The 2024 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by Brian Newberry in his second year as the head coach. The Midshipmen played their home games at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
Despite being picked to finish eleventh in the American Athletic Conference, the Midshipmen instead exceeded their low expectations, finishing 10-3 for their first winning season, bowl appearance and win since 2019.
Preseason
AAC media poll
The American Athletic Conference released its media prediction poll on July 23, 2024. The Midshipmen were predicted to finish eleventh in the conference.
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries
Bucknell (FCS)
Temple
Memphis
Blake Horvath had a career game day when he completed 9 of 11 passes for 225 yards with two touchdowns. He also had 4 rushing touchdowns totalling 211 yards. Horvath became the first quarterback with six-plus total touchdowns in a game since Malcolm Perry (6 TD against ECU in 2019).
at UAB
at Air Force
Eli Heidenreich is the first player in academy history to rush for 100 yards and have 100 yards receiving in the same game. He ran for exactly 100 yards and caught five passes for 101 yards. This made it the first time since the 2003 season that Navy had two 200-yard rushers and a 100-yard receiver.
Charlotte
No. 12 Notre Dame (rivalry)
at Rice
at South Florida
No. 25 Tulane
at East Carolina
vs. No. 22 Army (Army–Navy Game)
For this year's 125th Army-Navy Game, the Navy Midshipmen chose to honor the Jolly Rogers which were established in 1943 during World War II as the most lethal Naval Aviation team in U.S. Navy history. They were most feared by their enemies that their tagline is "Fear the Bones" and their callsign is "Victory". The Midshipmen wore navy dark blue uniforms with sleeves featuring an angled stripe, with 9 chevrons that pays tribute to the nine aircraft (like the VF-61 and VF-84) flown throughout the squadron's history. The helmet design has chevrons as well with the skull and bones logo on the sides on a white background.
Oklahoma (2024 Armed Forces Bowl)
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