NAVY WINS
107th Army-Navy
Football Game!

Navy 26 - Army 14

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

Naval Academy Alumni and friends gathered at Pepperoni's Tavern in Alpharetta on December 2nd to out-cheer the attending West Pointers and watch Navy win the 107th meeting of Navy and Army on the gridiron.  Navy has now won seven out of the last eight games!  This win extends Navy's lead in the overall series record which now stands at Navy 51, Army 49, Ties 7.

Navy fans had two early scares in the beginning of the first quarter!  Army scored first on a double-reverse.  Next, we lost our leading rusher Midshipman Adam Ballard to a broken leg during our first possession!  Surely not the start that we were hoping for.  Though we didn't pay well by our own standards, Navy came back strong during the game and prevailed in the end with scoring help from the defense.

Just in case you didn't notice, we actually rated a write-up in the special College Football section of the Sunday, Dec 3rd, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  We even rated a headline on the first page of that section!  (We may have to thank Jim Ravenel '45 for this, since every year he sends an email to a select Atlanta Journal columnist, shaming them for not giving more coverage to "one of the most storied rivalries in college sports!" )

If you missed it, here's a copy of the Atlanta Journal article:

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Midshipmen Top Army for a Service Sweep - 
Navy's Seniors 8-0 Against Cadets, Air Force.

Middies Make it Five Straight Over Cadets

Associated Press - Philadelphia

With a pair of rushing touchdowns and a defense that produced two scores, Navy sent its seniors out with another win over Army and a career sweep of the service academies.

Jason Tomlinson and Reggie Campbell each ran for touchdowns to lead Navy to a 26-14 win over Army on Saturday in the 107th meeting in one of the storied rivalries in college sports.

Keenan Little returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter for bowl-bound Navy (9-3).  The Midshipmen equaled their longest winning streak in the series, most recently from 1959-1963.  Navy has outscored the Black Knights 202-68 the past five years and boosted its overall series lead to 51-49-7.

"We're fortunate we don't have anybody on our team that's lost to another academy," Navy coach Paul Johnson said.  "That's a real goal to aspire to.  It will sink in."

Navy captured the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the football competition among the three major service academies, for the fourth consecutive year.

Navy's senior class is the first in team history to finish 8-0 against Army and Air Force.

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Below are some digital pictures from the event.

Click on a thumbnail image to view a full-size picture.

The event venue this year was Pepperoni's Tavern in Alpharetta.	Alumni stand for the singing of the National Anthem just before the kickoff.
Second row of seats fills up.	Third row of seats fills up.
Class of 70 table:  (l-to-r) Jeff Lewis, Paul Borer, Jody Borer, Helen Lewis, and Avery Lewis decked out in her Navy cheerleader outfit!	Photo op missed!  Most of the spouses bailed before the picture.  Dee Fitzgerald, wife of Dick '62 stayed for the shot.  Carol Sue Ravenel, wife of Jim '45 (foreground) was there, but hiding way in the back!
Class of 66 table:  Will and Catherine Wood, Jan and Jon Barton, Larry and Cheryl Bergen.	Center tables during game.
Center tables during game.

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