Army (5-6) vs. Navy (5-6, 4-4 AAC)
When	Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 | 3:00 pm (ET)
Location	Foxborough, Mass. | Gillette Stadium
Television	CBS (Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jenny Dell)
Live Video Stream	CBS and Paramount
Listen	Navy Football Radio Network (Pete Medhurst, Joe Miller, Keith Mills, Scott Wykoff) WBAL 1090 AM / 101.5 FM (Baltimore) | WFED 820 AM, 94.3 FM (Frederick, Md.) | WFED 1500 AM (Washington, D.C.) | WFED 104.5 FM (Western Fairfax / Loudon, Va.) | WNAV 1430 AM, 99.9 FM (Annapolis) | KWFN 97.3 FM (San Diego) | WGH 1310 AM / 100.9 FM (Norfolk, Va.) | WJGM 105.7 FM (Jacksonville, Fla.) | Satellite: Navy Broadcast - SiriusXM Ch. 83, SXM App Ch. 83; National Broadcast - SiriusXM Ch. 84, SXM App Ch. 84 | Apps: Audacy (WNAV, KWFN) and TuneIn (WBAL)
Live Stats	Navy Athletics
Game Notes	Army | Navy | AAC
Season Statistics	Army | Navy | AAC
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Opening Kick
•    Army and Navy meet for the 124th time on the gridiron and for the first time in Massachusetts when the two square off on Saturday at Gillette Stadium (65,878) in Foxborough, Mass. Kickoff is set for 3:00 pm and the game will be televised nationally by CBS, while Westwood One will handle the national radio broadcast. The annual Army-Navy Game, America's Game, is presented by USAA.
•    Navy leads the all-time series 62-54-7. Army won last year's game 20-17 in double overtime. The two teams are 2-2 against one another over the last 4 contests, while 7 of the last 9 games have been decided by 7 points or less.
•    The Army-Navy game is the 8th-most played rivalry game in college football.
•    The next 4 sites for the Army-Navy game are - Dec. 14, 2024 in Washington, D.C. / Landover, Md.; Dec. 13, 2025 in Baltimore; Dec. 12, 2026 in New York City / East Rutherford, N.J. and Dec. 11, 2027 in Philadelphia. Including this year's contest, all 5 Army-Navy games will be televised nationally by CBS.
•    This will be Brian Newberry's 5th Army-Navy game, but his 1st as a head coach. Navy head coaches are 16-15-3 against Army in their first year.
•    The Mids will have an opportunity to earn a share of the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy with a win over Army thanks to the Black Knights' 23-3 upset over Air Force. Navy lost to Air Force 17-6 on Oct. 21. This was the same scenario in 2021 when Navy defeated Army 17-13 at the Meadowlands. If Navy defeats Army the trophy will remain with Air Force since the Falcons won it last. If Army wins, the Black Knights will win the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy for the first time since 2020.
•    Navy, picked 9th in the American Athletic Conference preseason poll, finished tied for 5th with a 4-4 record. Army will join the AAC next fall.
•    Navy's 738 wins all-time as a program are the 25th most in FBS history. Army stands 29th at 726.
•    Five of Navy's 6 losses came at the hands of a team that will be playing in a bowl game, including 2 teams ranked in the top 25 (#15 Notre Dame and #17 SMU). Navy's only loss to a team with a losing record was Temple.  
•    Navy's 5 wins this year are the most since 2019.
•    Navy has played the longest regular-season schedule in the country this year. The Mids played the first regular-season college football game of the season on August 26 against Notre Dame at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland and will play the final regular-season game of the year against Army.
•    Colin Ramos (Jr. / LB) and Riley Riethman (Jr. / P) were named First-Team All-American Athletic Conference by the league's coaches. Rayuan Lane III (Jr. / S) was named to the third team, while Alex Tecza (So. / FB), Dashaun Peele (Jr / CB) and Will Harbour (Sr / LB) were named honorable mention.
•    Xavier McDonald (Sr. / Striker) is one of 11 FBS players who has been selected to the 2023 Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team. He has also been nominated for the Football Writers Association Courage Award (winner to be announced) and is a semifinalist for the Witten Award (winner to be announced). Allstate will honor the Good Works Team on Jan. 1 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, an annual tradition provided courtesy of Allstate as an additional honor for being selected to the team. The trip will span 3 days and include a variety of events.
•    Navy is one of two schools to start 4 or more quarterbacks this fall (Arizona State has started 5): Tai Lavatai (Sr.), Blake Horvath (So.), Braxton Woodson (Fr.) and Xavier Arline (Sr.). Navy, Duke, Florida State and Utah are the only 4 schools in the FBS to win a game with 3 different starting quarterbacks (Lavatai vs. Wagner and Charlotte, Horvath vs. North Texas, Arline vs. UAB and ECU).
•    Navy's 12:44 scoring drive against UAB, capped off by a 2-yard touchdown run by Daba Fofana (Jr. / FB), that started in the 3rd quarter and ended in the 4th quarter was the longest scoring drive by a Navy team in terms of time since the Mids' epic 26-play, 94-yard, 14:26 drive that ended in a field goal against New Mexico in the 2004 Emerald Bowl.
•    Navy and Penn State are the only 2 schools in the FBS to record 3 shutouts this year. The 3 shutouts are the most by a Navy team in a single-season since 1978 when the Mids shut out 4 opponents. The shutout of East Carolina was the first time the Pirates had been shut out in 26 years (322 games). The Navy defense has not allowed a touchdown in 4 of its 11 games this year (UAB scored 6 points on 2 field goals).
•    Navy's defense is tied with Cal for #1 in the the nation in fumbles recovered with 14.
•    Navy is 3rd in the country in turnover margin at +1.18.
•    Navy's 4 interceptions thrown are tied for the 3rd fewest in the country.
•    Navy's red zone defense is 3rd in the country, allowing opponents to score just 71 percent of the time.
•    Navy has come up with 24 turnovers this fall, tied for the 7th most in the country.
•    Navy has 9 touchdown drives under 1:00 this year, tied for the 6th most in the country.
•    Luke Pirris (So. / Raider) and Justin Reed (Jr. / DE) are tied for 5th in the country in fumble recoveries with 3 apiece.

