, 3-34 1:20

NAVY ARMYFIRST DOWNS 11 13RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-72 25--22PASSING YDS (NET) 155 241Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-11-1 54-30-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-227 79-219Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 4-30 4-20Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-49 3-34Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-27Punts (Number-Avg) 9-33.8 10-37.5Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1Penalties-Yards 7-65 4-55Possession Time 31:13 28:47Third-Down Conversions 4 of 16 5 of 19Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 1 of 4Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 0-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 7-55 4-18

RUSHING: NAVY-Harris, Enrique 7-41; Stewart, Nate 19-23; Meidus, Alfonso 3-12;Green, D.J. 7-3; TEAM 1-minus 2; Melonas, Macedo 1-minus 2; DeWitt, Jon 2-minus 3. Army-Lentz,Ricky 11-29; Phillips,Geoff 1-7; Economy,Jacob 1-0; Hansen,Dewy 3-minus 2; Payne,Abe 4-minus 10; Miner,Bobby 5-minus 46.

PASSING: NAVY-Green, D.J. 11-25-1-155; DeWitt, Jon 0-0-0-0. Army-Miner,Bobby18-32-1-185; Payne,Abe 12-21-0-56; Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: NAVY-Bettinelli, Gae 2-27; Motoyama, Karl 2-24; Catrini, JoJo 2-19;Tellson, Tommy 2-8; Harris, Enrique 1-60; Bagby, Nash 1-13; Melonas, Macedo 1-4. Army-Phillips,Geoff 11-120; Hansen,Dewy 6-25; Toffler,Pat 4-23; Lentz,Ricky3-11; Scott,Joshua 2-52; Rumph,Glenn 2-4; Clark,Tim 1-5; Bloom,Zachary 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: NAVY-Nolan, Mike 1-0. Army-Girouard,Bryan 1-27.

FUMBLES: NAVY-Green, D.J. 1-1. Army-Lentz,Ricky 1-1; Phillips,Geoff 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): NAVY-Hayhurst, Kyle 2-1; Nabozna, Justin 2-0; Smith, Brian 1-1;Middleton, K.C. 0-1; Nolan, Mike 0-1. Army-Girouard,Bryan 2-0; Drake,Nate 1-0;Simon,Joe 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): NAVY-Nolan, Mike 6-4; Nabozna, Justin 4-5; Combellick, Chr 4-4; Hawkins, Tyler 4-4; Smith, Brian 4-3; Hayhurst, Kyle 3-3; Wright, Andrew 3-2;Stone, Zzmarr 2-2; Brigham, Bryce 2-2; Tate, Jarred 2-2; Campbell, James 1-1;Cecil, Drew 1-0; Harbaugh, Jerem 1-0; Persinger, Emer 0-1; Erickson, Brad 0-1;Middleton, K.C. 0-1; Hayes, Tom 0-1. Army-Girouard,Bryan 9-6; Drake,Nate 8-2;Bott,Tyler 3-2; Hargus,Ben 2-3; Carter,Chris 2-3; Mellon,Andrew 2-1; Griffin,Taylor 2-1; Bambrick,Tyler 1-2; Simon,Joe 1-2; Manzano,A. 2-0; Shirley,Eric 2-0; Lemoine,Ryan 1-1; Wathen,Abram 0-2; Billists,Andy 1-0; Malejko,Thomas 1-0; Acosta,Toby 1-0; Stewart,Matthew 0-1; Dolan,Michael 0-1; Smith,Virgil 0-1.

Stadium: Shea Stadium Attendance: 721Kickoff time: 1:00 End of Game: 3:33 Total elapsed time: 2:33 Officials: Referee: Jim Winterberg; Umpire: Fred Yawger; Linesman: AnthonySolimine; Line judge: John Wilson; Back judge: Mike DeBerdine; Field judge: Bill Surdovell; Side judge: Eric Cantell; Scorer: Mark Brumbaugh; Temperature: 73; Wind: 4 NE Weather: Rain

Navy Hangs on for Win over Army Sprint FootballWEST POINT, N.Y - A 35-yard touchdown reception by sophomore wide receiver Joshua Scott sparked a fourth quarter comeback attempt, but Army failed to convert in Navy territory as they dropped their home open-er to the Midshipmen, 14-7 on Sunday afternoon at Shea Stadium. The Black Knights fell to 1-2 this season while Navy improved to 3-0.

