the last time army went to a bowl game was 2018.
the last time army went to a bowl game was 2018.
when was the last time army went to a bowl game?
2018
prior to joining conference usa, smu had only one winning season since returning from the "death penalty", in 1997. in 2009, the mustangs made their first bowl appearance since 1984, a 45–10 victory over nevada in the hawaii bowl. they succeeded in winning the c-usa west division in 2010, giving them their first shot at winning a conference since 1984, but they lost in the conference usa championship to ucf, 17–7. they did receive a second consecutive bowl bid, however. smu was invited to participate in that year's armed forces bowl to face army in what amounted to another home game for smu: because of construction at the game's primary site, amon g. carter stadium in fort worth, the game was held at smu's gerald j. ford stadium. they would end losing this game despite playing it on home turf by a score of 16–14. in 2011, the mustangs were invited to the bbva compass bowl in birmingham, alabama—the first time they'd made three consecutive bowl appearances since the glory years of the early 1980s. the game was played on january 7, 2012, the first january bowl game for smu since their appearance in the cotton bowl in 1983. by coincidence, they played pittsburgh, the team they had defeated in that cotton bowl game, in the bbva compass bowl and defeated them 28–6 for their second bowl win in three seasons. they moved to the american athletic conference in 2013. in 2017, the mustangs played in a bowl game for the first time since 2012, losing to louisiana tech 51–10 in the inaugural edition of the frisco bowl.
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the 2018 army black knights football team represented the united states military academy in the 2018 ncaa division i fbs football season. the black knights were led by fifth-year head coach jeff monken and played their home games at michie stadium. they competed as an independent. following their 28–14 victory over colgate in week 12, army entered the ap poll at no. 23 and the coaches' poll at no. 24, the first time army had entered the national rankings since finishing the 1996 season at no. 25 in the ap and no. 24 in the coaches'. on december 2, army accepted an invite to participate in the armed forces bowl against the houston cougars of the american athletic conference. on december 8, army defeated its archrival navy by a score of 17–10, increasing their army-navy game win streak to three in a row and winning the commander-in-chief's trophy for the second straight year. with the win the black knights also secured their second straight 10-win season, the first time that had been accomplished in the academy's long and storied history. in the armed forces bowl, they defeated houston by a score of 70–14 to tie ncaa bowl game records for points scored and margin of victory. their 11 wins are the most in one season in program history. as a result of his team's 2018 accomplishments, coach monken was awarded the george munger collegiate coach of the year award by the maxwell football club, the vince lombardi college football coach of the year award by the lombardi foundation, and the president's award by the touchdown club of columbus. army finished the season with a ranking of no. 19 in the ap poll and no. 20 in the coaches' poll, their highest finish in both polls since pete dawkins's heisman trophy-winning season in 1958 where the cadets finished no. 3 in both polls. following the completion of the season, the black knights were awarded the 2018 lambert trophy by the eastern college athletic conference (ecac) and metropolitan new york football writers, signifying them as the best team in the east in division i fbs. this was the eighth overall time the lambert trophy had been awarded to army, and the first since 1958.
2018 army black knights football team