Game Day Timeline
•    12:10 pm - March-on of the Brigade of Midshipmen
•    12:40 pm - March-on of the Corps of Cadets
•    2:45 pm - Service Academy exchange of midshipmen and cadets who are spending the semester at their rival school
•    2:48 pm - Golden Knights and Leap Frogs (weather permitting)
•    3:01 pm - National Anthem, will be sung by the glee clubs from both institutions
•    3:05 pm - Navy flyover will take place when the Mids take the field.
•    Saturday's fly-over features 4 FA-18 Super Hornets from Carrier Air Wing One, based out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. Piloting the aircraft will be Lt. Cmdr. Matt "BONCERS" Burch, USNA Class of 2011, Lt. Cmdr. Jon "BG" Weissberg, Class of 2010, Lt. Miranda "Spunkey" Kosmides, Class of 2018, Lt. Katie "Pukasso" Arbuckle, Class of 2017, Lt. Cmdr. Matt "Magic Mutt" Buss, Class of 2012, Lt. Abby "TARA" Mesaros, Class of 2018, Lt. Jake "Smitten" Prickett, Class of 2017 and former Navy football player Lt. Patrick "KIDS BOP" Hoffman, Class of 2017.
•    Providing ground control and support will be Cmdr. Michael "Slayer" Farley, Commanding Officer of VFA-81 and Class of 2006, Lt. Travis "Medger" Smith, Class of 2016, and Lt. Samantha Williams, Class of 2019. Carrier Air Wing One is assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman and deployed from 2021-2022 in support of NATO Operations.
•    3:05:45 pm - Army flyover will take place when the Black Knights take the field.   
•    3:10 pm - Kickoff
•    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.

