October 7 Combined Navy – Air Force Watch Party–Coaches O.P.

Posted: 10/8/2017

Read this article on the game. It may be the best all time Navy Air Force game, in terms of a Navy win.

Washington Post John Feinstein article on game

Update we had quite a few USNA alumni attend the watch party. Navy 48 Air Force 45 in what has to be an all time thriller of a game, with Navy blowing a 21 point lead in the 2nd half and giving up the lead to score a winning touchdown with 15 seconds on the game clock remaining. Navy alumni attending were: Stu ’84 and Paula McArthur, John O’Neal ’65 and wife, Irwin Gray ’97, George Jackson ’79, Bob Culler ’74, Eric Carlson ’74, Ed Chapline ’48, Bill Culpepper ’01 and wife, Mike Gochis ’90, Jim ’62 and Antoinette Coopersmith. Navy is ranked #25 and #24 now in the AP and Coaches polls, also Navy is #1 in rushing yards per game in the nation. QB Zach Abey is #4 in the nation in rushing, with over 200 yards against Air Force. “In Zach we trust.”