Game notes: Navy vs. Army
Saturday, December 12, 3 p.m. ET, MetLife Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Navy (2–4, 1–3 in conference) vs. Army (4–2, 3–1 in conference), Saturday, December 12, 3 p.m. ET, MetLife Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 127th meeting; Navy leads the series 63–55–7 in the games on file. Officially, Navy leads 64–55–7; as played, 63–55–7.results, WikipediaEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, December 13, 2025: Navy 17, Army 16.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- The first meeting on file is from 1891: Army 32, Navy 16 (the rivalry’s article dates the series to 1890).results, WikipediaThe earliest meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Navy 17–16 (neutral site); 2024: Navy 31–13 (neutral site); 2023: Army 17–11 (neutral site); 2022: Army 20–17 (neutral site); 2021: Navy 17–13 (neutral site).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Navy
- Navy is 2–4 (1–3 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 42–15 vs. Towson; L 30–38 at Florida Atlantic; L 20–24 at UAB; L 9–14 at Air Force; W 34–26 vs. Tulsa; L 34–38 at UTSA.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Navy is No. 67 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Brian Newberry is 28–16 in his fourth season at Navy.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Brian Newberry is 2–1 against Army.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Jackson Gutierrez (QB): 559 passing yards, 6 TD; 644 rushing yards, 9 TD, No. 9 in FBS in rushing touchdowns.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Braxton Woodson (QB): 372 rushing yards, 5 TD.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Coleman Cauley (LB): 49 tackles, 2 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, Navy lost to Army 15–0.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Army
- Army is 4–2 (3–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 59–3 vs. Bryant; L 24–28 vs. South Florida; W 21–17 at Temple; L 29–31 at Louisiana Tech; W 20–17 vs. Tulane; W 56–24 vs. Florida Atlantic.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Army is No. 41 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jeff Monken is 93–65 in his 13th season at Army.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jeff Monken is 6–6 against Navy.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Cale Hellums (QB): 358 passing yards, 3 TD; 719 rushing yards, 13 TD, No. 2 in FBS in rushing touchdowns.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Samari Howard (WR): 347 rushing yards, 2 TD.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Elijah Walton (LB): 41 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Cale Hellums needs 3 rushing touchdowns to pass Carlton Jones (33, 2002–05) for seventh on Army’s career rushing touchdowns list. He has 31 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2015, Army lost to No. 21 Navy 21–17.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Jeff Monken is 1–2 against Brian Newberry’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
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