Army started at their own 28-yardline with 1:45 remaining in the game and drove into Navy territory with the help of a 17-yard reception by Scott and a tough 14-yard reception over the middle by senior wide receiver Geof-frey Phillips, but Navy forced the Black Knights into a fourth and 16 which Army failed to convert.

"One thing I can say is that the guys on this team don't give up," said head coach Lt. Col. Mark West. They played to the bitter end and we were in the game until the last minute. We will be able to take a lot of positives out of this and build for the next game."

The Black Knights entered the fourth quarter down 14-0 before Scott hauled in the pass from senior quarterback Bobby Miner over the middle. Scott managed to stay on his feet and scamper the remaining 15 yards to the end zone with 11:11 remaining the game.

On their next offensive possession, Army drove the ball 38 yards to the Navy 18-yardline, but failed to convert on a fourth and seven. The Army defense prevented Navy from getting a first down to give Army the ball back with 3:31 remaining, but Navy's Mike Nolan intercepted a pass from Miner to give Navy the ball in Army territory.

The Army defense came up big again though as sophomore linebacker Bryan Girouard sacked Navy quarterback D.J. Green to force another three-and-out and give the Black Knights offense one more chance.

Navy held a 7-0 lead at the end of the first half. Quarterback D.J. Green connected with wide receiver Tommy Tellson for a 15-yard touchdown pass over the middle with 11:12 remaining in the half.

The Mids took a 14-0 advantage early in the third quarter when Green capped a seven play, 41-yard drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Karl Motoyama.

Both defenses were strong, holding both teams to just over 200 total yards of offense. Both teams were relatively even in offensive production with Navy holding a slight advantage with 227 total yards to Army's 219. Navy converted on just four of 16 third downs while Army was 5-for-19.

Girouard was the top defender for Army, totaling 15 tackles and two sacks for 11 yards. He also had a third quarter interception that set up a red zone scoring opportunity that the Black Knights failed to convert on.

Phillips was the top producer for Army on offense, catching 11 passes for 120 yards and rushing once for seven yards. He also added 54 yards on punt and kickoff returns to total 174 all-purpose yards on the day.



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GAME FOUR: Army vs. Princeton, Oct. 3, 2008

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScorePRIN 0 0 0 0 0 Record: (0-2,0-1)Army 23 14 14 7 58 Record: (2-2,1-0)

Scoring Summary:1st 11:22 A 34 yd field goal, 10-47 3:38 07:55 A 2 yd run (kick blockd), 3-12 1:04 05:31 A 14 yd pass, 3-22 1:34 00:25 A 48 yd punt return 2nd 09:58 A 15 yd run, 7-57 2:31 00:45 A 24 yd pass , 7-57 3:293rd 11:27 A 33 yd run, 4-45 1:38 07:11 A 9 yd run,1-9 0:054th 03:02 A 41 yd pass, 3-42 0:50

PRIN ARMYFIRST DOWNS 3 21RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 33--21 43-158PASSING YDS (NET) 7 204Passes Att-Comp-Int 15-3-2 31-18-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 48--14 74-362Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-15Punt Returns-Yards 3-6 8-142Kickoff Returns-Yards 10-103 1-22Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-4Punts (Number-Avg) 11-34.7 5-31.2Fumbles-Lost 4-4 4-2Penalties-Yards 7-50 10-79Possession Time 28:09 31:51Third-Down Conversions 0 of 12 7 of 17Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-2 6-7Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-15 4-24

RUSHING: PRIN-Addis 9-8; Gabriele 1-0; Wolf 1-minus 2; Gosain 4-minus 3; Zhang 2-mi-nus 4; Dixon, A 16-minus 20. Army-Lentz,Ricky 12-96; Bokaie,Antonio 8-30; Phillips,Geoff 2-23; Dornbush,Devin 10-19; Miner,Bobby 3-0; Economy,Jacob 4-0; Payne,Abe 4-minus 10.

