GRR: Navy
Navy advances to the D1A final for the second year in a row after the Midshipmen defeated Life University 27-17.
On a day of perfect weather and only a light breeze, the day centered around kicking, goalline defenses, and some key big players.
Life is at Navy for the D1A Eastern semifinal and these two teams have already met; in fact, that original meeting was a big deal.
Navy won that game, and the scoreline, 20-14, was one of their closest games of the season.
Navy torched a very good Arkansas State team 57-5 to advance to the 2023-24 D1A semifinals.
Played at Navy's venue in Annapolis, Md., the game could well have been very close—there were many reasons to believe it could be. But in the end, it wasn't.
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Navy scored early, gave up a try on a chargedown, and then kept the pressure in winning 41-7 over Mary Washington.
Cal defeated Navy 47-24 Saturday in Berkeley, handing Navy their first loss of this season, and in fact their first loss since April 10, 2022 when they lost in the D1A playoffs.
The Golden Bears built a 24-0 lead in the first half, but back-to-back tries by the Mids made it a 10-point game at 48 minutes.