Broadcast Coverage
•    CBS Sports will televise the Army-Navy game nationally with Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (analyst) and Jenny Dell (sideline) on the call. This will be Danielson's 15th Army-Navy game, a record for a national broadcaster for this game. This will be Nessler's 7th Army-Navy game (tied for 5th) and Dell's 2nd (tied for 32nd).
• Westwood One will have the national radio call with John Sadak (play-by-play), Ross Tucker (analyst) and Tina Cervasio-McKearney (sideline). The game will air on over 300 Westwood One affiliates and on SIRIUSXM (Ch. 84).
•    ESPN's College GameDay will be live from outside Gillette Stadium (Lot 5B) from 10:00 am-12 noon with Rece Davis, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Jen Lada, Pete Thamel, Jess Sims and Steve Coughlin.
•    CBS Sports Network will air Inside College Football: Army-Navy March-On presented by USAA from 12:00-1:30 pm and Inside College Football: Army-Navy Tailgate presented by USAA from 1:30-2:30 pm. Hosts Brent Stover and Tina Cervasio-McKearney, along with analysts Randy Cross, Christian Fauria and Kevin Carter will cover all of the sights and sounds of the pregame festivities from Gillette Stadium.
•    CBS Sports will also air its studio pregame, halftime and postgame coverage live from inside the stadium. Coverage on CBS will begin at 2:30 pm with College Football Today. Adam Zucker, Brian Jones and Rick Neuheisel will count down to kickoff, previewing the action and setting the stage for America's Game.
•    The Navy Football Special Edition Army-Navy Insider Show with Scott Wykoff, Keith Mills, Joe Miller and Pete Medhurst will air on WBAL Radio (1090 AM, 101.5 FM) from 12:00-2:00 pm.
•    The Navy Football Pregame Show with Medhurst, Miller, Mills and Wykoff and special commentary from John Feinstein will get underway at 2:00 pm on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 3:00 pm with Medhurst, Miller and Mills on the call.
•    Following the contest, Medhurst, Miller, Mills and Wykoff will recap the day's events in a 30-minute postgame show.

Scouting Army
5-6 Overall  |  Independent
Head Coach: Jeff Monken

•    Army enters Saturday's contest having won three-consecutive games (Air Force 23-3, Holy Cross 17-14 and Coastal Carolina 28-21). The Black Knights also own victories over Delaware State (52-0) and a UTSA (37-29) team that did not have star quarterback Frank Harris.
•    Army lost to Louisiana Monroe (17-13), Syracuse (29-16), Boston College (27-24), Troy (19-0) and LSU (62-0).
•    Like Navy, Army was running a new offense in 2023, but head coach Jeff Monken decided to go back to the old offense against Coastal Carolina and it worked like a charm as the Black Knights scored 28 points behind junior quarterback Bryson Dailey (22 carries for 94 yards and 1 TD) and converted tight end, senior Tyson Riley (12 carries, 112 yards, 1 TD), returned to fullback.
•    Dailey is a very good option quarterback and an especially tough runner. He leads Army in rushing with 817 yards and 7 touchdowns on 188 carries. He has also completed 53 of his 106 pass attempts for 859 yards with 6 touchdowns and 6 interceptions.
•    Freshman running back Kanye Udoh is 2nd on the team in rushing with 436 yards and a touchdown on 86 carries. Army is 9th in the country in rushing, averaging 208.3 yards per game.
•    Fourth-year junior Isaiah Alston is a standout wide receiver for the Black Knights, averaging 29.6 yards per catch on 9 receptions. He also has 2 touchdown catches. Sophomore wide receiver Noah Short has 18 catches for 252 yards and 2 touchdowns to complement Alston. Army is 4th in the country in passing yards per completion (15.5) as a team.
•     The Army offensive line is once again stout, ranking 9th in the country in tackles for loss allowed (3.8) and 18th in sacks allowed (1.18). Army also likes to control the clock behind its offensive line, ranking 17th in time of possession (32:15).
•     The Army defense is led by two outstanding players in senior linebacker Leo Lowin (83 tackles. 4.5 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, which ranks 17th in the country, and 4 forced fumbles, which ranks 3rd) and fifth-year senior safety Quindrelin Hammonds (58 tackles, 4 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 3 interceptions and a fumble recovery).
•    The Army defense has been tough to move the ball against, ranking 15th in first downs allowed with 204. It also ranks 19th in the country in fumbles recovered with 9, 22nd in passing yards allowed (188.7) and 24th in red zone defense (.774).
•    Army's special teams have been outstanding, blocking 4 kicks, which ranks 3rd in the country. Last year, Army blocked a punt against Navy that proved to be the difference in the game.
•    Army's 2 blocked punts are also the second most in the country, while Army has not allowed a blocked kick of any kind.
•    Army also ranks No. 1 in the country in punt returns (22.0 yds per return) and 8th in kickoff return defense, giving up just 15.2 yards per return.
•    Senior kicker Quinn Maretzki ranks 23rd in the country in field goal percentage (.846).
•    The Black Knights have been a very disciplined club, ranking 7th in fewest penalties per game (3.9 per contest) and 10th in fewest penalty yards per game (37.7).
•    Army has 10 fifth-year seniors on its roster and 5 fourth-year juniors.

