Ninth-year Army head coach Jeff Monken has four wins over Navy.
It's a battle between a team a game under .500 and a squad struggling even more severely.
Still, the Army-Navy rivalry remains a classic matchup that always bears watching.
The 5-6 Black Knights square off against the hated Midshipmen (4-7) with, at best, a slight discernible difference between them.
When these two teams get together, the records mean little and memories are often made amid pomp and pageantry.
FrontPageBets looks at the big game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for this week's best bet.
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings and subject to change.)
Under (33.5)
Kickoff: 3 p.m.
TV: CBS
The rationale: Seems like a low total. But both teams have struggled to put many points on the board. Army averages 40 points a game, padded by big wins over FCS foes Colgate and Villanova and hapless UMass. Take those away and their output drops to 38.6 ppg. The Black Knights are 4-2 in their last six games. Navy mustered a mere 22.4 points per game. The Middies' highlight is a 32-point outburst in a 3-point loss to Notre Dame. Army ranks 38th in scoring defense (23 ppg), Navy 54th (24.73). In the past five years, the game has gone under 33 points once. Still, I expect a defensive struggle in this one.
The pick: Army, 17-14
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