1. Army beating an SEC team is bigger than you think
Of course there’s been success at Army against Power Five programs over its long and illustrious history, but this was a moment.
The loss to Navy might have stunk, but this was a great way to end the season.
Army beat Duke 21-16 in 2017. That was the last win over a Power Five program.
It beat Wake Forest in 2016, Boston College in 2012, and Northwestern in 2011, but there weren’t any massive wins over great teams. Missouri might not have been great, but it was a 6-6 team from the SEC.
42-38 at Vanderbilt in 1990. That was the last win by Army over a team from the SEC.
Army pushed Alabama in the 1988 Sun Bowl – a 29-28 Tide win – and it beat Tennessee in 1986, and …
It’s been a long time since Army was able to get a win like this, especially on a big stage. Time and again under head coach Jeff Monken, his teams would battle hard against the big boys and just miss.
The style worked, the perfection of the craft worked, and Army just got its fifth bowl win in six tries – the third win under Monken.
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