Navy Head Coaches In First Army-Navy Game
•    While this will be Brian Newberry's 5th Army-Navy game, it is his 1st as a head coach.
•    Navy head coaches are 16-15-3 against Army in their 1st year.
• Unknown: Defeated Army 24-0 in 1890
• Unknown: Lost to Army 32-16 in 1891
• Ben Crosby: Defeated Army 12-4 in 1892
• John Hartwell: Defeated Army 6-4 in 1893
• Bill Armstrong: Lost to Army 17-5 in 1899
• Garrett Cochran: Defeated Army 11-7 in 1900
• Doc Hillebrand: Lost to Army 11-5 in 1901
• Burr Chamberlain: Lost to Army 40-5 in 1903
• Paul Dashiell: Lost to Army 11-0 in 1904
• Joe Reeves: Defeated Army 6-0 in 1907
• Frank Berrien: Lost to Army 6-4 in 1908
• Doug Howard: Defeated Army 3-0 in 1911
• Jonas Ingram: Lost to Army 14-0 in 1915
• Gil Dobie: Defeated Army 6-0 in 1919
• Bob Folwell: Defeatd Army 7-0 in 1920
• Jack Owsly: Lost to Army 10-3 in 1925
• Bill Ingram: Tied Army 21-21 in 1926
• Rip Miller: Lost to Army 17-7 in 1931
• Tom Hamilton: Defeated Army 3-0 in 1934
• Hank Hardwick: Lost to Army 6-0 in 1937
• Swede Larson: Defeated Army 10-0 in 1939
• Billick Whelchel: Defeated Army 14-0 in 1942
• Oscar Hagberg: Lost to Army 23-7 in 1944
• Georg Sauer: Tied Army 21-21 in 1948
• Eddie Erdelatz: Defeated Army 14-2 in 1950
• Wayne Hardin: Defeated Army 43-12 in 1959
• Bill Elias: Tied Army 7-7 in 1965
• Rick Forzano: Lost to Army 27-0 in 1969
• George Welsh: Defeated Army 51-0 in 1973
• Gary Transquill: Defeated Army 24-7 in 1982
• Elliot Uzelac: Lost to Army 17-3 in 1987
• George Chaump: Lost to Army 30-20 in 1990
• Charlie Weatherbie: Lost to Army 14-13 in 1995
• Rick Lantz (interim): Lost to Army 26-17 in 2001
• Paul Johnson: Defeated Army 58-12 in 2002
• Ken Niumatalolo: Defeated Army 34-0 in 2008

Navy Athletics and Under Armour Unveil 2023 Army-Navy Football Game Uniform
•    Navy Athletics and Under Armour unveiled the 2023 Army-Navy game uniform that will honor the Silent Service, the U.S. Submarine Force, its families and supporting personnel on Dec. 9 at the 124th playing of the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
•    The entire uniform is flooded with Eclipse Navy (UA's darkest shade of navy blue) to mimic the covert design of a submarine hull. The uniform was purposefully designed to embody the Force's nickname: Silent Service.  The overall design was intended to be simple and utilitarian to convey the stealth purposes of a submarine's design.
•    The design elements of the font are in contrasting white to mimic classification numbers of a submarine hull. These elements were strategically selected to only highlight elements that require on-field legibility like the player numbers, player names, the NAVY wordmark, the USMC globe and the Under Armour logo.  On the pants, numbers are stacked vertically to mimic depth numbers of a submarine hull.
•    The sleeve patch was executed using the Naval Academy Athletics anchor locked-up with the Submarine Warfare insignia or "dolphins/fish". The design encompasses a historically inspired rendering of dolphins flanking a submarine in the middle.  The Submarine Warfare insignia was created in 1923 by Captain Ernest J. King, who proposed that the Navy create a warfare insignia device for qualified submariners. The hard-earned badge distinguishes and identifies the members of the submarine community and has since become a source of pride for the silent service.
•    The back neck of the uniform features the slogan "Silent Service" and features the silhouette of a U.S. submarine on top of a sonar screen that is dotted with stars to indicate targets.
•    Each helmet is hand painted with the right side depicting a Virginia Class Submarine underwater and the left side depicting Navy's customary Navy anchor with the submariner pin integrated into it with color changing pragmatic paint. The front flex panel depicts a color changing radar which is used on submarines to find their target. The front decal of the helmet says Navy, while the back decal says Silent Service.
•    This year, 158 midshipmen earned the service assignment of submarines or nuclear submarines.

