Army wins first AAC championship behind Bryson Daily's 4 TDs - ESPN

WEST POINT, N.Y. — The first conference championship celebration in Army history was underway at midfield and Bryson Daily made clear it would be a brief one.

The Black Knights are going after another trophy next week.

«Beat Navy,» Daily said.

He and the Black Knights ought to be a tough matchup for the Midshipmen — or just about anyone.

Daily rushed for four touchdowns to tie the American Athletic Conference championship game record, and No. 24 Army completed a perfect first season in the league by beating Tulane 35-14 on Friday night.

Kanye Udoh rushed for 158 yards, including a 72-yarder to set up a Daily TD, and a score. Daily added 126 yards on the ground for the Black Knights (11-1), who overwhelmed AAC opponents with their bruising, clock-eating rushing attack during their first around the league, then ran it to perfection in the championship game. Army won the first conference title in its 134-year history.

Except for an unsuccessful stint in Conference USA from 1998 to 2004, the Black Knights had played as an independent since their program began in 1890. Coach Jeff Monken said this week that Army felt that it needed to be in a conference to have a path to college football's expanded postseason.

The Black Knights have one game left in the regular season and it's the one they want most: against Navy next Saturday in Landover, Maryland, for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.

«Now we've got the biggest game of the year coming up in eight days and we're looking forward to that,» Monken said.

Daily's four rushing scores gave him 29 this season, breaking the AAC record of 25 set by Navy QB Will Worth in 2016 and tying No. 10 Boise State's Ashton Jeanty — a Heisman favorite — for tops in the nation. The conference player