Army tops Navy in first OT game in series history

PHILADELPHIA -- Navy's Anton Hall Jr. mislaid a fumble astatine the extremity enactment successful the 2nd overtime and that helped acceptable up Quinn Maretzki's game-winning 39-yard tract extremity arsenic Army bushed the Midshipmen 20-17 connected Saturday nighttime successful the archetypal OT crippled successful the 123 games of the rivalry series.

There wasn't overmuch discourtesy passim the crippled until the waning moments of regularisation erstwhile Maretzki kicked a 37-yarder with 1:53 near to necktie it astatine 10-all.

A thrilling overtime followed.

The NCAA instituted overtime successful 1996, and the bid had ne'er had to spell a small other to settee 1 of the sport's top rivalry games.

Army's Markel Johnson ran 25 yards for a touchdown connected the archetypal play of overtime for a 17-10 lead, and Navy matched the Black Knights erstwhile Xavier Arline tossed a 25-yard touchdown walk to Maquel Haywood that made it 17-all.

It was Navy's archetypal completion of the crippled and Arline had possibly the sweetest 1-of-1-for-25-yard crippled successful Navy history. He besides rushed for 102 yards.

Hall -- who earlier raced 77 yards for a TD -- coughed up the shot arsenic helium plunged toward the extremity portion and stood crestfallen aft the crippled astatine Lincoln Financial Field arsenic fireworks went off.

Navy inactive leads the bid 62-54-7. The Black Knights, though, person won 5 of the past 7 meetings.

Army finished 6-6 and Navy was 4-8.

The teams combined for lone 53 yards passing.

One of Cade Ballard's uncommon passing attempts for Army was a occurrence erstwhile a walk interference telephone brought the shot down to the 28 with 4 minutes near connected a thrust that acceptable up Maretzki's tying tract goal.

Ballard was 2-of-10 passing for 26 yards.