PASSING: PRIN-Dixon, A 3-14-1-7; Tanner 0-1-1-0. Army-Payne,Abe 10-16-0-142;Miner,Bobby 5-10-0-47; Economy,Jacob 3-5-0-15.

RECEIVING: PRIN-Marek 2-6; Wolf 1-1. Army-Scott,Joshua 4-78; Gomez,Thomas 4-23; Clark,Tim 3-19; Hansen,Dewy 2-17; Mccarthy,James 1-24; Phillips,Geoff 1-14; Toffler,Pat 1-12; Dornbush,Devin 1-9; Lentz,Ricky 1-8.

INTERCEPTIONS: PRIN-None. Army-Middlebrooks,A 1-4; Mandel,Robby 1-0.

FUMBLES: PRIN-Gosain 1-1; Zhang 1-1; Addis 1-1; Gabriele 1-1. Army-Hansen,Dewy1-1; Dornbush,Devin 1-0; Payne,Abe 1-1; Miner,Bobby 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): PRIN-Addis 1-0; Scharf 0-1; Dixit 0-1. Army-Girouard,Bryan 2-0;Mandel,Robby 1-0; Shirley,Eric 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): PRIN-Dixit 8-8; Schoder 7-3; Parise 7-2; Scharf 6-1; Addis 4-3;Colarusso 2-4; Gabriele 2-3; Nnanabu 2-2; Gulland 2-1; TEAM 2-0; Marek 1-1;Zhang 1-0; Fritz 1-0; Marsland 0-1; Annamalai 0-1. Army-Girouard,Bryan 3-4;Wathen,Abram 2-5; Drake,Nate 4-1; Mandel,Robby 2-2; Team 3-0; Lemoine,Ryan 2-1; Espe,Tejay 2-1; Malejko,Thomas 1-2; Talley,Matthew 2-0; Bambrick,Tyler 2-0;Bott,Tyler 1-1; Acosta,Toby 1-1; Holcomb,Bennett 1-1; Shirley,Eric 1-1;Hargus,Ben 0-2; Simon,Joe 0-2; 95 1-0; Miller,Josh 1-0; Duff,Peter 1-0;Otterstedt,M. 1-0; McAlister,Mike 1-0; Webb,Brian 1-0; Mccarthy,James 0-1;Billists,Andy 0-1.

Stadium: Shea Stadium Attendance: 152Kickoff time: 7:00 pm End of Game: 9:35 Total elapsed time: 2:35 Officials: Referee: Carl Vaccaro; Umpire: Thomas Viola; Linesman: Thomas Ignalffo; Line judge: James Czajkowsk; Back judge: Kyle Brownell; Field judge: Rick Bogert; Side judge: Guy Zbonack; Scorer: Mark Brumbaugh; Temperature: 50 Wind: 0 Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sprint Football Cruises to Victory Over PrincetonWEST POINT, N.Y. - The Army sprint football team scored early and often and held the Princeton offense to -14 yards en route to a 58-0 win Friday night at Shea Stadium. The Black Knights improved to 2-2 and 1-0 in the CSFL while Princeton fell to 0-2 and 0-1 in the conference.

Junior running back Ricky Lentz had a big game, totaling three rushing touchdowns and 96 yards on 12 carries. Army scored eight touchdowns, rushing for four, passing for three and returning one punt. The Black Knights rushed for 158 yards and passed for 204.

The defense was dominant as sophomore linebacker Bryan Girouard led the unit with seven tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery. They held Princeton scoreless in two trips to the red zone. Princeton quarterback Andrew Dixon was held to three completions on 14 attempts, was inter-cepted once and sacked four times.

Army scored 23 points in the first quarter starting with a field goal from junior Samuel Herbert at 11:22 to cap the opening drive. After forcing a Princeton three-and-out, senior Geoffrey Phillips returned the ensuing punt 35-yards to the Princeton 12-yard line and Lentz eventually scored from two yards out at 7:55. Phillips caught a 14-yard touchdown reception from senior quarterback Bobby Miner at 5:31 and returned a punt 48-yards for a touchdown with 25 seconds remaining in the quarter to give Army a 23-0 lead.

