You can't win a football game in the first quarter but you can certainly lose one as Army has found out the hard way the past two weeks.
Army fell behind by three touchdowns once again, only this time the Black Knights could not battle out of the hole and fell 28-6 to East Carolina on Thursday night in Greenville, North Carolina.
Reigning American Conference champion Army (1-3) is the first team in the league to drop two contests, severely hampering its hopes for a repeat.
It was an almost identical start to a week ago against North Texas as Army fell behind 21-0. But it was the first time a Jeff Monken Army team (over 12 seasons) gave up 21 points in the first quarter. And with no scoring in the second quarter, it marked the first time the Black Knights had been shut out in the fir