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Army lost to Tarleton State, 30-27, in double-overtime Friday at home.
The Black Knights squandered a 24-10 fourth-quarter lead and missed a potential game-winning field goal in regulation.
This marks Army's first loss to a FCS team since 2015.
Army's return from a championship season took a serious misstep.
The Black Knights played very uncharacteristic football, with failed blocking assignments, three turnovers, costly penalties and special teams failures. The end product was a 30-27 double-overtime loss to Tarleton State on Friday night at Michie Stadium.
"They flat beat us,'' Army coach Jeff Monken said of Tarleton, the No. 7 ranked team in the Football Championship Series. "They played better. They outplayed us.
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