Lentz broke through for a 15-yard touchdown run at 9:58 in the second quarter and sophomore James McCarthy caught 24-yard pass from se-nior quarterback Abe Payne with 45 seconds remaining in the half to give the Black Knights a 37-0 lead at the half.

Army added two rushing touchdowns in the third quarter as Lentz burst through the Princeton defense for a 33-yard run and sophomore running back Devin Dornbush had a nine-yard run.

Payne and sophomore wide receiver Joshua Scott connected for 41-yard touchdown play in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring.

I m happy for the seniors since it was their last game at Shea Stadium, so it is good for them to go out with a win, said head coach Mark West after the game. I m not satisfied in the sense that there are things we need to get better at. We made a lot of mental mistakes, so if we want to accomplish our goals, we need to play better.



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GAME FIVE: Army @ Pennsylvania, Oct. 10, 2008

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreArmy 0 0 0 13 13 Record: (2-3)Penn 0 14 6 0 20 Record: (4-0)

Scoring Summary:2nd 06:16 P 6 yd pass (kick failed), 13-68 7:15 00:34 P 10 yd pass (2pt pass), 5-25 0:483rd 08:33 P 4 yd run (kick failed), 5-36 1:574th 08:40 A 25 yd pass, 6-93 1:49 02:46 A 6 yd pass (kick failed), 12-68 3:34

ARMY PENNFIRST DOWNS 23 15RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 29-33 40-135PASSING YDS (NET) 404 129Passes Att-Comp-Int 51-28-3 21-17-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 80-437 61-264Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-10 1-5Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-88 2-16Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 3-20Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.0 7-44.9Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 3-25 5-34Possession Time 26:51 33:09Third-Down Conversions 6 of 17 5 of 13Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 5 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: Army-Lentz,Ricky 18-40; Payne,Abe 8-7; Miner,Bobby 3-minus 14.Penn-BAGNOLI, Mike 19-82; D ANGELO, Micha 15-46; FERNANDEZ, Wifi 6-7.

PASSING: Army-Payne,Abe 21-36-1-329; Miner,Bobby 7-15-2-75. Penn-D ANGELO, Micha17-20-0-129; BUSLER, Todd 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Army-Phillips,Geoff 13-268; Scott,Joshua 8-56; Clark,Tim 2-39;Mccarthy,James 2-14; Rumph,Glenn 1-13; Gomez,Thomas 1-7; Lentz,Ricky 1-7.Penn-ARMATIS, Clarke 7-75; BASTA, Marten 5-32; PORTELLI, Joe 3-13; BAGNOLI, Mike 1-6; LEVAN, Ryan 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS: Army-None. Penn-McMullen, Micha 1-20; PACI, Mike 1-0; BIDDLE, Sam 1-0.

FUMBLES: Army-Lentz,Ricky 1-1; Phillips,Geoff 1-0. Penn-TEAM 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): Army-None. Penn-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): Army-Drake,Nate 3-8; Griffin,Taylor 4-5; Girouard,Bryan 6-1;Carter,Chris 5-2; Bott,Tyler 2-5; Hargus,Ben 3-3; Malejko,Thomas 1-4; Wathen,Abram 2-2; Manzano,A. 2-1; Talley,Matthew 2-1; Mellon,Andrew 2-1;Lemoine,Ryan 0-3; Lentz,Ricky 2-0; Simon,Joe 2-0; Payne,Abe 1-1; Scott,Joshua1-0; Rumph,Glenn 0-1. Penn-BEAUVAIS, Jacqu 9-1; KLINVEX, Zak 5-3; FEIGENBAUM, And 6-1; McMullen, Micha 3-4; PACI, Mike 2-5; GOODWIN, Marcus 5-0; BIDDLE, Sam 4-1; CURRAN, John 4-1; DAMPIER, Colin 1-2; WILLIAMS, Bryun 2-0; EISENSTAT, Ben 1-0; BROUS, Michael 1-0; STEVENS, Peter 0-1; RAWLINGS, Ted 0-1; PETEGORSKY, Mik 0-1; CORRIGAN, Chris 0-1; MURPHY, Gordon 0-1; FERNANDEZ, Wifi 0-1; JULIEN, John Pa 0-1; DONEHOWER, Sam 0-1.

