Army will be participating in its 11th bowl game all-time on Saturday night when the Black Knights take on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana.
This will be the sixth time Army head coach Jeff Monken has directed his team into postseason play. His 4-1 record all-time in bowls is among the best in the nation.
Louisiana Tech was a late replacement for Marshall, which elected to withdraw from the I-Bowl when too many of its players entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. The Bulldogs placed fifth out of 10 schools in Conference USA with a 4-4 mark, 5-7 overall. The Bulldogs are coming off a 33-0 win over Kennesaw State on Nov. 30 but have dropped three of their last five.
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Army and Louisiana Tech have met only twice previously, with the Black Knights winning both contests: 14-7 in 2008 at West Point and 35-16 in 2013 – the latter game was billed the Heart of Dallas Kickoff Classic and played at the Cotton Bowl.
An Army win will establish a school record with 12 victories, breaking the tie with the 2018 team that went 11-2. College football expanded to 11 games in 1974.
Army captured the American Athletic Conference on Dec. 6 with a 35-14 win over visiting Tulane. A week later, Navy stunned Army with a 31-13 victory on Dec. 14.
Army is a 16.5-point favorite against the Bulldogs. The over-under is rather low at 44.
Army is 4-2 on the road, having beaten Florida Atlantic, Temple, Tulsa and North Texas, and fallen to Notre Dame at nearby Yankee Stadium and Navy at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
Army was 9-0 in 1914, 1916, 1944, 1945, 1949; 9-0-1 in 1946; 9-1 in 1927 and 1933; 9-1-1 in 1930; and 9-3 in 1985, 1988 and the COVID season of 2020. Army was 11-2 in 1996 and 2018 and 10-3 in 2017.
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Here’s how to watch Army football vs. Louisiana Tech, including time and TV information:
Army football vs. Louisiana Tech will air live on ESPN. Lowell Galindo and Fozzy Whittaker have the TV call with Tori Petryon the sidelines.
The AP No. 19 Black Knights and Bulldogs will kick off at 9:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 28.
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The Army football radio network features WBNR (1260-AM, 96.5-FM), WLNA (1420-AM, 94.3-FM) and WGHQ (920-AM, 92.5-FM). Rich DeMarco and Dean Darling have the call, with host Joe Beckerle and reporter Tony Morino. The game can also be heard on The Varsity app, Knight Vision website and Sirius XM channels 81 and 201 (Army radio feed). The ad hoc network Bowl Season Radio will have the national call, with Tony Rowland, Justin Fuente and reporter Chris Mycoskie.
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