The Army-Navy game Saturday was watched by an unprecedented variety of viewers.
The Midshipmen pulled off the upset in Landover, Maryland, 31-13, to extend their all-time sequence lead, 63-55-7, and finish a two-game dropping streak to the Black Knights.
For the primary time since 2020, Donald Trump attended the sport, this time as president-elect.
President Biden has not attended the rivalry sport since being elected, however he did take within the contest in 2011 and 2012.
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President-elect Trump gestures to the gang at a sport between Army and Navy at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Trump took in the game with Vice President-elect JD Vance, Elon Musk, Pete Hegseth, Daniel Penny and others from a luxurious suite. And it could be honest to say that many tuned in to get a glimpse of the soon-to-be forty seventh president.
In truth, with Trump in attendance, the sport had its highest viewership on document.
The sport drew a mean of 9.4 million viewers, probably the most since a minimum of 1990. Its earlier excessive was 8.45 million in 1992, and this yr’s determine is a 31% enhance over final yr’s viewers of seven.2 million.
It’s undoubtedly the most-watched Army-Navy sport since CBS took over airing rights in 1996. In truth, it was the most-watched sport on CBS this yr, behind solely the Big Ten title sport.
It now ranks because the eleventh most-watched school soccer sport this season, rating forward of three convention championship video games, together with the Big 12, and is the most-watched sport that didn’t contain the Big Ten or SEC.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La.; President-elect Trump; Tesla CEO Elon Musk; and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the a hundred and twenty fifth Army-Navy soccer sport at Northwest Stadium Dec. 14, 2024, in Landover, Md. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Viewers of the sport have elevated for the reason that sport moved to the week after convention championship weekend in 2009. It is now the lone school sport of the day. This yr, each groups had been ranked for the primary time since 1960. This yr’s sport was additionally the highest-scoring Army-Navy affair since 2011.
Navy received out to a 14-0 lead, and regardless of Army reducing its deficit to 4, the Midshipmen by no means regarded again, scoring a 52-yard landing after which discovering the tip zone once more shortly after a faux punt. With the victory, Navy earned the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, having additionally overwhelmed Air Force earlier this yr.
Army had received six of the earlier eight conferences after Navy rode a sizzling streak of profitable 16 of 17 conferences. The Midshipmen are 9-3 on the season, whereas Army fell to 11-2.
Running again Brandon Chatman (24) of the Navy Midshipmen scores a landing towards the Army Black Knights through the first half of the a hundred and twenty fifth assembly between the groups at Northwest Stadium Dec. 14, 2024, in Landover, Md. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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Both groups now deal with their respective bowl video games. Navy will face Oklahoma within the Armed Forces Bowl, and Army will face Louisiana Tech within the Independence Bowl.