Stadium: Franklin Field Attendance: 200Kickoff time: 7:00 p.m End of Game: 9:15 p.m Total elapsed time: 2:15 Officials: Scorer: L. Bogensperger; Temperature: 60s; Weather: warm fall night

Late Comeback Attempt Falls Short for Sprint FootballPHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Army sprint football team almost overcame a 20 point deficit in the fourth quarter, but Pennsylvania held on to defeat Army, 20-13 on Friday night. The Black Knights fell to 2-3 and 1-1 in the CSFL while Penn improved to 4-0 and 1-0 in the conference.

Army s first points came with 8:40 remaining in the fourth quarter when senior quarterback Abe Payne connected with junior wide receiver Tim Clark for a 25-yard touchdown. The play completed a six play, 93-yard drive bolstered by a 41-yard reception by senior wide receiver Geoffrey Phillips.

Phillips finished the game with 13 receptions for 268 yards.Seven of his receptions on the day were for 20 yards or more.

The Black Knights defense got the ball back to the offense with 6:20 remaining when they stopped the Quakers on fourth down at their own 32 yard line. Payne then connected with sophomore wide receiver Joshua Scott for a six-yard touchdown to complete a 12-play, 68 yard drive with 2:37 remaining and move Army within seven points at 20-13. Junior Tay-lor Griffin recovered the ensuing onside kick, giving the Black Knights a chance to tie the game.

Army had a first-and-goal at the eight yard line in the final minute, but was unable to convert, turning the ball over on downs.

The Quakers scored two touchdowns in the second quarter to head into halftime with a 14-0 lead. Penn notched a third touchdown in the eighth minute of the third quarter to pull ahead, 20-0.

The Army offense outgained Penn 437-264. Payne completed 21 of 36 at-tempts for 329 yards while junir runningback Ricky Lentz gained 40 yards on 18 rushing attempts.



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GAME SIX: Army vs. Cornell, Oct. 24, 2008

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreCornell 0 0 6 6 12 Record: (4-2,2-1)Army 0 0 0 10 10 Record: (2-3,1-2)

Scoring Summary:3rd 09:15 C 33 yd pass (2 pt rush failed), 3-52 1:374th 12:59 A 42 yd field goal, 6-38 1:09 10:51 A 90 yd pass, 3-91 0:57 00:39 C 10 yd pass (kick failed), 11-57 2:35

COR ARMYFIRST DOWNS 12 10RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-24 37-46PASSING YDS (NET) 226 218Passes Att-Comp-Int 45-22-2 30-12-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-250 67-264Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 3-0 2--1Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-74 3-33Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 2-10Punts (Number-Avg) 10-32.0 10-38.4Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 4-33 5-45Possession Time 30:51 29:09Third-Down Conversions 4 of 17 1 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 2 of 4Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 0-0Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-26 2-7

RUSHING: Cornell-Smith, Ryan 13-19; Dentes, Zak 9-2; Schiavetta, DJ 2-2; Malleo, Matt 1-1. Army-Lentz,Ricky 19-51; Rumph,Glenn 1-8; Dornbush,Devin 2-2; Payne,Abe 11-minus 5; Phillips,Geoff 4-minus 10.

PASSING: Cornell-Dentes, Zak 22-43-1-226; TEAM 0-1-0-0; Malleo, Matt 0-1-1-0.Army-Payne,Abe 12-29-1-218; Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Cornell-Friedman, Josh 7-64; Sarker, Upal 5-40; LaBerge, Chris 4-60;Brennan, Mike 3-34; Smith, Ryan 3-28. Army-Phillips,Geoff 5-165; Scott,Joshua4-39; Clark,Tim 1-11; Hansen,Dewy 1-2; Lentz,Ricky 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Cornell-Saunders, Ryan 1-0. Army-Griffin,Taylor 1-10;Shirley,Eric 1-0.

FUMBLES: Cornell-None. Army-None.

