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Navy Midshipmen Football Team Will Have Massive Continuity Edge Next Season
Dec 27, 2024; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Navy Midshipmen players celebrate after Navy Midshipmen defensive end Justin Reed (94) sacks Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. (9) on a 2 point conversion attempt with 6 seconds left in the game at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images
The 2024 college football season was one of the best in Navy Midshipmen program history. In his second year at the helm, Brian Newberry led his squad to 10 victories, snapping a streak of four consecutive losing campaigns. Ranked as high as No. 24 in the county, it was the first time since 2019 they were in the top 25 as well. It was only the sixth time that Navy reached double-digit wins in a single year, with the most previous also coming in 2019. That year was the last time the Midshipmen won a bowl game as well. To cap off the 2024 season, Navy defeated the Oklahoma Sooners in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. It was an exciting 21-20 victory that went right down to the wire as the Midshipmen stopped a two-point attempt to hold on for the win. That followed up a victory against their bitter rivals, the Army West Point Black Knights in the annual Army-Navy Game, which led to them taking home the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy. Replicating that level of success will certainly be a challenge in 2025 for N

This article first appeared on Armed Forces Sports on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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