Army Defeats Navy in Double Overtime

Saturday, December 10

Philadelphia, Pa.

3:00 PM

Army West Point

6-6 , 0-0

Navy

4-8 , 4-4

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Army West Point

Army Defeats Navy in Double Overtime

December 10, 2022 | Football

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - In front of a crowd of 69,117, Army and Navy met for the 123rd time in Philadelphia, the first time in the City of Brotherly Love since 2019.

Navy received the opening kickoff after Army won the toss and deferred. Junior DL Chris Frey blew up an early Navy option play in the backfield for a loss of four taking down QB Xavier Arline. The Navy drive stalled out just across midfield, coming up empty after a drive that lasted 8:41. Army's offense opened the game featuring two quarterbacks in the backfield. Senior Cade Ballard took the opening snap with Senior Tyhier Tyler lined up at slotback and continued for the opening drive. Army would only run four plays on offense in the first quarter compared to Navy's 18 (51 yards). Continuing to use shotgun to start the second quarter, Ballard attempted a deep pass down the middle of the field to WR Cole Caterbone but his sliding catch attempt came up short.

The Midshipmen would strike first when K Bijan Nicholas connected on a 44-yard field goal with 12:36 to go in the second quarter, making it a 3-0 game. Army picked up a first down for the first time with 8:44 to play in the half. The Black Knights would eventually punt on the possession, with Billy Boehlke pinning Navy inside its own 10-yard line with 46-yard boot. Army got the ball back with 4:56 remaining, starting within Navy territory for the first time. Army was unable to capitalize, coming up short on fourth down from the Mids' 32-yard line.

Forcing another Navy punt on the ensuing drive from the 31, freshman DB Noah Short came up with the biggest play of the first half, blocking Riley Riethman's punt with freshman DB Jabrill Williams chasing down the ball in the end zone, recovering for a special teams touchdown, by the thinnest of margins as Williams' used every inch of the end zone to remain inbounds for the score. Army took a 7-3 lead into the break, despite just one first down and 33 yards of offense.

In the second half, Army's opening drive would stall out after seeing its biggest gain of the day by virtue of a Tyhier Tyler 13-yard run. Army's defense forced another punt which saw punt returner Cam Jones gain a career-high 19 yards on the return to start Army's ensuing drive at the Navy 40-yard line. On the drive Tyhier Tyler would break free and run for the endzone what would have been a 40-yard touchdown but was called back due to a block in the back by WR Isaiah Alston.

Army was knocking on the door again at the Navy 24-yard line, but back-to-back mishaps on shotgun snaps led to fourth-and-thirty-five for Army after Markel Johnson recovered the third down loose ball well behind the line of scrimmage. RB Anton Hall broke free on the first play of Navy's next drive, going 77 yards for a rushing touchdown which marked the longest rush in Navy's history against Army.

With the score now 10-7 in favor of Navy, Army faced a fourth-and-one from their own 15 yard-line which was converted by a four-yard rush by RB Tyson Riley. The teams would then trade punts, with Army getting the ball back with 10:04 to play.

Army's offense found some life when Ballard hit RB Braheam Murphy for a 26-yard reception to get to the Navy 48 yard-line. Army would convert another first down when WR Isaiah Alston drew a pass interference on a hitch-and-go to get Army to the Navy 34-yard line. Army was unable to produce points on the drive after taking a penalty, giving the ball back to the Mids with 7:31 to play.

The Black Knights defense stood strong once again, forcing its eighth punt of the night to give the offense one more chance to tie or take the lead. Getting the ball back with 5:21 left to play trailing, 10-7, it was time for the Army offense to put together a drive. With Ballard under center, Army started at its own 46 yard-line. Following a first down rush by Markel Johnson to get a first down, RB Ay'Jaun Marshall drew a pass inference penalty on a Ballard pass attempt to get down to the Navy 28 yard-line. With 1:53 left, K Quinn Maretzki drilled a 37-yard field goal to tie the game at 10 a piece.

Army's defense held on the ensuring Navy drive and for the first time in the 123-year history of the Army-Navy Game, it headed to overtime.

In overtime, Navy won the toss and deferred, giving Army the first crack at scoring. On the first play RB Markell Johnson broke free and ran up the middle for a 25-yard touchdown, giving Army a 17-10 lead, needing a defensive stop to win the game.

However, Navy scored on its first play by way of a Xavier Arline 25-yard touchdown pass to Maquel Haywood, knotting the game at 17-17 sending game to a second overtime.

With Navy starting with possession in the second overtime, the Mids marched all the way down to the Army two-yard line, looking to go-ahead. Facing a third-and-goal, LB Kalvyn Crummie made arguably the biggest play in the game, making a hit and forcing a fumble on a rush from Navy's Anton Hall, which DL Darius Richardson recovered as the Army defense made the defensive stand of the season.

Now needing just a field goal to win the ballgame, Army ran the ball three straight plays which set up Maretzki with his second big kick of the night. From 39 yards out, Maretzki again drilled the kick, sending the Army Black Knights off victorious, 20-17 vs. Navy.

Carrying the Flag: WR Ryan Jackovic led the team out with the Black Flag.

DIVISION OF THE GAME: The 2022 Army West Point uniforms for the 123rd Army-Navy Game tells the story of the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division during World War II. This year marks the 80th anniversary of Operation Torch and the commencement of American ground operations against Axis forces in the European theater, which included North Africa.

• Army has won five of the last seven meetings vs. Navy since 2016.
• Jeff Monken in his Army career is 5-4 vs. Navy.
• This was the first ever overtime game in the 123-year history of the Army-Navy series.
• Freshman DB Noah Short blocked a Navy's Riley Riethman punt attempt from the Navy 31-yard line which was recovered in the endzone for a touchdown by Freshman Jabril Williams to give Army a 7-3 lead going into halftime. It was Army's second blocked put for a TD this season.
• The last time this happened in the Army-Navy game was in 2014 (December 13) when Army's Xavier Moss scooped up a block by Josh Jenkins and returned it 7 yards for a score.
• Army finishes the season as one of seven teams in the country with two blocked punts for touchdowns, joining Bowling Green, Middle Tennessee, San Diego State, South Carolina, UAB and UCF.
• Army's LB Leo Lowin had a career-high 16 tackles, and was named the Army-Navy Game player of the game, as voted on by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.
• With his performance, Lowin finished with a team-high 100 tackles on the season, marking the first Army player to surpass 100+ tackles on the season since Cole Christiansen (112) in 2019.
• QB Tyhier Tyler was Army's leading rusher, running 23 times for 79 yards.
• RB Markel Johnson rushed six times for 40 yards, including his 25-yard TD run to kickoff the scoring in overtime.
• DL Chris Frey's 10 tackles, marked a new career high.
• P Billy Boehlke punted nine times for 382 yards, with a long of 55 and two pinned inside the 20 yard-line.
• Navy RB Anton Hall's 77-yard rushing TD was the longest scoring rush for Navy in the history of the Army-Navy game.
• Navy leads the all-time series, 62-54-7.