Offense breakdown: Navy

The mystery as to what formation Army would deploy against Navy was revealed when quarterback Bryson Daily lined up in shotgun on the offense’s first play.

How Army would call plays from shotgun was somewhat surprising. The Black Knights have generally tried to give Navy’s defense a different look every December. The 124th edition of the service academy rivalry was no different.

Army would run 17 of its 61 plays with Daily in an empty backfield. Daily motioned H-back Tyson Riley to block inside on many of those empty backfield plays. The Black Knights also ran three plays from a wildcat formation with Kanye Udoh taking two snaps (14 and 10-yard runs respectively) and Jakobi Buchanan one snap (five yards). Army called just one play from under center.

Daily and offensive lineman Shayne Buckingham, Connor Finucane, Lucas Scott and Brady Small played all 61 snaps in the 17-11 victory.

Possessions: 11. Touchdowns – 1.  Turnovers – 0. Punts – 7. Three-and-outs – 4 (3 straight in the fourth quarter). Drives of 7 or more plays – 5 (TD, FG, downs, 2 punts). Longest drive – 12 plays, 65 yards, 7:13, first quarter, touchdown

Third-down conversions: 5-for-14. Fourth-down conversions: 1-for-2

Average starting field position: Army 30 Best start: Navy 45.

Touchdowns (1): Tyson Riley, 4-yard TD catch from Bryson Daily, 3rd of season

20+-yard plays: 0

Negative-yardage plays: 2. Bryson Daily (- 4 yard run, – 1 yard sack, safety)

Penalties: 5. Connor Finucane (three false starts), Lucas Scott (false start); Josh Lingenfelter (false start)

Here’s a player breakdown of the 61 snaps (as charted off DVR, * – starter, # – freshman):

*LT Shayne Buckingham (61 snaps)
*QB Bryson Daily (61 snaps): 27 carries, 84 yards, 7-for-14 passing, 54 yards, TD, 10th career start
*RT Connor Finucane (61 snaps): 37th straight start
*RG Lucas Scott (61 snaps): 11th career start
*#C Brady Small (61 snaps): 12th career start
*TE Tyson Riley (58 snaps): 1 catch, 4 yards, TD
*LG Jackson Filipowicz (55 snaps)
*TE Josh Lingenfelter (43 snaps)
WR Ay’Jaun Marshall (33 snaps): 2 carries, 19 yards, 2 catches, 9 yards
*WR Veshe Daniyan (29 snaps)
*WR Noah Short (27 snaps)
WR Casey Reynolds (22 snaps): 3 catches, 32 yards
RB Tyrell Robinson (21 snaps): 1 carry, 5 yards
#RB Kanye Udoh (21 snaps): 13 carries, 88 yards
*RB Jakobi Buchanan (15 snaps): 4 carries, 9 yards
WR Liam Fortner (11 snaps)
TE David Hayward (10 snaps)
#WR Tobi Olawole (8 snaps): 1 catch, 9 yards
LG Sam Barczak (6 snaps)
RB Markel Johnson (4 snaps)
RB Miles Stewart (3 snaps)