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10/17 14:58 CDT Hellums runs for 5 touchdowns as Army rolls over FAU 56-24
Hellums runs for 5 touchdowns as Army rolls over FAU 56-24
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) --- Quarterback Cale Hellums ran for 195 yards and five
touchdowns and Army raced past Florida Atlantic 56-24 on Saturday.
The Black Knights (4-2, 3-1 American Conference) reached the end zone on their
first seven possessions but after the Owls (4-2, 1-1) matched the first two
scores they couldn't keep up with Army's relentless ground game.
The nation's leading ground game (333.2 yards per game) piled up 479 yards 60
runs and held be ball for 10 more minutes than the Owls.
On the first snap of the game, Elijah Walton picked off FAU quarterback Caden
Veltkamp and Samari Howard raced 30 yards for a touchdown on the next snap. On
Army's next possession, Hellums raced 58 yards for a score. He added three
short TD runs in the second quarter for a 35-14 halftime lead.
On the third play of the second half Jake Rendina burrowed up the middle and
broke free for a 61-yard score. Hellums had another short touchdown run early
in the fourth quarter.
Army, which threw only two passes, first punted midway through the fourth
quarter. On the last possession, Bryson Luter went 69 yards for the final
touchdown.
Redina finished with 86 yards and Luter 78 on a combined 10 carries as Army
averaged eight-yards a carry.
Veltkamp was 33 of 48 for 318 yards and three touchdowns with Easton Messer
hauling in 14 passes for 102 yards and a score.
Up next
FAU: home against Rice on Saturday.
Army: at Tulsa on Friday night.
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