Goal-line stand in 4th lifts Army past Navy 17-11

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.– Army linebacker Kalib Fortner scored on a fourth-quarter strip sack and after that stuffed quarterback Tai Lavatai 6 inches from the goal line with 3 seconds delegated help the Black Knights beat Navy 17-11 on Saturday and win the 124th conference of the nation’s earliest service academies.After falling behind 17-3, Lavatai led the Midshipmen to one touchdown to make it a one-score game and after that drove them to the Army 6. Without any timeouts and about 30 seconds left, Lavatai threw two incompletions in the past hitting Alex Tecza, who was tackled inbounds at the 2.

With no timeouts– and no opportunity to increase the ball on fourth down– Navy rushed to line up and managed to get the play off. Lavatai surged forward as his whole team pushed, ahead of him and behind, however Army held its ground.Editor’s Picks

The play was whistled dead and the replay confirmed that the ball never crossed the objective line. To eliminate the remaining 3 seconds, Army quarterback Bryson Daily took a shotgun breeze, was reluctant and got out of the end zone for a deliberate safety.Cadets began to

storm the field before being returned for another evaluation to see if time had actually expired. The confirmation from the cubicle set off another wave of Army fans onto the New England Patriots home field.