Navy tops Army 17-13, 11th straight win in series

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Deep blue blue can connect an core to the Commander-in-Chief's Award and carry it to Annapolis. Keenan Reynolds prolonged Navy's popularity against Military, reviewing the successful landing delayed in it all 1 / 4 in a 17-13 success in the 113th competition activity Weekend. Navy (8-4) defeat Military for the Eleventh directly some time to won the Commander-in-Chief's Award granted to the group with the best history in activities among the three support development. Military and Deep blue blue each defeat Air Power, placing the famous trophy up for holds in the regular-season finishing for initially since 2005. ''It indicates everything,'' Deep blue blue trainer Ken Niumatalolo said. ''That's our No. 1 objective, to get the Commander-in-Chief's Award. I'm just so satisfied for these people.'' Army (2-10) hasn't hoisted the CIC trophy since 1996. The Dark Knights in battle in combat came close, but Deep blue blue retrieved a delayed fumble, and Reynolds' 8-yard hurrying ranking created it 17-13. In front side of 69,607 lovers and Vice Chief executive Joe Biden at Lincoln subsequently Financial Area, Deep blue blue captured a crack when Military skipped a delayed field objective effort. Reynolds easily found Brandon Turner down the part time for a 49-yard obtain. Reynolds then runaway a hurry and followed with the 8-yard landing run with 4:41 remaining in the experience. Unlike past activity over the last several years, the Dark Knights in battle in combat were in this one until the ultimate generate. Military had motivated to the 14 when fullback Ray Dixon fumbled on a poor return. Deep blue blue retrieved and the Midshipmen went crazy and hurried the area. The CIC trophy was returning to the Naval Academia for a history Thirteenth time after a two-year stint at Air Power. Before Deep blue blue began its 11-game successful ability, the lengthiest one in the sequence, began in 1890, was only five activities for either group. The Midshipmen collected at midfield and provided with the trophy while their class mates in the appears famous the win. This one was the hardest success yet during the ability. Late in the third, Army's Wayne Kelly felix removed the basketball and linebacker Alex Meier retrieved to give the Dark Knights in battle in combat the basketball at Navy's 37. Eric Osteen started a 21-yard field objective 10 performs later for a 13-10 cause. Osteen, however, was extensive remaining on a 37-yard effort with 6:57 remaining in the experience. Navy created them pay on Reynolds' ranking. The Midshipmen now cause the sequence 57-49-7 ''It's difficult to do,'' Niumatalolo said. ''It's amazing anybody in a competition activity, but to do it that long just talks amounts about the people in the white-colored tops.'' Navy not only won 10 directly, but fairly much taken over the Dark Knights in battle in combat, successful activities in 2007 and 2008 by a mixed 74-3 ranking. Navy's 27-21 win last period was the smallest edge since the successful ability began. Last season was just a start at nudging nearer toward finishing the successful ability. After a scoreless first 1 / 4, Military and Deep blue blue changed hurrying TDs in the second. Deep blue blue fullback Noah Copeland plowed directly up the center for a 12-yard ranking. 3 Steelman printed him with an 11-yarder for his program-tying Seventeenth TD run of the period, then saluted the cadets after the ranking. Carlton Jackson had 17 hurrying touchdowns in 2004. Nick Sloan put Deep blue blue up 10-7 with a 31-yard field objective. Then came the unpleasant - yet, so lovely - punch for Military that deliver the experience into halftime linked at 10. Deep blue blue twice tried to lock up Osteen with successive timeouts. They didn't work. There was a high breeze, a line generate punch, a look off the erect and - good! Osteen's 41-yarder as time terminated had the cadets sporting the Linc and put a prospective disappointed strongly in vision for Military. Instead, it was just the newest loss for the Dark Knights in battle in combat. ''I feel like we well deserved that activity in every way possible but it just didn't occur,'' Steelman said. ''We were dressed in them down and there was nothing that was going to quit us. But that's life.'' With cadets and midshipmen status, jumping and rooting on a depressing day, it was obvious how much the centuries-old competition method for both factors. Biden passed off money tossing responsibilities to a umpire before the experience and created the conventional change from the Deep blue blue part to the Military part at halftime. Team features were conducted to ''Gonna Fly Now.'' Charged as ''America's Game,'' the time before start were outlined by the Military Corps of Cadets and the Brigade of Midshipmen goal onto the area. The cadet joy team conducted the nationwide anthem. Cadets even introduced one of those large wacky cutouts of Biden's head to demonstrate off during the experience. There were pointers all around the Linc, full and with a joyful feel for a unusual time this soccer period, that this was no common activity. Ignore the hug cam during timeouts. Violet Minds and hearts and Recognized Assistance Mix prizes were provided. Low atmosphere destroyed the parachute leaps. The Midshipmen conducted with ''Rafi'' decals on the returning of their boots as a admire to harmed third-string qb Rob Montalvo. Montalvo stayed in a medically-induced coma after he was seriously harmed in a car incident near his home last on Christmas evening. Montalvo was planned to journey to Chicago and outfit for the Army-Navy activity before the incident. The Naval Academia had delivered his activity nj to his mother and father and it will be awaiting him.