College Football: Christian Anderson stars as Army rolls over UConn

The Army Black Knights rolled over UConn on Saturday with a 52-21 win as Christian Anderson ran for two touchdowns, passed for another and Army reached the end zone on all six of its first-half possessions.

Anderson’s two short scoring runs and his 39-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Alston gave the Black Knights a 21-0 lead on the way to their 12th straight home victory.

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The Army raced to a 42-0 lead at halftime, all thanks to Tyrell Robinson’s career-long 70-yard score and Jakobi Buchanan and Anthony Adkins’ short TD runs. The 42 points were the most in a first half since scoring 42 against Houston in the 2018 Armed Forces Bowl, a 70-14 victory, the Associated Press reported.

There was no punt from the Army team for the second straight game.

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The Huskies stopped Army’s offense for the first time in the third quarter and they scored on freshman Tyler Phommachanh’s 38-yard keeper and a 96-yard kickoff return by another freshman, Brian Brewton. It was UConn’s first kickoff return for a touchdown since the 2011 season. The points were the first for UConn against an FBS opponent this season.

Fourteen Black Knights had positive rushing yards for a team total of 397 led by Robinson’s 84.

Phommachanh ran for two touchdowns and had 60 yards rushing and 109 passing.

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The Army Black Knights football team represents the United States Military Academy in college football. Army plays in theDivision I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the NCAA. The team has won the last six games in the FBS including last season and the last team to defeat them was Cincinnati in September last year. The Black Knights currently sit at the top of the table in FBS.

The University of Connecticut or UConn is yet to win a game in the College Football season this year and sits at seventh place with four defeats in four games.