TULSA, Okla. – Dawson Jones booted a 50-yard field goal as time expired to lift Army West Point football to a 38-35 victory over Tulsa on Friday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium.

The Black Knights (5-2, 4-1 American) won their third straight game in front of a crowd of 20,247, while the Golden Hurricane (4-4, 1-3 American) fell to .500 overall.

Army trailed 35-28 in the fourth quarter before scoring the game's final 10 points. Cale Hellums tied it at 35-35 with a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:50 left, and after the Black Knights defense forced a three-and-out, Army took over at its own 37-yard line with 51 seconds left. Hellums converted a third-and-3 with a 4-yard run and broke free for a 16-yard gain to the Tulsa 36-yard line. After a 3-yard run and a timeout, Jones split the uprights from 50 yards out as time expired. Jones, who also connected from 51 yards in the first quarter, became the first Army kicker to make two field goals of 50 or more yards in a game.

Hellums rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries, scoring on fourth-and-1 twice. Godspower Nwawuihe added 135 yards on 12 carries (11.2 yards per rush) and a 66-yard touchdown. As a team, Army rushed for 275 yards and four touchdowns and went 3-for-4 on fourth down.

The Black Knights defense boasted two sacks, five tackles for loss, an interception and a blocked punt, and Elijah Walton led the team with 10 tackles.

Tulsa won the toss and deferred to the second half, giving Army the football first. The Golden Hurricane opted for a squib kick to open the game, but a heads-up Noah Prior fielded it on a hop to set Army up at the Army 29-yard line.

Army faced a fourth-and-1 at the Tulsa 41-yard line on its opening possession. Against a loaded box looking for a short-yardage stop, quarterback Cale Hellums instead broke through into wide-open space for a 41-yard touchdown run with 9:11 left in the first quarter to make it 7-0 Army.

Tulsa's offense, however, got its night started in similar fashion, driving 81 yards in just 3 minutes, 10 seconds to tie it at 7-7 on an 8-yard touchdown run by wide receiver Javon Ross with 5:56 left in the first quarter.

To open Army's second drive, offensive coordinator Cody Worley dialed up a trick play, a 45-yard pass from slotback Zach Mundell to wide receiver Brady Anderson to the Tulsa 30-yard line. The drive stalled from there, but kicker Dawson Jones salvaged the series with a 51-yard field goal to make it 10-7 Army with 3:58 left in the first quarter.

The Black Knights defense adjusted after Tulsa's first drive, forcing a three-and-out on Tulsa's second series. Army took over at its own 40-yard line, and running back Godspower Nwawuihe ran 16 yards into Tulsa territory. But Army failed to convert a fourth-and-4 at the Tulsa 38-yard line, turning the ball over on downs with 2 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Golden Hurricane faced a pair of third-and-longs on its ensuing possession but converted both, and Hayes capped the drive with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Ross. The score gave Tulsa its first lead of the night, making it 14-10 Tulsa with 11:48 left in the second quarter.

Army answered with a 15-play, 75-yard drive that took 9 minutes, 51 seconds off the clock. Starting at its own 25-yard line, the Black Knights got a 25-yard rush from Nwawuihe on the second play to move into Tulsa territory. Army then had a third-and-long conversion of its own, as Hellums connected with slotback Samari Howard for 9 yards on third-and-9 at the Tulsa 43-yard line. One set of downs later, Hellums converted a fourth-and-2 with a 3-yard rush to the Tulsa 23-yard line, and an 11-yard rush by Nwawuihe took Army to the Tulsa 8. After Hellums was stopped on third-and-1 at the Tulsa 1-yard line, he came back on fourth-and-1 and pushed into the end zone with 1:57 left in the first half, his second fourth-and-1 touchdown of the night, to make it 17-14 Army.

Tulsa took over at its own 25-yard line with 1:57 left in the first half. After two short runs, an Army offside penalty gave the Golden Hurricane a third-and-3, which Hayes converted with an 8-yard completion to Ross. But on the next play, cornerback Julian Porter intercepted a Hayes pass at the Army 43-yard line with 38 seconds left in the half, giving the ball back to Army.

Army took over at the Army 43-yard line and turned to the passing game. Hellums found Howard for 14 yards and a first down and then again for 18 yards on third-and-12 to move the chains. A 9-yard completion to Anderson put Army at the Tulsa 16-yard line, and Jones drilled a 34-yard field goal with 2 seconds left to give the Black Knights a 20-14 lead at halftime.

To open the second half, Army kicked off to Tulsa, but the Black Knights defense forced a quick three-and-out on a third-down sack shared by defensive lineman Jack Bousum and linebacker Noah Nixon, carrying that momentum over from the first half.

