On the fourth play of the game, Army QB Bryson Dailey broke through an overcommitted Falcon defense for a 62 yard touchdown run, by far the longest run of the year by an opposing player. Four plays later, the Army defense stopped the Falcons on 4th and 1, leading to an easy field goal. Mentally, the Falcons never recovered from Army’s great start. The Black Knights went on to put points on the board the next three possessions, all with short fields provided by Falcon turnovers. On the last of those scores, Payton Zdroik made one of the better defensive plays of the game when he powered his way through the offensive line to hurry Dailey into an incompletion, only to be called for a roughing the passer penalty on a questionable but defensible call for tackling a little too hard for today’s rules.
Falcons Lay an Egg
