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
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2018 Army Black Knights football team