The Black Knights wasted little time answering on their first possession of the second half. Starting at the Army 30-yard line, Army needed just two plays and 52 seconds to find the end zone, capped by a 66-yard touchdown run from Nwawuihe with 12:10 left in the third quarter. It was Army's longest play of the night and its fourth explosive play of 25 yards or more, joining Hellums' 41-yard touchdown run, Mundell's 45-yard pass to Anderson and Nwawuihe's 25-yard rush in the second quarter. Mundell then took the direct snap on the two-point attempt and ran it into the end zone to make it 28-14 Army, the Black Knights' 18th straight point.

Tulsa appeared to cut Army's lead in half on the ensuing kickoff, but a video review ruled that returner Trequan Jones stepped out of bounds at the Army 45-yard line, wiping out what had been ruled a 98-yard touchdown return. The Golden Hurricane still got into the end zone from there, converting a fourth-and-2 as [position] David Wells Jr. took a reverse 11 yards for a touchdown to make it 28-21 Army with 8:09 left in the third quarter.

Penalties plagued Army on its next drive. A delay of game penalty on the opening play and an ineligible downfield penalty that wiped out a 33-yard pass from Hellums to Mundell on third-and-13 forced Army's first punt of the night. Punter James Wagenseller's 50-yard kick was then cut short by an illegal formation penalty, which set Tulsa up at its own 28-yard line. On just the third play of that drive, Jones broke free for a 59-yard touchdown run to tie it at 28-28 with 4:15 left in the third quarter.

Army's next series once again opened with a penalty, this time a false start, and after a three-and-out, Tulsa took over at the Army 50-yard line with 2:05 left in the quarter. Tulsa then moved to the Army 18 as the third quarter expired, thanks to an 18-yard completion from Hayes to Ross on the final play of the period.

Tulsa carried that drive into the fourth quarter, and in the red zone Army's defense forced a pair of incompletions before a false start pushed the Golden Hurricane back to a third-and-13 at the Army 13-yard line. Hayes found wide receiver Jimmy Calloway for a 13-yard touchdown on the next snap to make it 35-28 Tulsa with 13:25 left in the fourth quarter. Army then went three-and-out for the third straight series, and Tulsa took over at its own 24-yard line with 11:19 left.

Tulsa then marched to the Army 18-yard line, but Army's defense stiffened there. Defensive lineman Dillon Stowers and Nixon stuffed Trequan Jones for no gain on second-and-10, and after a holding penalty nullified an 18-yard touchdown pass on third-and-10, safety Stephen Nnadozie limited wide receiver Oran Singleton to 6 yards on third-and-20. Kicker Owen Carey's 40-yard field-goal attempt was then no good with 7:34 left in the fourth quarter, keeping it 35-28 Tulsa.

Army's offense could not answer, going three-and-out for the fourth straight series. After a 1-yard Hellums rush, Howard was dropped for an 8-yard loss, and Hellums' deep pass for Anderson on third-and-17 fell incomplete. Wagenseller's 55-yard punt and a 3-yard loss on Singleton's return put Tulsa at its own 27-yard line with 5:51 left in the fourth quarter.

Army's defense then forced a Tulsa three-and-out, and a delay of game penalty on fourth-and-3 pushed the Golden Hurricane back to a fourth-and-8 at its own 29-yard line. Running back Tim Kloska blocked punter Max Tulen's kick and recovered it himself at the Tulsa 13-yard line with 3:52 left in the fourth quarter, giving Army its first blocked punt of the season.

The Black Knights made the most of the short field. Nwawuihe gained 11 yards on two carries to the Tulsa 2-yard line, and after Tulsa stopped Hellums for no gain on second-and-1, he punched it in from a yard out on third-and-1 with 1:50 left in the fourth quarter. Jones' extra point tied it at 35-35 and gave Hellums his third rushing touchdown of the night and 16th of the season.

Army's defense then got the stop it needed. Porter broke up a pass for Calloway on first down, and after a 4-yard Tulsa run, Harris-Miller and Bousum combined for a 4-yard sack on third-and-6. Tulen's 38-yard punt went out of bounds at the Army 37-yard line, giving the Black Knights the ball back with 51 seconds left in a 35-35 game.

With the game tied, Army took over at its own 37-yard line with 51 seconds left. Hellums converted a third-and-3 with a 4-yard run, then broke free for a 16-yard gain to the Tulsa 36-yard line with 6 seconds left. After a 3-yard run and a timeout, Jones drilled a 50-yard field goal as time expired to give the Black Knights a 38-35 victory.

Division of the Game: Army honored the 1st Infantry Division with a logo decal on the players' helmets and coaches' headsets. The 1st Infantry Division is a combined arms division of the United States Army and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917 during World War I. It was officially nicknamed "The Big Red One" after its shoulder patch and is also nicknamed "The Fighting First." The division has also received troop monikers of "The Big Dead One" and "The Bloody First" as puns on the respective officially sanctioned nicknames. It is currently based at Fort Riley, Kansas.