Keenan Reynolds rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another score to lead the No. 21 Midshipmen to their 14th straight win over the Black Knights, 21-17 on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field.
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The Midshipmen (10-2) managed to stay focused and held off the Black Knights for a 21-17 victory in Philadelphia, extending their winning streak to 14 games in the storied annual rivalry.
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On one hand, the streak is heartbreaking to watch from the Army perspective. For the last 13 years I have benefited from Navy winning. It is very hard to win – and win consistently – at service academies, but Ken Niumatalolo has built upon what Paul Johnson started.
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Brothers in arms! No other rivalry has the global reach Army-Navy has; it is a spectacle in all four corners of the world. Wide receiver Edgar Poe led the Black Knights with a key 50-yard punt return to set up their first touchdown.
It was also Reynolds’ seventh touchdown in the Army-Navy game, the most of any player in the history of the series, dating from 1890.
Reynolds set a new NCAA Division I career record for career rushing touchdowns with 85, breaking the record of 84 set by Georgia Southern’s Adrian Peterson in 2006. And when you do that sometimes you get beat.
For Army, it felt much like 2012. He carried nine times for 114 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 52 yards. It was 31-14 at halftime. He cemented his legacy here with his fourth win over Army. Freshman running back Tyler Campbell sprinted 29 yards around right end and Dan Grochowski’s extra point gave Army the 10-7 edge with 4:10 left in the quarter. He scrambled for 35 yards on the drive. But two plays later, a trick play backfired. The Black Knights just have not been able to take care of the ball, often losing fumbles or tossing interceptions at the most inopportune times. Army outgained Navy 345 yards to 312. Army, as we all should have known, is not just going to lay down and die in Philly. It now stands at 60-49-7. Navy ranks second with 330.1 yards per game. Army out-gained Navy 345 to 312.
Army’s season again ended with the loss. Who can forget the 2012 game when Army was marching for what would have been the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter?
The win on Saturday against Army may have been coach Ken Niumatalolo’s last at the helm of the United State’s Naval Academy, as it has been rumored that the coach may leave to become the next head football coach at BYU. He stayed on after graduation, eventually being promoted to a full-time assistant coaching position at before stints at Navy and UNLV.
This event marks the end of regular season football and last game before The Heisman Trophy. Army coach Jeff Monken is 0-1.
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Army played multiple underclassmen and will enter next year with a more experienced team on offense and defense.
