Navy rides record day from WR Heidenreich to win

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Blake Horvath threw 3 touchdown passes to Eli Heidenreich, who acceptable a brace of Navy records, and the Midshipmen outlasted Air Force 34-31 connected Saturday.

The triumph gives Navy (5-0) a limb up connected holding connected to the Commander-in-Chief's trophy, awarded to the victor of the round-robin betwixt the Navy, Air Force and Army work academies.

Horvath was 20-of-26 passing for a career-high 339 yards and added different 130 yards and a touchdown connected 17 carries. Heidenreich, who came successful with 5 catches this season, acceptable a Navy grounds with 243 receiving yards connected 8 receptions including 19-, 80- and 60-yard touchdowns, giving him a programme grounds 14 successful his career.

On a time filled with big-play offense, it was Nathan Kirkwood's tract extremity with 6:47 remaining that gave Navy the lead. That was followed by a deflected transportation recovered by the Midshipmen astatine midfield, allowing them to tally retired the clock.

Liam Szarka was 11-of-19 passing for 212 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for a career-high 152 yards and 2 scores connected 25 carries for the Falcons (1-4). Bruin Fleischmann had six catches for a career-high 166 yards and a score.

Two Heidenreich TD catches gave Navy a 17-10 halftime lead. Air Force came backmost 3 times to tie, including 31-all connected Jonah Dawson's archetypal vocation catch, a 53-yard touchdown.