Hammond leads Air Force over Navy 35-7 in first career start

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Once D.J. Hammond got back in the game, he turned his first career start into a tour de force. Hammond, sidelined early on after a helmet-to-helmet collision, returned to run for three touchdowns and throw for another, leading Air Force past Navy 35-7 on Saturday. Joseph Saucier also scored on a 48-yard run for Air Force (2-3), which took the first leg in the competition among the service academies for the Commander in Chief's trophy. Air Force will play at Army on Nov. 3 while Navy (2-3) plays Army on Dec. 8 in its final regular-season game. Hammond was injured on a third-down run in the opening minutes of the game. He returned to throw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Ronald Cleveland and run for touchdowns of 1, 2 and 5 yards. During Air Force's second offensive series, Hammond absorbed successive hits to his head by two Navy defenders.