Air Force at Army

WEST POINT, N.Y. (Interstat) — Air Force will be the visiting team and Army will be the home team Saturday at Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y., for an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision game. The Falcons are 6-2. The Black Knights are 5-3. The game-time forecast is 58°F.

Air Force beat Connecticut 35-26 in its most recent game. Jake Kepler made one tackle and half a sack, Connor Vasek had one tackle and Joseph Kramlich added one tackle. In other results this season, Air Force lost 28-14 at Wyoming, beat UNLV 41-31, won 28-7 at Northern Illinois, beat Navy 14-9, won 36-33 at Nevada, lost 38-32 to North Dakota State and beat Duquesne 34-0. Kemper Hodges is a player to watch for Air Force. He ran 35 times for 200 yards and four touchdowns in the Connecticut win. He had two carries for 3 yards against UNLV.

Army lost 49-22 at Memphis in its most recent game. Cale Hellums completed 4 of 7 passes for 40 yards and ran 13 times for 34 yards with one passing touchdown and one rushing touchdown. Zane Tallman made three tackles. David Thom-Rogers had two tackles. Hellums is a player to watch for Army. He completed 7 of 12 passes for 64 yards and ran 30 times for 121 yards and three touchdowns against Tulsa. Against Florida Atlantic, he completed 1 of 2 passes for 2 yards and ran 25 times for 195 yards and five touchdowns. In other results this season, Army beat Tulsa 38-35, beat Florida Atlantic 56-24, beat Tulane 20-17, lost 31-29 at Louisiana Tech, beat Temple 21-17, lost 28-24 to South Florida and beat Bryant 59-3.

Air Force will return home to face San Jose State, UTEP and New Mexico. Army will host East Carolina, visit Rice and host Navy.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Army 37, Air Force 28. Interstat’s ELO system projects Army with a 74.4 percent probability to win. Army has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5. The over/under is 43.5.