Army Black Knights

The Army Black Knights carry the full weight of West Point tradition onto the football field, representing the United States Military Academy with a physical, option-heavy brand of football built on discipline and toughness. After more than a century as a football independent, Army joined the American Athletic Conference in 2024, bringing its storied program and fierce Army-Navy rivalry into league play for the first time. The Black Knights' black, gold, and grey colors and cadet corps backdrop make every home Saturday feel like more than a game. Few programs anywhere carry the same sense of history, service, and sacrifice into competition.

Army football dates to 1890, when Navy first challenged the West Point cadets to a game. The program's golden era came in the mid-1940s under coach Red Blaik, when Army won three straight national championships from 1944 to 1946 behind Heisman winners Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, with Pete Dawkins adding a third Heisman in 1958. Army spent most of its history as an independent, with a brief Conference USA stint from 1998-2004, before finally joining a conference for good in 2024 as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Army-Navy Game remains one of the most storied rivalries in all of American sports.