The turning point was when Middleton stripped the runner of the ball, at the end of the first half. Great game over all. Great Atmosphere. Fed Ex Field DC, near year, can't wait.
RGK
Yes, that play was a 14-pt swing in the game. Not only did Army
not score 7pts, which they certainly would have from the 1-yd-line, but
Navy ended up getting 7pts. Coincidentally, the winning margin was 14pts. So, yes, that was a
huge play.
Actually, I thought Navy played a fairly sloppy game. It's almost as if they were trying to give the game the Army, but Army was too inept to take advantage of it.
FOUR turnovers!!!
Navy survived on just a few big plays. Otherwise, the offense was very anemic. Ricky Dobbs led the team in rushing and he only had 54yds. That's probably our lowest "yards rushing" game of the year. But, then again, it was obvious that Niamatalolo threw a monkey wrench into Army's preparation by coming out
throwing the ball. Navy didn't even line-up in their classic triple option offense set-up for a large percentage of their plays.
Basically the game revolved around
two plays; 1) the 1st qtr 77-yd TD pass (which, by the way, was the
longest pass play in the history of the Army-Navy game. That's 111 games! I found that hard to believe) and 2) the 98-yd fumble run back. That was also the longest fumble run back in school history.
That was my 6th Army-Navy game I've ever been to and it was the warmest of them all. Actually, it was quite a pleasant day.
My four years as a midshipman - it was
beyond miserable. All I could think of was, "C'mon! Let's
finish this game in get back in the buses." I was so cold I found myself not even caring who won. Well -
almost not caring.