It also has Navy’s coach, Brian Newberry, coaching against the team he grew up rooting for. The game also has the Sooners trying to avoid just their second losing season of their last 26th while Navy tries to win 10 or more games for just the sixth time ...

The Navy Midshipmen get their chance to join some of the best teams in program history as they prepare to face the Oklahoma Sooners in the Armed Forces Bowl.

Navy heads into its first bowl game since before the pandemic with a good deal of momentum, having upset Army in its annual rivalry game on Dec. 14. Oklahoma, on the other hand, is coming off a loss as it tries to avoid a second losing season in three years under head coach Brent Venables.