The Navy Midshipmen football program is coming off a solid campaign in 2024, where they finished 10-3 and won a bowl game. Now the question becomes, can they do it again?<\/p>\n
EA Sports College Football 26 was just recently released, which means that fans can finally get a hands-on look at this year’s squad.<\/p>\n
Using the dynasty mode, a simulation was done to see what the game thought would happen for the Midshipmen this year. The results were another quality season.<\/p>\n
Navy finished with a 9-4 record, their last win coming against the Air Force Falcons in the Hawai’i Bowl. That would be the first time since 2014 and 2015 that the Midshipmen would win back-to-back bowl games.<\/p>\n
More News: <\/strong>Army Football Returns Record-Setting Defenders for League Title Defense<\/a><\/p>\n In this simulation, Navy went undefeated against the other military academies. They beat the Falcons twice and then won the Army-Navy Game by a score of 24-7.<\/p>\n Perhaps the biggest win of the season came in Week 11 against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, taking that by one point in a 36-35 thriller. That would break a seven-game Irish win streak.<\/p>\n Senior Midshipmen quarterback Blake Horvath completed 7-of-14 passing attempts in that one for 99 yards and two touchdowns. He also picked up 95 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n It was senior running back Brandon Chatman who made the difference with 141 rushing yards and a score.<\/p>\n The losses came from the UAB Blazers, North Texas Mean Green, USF Bulls and Memphis Tigers. No game was a complete blowout, as Navy put together a nice year.<\/p>\n