GAME 13: Army (9-2) vs. Navy (3-9)
When	Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 | 3:00 pm (ET)
Location	Philadelphia, Pa. | Lincoln Financial Field
Television	CBS Sports (Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jamie Erdahl)
Live Video Stream	CBS Sports
Listen	Navy Football Radio Network (Pete Medhurst, Tom O'Brien, Joe Miller, Tim Murray) - WBAL (1090 AM; Baltimore) | WNAV (1430 AM, 99.9 FM; Annapolis) | WFED (1500 AM, 104.5 FM; Western Fairfax / Loudon) | WFED (820 AM, 94.3 FM; Frederick) | WBQH (1050 AM, 93.5 FM; Washington, DC / Northern Virginia) | ESPN/XEPE (1700 AM; San Diego) | WXTG (102.1 FM; Virginia Beach, Va.) | WJXL 1010 AM, 92.5 FM (Jacksonville, Fla.) | Satellite Radio (Sirius Ch. 137 / XM Ch. 201)
Live Stats	Navy Athletics
Game Notes
Season Statistics	Navy | Army
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | Facebook | Instagram

Setting the Stage
•    Army and Navy will meet in the greatest rivalry in all of sports on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field (69,176) in Philadelphia for the 119th playing of America's Game, the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA. CBS Sports will televise the game nationally with Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and Jamie Erdahl on the call, while Westwood One will have the national radio call with John Sadak, Mike Mayock and Ross Tucker.
•    Navy leads the all-time series, 60-51-7 (.538), including a 44-39-4 (.529) mark in Philadelphia and a 10-1 (.909) record at Lincoln Financial Field.
•    If Navy defeats Army, then Navy, Air Force and Army will all share in the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy this season since the three teams would all be 1-1 against each other (Air Force beat Navy and Army beat Air Force). The trophy would remain at West Point in this scenario because the rules state the previous winner retains the trophy if all three teams go 1-1 against each other. In the previous 46 years the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy has been on the line, only four times has there been a tie (1974 retained by Navy, 1976 retained by Navy, 1980 retained by Navy and 1993 retained by Air Force).
•     If Army defeats Navy, then the Black Knights would win the trophy for the second straight year and for just the third time in the last 23 years.
•     The Mids are 25-6 over the last 31 games against Service Academy rivals Army and Air Force.
•     Army enters the game ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 25 in the coaches poll. It is fhe first time since 1996 that Army enters the Army-Navy Game ranked in the top 25.  Army was ranked No. 23 that year and defeated Navy, 28-24. Navy last entered the Army-Navy Game ranked in the top 25 in 2015 when the No. 21 Midshipmen defeated Army, 21-17.
•     Navy has beaten a ranked opponent 36 times in its history, including twice in the last three years. Navy has defeated a ranked Army team three different times. In 1957, No. 8 Navy defeated No. 10 Army, 14-0.  In 1954, No. 6 Navy defeated No. 5 Army, 27-20, and in 1943, No. 6 Navy defeated No. 7 Army, 13-0.  
•     Navy has lost 12 straight and 14 of its last 16 games played away from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Mids' last win away from home was a 31-21 victory at Tulsa on Sept. 30, 2017.
•    Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo is in his 11th year at Navy, making him the longest-tenured coach in school history. With 87 career wins, he is the winningest coach in school history.
•     Niumatalolo's eight wins against Army are tied for the most in Army-Navy history with College Football Hall of Fame Coach Earl Blaik of Army, who was just 8-8-2 (.500) from 1941-58 against Navy. A victory against Army would make Niumatalolo the winningest coach in the history of the Arny-Navy Game.
•    ESPN College Game Day will broadcast live from Philadelphia from 9:00 am-12 noon right outside of XFinity Live, which is across the street from Lincoln Financial Field. Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, former Navy assistant coach Lee Corso and Maria Taylor will be on hand.
•    CBS Sports Network will air Inside College Football: Army-Navy March-On presented by USAA from 12-noon to 1:30 pm and Inside College Football: Army-Navy Tailgate presented by USAA from 1:30-2:30 pm with host Brent Stover, analysts Randy Cross, Houston Nutt and Kevin Carter and reporter John Schriffen. CBS Sports will air a 3:00 pm pregame show with Adam Zucker, Brian Jones and Rick Neuheisel.
•    WBAL Radio (1090 AM) will air a two-hour Navy Insider Show on Saturday starting at 12 noon with Keith Mills and Scott Wykoff.
•    The Navy Football Tailgate Show on WNAV Radio 1430 AM / 99.9 FM will air 1:00 pm.
•    The Navy Football Pregame Show with host Tim Murray will get underway at 2:00 pm on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 3:00 pm with Pete Medhurst, Tom O'Brien and Joe Miller on the call on the Navy Radio Network.   
•    Following the contest, Medhurst, O'Brien, Miller and Murray will recap the day's events in a 30-minute postgame show.

