American Athletic Conference Saturday Night Notes | Sept. 21


  • Army and Navy are both 3-0 for the first time since 2016. The academies are tied atop the American Athletic Conference standings at 2-0 in league play.
  • Army’s seven-game winning streak stands as the second-longest active winning streak nationally (Missouri, eight).
  • Navy’s 143 points through its first three games are the most by the Midshipmen since 1918, when they scored 150 points.
  • Navy is 11-for-11 in red zone opportunities in 2024 with 11 touchdowns.
  • North Texas, which had 534 yards of offense in its 44-17 win against Wyoming, has had at least 500 yards in 10 of Eric Morris’ 16 games as head coach.
  • Temple K Maddux Trujillo hit a 64-yard field goal as time expired in the first half against Utah State, shattering The American’s single-game record by eight yards and accounting for the longest field goal in any game at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles. The previous stadium record was 61 yards, set by Philadelphia Eagles (and former Memphis) kicker Jake Elliott, while the previous AAC record of 56 yards was set by Elliott in 2013 and tied by Memphis’ Riley Patterson in 2020.
  • South Florida K Nico Gramatica kicked a 58-yard field goal in the Bulls’ loss to No. 8 Miami, a kick that would have stood as the AAC record until earlier Trujillo’s kick earlier on Saturday.
  • Tulsa K Seth Morgan hit a 45-yard field goal with 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter to force overtime and hit a 34-yard field goal for the gamewinner in the Golden Hurricane’s 23-20 win at Louisiana Tech.
  • Memphis QB Seth Henigan had two touchdown passes in the Tigers’ loss to Navy, exntending his streak to 41 games with at least one TD pass – or every game of his career.
  • UTSA had a program-record 35 first downs in the Roadrunners’ 45-7 win against Houston Christian.
  • East Carolina’s game at Liberty was delayed by weather for four hours, 40 minutes early in the first quarter. The opening kickoff was at 6:03 p.m. ET and the game ended at exactly 2 a.m. ET.

NOTABLE WEEK 4 PERFORMANCES

Bryson Daily, QB, Army

23 att., 145 yards, 3 TDs; 6-of-9, 107 yards, 2 TDs; 5 total TDs in 37-14 win against Rice

Blake Horvath, QB, Navy

12 att., 211 yards, 4 TDs; 9-of-12, 192 yards, 2 TDs; 6 total TDs in 56-44 win against No. 23 Memphis

Colin Ramos, LB, Navy

20 tackles, 1 sack, 2.0 TFL in 56-44 win against No. 23 Memphis

Makhi Hughes RB, Tulane

23 att., 166 yards, 1 TD in 41-33 win at Louisiana

Evan Simon, QB, Temple

17-of-27, 271 yards, 5 TDs; 11 at., 49 yards, 1 rush TD; 6 total TDs in 45-29 win against Utah State

Maddux Trujillo, K, Temple

AAC-record 64-yard field goal in 45-29 win against Utah State

Dante Wright, WR, Temple

3 rec., 116 yards, 91-yard TD in 45-29 win against Utah State

Chandler Morris, QB, North Texas

28-of-41, 305 yards, 2 TDs in 44-17 win against Wyoming

Myles Jackson, DE, Tulsa

5 tackles, 1.5 sacks, forced fumble in 23-20 overtime win at Louisiana Tech

Seth Morgan, K, Tulsa

3-3 FG (32, 45, 34), 11 points in 23-20 overtime win at Louisiana Tech. Hit game-tying and game-winning field goals.

Owen McCown, QB, UTSA

18-of-25, 226 yards, 3 TDs in 45-7 win against Houston Christian

Mario Anderson Jr., RB, Memphis

17 att., 117 yards, 3 TDs in 56-44 loss at Navy

Seth Henigan, QB, Memphis

32 of 56, 371 yards, 2 TDs in 56-44 loss at Navy

Sean Atkins, WR, South Florida

11 rec., 125 yards in 50-15 loss to No. 8 Miami

WEEK 4 RESULTS

Saturday, September 21

Army 37, Rice 14 *

Indiana 52, Charlotte 14

Tulane 41, Louisiana 33

Temple 45, Utah State 29

Navy 56, Memphis 44 *

UTSA 45, Houston Christian 7

Liberty 35, East Carolina 24

UConn 48, Florida Atlantic 14

North Texas 44, Wyoming 17

Miami (Fla.) 50. South Florida 15

Tulsa 23, Louisiana Tech 20 (ot)

WEEK 5 SCHEDULE

Thursday, September 26

Army at Temple * (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Saturday, September 28

Navy at UAB * (Noon, ESPN2)

South Florida at Tulane * (Noon, ESPNU)

UTSA at East Carolina * (4 p.m., ESPN+)

Wagner at Florida Atlantic (6 p.m., ESPN+)

Charlotte at Rice  (7 p.m., ESPN+)*

Tulsa at North Texas * (7 p.m., ESPN+)

Middle Tennessee at Memphis (7:30 p.m., ESPNU)

all times Eastern

* American Athletic Conference game

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