Annapolis native and St. Mary’s grad Jack Bousum has no regrets choosing to attend Army over the hometown team. He had a career day Saturday.

Navy went for it on fourth down and scored the winning touchdown when Blake Horvath found Eli Heidenreich in the end zone to lift the Midshipmen past Army 17-16.

With the Black Knights out of timeouts, Navy was able to go into victory formation to seal the victory. Then Horvath waved goodbye, Army solemnly gathered for the school fight song and the Midshipmen, for the second year in a row, sang second.

Jeff Monken struggles to put words to Army’s heartbreaking loss to Navy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Jeff Monken paused more than once Saturday night, searching for language that could match the weight of what had just happened.

Army scored a touchdown on its opening drive but never reached the end zone on its remaining seven tries. Each of the Black Knights’ final five series lasted four plays or fewer as Navy — with a time of possession of 34:35 — substantially outperformed the nation’s No. 1 clock-eater.

Navy comes back to defeat Army in the annual college football rivalry game to end the 2025 regular season at 10-2