The Army Football Black Knights (5-0, 4-0 AAC) rolled past the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (2-4, 0-2), 49-7 on a hot and sunny day in the Oklahoma Plains. Quarterback CDT Bryson Daily ’25 accounted for four touchdowns (two passing & two rushing), passing a perfect 5-for-5 for 140 yards, while adding 110 yards on the ground. Daily was aided by slot back CDT Noah Short ’26 who totaled three receptions for 121 yards and two touchdowns and RB CDT Kanye Udoh ’27 who rushed for 137 yards and two rushing scores.
The Golden Hurricane won the toss and elected to receive, leading to a three-and-out on its opening drive as CDT Kyle Lewis ’27 got in for a strip-sack on third down, but Tulsa was able to recover the fumble. The punt on 4th and 14 became nullified after a roughing the kicker penalty by CDT Casey Reynolds ’25 to extend the drive. The defense held once again, forcing a turnover on downs as Army’s offense would then start its first drive in Tulsa territory.
QB Bryson Daily ’25 and the offense wasted no time in scoring its fifth-straight opening drive touchdown this season as Daily hit SB Noah Short for a 37-yard touchdown strike on the third play from scrimmage to make it 7-0 Army. The Golden Hurricane found the end zone on the ensuing drive after being helped by a roughing the passer penalty. The score came courtesy of a Cooper Legas one-yard touchdown run to make it 7-7. After one quarter, Tulsa dominated the time of possession 10:25 to 4:35.
After Army’s first punt on one of its first two drives in a game this season, Army’s defense held once again on a fourth down conversion attempt to get the ball back with 8:38 remaining in the first half. Daily connected with Short again through the air, down the right sideline for 26 yards pushing Army into Tulsa territory again. Army’s drive continued into the red zone with a 21-yard rush from Daily and a 16-yard pass to Hayden Reed to set up first and goal.
Daily finished off the drive on a four-yard touchdown run, his ninth rushing score of the year as the Black Knights retook the lead, 14-7 with five minutes to go in the half. Tulsa went three-and-out on its next drive to give Army another chance on offense before halftime.
Late in the first half, it was Daily and Short once again combining for a long touchdown, with Short taking a screen pass 58 yards to the house for his first career multi-touchdown effort. Daily finished the first half, passing 5-for-5 for 140 yards, two touchdown passes and also added a score on the ground.
On the opening drive of the third quarter, RB Kanye Udoh joined the party, breaking loose on a 61-yard touchdown run as Army jumped out to a three-score lead, 28-7. Tulsa continued to test the Army defense on fourth down, resulting in its third turnover on downs in six drives to begin the game.
Mirroring his most recent attempt, Udoh took a carry to the house from a new career-best 63 yards out down the right sideline on Army’s second play of the drive to quickly make it 35-7.
It was then more of the same from Army’s defense forcing another three-and-out to set up another touchdown drive. Daily found paydirt again with a 27-yard rushing score to mark his third straight effort with multiple scores on the ground. Army’s first six touchdown drives were all took up under five minutes of game clock.
After another three-and-out from the Tulsa offense in the fourth quarter, QB CDT Dewayne Coleman ’26 led the Black Knights down for a seventh touchdown drive of the game. Coleman, RB CDT Jake Rendina ’27 and SB CDT David Clerk ’27 accounted for all 49 yards on the ground on the drive with TE CDT Will Montesi ’25 securing his first career catch for 20 yards. Coleman punched in the touchdown from four yards out on the ground for his first career rushing score which made it a 49-7 game with just over seven minutes remaining.
The score remained 49-7 to the final whistle as Army extended its nation-leading winning streak to nine and secure its first 5-0 start since 1996. The Black Knights outgained the Golden Hurricane 481-268 for the game including 321-159 on the ground.
Excerpt and image taken from https://goarmywestpoint.com.