SACKS (UA-A): Cornell-Parke, John 2-1; Indovina, Nicho 0-1. Army-Bambrick,Tyler 1-0; Talley,Matthew 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Cornell-Parke, John 10-2; Hemminger, Clay 4-5; Indovina, Nicho4-1; Malleo, Matt 2-3; Carvolth, Prys 3-1; Kozen, Tim 2-2; Zambrana, Mike 2-2;Saunders, Ryan 3-0; Levy, Evan 2-1; Ferrari, Matt 2-1; Jacob, Ryan 0-3; Gonos,Jim 1-1; Goggin, Matt 1-1; Adler, Michael 1-0; LaBerge, Chris 1-0; Dooley, Timothy 0-1. Army-Drake,Nate 7-2; Griffin,Taylor 6-3; Girouard,Bryan 7-1;Malejko,Thomas 2-3; Hargus,Ben 0-5; Carter,Chris 3-1; Talley,Matthew 2-2;Manzano,A. 3-0; Mellon,Andrew 3-0; Simon,Joe 2-1; Shirley,Eric 1-1;Bambrick,Tyler 1-1; Mandel,Robby 1-0; Wathen,Abram 1-0; Bott,Tyler 0-1;Miller,Josh 0-1.

Stadium: Michie Stadium Attendance: 256Kickoff time: 4:00 End of Game: 6:44 Total elapsed time: 2:44 Officials: Referee: Carl Vaccaro; Umpire: Daniel Collins; Linesman: Ron Castrovinci; Line judge: AnthonySolimine; Back judge: Kyle Brownell; Field judge: Rick Bogert; Side judge: Guy Zonack; Scorer: Mark Brumbaugh; Temperature: 56; Wind: 7 SSE Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sprint Football Falls In Heartbreaker To CornellWEST POINT, N.Y. - Cornell quarterback Zak Dentes engineered an 11-play, 57-yard drive, capped by a touchdown with just 39 seconds remain-ing, to give Cornell a 12-10 comeback victory over Army sprint football on Friday night at Michie Stadium. The Black Knights fell to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the CSFL while Cornell improved to 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the CSFL.

Senior wide receiver Geoffrey Phillips was once again Army's top of-fensive producer with five receptions for 165 yards, including a 90-yard touchdown. Senior quarterback Abe Payne completed 12-of-29 pass at-tempts for 218 yards and a touchdown for Army while Dentes completed 22-of-43 attempts for 226 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Army junior running back Ricky Lentz was the game's leading rusher with 51 yards.

Army held a slight advantage in yardage on offense, 264-250.

Cornell's winning drive started with 3:14 remaining in the game and the Black Knights holding a 10-6 advantage. Dentes connected with wide re-ceiver Upal Sarker for the game-winning touchdown.

Kicker Darren Phillips' ensuing squib kick gave Army the ball at their own 39 yard line with 37 seconds remaining. Payne completed passes to sophomore wide receiver Joshua Scott, and on fourth-and-10, to Phillips to move Army within 36 yards of the end zone. With just three seconds remaining, junior placekicker Samuel Herbert attempted a 53-yard field goal, but his kick fell just short, deep in the end zone.

The Black Knights had taken their first lead in the game with 10:51 re-maining. Phillips turned a short pass into a 90-yard touchdown, breaking a couple tackles and picking up key blocks downfield. Army's first points in the game had come just a couple minutes sooner when Herbert nailed a 42-yard field goal to pull the Black Knights within three.

Cornell took an early 6-0 lead when Dentes connected with wide receiver Chris LaBerge for a 33-yard touchdown with 9:15 remaining in the third quarter.

The game was scoreless after the first half as the defenses dominated. Cornell linebacker John Parke had 12 tackles in the first half but did not record any in the second half.

Junior safety Taylor Griffin and senior linebacker Nathaniel Drake led the Black Knights with nine tackles each. Griffin also had a key interception, picking off a Dentes pass at the goal line late in the first quarter. Defensive lineman Matthew Talley and Tyler Bambrick each recorded sacks.



