See it: 126th annual Army vs Navy football games kicks off in Philadelphia on Saturday

Army vs. Navy 2025

🇺🇸🏈ARMY VS NAVY: Cold temperatures and cloudy skies marque for decent conditions for today's 126th Annual Army vs. Navy shot game. Senior Associate AD for Navy's Equipment Operations Greg Morgenthaler gives FOX Weather an exclusive, on-the-field preview of today's game.

One of the biggest shot games of the twelvemonth kicks disconnected this Saturday for assemblage sports.

The 126th yearly Army vs Navy Football crippled kicks disconnected connected Saturday astatine 3 PM successful Baltimore, Maryland.

The iconic shot crippled is the lone match-up held for the play crossed assemblage football, arsenic some Army and Navy program to wage tribute to each soldiers who support our state by wearing peculiar alternate uniforms for the contest.

Luckily for fans attending the game, determination volition beryllium minimal upwind impact, arsenic the FOX Weather Forecast Center is predicting a debased risk of upwind impacting (ROWI) the game.

The Fox Forecast Center predicts a pleasant 43-degree somesthesia astatine the commencement of kickoff, making for cleanable shot weather. Temperatures are expected to driblet to 40 degrees by 6 PM, truthful beryllium definite to formal warmly for the 2nd fractional of the game.

The rivalry has a affluent past dating backmost to 1890, erstwhile the archetypal crippled was played betwixt the 2 teams. Navy had already been playing shot since 1879, but it was the archetypal clip they defeated the recently established Army squad by a people of 24-0.

It’s nary concealed that this match-up is afloat of pridefulness and history, mixed with immoderate atrocious blood.

LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 14: Navy Midshipmen sing with players during a crippled betwixt Navy and Army astatine Northwest Stadium connected December 14, 2024 successful Landover, Maryland.

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The Midshipmen got the amended of the Black Knights past year, winning by a people of 31-13.

The American Football Conference (AAC) has been packed with large contention this year, with Navy landing successful 3rd spot successful the league standings, portion Army sits astatine seventh.

Navy has a uncommon advantage: a overmuch much polished passing crippled than Army. Being capable to found a bully bushed of playcalling to support the defence second-guessing and connected their toes.

Senior Quarterback (QB) Blake Horvath has led the complaint successful his 2nd twelvemonth arsenic the squad starter. So acold this season, Horvath has surpassed his play precocious successful passing yards, throwing for 1,390 yards, 1,040 rushing yards, 23 full touchdowns, and 5 interceptions.

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 4: Blake Horvath #11 of the Navy Midshipmen hands the shot to Eli Heidenreich #22 of the Navy Midshipmen astatine Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium connected October 4, 2025 successful Annapolis, Maryland. 

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Horvath is an outstanding dual-threat QB who forces defenses to play existent 11-on-11 football, wherever helium tin wounded you with his legs astatine immoderate moment. 

Opposing Junior QB for Army, Cale Hellums, is making a important interaction connected the tally crippled for the Black Knights, arsenic the first-year starter has tally for 1,078 yards, thrown for 504 yards, and totaled 18 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

WEST POINT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 20: Cale Hellums #3 of the Army Black Knights warms up earlier the crippled against the North Texas Mean Green astatine Michie Stadium connected September 20, 2025 successful West Point, New York.

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As a run-first offense, Army volition request an fantabulous gameplan if they privation this matchup to stay person than the twelvemonth prior. Establishing a palmy tally crippled on with the enactment discourtesy tin marque for an breathtaking and adjacent match.

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Notable historical matchup

On December 9, 2017, some schools faced disconnected successful an iconic winter grudge lucifer successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The crippled took spot successful a wintertime wonderland arsenic the Philadelphia country received implicit 4 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.

This was an old-school matchup, arsenic some teams’ offenses combined for conscionable 22 passing yards.

Navy QB Malcom Perry ran the shot 30 times, rushing for 250 yards and a touchdown. At the aforesaid time, Army QB Ahmad Bradshaw carried the shot 21 times for 94 yards and a touchdown. Both teams combined for a whopping 515 rushing yards for the game.

Luckily for radical attending the crippled this Saturday, you won’t person to interest astir the snow arsenic determination volition beryllium small upwind to impact the game. 

The FOX Forecast Center predicts a 19% accidental of precipitation by 6 PM, truthful beryllium definite to formal warmly and bring an umbrella successful lawsuit the bedewed upwind makes a astonishment appearance.