The best rivalry in sports activities will write its remaining chapter Saturday, Dec. 14, at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., as Military and Navy sq. off within the remaining recreation of the 2024 common season with bragging rights on the road. The spectacle of the Military-Navy recreation is unmatched in sports activities, and CBS can have all of the motion on that Saturday afternoon in December.
Though this rivalry has grow to be extra hotly contested within the fashionable period, every crew has had its personal streaks of dominance. The Black Knights, for instance, have come out on prime most instances over the previous decade. They’ve received six of their final eight contests in opposition to Navy and with a win this yr would match their longest profitable streak (three video games in 2016-18) since 1996.
Earlier than that, although, it was all Navy. Notably, the Midshipmen received 14 consecutive video games from 2002-2015, which is the longest such streak within the historical past of this rivalry. Navy additionally holds the all-time mark with a 62-55-7 document and has received at the very least 5 video games in a row on three separate events. With the best way the final three years have gone — no crew has received by greater than six factors in that span — this yr's Military-Navy Recreation guarantees to be a thriller.
Particularly for the reason that Commander-in-Chief Trophy will likely be on the road. Each Military and Navy have already secured wins in opposition to Air Pressure, which implies their recreation in opposition to one another will likely be for all balls.
What to anticipate on December 14th? Let's have a look.
Military vs Navy: I have to know
No School Soccer Playoff Implications: The Military-Navy recreation has a variety of stakes by itself, however although the Black Knights are proper within the thick of the 12-team School Soccer Playoff race, the end result of that contest is not going to issue into the choice committee's resolution. In truth, the ultimate set of rankings will likely be launched six days earlier than the Black Knights and Midshipmen meet. That mentioned, Military nonetheless has loads of time to make an affect. The Black Knights have already locked up a spot within the AAC Championship Recreation, which takes place two days earlier than Choice Sunday.
Factors (could possibly be) galore: Each Military and Navy have skilled such an offensive renaissance this season. The Black Knights presently rank fourth within the AAC with 35.three factors per recreation, whereas the Midshipmen should not far behind in seventh with a 32.1 scoring common. At one level, Navy had a top-10 offense nationally, however has hit a little bit of a lull over the previous month (extra on that beneath). In the meantime, the army has seen pretty regular manufacturing. The Black Knights had 5 consecutive video games between September 21 and October 19 the place they scored at the very least 30 factors.
All of which implies we might see one of many highest-scoring Military-Navy video games in fairly a while. The 2 haven't mixed to attain greater than 40 factors since 2013, when Navy received 34-7. They've solely eclipsed 30 factors mixed thrice within the intervening years.
Marina tries to interrupt a spiral: At one level, Navy was 6-Zero with AAC Championship Recreation and School Soccer Playoff aspirations of their very own. However a 51-14 loss in opposition to Notre Dame appears to have actually derailed the Midshipmen. They adopted that up with a 24–10 loss in opposition to Rice 5 days after Rice fired coach Mike Bloomgren, scoring what was then a season low within the course of. That was till Navy's 35-Zero loss to Tulane in Week 12. After scoring greater than 30 factors in every of its first six video games, the Midshipmen have but to achieve that mark once more. They do play a beatable East Carolina crew in Week 13, which provides them an awesome alternative to proper the ship — pun meant — earlier than dealing with Military.
The way to Watch Reside Military Vs. Navy
Date: Saturday, Dec. 14 | Time: three p.m. ET
Location: Northwest Stadium — Landover, Maryland
TELEVISION: CBS | Reside stream: Paramount + with Showtime, CBSSports.com, CBS Sports activities App (Free)