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GAME SEVEN: Army @ Navy, Oct. 31, 2008

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreArmy 0 0 0 0 0 Record: (2-5,1-3)NAVY 0 14 10 0 24 Record: (7-0,4-0)

Scoring Summary:2nd 08:47 N 3 yd run, 8-74 3:34 03:44 N 8 yd run, 7-44 3:163rd 11:30 N 10 yd pass, 6-48 3:16 01:18 N 44 yd field goal, 10-19 5:09

ARMY NAVYFIRST DOWNS 7 16RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 20-27 48-179PASSING YDS (NET) 75 154Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-18-5 29-14-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 56-102 77-333Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2--5 4-25Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-86 1-44Interception Returns-Yards 1-12 5-64Punts (Number-Avg) 7-28.9 5-32.4Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties-Yards 2-12 8-75Possession Time 22:16 37:44Third-Down Conversions 6 of 16 4 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 3Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 3-6Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 3-10

RUSHING: Army-Lentz,Ricky 8-13; Phillips,Geoff 3-9; Payne,Abe 4-3; Caraccio,Jeff1-3; Miner,Bobby 4-minus 1. NAVY-Harris, Enrique 13-73; Meidus, Alfonso 11-50;Green, D.J. 8-37; Benson, Stephen 12-32; Catrini, JoJo 1-minus 6; DeWitt, Jon3-minus 7.

PASSING: Army-Miner,Bobby 8-17-3-44; Payne,Abe 10-17-2-31; Phillips,Geoff0-2-0-0. NAVY-Green, D.J. 14-27-1-154; Foley, Jordan 0-1-0-0; DeWitt, Jon0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Army-Phillips,Geoff 6-35; Hansen,Dewy 3-15; Lentz,Ricky 3-minus 5;Scott,Joshua 2-14; Clark,Tim 2-0; Rumph,Glenn 1-12; Mccarthy,James 1-4.NAVY-Coffey, Logan 5-35; Tellson, Tommy 4-40; Motoyama, Karl 2-50; Bagby, Nash 1-13; Melonas, Macedo 1-8; Harris, Enrique 1-8.

INTERCEPTIONS: Army-Griffin,Taylor 1-12. NAVY-Campbell, James 3-30; Brigham, Bryce 1-34; Wright, Andrew 1-0.

FUMBLES: Army-Mccarthy,James 1-1. NAVY-Motoyama, Karl 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): Army-Bott,Tyler 1-0; Talley,Matthew 1-0; Drake,Nate 1-0. NAVY-Pye, Luke 1-0; Hausman, Corey 1-0; Hayhurst, Kyle 0-1; Hayes, Tom 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Army-Drake,Nate 13-2; Malejko,Thomas 7-0; Bott,Tyler 6-1;Girouard,Bryan 5-1; Manzano,A. 4-0; Simon,Joe 2-2; Griffin,Taylor 2-2; Talley,Matthew 3-0; Mellon,Andrew 3-0; Bambrick,Tyler 3-0; Rohe,Mathew 1-1;Hargus,Ben 0-2; Miller,Josh 1-0; Carter,Chris 1-0; Scott,Joshua 1-0; Mandel,Robby 1-0; Reid,C.J. 1-0; Mahoney,Brendon 0-1. NAVY-Hawkins, Tyler 4-3; Smith, Brian 4-2; Tate, Jarred 4-0; Hayes, Tom 1-3; Combellick, Chr 3-0;Persinger, Emer 2-1; Hayhurst, Kyle 1-2; Vo, Viet 2-0; Wright, Andrew 2-0;Hausman, Corey 2-0; Leonard, T.J. 1-1; Pye, Luke 1-1; Nabozna, Justin 1-0;Stone, Zzmarr 1-0; Brigham, Bryce 1-0; Nolan, Mike 1-0; Schuele, Jeff 1-0;Keriazes, Tim 0-1; Han, James 0-1; Hall, Cartwrigh 0-1.

Stadium: Rip Miller Field Attendance: 857Kickoff time: 7:00 pm End of Game: 9:29 pm Total elapsed time: 2:29 Officials: Referee: Tom Kish; Umpire: Jerry Davis; Linesman: Patrick Holt; Line judge: Norman Henn; Back judge: Elton Battle; Field judge: Joseph Kehnast; Side judge: Christian Keel; Scorer: Jon Maggart; Temperature: 57; Wind: S 7mph Weather: Clear skies

Navy Downs Sprint Football In Season Finale ANNAPOLIS, Md. Strong defensive play from Navy (7-0, 4-0 CSFL) doomed the Army sprint football team (2-5, 1-3 CSFL) in the Star Game as the Midshipmen won 24-0 on Friday night at Rip Miller Field.

