IRVING, Texas - Home teams with 6-0 in American Conference play and has left four teams atop the league with perfect 2-0 records with two more also undefeated at 1-0.
UTSA started things off with a 31-24 victory over USF on Thursday night. Then on Saturday, Army outlasted Tulane 20-17, East Carolina defeated Rice 28-12, UNT dismantled Charlotte 50-10, Navy took down Tulsa 34-26, Temple fell in a non-conference contest against UConn 34-20 and Memphis won back the Battle of the Bones with a 38-13 win over UAB.
Week Six American Conference Notes
- Home teams went 6-0 in American Conference matchups in week six.
- UTSA took down USF Thursday night and ran their record to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference, marking the best six-game start since 2021 (6-0) and their second 2-0 league start in four years in the American.
- Josh McCown finished with 209 yards through the air for UTSA on 22-of-31 passing and 52 more on the ground to guide an offense that racked up 486 yards, including 277 rushing.
- Army got a game-winning FG from Dawson Jones as time expired to defeat Tulane 20-17 and win its second straight one-score American Conference game.
- Army QB Cale Hellums recorded a career-high 223 rushing yards with a pair of touchdowns. Hellums had 38 carries, tied for the fifth-most in school history, matching his rushing attempts at Tulane a season ago.
- ECU scored 21 straight points in less than eight minutes of game action at the end of the third and start of the fourth quarter to take down Rice 28-12.
- ECU RB TJ Engleman with 136 yards on 14 carries and scored his fourth touchdown in two games. With his second straight game eclipsing 100 yards, he now has 354 yards on 30 carries in three games after gaining 24 yards in just five attempts in the first two outings.
- UNT took down Charlotte 50-10. The 40-point margin of victory was the largest for UNT in a conference game since a 49-7 win over FIU on Nov. 20, 2021, and the largest ever as a member of The American, besting a 38-point win over UTSA last season.
- UNT QB Tayven Jackson finished 24 for 31 for 349 yards passing and five touchdowns. His five TD passes in a game is a new career high and the ties for third-most in single-game program history.
- Navy rallied from a 12-point second half deficit and outscored Tulsa 14-0 in the fourth quarter to pick up its first league win of the season 34-26 over Tulsa in Annapolis.
- Navy QB Jackson Gutierrez carried the ball 41 times for 232 yards, the most by a Navy player since 2008, and completed five of seven passes for 95 yards and a touchdown. His 232 rushing yards were the most by a Navy player since 2019.
- Tulsa had four different players with 10+ tackles against Navy in Dax Collins (13), Ashton Williams (11), Rylan Leathers (10) and Arias Nash (10) in the loss against the Midshipmen.
- Memphis outscored UAB 28-0 in the second half to defeat UAB 38-13 and bring the Battle of the Bones trophy back to Memphis. They have scored at least 15 points in 88 consecutive home games. It is the second-longest active streak in the FBS and the fourth-longest streak overall since 1978.
- Memphis extended their active streak of games with two or fewer turnovers to 35 games, the second-longest streak by an American Conference team, the longest active streak in the conference and 6th longest active streak in the FBS.
- Through week 6, Memphis, UNT and UTSA are atop the American Conference standings at 2-0 while Florida Atlantic and East Carolina are both 1-0 as well.
