The 116th Army-Navy game figured to be a strange affair after the first big play was turned in by Army's Edgar Allen Poe.
But literary analogies aside, the Midshipmen kept thing status quo in the end as they upended their archrivals for a record 14th straight time, 21-17, on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field.
With their head coach seemingly on his way out the door, the Mids overcame some rare first-half mistakes (two bad snaps and a couple uncharacteristic penalties) and managed to shut out the Black Knights in the second half for their 10th victory of the season.