Army in 2011 and 2012

West Point has released the football schedules for 2011 and 2012

This year's five home games will be scaled back to 4 true home games at Michie Stadium in 2011. 2012 sees 5 home true games again, not including the Yankee Stadium game against Rutgers.

I like the 2011 Fordham game. The Rams haven't played Army since 1949 and it was Fordham's recent expansion of their football scholarship structure (PDF) that allows them to schedule FBS games.


Despite not being eligible for the Patriot League title starting in 2010, Fordham will still be eligible for an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoff at-large bid. The NCAA will increase the number of playoff bids in 2010 from 16 to 20 (ten automatic bids/ten at-large bids).

The move will help Fordham compete at the highest level in the NCAA FCS division and aid the Rams in enhancing their non-conference schedule. Fordham will offer 60 scholarships, allowing the Rams to schedule NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools. Fordham has already scheduled games with Connecticut in 2011, Navy and Villanova in 2012 and Army in 2014 and 2015. Fordham last played Army in 1949 while the Rams and Villanova last met in a scheduled game in 1996 (Fordham and Villanova played each other in the 2002 NCAA I-AA playoffs).


The upcoming Army football schedules are:

2011

Sept. 3 @ Northern Illinois, TBA
Sept. 10 SAN DIEGO STATE, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 NORTHWESTERN, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 @ Ball State, TBA
Oct. 1 TULANE, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 @ Miami (Ohio), TBA
Oct. 22 @ Vanderbilt, TBA
Oct. 29 FORDHAM, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 @ Air Force, TBA
Nov. 12 RUTGERS (at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, N.Y.), 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 @ Temple, TBA
Dec. 10 vs. Navy (at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa.), 2:30 p.m.

2012

Sept. 8 @ San Diego State, TBA
Sept. 15 NORTHERN ILLINOIS, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 22 @ Wake Forest, TBA
Sept. 29 STONY BROOK, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 6 @ Boston College, TBA
Oct. 13 KENT STATE, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 20 @ Eastern Michigan, TBA
Oct. 27 BALL STATE, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 AIR FORCE (at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, N.Y.), 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 10 @ Rutgers, TBA
Nov. 17 TEMPLE, 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 8 vs. Navy (at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa.), 2:30 p.m.