Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia PA. This is the 113th meeting in one of the greatest rivalaries in CFB and it used to be very evenly split with the 2 teams almost 50-50 in wins. Navy has completely taken hold of the series and has now won an amazing 10 in a row but Army has had the yardage edge each of the last 2 years (375-309 LY). LY In the 1H Navy went 26 and 55 yds for td’s after TO’s and the game was tied at 14. Trailing 27-21 Army was SOD at the Navy25 with 4:31 left and then at midfield Navy lined up like they were going for it on 4th & inches and Army jumped offsides. That allowed Navy to punt with :02 left. It was the 1st time the gm had been decided by 8 pts or less s/'00. This yr the matchup brings extra meaning as it is the first time s/'96 that both tms have a shot at the CIC Trophy. Naturally both tms beat AF as Navy won in OT 28-21 despite being outgained 507-359 (+3 TO's) and while Army snapped a 6 gm losing streak to AF winning 41-21 outgaining the Falcons 414-338 they did benefit from +5 TO's. It has been a disappointing ssn for 2-9 Army as they ret'd an unusually high # of st'rs (15) incl a 4Y starting QB in Steelman. While their rush off leads the country avg 370 ypg (5.5) and is the highest here in 20+ yrs, their #122 D has given up 439 ypg incl 238 rush ypg (5.7). Navy had been to 8 str bowls from '03-'10 but missed out LY going 5-7. Things didn't start off well at 1-3 TY, but ironically an inj to QB Miller (TO prone) in the AF gm was the best thing to happen as frosh Reynolds has led the tm to a 6-1 finish. Reynolds gives them a legitimate pass threat w/an 8-1 ratio and also leads the tm w/9 rushing td's. Both tms are evenly matched as Army is -1 ypg vs the #101 sked while Navy is +10 ypg vs the #100 sked. The difference comes on D where Navy holds a #71-122 advantage and I can't go against the recent series domination here.