Navy held the Black Knights to 102 yards of offense and generated six turnovers on five interceptions and one fumble recovery.

For Army, seniors Abe Payne and Bobby Miner split the quarterback du-ties, completing 10-of-17 attempts for 31 yards with two interceptions and 8-of-17 attempts for 44 yards with three interceptions, respectively. Senior wide receiver Geoffrey Phillips caught six passes of those passes for 35 yards.

Senior linebacker Nathaniel Drake played well defensively, recording 15 tackles and one sack. Senior safety Tylor Bott and junior lineman Matthew Talley both recorded sacks and junior Taylor Griffin had one interception

All of the scoring took place in the second and third quarters. Navy took a 14-0 by the end of the first half with rushing touchdowns from Alfonso Meidus with 8:47 remaining and Stephen Benson at 3:44.

Army s opening drive in the second half ended when James Campbell tallied his second of three interceptions on the night. On six plays, Navy went 48 yards to score their final touchdown of the night when D.J. Green connected with Tommy Tellson at the 11:30 mark. Stephen Phillips iced the win with a field goal with 1:18 remaining in the third.

Phillips finished the season with 49 receptions for 797 yards and three touchdowns, putting him in contention for the league s MVP award.

Drake and sophomore linebacker Bryan Girouard were the defensive leaders up front. Drake totaled 52 tackles in just six games while Girouard led the team in tackles (59), tackles-for-loss (12.5) and sacks (four), and had two interceptions. In pass defense, Griffin led the team with three interceptions and senior captain Antonio Manzano broke up 12 pass at-tempts from the cornerback spot.



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One of the most unique conferences in all of collegiate athletics is the Collegiate Sprint Football League which, until the 1998 season, had been known as the Eastern Lightweight Football League. The Eastern Lightweight Football League was founded in 1934 as the Eastern 150-pound Football League. The seven charter members were: Cornell, Lafayette, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Rutgers, Villanova and Yale.

Lafayette and Yale left the league just prior to World War II and were replaced by Navy (1946) and Army (1957). Columbia was a participant from 1955 through 1976. Rutgers left the league prior to 1990, lowering ELFL

membership to its current format of fi ve teams. With athletic budgets under tight constraints across the country, lightweight football has proven to be a sport that requires much less fi nancial support than other programs, yet it provides a competitive outlet for upwards of 100 athletes at each school.

The league was originally founded as a means of encouraging football among lighter athletes. Today, it gives anyone interested in playing football an opportunity to do so at the collegiate level. No lightweight football player receives a scholarship. The game is a fast-paced, action fi lled affair that has grown in popularity and attracts good crowds at each school.

Four days before a game, all players must weigh in at 172.0 pounds and weigh in again two days before the game at 172.0 pounds. If players do not meet both standards, they are ineligible for that week’s game. When the league was founded, the weight limit was set at 150 lbs. and later increased to 158 lbs. in 1967. In 1996, the limit was increased to 165, and elevated to 172 lbs. in 2005.

The athletics directors of the ELFL voted to offi cially change the name to the Collegiate Sprint Football League in the summer of 1998. This change coincided with a renewed effort by the league to seek expansion opportunities. Consistent with this goal, the athletics direc-tors also approved “open” competition, which would allow colleges to add sprint football on the varsity or non varsity level and compete in the league. The League expanded to six full-time members beginning in 2008 with the addition of Mansfi eld University (Pa.).

Army All-Time Versus Current CSFL TeamsTeam Began G W L T Pct. Last MeetingCornell 1957 66 51 15 0 .773 2008 (L, 10-12)Mansfi eld 2009 0 0 0 0 .000 N/ANavy 1957 68 30 37 1 .448 2008 (L, 0-24)Penn 1957 53 47 6 0 .887 2008 (L, 13-20)Princeton 1957 55 50 3 2 .943 2008 (W, 58-0)Total 242 178 61 3 .745

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