NOTABLE WEEK 6 PERFORMANCES
Owen McCown, QB, UTSA
22-of-31 for 209 yards and 9 rushes for 52 yards in 31-24 win over USF
A'Marion Peterson, RB, UTSA
12 carries for 92 yards and 3 TDs in 31-24 win over USF
Cale Hellums, QB, Army
3-of-6 for 19 yards, 38 carries for 223 yards and two rushing TDs in 20-17 win over Tulane
Dickson Agu, LB, Tulane
12 tackles, 3 solo in 20-17 loss at Army
TJ Engleman Jr., RB, East Carolina
14 carries, 136 yards, 1 TD, also had 2 catches for 10 yards in 28-12 win over Rice
Ray Ray Joseph Jr., WR, East Carolina
6 catches for 68 yards and 2 TDs in 28-12 win over Rice
Crews Law, LB, East Carolina
10 tackles, 5 solo, 1.5 TFL in 28-12 win over Rice
Koa Akui, S, Rice
9 tackles, 6 solo, 4 TFL, 2 PBU in 28-12 loss at East Carolina
Tyvonn Byars, RB, Rice
14 carries, 111 yards and a TD in 28-12 loss at East Carolina
Tayven Jackson, QB, UNT
24 for 31 for 349 yards and 5 TDs in 50-10 win over Charlotte
Justin Stevenson, WR, UNT
9 catches for 122 yards and 2 TDs in 50-10 win over Charlotte
Davion Rhodes, DL, UNT
5 tackles, 2 solo, 2.5 TFL, 2 sacks and a PBU in 50-10 win over Charlotte
Jaden Barnes, WR, Charlotte
9 catches for 94 yards in 50-10 loss at UNT
Jackson Gutierrez, QB, Navy
5-for-7 for 95 yards and a TD passing, 41 carries for 232 yards and 3 TDs on the ground in 34-26 win over Tulsa
Coleman Cauley, LB, Navy
10 tackles, 5 solo, 0.5 TFL in 34-26 win over Tulsa
Baylor Hayes, QB, Tulsa
20-for-35, 268 yards and a TD, also rushed 4 times for 14 yards in 34-26 loss at Navy
Dax Collins, LB, Tulsa
13 tackles, 4 solo in 34-26 loss at Navy
Ajani Sheppard, QB, Temple
19-for-25, 260 yards, 1 TD, also rushed 12 times for 27 yards in 34-20 loss vs. Uconn
Jaylin Carter, RB, Memphis
19 carries for 132 yards and 2 TDs in 38-13 win over UAB.
Jo'Tavion Pierce, DB, UAB
12 tackles, 10 solo, 2 PBU in 38-13 loss at Memphis
WEEK 6 RESULTS
Thursday, October 8
UTSA 31, South Florida 24* (ESPN)
Saturday, October 3
Army 20, Tulane 17* (CBSSN)
East Carolina 28, Rice 12* (ESPN+)
UNT 50, Charlotte 10* (ESPN+)
Navy 34, Tulsa 26* (CBSSN)
UConn 34, Temple 20 (ESPNU)
Memphis 38, UAB 13* (ESPN2)
WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 15
East Carolina at UAB* (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Friday, October 16
Memphis at Tulane* (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, October 17
Florida Atlantic at Army* (12:00 p.m., CBSSN)
Charlotte at Temple* (1:00 p.m., ESPN+)
Tulsa at Rice* (4:30 p.m., ESPN+)
Kent State at South Florida (7:00 p.m., ESPN+)
Navy at UTSA* (8:00 p.m., ESPNU)
2026 American Conference Football Standings
| School |
Conf |
CPct. |
Overall |
Pct. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
| UTSA |
2-0 |
1.000 |
5-1 |
.833 |
3-0 |
2-1 |
0-0 |
W3 |
| Memphis |
2-0 |
1.000 |
5-1 |
.833 |
3-0 |
2-1 |
0-0 |
W3 |
| Florida Atlantic |
1-0 |
1.000 |
4-1 |
.800 |
3-0 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
W4 |
| UNT |
2-0 |
1.000 |
4-2 |
.667 |
3-0 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
W3 |
| East Carolina |
1-0 |
1.000 |
3-2 |
.600 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
W3 |
| Army |
2-1 |
.667 |
3-2 |
.600 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
W1 |
| UAB |
1-1 |
.500 |
3-3 |
.500 |
3-0 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
L1 |
| Temple |
1-1 |
.500 |
2-4 |
.333 |
1-3 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
L1 |
| South Florida |
1-2 |
.333 |
4-2 |
.667 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
0-0 |
L2 |
| Navy |
1-2 |
.333 |
2-3 |
.400 |
2-0 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
W1 |
| Tulsa |
0-2 |
.000 |
3-3 |
.500 |
2-1 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
L3 |
| Tulane |
0-1 |
.000 |
2-3 |
.400 |
2-0 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
L1 |
| Rice |
0-2 |
.000 |
1-5 |
.167 |
1-2 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
L5 |
| Charlotte |
0-2 |
.000 |
0-6 |
.000 |
0-3 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
L6 |
* - American Conference Game
All times Eastern