Army comes out on top in history-filled game against Navy at the Linc - The Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Army-Navy game is moving from Philadelphia for a few years, but the service academies left the city with quite a memory and a little bit of history.

Army, looking moribund for most of the game, picked up a 20-17 win in double overtime when Quinn Maretzki kicked a 39-yard field goal for an appropriately wild ending.

It was the first overtime game in series history. College football adopted overtime in 1996.

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Army scored on its first play in the extra session when Markel Johnson ran through a hole created by center Connor Bishop, a team captain and Archbishop Wood alumnus. It was the Cadets’ first offensive touchdown of the game.

Navy responded with its own fireworks when Xavier Arline hit Marquel Haywood on a 25-yard score on its first play of overtime. It was the first pass Navy completed all day.

Navy fumbled on its second possession of overtime to set up Maretzki’s field goal.

Army Black Knights offensive lineman Simon Dellinger (74) celebrates as Navy Midshipmen react after Army won the annual Army Navy game in overtime, 20-17, at Lincoln Financial Field on Dec. 10.. ... Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer

If regulation was any indication, the nation’s defense is in really good shape.

Navy had one big play on offense. Army had one on special teams. Other than that, it was, as Army coach Jeff Monken predicted, a fight in a phone booth.

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Four minutes after an Army touchdown was wiped out by a block in the back penalty, Navy fullback Anton Hall Jr. made significant history with a 77-yard touchdown run. It was the longest rush by a Midshipmen player in the Army-Navy series. Saturday was the 123rd meeting. Yo.

It was Hall’s fumble in overtime, however, that set up Army’s winning points.

The Army sideline reacts after they recovered a fumble by Navy in overtime at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Dec. 10. Army won the game, 20-17.. ... Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer

A crowd of 69,117 poured into Lincoln Financial Field for the 123rd meeting of these historic rivals. It was 90th time the city hosted and the 14th time at the Linc; Navy now is 11-3 here.

Philadelphia does not have the Army-Navy game again until 2027 as the academies take a crack at other locales along the I-95 corridor. Boston will host the 2023 game, followed by Landover, Md., Baltimore, and East Rutherford, N.J. in 2026.

This was the final game for Bishop.

“It really brings everything full circle,” he said at a media gathering last week. “I remember coming to this game as a recruit in 2018. To come back here, in my senior year, and finish out here is pretty awesome.”

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