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NAVY WINS
106th Army-Navy
Football Game!

Navy 42 - Army 23

Commander-in-Chief's Trophy stays
in Annapolis for three straight years!

Naval Academy Alumni and friends gathered at TJ's Sports Bar & Grill in Roswell on December 3rd, 2005, to out-cheer the attending West Pointers and watch Navy win the 106th meeting of Navy and Army on the gridiron. Navy has now won six out of the last seven games! This win also puts Navy in the lead in the overall series record which now stands at Navy 50, Army 49, Ties 7.

The Mids, lead by quarterback Lamar Owens, full back Adam Ballard, and slot back Reggie Campbell played a solid running game all day long. They got off to a slow start in the first quarter however, and displayed absolutely no pass rush of any kind, allowing the Army quarterback to complete passes seemingly at will. However, our offense stayed on the field, scoring points and consuming the clock.

SCORING SUMMARY: Army scored first with a field goal in the first quarter – Army 3, Navy 0. In the second quarter Navy slot back Reggie Campbell scored a TD with a 54-yard run – Army 3, Navy 7. Army scored next with a 30-yard pass for a TD – Army 10, Navy 7. Navy quarterback Lamar Owens scored a TD on a 28-yard run breaking at least three or four tackles on the way – Army 10, Navy 14. With seconds left in the half, Owens scored again with a 1-yard run – Army 10, Navy 21 to end the first half. Navy scored twice in the third quarter. First with a 28-yard run by full back Adam Ballard – Army 10, Navy 28. Next, quarterback Owens scored with a 1-yard run – Army 10, Navy 35. With less than a minute to go in the quarter, Army scored with an 18-yard screen pass – Army 17, Navy 35. Navy started the fourth quarter off on their very first play from scrimmage with a spectacular 67-yard run by Ballard for a TD – Army 17, Navy 42. At this point, Coach Johnson started subbing in second-string players in order to let them get some playing time in during the big game, including quarterback Brian Hampton and others. With six minutes to go in the game Navy fumbled the ball on Army’s 4-yard line to turn the ball over to Army. With three minutes to go, Navy’s Mahony sacked the Army quarterback and recovered the fumble. The officials somehow called the ball dead and awarded Army the ball!?! With just over one minute left in the game, Army threw a TD pass, but missed the 2-point extra point attempt – final score Army 23, Navy 42.

Navy ended their season with a 7-4 record and is bound for the Poinsettia Bowl on December 22 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

Many thanks to Matt Kirby '94, for coordinating this year's event.

The following event pictures were taken by Jim Ravenel '45 and Paul Hurst '62. Click on a thumbnail image to view a full-sized picture.

Bill Bollwerk '91	Check-in desk.
Clint & Monty Johnson '60	Dee Fitzgerald & Dick '62 (trying to hide!)
Don Thompson '59 & Steve McDonald '65	Chapter Treasurer Eric Busko '88
Chapter President Steve Frederick '72 & Karen	Hap Walker '46 & his son.
Nancy & Paul Hurst '62	Jim & Carol Sue Ravenel '45
Karen, Nancy, & Marilyn	Chapter President Steve Frederick '72 & Karen
Marc Farris '70, with Army folks.	Marilyn McCallum
McCallums '60 & Karen	Navy ex-Lacrosse players. 2nd from left is Paul Husrt's neihgbor Ed Solar
Nick Ward '74 & Clint Johnson '60	Pete Knoetgen '77 & KeithWaldrop '64
Steve Frederick '72 & Carl McCallum '60	Stu Caldwell '65, Chapter Director of Brigade Support
Waldrops '64, Caldwells '65, McDonald '65, and BJKellog	Walt Sheffield '51ers group