The Navy Midshipmen will face the Army Black Knights in an NCAA college football game on Saturday afternoon to conclude play in the 2012 regular season. Kick off time from Philadelphia is scheduled for 3PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The point spread opened up in this college football game with the Navy Midshipmen opening up as a –7 point favorite with an over under line of 59 points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the side of the Midshipmen as Navy is now favored by -7 ½ points. The total has not moved off the opening line of 59 points.
When these two storied football programs met a season ago it was Navy with the 27-21 win against Army as a -7 point betting favorite. The total went under 55 points. CFB Trend: The under is 6-0 in the past six meetings between Army and Navy
Navy has won six of their past seven games and are bowl eligible with a record of 7-4. They come off the 21-10 home win on November 17th against the Texas St Bobcats as a -13 point favorite. The game landed under 56 ½ points. The Midshipmen put up 442 yards of offense with 407 from their run game for 6 1/ 2yards per rush. Keenan Reynolds hit on 3 of 8 throws for 35 yards. Reynolds has 8 touchdowns and 1 interception on the season. Navy allowed the Texas St offense to produce 405 yards with 115 from their ground attack for 3 ½ yards per run attempt. Navy is 6th in the nation running the football with 286 yards rushing on game. On defense they rank 36th in all of college football by allowing 23 points per game. After Navy started the season 0-2 with losses to Notre Dame and Penn St the Midshipmen have won seven of their past nine games. The Midshipmen will face Arizona St in the Fight Hunger Bowl on December 29th in San Francisco.
Army enters their big game against their rival with a 2-9 record on the year. They have lost two straight games. They come off the November 17th 63-32 home loss to the Temple Owls as a -3 ½ point favorite. The game ended over 58 points. The Black Knight offense put up 495 yards with 407 from their run game for 6 ½ yards per rush. They turned over the football two times and took none away from Temple. Trent Steelman hit on 3 of 7 passes for 70 yards. The Black Knight signal caller has one touchdown pass and two picks on the season. Steelman ran for 139 yards with three touchdowns on 20 carries. Army allowed the Temple offense to amass 565 yards with 534 coming on the ground for 9 ½ yards per rush from scrimmage. Army is more than capable of defeating Navy. Their two wins came against Air Force and Boston College. They hosted BCS Bowl Buster Northern Illinois and fell 41-40. Army has struggled mightily this year on defense as they surrender 37 points a game which is 112th in college football.