Game Day Festivities
•    The March-On of the Brigade of Midshipmen will take place at 12:11 pm, followed by the March-On of the Corps of Cadets at 12:41 pm.
•    The Service Academy Exchange of Cadets and Midshipmen will take place at 2:45 pm.
•    The Golden Knights and Leap Frogs will jump at 2:48 pm (weather permitting).
•    The National Anthem will take place at 3:00 pm.
•    The Army fly-over will take place at 3:08 pm.  
•    The Navy fly-over will be at 3:08:45 pm and will feature four Boeing F/A-18C Hornets from the "BLUE BLASTERS" of VFA-34 based out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Va.  Piloting the lead aircraft will be the BLUE BLASTER Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Will Mathis USNA Class of 2000.  The wing aircraft will be piloted by, Lt.  Cmdr. Thomas Kilcline, USNA Class of 2008, Lt. Casey Murdock, USNA Class of 2012, and Lt. Charles Johnson, USNA Class of 2013.  The Blue Blasters recently completed a deployment to the Western Pacific aboard the USS CARL VINSON as the last operational Navy squadron to fly the "legacy" F-18 aircraft.   The squadron will soon "sundown" the F-18C and transition to the F-18 Super Hornet. 
•    Kickoff is set for 3:10 pm. There is a chance for a five-minute slide starting at 2:10 pm and if that happens, all the above except the March-Ons will be pushed back five minutes.
•    Following the game, the alma mater of the losing team will be played with both teams standing at attention, followed by the alma mater of the winning team. It is the greatest tradition in all of sports.

Navy to Wear Goat-Inspired Uniforms
•    Navy will wear Under Armour mascot-inspired uniforms for the 2018 Army-Navy Game presented by USAA.
•    The Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen have a deep-rooted rivalry that goes back more than 100 years. Each year, this epic college football competition comes to a head in a match-up that draws in college fans from across the country. For the 2018 game, Navy will take on Army in a uniform that honors the rivalry and draws on an emblem of the school's pride – Bill the Goat.
•    The Navy Goat mascot came to be in 1893 when officers from the USS New York, a United States Naval transport ship, gifted a goat named El Cid to the Naval Academy. The Naval Academy appointed this goat the honorary mascot for the fourth-ever Army-Navy game, in which Navy beat Army in a momentous victory. To commemorate the win, the goat was appointed team mascot and became a valued symbol of the Navy football program.
•    Sixty years later, the goat made headlines after a group of cadets from the United States Military Academy kidnapped it ahead of the 1953 Army-Navy game. The media storm that ensued prompted then President Dwight D. Eisenhower to order the goat's return back to the Midshipmen. Since this historic kidnapping, Navy has protected their goat diligently and with great pride, keeping close watch for weeks leading up to the game vs. Army each year.
•    The Navy Goat uniform tells the mascot and academy story through an assortment of distinct design details. The sleeves of the jersey are navy blue in color and feature two stripes on the outside with the Navy logo in the center. This color-blocking look was inspired directly from the trim of the blanket popularly worn by Billy the Goat. In addition, the goat is depicted on the sides of the helmet, charging forward and wrapped in its blanket.
•    To match the jersey, the pants were designed in the same shade of navy blue with a stripe down the panel of the pants that features six breaks. This same design is also echoed on the helmet, which is a nod to the school's history since the United States Navy was founded by Congress with six frigates.

Scouting Army
•    Army enters Saturday's game ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 25 in the coaches poll.  
•    The Black Knights own victories over Liberty (38-14), Hawai'i (28-21), Buffalo (42-13), San Jose State (52-3), Miami of Ohio (31-30), Eastern Michigan (37-22), Air Force (17-14), Lafayette (31-13) and Colgate (28-14).
•    Army has losses to Duke (34-14) and Oklahoma (28-21).
•    Quarterback Kelvin Hopkins has had an exceptional year replacing the graduating Ahmad Bradshaw as the Army offense has not missed a beat. Hopkins has rushed for 783 yards and 10 touchdowns, while throwing for 895 yards and six touchdowns. He has thrown just three interceptions. Army is averaging a nation's-best 20.34 yards per completion and a team passing efficiency of 156.45 that ranks ninth nationally.
•    Fullback Darnell Woolfolk leads the Army ground attack with 823 yards and 14 touchdowns on 194 carries. Army is second in the nation in rushing, averaging 303.0 yards per game. Army's offensive line is only allowing three tackles for loss per game, which is the fewest in the nation. Woolfolk's 14 rushing touchdowns are the 14th most in the country.
•     Jordan Asberry is Army's leading receiver with nine catches for 197 yards and three touchdowns, while Kell Walker has nine catches for 140 yards and one touchdown.
•     The Army offense is No. 1 in the country in third down conversions (.571), fourth down conversions (.909) and time of possession (39:15). Army has lost just four fumbles on the year, which is the sixth fewest in the country and its seven total turnovers are the second fewest in the country. Army is ranked 25th in the country in red zone offense (.889)
•    The Army defense is led by linebacker James Natchtigal, who has recorded 73 tackles, 5.5 tackles for a loss and five sacks. Linebacker Cole Christiansen has 65 tackles and 10.5 tackles for a loss. The Army defense has recorded 49 tackles for a loss and 15 sacks on the year.
•     The Army defense is third in the country in third down defense (.272), second in fewest first downs allowed (170), 11th in total defense (301.3), 12th in rush defense (106.5) and 17th in scoring defense (18.7).
•     Army is 11th in the country in punt returns (15.11) and 20th in the country in fewest penalties per game (4.82).

New York State Of Mind
•    Navy has three players from the state of New York. Senior fullback Mike Martin (Pine Bush) is the only one of the three that is expected to play in this year's Army-Navy Game. The other two, John Kelly III (Staten Island) and Matt Conlon (The Bronx), are plebes.

The Keystone State
•    Navy has nine players from Pennsylvania, including starting outside linebacker Elan Nash (Glen Mills). The other players include: Carlinos Acie (McKeesport), Tory Delmonico (Beaver Falls), Michael Pifer (Jeannette), Isaac Ruoss (Mohton), Mack Schwartz (Doylestown), Kurt Stengel (Philadelphia) and Aleksei and Niko Yaramus (Moon Township).