News Nuggets, 10.10.04
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CONFERENCE USA
Saturday, Oct 9:
Army 48, Cincinnati 29
East Carolina 27, Tulane 25
UAB 27, Mississippi State 13
Thursday, Oct 7:
Southern Miss 35, Houston 29 OT
OTHER TEAMS OF INTEREST
Saturday, Oct. 9:
North Carolina 30, N.C. State 24
Virginia Tech 17, Wake Forest 10
Mississippi 31, South Carolina 28
Thursday, Oct. 7:
Virginia 30, Clemson 10
Army sheds losing ways at Bearcats' expense
WEST POINT — Army coach Bobby
Ross breathed a big sigh of relief after his Black Knights snapped the
nation's longest losing streak at 19 games Saturday, with Tielor Robinson
scoring five touchdowns and Carlton Jones running for 180 yards in a 48-29
victory over Cincinnati.
``You can't imagine how the
pressure starts to mount with your football team when'' you have a losing
streak, said Ross, who came out of retirement to take over the struggling
program. ``When you read about, hear about the longest losing streak in the
country, it's difficult to deal with.
``It's a great win for us, a
monkey off our back.''
Robinson scored his fifth
touchdown on a 93-yard pass from Zac Dahman with 11:32 left to secure the
win for Army (1-4, 1-2 Conference USA). Robinson ran for 82 yards as Army
amassed 284 yards on the ground, and had 111 yards receiving.
Thousands of West Point cadets
swarmed the field and tore down the goal posts in celebration. Ross wiped
tears from his eyes as the academy's alma mater was played.
Gino Guidugli went 25-of-39
for 350 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Bearcats (2-4, 1-2). Hannibal
Thomas caught seven passes for 138 yards and one TD.
Army's last victory came on
Nov. 16, 2002, against Tulane, and its last home win was on Oct. 27, 2001,
also against Tulane.
Cincinnati fumbled the ball
five times, losing four of those, one of which was recovered for an Army TD
and another cost the Bearcats a key scoring chance in the third quarter.
``We have to go back to square
one, I guess,'' Cincinnati coach Mark Dantonio said. ``We have to re-examine
who we are as people and how hard we play, how much we know, in terms of
what to do. ... We've got to regroup.''
Guidugli's 5-yard TD pass to
Brent Celek capped Cincinnati's opening drive and gave the Bearcats a 7-0
lead.
But Army responded with four
straight touchdowns. Robinson scored on runs of 1 and 2 yards and caught a
2-yard TD pass from Dahman to give Army a 19-7 lead. Dahman, starting his
second game of the season, completed 13 of 21 passes for 270 yards and two
TDs.
Cincinnati didn't manage one
sack.
``Offensively we were in sync
all day,'' Ross said. ``We challenged our offensive line and they really
responded.''
Jones scored on a 4-yard run
to make it 26-7 with 13:27 left in the half.
Guidugli's 24-yard TD pass to
Thomas and 7-yard strike to Doug Jones cut the Army lead to 26-21.
Robinson scored his fourth TD
on a 12-yard run with 3:08 left in the half.
But Guidugli answered that
with his second TD pass to Celek. Cincinnati's successful 2-point conversion
cut Army's lead to 32-29 at halftime.
After Austin Miller kicked a
41-yard field goal, Army took a 41-29 lead when Doug Meyer forced a fumble
that was recovered in the end zone by Jonathan Lewis.
``This is a great
accomplishment,'' Lewis said. ``We played like we knew we could. We knew all
along what we were capable of.''
The Bearcats had beaten Army
three straight times.
``This is the most
disappointing loss of my life,'' Guidugli said. ``We're probably the
laughingstock of the nation.''
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