NAVY vs. ARMY
Lincoln Financial Field (68,532/Grass)
Philadelphia, Pa.
Television
CBS
Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Allie LaForce
Navy Radio
WBAL-AM 1090 (flagship)
THE GAME
Saturay’s game will be the 116th playing of the annual Army-Navy matchup …Navy holds a 59-49-7 series lead and has won the last 13 against the Black Knights … A Navy win would bring the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy to Annapolis for the 10th time in 13 years … ESPN’s College GameDay will be on-site in Philadelphia.
21/22 NAVY
9-2, 7-1 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
63-37, eighth season
NOTES
Navy is ranked in the top 25 polls for the fifth straight week as the Midshipmen check in at No. 21 in the AP poll and No. 22 in the USA Today ranking … Navy tied for the American Athletic Conference West Division title in its first year in the conference, but lost a head-to-head tiebreaker with Houston for the right to play in the conference championship game … The offensive leader is QB Keenan Reynolds, who holds the NCAA career records for total touchdowns and rushing touchdowns (83) … Reynolds, who was named The American’s Offensive Player of the Year, has rushed for 1,093 yards and 19 touchdowns this season and has thrown six touchdown passes … Navy ranks second in the nation in rushing offense, averaging 330.1 yards per game … FB Chris Swain has rushed for 847 yards and 10 touchdowns … WR Jamir Tillman has a team-high 22 receptions for 468 yards and four touchdowns … The defense is led by DE Will Anthony, a first-team all-conference selection who has 6.5 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss … WR Thomas Wilson (first team) and OG E.K. Binns (second team) were named to the Capital One Academic All-America team.
ARMY
2-9
Head Coach
Jeff Monken (Millikin ’89)
6-17, second season
NOTES
Army enters its season finale at 2-9 after the Black Knights fell 31-21 to Rutgers to drop their fifth straight game … Army’s wins have come against Eastern Michigan (58-36) and Bucknell (21-14) … Six of the nine losses have come by a touchdown or less … The game against Navy is the third of three games for the Black Knights against American Athletic Conference opponents … Army fell at UConn, 22-17, Sept. 12, and lost to Tualne, 34-31, at West Point Nov. 14 … Army ranks eighth nationally in rushing offense, averaging 254 yards per game … FB Aaron Kempner leads the team in rushing with 506 yards on 94 carries with three touchdowns … QB Ahmad Bradshaw has rushed for 468 yards and five touchdowns, while QB A.J. Schurr has rushed for 384 yards and a team-high seven TDs … WR Edgar Poe has a team-high five touchdown receptions … LB Andrew King leads the defense with 89 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles for loss … CB Brandon Jackson has a team-high three interceptions … Army coach Jeff Monken served as an assistant at Navy from 2002-07 … Army is playing its 125th season of varsity football … The Black Knights won three consecutive national championships from 1944-46.