Navy tops Army with late touchdown as Trump's attendance in Baltimore sparks protests

For the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, the Navy Midshipmen person won the Commander-in-Chief Trophy.

The Midshipmen earned a gutsy 17-16 triumph implicit Army successful 1 of the top rivalries successful sports.

Navy got retired to a scorching-hot start, arsenic they scored a touchdown connected their archetypal drive, with Blake Horvath rushing for 45 of the 75 yards connected the thrust and moving successful for the score. He besides had an 11-yard pass.

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President Donald Trump greets players aft the coin flip and earlier the commencement of the 126th Army-Navy Game betwixt the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen astatine M&T Bank Stadium, Saturday, successful Baltimore, Md. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Army, though, answered close backmost with an identical drive, going 13 plays for 75 yards — this 1 ended with Cale Hellums punching 1 in.

Navy's discourtesy was stalled for a agelong portion after, arsenic their adjacent 3 drives ended successful a punt, fumble, and interception. In the meantime, the Black Knights were capable to tack connected 3 much tract goals to spell up, 16-7. Late successful the third, the Midshipmen yet added much points connected the scoreboard with a tract extremity that chopped their shortage to three.

Early successful the fourth, Navy forced an Army interception. Navy had the shot astatine the extremity enactment but fumbled connected a backmost sneak, losing 7 yards. Horvath deed Eli Heidenrich successful the extremity zone, though, and the ensuing footwear gave the Midshipmen their archetypal pb since the archetypal thrust of the game. 

Navy promptly forced a three-and-out and got the shot backmost with little than 5 minutes to go. Navy mislaid a fumble erstwhile trying for a archetypal down that would person iced the game, but the play was reviewed, and the telephone was reversed. Thus, Navy had a fourth-and-1 and kept the discourtesy connected the field. They got the archetypal down that iced the game.

US President Donald Trump tosses a coin earlier the assemblage shot crippled betwixt the US Army and Navy successful Baltimore, Maryland, connected December 13, 2025.  (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images)

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With the win, Navy earned the Commander-in-Chief trophy by besides defeating Air Force earlier successful the year.

The crippled was its accustomed old-school ground-and-pound benignant of football, arsenic determination were lone 24 walk attempts compared to 86 runs.

President Donald Trump attended the crippled for the seventh time, and his 2nd successful arsenic galore years since being elected again. Trump participated successful the coin flip, but not earlier protesters wielded lewd signs opposing Trump connected the thoroughfare starring up to the stadium. 

Protests were expected for the crippled successful the bluish city, arsenic Trump has suggested sending the National Guard to Baltimore to assistance code the city's rampant crime. Baltimore consistently ranks among U.S. cities with precocious transgression rates, often appearing successful the apical 5 for convulsive crimes, particularly homicides and robberies. 

U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd-L) walks onto the tract for the 126th Army-Navy Game betwixt the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen connected Dec. 13, 2025 successful Baltimore, Maryland. The teams are competing for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, with President Trump attending the rivalry for the 2nd consecutive year.  (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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The protests against Trump besides travel connected the aforesaid time that officials said 2 U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. interpreter were killed successful an ambush onslaught successful Syria. 

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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