Follow along as we cover the 123rd Army-Navy Game being played at 3 p.m. on CBS at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
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Navy dominated most of the first half and led in possession time 22:07 to 7:53. Navy has 111 yards of total offense to Army’s 33, but a blocked Army punt recovering for a touchdown turned the game around.
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Navy held the ball for 12 minutes and 45 seconds, and Army just 2:15 (four offensive games). But Mids has been shut down twice after being driven into army grounds. Quarterback Xavier Arline leads Navy with 28 yards rushing on eight carries.
The Navy returns to Army territory, but is forced to give chase again. Army takes over on its own at the 4 with 21 seconds remaining in the first quarter
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- Navy leads the series 62-53-7, including a 14-game winning streak from 2002 through 2015. Army has won four of the next five meetings, its best performance since the early 1990s. The teams have alternated wins the past four years with Navy winning the 2019 and 2021 games and Army winning the 2018 and 2020.
- Navy won last year’s game, 17-13, Thanks in part to a surprise faux kick late in the game from inside linebacker Diego Fagot that set up a 43-yard field goal from Bijan Nichols that gave the Mids some breathing room. The Navy defense made two stops down the stretch for the win. Quarterback Ty Lavatay rushed 20 times for 62 yards and two touchdowns and a . Lavatai also completed 4 of 6 passes for 82 yards. He scored what proved to be the game-winning touchdown on a 2-yard dive to cap a 10-play, 74-yard drive in the third quarter.
- Navy is 4-7 on the season. The Midshipmen had a rocky start to the season, upsetting their home opener against Delaware, 14-7, then losing to Memphis, 37-13, their worst loss of the season. But Navy bounced back in their first East Carolina road game in double overtime. Navy lost three of its next four games, falling to Air Force, SMU and Houston while beating Tulsa, 53-21. Navy earned its second overtime win of the season against Temple before losing close games to Cincinnati and Notre Dame. In Mids’ last game, they were upset then no. 20 Central Florida, 17-14.
- Army enters 5-6 and did not qualify for the bowl game due to two wins over FCS opponents. The Black Knights lost four of their first five games, with the only win coming against Villanova. They won twice in a row over Colgate and Louisiana Monroe before losing to Air Force and Troy. They’ve also won their last two games against Connecticut and U-Mass.
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