Seniors Receive Service Assignments
•    The 25 seniors on the Navy football team received their service assignments on Nov. 16.
•    Navy's seniors will graduate on May 24 and be commissioned Ensigns in the Navy or 2nd Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Graduates serve a minimum of 5 years in the Navy or Marine Corps, while pilots serve 8 years upon earning their wings.  

Xavier Arline: QB / Marine Corps Ground
Donald Berniard Jr.: NG / Surface Warfare
Chaisen Buckner: LB / Marine Corps Ground
Jacob Busic: DE / Marine Corps Ground
Willie Collins V: CB / Surface Warfare
Khalil Crawford: FB / Marine Corps Ground
Clay Cromwell: DT / Marine Corps Ground
Eavan Gibbons: Striker / Navy Pilot
Sam Glover: OT / Surface Warfare
Will Harbour: LB / Navy Pilot
Daniel Jones: SB / Marine Corps Ground
Akalea Kapono: TE / Information Professional
Tai Lavatai: QB / Surface Warfare
Xavier McDonald: Striker / Navy Pilot
John Meagher: WR / Navy Pilot
Marcus Moore: FS / Surface Warfare
Lirion Murtezi: C / Supply Corps
Colin O'Connor: WR / Marine Corps Ground
Joshua Pena: OG / Surface Warfare (Nuclear)
Mike Petrof: OT / Surface Warfare
Kai Puailoa-Rojas: SB / Marine Corps Ground
Jayden Umbarger: WR / Marine Corps Ground
Evan Warren: K / Navy Pilot
Camari Williams: WR / Surface Warfare
Cole Williams: LS / Marine Corps Ground

Ramos, Riethman Named First-Team All-AAC
•    Colin Ramos (Jr. / LB) and Riley Riethman (Jr. / P) were named First-Team All-American Athletic Conference by the league's coaches. Rayuan Lane III (Jr. / S) was named to the third team, while Alex Tecza (So. / FB), Dashaun Peele (Jr / CB) and Will Harbour (Sr / LB) were named honorable mention.
•    Ramos leads Navy in tackles with 94, while recording 8 tackles for loss, 4 pass breakups, 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, an interception and a fumble recovery. He was twice named AAC Defensive Player of the Week for his performances against UAB (12 tackles, a sack, a TFL and a pass breakup) and ECU (10 tackles, 1.5 TFL). Ramos spearheads a defense that has recorded 3 shutouts which is tied for the most in the country with Penn State and tied for the most in school history.  He needs 6 tackles against Army to become the 1st Navy player since Diego Fagot in 2019 to record 100 tackles in a single season.
•    Riethman has been a tremendous weapon for the Mids, averaging a school-record 44.9 yards per punt on his 75 punts. He had a career-long 68-yard punt against Air Force and his 50.8 yard average against SMU was the second-best single-game average in school history. Riethman's career average of 44.0 is also a school record. He was named to the Ray Guy Award Great 8 weekly honor roll 3 times this year.
•    Lane III has consistently made big plays at safety for the Mids this year, coming up with 62 tackles, 3 tackles for a loss, 0.5 sacks, 4 interceptions, 7 pass break-ups, a fumble recovery and 2 forced fumbles. His 4 interceptions are tied with Peele for the team lead and the 16th most in the country. His 97-yard interception return for a touchdown against UAB was the longest in stadium history, the second-longest in school history and the sixth-longest play in school history.
•    Tecza has had a sensational sophomore campaign, leading the Mids in rushing with 724 yards and 5 touchdowns on 117 carries. His 6.2 yards per carry ranks 22nd nationally. He had a career-high 163 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries against Memphis in the AAC opener, including a career-long 75 yard run.
•    Harbour has teamed with Ramos to anchor the Navy defense this season. He is 2nd on the team in tackles with 76, tied for 3rd in tackles for a loss (7.5) and tied for 4th in sacks (3). He had a career-high 11 tackles against USF and Charlotte.
•    Peele has shown a nose for the ball on defense, picking off 4 passes in the last 6 games to go along with 4 pass breakups and a fumble recovery. He has 5 interceptions in just 15-career games and his 4 interceptions this year are tied with Lane III for the 16th most in the country.